# 2022–23 Damac FC season

The 2022–23 season was Damac's 51st year in their history and fourth consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2023
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 | Bandar Al-Shahrani |
| 2 | FW | ALG | Hillal Soudani |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Nakhli |
| 6 | MF | NED | Adam Maher |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mansor Hamzi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Duarte |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Nono |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Makin |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Farouk Chafaï (captain) |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Bader Munshi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Najei |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hawsawi |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Dhari Al-Anazi |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulbassit Hawsawi |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hassoun |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Shamrani |
| 79 | MF | KSA | Fares Al-Shahrani |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Qahtani |

### 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 |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zain (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2023) |
| 51 | FW | KSA | Ramzi Solan (at Najran until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Muziel (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Aiedh Al-Qahtani | Bisha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Osama Al-Saleem | Al-Arabi | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Ayman Al-Hujaili | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Ohod | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | – | Riyadh Al-Ghamdi | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | – | Ramzi Solan | Al-Nahda | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | 22 | Abdulbassit Hawsawi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 3 | Abdelkader Bedrane | ES Tunis | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | 49 | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Raed | Free |
| 11 July 2022 | MF | 6 | Adam Maher | FC Utrecht | $1,850,000 |
| 16 July 2022 | DF | 32 | Abdullah Hassoun | Al-Ahli | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2022 | DF | 20 | Dhari Al-Anazi | Al-Nassr | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | 8 | Ryan Al-Mousa | Al-Taawoun | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2022 | FW | 9 | Bruno Duarte | Vitória Guimarães | $615,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 4 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 11 | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | Al-Shabab | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 14 | Sergio Vittor | Al-Sailiya | Free |
| 13 July 2022 | MF | – | Ayman Al-Hujaili | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 17 July 2022 | FW | 90 | Emilio Zelaya | Karmiotissa | Free |
| 23 July 2022 | MF | 20 | Mohammed Al-Sahli | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2022 | DF | – | Osama Al-Saleem | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 24 July 2022 | MF | 11 | Arif Al Haydar | Al-Adalah | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2022 | MF | 21 | Abdulelah Al-Barrih | Al-Batin | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2022 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Asiri | Al-Ain | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | 9 | Mazen Abu Shararah | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 5 September 2022 | DF | 98 | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | Al-Ain | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | DF | – | Aiedh Al-Qahtani | Jerash | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | FW | 25 | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | FW | 49 | Riyadh Al-Ghamdi | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 9 September 2022 | DF | – | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 29 January 2023 | GK | – | Yazan Jari | Al-Batin | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 20 August 2022 | 1 January 2023 | MF | 28 | Fares Al-Shahrani | Al-Ain | None |
| 8 September 2022 | End of season | FW | 51 | Ramzi Solan | Najran | None |
| 9 September 2022 | End of season | DF | 32 | Omar Al-Muziel | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 27 January 2023 | End of season | MF | 49 | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Khaleej | 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 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 030.00 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 029.03 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 43 |
| 7 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 36 |
| 9 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 |
* 1 2 Al-Tai finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Tai: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Raed 0–2 Al-Tai, Al-Tai 2–2 Al-Raed).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2023. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 |

#### 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 31 May 2023.
| 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 | Bandar Al-Shahrani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulbassit Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Nakhli | 18 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 27 | 3 | 25+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Farouk Chafaï | 28 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hawsawi | 21 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Dhari Al-Anazi | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hassoun | 20 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Shamrani | 20 | 0 | 13+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Adam Maher | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mansor Hamzi | 28 | 2 | 22+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa | 16 | 0 | 1+14 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Nono | 24 | 3 | 21+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | 22 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Makin | 16 | 3 | 7+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 19 | 2 | 5+14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Bader Munshi | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić | 27 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Najei | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 15 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | KSA | Fares Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | ALG | Hillal Soudani | 21 | 6 | 17+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Bruno Duarte | 19 | 4 | 17+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Qahtani | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 49 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zain | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 2 | FW | | Hillal Soudani | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Bruno Duarte | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Nono | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 12 | MF | | Abdulaziz Makin | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 13 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 15 | DF | | Farouk Chafaï | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 17 | MF | | Domagoj Antolić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Mansor Hamzi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Abdelkader Bedrane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 30 | GK | | Moustapha Zeghba | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 0 | 33 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 15 | DF | | Farouk Chafaï | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | 17 | MF | | Domagoj Antolić | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | FW | | Hillal Soudani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Adam Maher | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 49 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Zain | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Nono | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 13 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Mansor Hamzi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | DF | | Abdullah Hassoun | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 0 | 24 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Moustapha Zeghba | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Last Updated: 22 May 2023