Saudi Gazette report
ALQASSIM — Al Kholood have formally ushered in a brand new period with the appointment of English supervisor Des Buckingham forward of the 2025-26 Roshn Saudi League season.
The announcement, made Thursday, marks the most recent strategic transfer by the Ar Rass-based membership to construct on their spectacular debut marketing campaign within the prime flight, the place they completed a exceptional ninth.
Buckingham, 40, brings a wealth of worldwide teaching expertise to the Saudi Professional League.
He started his senior managerial profession in New Zealand with Wellington Phoenix earlier than taking cost of the nation’s U-20 and U-23 nationwide groups.
His teaching résumé contains stints at Melbourne Metropolis in Australia and a trophy-laden spell with Mumbai Metropolis in India, the place he captured the Indian Tremendous League title and established a dynamic, attacking id for the facet.
In 2023, Buckingham returned to England to take the reins at Oxford United, the membership the place his youth teaching journey started. In his first season, he guided the staff to promotion to the Championship, England’s second division.
Now on the helm of Al Kholood — beneath new possession — Buckingham is predicted to construct on the membership’s top-tier momentum and lead a renewed push within the aggressive RSL panorama. His first official match will come on August 28, when Al Kholood open their marketing campaign away to Al Ettifaq.
