Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ain FC

Full name	Al-Ain Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fares Al Hejaz (Knight of Hejaz ) Fakhr Al Baha (Pride of the Al-Bahah Province) [1]
Founded	1978; 46 years ago (1978) (as Zahran) 2001; 23 years ago (2001) (as Al-Ameed) 2013; 11 years ago (2013) (as Al-Ain)[2]
Ground	King Saud Sport City Stadium Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Hassan bin Dabaj
Manager	Ricardo Sousa
League	First Division League
2023–24	FDL, 13th of 18
Website	alainclub.sa

Al-Ain Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional association football club based in Al Atawlah, Al Qara, Al Bahah.^[3] The club was founded in 1978 and play their home matches at the King Saud Sport City Stadium. The team competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. The club was founded in 1978 under the name of Zahran Football Club. The club was named after the Zahran tribe who are one of the largest tribes in Al-Bahah Province.^[4] In 2001, the club changed their name to Al-Ameed Football Club before changing their name to Al-Ain in 2013.^[5]

Al-Ain have won the Saudi Third Division title once in 2015–16,^[6] and finished as runners-up once in 2010–11. The club have won the Al-Bahah Regional League ten times. The club spent four non-consecutive seasons in the Saudi Second Division before gaining to the MS League in the 2017–18 season. They spent two consecutive seasons in the MS League before gaining promotion to the top tier of Saudi football for the first time at the end of the 2019–20 season.^[7] The club play their home games at the King Saud Sport City Stadium in Al Bahah, sharing the stadium with derby rivals Al-Hejaz.^[8]