Damac FC

Damac Football Club (Arabic: ضمك, romanized: Ḍamak) is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Khamis Mushait, that currently competes in the Saudi Professional League, the top division of Saudi Arabian football.

Damac FC
Full nameDamac Football Club
Nickname(s)Faris Al-Janub (The Knight of the South)
Jabal Damac (Mountain of Damac)
Founded1972 (1972)
GroundPrince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Abha, Saudi Arabia
Capacity20,000
ChairmanKhaled Al Masha'at
ManagerCosmin Contra
LeaguePro League
2021–22Pro League, 5th of 16

Founded in 1972, their home venue is Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium. They are named for the nearby Jabal Damac mountain.

Honours

Saudi First Division

Saudi Second Division

  • Winners (2): 1980–81, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 2004–05

Saudi Third Division

  • Runners-up (1): 2002–03

Current squad
As of 1 September 2021
No Position Player Nation
1 GK Bander Al-Shahrani  Saudi Arabia
2 FW Hillal Soudani  Algeria
3 DF Abdelkader Bedrane  Algeria
4 DF Ibrahim Al-Nakhli  Saudi Arabia
6 MF Adam Maher  Netherlands
7 MF Mansor Hamzi  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Ryan Al-Mousa  Saudi Arabia
9 FW Bruno Duarte  Brazil
10 MF Nono  Spain
11 MF Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (on loan from Al-Shabab)  Saudi Arabia
12 MF Abdulaziz Makin  Saudi Arabia
13 DF Abdullah Al-Ammar  Saudi Arabia
14 MF Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani  Saudi Arabia
15 DF Farouk Chafaï  Algeria
16 MF Bader Munshi  Saudi Arabia
17 MF Domagoj Antolić  Croatia
18 MF Muhannad Al-Naji  Saudi Arabia
19 DF Abdullah Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia
20 DF Dhari Al-Anazi  Saudi Arabia
22 GK Abdalbaset Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia
23 MF Abdulaziz Majrashi  Saudi Arabia
24 MF Waleed Al-Enezi  Saudi Arabia
30 GK Moustapha Zeghba  Algeria
32 DF Abdullah Hassoun  Saudi Arabia
33 GK Mohammed Al-Mahasneh  Saudi Arabia
38 MF Ammar Al-Najjar  Saudi Arabia
40 DF Hassan Al-Shamrani  Saudi Arabia
79 MF Fares Al-Shahrani  Saudi Arabia
99 FW Rayan Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia

Out on loan
No Position Player Nation
49 MF Ahmed Al-Zain (on loan to Al-Khaleej)  Saudi Arabia
51 FW Ramzi Solan (on loan to Najran)  Saudi Arabia
— DF Omar Al-Muziel (on loan to Al-Shoulla)  Saudi Arabia

Managerial history
  • Sudan Azzedine Abbas (1981 – 1985)
  • Tunisia Mohsen Habacha (1985 – 1986)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Aldo (2003 – 2006)
  • Morocco Said El Khider (July 31, 2006 – October 10, 2006)
  • Tunisia Al Hadi Ben Mokhtar (November 13, 2006 – January 30, 2008)
  • Tunisia Selim Al Manga (January 31, 2008 – March 29, 2009)
  • Tunisia Ali Mujahid (July 1, 2009 – January 15, 2010)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Al Maalej (caretaker) (January 15, 2010 – January 27, 2010)
  • Tunisia Jalal Qaderi (January 27, 2010 – May 1, 2010)
  • Tunisia Mondher Ladhari (June 15, 2010 – May 31, 2011)
  • Serbia Boris Bunjak (July 1, 2011 – October 8, 2011)
  • Morocco Abdelkader Youmir (November 4, 2011 – March 13, 2012)
  • Saudi Arabia Hassan Ahmed (March 13, 2012 – May 31, 2012)
  • Egypt Jamal El Din Hamza (July 30, 2012 – November 29, 2012)
  • Tunisia Selim Al Manga (November 29, 2012 – November 23, 2013)
  • Tunisia Zouhair Louati (November 23, 2013 – May 1, 2014)
  • Tunisia Khalil Obaid (June 13, 2014 – December 8, 2014)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Al Maalej (December 8, 2014 – October 25, 2015)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Al Dao (October 25, 2015 – March 15, 2016)
  • Tunisia Selim Al Manga (March 16, 2016 – May 1, 2016)
  • Egypt Amr Anwar (June 24, 2016 – September 22, 2016)
  • Tunisia Bayrem Mokhtari (caretaker) (September 22, 2016 – October 4, 2016)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Kadri (October 5, 2016 – November 19, 2016)
  • Tunisia Bayrem Mokhtari (November 19, 2016 – February 21, 2017)
  • Croatia Mladen Frančić (February 21, 2017 – May 22, 2017)
  • Tunisia Kaies Zouaghi (May 31, 2017 – October 5, 2017)
  • Tunisia Mahdi Maiz (caretaker) (October 5, 2017 – October 20, 2017)
  • Tunisia Zouhair Louati (October 20, 2017 – May 1, 2018)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Kouki (May 31, 2018 – October 5, 2019)
  • Algeria Noureddine Zekri (October 5, 2019 – January 4, 2021)
  • Croatia Krešimir Režić (January 4, 2021 – March 6, 2023)
  • Romania Cosmin Contra (March 6, 2023 – )
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