# 2020–21 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Wehda's 37th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 76th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, King Cup and the AFC Champions League for the first time in their history.
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 | Raghid Al-Najjar |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Amri |
| 3 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães) |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mishari Al-Qahtani |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni |
| 9 | MF | POR | Hernâni (on loan from Levante) |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Dimitri Petratos |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Zubaidi |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssouf Niakaté |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Thamer Al-Ali |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Ayman Al-Hussaini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Mubarak Al-Suqoor |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Hazazi |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Owaishir |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jayzani |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Rakan Al-Harbi |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sawadi |
| 66 | GK | KSA | Basem Atallah |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Khulaif |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi |
| 91 | MF | BRA | Luisinho |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Sultan Hawsawi |

### 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 |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin (at Adelaide United until 30 June 2021) |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Hatem Belal (at Al-Bukayriyah until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 33 | Ayman Al-Hussaini | Al-Thoqbah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 66 | Basem Atallah | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 2 | Mohammed Al-Amri | Al-Raed | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Dimitri Petratos | Newcastle Jets | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 12 | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 29 | Nawaf Al-Harthi | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 77 | Mohammed Sufyani | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 80 | Khaled Ba Butain | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 88 | Alaa Al Hejji | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 26 September 2020 | MF | 3 | Hussain Al-Eisa | Al-Adalah | Undisclosed |
| 28 September 2020 | DF | 38 | Naif Kariri | Ohod | Free |
| 7 October 2020 | MF | 13 | Mubarak Al-Suqoor | Najran | Undisclosed |
| 16 October 2020 | GK | 26 | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 16 October 2020 | DF | 6 | Abdullah Al-Hafith | Al-Hilal | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 5 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 5 | Pedro Henrique | Vitória | None | |
| 15 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 9 | Hernâni | Levante | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 33 | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 17 | Ali Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 88 | Hassan Tambakti | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 29 | Rakan Al-Shamlan | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 99 | Élton | Al-Hamriyah | Free |
| 26 September 2020 | FW | 51 | Mousa Madkhali | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 28 September 2020 | DF | 12 | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 5 October 2020 | DF | 6 | Renato Chaves | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 8 October 2020 | DF | 2 | Radhi Al-Otaibi | Ohod | Free |
| 8 October 2020 | MF | 77 | Mohammed Sufyani | Ohod | Free |
| 22 October 2020 | DF | 27 | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | Al-Shabab | $1,200,000 |
| 26 October 2020 | DF | 22 | Faris Abdi | Al-Qadsiah | Undisclosed |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | 16 | Ali Al-Nemer | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 4 February 2021 | MF | 15 | Jaber Mustafa | Al-Raed | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | DF | – | Anas Traoré | Al-Fayha | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 14 October 2020 | 2 February 2021 | MF | 9 | Craig Goodwin | Abha | None |
| 16 October 2020 | End of season | GK | 13 | Abdulquddus Atiah | Al-Adalah | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 44 | Hatem Belal | Al-Bukayriyah | None |
| 9 February 2021 | End of season | MF | 9 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | 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 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 030.00 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 028.13 |
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 |
| 12 | Al-Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 36 | |
| 13 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 36 | |
| 14 | Al-Qadsiah (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 35 | Relegation to MS League |
| 15 | Al-Wehda (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to MS League |
| 16 | Al-Ain (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 20 | Relegation to MS League |
* 1 2 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.

#### 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 | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 2 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### AFC Champions League
#### Play-off Round
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 30 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Raghid Al-Najjar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | KSA | Basem Atallah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Amri | 9 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Pedro Henrique | 18 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Zubaidi | 10 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Hazazi | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jayzani | 26 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Rakan Al-Harbi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa | 28 | 2 | 15+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween | 26 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mishari Al-Qahtani | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 19 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | POR | Hernâni | 28 | 5 | 20+7 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | AUS | Dimitri Petratos | 30 | 9 | 18+10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Mubarak Al-Sqoor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sawadi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 13 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo | 28 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji | 18 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 13 | 2 | 6+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | BRA | Luisinho | 20 | 1 | 12+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssouf Niakaté | 24 | 12 | 21+2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Thamer Al-Ali | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 25 | 4 | 8+16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Youssouf Niakaté | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Dimitri Petratos | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 9 | MF | | Hernâni | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | MF | | Hussain Al-Eisa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 90 | MF | | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 77 | MF | | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 91 | MF | | Luisinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
Last Updated: 25 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 3 | MF | | Hussain Al-Eisa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 18 | FW | | Youssouf Niakaté | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 88 | MF | | Alaa Al Hejji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | DF | | Sulaiman Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 28 | DF | | Hamad Al-Jayzani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | | Waleed Bakshween | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | MF | | Hernâni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Dimitri Petratos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | DF | | Ali Al-Zubaidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 91 | MF | | Luisinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
Last Updated: 20 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Last Updated: 15 January 2021