Tuwaiq Club

Tuwaiq
Full nameTuwaiq Club
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
GroundAl-Zulfi Club Stadium, Al Zulfi
ChairmanWaleed Al-Farhoud
ManagerMohamed Maalej
LeagueSecond Division
2020–21Third Division, 4th of 32 (promoted)

Tuwaiq Club (Arabic: نادي طويق) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Al Zulfi and competes in the Saudi Second Division, the third tier of Saudi football.[1][2] The club was founded in 1964 by Sulaiman Al-Saif and its first president was Ali bin Ahmed Al-Eid. The club is named after the Tuwaiq mountain in Najd.[3] Tuwaiq won their second promotion to the Saudi Second Division during the 2020–21 season after reaching the semi-finals of the Saudi Third Division.[4] They previously played in the first edition of the Second Division in 1976–77. The club also consists of various other departments including karate, weightlifting, futsal, and volleyball.

Current squad

As of 1 August 2021:[5]

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 Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Arraf
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Qahtani
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Majrashi
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Mohammed
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Muaiad Al-Tolayhi
9 FW Tunisia TUN Othman Saidi
10 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Correia
11 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Muhannad Habkor
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Jaafari
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Musab Habkor
18 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Piqueti
19 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Salim Al-Khebari
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Tunisia TUN Mourad Zahou
23 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Amri
24 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Fuhaid Al-Otaibi
26 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Meqren Al-Mutairi
27 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nemer Ghazwani
33 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Dhefiri
77 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Qattam
80 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Sultan Al-Dossari
99 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Saihani
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Hamad
— FW Saudi Arabia KSA Ghannam Al-Ghannam

See also

References

  1. ^ "طويق – Taweek".
  2. ^ "نادي طويق".
  3. ^ "طويق يصعد إلى أندية الدرجة الثانية".
  4. ^ "سمو الأمير فيصل بن بندر يستقبل محافظ الزلفي ورئيس نادي طويق بمناسبة صعود الفريق إلى دوري الدرجة الثانية".
  5. ^ "تشكيلة طويق".