2016–17 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

Al-Ahli
2016–17 season
President Musaad Al Zuwaihary
(until 31 August 2016)
Ahmad Al-Marzouqi
(from 26 September 2016)
Manager José Manuel Gomes
(until 30 September 2016)
Christian Gross
(from 3 October 2016)
Stadium King Abdullah Sports City
SPL 5th
King Cup Round of 32
Crown Prince Cup Semi-finals
Super Cup Winners
AFC Champions League 2017: Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Omar Al Somah (11)

All:
Omar Al Somah (17)
Highest home attendance 49,732 vs Al-Ittihad
(23 September 2016)[1]
Lowest home attendance 8,811 vs Al-Khaleej
(29 October 2016)[2]
Average home league attendance 22,714
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
All statistics correct as of 4 November 2016.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club's 79th in existence and 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club is also compete in the AFC Champions League, Super Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.


Players

Squad information

As of 30 September 2016[3][4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Saudi Arabia GK Yasser Al Mosailem
2 Saudi Arabia DF Ali Al-Zubaidi
4 Saudi Arabia MF Waleed Bakshween
5 Saudi Arabia MF Fahad Hamad
6 Saudi Arabia DF Mohammed Al Fatil
7 Saudi Arabia MF Salman Al-Moasher
8 Saudi Arabia MF Taisir Al-Jassim (Captain)
9 Syria FW Omar Al Soma
10 Greece MF Giannis Fetfatzidis
11 Saudi Arabia MF Housain Al-Mogahwi
13 Egypt DF Mohamed Abdel-Shafy
14 Saudi Arabia FW Muhannad Assiri
16 Saudi Arabia MF Maher Othman
18 Brazil MF Luíz Carlos
No. Position Player
20 Saudi Arabia FW Islam Seraj
21 Saudi Arabia DF Ageel Balghaith
22 Saudi Arabia GK Ahmed Al-Rehaili
24 Saudi Arabia MF Ali Awagi
25 Saudi Arabia DF Motaz Hawsawi
26 Saudi Arabia DF Mohammed Aman
30 Saudi Arabia DF Saeed Al-Robeai
31 Saudi Arabia DF Mansoor Al-Harbi
40 Saudi Arabia MF Raed Al-Ghamdi
45 Saudi Arabia MF Abdulfattah Asiri
47 Saudi Arabia MF Mustafa Bassas
66 Saudi Arabia GK Basem Atallah
77 Saudi Arabia DF Amiri Kurdi
80 Saudi Arabia MF Ryan Al-Mousa

New contracts

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
40 CM Saudi Arabia Raed Al-Ghamdi 4 years 2020 29 June 2016 [5]
4 DM Saudi Arabia Waleed Bakshween 4 years 2020 13 July 2016 [6]
21 RB Saudi Arabia Ageel Balghaith 3 years 2019 18 July 2016 [7]
77 RB Saudi Arabia Amiri Kurdi 2 years 2020 18 July 2016 [8]
30 CB Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Robeai 5 years 2021 26 July 2016 [9]
9 ST Syria Omar Al-Somah 2 years 2020 31 July 2016 [10]
80 AM Saudi Arabia Ryan Al-Mousa 2 years 2020 15 August 2016 [11]
7 LM Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Moasher 2 years 2020 19 August 2016 [12]
66 GK Saudi Arabia Basem Atallah 2 years 2018 25 August 2016 [13]

Transfers

In

Summer

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
24 LM Saudi Arabia Ali Awagi Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda £2,980,000 9 June 2016 [14]
18 DM Brazil Luíz Carlos Portugal Braga Free 14 July 2016 [15]
45 RM Saudi Arabia Abdulfattah Asiri Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Free 17 August 2016 [16]

Winter

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source

Out

Summer

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
3 CB Saudi Arabia Osama Hawsawi Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Free 1 July 2016 [17]
77 ST Saudi Arabia Samer Salem Saudi Arabia Unattached Free 1 July 2016
7 AM Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Aoufi Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Free 9 July 2016 [18]
22 GK Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mayouf Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Free 12 July 2016 [19]
29 DM Saudi Arabia Zakaria Sami Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej Free 12 July 2016 [20]
18 CM Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mutairi Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly Free 13 July 2016 [21]
99 CB Saudi Arabia Kamel Al-Mousa Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Free 21 July 2016 [22]
49 RM Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Sawadi Saudi Arabia Al-Raed Free 25 July 2016 [23]
- DM Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mohammed Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej Free 23 August 2016 [24]

Winter

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source

Loan in

Summer

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source

Winter

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source

Loan out

Summer

No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
ST Saudi Arabia Mostafa Al-Musawi Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda 8 July 2016 30 June 2017 [25]
LB Saudi Arabia Abdulelah Bokhari Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej 17 August 2016 30 June 2017 [26]
20 ST Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Fahmi Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda 25 August 2016 30 June 2017 [27]
15 LW Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Amri Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq 25 August 2016 30 June 2017 [28]

    Winter

    No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source

    Overall transfer activity

    Spending

    Summer: Decrease £2,980,000

    Winter: Decrease £

    Total: Decrease £2,980,000

    Income

    Summer: Increase £0,000,000

    Winter: Increase £

    Total: Increase £0,000,000

    Expenditure

    Summer: Decrease £2,980,000

    Winter: Decrease Increase £

    Total: Decrease £2,980,000

    Pre-season and friendlies

    Competitions

    Overall

    Competition Started round Current
    position / round
    Final
    position / round
    First match Last match
    Saudi Super Cup Final Winners 8 August 2016
    Professional League Round 1 14 August 2016
    Crown Prince Cup Round of 16 Quarter-finals 27 September 2016
    King Cup Round of 32 Round of 32
    2017 Champions League Group stage Group stage 20/21 February 2017

    Last Updated: 27 September 2016

    Saudi Super Cup

    Main article: 2016 Saudi Super Cup

    Pro League

    League table

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    3 Al-Nassr 8 6 0 2 14 5 +9 18 Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
    4 Al-Shabab 8 5 2 1 11 6 +5 17
    5 Al-Ahli 8 5 1 2 18 7 +11 16
    6 Al-Ettifaq 8 4 1 3 10 11 1 13
    7 Al-Raed 8 4 0 4 13 15 2 12
    Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. Source: slstat.com
    Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).[29]

    Results summary

    OverallHomeAway
    PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
    9 6 1 2 19 7  +12 19 3 1 0 11 2  +9 3 0 2 8 5  +3

    Last updated: 20 November 2016.
    Source: Competitive matches

    Results by round

    Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
    GroundAAAHHAHHAHAHA
    Result W W L D W L W W W
    Position 1 1 3 5 3 5 5 5 3

    Last updated: 20 November 2016.
    Source: Competitive matches
    Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

    Matches

    All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

      Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

    Crown Prince Cup

    Al-Ahli started the tournament directly to the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

    King Cup

    2017 AFC Champions League

    Group stage

    Statistics

    Appearances

    No. Pos. Name Jameel League King's Cup Crown Prince Cup Super Cup Champions League Total Discipline
    Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
    1 GK Saudi Arabia Yasser Al Mosailem 60001010008010
    2 DF Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Zubaidi 30001000004000
    4 MF Saudi Arabia Waleed Bakshween 00000000000000
    5 MF Saudi Arabia Fahad Hamad 0 (1)0001000001 (1)000
    6 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al Fatil 70001010009010
    7 MF Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Moasher 8 (1)0001 (1)0100010 (2)000
    8 MF Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim 710010100010100
    9 FW Syria Omar Al Soma 91100251100121710
    10 MF Greece Giannis Fetfatzidis 8 (1)10010100010 (1)100
    11 MF Saudi Arabia Housain Al-Mogahwi 3 (4)000200 (1)0005 (5)000
    13 DF Egypt Mohamed Abdel-Shafy 80000010009000
    14 FW Saudi Arabia Muhannad Assiri 0 (3)0000 (1)100000 (4)100
    16 MF Saudi Arabia Maher Othman 00000000000000
    18 MF Brazil Luíz Carlos 900010100011020
    20 FW Saudi Arabia Islam Seraj 0 (1)0001000001 (1)000
    21 DF Saudi Arabia Ageel Balghaith 80001 (1)0100010 (1)000
    22 GK Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Rehaili 3 (1)0001000004 (1)000
    24 MF Saudi Arabia Ali Awagi 1 (4)0000 (2)010002 (6)000
    25 DF Saudi Arabia Motaz Hawsawi 920011100011320
    26 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Aman 0 (3)000100 (1)0001 (4)010
    30 DF Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Robeai 00001000001010
    31 DF Saudi Arabia Mansoor Al-Harbi 1 (3)0002000003 (3)010
    40 MF Saudi Arabia Raed Al-Ghamdi 00000000000000
    45 MF Saudi Arabia Abdulfattah Asiri 0 (5)1001000001 (5)100
    47 MF Saudi Arabia Mustafa Bassas 8200100 (1)0009 (1)220
    66 GK Saudi Arabia Basem Atallah 00000000000000
    77 DF Saudi Arabia Amiri Kurdi 00001000001010
    80 MF Saudi Arabia Ryan Al-Mousa 0 (1)0000000000 (1)000

    Last updated: 20 November 2016.
    Source:

    Goalscorers

    Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Super Cup Crown Prince Cup King Cup 2017 CL Total
    1 9 FW Syria Omar Al Somah 11 1 5 0 0 17
    2 25 DF Saudi Arabia Motaz Hawsawi 2 0 1 0 0 3
    3 47 MF Saudi Arabia Mustafa Al-Bassas 2 0 0 0 0 2
    4 8 MF Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim 1 0 0 0 0 1
    10 MF Greece Giannis Fetfatzidis 1 0 0 0 0 1
    14 FW Saudi Arabia Muhannad Assiri 0 0 1 0 0 1
    45 MF Saudi Arabia Abdulfattah Asiri 1 0 0 0 0 1
    Own goal 1 0 1 0 0 2
    Total 19 1 8 0 0 28

    Last Updated: 20 November 2016

    Clean sheets

    Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Super Cup Crown Prince Cup King Cup 2017 CL Total
    1 1 GK Saudi Arabia Yasser Al Mosailem 2 0 0 0 0 2
    22 GK Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Rehaili 2 0 0 0 0 2
    Total 4 0 0 0 0 4

    Last Updated: 20 November 2016

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