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Al-Suqoor Club — 'The Falcons' — were founded in 1965 in Tabuk, a city in northwestern Saudi Arabia near the Jordanian border. For their first thirty-five years, the club existed as a community institution serving Tabuk's relatively small population. Playing in the lower divisions of Saudi football, Al-Suqoor were far removed from the glamour of the professional league, competing instead in regional tournaments and the Third Division. The club's remote location — Tabuk is over 1,200 kilometers from Riyadh — meant limited media attention and modest crowds, but Al-Suqoor provided a sporting outlet for a region with few other entertainment options. The club developed a small but devoted following and served as a grassroots development pathway for local footballing talent.

The 2000s and 2010s saw Al-Suqoor slowly improve their standing in Saudi football. The club gained promotion to the First Division (second tier) on multiple occasions, though maintaining that status proved challenging given the financial disparities between northwestern clubs and those from the more prosperous central and eastern regions. The club's infrastructure remained modest, and the player budget was among the lowest in their respective divisions. Nevertheless, Al-Suqoor's persistence in the second tier demonstrated growing competitiveness, and by the early 2020s the club were a mid-table First Division side with aspirations of further progress. Few could have predicted how dramatically the club's trajectory was about to change.