# 2021–22 Al-Taawoun FC season

The 2021–22 season was Al-Taawoun's 66th year in their history and 12th consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the AFC Champions League.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2022
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 | BRA | Cássio |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr |
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Hazazi |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari |
| 18 | MF | NED | Aschraf El Mahdioui |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Moataz Al-Baqaawi |
| 22 | MF | MLI | Yaqoub Alhassan |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Hassan Rabee |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Faisal Darwish |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi |
| 27 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi |
| 28 | DF | COD | Christian Luyindama (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| 29 | FW | CPV | Zé Luís |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Mutairi |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Awn Al-Saluli |
| 52 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi |
| 66 | MF | EGY | Mostafa Fathi |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Omari |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa |
| 84 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Johani |
| 85 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 91 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Tulayhi |
| 97 | FW | KSA | Khalid Al-Muntashiri |
| 99 | MF | KSA | Basil Al-Mehawes |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 20 | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi | Al-Arabi | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 30 | Faisal Al-Mutairi | Al-Arabi | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 44 | Saleh Al-Saeed | Al-Bukiryah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | 7 | Mitchell Duke | Western Sydney Wanderers | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 6 | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | Ohod | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2021 | DF | 2 | Yazeed Al-Bakr | Al-Ahli | $1,000,000 |
| 4 July 2021 | DF | 5 | Tareq Abdullah | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 10 July 2021 | DF | 12 | Sulaiman Hazazi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 9 August 2021 | DF | 33 | Awn Al-Saluli | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 9 August 2021 | MF | 77 | Hassan Al-Omari | Al-Qadsiah | $1,600,000 |
| 29 August 2021 | FW | 70 | Henrique Luvannor | Sheriff Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2022 | MF | 9 | Álvaro Medrán | Chicago Fire | Free |
| 11 January 2022 | DF | 52 | Motaz Hawsawi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 21 January 2022 | MF | 18 | Aschraf El Mahdioui | Wisła Kraków | $2,750,000 |
| 23 January 2022 | MF | 66 | Mostafa Fathi | Zamalek | $1,000,000 |
| 8 February 2022 | FW | 29 | Zé Luís | Lokomotiv Moscow | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 26 January 2022 | End of season | FW | 90 | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | Al-Ettifaq | $266,000 | |
| 30 January 2022 | End of season | DF | 28 | Christian Luyindama | Galatasaray | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 6 | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | Ohod | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 30 | Abdulkareem Al-Muziel | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | 23 | Hussain Shae'an | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 29 | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 50 | Mutair Al-Zahrani | Abha | Free |
| 4 July 2021 | FW | 27 | Abdoulaye Sané | | Released |
| 6 July 2021 | DF | 2 | Yassin Barnawi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 12 July 2021 | MF | 44 | Saleh Al-Saeed | Al-Najma | Free |
| 18 July 2021 | GK | – | Osama Al-Mermesh | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 26 July 2021 | DF | 13 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 2 August 2021 | FW | 24 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Muaither | Free |
| 5 August 2021 | FW | 7 | Mitchell Duke | Fagiano Okayama | Free |
| 27 August 2021 | DF | 16 | Fahad Al-Hamad | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 21 December 2021 | DF | 88 | Hamdan Al-Ruwaili | | Released |
| 7 January 2022 | DF | 13 | Ahmed Assiri | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 12 January 2022 | MF | 55 | Sandro Manoel | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 30 January 2022 | DF | 4 | Iago Santos | Al-Shabab | $1,500,000 |
| 30 January 2022 | MF | 11 | Ali Al-Nemer | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 30 January 2022 | MF | 17 | Cédric Amissi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 30 January 2022 | MF | 23 | Mohammed Abousaban | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 30 January 2022 | FW | 99 | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 8 February 2022 | FW | 70 | Henrique Luvannor | | Released |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2021 | 30 January 2022 | FW | 99 | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 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 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 023.33 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 028.57 |
| Total | 39 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 61 | 65 | −4 | 025.64 |
Updated to match played 27 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 11 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 34 | |
| 12 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 34 | |
| 13 | Al-Batin | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | |
| 14 | Al-Faisaly (R) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 33 | Relegation to MS League |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Al-Fateh 5, Abha 5, Al-Fayha 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Fateh +1, Abha –1.
* ↑ Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League play-off round as 2021–22 King Cup winners.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 3, Al-Taawoun 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ettifaq +2, Al-Taawoun –2.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Batin 4, Al-Faisaly 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2022. Source: spl.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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 12 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUH | TWN | SEP | PAK |
| 1 | Al-Duhail | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 15 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Al-Taawoun (H) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 7 | | 3–4 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Pakhtakor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | | 0–3 | 5–4 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4, Sepahan 1.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 June 2022.
| 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 | BRA | Cássio | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 27 | 2 | 12+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah | 32 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Hazazi | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Hassan Rabee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | COD | Christian Luyindama | 17 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid | 29 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Awn Al-Saluli | 19 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi | 9 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 85 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | 24 | 1 | 14+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+2 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 33 | 1 | 12+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 36 | 7 | 20+7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6+1 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | 23 | 1 | 4+13 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 15 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MLI | Yaqoub Alhassan | 11 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Faisal Darwish | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Mutairi | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | EGY | Mostafa Fathi | 15 | 5 | 11+1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Omari | 32 | 2 | 11+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa | 22 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Tulayhi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | KSA | Basil Al-Mehawes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba | 38 | 23 | 29+1 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 29 | FW | CPV | Zé Luís | 8 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 84 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Johani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | KSA | Khaled Al-Muntashari | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Iago Santos | 18 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Kaku | 16 | 4 | 12+3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Cédric Amissi | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban | 9 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Sandro Manoel | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | MDA | Henrique Luvannor | 12 | 6 | 9+2 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 18 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 70 | FW | | Henrique Luvannor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 66 | MF | | Mostafa Fathi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | | Iago Santos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Kaku | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 77 | MF | | Hassan Al-Omari | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | MF | | Álvaro Medrán | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | FW | | Zé Luís | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 85 | DF | | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 4 | 14 | 61 |
Last Updated: 27 June 2022

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 5 | DF | | Tareq Abdullah | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 66 | MF | | Mostafa Fathi | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 31 | DF | | Saad Balobaid | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | MF | | Álvaro Medrán | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Kaku | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 1 | GK | | Cássio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | DF | | Ahmed Assiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | MF | | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | MF | | Hassan Al-Omari | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 80 | MF | | Ryan Al-Mousa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 3 | 12 | 42 |
Last Updated: 27 June 2022

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Cássio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Last Updated: 29 May 2022