# 2023–24 Al-Riyadh SC season

The 2023–24 season was Al-Riyadh's 71st year in existence and their first season back in the Pro League following their promotion from the FDL in the previous season. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
This is Al-Riyadh's first season in the top flight of Saudi football since the 2004–05 season.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | Rakan Al-Najjar |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shwirekh |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Shuwayyi |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Alin Toșca (on loan from Benevento) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Aqel |
| 8 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Khaibari |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Andre Gray |
| 11 | MF | ZIM | Knowledge Musona |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Dossari |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Saeed |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al Aqeel |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Saud Al-Bawardi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi |
| 25 | GK | URU | Martín Campaña |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Nowaiqi |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Badr Al-Mutairi |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Dino Arslanagić |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari |
| 60 | MF | MLI | Birama Touré |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Qahtani |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Moayed Al-Houti |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Shehri |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Mutaz Hibah |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | 25 | Martín Campaña | Al-Batin | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | 40 | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | Al-Qaisumah | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | 27 | Hussain Al-Nowaiqi | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 11 | Knowledge Musona | Al-Tai | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 15 | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 18 | Mohammed Al Aqeel | Najran | Free |
| 22 July 2023 | MF | 60 | Birama Touré | Auxerre | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | GK | 22 | Zaid Al-Bawardi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | DF | 2 | Amiri Kurdi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | DF | 29 | Ahmed Assiri | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | MF | 26 | Ali Al-Zaqaan | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | FW | 14 | Saleh Al Abbas | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 12 August 2023 | DF | 36 | Dino Arslanagić | Hatta | Free |
| 12 August 2023 | MF | 20 | Didier Ndong | Dijon | Free |
| 7 September 2023 | FW | 9 | Andre Gray | Aris | Free |
| 9 September 2023 | MF | 24 | Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani | Al-Raed | Free |
| 22 October 2023 | MF | 88 | Yahya Al-Shehri | Al-Raed | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 20 July 2023 | End of season | DF | 6 | Alin Toșca | Benevento | None | |
| 20 August 2023 | 1 February 2024 | FW | 10 | Juanmi | Real Betis | $1,100,000 | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | 90 | Omar Al-Ruwaili | Abha | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | 23 | Emanuel Novo | Al-Taraji | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | 11 | Fahad Al-Abdulrazaq | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | 32 | Masoud Bakheet | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 10 | Diego Miranda | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 19 | Nawaf Al-Habashi | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 22 | Marcinho | Chapecoense | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 55 | Miodrag Gemović | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 88 | Muralha | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 8 July 2023 | MF | 13 | Ahmed Karenshi | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 9 July 2023 | GK | 35 | Ibrahim Al-Hafith | Al-Rawdhah | Free |
| 10 July 2023 | MF | 49 | Majed Al-Hantoushi | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 13 July 2023 | FW | 9 | Nikola Stojiljković | Dibba Al Fujairah | Free |
| 15 July 2023 | DF | 77 | Saif Al-Qeshtah | Ohod | Free |
| 15 July 2023 | FW | 26 | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | Ohod | Free |
| 23 July 2023 | MF | 6 | Abdulaziz Damdam | Ohod | Free |
| 19 September 2023 | DF | 44 | Fahad Al-Munaif | Al-Suqoor | Free |
| 20 September 2023 | GK | 25 | Hani Al-Nahedh | Al-Jubail | Free |
| 31 January 2024 | FW | 3 | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | Ohod | Free |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 023.53 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 022.86 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Al-Raed | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 37 | |
| 13 | Al-Wehda | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 36 | |
| 14 | Al-Riyadh | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 35 | |
| 15 | Al-Okhdood | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 33 | |
| 16 | Abha (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 38 | 87 | −49 | 32 | Relegation to Yelo League |
* ↑ Al-Khaleej finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Khaleej: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Khaleej 0–0 Al-Raed, Al-Raed 0–1 Al-Khaleej).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2024. Source: spl.com.sa

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 May 2024.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Rakan Al-Najjar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | URU | Martín Campaña | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shwirekh | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Shuwayyi | 30 | 1 | 23+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Alin Toșca | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Khaibari | 28 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Dossari | 19 | 0 | 10+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Saud Al-Bawardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Nowaiqi | 20 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri | 22 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Dino Arslanagić | 25 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Aqel | 17 | 1 | 7+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ZIM | Knowledge Musona | 23 | 4 | 20+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | 30 | 2 | 14+15 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Saeed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al Aqeel | 10 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong | 31 | 2 | 29+1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 19 | 1 | 3+15 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Badr Al-Mutairi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | MLI | Birama Touré | 34 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Qahtani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Moayed Al-Houti | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 28 | 0 | 13+14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Shehri | 23 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | JAM | Andre Gray | 27 | 7 | 21+5 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas | 28 | 8 | 18+9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Mutaz Hibah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Juanmi | 17 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Munaif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | | Saleh Al Abbas | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Andre Gray | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Knowledge Musona | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 60 | MF | | Birama Touré | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Didier Ndong | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Shwirekh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | DF | | Khalid Al-Shuwayyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Aqel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Juanmi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 1 | 34 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 88 | MF | | Yahya Al-Shehri | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | | Saleh Al Abbas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | DF | | Abdulelah Al-Khaibari | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Andre Gray | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Juanmi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Knowledge Musona | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Alin Toșca | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Aqel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 20 | MF | | Didier Ndong | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 36 | DF | | Dino Arslanagić | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 19 | 1 | 20 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | GK | | Martín Campaña | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Last Updated: 9 May 2024