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Al Hilal SFC Football Team

The idea of ​​establishing the club came when there was a huge uproar among the leaders of the youth club in 1957, due to which Mr. Abdul Rahman bin Saeed resigned from the post of president of the youth club in the same year. Along with many others. Started working. Many key players left the club.

Al Hilal Saudi Football Club, simply known as Al Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their football team Roshan competes in the Saudi League. Al Hilal means crescent moon in Arabic. Founded on 16 October 1957, Al Hilal is one of three teams to have participated in all seasons of the Saudi Pro League since its establishment in 1976. They are the most prestigious club in Asia, having won 70 official trophies.

In domestic competitions, Al Hilal has won a record 19 league titles, a record 13 Crown Prince Cup titles, a record seven Saudi Federation Cup titles, eleven King Cup titles, a record five Super Cup titles as well as the Saudi Founders Cup. Consecutively, Al Hilal has won a record eight Asian Football Confederation trophies – the AFC Champions League in 1991, 2000, 2019 and 2021, the Asian Cup Winners’ Cup in 1997 and 2002, and the Asian Super Cup in 1997, 2000.

At the international level, Al Hilal has participated in the FIFA Club World Cup several times, they finished as runners-up at the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup, becoming the first Asian club from a non-host country to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final. In September 2009, Al Hilal was awarded the Best Asian Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS.

On 15 August 2023, Al Hilal signed world-renowned player Neymar for a record-breaking Saudi Pro League transfer fee of 90 million euros plus add-ons. Al Hilal signed other players from the European leagues, including Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Malcom, Yassin Bounou and Alexander Mitrovic. Later in the season, Neymar suffered an ACL injury, forcing the club to sign Renan Lodi under the foreign quota slot. On 11 April 2024, Al Hilal won the 2023 Saudi Super Cup.