2025–26 Al-Najma SC season

Al-Najma
2025–26 season
PresidentAhmed Al-Tamimi
ManagerMário Silva
StadiumKing Abdullah Sports City
Pro LeaguePre-season
King CupRound of 32
All statistics correct as of 1 July 2025.

The 2025–26 season is Al-Najma's 66th year in their existence and the first season back in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football after earning promotion in the previous season.[1][2] The club will participate in the Pro League and the King's Cup.

This is Al-Najma's first season in the top flight of Saudi football since the 2002–03 season.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2025[3]

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
6 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Eid
9 FW Netherlands NED Sylla Sow
10 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Faisal Al-Mutairi
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Saghir
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Fraidi
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Al-Harabi
20 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Rashwodi
22 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Muqaitib
26 MF France FRA Bilel Aouacheria
33 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Riyadh Al-Asmari
34 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Azzam Al-Hussain
77 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Khattab
No. Pos. Nation Player
90 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Ruwaili
93 GK Brazil BRA Max Walef
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Hulayel
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Hawsawi
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Abdulrazzaq
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulwahed Al-Nakhli
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ammar Al-Najjar
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Mansour
— MF Slovenia SVN David Tijanić
— FW Honduras HON Romell Quioto

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
3 August 2025 MF – Saudi Arabia Abdulwahed Al-Nakhli Saudi Arabia Al-Jandal Free [4]
3 August 2025 MF – Saudi Arabia Mohammed Mansour Saudi Arabia Al-Arabi Free [4]
3 August 2025 MF – Slovenia David Tijanić Turkey Göztepe Free [4]
3 August 2025 FW – Honduras Romell Quioto Saudi Arabia Al-Arabi Free [4]
4 August 2025 DF – Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Abdulrazzaq Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun Free [5]
4 August 2025 DF – Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Haleel Saudi Arabia Al-Jubail Free [5]
4 August 2025 DF – Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri Saudi Arabia Al-Tai Free [5]
4 August 2025 DF – Saudi Arabia Abdullah Hawsawi Saudi Arabia Al-Kholood Free [5]
4 August 2025 MF – Saudi Arabia Ammar Al-Najjar Saudi Arabia Jeddah Free [5]
12 August 2025 GK – Saudi Arabia Waleed Al-Enezi Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh Free [6]
13 August 2025 DF – Brazil Samir Mexico Tigres $6,000,000 [7]
17 August 2025 DF – Morocco Jawad El Yamiq Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Free [8]
19 August 2025 MF – Saudi Arabia Abdulelah Al-Shammeri Saudi Arabia Abha Free [9]

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 DF 47 Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Obaid Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 15 Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Bishi Saudi Arabia Al-Riyadh End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 19 Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Akouz Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 29 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Taleb Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr End of loan
1 July 2025 DF 2 Saudi Arabia Osama Al-Bawardi Saudi Arabia Al-Riyadh Free [10]
1 July 2025 MF 11 Saudi Arabia Rayan Al-Mutairi Saudi Arabia Al-Fayha Free [11]
1 July 2025 MF 23 Brazil Léo Tilica United Arab Emirates Dibba Al-Hisn Free [12]
23 July 2025 MF 8 Saudi Arabia Ziyad Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia Al-Diriyah Free [13]
2 August 2025 DF 3 Saudi Arabia Munif Doshy Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly Free [14]

Pre-season

30 July 2025 Friendly Al-Najma Saudi Arabia 2–0 Qatar Al-Markhiya İzmit, Turkey
18:00 TRT Al-Harabi
Sow
Report Stadium: Sporterio Arena
6 August 2025 Friendly Al-Najma Saudi Arabia 1–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Okhdood Sapanca, Turkey
18:00 TRT Sow 53' Report Petros 36' Stadium: Sapanca Ataturk Stadyumu
11 August 2025 Friendly Al-Najma Saudi Arabia 1–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hazem Derince, Turkey
17:30 TRT Al-Nakhli Stadium: Derince Suni Çim Stadı
15 August 2025 Friendly Al-Najma Saudi Arabia 1–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Orobah Sapanca, Turkey
17:00 TRT Al-Haleel Al-Shammari Stadium: Sapanca Ataturk Stadyumu

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
King's Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Al-Khaleej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Al-Kholood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al-Najma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al-Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al-Okhdood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 August 2025. Source: SPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[15]

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

King's Cup

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Statistics

Appearances

References

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  2. ^ "المرة الأولى.. النجمة يصعد إلى دوري المحترفين".
  3. ^ "الفريق الأول".
  4. ^ a b c d "النجمة يضم 4 صفقات جديدة".
  5. ^ a b c d e "5 صفقات جديدة في النجمة".
  6. ^ "مـرحبًا بـك في #نجمة_عنيزة".
  7. ^ "النجمة يقوي دفاعاته بالبرازيلي سمير كايتانو".
  8. ^ "رسميا/ جواد الياميق ينتقل صوب نادي النجمة الملتحق حديثا بالدوري السعودي".
  9. ^ "عبدالإله الشمري في كتيبة #نجمة_عنيزة".
  10. ^ "النجـم "اسـامـة البـواردي" لاعبًا لـ #الرياض".
  11. ^ "الفيحاء ينهي إجراءات التعاقد مع لاعب النجمة "ريان المطيري" لمدة ثلاث سنوات".
  12. ^ "يسعدنا أن نعلن عن انضمام اللاعب ليو تيليكا إلى صفوف فريقنا".
  13. ^ "#الدرعية يتعاقد رسميًا مع #زياد_القحطاني لتدعيم خط الوسط".
  14. ^ "اللاعـب "منيـف دوشـي" عنابـي".
  15. ^ "اللائحة التنظيمية لكأس دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للمحترفين" [Regulations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League Cup] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2019.