al-Taawoun

al-Taawoun
Basic data
Surname	al-Taawoun Football Club
Seat	Buraida
founding	1956
Website	http://altawen.sa/
First soccer team
Venue	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Places	25,000
league	Saudi Professional League
2018/19	3rd place

al-Taawoun FC ( Arabic نادي التعاون, DMG Nādī t-Taʿāwun ) is a Buraida- based football club that plays in the Saudi Professional League , the top division of Saudi Arabia . The club plays its home games at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraida and shares this stadium with city rivals al-Raed .

history

al-Taawon was founded in 1956 by Saleh al-Wabili under the name al-Shabab . Four years after the club was founded, they were officially registered as a professional club in 1960. Under the leadership of Zayed al-Omrani as president, the club established itself in 1995 for the first time in its history in the top division before relegating again the next season. Two years later, al-Taawon again succeeded in promotion to the Saudi Professional League, this time even as the champion of the second division. The club then rose again after a year. In the 2009/10 season, al-Taawon made it to the Saudi Professional League for the first time in over a decade, finishing second in the second division. On May 29, 2016, al-Taawon qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time and finished fourth in the league in the 2015/16 season . On May 2, 2019, al-Taawon won the King Cup, his first national title, after beating Ittihad FC 2-1 in the final

successes

• King Cup : 2019
• Saudi Supercup winner: 2019

Known players

•  Length Kurtiši (2010-2011)
•  Paul Alo'o Efoulou (2013-2016)
•  Mounir El Hamdaoui (2016-2017)

Well-known trainers

•  Gheorghe Mulțescu (2010–2011)
•  Pedro Emanuel (2018-2019)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Al-Taawon - club profile. Retrieved January 14, 2020 .