# 2023–24 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2023–24 season was Al-Wehda's 39th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 78th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the Saudi Super Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | MAR | Munir Mohamedi |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Muwallad |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Bukhari |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween (captain) |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte |
| 7 | FW | NED | Vito van Crooij |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Akouz |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Azzam Al-Bishi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Azizi |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Ayman Al-Hussaini |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Ali Makki |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 24 | MF | SDN | Abdulaziz Noor |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Yahya Al-Najei |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi |

### 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 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Sattam Al-Tambakti (at Al-Ain until 30 June 2024) |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Rakan Al-Harbi (at Al-Najran until 30 June 2024) |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al Khayri (at Al-Safa until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hawsawi (at Jeddah until 30 June 2024) |
| 60 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shalwi (at Al-Entesar until 30 June 2024) |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Sultan Hawsawi (at Al-Qaisumah until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | 38 | Naif Kariri | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | 70 | Ali Dagarshawi | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 55 | Nawaf Hawsawi | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Shalwi | Al-Suqoor | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Al-Okhdood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | – | Thamer Al-Ali | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | 2 | Saeed Al-Muwallad | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 15 August 2023 | FW | 9 | Odion Ighalo | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 16 August 2023 | DF | 5 | Jawad El Yamiq | Real Valladolid | $1,100,000 |
| 18 August 2023 | MF | 16 | Nawaf Al-Azizi | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2023 | FW | 7 | Vito van Crooij | Sparta Rotterdam | $2,142,000 |
| 8 September 2023 | FW | 23 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | $800,000 |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 10 | Gerson Rodrigues | Dynamo Kyiv | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 74 | Karim Yoda | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 13 July 2023 | DF | 28 | Hamad Al-Jayzani | Al-Raed | Free |
| 18 July 2023 | DF | 5 | Noor Al-Rashidi | Damac | Free |
| 26 July 2023 | DF | 14 | Alberto Botía | Kifisia | Free |
| 29 July 2023 | DF | 70 | Ali Dagarshawi | Al-Ain | Free |
| 2 August 2023 | MF | – | Hatem Fallatah | Al-Lewaa | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | DF | 22 | Amiri Kurdi | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 17 September 2023 | MF | 77 | Ahmed Fallatah | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 19 September 2023 | MF | 49 | Sultan Al-Sawadi | Al-Suqoor | Free |
| 30 January 2024 | GK | 66 | Basem Atallah | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 1 February 2024 | MF | 57 | Waddah Al-Otaibi | Wej | Free |
| 24 February 2024 | FW | 9 | Jean-David Beauguel | Qingdao West Coast | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 13 September 2023 | End of season | DF | 33 | Rakan Al-Harbi | Najran | None |
| 12 September 2023 | End of season | MF | 25 | Sattam Tambakti | Al-Ain | None |
| 15 September 2023 | End of season | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Al-Qaisumah | None |
| 1 October 2023 | End of season | MF | 60 | Mohammed Al-Shalwi | Al-Entesar | None |
| 1 February 2024 | End of season | DF | 50 | Saad Al-Khayri | Al-Safa | None |
| 1 February 2024 | End of season | MF | 55 | Nawaf Hawsawi | Jeddah | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 029.41 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 37 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 029.73 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Al-Khaleej | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 |
| 12 | Al-Raed | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 37 |
| 13 | Al-Wehda | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 36 |
| 14 | Al-Riyadh | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 35 |
| 15 | Al-Okhdood | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 33 |
* 1 2 Al-Khaleej finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Khaleej: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Khaleej 0–0 Al-Raed, Al-Raed 0–1 Al-Khaleej).

#### 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 May 2024. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 14 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Super Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 May 2024.
| 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 | MAR | Munir Mohamedi | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Ayman Al-Hussaini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Muwallad | 29 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Bukhari | 22 | 0 | 5+15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq | 25 | 3 | 22+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte | 20 | 2 | 17+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 27 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Ali Makki | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi | 34 | 0 | 29+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween | 33 | 0 | 24+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Akouz | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Azizi | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SDN | Abdulaziz Noor | 35 | 4 | 23+9 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa | 20 | 2 | 13+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr | 36 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Najei | 18 | 2 | 2+15 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo | 34 | 5 | 30+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji | 33 | 0 | 15+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 23 | 0 | 7+15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED | Vito van Crooij | 25 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo | 34 | 16 | 29+2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Azzam Al-Bishi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 24 | 6 | 19+3 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 25 | MF | KSA | Sattam Al-Tambakti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 15 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 23 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Abdulaziz Noor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 76 | MF | | Fayçal Fajr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Jawad El Yamiq | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | | Óscar Duarte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 28 | MF | | Hussain Al-Eisa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 80 | MF | | Yahya Al-Najei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Saeed Al-Muwallad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Azizi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 2 | 1 | 48 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 76 | MF | | Fayçal Fajr | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 24 | MF | | Abdulaziz Noor | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | MF | | Waleed Bakshween | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 23 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Saeed Al-Muwallad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Óscar Duarte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 22 | DF | | Ali Makki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 27 | DF | | Islam Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Hussain Al-Eisa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | | Alaa Al Hejji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Munir Mohamedi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 13 | GK | | Abdulquddus Atiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Last Updated: 20 April 2024