The Role of Knowledge Management in the Development of Sports Clubs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This article aims to identify the role that knowledge management can play in the development of sports clubs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and as an extension of that, to identify the requirements that help apply knowledge management in sports clubs in the Kingdom and the challenges facing the application of knowledge management in them, and to find out what it can offer Knowledge management to develop these clubs and bring them to a height that touches the aspirations of their fans, especially since sport has become at the present time one of the witnesses of the progress of nations and the progress of peoples, and to achieve this, the quaternary analysis approach was used to identify gaps and stand on strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and expected risks. In addition, in this article, we try to identify the role that knowledge management can play in the development of sports clubs, and the following objectives branch out from it:  Knowing knowledge management, its importance, objectives and operations.  Determine the challenges facing the application of knowledge management.  Determine the requirements for the application of knowledge management.  Identify the relationship between knowledge management and sports management. This article is considered the first of its kind - as far as the researcher knows - has come up with many results, where the challenges facing the application of knowledge management in sports clubs have been identified, and the requirements for the application of knowledge management in these clubs have been identified, and in the light of that and through the application of the quaternary analysis approach The strengths, weaknesses, available opportunities and expected risks were identified in the sports clubs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, leading to the role that knowledge management can play to enhance the strengths and overcome the weaknesses and invest in the available opportunities and avoid the expected risks in these clubs, in order to ensure the development of sports clubs. The research recommendations focused on the importance of supporting the Ministry of Sports, sports federations and sports clubs in the Kingdom of the principles and foundations of knowledge management in the sports field in general and in club departments in particular and including it as an administrative department in the organizational structure of clubs and attracting experts in knowledge management with the aim of applying knowledge management in it and then employing it to achieve goals desired. Finally, the research article pointed to the importance of using qualified national cadres from university graduates in knowledge management, in addition to employing technology in its application, all of which will contribute to the development of sports clubs. The research also recommended expanding studies in the field of the role of knowledge management in developing sports clubs in general in the Kingdom. Saudi Arab