# 2020–21 Al-Fateh SC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Fateh's 12th consecutive season in the Pro League and their 63rd year in existence. Al Fateh was a Saudi club. 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 | Basil Al-Bahrani |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Boushal |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammad Naji |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Nashmi |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Harbi |
| 9 | FW | SUR | Mitchell te Vrede |
| 10 | MF | PER | Christian Cueva |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Mourad Batna |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Majed Kanabah |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (captain) |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Jari |
| 16 | MF | SDN | Mohammed Al-Dhaw |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Marwane Saâdane |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saeed |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Murtadha Al-Khodrawi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ALG | Hillal Soudani |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ammar Al-Daheem |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed (vice-captain) |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Shohaib |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Burayh |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Maksym Koval |
| 36 | MF | KSA | Abbas Al-Hassan |
| 37 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Jassem |
| 38 | FW | KSA | Othman Al-Othman |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Habib |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Qassem Lajami |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Bladi |

### 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 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Munther Al-Nakhli (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 4 | Saleh Al-Nashmi | Al-Thoqbah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 20 | Murtadha Al-Khodrawi | Modhar | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 77 | Hassan Al-Habib | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 11 | Mourad Batna | Al-Jazira | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 99 | Abdullah Al-Bladi | Al-Thoqbah | End of loan |
| 29 September 2020 | DF | 5 | Fahad Al-Harbi | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | 24 | Ammar Al-Daheem | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 25 January 2021 | MF | 10 | Christian Cueva | Yeni Malatyaspor | Free |
| 30 January 2021 | FW | 22 | Hillal Soudani | Olympiacos | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 78 | Ali Lajami | Al-Nassr | $6,665,000 |
| 5 October 2020 | MF | 6 | Ali Al-Hassan | Al-Nassr | $6,665,000 |
| 21 October 2020 | GK | 30 | Habib Al-Wotayan | Al-Hilal | $1,333,000 |
| 23 October 2020 | DF | 17 | Matías Aguirregaray | | Released |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 27 | Saeed Al-Dossari | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 22 January 2021 | MF | 8 | Saša Jovanović | | Released |
| 7 February 2021 | FW | 7 | Saqer Otaif | Al-Fayha | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 16 | Munther Al-Nakhli | Al-Fayha | None | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | +0 | 040.00 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 066.67 |
| Total | 33 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 042.42 |
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 |
| 5 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 47 | |
| 6 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 46 | |
| 7 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 39 | |
| 9 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
* ↑ Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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 | Basil Al-Bahrani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Burayh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Maksym Koval | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Boushal | 32 | 2 | 27+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammad Naji | 16 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Nashmi | 11 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Harbi | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Jari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ammar Al-Daheem | 28 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed | 32 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Qassem Lajami | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | PER | Christian Cueva | 17 | 8 | 11+4 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Mourad Batna | 29 | 9 | 25+1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Majed Kanabah | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid | 30 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SDN | Mohammed Al-Dhaw | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Marwane Saâdane | 29 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saeed | 25 | 0 | 10+13 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Mortadha Al-Khadrawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 30 | 5 | 19+8 | 5 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka | 29 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | MF | KSA | Abbas Al-Hassan | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Jassem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Othman Al-Othman | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Habib | 23 | 0 | 7+13 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SUR | Mitchell te Vrede | 25 | 13 | 20+2 | 13 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi | 21 | 5 | 4+15 | 3 | 0+2 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | ALG | Hillal Soudani | 15 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Bladi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | KSA | Saqer Otaif | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | SRB | Saša Jovanović | 8 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | NOR | Gustav Wikheim | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mitchell te Vrede | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 28 | MF | | Sofiane Bendebka | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Mourad Batna | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Christian Cueva | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Nawaf Boushal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 22 | FW | | Hillal Soudani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | FW | | Saša Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | DF | | Ammar Al-Daheem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | | Tawfiq Buhimed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 87 | DF | | Qassem Lajami | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 88 | MF | | Gustav Wikheim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 6 | 61 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Christian Cueva | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Mourad Batna | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | | Sofiane Bendebka | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | | Majed Kanabah | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 25 | DF | | Tawfiq Buhimed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | Hassan Al-Habib | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | FW | | Saša Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Mitchell te Vrede | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Saeed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 88 | MF | | Gustav Wikheim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 5 | 37 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 35 | GK | | Maksym Koval | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Last Updated: 25 May 2021