The Al-Orobah Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Essam Bahri gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Essam Bahri has just signed for Al-Orobah, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Abdullah Al-Zaid rejects the move
Al-Orobah had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Al-Hilal, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Al-Orobah
Hamed Al-Maghati and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Raymond Daniels signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Raymond Daniels commits to Al-Orobah for another 2 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al-Orobah promote Fahad Al-Enezi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Fahad Al-Enezi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al-Orobah promote Sultan Al-Ghamdi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sultan Al-Ghamdi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sami Al-Shammari joins the Al-Orobah first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sami Al-Shammari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bandar Al-Mutairi joins the Al-Orobah first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bandar Al-Mutairi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Essam Bahri in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Al-Orobah are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Looking ahead Ahmed Al-Juwaid goes back to face Al-Hazem
- Looking ahead Al-Orobah travel to Al-Hazem