Al-Diriyah Club

Al-Diriyah
Full nameAl-Diriyah Club
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
GroundPrince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Capacity15,000
ChairmanKhaled bin Mohammed Al Saud
ManagerFabiano Flora
LeagueSecond Division
2021–22FDL, 17th of 20 (relegated)

Al-Diriyah Club (Arabic: نادي الدرعية) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Diriyah.[1] Founded in 1976, the club competes in the MS League, the second tier of Saudi football.[2] Al-Diriyah play their home games at the Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Riyadh.[3] Al-Diriyah have won the Saudi Second Division once in 2013 and finished as runners-up once in 2020.

The club was founded by Saad Al-Rashed and Abdulrahman bin Sarye'e and its first president was Abdullah Al-Jadaie.[4] The club's current president is Khaled Al-Habshan, who was named president in July 2021.[5]

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