# 2020–21 Damac FC season

The 2020–21 season was Damac's 49th year in their history and second consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2021
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 | Khalid Sharahili |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Rio |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Nakhli |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mansor Hamzi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohanad Fallatah |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Mazen Abo Shararah |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Asiri |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Sergio Vittor |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Farouk Chafaï (captain) |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Bader Munshi |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Najei |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Attiyah (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Arif Al Haydar |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mousa Zoulan |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Muziel |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh |
| 34 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi |
| 51 | FW | KSA | Ramzi Solan |
| 58 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Hujaili |
| 75 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Harzan |
| 77 | MF | NOR | Amahl Pellegrino |
| 90 | FW | ARG | Emilio Zelaya |
| 99 | MF | ROU | Constantin Budescu |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Samti (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2021) |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Barrih (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2021) |
| 22 | FW | KSA | Mansour Al-Muwallad (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2021) |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al Ghamdi (at Al-Hejaz until 30 June 2021) |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Shahrani (at Bisha until 30 June 2021) |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Shamrani (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 81 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Barakah (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2021) |
| 87 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Khattab (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Aiedh Al-Qahtani (at Al-Nojoom until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Nahar Al-Qahtani (at Al-Arabi until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Abdullah Mahjari (at Al-Nojoom until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Khairi (at Najran until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 13 | Nahar Al-Qahtani | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 11 | Saeed Hezam | Ohod | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 80 | Mohammed Hassan | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Ibrahim Al-Barakah | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Abdulrahman Al-Khairi | Al-Tasamoh | Free |
| 25 September 2020 | DF | 4 | Ibrahim Al-Nakhli | Al-Thoqbah | Free |
| 25 September 2020 | DF | – | Ayel Haqawi | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 25 September 2020 | MF | – | Othman Hassan | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 27 September 2020 | DF | 13 | Abdullah Al-Ammar | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 28 September 2020 | DF | 3 | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | – | Abdullah Qaisi | Abha | Free |
| 2 October 2020 | DF | 2 | Cristian Lema | Benfica | $2,345,000 |
| 3 October 2020 | MF | 11 | Abdulelah Al-Barrih | Al-Nojoom | Undisclosed |
| 3 October 2020 | MF | 25 | Arif Al Haydar | Najran | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | 51 | Ramzi Solan | Al-Faisaly | Undisclosed |
| 6 October 2020 | DF | 32 | Omar Al-Muziel | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 12 October 2020 | DF | – | Abdullah Mahjari | Al-Kholood | Free |
| 21 October 2020 | MF | 8 | Mohanad Fallatah | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 21 October 2020 | FW | 22 | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Al-Taawoun | Undisclosed |
| 23 October 2020 | MF | 10 | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Al-Ahli | Undisclosed |
| 24 October 2020 | DF | 14 | Sergio Vittor | Racing | Free |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 7 | Mansor Hamzi | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | 23 | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 18 January 2021 | MF | 17 | Domagoj Antolić | Legia Warsaw | Free |
| 25 January 2021 | MF | 77 | Amahl Pellegrino | Kristiansund | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 34 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 99 | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2021 | GK | – | Yazan Jari | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 8 February 2021 | MF | 16 | Bader Munshi | Al-Kawkab | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 26 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 21 | Mohammed Attiyah | Al-Shabab | None |
| 27 September 2020 | End of season | FW | 20 | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | Al-Ittihad | None |
| 14 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 5 | Tareq Abdullah | Al-Ittihad | None |
| 16 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 24 | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 12 | Hassan Raghfawi | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 45 | Sergio Vittor | Racing | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 8 | Sami Al-Najei | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 17 | Mohammed Al-Shahrani | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 27 | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 29 | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 28 September 2020 | MF | 50 | Morad Al-Rashidi | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | 96 | Imran Ilyas | Al-Tai | Free |
| 12 October 2020 | DF | – | Ayel Haqawi | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 12 October 2020 | MF | – | Abdullah Qaisi | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 14 October 2020 | MF | – | Othman Hassan | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 17 October 2020 | DF | 33 | Jamaan Al-Dossari | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 28 October 2020 | DF | 88 | Majed Hazzazi | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 7 | Abdulwahab Jaafer | Al-Tai | Free |
| 18 February 2021 | DF | 2 | Cristian Lema | Newell's Old Boys | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 7 October 2020 | End of season | FW | 87 | Abdullah Khattab | Al-Adalah | None |
| 18 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Aiedh Al-Qahtani | Al-Nojoom | None |
| 18 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Abdullah Mahjari | Al-Nojoom | None |
| 21 October 2020 | End of season | MF | – | Abdulrahman Al-Khairi | Najran | None |
| 23 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 28 | Saeed Al-Shahrani | Bisha | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 41 | Hassan Al-Shamrani | Al-Tai | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 6 | Abdullah Al-Samti | Al-Hazem | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 81 | Ibrahim Al-Barakah | Al-Hazem | None |
| 27 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Nahar Al-Qahtani | Al-Arabi | None |
| 28 October 2020 | End of season | FW | – | Abdullah Al-Ghamdi | Al-Hejaz | None |
| 31 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 11 | Abdulelah Al-Barrih | Al-Tai | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | FW | 22 | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Al-Adalah | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 030.00 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 029.03 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 36 | |
| 11 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | Al-Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 36 | |
| 13 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 36 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly: 16 pts; Al-Raed: 15 pts; Damac: 13 pts; Al-Batin: 12 pts; Abha: 3 pts.
* ↑ Al-Faisaly qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2020–21 King Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 |

#### 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 30 May 2021.
| 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 | Khalid Sharahili | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mousa Zolan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | 14 | 0 | 2+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Nakhli | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah | 24 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Asiri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 24 | 2 | 18+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARG | Sergio Vittor | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Farouk Chafaï | 30 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mansor Hamzi | 29 | 4 | 17+11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohanad Fallatah | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Bader Munshi | 13 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić | 17 | 3 | 16+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Najei | 18 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Attiyah | 14 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 19 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Arif Al Haydar | 18 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Hujaili | 11 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Harzan | 22 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | NOR | Amahl Pellegrino | 12 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | ROU | Constantin Budescu | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Mazen Abo Shararah | 15 | 2 | 6+8 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | KSA | Ramzi Solan | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | ARG | Emilio Zelaya | 29 | 20 | 28 | 19 | 0+1 | 1 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Samti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Barrih | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | KSA | Mansour Al-Muwallad | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARG | Cristian Lema | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ALG | Ibrahim Chenihi | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | TUN | Bilel Saidani | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 90 | FW | | Emilio Zelaya | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 15 | DF | | Farouk Chafaï | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Mansor Hamzi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Domagoj Antolić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Mazen Abo Shararah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 13 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | DF | | Sergio Vittor | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 35 | MF | | Ibrahim Chenihi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | Amahl Pellegrino | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 1 | 44 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | | Domagoj Antolić | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 99 | MF | | Constantin Budescu | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 36 | MF | | Bilel Saidani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Mansor Hamzi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 13 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 25 | MF | | Arif Al Haydar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 75 | MF | | Mohammed Harzan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Tareq Abdullah | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Mazen Abo Shararah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 90 | FW | | Emilio Zelaya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 25 | 1 | 26 |
Last Updated: 26 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Moustapha Zeghba | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Khalid Sharahili | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021