Who owns Al Hilal?
AL-HILAL has been the focus of football since it offered Kylian Mbappe a world record €300m bid.
The famous Saudi Arabian team may pinch Mbappe from Paris Saint Germain but who owns the team?
Who owns Al Hilal?
Al Hilal SFC is owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
84 PIF companies have been created, covering 13 sectors which has created over 500,000 jobs directly or indirectly.
PIF bought 75 per cent stakes in Al-Ittihad, Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal earlier this year as part of their newly launched Sports Clubs Investment and Privatisation Project.
The project aims to encourage private investment within the sports sector, especially within football.
The remaining 25 per cent of these clubs is controlled by a non-profit organisation.
Each club board has seven members, five of which are appointed by PIF and the other two are elected by the non-profit organisation.
PIF took over Newcastle United FC in 2021 and owns 80 per cent of the club.
Al-Nassr hit the headlines earlier this year when Cristiano Ronaldo was signed to the team.
Who plays for Al Hilal?
As of July 25 2023, the players and their positions for Al-Hilal SFC are:
- Mohammed Al-Owais – goalkeeper
- Habib Al-Wutaian – goalkeeper
- Abdullah Al-Mayouf – goalkeeper
- Kalidou Koulibaly – centre-back
- Hyun-soo Jang – centre-back
- Ali Al-Boleahi – centre-back
- Khalifah Al-Dawsari – centre-back
- Muteb Al-Mufarrij – centre-back
- Mohammed Jahfali – centre-back
- Mohammed Al-Khaibari – centre-back
- Yasser Al-Shahrani – left-back
- Abdulrahman Al-Obaid – left-back
- Muath Faquihi – left-back
- Saud Abdulhamid – right-back
- Mohammed Al-Burayk – right-back
- Hamad Al-Yami – right-back
- Ruben Neves – defensive midfield
- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – central midfield
- Mohammed Kanno – central midfield
- Nasser Al-Dawsari – central midfield
- Abdulelah Al-Malki – central midfield
- Salman Al-Faraj – central midfield
- Musab Al-Juwayr – central midfield
- Saad Al-Nasser – attacking midfield
- Michael – left winger
- Salem Al-Dawsari – left winger
- Mohammed Al-Qahtani – left winger
- Moussa Marega – right winger
- Andre Carrillo – right winger
- Saleh Al-Shehri – centre-forward
- Abdullah Al-Hamdan – centre-forward
- Abdullah Radif – centre-forward
- Turki Al-Mutairi – centre-forward
Who is manager of Al Hilal?
The current manager of Al-Hilal is Jorge Jesus.
He was appointed as manager July 1, 2023, taking over from Ramon Diaz.
Jorge previously managed the club from July 1, 2017 to January 30, 2019.
Jorge was born July 24, 1954 in Amadora, Portugal.
He began his managing career in 1989 when he was appointed to Amora FC, after which he moved to Felgueiras and Unaio Madeira.
He led Estrela de Amadora to two consecutive eighth-place finishes and managed both Vitoria de Setubal and Amadora.
He was later in charge of Moreirense, Uniao de Leiria and Belenenses.
Jorge went on to manage SC Braga, leading the Minho side to the fifth position in the league and the round-of-16 in the UEFA Cup.
He went on to manage Sporting CP and later Al-Hilal.
However, he was sacked from Al-Hilal due to contractual disagreements.
Jorge was appointed manager of Flamengo in January 2019, later returning to Benfica in 2020.
He became Fenerbahce’s manager in 2022 before returning to Al-Hilal the following year.