# 2022–23 Al-Fayha FC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Fayha's 69th year in their existence and their fifth non-consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the Super Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 September 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 | KSA | Moslem Al Freej |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mukhair Al-Rashidi |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Bander Nasser |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari (captain) |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Naif Almas |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Aleksandar Trajkovski |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Safri |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Anthony Nwakaeme |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Paulinho (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi |
| 23 | FW | SRB | Milan Pavkov |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mandash |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Hussein Al-Shuwaish |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Ryller |
| 55 | GK | KSA | Faisel Masrahi |
| 64 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Harbi |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf |
| 88 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Stojković |
| 90 | GK | KSA | Rashed Al-Mowainea |
| 98 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 36 | Hazaa Asiri | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 64 | Sultan Al-Harbi | Bisha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Naif Ahmed | Al-Zulfi | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 15 | Ibrahim Al-Harbi | Al-Jabalain | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | 55 | Faisel Masrahi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 3 July 2022 | MF | 6 | Saud Zidan | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2022 | MF | 11 | Khalid Kaabi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 13 July 2022 | FW | 19 | Mohammed Majrashi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 19 July 2022 | DF | 17 | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 20 July 2022 | DF | 80 | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Nassr | $266,000 |
| 2 August 2022 | DF | 98 | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | Abha | Free |
| 2 August 2022 | MF | 10 | Víctor Ruiz | St. Gallen | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2022 | MF | 9 | Anthony Nwakaeme | Trabzonspor | Free |
| 28 August 2022 | FW | 23 | Milan Pavkov | Red Star Belgrade | $1,000,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 July 2022 | End of season | MF | 18 | Paulinho | Al-Shabab | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 23 | Marwan Al-Haidari | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 6 | Yousef Al-Harbi | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 26 | Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 81 | Ibrahim Al-Barakah | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 47 | Rayan Al-Bloushi | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | 19 | Samuel Owusu | Čukarički | Free |
| 23 July 2022 | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Dossari | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 24 July 2022 | MF | 15 | Ibrahim Al-Harbi | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 21 August 2022 | DF | 36 | Hazaa Asiri | Jeddah | Free |
| 25 August 2022 | MF | – | Naif Ahmed | Al-Lewaa | Free |
| 29 August 2022 | DF | 24 | Ahmed Bamsaud | Al-Ittihad | $1,600,000 |
| 31 August 2022 | MF | 18 | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Al-Raed | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | MF | 20 | Amadou Moutari | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 15 September 2022 | FW | 7 | Ramon Lopes | Khor Fakkan | Free |
| 30 September 2022 | MF | 77 | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | Khor Fakkan | Free |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 026.67 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 029.41 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 | |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 33 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 12 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 33 | |
| 13 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 32 | |
* 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).
* ↑ Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2021–22 King Cup winners.
* 1 2 Al-Fayha finished ahead of Abha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha: 4 pts, Abha: 1 pts (Abha 1–1 Al-Fayha, Al-Fayha 2–0 Abha).

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Super 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 | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Moslem Al Freej | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | KSA | Faisel Masrahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Stojković | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mukhair Al-Rashidi | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Bander Nasser | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Harbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 17 | 0 | 1+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | 33 | 0 | 28+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Hussein Al-Shuwaish | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf | 15 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan | 22 | 1 | 1+18 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MKD | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 25 | 4 | 15+9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Safri | 20 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 32 | 3 | 25+3 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 31 | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 16 | 1 | 3+10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mandash | 32 | 5 | 21+7 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Ryller | 28 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban | 19 | 1 | 6+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Anthony Nwakaeme | 28 | 9 | 23+2 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi | 15 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SRB | Milan Pavkov | 26 | 1 | 11+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Bamsaud | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | GRE | Panagiotis Tachtsidis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Anthony Nwakaeme | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 18 | MF | | Paulinho | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mandash | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Víctor Ruiz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 37 | MF | | Ricardo Ryller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | Saud Zidan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | FW | | Milan Pavkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 66 | MF | | Mohammed Abousaban | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 80 | DF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 4 | 1 | 36 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Víctor Ruiz | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 23 | FW | | Milan Pavkov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Anthony Nwakaeme | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mandash | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Bander Nasser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | | Hussein Al-Shuwaish | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 80 | DF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Safri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 26 | MF | | Ali Al-Zaqaan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 37 | MF | | Ricardo Ryller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 2 | 1 | 27 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 88 | GK | | Vladimir Stojković | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Moslem Al Freej | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023