Diriyah Club

Diriyah Club
نادي الدرعية
Full nameDiriyah Club
Founded1976 (1976)
GroundPrince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium[1]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Capacity15,000
OwnerDiriyah Company
ChairmanKhalid bin Mohammed
ManagerSabri Lamouchi
LeagueSaudi First Division League
2024–25Saudi Second Division League (Champions)
Websitewww.diriyahclub.sa/en

Diriyah Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football based in Diriyah, in Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia. that competes in the Saudi First Division League, the Second tier of the Saudi football league system.[2][3]

History

Diriyah Football Club was established by Saad Al-Rashed and Abdul Rahman bin Suraie. The club's first president was Abdullah Al-Jadaie.[4]

In July 2021, Dr. Khalid Al-Habshan was elected as club president by the general assembly.[5]

On July 12, 2024, the Ministry of Sport officially transferred ownership of Diriyah Club to Diriyah Company — a firm fully owned by the Public Investment Fund. This move was part of the Kingdom's broader Saudi Vision 2030 initiative to privatize and professionalize sports clubs across the Kingdom. Following the acquisition, a new board of directors was appointed, chaired by Prince Khalid bin Mohammed.[6]

On September 8, 2025, the club announced a new identity, unveiling a redesigned logo and changing its traditional maroon color to a shade called "Diriyah Tan," inspired by the historic mudbrick architecture of the At-Turaif District. As part of the rebranding, the club also dropped the "Al" from its name, changing from Al-Diriyah Club to Diriyah Club. The changes were made to reflect the club's cultural roots and present a more modern image.[7]

Honours

Current squad

As of 10 August 2025:[8]

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
2 DF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Faraj
5 MF  KSA Sultan Al-Farhan
6 MF  KSA Issam Al-Qarni
7 FW  MLI Moussa Marega
8 MF  KSA Ziyad Al-Qahtani
9 FW  FRA Gaëtan Laborde
10 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Dossari
11 MF  CMR Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
12 DF  KSA Taher Wadi
14 MF  ESP Óscar Rodríguez
15 DF  GAM Omar Colley
16 MF  KSA Bader Munshi
17 MF  SEN Clayton Diandy (on loan from Aris)
20 DF  KSA Abdulelah Al-Jaafari
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  KSA Mohammed Homairan
22 GK  KSA Ahmed Al-Rehaili (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)
23 GK  KSA Nawaf Al-Otaibi
24 DF  KSA Fahad Al-Obaid
29 MF  KSA Fahad Al-Dossari
33 GK  KSA Waleed Abdullah
40 DF  KSA Hassan Al-Shamrani
44 DF  KSA Nawaf Al-Zaaqi
75 FW  KSA Meshari Al-Nemer
77 FW  KSA Suleiman Al-Saeed
78 DF  KSA Khalid Asiri
80 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani
82 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Zarie

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
GK  KSA Mutab Sharahili (on loan to Al-Jandal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW  KSA Jaber Qarradi (on loan to Al-Adalah)

Current staff

Position Name
Sporting Director Dougie Freedman
Manager Sabri Lamouchi
Assistant Manager Michael Hefele
Bandar Al-Kubaishan
Goalkeeper Coach Abdullah Rashad
Fitness Coach Yasser Masoud
Video Analyst Jehad Al-Khulaif
Doctor Hussain Al-Ghamdi
Physiotherapist Abdulaziz Ali
Kit Manager Naif Qassem

See also

References

  1. ^ "استاد الأمير تركي بن عبد العزيز بنادي الرياض".
  2. ^ "نادي الدرعية".
  3. ^ "الدرعية – Al-Diriyah".
  4. ^ "الحبشان: نادي الدرعية أشبه ببيت الأشباح وأناشد رئيس هيئة الرياضة بمقر جديد" (in Arabic).
  5. ^ "الجمعية العمومية لنادي الدرعية تزكي الدكتور الحبشان رئيساً لمجلس الإدارة" (in Arabic).
  6. ^ "Diriyah Club Ownership Transferred to Diriyah Company, New Board Formed". Ajel English. 2024-07-13. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  7. ^ "نادي الدرعية يدشن هويته الجديدة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  8. ^ "تشكيلة - الدرعية".