2016–17 Al-Hilal FC season

Al-Hilal
2016–17 season
President Nawaf Bin Sa'ad
Manager Gustavo Matosas
(until 22 September 2016)
Marius Ciprian (caretaker)
(from 22 September, until 25 October 2016)
Ramón Díaz
(from 25 October 2016)
Stadium King Fahd Stadium
Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL 1st
Super Cup Runners-up
Crown Prince Cup Semi-finals
King Cup Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Léo Bonatini (11)
All: Léo Bonatini (14)
Highest home attendance 35,033 vs Al-Ittihad (28 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance 3,921 vs Al-Khaleej (16 February 2017)
Average home league attendance 15,387[1]
Home colours
Away colours
All statistics correct as of 21 February 2017.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 60th in existence and 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club also competes in the AFC Champions League, Super Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2017.[2][3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Transfer Fee Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf Saudi Arabia GK 23 January 1987 2016 2018[4] Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Free
22 Fahad Al-Thunayan Saudi Arabia GK 29 August 1986 2014 2019[5] Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun 1.8M[6]
28 Marwan Al-Haidari Saudi Arabia GK 12 April 1996 2016 2020 Saudi Arabia Al-Nahda €0.3M[7]
30 Mohammed Al-Waked Saudi Arabia GK 25 March 1992 2013 2017 Youth system N/A
Defenders
2 Mohammed Al-Breik Saudi Arabia RB / RW 15 September 1992 2014 2018 Youth system N/A
4 Abdullah Al-Zori Saudi Arabia CB / LB 13 August 1987 2007 2019[8] Saudi Arabia Al-Nahda Undisclosed
5 Ahmed Sharahili Saudi Arabia CB / RB 8 May 1994 2013 2018 Youth system N/A
12 Yasser Al-Shahrani Saudi Arabia LB / RB 22 May 1992 2012 2018 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah €3.5M[9]
17 Abdullah Al-Hafith Saudi Arabia CB 25 December 1992 2013 2018 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq €0.4M[10]
33 Osama Hawsawi Saudi Arabia CB 31 March 1984 2016 2018 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Free[11]
36 Mutaeb Al-Mofarej Saudi Arabia Defender 19 August 1996 2016 Youth system N/A
70 Mohammed Jahfali Saudi Arabia CB 24 October 1990 2015 2020 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly €1.8M[12]
Midfielders
3 Carlos Eduardo Brazil CM / AM 17 October 1989 2015 2018 Portugal FC Porto €7M[13]
6 Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri Saudi Arabia DM / CM 13 March 1986 2016 2019 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free[14]
7 Salman Al-Faraj Saudi Arabia DM / CM / LB 1 August 1989 2008 2017 Youth system N/A
8 Abdullah Otayf Saudi Arabia DM / CM 3 August 1992 2013 2018 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab €2.3M[15]
10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Saudi Arabia AM / LW 8 December 1980 1998 2017 Youth system N/A Vice-captain
11 Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia AM / LM 11 October 1988 2007 2019 Youth system N/A
16 Nicolás Milesi Uruguay DM / CM 10 November 1992 2016 2018[16] Uruguay Danubio Undisclosed
18 Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili Saudi Arabia CM / AM 28 August 1986 2016 2018[17] Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun 1.6M
21 Majed Al-Najrani Saudi Arabia CM 25 January 1993 2016 2019[18] Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah €0.6M[19]
24 Nawaf Al-Abed Saudi Arabia LW / RW 26 January 1990 2008 2018 Youth system N/A
25 Faisel Darwish Saudi Arabia DM / CM / RM 3 July 1991 2015 2020 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed €1.4M[20]
27 Tiago Alves Brazil LM / LW 12 January 1993 2016 2019[21] Brazil Penapolense Undisclosed
29 Salem Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia RM / RW 19 August 1991 2011 2019 Youth system N/A
36 Mojahed Al-Munee Saudi Arabia AM / CM 15 January 1996 2016 Youth system N/A
Forwards
9 Léo Bonatini Brazil ST / CF 28 March 1994 2016 2019[22] Portugal Estoril €5.5M[23]
20 Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia ST / CF 11 October 1982 2005 2017 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah €5.3M[24] Captain
77 Omar Kharbin Syria ST / CF 15 January 1994 2017 2017 United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra Loan

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
6 June 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri 30 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free
27 June 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Majed Al-Najrani 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah €0.6M
28 June 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili 29 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun €1.6M
30 June 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hafith 23 Saudi Arabia Hajer Return from loan
1 July 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Osama Hawsawi 32 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Free
12 July 2016 GK, GK Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mayouf 29 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Free
16 July 2016 FW, FW Brazil Léo Bonatini 22 Portugal Estoril €5.5M
2 August 2016 MF, MF Brazil Tiago Alves 23 Brazil Penapolense Undisclosed
13 August 2016 MF, MF Uruguay Nicolás Milesi 23 Uruguay Danubio Undisclosed

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
21 June 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Musalem 29 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda Free
29 June 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Bishi 26 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly Free
1 July 2016 DF, DF South Korea Kwak Tae-hwi 34 South Korea Seoul Free
31 July 2016 DF, DF Brazil Digão 28 United Arab Emirates Al-Sharjah Undisclosed
11 August 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Hamed Al-Hamed 28 Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh Free
12 August 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Deayea 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free
16 August 2016 FW, FW Saudi Arabia Younes Alaiwi 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej Free
20 August 2016 FW, FW Brazil Aílton Almeida 32 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira Free Following Almeida's release, he signed for Al-Jazira.
2 September 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Sharid 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun Free
3 September 2016 FW, FW Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem 31 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Free
22 September 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Saud Kariri 36 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free
30 January 2017 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Fahad Ghazi 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free
30 January 2017 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Khalid Kaabi 24 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free
30 January 2017 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Qarni 27 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free

Loan in

Date Pos. Player Age Loaned from Notes Loan Expiry Source
17 January 2017 FW, FW Syria Omar Kharbin 24 United Arab Emirates Al-Dhafra 30 June 2017

Loan out

Date Pos. Player Age Loaned to Notes Loan Expiry Source
21 June 2016 GK, GK Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Sudairy 24 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda 30 June 2017
21 June 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shamekh 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Wehda 30 June 2017
5 July 2016 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani 23 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed 30 June 2017
16 August 2016 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Ammar 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh 30 June 2017
8 January 2017 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat 21 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun 30 June 2017
13 January 2017 GK, GK Saudi Arabia Khalid Sharahili 29 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed 30 June 2017
18 January 2017 FW, FW Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani 33 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 30 June 2017

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Saudi Super Cup Final Runners-up 8 August 2016
Professional League Round 1 13 August 2016
Crown Prince Cup Round of 16 Semi-finals 26 September 2016
2017 Champions League Group stage Group stage 20/21 February 2017
King Cup Round of 32 Round of 32

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

Saudi Super Cup

Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Hilal (C) 26 21 3 2 63 16 +47 66 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Ahli (Q) 26 17 4 5 57 30 +27 55
3 Al-Nassr (Q) 26 16 4 6 44 25 +19 52
4 Al-Ittihad[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 26 17 4 5 57 37 +20 52 Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
5 Al-Raed 26 11 2 13 37 47 10 35
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. 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).[26]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.[25]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 21 3 2 63 16  +47 66 9 2 2 33 9  +24 12 1 0 30 7  +23

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Result W W L W W W L W W W W W D W W W D W W W W W D W W W
Position 4 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
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-Hilal 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

AFC Champions League


Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL PER RAY WAH
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 3 3 0 10 7 +3 12 Round of 16 0–0 2–1 1–0
2 Iran Persepolis 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 1–1 0–0 4–2
3 Qatar Al-Rayyan 6 2 1 3 10 13 3 7 3–4 3–1 2–1
4 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 6 1 1 4 12 13 1 4 2–2 2–3 5–1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout Stage

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Super Cup ACL Total
1 9 FW Brazil Léo Bonatini 12 2 1 0 0 15
2 3 MF Brazil Carlos Eduardo 9 0 0 0 3 12
3 24 MF Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al Abed 6 0 2 0 1 9
4 15 FW Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani 7 0 0 0 0 7
5 20 FW Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani 4 2 0 0 0 6
6 77 FW Syria Omar Kharbin 3 1 0 0 1 5
7 2 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Breik 1 0 1 1 0 3
29 MF Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari 2 1 0 0 0 3
9 7 MF Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Faraj 2 0 0 0 0 2
10 MF Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 1 0 0 0 1 2
16 MF Uruguay Nicolás Milesi 1 1 0 0 0 2
12 12 DF Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani 1 0 0 0 0 1
18 MF Saudi Arabia Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili 1 0 0 0 0 1
27 MF Brazil Tiago Alves 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own goal 2 0 0 0 0 2
Total 53 7 4 1 6 71

Last Updated: 10 April 2017

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Name League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Super Cup ACL Total
1 1 GK Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Mayouf 12 1 1 0 1 14
Total 12 1 1 0 1 15

Last Updated: 10 April 2017

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