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2016–17 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

The 2016–17 season was Al-Ahli's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 79th year in existence as a football club. The club started the season facing Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, winning the game on penalties. As well as this, the club also competed in the Pro League, the AFC Champions League, and the two domestic cups, the Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup. They entered the season as defending champions of both the League and King Cup.

Al-Ahli
2016–17 season
PresidentMusaad Al Zuwaihary
(until 31 August 2016)
Ahmad Al-Marzouqi
(from 26 September 2016)
ManagerJosé Manuel Gomes
(until 30 September 2016)
Christian Gross
(from 3 October 2016)
StadiumKing Abdullah Sports City
Pro League2nd
King CupRunners-up
Crown Prince CupSemi-finals
Super CupWinners
AFC Champions LeagueQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Omar Al Somah (24)
All:
Omar Al Somah (40)
Highest home attendance51,659 vs Al-Hilal
(25 November 2016)[1]
Lowest home attendance2,241 vs Al-Taawoun
(4 May 2017)[2]
Average home league attendance20,689[3]
All statistics correct as of 29 May 2017.

Players edit

Squad information edit

As of 26 January 2017[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   KSA Yasser Al Mosailem
2 DF   KSA Ali Al-Zubaidi
4 MF   KSA Waleed Bakshween
5 MF   KSA Fahad Hamad
6 DF   KSA Mohammed Al Fatil
7 MF   KSA Salman Al-Moasher
8 MF   KSA Taisir Al-Jassim (Captain)
9 FW   SYR Omar Al Soma
10 MF   GRE Giannis Fetfatzidis
11 MF   KSA Housain Al-Mogahwi
13 DF   EGY Mohamed Abdel-Shafy
14 FW   KSA Muhannad Assiri
16 MF   KSA Maher Othman
17 MF   KSA Ayman Al-Khulaif
20 FW   KSA Islam Seraj
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF   KSA Ageel Balghaith
22 GK   KSA Ahmed Al-Rehaili
23 DF   KSA Saeed Al-Mowalad
24 MF   KSA Ali Awagi
25 DF   KSA Motaz Hawsawi
26 DF   KSA Mohammed Aman
27 MF   KSA Hamdan Al-Shamrani
30 DF   KSA Saeed Al-Robeai
31 DF   KSA Mansoor Al-Harbi
44 GK   KSA Ayman Al-Hussaini
45 MF   KSA Abdulfattah Asiri
47 MF   KSA Mustafa Bassas
55 MF   IRQ Saad Abdul-Amir
66 GK   KSA Basem Atallah
77 DF   KSA Amiri Kurdi

New contracts edit

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
40 CM   Raed Al-Ghamdi 4 years 2020 29 June 2016 [6]
4 DM   Waleed Bakshween 4 years 2020 13 July 2016 [7]
21 RB   Ageel Balghaith 3 years 2019 18 July 2016 [8]
77 RB   Amiri Kurdi 2 years 2020 18 July 2016 [9]
35 ST   Mohammed Al-Harthi 2 years 2018 21 July 2016 [10]
30 CB   Saeed Al-Robeai 5 years 2021 26 July 2016 [11]
9 ST   Omar Al-Somah 2 years 2020 31 July 2016 [12]
80 DM   Ryan Al-Mousa 2 years 2020 15 August 2016 [13]
7 LM   Salman Al-Moasher 2 years 2020 19 August 2016 [14]
66 GK   Basem Atallah 2 years 2018 25 August 2016 [15]
14 ST   Muhannad Assiri 4 years 2020 3 December 2016 [16]
1 GK   Yasser Al Mosailem 4 years 2020 29 December 2016 [17]
10 AM   Giannis Fetfatzidis 2 years 2019 22 April 2017 [18]

Transfers edit

In edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
24 LM   Ali Awagi   Al-Wehda £2,980,000 9 June 2016 [19]
18 DM   Luíz Carlos   Braga Free 14 July 2016 [20]
45 RM   Abdulfattah Asiri   Al-Ittihad Free 17 August 2016 [21]

Winter edit

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
23 RB   Saeed Al-Mowalad   Al-Raed Free 2 January 2017 [22]
55 DM   Saad Abdul-Amir   Al-Qadisiyah £975,000 12 January 2017 [23]

Out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
3 CB   Osama Hawsawi   Al-Hilal Free 1 July 2016 [24]
17 LM   Majed Kanabah   Unattached Free 1 July 2016
77 ST   Samer Salem   Unattached Free 1 July 2016
7 AM   Ahmed Al-Aoufi   Al-Ittihad Free 9 July 2016 [25]
22 GK   Abdullah Al-Mayouf   Al-Hilal Free 12 July 2016 [26]
29 DM   Zakaria Sami   Al-Khaleej Free 12 July 2016 [27]
18 CM   Abdullah Al-Mutairi   Al-Faisaly Free 13 July 2016 [28]
99 CB   Kamel Al-Mousa   Al-Wehda Free 21 July 2016 [29]
49 RM   Sultan Al-Sawadi   Al-Raed Free 25 July 2016 [30]
- DM   Abdullah Al-Mohammed   Al-Khaleej Free 23 August 2016 [31]

Winter edit

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
18 DM   Luíz Carlos   Osmanlıspor Free 26 January 2017 [32]

Loan out edit

Summer edit

No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
— ST   Mostafa Al-Musawi   Al-Khaleej 8 July 2016 30 June 2017 [33]
32 CB   Hamed Al-Sherif   Al-Ettifaq 13 July 2016 20 January 2017 [34]
28 LB   Abdulelah Bokhari   Al-Khaleej 17 August 2016 30 June 2017 [35]
19 ST   Yasser Al-Fahmi   Al-Wehda 25 August 2016 30 June 2017 [36]
15 LW   Saleh Al-Amri   Al-Ettifaq 25 August 2016 30 June 2017 [37]

Winter edit

No. Pos Player Loaned To Start End Source
35 ST   Mohammed Al-Harthi   Al-Batin 15 January 2017 30 June 2017 [38]
32 CB   Hamed Al-Sherif   Hajer 21 January 2017 30 June 2017 [39]
40 RM   Raed Al-Ghamdi   Al-Khaleej 23 January 2017 30 June 2017 [40]
80 DM   Ryan Al-Mousa   Al-Raed 25 January 2017 30 June 2017 [41]

Overall transfer activity edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Al-Ahli preceded their 2016-17 campaign with a friendly against Jeddah Club, a tour of Spain and Qatar and faced Barcelona in the Qatar Airways Cup midway through the season.

14 July 2016 Friendly Al-Ahli   6–0   Jeddah Club Jeddah
20:15 AST Aman   18'
Al-Somah   27'
Al-Amri   43'
Al-Shamrani   55'
Al-Ghamdi   89'
Al-Khatib   90'		 Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
22 July 2016 Friendly Al-Ahli   2–2   Getafe Marbella, Spain
18:30 WET Al-Harbi   65'
Al-Somah   88'		 Report Fuster   40'
Gorosito   71'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
25 July 2016 Friendly Middlesbrough   2–0   Al-Ahli Marbella, Spain
23:00 WET Nugent   58'
De Sart   68'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
27 July 2016 Friendly Alcorcón   0–1   Al-Ahli Marbella, Spain
18:30 WET Report Al-Mogahwi   83' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
30 July 2016 Friendly Granada   0–0   Al-Ahli Marbella, Spain
19:30 WET Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
3 August 2016 Friendly Málaga   3–1   Al-Ahli Marbella, Spain
19:00 WET Fornals   22'
Charles   25'
Kuki Zalazar   80'		 Report Awagi   78' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
4 September 2016 Friendly Qatar   0–3   Al-Ahli Doha, Qatar
19:00 AST Al-Shamrani   36'
Fetfatzidis   48'
Al-Somah   90'		 Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
7 September 2016 Friendly Al-Gharafa   0–2   Al-Ahli Doha, Qatar
18:55 AST Al-Zabeidi   32'
Aman   62'		 Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
8 October 2016 Friendly Al-Ahli   6–2   Jeddah Club Jeddah
18:50 AST Fetfatzidis   8'
Al-Somah   18', 37'
Assiri   34'
Balghaith   73'
Seraj   81'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
12 November 2016 Friendly Al-Ahli   6–1   Weg Jeddah
18:25 AST Al-Robeai   5', 29'
Fetfatzidis   9'
Al-Ghamdi   46', 51'
Awagi   77'		 Voinea   11' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
13 December 2016 Qatar Airways Cup Al-Ahli   3–5   Barcelona Doha, Qatar
19:00 AST Abdulrahman   51' (pen.)
Assiri   60', 65'		 Report Suárez   8'
Messi   10'
Neymar   17'
Alcácer   55'
Rafinha   58'		 Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Attendance: 18,126
Referee: Fahad Al-Marri

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Professional League 26 17 4 5 57 30 +27 065.38 — 2nd 14 August 2016 4 May 2017
King Cup 5 4 0 1 16 5 +11 080.00 Round of 32 Runners-up 20 January 2017 18 May 2017
Crown Prince Cup 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 066.67 Round of 16 Semi-finals 27 September 2016 27 December 2016
Champions League 8 4 3 1 14 9 +5 050.00 Group stage In Progress 21 February 2017 In Progress
Saudi Super Cup 1 1 0 0 1 1 +0 100.00 Final Winners 8 August 2016
Total 43 28 7 8 98 50 +48 065.12

Updated to match played 29 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Saudi Super Cup edit

As a result of winning both the league and Kings Cup, Al-Ahli were scheduled to face Al-Hilal, who won the Crown Prince Cup, in their 1st Saudi Super Cup appearance. Al-Ahli won the match on penalties.

Main article: 2016 Saudi Super Cup
8 August 2016 Al-Ahli 1–1
(4–3 p)		 Al-Hilal London, England
19:30 UTC+1 Al-Somah   69' Report Al-Breik   48',   61' Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 16,365
Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
Penalties
Carlos  
Hawsawi  
Bassas  
Al-Mogahwi  
Al-Somah  		   Al-Qahtani
  Al-Shamrani
  Hawsawi
  Al-Ruwaili
  S. Al-Dawsari

Pro League edit

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Professional League

League table edit

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 26 17 4 5 57 30 +27 55
3 Al-Nassr 26 16 4 6 44 25 +19 52[a]
4 Al-Ittihad[b] 26 17 4 5 57 37 +20 52[a]
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).[43]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
  2. ^ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.[42]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 17 4 5 57 30  +27 55 9 2 2 27 11  +16 8 2 3 30 19  +11

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAAAHHAHHAHAHAHHHAAHAAHAHAH
ResultWWLDWLWWWLWWWWWWWLLDWDDWWW
Position11353555354432222243334432
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

14 August 2016 1 Al-Ettifaq 1–4 Al-Ahli Dammam
20:45 Otain   16'
Kanno   67',   71'
Hazazi   80'
Al-Dossari   83'		 Report Al-Somah   45+1', 81' (pen.)
Bassas   63'
Al-Jassim   85'		 Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 6,350
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
20 August 2016 2 Al-Fateh 0–1 Al-Ahli Al-Hasa
21:05 Al-Fuhaid   38'
Al Bulaihi   73'		 Report Hawsawi   11'
Al-Somah   67'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 4,179
Referee: Khalid Al-Teris
18 September 2016 3 Al-Shabab 3–2 Al-Ahli Riyadh
20:45 Muath   10'
Benyettou   52', 54', 82'
Benlamri   57'		 Report Al Somah   12' (pen.), 58' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 3,101
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan
23 September 2016 4 Al-Ahli 1–1 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
20:45 Bassas   3'
Al-Nakhli   74' (o.g.)		 Report Kahraba   14'
F. Al-Muwallad   78'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 49,732
Referee: Khaled Salwi
15 October 2016 5 Al-Ahli 2–0 Al-Qadisiyah Jeddah
20:00 Al-Somah   39' (pen.), 86'
Bassas   66'		 Report Barnawi   54' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 14,388
Referee: Shoukri Al-Hanfoush
21 October 2016 6 Al-Nassr 1–0 Al-Ahli Riyadh
20:15 Al-Jebreen   42'
Ayala   83'
Ayala   84'
Al-Fraidi   90'		 Report Al-Mosailem   8'
Al-Fatil   82'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 16,501
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
29 October 2016 7 Al-Ahli 4–1 Al-Khaleej Jeddah
20:00 Al-Somah   7', 14', 70', 72' Report Jandson   18' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 8,811
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
4 November 2016 8 Al-Ahli 4–0 Al-Wehda Jeddah
20:00 Al-Somah   7'
Hawsawi   41'
Carlos   49'
Fetfatzidis   58'
Bassas   74'
Asiri   89'		 Report Al-Dossari   45+1'
Al-Faresi   61'
Al-Otaibi   68'
Al-Najar   80'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 17,923
Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini
20 November 2016 9 Al-Batin 0–1 Al-Ahli Hafar al-Batin
19:45 Al-Enazi   22'
Dakheel   62'
Al-Shammeri   90+4'		 Report Hawsawi   43',   73'
Ali Awagi   66'
Carlos   75'		 Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium
Attendance: 1,644
Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari
25 November 2016 10 Al-Ahli 1–2 Al-Hilal Jeddah
20:00 Al-Somah   80',   90+3'
Al-Mougahwi   80'
Al-Moasher   90'		 Report Bonatini   27'
Carlos Eduardo   59'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 51,659
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)
1 December 2016 11 Al-Faisaly 3–6 Al-Ahli Al Majma'ah
19:40 Luisinho   12' (pen.), 74',   45'
Al-Munaif   16'
Fallatah   82'
Abbas   84'
Everaldo   88'
Abdulaziz   90+1'		 Report Al-Somah   6'
Abdel-Shafy   12'
Al-Fatil   17'
Alemão   31' (o.g.)
Al-Moasher   58',   67'
Fetfatzidis   61'
Al-Jassim   75'		 Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 704
Referee: Khaled Al-Teris
9 December 2016 12 Al-Ahli 1–0 Al-Raed Jeddah
19:55 Balghaith   50'
Asiri   81'		 Report Al-Sherif   35'
Al-Showaish   58'
Al-Qahtani   60'
Sharahili   71'
Al-Bishi   89'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 11,689
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi
17 December 2016 13 Al-Taawoun 2–3 Al-Ahli Buraidah
19:45 Machado   14'
El Hamdaoui   70' (pen.)
Sari Amr   87'		 Report Al-Somah   9' (pen.)
Asiri   15',   67'
Al-Moasher   38'
Kurdi   71'
Al-Dossari   80' (o.g.)		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 2,774
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan
22 December 2016 14 Al-Ahli 4–1 Al-Ettifaq Jeddah
19:45 Awagi   6',   60'
Aman   20'
Al-Somah   24', 66'		 Report Al-Hazaa   23'
Otain   31'
Kanno   72'
Al-Nashi   80'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 14,743
Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)
31 December 2016 15 Al-Ahli 2–0 Al-Fateh Jeddah
19:50 Kurdi   45+1'
Awagi   84', 90+3'		 Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 9,560
Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi
27 January 2017 16 Al-Ahli 3–1 Al-Shabab Jeddah
20:15 Al-Somah   23', 47',   31'
Al-Moasher   58'
Asiri   85'		 Report Benyettou   19'
Al-Sulayhem   71'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 40,591
Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)
3 February 2017 17 Al-Ittihad 1–4 Al-Ahli Jeddah
20:20 Fallatah   2'
Al-Nakhli   6'
Al-Muwallad   42'
Khrees   50'
Al-Ansari   78'		 Report Al-Moasher   6'
Fetfatzidis   41',   59'
Assiri   48'
Al-Jassim   52'
Asiri   62'
Al-Mowalad   87'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 52,909
Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)
9 February 2017 18 Al-Qadisiyah 4–1 Al-Ahli Khobar
20:15 Fallatah   40', 45+3'
Jaafari   41'
Bismark   53'
Hazazi   76',   81'		 Report Al-Mowalad   45+2'
Al-Harbi   49'
Al-Somah   69',   88'
Assiri   89'		 Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 5,002
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
17 February 2017 19 Al-Ahli 0–2 Al-Nassr Jeddah
20:25 Al-Fatil   46'
Al-Robeai   51'
Abdul-Amir   72'
Al-Mowalad   78'		 Report Al-Fraidi   5'
Al-Ghamdi   42'
Al-Shehri   45+1'
Ghaleb   53'
Al-Dossari   66'
Hazazi   90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 38,355
Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)
4 March 2017 20 Al-Khaleej 2–2 Al-Ahli Dammam
20:30 Jandson   4'
Hazazi   41'
Lajami   79'
Diakité   81'		 Report Al-Somah   39' (pen.)
Asiri   44'		 Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 1,383
Referee: Khaled Salwi
9 March 2017 21 Al-Wehda 1–3 Al-Ahli Mecca
20:35 Fallatah   33'
Belal   67'   80'		 Report Al-Somah   9', 27',   64'
Al-Jassim   38'
Al-Harbi   81'		 Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 2,338
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
7 April 2017 22 Al-Ahli 1–1 Al-Batin Jeddah
20:40 Fetfatzidis   37'
Al-Fatil   41'
Al-Moasher   59'		 Report Al-Eisa   52'
Jhonnattann   78'
Freeh   89'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 6,219
Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)
15 April 2017 23 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ahli Riyadh
20:45 Al-Breik   19' Report Asiri   16' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 12,348
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
20 April 2017 24 Al-Ahli 2–1 Al-Faisaly Jeddah
20:45 Balghaith   51'
Assiri   72'		 Report Luisinho   42' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 3,040
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan
30 April 2017 25 Al-Raed 1–3 Al-Ahli Buraidah
20:50 Bangoura   22' (pen.)
Al-Qahtani   69'
Al-Habib   74'		 Report Al-Somah   18', 67' (pen.)
Abdul-Amir   57'
Bakshween   73'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 10,025
Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi
4 May 2017 26 Al-Ahli 2–1 Al-Taawoun Jeddah
20:50 Assiri   20', 59'
Bakshween   63'
Al-Mowalad   90+5'		 Report Kanno   34'
Al-Shameri   35'
Al-Hussain   89'
Al-Dossari   90+1'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 2,241
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

King Cup edit

Al-Ahli entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.

Main article: 2017 King Cup
20 January 2017 Round of 32 Al-Ahli 2–1 Al-Shoulla Jeddah
20:10 AST Al-Moasher   15'
Al-Mowalad   87'
Al-Mogahwi   90+5'		 Report Al-Dossari   50'
Al-Balawi   81'
Al-Sobeai   90+3'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Referee: Sami Al-Jires
13 February 2017 Round of 16 Al-Qadisiyah 1–3 Al-Ahli Khobar
20:15 Bismark   22'
Al-Johani   88'
Barnawi   90'		 Report Al-Mogahwi   19'
Al-Somah   37'
Abdul-Amir   42' (pen.)
Al-Harbi   59'		 Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al-Teris
2 April 2017 Quarter-finals Al-Ahli 6–0 Wej Jeddah
20:30 Al-Somah   28', 49'
Abdul-Amir   35'
Al-Jassim   41'
Al-Moasher   59'
Al-Mogahwi   69'
Fetfatzidis   71'
Bakshween   80'		 Report Al-Mowallad   45+2'
Barnawi   68'
Al-Shaeri   83'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 20,177
Referee: Khaled Al-Teris
12 May 2017 Semi-finals Al-Faisaly 0–3 Al-Ahli Al Majma'ah
20:50 Report Fetfatzidis   55'
Seraj   75', 81'
Balghaith   79'		 Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium
Referee: Shoukri Al-Hanfoush
18 May 2017 Final Al-Ahli 2–3 Al-Hilal Jeddah
21:00 Hawsawi   43'
Al-Somah   90+3' (pen.)		 Report Kharbin   28'
Jahfali   77'
Carlos Eduardo   88'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 54,563
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Crown Prince Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

As one of last year's finalists, Al-Ahli received a bye to the second round of the Crown Prince Cup. Al-Ahli started off their campaign by beating Al-Faisaly 2-1 at home, Al-Ahli came from behind and scored twice from the penalty spot through Omar Al Somah.

Al-Ahli were drawn away at Hajer for the quarter-finals. The game was played on 25 October 2016. The Royals won 6-1 with Omar Al-Somah scoring a hat-trick.

For the semi-finals Al-Ahli were drawn away at local rivals Al-Ittihad. The game was played on 27 December 2016. Al-Ahli lost 3-2 and were eliminated from the competition.

27 September 2016 Round of 16 Al-Ahli 2–1 Al-Faisaly Jeddah
20:15 AST Al-Robeai   37'
Al-Somah   66' (pen.), 83' (pen.)
Kurdi   90'
Al-Moasher   90+1'
Al-Harbi   90+4'		 Abbas   21'
Salem   23'
Alemão   50',   68'
Hamzi   64'
Al-Sowayed   82'
Abdulaziz   90+1'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr
25 October 2016 Quarter-finals Hajer 1–6 Al-Ahli Al-Hasa
17:45 AST Al-Nufaili   42'
Al-Radhi   52'
Soumah   73'		 Al-Otaibi   18' (o.g.)
Al-Somah   23', 36', 39'
Hawsawi   53' (pen.)
Assiri   69'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 1,459
Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait
27 December 2016 Semi-finals Al-Ittihad 3–2 Al-Ahli Jeddah
19:50 Akaïchi   28'
Kahraba   38'
Bajandouh   62'
Al-Muwallad   82',   90'
Al-Nakhli   84'		 Report Bakhshween   44'
Al-Somah   72', 77' (pen.)
Hamad   81'
Balghaith   89'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 47,223
Referee: Mohammed Al Hoaish

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League

As league winners, Al-Ahli entered the AFC Champions League at the group stage. The draw took place on 13 December 2016 and saw Al-Ahli paired with Hazfi Cup winners Zob Ahan, UAE Pro League and 2016 AFC Champions League runners-up Al Ain, and Uzbek League runners-up Bunyodkor.

Group stage edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AIN AHL ZOB BUN
1   Al-Ain 6 3 3 0 14 7 +7 12 Advance to knockout stage — 2–2 1–1 3–0
2   Al-Ahli 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 2–2 — 2–0 2–0
3   Zob Ahan 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 0–3 1–2 — 2–1
4   Bunyodkor 6 1 0 5 5 12 −7 3 2–3 2–0 0–2 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) 1 Al-Ahli   2–0   Bunyodkor Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+3 Al-Somah   13'
Al-Moasher   53'
Bassas   83'		 Report Dilshodbek   67'
Ibrokhimov   90+2'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 11,315
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) 2 Zob Ahan   1–2   Al-Ahli Muscat, Oman
19:15 UTC+4 Rajabzadeh   45+2' (pen.) Report Asiri   29'
Al-Mowalad   33'
Hawsawi   45+1'
Al-Somah   86'		 Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
13 March 2017 (2017-03-13) 3 Al-Ahli   2–2   Al-Ain Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3 Balghaith   26',   78'
Fetfatzidis   50'		 Report Ali   9'
Al-Shamrani   28'
Balghaith   52' (o.g.)
Ismail   71'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 23,431
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) 4 Al-Ain   2–2   Al-Ahli Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19:35 UTC+4 Ismail   7'
O. Abdulrahman   85' (pen.)		 Report Al-Somah   43', 89',   84'
Abdul-Amir   66'		 Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Attendance: 9,224
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
24 April 2017 (2017-04-24) 5 Bunyodkor   2–0   Al-Ahli Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5 Komilov   8'
Shomurodov   54'
Kosimov   62'
Axmadaliev   68'		 Report Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium
Attendance: 1,307
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) 6 Al-Ahli   2–0   Zob Ahan Doha, Qatar
18:40 3:00 Asiri   63'
Kurdi   84'
Balghaith   90+1'		 Report Rajabzadeh   43' Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Attendance: 260
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Knockout phase edit

Main article: 2017 AFC Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16 edit
22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) First leg Al-Ahli   1–1   Al-Ahli Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3 Asiri   38'
Al-Shamrani   82'
Bakshween   90+1'		 Report Esmaeel   21'
Al Hammadi   82'
Al Fardan   89'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 17,323
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
29 May 2017 (2017-05-29) Second leg Al-Ahli   1–3
(2–4 agg.)		   Al-Ahli Dubai, United Arab Emirates
23:00 UTC+4 Diop   33'   59'
Haikal   38'
Al Hammadi   41'
Naser   70'
Esmaeel   78'
Gyan   90+1' (pen.)		 Report Al-Jassim   18'
Al-Mogahwi   24'
Al-Fatil   45+4'
Abdul-Amir   70',   72' (pen.)		 Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium
Attendance: 3,993
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

No. Pos. Name Pro League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Champions League Super Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Yasser Al Mosailem 16 0 5 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 31 0 1 0
2 DF   Ali Al-Zubaidi 4 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 (1) 0 0 0
4 MF   Waleed Bakshween 4 0 3 (1) 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 11 (1) 0 5 0
5 MF   Fahad Hamad 3 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
6 DF   Mohammed Al Fatil 20 (1) 1 3 (1) 0 2 0 3 (1) 0 1 0 29 (3) 1 3 0
7 MF   Salman Al-Moasher 23 (2) 2 5 2 1 (2) 0 8 1 1 0 38 (4) 5 5 0
8 MF   Taisir Al-Jassim 23 3 5 0 2 0 8 1 1 0 39 4 2 0
9 FW   Omar Al Soma 24 24 3 (1) 4 3 7 5 4 1 1 36 (1) 40 5 0
10 MF   Giannis Fetfatzidis 19 (6) 3 4 (1) 2 2 0 8 1 1 0 34 (7) 6 2 0
11 MF   Housain Al-Mogahwi 11 (12) 0 2 (2) 3 2 0 2 (6) 1 0 (1) 0 17 (21) 4 1 0
13 DF   Mohamed Abdel-Shafy 17 (2) 0 3 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 30 (2) 0 1 0
14 FW   Muhannad Assiri 2 (12) 4 0 0 0 (1) 1 1 (4) 0 0 0 3 (17) 5 1 0
16 MF   Maher Othman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   Islam Seraj 0 (3) 0 0 (2) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 (5) 2 0 0
21 DF   Ageel Balghaith 20 1 3 0 2 (1) 0 3 1 1 0 29 (1) 2 5 0
22 GK   Ahmed Al-Rehaili 10 (1) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 (1) 0 0 0
23 DF   Saeed Al-Mowalad 10 1 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 23 1 5 0
24 MF   Ali Awagi 2 (8) 3 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 4 (10) 3 2 0
25 DF   Motaz Hawsawi 16 (1) 2 2 1 1 1 6 0 1 0 26 (1) 4 2 1
26 DF   Mohammed Aman 2 (4) 1 0 0 2 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 4 (6) 1 1 0
27 MF   Hamdan Al-Shamrani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 1 0
30 DF   Saeed Al-Robeai 1 (1) 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 0 0 4 (2) 0 2 0
31 DF   Mansoor Al-Harbi 9 (5) 0 2 (1) 0 2 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 13 (8) 0 4 0
44 GK   Ayman Al-Hussaini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 MF   Abdulfattah Asiri 13 (7) 6 5 0 2 0 8 3 0 0 28 (7) 9 2 0
47 MF   Mustafa Bassas 10 (2) 2 0 (1) 0 1 0 0 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 11 (5) 2 2 0
55 MF   Saad Abdul-Amir 10 1 4 (1) 2 0 0 8 1 0 0 22 (1) 4 1 1
66 GK   Basem Atallah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 DF   Amiri Kurdi 4 (5) 0 0 (2) 0 1 0 0 (3) 1 0 0 5 (10) 1 3 0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
18 MF   Luíz Carlos 12 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 (1) 0 2 0
40 MF   Raed Al-Ghamdi 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
80 MF   Ryan Al-Mousa 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0

Last updated: 29 May 2017.
Source: [citation needed]

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 9 FW   Omar Al Somah 24 4 7 4 1 40
2 45 MF   Abdulfattah Asiri 6 0 0 3 0 9
3 10 MF   Giannis Fetfatzidis 3 2 0 1 0 6
4 7 MF   Salman Al-Moasher 2 2 0 1 0 5
14 FW   Muhannad Assiri 4 0 1 0 0 5
6 8 MF   Taisir Al-Jassim 3 0 0 1 0 4
11 MF   Housain Al-Mogahwi 0 3 0 1 0 4
25 DF   Motaz Hawsawi 2 1 1 0 0 4
55 MF   Saad Abdul-Amir 1 2 0 1 0 4
10 24 MF   Ali Awagi 3 0 0 0 0 3
11 20 FW   Islam Seraj 0 2 0 0 0 2
21 DF   Ageel Balghaith 1 0 0 1 0 2
47 MF   Mustafa Al-Bassas 2 0 0 0 0 2
14 6 DF   Mohammed Al-Fatil 1 0 0 0 0 1
23 DF   Saeed Al-Mowalad 1 0 0 0 0 1
26 DF   Mohammed Aman 1 0 0 0 0 1
77 DF   Amiri Kurdi 0 0 0 1 0 1
Own goal 3 0 1 0 0 4
Total 57 16 10 14 1 98

Last Updated: 29 May 2017

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League King Cup Crown Prince Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 1 GK   Yasser Al Mosailem 3 2 0 2 0 7
2 22 GK   Ahmed Al-Rehaili 4 0 0 0 0 4
Total 7 2 0 2 0 11

Last Updated: 12 May 2017

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