The Hajer Post
Squad9 Nov 2026
The knee: Albert Amoah out for 99 days
99 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Hajer lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Wadhah Zaidi beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 30. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad9 Nov 2026
7 saves: Ali Al-Amri was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Match7 Nov 2026
At last: Hajer win one
11 matches without a win, and then this, against Al-Taawoun. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Abdulrahman Al-Hurayb keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Hajer may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Hajer
Albert Amoah was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market9 Nov 2026
One of our own: Khalid Al-Dosari joins the Hajer first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Khalid Al-Dosari is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market9 Nov 2026
Nasser Al-Hassan steps up from the Hajer academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nasser Al-Hassan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Match7 Nov 2026
Hajer get the job done against Al-Taawoun
A 1‑0 win over Al-Taawoun, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
In brief
- Player ratings One of those days for Shahab Zahedi
- The dugout Abdullah Al-Harbi has his say
- The dugout No hiding place for Abdullah Al-Bahri