Jowel Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Just who are Al Hilal? Even our coach admits he knows little about this team and this club. Thought it would be good to start a thread to discuss our champions league final opponents. GunnerWanderer, wendybr and Prydzopolis 3
Vukie Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Its a bloke down in Lakemba called Crazy Al that owns a butchery PhoenixK, nmh94, teddies and 3 others 6
Davo Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 There were about half a dozen of their fans in blue Al Hilal jerseys near the front of Bay 48 toward the end of the game last night. They were singing and making noise as the players made their victory lap after the game. All friendly banter and our players had a laugh. Prydzopolis, wendybr, Redhead and 1 other 4
Rookoz Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) *Apologies in advance to those offended by the post below: Hey Mr.Abbott... is that a skeleton wearing a burqa, went to those room and behead someone with a scythe. Edited October 1, 2014 by Rookoz Prydzopolis 1
NickosCPC Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 They've won the champions league twice and have been runners up twice. They have a phoenominal support base with a 60k capacity stadium which also appears on FIFA 15. A vey tough match indeed. 102megan, wendybr, Prydzopolis and 4 others 7
Shogun Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Just who are Al Hilal? Even our coach admits he knows little about this team and this club. Thought it would be good to start a thread to discuss our champions league final opponents. From what I can tell, Al Hilal are one of the best, if not the best team in Saudi Arabia. Their foreign players are extremely strong, especially Thiago Neves, who has been capped 7 times for Brazil. Should be a really tough match imo. But as it is with many Middle Eastern teams, they rely heavily on the foreign players. The Saudi players shouldn't be too hard to out muscle in defence, but they are pretty quick. Prydzopolis and wendybr 2
jessicacsaszar Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 If you guys want more information, it would be a good idea to follow @alanmtashar on twitter. He's an expert on Asian football. RimaRached, wendybr, BrightSpark and 1 other 4
Michael Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 In summary: They were founded in 1957. They have won the Saudi league 13 times, the Saudi cup 18 times. They've competed in the Asian Champions League 21 times and won the competition twice. They have money to burn and a massive fan base - 1.3 million Twitter followers. Also, they're coached by a Romanian and have 4 international players on their squad. nmh94, 102megan, Burztur and 2 others 5
Shogun Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 They also have a gun strike named Nasser Al-Shamrani. He's scored like 8 or so goals this campaign.Still got nothing on the Tomi gun though
BrightSpark Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) When the AFC asked if we had the best supporters this season, the Al Hilal fans replied with this.https://mobile.twitter.com/Raawwaaan/status/514671080288436224 I have no idea how they got their Tifos past the AFC fun police, but it looks like the RBB finally had a bit of competition this season. Bring it on!!! Edited October 2, 2014 by BrightSpark Prydzopolis 1
westofcentre Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Ahhh Wikipedia - I've cut some of the info out - full site - ps - they have their own chain of retail stores. These guys wont take lightly to been beaten by a bunch of Western Sydney bogans on a (comparative) shoe string budget. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Hilal_FC Al-Hilal FC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Al-Mawj Al-azrag (The Blue Wave) Founded 16 October 1957 Ground King Fahd Stadium Capacity 61,781 President Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad Manager Laurențiu Reghecampf League Saudi Premier League 2013–14 Saudi Premier League, 2nd Website Club home page Current seasonAl-Hilal Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي الهلال‎; The Crescent), also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian professional football team based in the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. It plays at the Saudi Premier League and holds 55 official championships. Since its founding in 1957, it has obtained a record of 40 domestic titles as well as 6 Asian championships, and 7 Arab and Arabian Gulf championships.[1] The club's nicknames are "The Boss", and "The Blue Waves". The IFFHS ranked Al-Hilal as the Asian Club of the 20th Century.[2] Among the club's most famous players were Yousuf Al-Thunayan and Sami Al-Jaber of the Saudi Arabian national football team, and goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Deayea. The club's current manager is Laurențiu Reghecampf and is captained by Yasser Al-Qahtani. History[edit]After spending their formative years building a squad, the club made their first mark by lifting the King's Cup trophy in 1961. That began a period in which the club 50 official competitions. Al-Hilal recaptured the King's Cup in 1964, with a penalty shootout victory over two-time Asian champions Al-Ittihad. The club were the inaugural winners when theSaudi Premier League came into existence in the 1976–77 season. Al-Hilal won the title another ten times and finished runners-up on 11 occasions in the space of 32 years. Al-Hilal also have six King's Cup, eight Crown Prince Cup and seven Saudi Federation Cup titles.[4]Al-Hilal Club was originally known as the Olympic Club during its founding by Abdul Rahman Bin Saeed on 16 October 1957 in Riyadh. The club's name lasted for only one year before it was changed to its current name on 3 December 1958 by King Saud Bin Abdul-Aziz. He changed the name after he attended a tournament that was contested between the Olympic Club, Al-Shabab, Al-Riyadh and El-Kawkab clubs. As soon as the club's establishment, Al Hilal enjoyed not only grassroots support but also royal attention.[3] With the success, a number of players and coaches from outside Saudi Arabia joined the club in the 1970's, including Brazilians Mario Zagallo and Roberto Rivelino. Al-Hilal players celebrating theirSaudi Premier Leaguechampionship in 2010 In 1991, they won the Asian Club Championship, which they recaptured eight years later. In 1997 they captured the Asian Cup Winners Cupand the Asian Super Cup of that year, which they lifted again in 2002. The last time they got their hands on a continental trophy was in 2002, when they won the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. Stadiums[edit]Al-Hilal play their home games at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. The stadium was constructed in 1987 with a capacity of 67,000 people. The club's reserve team stadium, Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, was used in 2011–12 when King Fahd Stadium was under renovation. Finance and sponsorship[edit] Sponsorship[edit]Mobily is the main sponsor of Al-Hilal, and as part of the sponsorship deal, their logo is displayed on the front of the club's shirts and a plethora of other merchandise. The Mobily deal was announced by the club's President Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad on 14 October 2008, and is worth a Saudi record SAR 517 million, to be paid over six years (SAR 69.1 million per year). If the team wins any trophy, they will get SAR 3 million for each one (USD 800,000). Al-Hilal will get 60% of any other sponsor that want to sponsor the team, with Mobily's agreement, 20% of football match tickets sold, 50% of Mobily Al-Hilal txt message service profit. Al-Hilal will get SAR 10 million if the number of subscribers in Mobily's Al-Hilal service reaches 200,000 and another 10 million if they reach 400,000 subscribers. Al-Hilal will get 10% of each mobile package sold under the Al-Hilal name (such as blue wave package) and 40% of the club membership fees. The minimum net income from Mobily deal is SAR 75 million per year (USD 20 million/year). Membership[edit]Like most professional teams all over the world, Al-Hilal and Mobily have introduced a membership card (Hilali) for fans to connect with their club. Fans are now able to join the Hilal membership scheme for the clubs starting 2012–13season onwards. Hilali membership benefits includes VIP tickets to all Al-Hilal home and away matches, using the club facilities,meeting with players monthly and discounts at Al-Hilal Mobili stores. Al-Hilal stores[edit] Al-Hilal store in Tahlieh street,Riyadh Al-Hilal has a chain of luxury retail stores that sell the club's products. The first branch opened on 1 February 2011 on the most expensive commercial street in Riyadh at a cost ofSAR 15 million (USD 4 million). It was the first store from any Saudi club, and the biggest club store in the Middle East. In the first week of opening, sales surpassed SAR 1 million (USD 266,000). Mobily plans to cover the kingdom's main cities with seven branches by the end of 2012. Khobar's branch has opened on 5 Jauaryn 2012, which Jeddah branch opened on 5 April 2012. The stores offer thousands of high quality products including clothes, accessories, children toys and many other products. The stores' profits currently go to Mobily only. After the investment cost is covered they will share the profit with the club. Television match broadcasting rights[edit]Al-Hilal receives SR 4.5 million per year (USD 1.2 million/year) from the Saudi Arabia Football Federation as the federation sell the complete matches' right in one package and all the clubs in the Saudi Professional League share the revenue equally. The income may increase dramatically in near future as clubs will have the rights to sell their own matches' broadcasting rights. Other income sources[edit]The club's president and other board members pay any extra money required to run the club as the total expenses of the club in recent seasons surpassed SR 140 million (USD 38 million). This increase in expenses is due to the high level foreign and national players the club signed with such as Thiago Neves, Mirel Rădoi, Christian Wilhelmsson, Osama Hawsawi, Youssef El-Arabi and others. Charity and philanthropy[edit]Special seats have been allocated for the disabled to watch the training. Twenty-five percent of the income of tickets sold goes to charities. Players and board members arrange and attend social activities for charities during Eid and other holidays. Club Facilities[edit]In 2009, the club opened a new camp in Riyadh. It contains 25 rooms, meeting rooms, smart room for lectures, library, eating room, living rooms, a big salon and a medical clinic. It also has entertainment corners for video games, table tennis, Billiards, table football and many others. There are two training fields for the senior team. Honours[edit] Domestic[edit] Saudi Premier League Winner (13): 1976–77, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11 (Record) Runner-up (12): 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14 Saudi King's cup / Saudi Crown Prince Cup Winner (18): 1960–61, 1963–64, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1994–95, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 (Record) Runner-up (10): 1956–57, 1962–63, 1967–68, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1997–98, 2009–10, 2013–14 Saudi Federation Cup Winner (8): 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2013–14 (Record) Runner-up (6): 1985–86, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2011–12 Saudi Founder's Cup Winner (1): 2000 Asian[edit] Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League Winner (2): 1991, 2000 Runner-up (2): 1986, 1987 Asian Cup Winners Cup Winner (2): 1997, 2002 Asian Super Cup Winner (2): 1997, 2000 Runner-up (1): 2002 Regional[edit] GCC Champions League Winner (2): 1986, 1998 Runner-up (3): 1987, 1992, 2000 Arab Champions League Winner (2): 1994, 1995 Runner-up (1): 1989 Arab Cup Winners' Cup Winner (1): 2000 Arab Super Cup Winner (1): 2001 Runner-up (2): 1992, 1995 Others[edit] Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup Winner (1): 2001 Players[edit] First-team squad[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.No. Position Player 1 GK Khalid Sharhili 2 DF Sultan Al-Bishi 3 DF Yahya Al-Musalem 4 DF Abdullah Al-Zori 5 MF Abdulatif Al-Ghanam 6 MF Mohammed Al-Qarni 7 MF Thiago Neves 8 MF Mihai Pintilii 9 MF Hamad Al-Hamad 10 MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 11 MF Abdullaziz Al-Dosari 12 DF Yasser Al-Shahrani 13 MF Salman Al-Faraj No. Position Player 14 MF Saud Kariri (vice captain) 15 FW Nasser Al-Shamrani 16 FW Yousef Al-Salem 17 DF Abdullah Al Hafith 18 MF Abdullah Otayf 20 FW Yasser Al-Qahtani (captain) 23 DF Kwak Tae-Hwi 24 MF Nawaf Al Abed 26 DF Digao 28 GK Abdullah Al-Sudairy 29 MF Salem Al-Dossari 30 GK Fayz Al-Sabiay victor and Burztur 2
JackDoff Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 They probs have a " Who are the WSW " thread over there ! Lol Nothing to fear, just another team for us to conquer!!!!! COYW!!!!!!! Erdz, theguest7, Prydzopolis and 5 others 8
Popular Post wswtragic Posted October 2, 2014 Popular Post Posted October 2, 2014 Evergrande were supposedly the best team in Asia, with the best foreigners - title holders - and we prevailed. FC Seoul were runners-up last year, and a gun team over many years in Korea - and we prevailed. Would Al-Hilal even still be there if the comp hadn't been set-up this year to ensure a west-Asian club had to make the final?Fear none, conquer all. COYW. jocosmic, Araucano, Prydzopolis and 20 others 23
westofcentre Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Just visualize Al-Hilal is De Bohun and go to town. bombagol, wswtragic and Prydzopolis 3
Lookers Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Last year's final was GE vs Seoul. Both teams from the east. Plz explain. Redhead and Prydzopolis 2
NickosCPC Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Last year's final was GE vs Seoul. Both teams from the east. Plz explain. AFC split us in to east and west this year. It's stupid. All the Arabs play each other and all the Asians play each other. Then one Arab vs one Asian in the final. Prydzopolis 1
Hughesy Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 To be honest I think they had to do it for timezone, travel and visa/passport reasons which made it much more difficult than it should've been for eastern teams travelling to the west. I've heard that its quite hard for foreigners to get into Saudi Arabia When the AFC asked if we had the best supporters this season, the Al Hilal fans replied with this.https://mobile.twitter.com/Raawwaaan/status/514671080288436224I have no idea how they got their Tifos past the AFC fun police, but it looks like the RBB finally had a bit of competition this season. Bring it on!!! $$$$ spectacular291 and Prydzopolis 2
West13 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 When the AFC asked if we had the best supporters this season, the Al Hilal fans replied with this.https://mobile.twitter.com/Raawwaaan/status/514671080288436224 I have no idea how they got their Tifos past the AFC fun police, but it looks like the RBB finally had a bit of competition this season. Bring it on!!! That's a sick Tifo. Will our club put some of the 750k toward one for us? Prydzopolis, Delije and PieceBombs 3
Kizza Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 http://www.futhead.com/15/clubs/al-hilal/ wendybr 1
West13 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I'm an Al-Hilal fan, ask me anything. Salam and ahlen. Your fans don't crash buses, use lasers or harrass players while they are sleeping, right? Just joking, surely not like good old Guangzhou. You confident?? Prydzopolis and Neverbloom 2
wswtragic Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I'm an Al-Hilal fan, ask me anything. Hi Hilal - what point did they reach in 2013? Who beat them, and what new players do they have this season? Prydzopolis 1
Hilal Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I'm an Al-Hilal fan, ask me anything. Salam and ahlen. Your fans don't crash buses, use lasers or harrass players while they are sleeping, right? Just joking, surely not like good old Guangzhou. You confident?? To be honest, I was hoping that we will face FC Seoul and not you guys in the final. They are an easier opponents taking into consideration our style of play. Your team from what I've seen (mostly youtube videos) is strong in the air, which is one of our weaknesses. I'll be crossing my fingers for a draw in the first leg (not a scoreless one though) and then it will be a manageable second leg. So to sum up, not I'm not confident and it will be a loooong 24 days waiting for the match SBW, Prydzopolis, ems7 and 5 others 8
mltezr Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 al-hilal have been strong for a while now. whenever I used to watch that football asia show they were always mentioned. Prydzopolis 1
West13 Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I'm an Al-Hilal fan, ask me anything.Salam and ahlen. Your fans don't crash buses, use lasers or harrass players while they are sleeping, right? Just joking, surely not like good old Guangzhou. You confident?? To be honest, I was hoping that we will face FC Seoul and not you guys in the final. They are an easier opponents taking into consideration our style of play. Your team from what I've seen (mostly youtube videos) is strong in the air, which is one of our weaknesses. I'll be crossing my fingers for a draw in the first leg (not a scoreless one though) and then it will be a manageable second leg. So to sum up, not I'm not confident and it will be a loooong 24 days waiting for the match Nice. So you are saying we should pump balls into the box in attack and give away lots of corners like we did last night At least by playing us your team get to play in front of an awesome crowd at away game! Redhead and Prydzopolis 2
Alhilalwin Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Helo everybody , I am from Saudi Arabia ، Your team is good, but my team leader Crescent Asia and owns 6 Championships Tranquilo, Prydzopolis and Erdz 3
Tranquilo Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 nice tifo, don't know how active their crowd is or not, but both teams will be researching hard to find out about each other. First 20 minutes at home will be cagey Redhead 1
Hilal Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 I'm an Al-Hilal fan, ask me anything. Hi Hilal - what point did they reach in 2013? Who beat them, and what new players do they have this season? Hi. We reached the round of 16 in 2013 and got beaten by Lekhwiya 3-2 on aggregate. Sami Al-Jaber (former club's player) was appointed as a manager following the defeat and he changed the shape of the team almost completely. New players: 1- Thiago Neves was brought back (was playing at Fluminense) 2 -Nasser Al-Shamrani (5 times golden boot winner in the Saudi league and the record holder of most AFC CL goals of all-time (25)) also joined the team. 3- Kwak Tae Hwi (Central defender) who used to play at Ulsan Hyundai when they won the AFC CL back in 2012 and he also scored a goal in the final that year 4- Saud Kariri (CDM) the Saudi national team's captain, who will be playing his 4th AFC CL final (the previous three were with Al-Ittihad). 5- Digao (Central defender) who was playing at Fluminense with Neves. 6- Mihai Pintilii (CDM) joined us coming from Steaua București. Most of the changes focused on fixing the back line as you can see. wswtragic, montywoodpeg and Prydzopolis 3
Tranquilo Posted October 2, 2014 Posted October 2, 2014 Helo everybody , I am from Saudi Arabia ، Your team is good, but my team leader Crescent Asia and owns 6 Championships WanderingToqui, Neverbloom, Legionista and 5 others 8
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