# 2019–20 Al-Fateh SC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Fateh's 11th consecutive season in the Pro League and their 62nd year in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 9 September 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2020
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 |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Marwane Saâdane |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Hassan |
| 7 | FW | KSA | Saqer Otaif |
| 8 | MF | SDN | Mohammed Al-Dhaw |
| 9 | FW | NED | Mitchell te Vrede |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Majed Kanabah |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (captain) |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Munther Al-Nakhli |
| 17 | DF | URU | Matías Aguirregaray |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saeed |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi |
| 21 | FW | DEN | Bashkim Kadrii |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed (vice-captain) |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Dossari |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Burayh |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Maksym Koval |
| 78 | DF | KSA | Ali Lajami |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Qassem Lajami |
| 88 | MF | NOR | Gustav Wikheim |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | SRB | Saša Jovanović (at Deportivo La Coruña until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 28 May 2019 | MF | 5 | Marwane Saâdane | Çaykur Rizespor | Free |
| 29 May 2019 | MF | 12 | Majed Kanabah | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 1 June 2019 | DF | 87 | Qassem Lajami | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 2 June 2019 | MF | 22 | Michał Janota | Arka Gdynia | $436,000 |
| 23 June 2019 | FW | 9 | Mitchell te Vrede | NAC Breda | Free |
| 24 June 2019 | DF | 3 | Mohammad Naji | Al-Jeel | Free |
| 24 June 2019 | FW | 7 | Saqer Otaif | Ohod | Free |
| 25 June 2019 | FW | 19 | Mohammed Majrashi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 28 June 2019 | MF | 8 | Mohammed Al-Dhaw | Ohod | Free |
| 28 June 2019 | GK | 34 | Mohammed Al-Burayh | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 25 | Tawfiq Buhimed | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | 35 | Maksym Koval | Dynamo Kyiv | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | 27 | Saeed Al-Dossari | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | DF | 17 | Matías Aguirregaray | Tijuana | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2019 | DF | 4 | André Pinto | Sporting CP | Free |
| 1 September 2019 | MF | 88 | Gustav Wikheim | Midtjylland | $1,460,000 |
| 27 January 2020 | MF | 21 | Bashkim Kadrii | Odense Boldklub | $1,460,000 |
| 29 January 2020 | MF | 28 | Sofiane Bendebka | MC Alger | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 24 June 2019 | MF | 7 | Ahmed Al-Nadhri | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 2 July 2019 | GK | 12 | Ali Al-Mazidi | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 3 July 2019 | FW | 11 | Hamad Al-Juhaim | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 9 July 2019 | FW | 90 | João Pedro | Al-Dhafra | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | 15 | Mansor Hamzi | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2019 | FW | – | Abdullah Al-Bladi | Al-Thoqbah | Free |
| 28 July 2019 | MF | – | Hussain Al-Qahtani | Al-Mujazzal | Free |
| 29 July 2019 | MF | 77 | Ibrahim Al-Telhi | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 2 August 2019 | DF | 33 | Yassin Hamzah | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 27 August 2019 | DF | 3 | Jamaan Al-Dossari | Damac | Free |
| 29 August 2019 | DF | 4 | Mohamed Naâmani | | Released |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | 29 | Mohammad Al-Majhad | Al-Ahli | $3,500,000 |
| 2 September 2019 | MF | 49 | Salem Al Najrani | Najran | Free |
| 30 December 2019 | DF | 5 | Amjad Al-Mayhan | Al-Rawdhah | Free |
| 8 January 2020 | MF | 24 | Ibrahim Chenihi | Damac | Free |
| 25 January 2020 | MF | 10 | Abdelkader Oueslati | Club Africain | Free |
| 2 February 2020 | DF | 66 | Sultan Al-Deayea | Al-Shoulla | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 4 August 2019 | End of season | MF | – | Saith Sakala | Al-Ansar | None | |
| 2 September 2019 | End of season | MF | – | Saša Jovanović | Deportivo La Coruña | None | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Professional League | 24 August 2019 | 9 September 2020 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 026.67 |
| King Cup | 6 November 2019 | 18 January 2020 | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 52 | +0 | 032.35 |
Last updated: 9 September 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Saudi Professional League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 35 | |
| 12 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 | |
| 14 | Al-Fayha (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 32 | Relegation to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League |
| 15 | Al-Hazem (R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 27 | Relegation to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League |
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Damac: 9 pts; Al-Ittihad: 6 pts; Al-Taawoun: 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: 9 September 2020. Source: Saudi Pro League

#### Result round 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 |

#### Matches

The Professional League schedule was announced on 21 July 2019.
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Burayh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | UKR | Maksym Koval | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Boushal | 20 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammad Naji | 21 | 2 | 14+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Jari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | URU | Matías Aguirregaray | 26 | 4 | 23+2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 13 | 1 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed | 28 | 2 | 18+7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 78 | DF | KSA | Ali Lajami | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Qassem Lajami | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | MAR | Marwane Saâdane | 32 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Hassan | 23 | 2 | 18+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SDN | Mohammed Al-Dhaw | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Majed Kanabah | 13 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid | 29 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Munther Al-Nakhli | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saeed | 18 | 2 | 6+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 31 | 3 | 18+9 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Dossari | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka | 14 | 5 | 13+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | NOR | Gustav Wikheim | 27 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | KSA | Saqer Otaif | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Mitchell te Vrede | 29 | 14 | 25+1 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi | 20 | 2 | 5+13 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | DEN | Bashkim Kadrii | 14 | 2 | 11+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | SRB | Saša Jovanović | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | POR | André Pinto | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Abdelkader Oueslati | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | POL | Michał Janota | 15 | 1 | 9+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mitchell te Vrede | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | 5 | MF | | Marwane Saâdane | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | 28 | MF | | Sofiane Bendebka | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 17 | DF | | Matías Aguirregaray | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Mohammad Naji | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Ali Al-Hassan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Saeed | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | FW | | Bashkim Kadrii | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Tawfiq Buhimed | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | | Gustav Wikheim | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 22 | MF | | Michał Janota | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 23 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 10 | 52 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Habib Al-Wotayan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 35 | GK | | Maksym Koval | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Last Updated: 4 September 2020