# 2018–19 Al-Faisaly FC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Faisaly's 9th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football, and their 65th year in existence. Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 15 January 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi |
| 4 | MF | KUW | Fahad Al Ansari (on loan from Al Qadsia) |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Hussein Hawsawi |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Omar Abdulaziz (captain) |
| 7 | DF | KSA | Wesam Al-Sowayed |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Luisinho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Rogerinho |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Enazi |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Bader Bashir |
| 18 | FW | COL | Diego Calderón |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Thani |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ageel Balghaith |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Denílson |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Omar Al-Sohaymi |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Khalid Sharahili |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Awadh Khrees |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mendash |
| 66 | DF | CRO | Ante Puljić |
| 88 | MF | TRI | Khaleem Hyland |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 26 May 2018 | FW | Diego Calderón | Ismaily | €1,280,000 |
| 29 May 2018 | GK | Ahmed Al-Kassar | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 9 June 2018 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 11 July 2018 | DF | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 3 August 2018 | DF | Ageel Balghaith | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 9 August 2018 | DF | Awadh Khrees | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 13 August 2018 | DF | Ante Puljić | Tom Tomsk | Free |
| 23 August 2018 | FW | Joseph Akpala | Oostende | Free |
| 19 January 2019 | GK | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 30 January 2019 | MF | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Abha | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2019 | MF | Ahmed Ba Saeed | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 3 March 2019 | MF | Riyadh Sharahili | Al-Tai | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date | Source |
| 23 August 2018 | MF | Fahad Al Ansari | Al Qadsia | End of season | |
| 3 January 2019 | FW | Denílson | Atlético Mineiro | 30 June 2020 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 12 March 2018 | DF | Hamad Al Mansor | Al-Nassr | Undisclosed |
| 12 March 2018 | DF | Sultan Al-Ghanam | Al-Nassr | Undisclosed |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Mohamed Eid | Unattached | Released |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Evson Patrício | Unattached | Released |
| 21 June 2018 | MF | Mansor Hamzi | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 22 June 2018 | MF | Abdullah Awaji | Al-Mujazzal | Free |
| 23 July 2018 | DF | Ahmed Al-Najei | Abha | Free |
| 24 July 2018 | GK | Hatem Al-Johani | Najran | Free |
| 24 July 2018 | MF | Moussa Eisa | Najran | Free |
| 29 July 2018 | DF | Fahad Al-Munaif | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 13 August 2018 | FW | Zé Eduardo | Oeste | Free |
| 23 August 2018 | DF | Sultan Al-Deayea | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 29 August 2018 | GK | Ibrahim Zaid | Al-Washm | Free |
| 4 September 2018 | FW | Mohammed Assiri | Arar | Free |
| 19 December 2018 | MF | Fahad Hamad | Ohod | Free |
| 13 January 2019 | DF | Jamaan Al-Dossari | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 24 January 2019 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Ittihad | €3,000,000 |
| 11 February 2019 | FW | Joseph Akpala | | Released |
| 17 February 2019 | GK | Khalid Sharahili | Ohod | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date | Source |
| 7 January 2019 | FW | Mohammed Majrashi | Ohod | End of season | |
| 8 January 2019 | FW | Ramzi Solan | Al-Batin | End of season | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Saudi Pro League | — | — | 6th | 31 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | — | Round of 16 | 2 January 2019 | 21 January 2019 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 6 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 43 | |
| 7 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Al-Raed | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 38 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2019. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 16 May 2019.
| 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 ||||||||||
| 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 26 | 1 | 22+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 29 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Hussein Hawsawi | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Wesam Al-Sowayed | 14 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ageel Balghaith | 21 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 26 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Awadh Khrees | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | | Ante Puljić | 22 | 3 | 19+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | | Fahad Al Ansari | 30 | 4 | 25+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Omar Abdulaziz | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Luisinho | 26 | 7 | 18+6 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Rogerinho | 31 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 17 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Bader Bashir | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Thani | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Mohammed Abousaban | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Anzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 24 | 3 | 13+8 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Riyadh Sharahili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Khaleem Hyland | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 18 | FW | | Diego Calderón | 32 | 9 | 25+4 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | | Denílson | 12 | 6 | 7+3 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 15 | FW | | Ramzi Solan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Joseph Akpala | 15 | 3 | 7+7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Jamaan Al-Dossari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Omar Al-Sohaymi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Khalid Sharahili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | MF | | Rogerinho | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Diego Calderón | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Luisinho | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 22 | FW | | Denílson | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | | Fahad Al Ansari | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 17 | FW | | Joseph Akpala | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 27 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 47 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 66 | DF | | Ante Puljić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 10 | MF | | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 6 | 57 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Luisinho | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Rogerinho | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 47 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | | Fahad Al Ansari | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 18 | FW | | Diego Calderón | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | | Khaleem Hyland | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 27 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Omar Abdulaziz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | DF | | Wesam Al-Sowayed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Bader Bashir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | FW | | Joseph Akpala | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | DF | | Ageel Balghaith | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | FW | | Denílson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 4 | 38 |
Last Updated: 20 April 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Last Updated: 14 March 2019