# 2019–20 Al-Taawoun FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Taawoun's 64th year in their history and 10th consecutive season in the Pro League. This season Al-Taawoun participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, the Saudi Super Cup, and the 2020 AFC Champions League.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 27 September 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 4 February 2019
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 | Yassin Barnawi |
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba |
| 4 | DF | POR | Ricardo Machado |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi (captain) |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Rabee Sufyani |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Nildo Petrolina |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Daajani (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| 16 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Cédric Amissi |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Otaybi |
| 20 | MF | CPV | Héldon Ramos |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Moataz Al-Baqaawi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Hussain Shae'an |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisal Darwish |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mandash (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri |
| 41 | MF | KSA | Thaar Al-Otaibi (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Saeed |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Sandro Manoel |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Ruwaili |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem |

#### 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 | FW | KSA | Mansour Al-Muwallad (at Damac until 9 September 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei (at Damac until 9 September 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | 12 | Jhonnattann | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | 77 | Mohammed Harzan | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 33 | Ahmed Assiri | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 18 July 2019 | DF | 2 | Yassin Barnawi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 17 August 2019 | MF | 15 | Fahad Al-Rashidi | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 10 January 2020 | DF | 25 | Faisal Darwish | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 21 January 2020 | DF | 14 | Hassan Kadesh | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 22 January 2020 | FW | 24 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 25 January 2020 | MF | 66 | Mohammed Abousaban | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | FW | 99 | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | Al-Kholood | Free |
| 1 February 2020 | MF | 28 | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | Abha | $533,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 24 August 2019 | 31 January 2020 | DF | 12 | Mohammed Al-Shanqiti | Al-Nassr | None |
| 10 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 27 | Sultan Mandash | Al-Ahli | None |
| 28 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 41 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Al-Hilal | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | 32 | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | 70 | Mohammed Bassas | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 9 July 2019 | DF | 16 | Naif Al-Mousa | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | FW | 9 | Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Nassr | $6,700,000 |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | 12 | Jhonnattann | Fujairah | Free |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | 10 | Jehad Al-Hussain | Al-Raed | Free |
| 28 September 2019 | DF | 2 | Abdulaziz Al-Moghir | Al-Saqer | Free |
| 19 January 2020 | MF | 35 | Yahya Kharmi | | Released |
| 20 January 2020 | MF | 77 | Mohammed Harzan | Damac | Free |
| 21 January 2020 | DF | 18 | Madallah Al-Olayan | Al-Hilal | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 21 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 29 | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Damac | None | |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | FW | 9 | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Damac | None | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 033.33 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 042.86 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 41 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 036.59 |
Updated to match played 27 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 | |
| 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 |
* 1 2 3 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: 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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).

### Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was made on 10 December 2019 in Kuala Lumpur.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PRS | TAW | DUH | SHJ |
| 1 | Persepolis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Al-Taawoun | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–6 |
| 3 | Al-Duhail | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sharjah | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 7 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 6, Al-Duhail 0.
* 1 2 3 4 On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage. On 16 July 2020, AFC announced that Qatar would host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region from the group stage to the semi-finals.

#### Knockout phase
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 27 September 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | | Cássio | 39 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | | Hussain Shae'an | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Yassin Barnawi | 24 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ricardo Machado | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Iago Santos | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 26 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Hassan Kadesh | 14 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Fahad Al-Hamad | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Faisal Darwish | 15 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Saad Balobaid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Ahmed Assiri | 35 | 0 | 20+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Ruwaili | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Ryan Al-Mousa | 24 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Rabee Sufyani | 31 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Nildo Petrolina | 26 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Nasser Al-Daajani | 13 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 21 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 34 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Ibrahim Al-Otaybi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Héldon Ramos | 28 | 8 | 22+3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Sufyan Al-Oufi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Sultan Mandash | 17 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | | Thaar Al-Otaibi | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | | Saleh Al-Saeed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | 32 | 3 | 28+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | | Mohammed Abousaban | 12 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 28 | 4 | 13+8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 21 | 4 | 15+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Mansour Al-Muwallad | 12 | 3 | 0+7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Mitchell Duke | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 13 | 3 | 4+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Shanqiti | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Madallah Al-Olayan | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Mohammed Harzan | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | | Héldon Ramos | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Nildo Petrolina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 80 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Mansour Al-Muwallad | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 24 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Rabee Sufyani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Nasser Al-Daajani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 12 | FW | | Mitchell Duke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Madallah Al-Olayan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | DF | | Faisal Darwish | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 43 |
Last Updated: 24 September 2020

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | MF | | Héldon Ramos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Nildo Petrolina | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 77 | MF | | Mohammed Harzan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | | Ryan Al-Mousa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Rabee Sufyani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Mansour Al-Muwallad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Nasser Al-Daajani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 13 | DF | | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 18 | DF | | Madallah Al-Olayan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 24 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Faisal Darwish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mandash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
Last Updated: 24 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Cássio | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Hussain Shae'an | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
Last Updated: 24 September 2020