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Full name | Jeddah Sports Club | ||
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Founded | 1968 | ||
Chairman | Faisal Al-Saifi | ||
Manager | Iván Carrasco | ||
League | First Division League | ||
2023–24 | FDL, 12th of 18 | ||
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Jeddah Sports Club (Arabic: نادي جدة) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah.[1] Founded in 1968, the club competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. It has a women's section.
The club was founded in 1968 under the name of Al-Bahri Club as a merger of five clubs; Radwa, Al-Salam, Al-Tasami, Al-Taleb, and Al-Hilal Al-Bahri. They changed their name to Al-Thagher Club before changing it once again to Al-Rabee Club in 1973.[2] On 25 September 2016, the club once again changed their name this time to Jeddah Sports Club.[3] The club's current president is Faisal Al-Saifi, who has been serving as its president since October 2020.[4]