Al Batin FC

Al Batin
Full name	Al-Batin Football Club
Nickname	Al Samawi (The Sky Blue)
Founded	1979; 47 years ago
Ground	Al-Batin Club Stadium; Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	6,000
President	Khaled Al-Huwaidi
Manager	Grégory Dufrennes
League	First Division League
2024–25	FDL, 11th of 18
Website	albatin.sa
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Al-Batin F.C. (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Hafar al-Batin, Eastern Province, that competes in the Saudi First Division League.

History

Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division.^[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.^[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours

Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
- Winners (1): 2019–20
- Runners-up (1): 2015–16
Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
- Runners-up (1): 2010–11
Saudi Third Division League (tier 5)
- Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Khalil Al-Masri
Assistant manager	Mohaamed Al-Rashidi
Goalkeeper coach	Abdulrahman Al-Koroni
Youth coach	Gersi Arbri
Fitness coach	Hassan Al-Khathlan
Video analysis	Mohammed Al-Nakhli
Team coordinator	Abbas Al-Jumaili
Doctor	Ibrahim Al-Samti
Physiotherapists	Ahmed Al-Nassr
General coordinator	Ammar Al-Koroni
Kit manager	Abdulelah Al-Jafri

Managerial history

Rachid Mezghiche (2002 – 2003)
Jamal El Khodary (August 1, 2005 – April 1, 2007)
Hassan Abdelfattah (August 13, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
Abdelhamid Salmi (July 1, 2009 – September 16, 2009)
Rachid Mezghiche (September 16, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
Emad Al-Qasem (July 1, 2010 – December 15, 2011)
Nasser Nefzi (December 22, 2011 – February 13, 2014)
Ednaldo Patricio (February 14, 2014 – April 6, 2014)
Naif Al-Anezi (May 9, 2014 – August 31, 2014)
Habib Ben Romdhane (September 1, 2014 – February 12, 2016)
Yousri bin Kahla (February 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016)
Khalid Al-Koroni (April 27, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
Adel Abdel Rahman (June 8, 2016 – November 6, 2016)
Khalid Al-Koroni (November 6, 2016 – May 17, 2017)
Quim Machado (May 24, 2017 – February 4, 2018)
Ciprian Panait (February 6, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
Franky Vercauteren (July 26, 2018 – November 1, 2018)
Yousef Al-Ghadeer (November 10, 2018 – February 17, 2019)
Ciprian Panait (February 17, 2019 – May 31, 2019)
Ridha Jeddi (July 6, 2019 – September 24, 2019)
José Garrido (September 24, 2019 – March 20, 2021)
Aleksandar Veselinovic (March 24, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
Nenad Lalatović (June 25, 2021 — October 17, 2021)
Darko Nović (caretaker) (October 17, 2021 — October 21, 2021)
Alen Horvat (October 21, 2021 — February 19, 2023)
Zdravko Logarušić (February 19, 2023 — June 1, 2023)
Srđan Vasiljević (July 15, 2023 — September 13, 2023)
Quim Machado (September 13, 2023 – March 1, 2024)
Gjore Jovanovski (March 1, 2024 – May 11, 2024)
Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker) (May 11, 2024 – May 28, 2024)
Rui Almeida (July 15, 2024 – October 16, 2024)
Nacif Beyaoui (October 16, 2024 – February 25, 2025)
Khalil Al-Masri (February 25, 2025 – June 1, 2025)
Grégory Dufrennes (August 3, 2025 – November 27, 2025)
Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker) (November 27, 2025 – December 1, 2025)
Paulo Alves (December 1, 2025 – January 20, 2026)
Henry Makinwa (January 20, 2026 – )

Current squad

As of 12 September 2025:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Falah Al-Shammari
2	DF	KSA	Salem Baryan
3	DF	GUI	Simon Falette
4	DF	KSA	Khaled Al-Khathlan
6	MF	KSA	Gusay Al-Shelali
7	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Saleem
8	MF	KSA	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani
10	MF	COM	Youssouf M'Changama
11	FW	KSA	Mohammed Al-Sahli
12	FW	KSA	Mansour Al-Shammari
15	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Saad
16	MF	KSA	Faraj Al-Dhafiri
17	MF	FRA	Omar El Manssouri (on loan from Koper)
19	DF	ARG	Isaías Rodríguez (on loan from Al-Ittihad)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	KSA	Tareq Al-Mutairi
22	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Anazi
23	FW	MLI	Abdoulay Diaby
26	GK	KSA	Mazyad Freeh
27	DF	KSA	Rabee Hawsawi
29	DF	KSA	Bader Nasser
40	MF	COD	Paul-José M'Poku
55	DF	KSA	Mohammed Khalaf
77	FW	KSA	Yousef Fawaz
78	DF	KSA	Turki Al-Jalfan
88	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Shammari
93	MF	KSA	Abdullah Awad
94	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Sehimai
97	MF	KSA	Mishari Al-Qahtani
99	MF	ENG	Samuel Sackey (on loan from Al-Riyadh)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
37	MF	KSA	Turki Al-Dhafeeri (on loan to Tuwaiq)
45	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Anwar (on loan to Tuwaiq)
80	MF	KSA	Othman Awad (on loan to Tuwaiq)

References

↑ "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
↑ "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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[1] "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[2] "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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