Luvannor

Striker - Al-Faisaly
5 Sep 2026
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Marked for Luvannor

5 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match29 Aug 2026

Theo Bongonda leads the rout of Hajer

4‑0, and Theo Bongonda took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Al-Faisaly tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Both of them Theo Bongonda's — 8.15

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.15, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market31 Aug 2026

Jaber Issa hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Al-Faisaly can pretend not to have heard.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Al-Faisaly

Raphael Silva and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Jean Charles Ahoua runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

A masterclass from Jaime Seoane

Marked 8.20 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Too much change too quickly at Al-Faisaly

11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Al-Faisaly pick somebody else ahead of Luvannor

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

The dugout31 Aug 2026

Ali Al-Hassan has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Ali Al-Hassan on a 4‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Theo Bongonda beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 28. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Age has not caught Luvannor yet — 7.84

At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.84 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.

Market24 Aug 2026

André-Jordy Ella asks to leave Al-Faisaly

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Market24 Aug 2026

Al-Faisaly turn down Najran for Mohammed Al-Shanqiti

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Theo Bongonda in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Faisaly this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match22 Aug 2026

Luvannor the difference as Al-Faisaly beat Al-Fateh

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luvannor. 1‑0 against Al-Fateh, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Al-Faisaly

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdoulaye Seck was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad24 Aug 2026

100 appearances for Eid Al-Muwallad

100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Ali Al-Hassan kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

In brief

2 Edition

The Al-Faisaly Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Jaime Seoane wants more than Al-Faisaly are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Al-Faisaly

Theo Bongonda and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market10 Aug 2026

Al-Faisaly promote Ahmed Al-Dawsari from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ahmed Al-Dawsari 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

Ali Al-Enezi steps up from the Al-Faisaly academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ali Al-Enezi 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Ali Al-Rashid joins the Al-Faisaly first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ali Al-Rashid 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

A row about effort at Al-Faisaly

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohammed Al-Nakhli was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Looking ahead10 Aug 2026

A test against the best for Al-Faisaly

The team at the top of the table next, and the honest measure of where this side actually is. Anybody can beat the club below them; the question is what happens against Al-Shabab.

Looking ahead10 Aug 2026

A reunion for Luvannor

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Al-Shabab in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A season on the outside for Theo Bongonda

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Al-Faisaly has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

In brief