# 2017–18 Al-Fayha FC season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Fayha's 64th year in existence and first season in the Pro League. This season Al-Fayha participated in the Pro League, King Cup and Crown Prince Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 31 January 2018
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 | Moslem Al-Freej |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 3 | DF | HON | Emilio Izaguirre |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari (captain) |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Dhaifallah Al-Qarni |
| 9 | FW | CHI | Ronnie Fernández |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mutairi |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Salem |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Moataz Tombakti |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Fahad |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hassan Jaafari |
| 20 | DF | CPV | Gegé |
| 21 | DF | YEM | Ahmed Andejani |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fahad Al-Shammari |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Mansor |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Kanno |
| 29 | MF | CRC | John Jairo Ruiz |
| 31 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 32 | GK | KSA | Hamad Hawsawi |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdurahman Dagriri |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Bamsaud (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 42 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Refaei |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zain (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi |
| 70 | MF | COL | Danilo Asprilla (on loan from Al-Ain) |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Muwallad |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Mukhair Al-Rashidi |
| 85 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis |
| 88 | MF | ARG | Jonathan Gómez (on loan from São Paulo) |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Nayef Abdali |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani (on loan from Al-Qadsiah) |
| — | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2018) |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath (at Al-Shabab until 30 June 2018) |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi (at Al-Fateh until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Hatem Belal (at Al-Qadsiah until 30 June 2018) |
| 50 | MF | KSA | Talal Majrashi (at Al-Ettifaq until 30 June 2018) |
| — | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Mutairi (at Al-Kawkab FC until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 30 May 2017 | MF | Dhaifallah Al-Qarni | Ohod | Undisclosed |
| 4 June 2017 | GK | Moslem Al-Freej | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed |
| 4 June 2017 | MF | Talal Majrashi | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2017 | DF | Abdullah Kanno | Al-Taawoun | Undisclosed |
| 6 June 2017 | MF | Tawfiq Buhimed | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 9 June 2017 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed |
| 10 June 2017 | DF | Hatem Belal | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Hassan Jaafari | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Moataz Tombakti | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 17 June 2017 | FW | Abdullah Al-Salem | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2017 | MF | Abdullah Al-Mutairi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 21 June 2017 | GK | Hamad Hawsawi | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 24 June 2017 | MF | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | Al-Taawoun | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2017 | DF | Gegé | Paços Ferreira | €500,000 |
| 9 July 2017 | FW | Ronnie Fernández | Bolívar | €1,750,000 |
| 13 July 2017 | DF | Hassan Muath | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 24 July 2017 | DF | Emilio Izaguirre | Celtic | €1,400,000 |
| 28 July 2017 | MF | Alexandros Tziolis | Hearts | Free |
| 3 August 2017 | GK | Fahad Al-Shammari | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 5 August 2017 | MF | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2017 | MF | John Jairo Ruiz | Red Star | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2018 | DF | Ahmed Andejani | Unattached | Free |
| 26 January 2018 | GK | Abdulquddus Atiah | Unattached | Free |
| 2 February 2018 | DF | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 16 June 2017 | DF | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | Al-Hilal | End of season |
| 19 June 2017 | DF | Ahmed Bamsaud | Al-Hilal | End of season |
| 28 July 2017 | MF | Danilo Asprilla | Al-Ain | 30 June 2019 |
| 22 January 2018 | MF | Jonathan Gómez | São Paulo | 31 December 2018 |
| 29 January 2018 | MF | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Ahli | End of season |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Ettifaq | End of season |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Qadsiah | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Saeed Mustafa | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 8 June 2017 | DF | Saud Mekbesh | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2017 | DF | Tareq Abdulaziz | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 15 June 2017 | DF | Ahmed Al-Hafidh | Unattached | Released |
| 31 June 2017 | DF | Foaad Al-Mahroos | Al-Adalh | Free |
| 31 June 2017 | MF | Omar Al-Shammeri | Unattached | Released |
| 31 June 2017 | FW | Mechac Koffi | Churchill Brothers | Free |
| 16 July 2017 | GK | Fares Al-Shammeri | Al-Mujazzel | Free |
| 31 July 2017 | DF | Ahmed Al-Sulami | Al-Ain | Free |
| 4 August 2017 | GK | Ibrahim Al-Hafidh | Unattached | Released |
| 5 August 2017 | MF | Ibrahim Al-Shehri | Unattached | Released |
| 7 August 2017 | GK | Jaber Al-Gizani | Al-Sharq | Free |
| 11 August 2017 | FW | Baker Fallatah | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 13 August 2017 | MF | Mohammed Al-Dahi | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 14 August 2017 | DF | Khaled Al-Dubaisi | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 29 August 2017 | MF | Tarrad Abdullah | Jeddah | Free |
| 3 September 2017 | MF | Abdullah Qaisi | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 5 September 2017 | FW | Mohammed Al-Menqash | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 7 December 2017 | FW | Mohammed Al-Bishi | Al-Hazem | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date |
| 7 August 2017 | DF | Radhi Al-Mutairi | Al-Kawkab | End of season |
| 21 January 2018 | MF | Talal Majrashi | Al-Ettifaq | End of season |
| 27 January 2018 | DF | Hassan Muath | Al-Shabab | End of season |
| 27 January 2018 | DF | Hatem Belal | Al-Qadsiah | End of season |
| 30 January 2018 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | Al-Taawoun | End of season |

## Competitions
### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Al-Faisaly | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 35 | |
| 7 | Al-Taawoun | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 34 | |
| 8 | Al-Fayha | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 34 | |
| 9 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 33 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 10 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 31 | |
* 1 2 Al-Taawoun finished ahead of Al-Fayha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha 1–1 Al-Taawoun, Al-Taawoun 4–0 Al-Fayha
* ↑ Al-Ittihad qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 King Cup winners.
* ↑ Al-Shabab finished ahead of Al-Batin on overall goal difference: Al-Shabab 0, Al-Batin –11 (Al-Shabab 1–2 Al-Batin, Al-Batin 0–1 Al-Shabab).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 April 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

Al-Fayha will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

### Crown Prince Cup

On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 12 April 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Moslem Al-Freej | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fahad Al-Shammari | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | KSA | Hamad Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdurahman Dagriri | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HON | Emilio Izaguirre | 28 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari | 24 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CPV | Gegé | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | YEM | Ahmed Andejani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Kanno | 23 | 1 | 18+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Bamsaud | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Mukhair Al-Rashidi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Dhaifallah Al-Qarni | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mutairi | 25 | 1 | 14+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Moataz Tombakti | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Fahad | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hassan Jaafari | 14 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed | 10 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CRC | John Jairo Ruiz | 15 | 2 | 11+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Refaei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zain | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | COL | Danilo Asprilla | 27 | 10 | 17+6 | 8 | 1+2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Muwallad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | MF | GRE | Alexandros Tziolis | 29 | 2 | 23+2 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ARG | Jonathan Gómez | 10 | 2 | 6+3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CHI | Ronnie Fernández | 29 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Salem | 19 | 3 | 11+5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Nayef Abdali | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath | 12 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Hatem Belal | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | KSA | Talal Majrashi | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Ronnie Fernández | 13 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 70 | MF | | Danilo Asprilla | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Salem | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | DF | | Hassan Muath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | John Jairo Ruiz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 85 | MF | | Alexandros Tziolis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 88 | MF | | Jonathan Gómez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Sami Al-Khaibari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Mutairi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 20 | DF | | Gegé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 25 | MF | | Tawfiq Buhimed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | DF | | Abdullah Kanno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 55 | DF | | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 99 | FW | | Fahad Al-Johani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
Last Updated: 12 April 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 33 | GK | | Abdulrahman Dagriri | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Fahad Al-Shammari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Last Updated: 10 March 2018