Neom SC

Neom SC trace their origins to 1965 when Al-Suqoor Club — meaning "The Falcons" — were founded in Tabuk, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia near the Jordanian border. For nearly six decades, the club competed in the lower tiers of Saudi football, a regional institution known locally but virtually invisible on the national stage.

Everything changed on December 24, 2023, when the Saudi Ministry of Sport transferred the club's ownership to NEOM, the $500 billion megacity project being developed on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast. The rebranding to Neom SC brought with it transformative investment and a mandate to build a football club worthy of one of the world's most ambitious development projects. The club retained their Tabuk base but gained the financial muscle to recruit internationally.

The investment paid rapid dividends. Under French coach Christophe Galtier — formerly of Paris Saint-Germain, Nice, and Lille — Neom SC earned promotion to the Saudi Pro League in April 2025, winning the First Division title and securing their first-ever top-flight campaign. Their debut SPL match came on August 28, 2025, a 1-0 loss to Al-Ahli that nonetheless marked a historic occasion for the club.

Neom SC's 2025-26 season represents both a sporting challenge and a branding exercise for the NEOM project. Playing in white and blue at Tabuk's King Khalid Sport City Stadium, the club are the newest addition to the Saudi Pro League and embody the country's vision of using football as a vehicle for regional development and global visibility. Whether Neom can build a lasting football identity — rather than simply serving as a corporate vehicle — is the defining question of their nascent top-flight existence.