# 2021–22 Al-Shabab FC season

The 2021–22 season was Al-Shabab's 45th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 75th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and the AFC Champions League.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 September 2021
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 | Zaid Al-Bawardi |
| 2 | DF | CHI | Igor Lichnovsky |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Jamal Bajandouh |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Paulinho |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Carlos |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Abed |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Dubaysh |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fawaz Al-Qarni |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Moteb Al-Harbi |
| 25 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Owais |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei |
| 34 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Garzae |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Hussain Shae'an |
| 37 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Matuq |
| 81 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Nader Al-Sharari |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Sebá |

### 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 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Attiyah (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2022) |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2022) |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Ghamdi (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ARG | Cristian Guanca (at Al-Ain until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 26 | Ali Majrashi | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 16 | Mohammed Attiyah | Damac | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 28 | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 30 | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 52 | Abdullah Haqawi | Al-Lewaa | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 56 | Hassan Al-Qayd | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | 29 | Bubacarr Trawally | Ajman | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | GK | 35 | Hussain Shae'an | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 88 | Nader Al-Sharari | Abha | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 29 | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | 44 | Muhannad Assiri | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 24 July 2021 | GK | 22 | Fawaz Al-Qarni | Al-Ittihad | $1,000,000 |
| 28 July 2021 | MF | 8 | Paulinho | Boavista | $1,180,000 |
| 20 August 2021 | FW | 13 | Carlos | Santa Clara | $2,900,000 |
| 31 August 2021 | MF | 11 | Hattan Bahebri | Al-Hilal | $530,000 |
| 30 January 2022 | DF | 3 | Iago Santos | Al-Taawoun | $1,500,000 |
| 30 January 2022 | FW | 80 | John Mary | Shenzhen | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 29 January 2022 | End of season | FW | 99 | Luciano Vietto | Al-Hilal | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 11 | Fábio Martins | Braga | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 12 | Mohammed Salem | Al-Raed | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 6 | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | | Released |
| 4 August 2021 | FW | 29 | Bubacarr Trawally | Ajman | Free |
| 6 August 2021 | GK | 50 | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 7 August 2021 | FW | 44 | Muhannad Assiri | | Retired |
| 19 August 2021 | MF | 38 | Ammar Al-Najjar | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 24 August 2021 | MF | 56 | Hassan Al-Qayd | Abha | Free |
| 31 August 2021 | MF | 28 | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2022 | MF | – | Nawaf Al-Shahrani | Al-Saqer | Free |
| 19 January 2022 | DF | 2 | Igor Lichnovsky | Tigres | $3,500,000 |
| 25 January 2022 | DF | 26 | Ali Majrashi | Al-Ahli | $800,000 |
| 27 January 2022 | DF | 19 | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | Damac | Free |
| 28 January 2022 | DF | 4 | Abdullah Al-Zori | Abha | Free |
| 29 January 2022 | FW | 9 | Odion Ighalo | Al-Hilal | $3,500,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 July 2021 | End of season | MF | 8 | Cristian Guanca | Al-Ain | None |
| 26 July 2021 | End of season | MF | 26 | Hamad Al-Ghamdi | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 1 August 2021 | End of season | MF | 16 | Mohammed Attiyah | Al-Tai | None |
| 15 August 2021 | End of season | MF | 30 | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | Al-Hazem | None |
| 20 August 2021 | End of season | FW | 31 | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 30 August 2021 | End of season | GK | 23 | Marwan Al-Haidari | Al-Fayha | None |
| 8 January 2022 | End of season | MF | 6 | Jamal Bajandouh | Al-Tai | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 050.00 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Champions League | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 083.33 |
| Total | 39 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 056.41 |
Updated to match played 27 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 65 |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 36 | +22 | 61 |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 55 |
| 5 | Damac | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 44 |
| 6 | Al-Tai | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 37 |

#### 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 June 2022. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 11 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SHB | MUM | QWJ | AJZ |
| 1 | Al-Shabab (H) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 16 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Mumbai City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 7 | | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Al-Jazira | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mumbai City 6, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 0.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 June 2022.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fawaz Al-Qarni | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Hussain Shae'an | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Absi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Iago Santos | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 12 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili | 30 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Moteb Al-Harbi | 34 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Sibyani | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Dawsari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Nader Al-Sharari | 14 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar | 27 | 5 | 10+12 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 28 | 2 | 19+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega | 34 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri | 33 | 10 | 24+2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Abed | 21 | 2 | 7+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 38 | 2 | 26+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran | 10 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Bishi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 26 | 1 | 3+17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 52 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Haqawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye | 21 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 13 | FW | BRA | Carlos | 30 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Saad Al-Muwallad | 5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Garzae | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Matuq | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | CMR | John Mary | 9 | 2 | 2+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto | 10 | 2 | 4+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Jamal Bajandouh | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CHI | Igor Lichnovsky | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo | 19 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi | 14 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Sebá | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 13 | FW | | Carlos | 13 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Éver Banega | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Turki Al-Ammar | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 14 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 24 | DF | | Moteb Al-Harbi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 80 | FW | | John Mary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 99 | FW | | Luciano Vietto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 29 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 52 | 8 | 18 | 78 |
Last Updated: 23 June 2022

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 24 | DF | | Moteb Al-Harbi | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Éver Banega | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Paulinho | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 13 | FW | | Carlos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 29 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Igor Lichnovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Iago Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 37 | FW | | Abdullah Matuq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 80 | FW | | John Mary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 99 | FW | | Luciano Vietto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 5 | 12 | 56 |
Last Updated: 23 June 2022

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Fawaz Al-Qarni | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | 35 | GK | | Hussain Shae'an | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
Last Updated: 27 June 2022