Al Taawoun Football Club
Al Taawoun Football Club is a professional multi sports club based in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. The football team competes in the Saudi Professional League, the top tier of Saudi Football.
The club play their home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraidah, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Raed with whom they contest the Qasim Derby with.
Al-Taawoun were founded in 1956 under the name of “Al-Shabab” by their founder Saleh Al Wabili. Four years after the founding of the club, they were officially registered as a professional club in 1960.
Al-Taawoun best ever top-flight season came in the 2018–19 season when the club successfully challenged for the Asian Champions League spots, eventually finishing in third place in the Saudi Professional League, their highest ever league position to date. And to top off their season, Al-Taawoun reached the King Cup final by thrashing Al-Hilal 5-0 at the King Saud Stadium in the semi-final, and went on to defeat Al-Ittihad 2-1 in the final to claim their first-ever top-flight trophy, with the winning goal coming in the 90th minute.[4] Al-Taawoun also became the first club from Al-Qassim Region to win the King Cup
| Founded | Ground | Manager |
| 1956 | King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia | Péricles Chamusca |
Al Taawoun Football Club Squad 2023-24
| # | Player | Position | Jersey |
| 1 | Mailson | Goalkepper | 1 |
| 2 | Ammar Al-Ammar | Goalkepper | 22 |
| 3 | Raghed Al-Najjar | Goalkepper | 36 |
| 4 | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi | Goalkepper | 27 |
| 5 | Andrei Girotto | Defender | 4 |
| 6 | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | Defender | 6 |
| 7 | Fahad Al-Abdulrazzaq | Defender | 11 |
| 8 | Sulaiman Hazazi | Defender | 12 |
| 9 | Hassan Kadesh | Defender | 14 |
| 10 | Waleed Al-Ahmed | Defender | 23 |
| 11 | Saad Balobaid | Defender | 31 |
| 12 | Hassan Rabea | Defender | 40 |
| 13 | Muath Faqeehi (on loan from Al-Hilal) | Defender | 42 |
| 14 | Awn Al-Saluli | Defender | 93 |
| 15 | Léandre Tawamba | Forward | 3 |
| 16 | Rayan Al-Johani | Forward | 70 |
| 17 | Khalid Al-Muntashiri | Forward | 97 |
| 18 | Sattam Al-Roqi | Midfielder | 7 |
| 19 | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Midfielder | 9 |
| 20 | Álvaro Medrán | Midfielder | 10 |
| 21 | Abdulrahman Al-Mughais | Midfielder | 13 |
| 22 | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | Midfielder | 15 |
| 23 | Mateus Castro | Midfielder | 16 |
| 24 | Aschraf El Mahdioui | Midfielder | 18 |
| 25 | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi | Midfielder | 20 |
| 26 | Abdullah Al-Hammad | Midfielder | 21 |
| 27 | Flávio Medeiros (on loan from Trabzonspor) | Midfielder | 24 |
| 28 | Ahmed Bahusayn | Midfielder | 29 |
| 29 | Hassan Al-Omari | Midfielder | 77 |
| 30 | Basil Al-Mehawes | Midfielder | 90 |
| 31 | Rakan Al-Tulayhi | Midfielder | 91 |
| 32 | Saad Al-Nasser | — |
Al Taawoun: Top Players
Al Taawoun: Team Stats
