# 2017–18 Al-Faisaly FC season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Faisaly's 8th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football, and their 64th year in existence. Along with the Pro League, the club also competed in the Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 10 February 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 | Ibrahim Zaid |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Ghanam |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Evson Patrício |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohamed Eid |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Omar Abdulaziz (Captain) |
| 7 | DF | KSA | Wesam Al-Sowayed |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Luisinho |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Rogério |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Mansor Hamzi |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Islam Seraj (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Jamaan Al-Dossari |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Fahad Hamad |
| 30 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Robeai (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Khalid Sharahili |
| 32 | GK | KSA | Hatem Al-Johani |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Deayea |
| 45 | MF | NGA | Moussa Eisa |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mendash |
| 74 | MF | EGY | Saleh Gomaa (on loan from Al Ahly) |
| 88 | MF | TRI | Khaleem Hyland |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Zé Eduardo |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 12 May 2017 | MF | Hussain Al-Qahtani | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed |
| 14 May 2017 | DF | Mohamed Eid | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 7 June 2017 | MF | Nader Al-Muwallad | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 7 June 2017 | DF | Jamaan Al-Dossari | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 10 June 2017 | MF | Hamad Al Mansor | Najran | Free |
| 27 June 2017 | MF | Luisinho | Bahia | Undisclosed |
| 9 July 2017 | MF | Khaleem Hyland | Westerlo | Free |
| 10 July 2017 | MF | Sultan Mendash | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 19 July 2017 | MF | Mohammed Abousaban | Al-Fateh | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | FW | Rogério | Buriram United | Free |
| 24 August 2017 | FW | Tendai Ndoro | Orlando Pirates | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2017 | MF | Fahad Hamad | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 12 September 2017 | GK | Khalid Sharahili | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 12 September 2017 | DF | Sultan Al-Deayea | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 10 January 2018 | MF | Moussa Eisa | Unattached | Free |
| 26 January 2018 | DF | Evson Patrício | Kamatamare Sanuki | Free |
| 31 January 2018 | FW | Zé Eduardo | Vitória | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Saeed Al-Robeai | Al-Ahli | End of season |
| 23 August 2017 | FW | Islam Seraj | Al-Ahli | End of season |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Saleh Gomaa | Al Ahly | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Fahad Al-Rashidi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 20 June 2017 | MF | Abdullah Al-Mutairi | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 22 June 2017 | MF | Mosaab Al-Otaibi | Al-Batin | Free |
| 27 June 2017 | DF | Mohammed Salem | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Fawaz Fallatah | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | MF | Salem Al-Khaibari | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 8 July 2017 | MF | Hassan Abo Shahin | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 16 July 2017 | GK | Suliman Sofyani | Al-Nojoom | Free |
| 8 August 2017 | DF | Sami Kassar | Ohod | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2017 | MF | Fahad Al-Saqri | Al-Tai | Free |
| 17 August 2017 | MF | Nader Yajazi | Al-Watani | Free |
| 9 December 2017 | FW | Mircea Axente | | Released |
| 5 January 2018 | FW | Tendai Ndoro | Ajax Cape Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2018 | DF | Sultan Al-Bishi | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 4 February 2018 | MF | Ahmad Abbas | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 10 February 2018 | MF | Nader Al-Muwallad | Al-Orobah | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date |
| 11 September 2017 | DF | Fahad Al-Munaif | Al-Orobah | End of season |
| 11 September 2017 | DF | Ahmed Al-Najei | Al-Orobah | End of season |
| 12 September 2017 | FW | Mohammed Assiri | Najran | End of season |
| 28 January 2018 | MF | Omar Al-Sohaymi | Al-Tai | End of season |
| 31 January 2018 | MF | Abdullah Awaji | Al-Watani | End of season |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Al-Ettifaq | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 36 |
| 5 | Al-Fateh | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 |
| 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 |
* 1 2 Al-Ettifaq finished ahead of Al-Fateh on head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Al-Fateh, Al-Fateh 1–1 Al-Ettifaq
* 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

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | D |
| Position | 13 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

#### Matches

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

### Crown Prince Cup

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

### King Cup

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

### Zayed Champions Cup

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NEJ | CA | CON | FAI |
| 1 | Al-Nejmeh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to First round | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Club Africain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | — | | 2–2 |
| 3 | ASAC Concorde | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | | | 1–2 | — | |
| 4 | Al-Faisaly | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | | 1–2 | | 1–3 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 24 May 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Zayed Champions Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Ibrahim Zaid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Ghanam | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 31 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Evson Patrício | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Hussein Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Omar Abdulaziz | 32 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Wesam Al-Sowayed | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Luisinho | 34 | 11 | 24+1 | 9 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | | Rogério | 31 | 9 | 20+2 | 6 | 4+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Mansor Hamzi | 27 | 2 | 13+8 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Islam Seraj | 20 | 7 | 12+5 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 28 | 3 | 13+8 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Hamad Al Mansor | 24 | 2 | 15+4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Mohammed Abousaban | 31 | 6 | 19+3 | 5 | 4+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Jamaan Al-Dossari | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Fahad Hamad | 13 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 20 | 1 | 15+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Sultan Al-Deayea | 18 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | | Moussa Eissa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 19 | 1 | 1+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 74 | MF | | Saleh Gomaa | 11 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Khaleem Hyland | 32 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | | Zé Eduardo | 12 | 2 | 2+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||||||
| 13 | DF | | Sultan Al-Bishi | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Omar Al-Sohaymi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Abdullah Awaji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | | Mircea Axente | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | | Tendai Ndoro | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Luisinho | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Rogério | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 15 | FW | | Islam Seraj | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Mohammed Abousaban | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Mansor Hamzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | DF | | Hamad Al Mansor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 88 | MF | | Khaleem Hyland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 99 | FW | | Zé Eduardo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 6 | MF | | Omar Abdulaziz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 30 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 47 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | FW | | Tendai Ndoro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
Last Updated: 24 May 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Last Updated: 30 March 2018