# 2020–21 Al-Faisaly FC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Faisaly's 12th non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 67th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 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 | Mohammed Al-Hassawi |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hassan |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Raphael Silva |
| 6 | MF | NED | Hicham Faik |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Sumairi (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Guilherme |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Shaye Sharahili |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Absi |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nukhylan |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Qassem |
| 19 | FW | CPV | Júlio Tavares |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Romain Amalfitano |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Waleed Al-Ahmed |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Ismail Omar |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Awadh Khrees |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Sultan Al-Qahtani |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Mustafa Bassas |
| 51 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem |
| 52 | MF | KAZ | Alexander Merkel |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Anzi |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi |
| 78 | DF | KSA | Khaled Daghriri |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari |
| 87 | MF | KSA | Meshal Al-Sebyani |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid |

### 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 |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al Quraish (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2021) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Hamoud Al-Shammari (at Al-Jeel until 30 June 2021) |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani (at Abha until 30 June 2021) |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Bader Bashir (at Hajer until 30 June 2021) |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Yasser Safhi (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Taher Al-Hajji (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2021) |
| 42 | MF | KSA | Hamed Fallatah (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Jubairi (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Adel Hazazi (at Al-Diriyah until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi (at Abha until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 1 | Mohammed Al-Hassawi | Abha | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 22 | Taher Al-Hejji | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 23 | Awadh Khrees | Al-Adalah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 51 | Hussain Qassem | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | – | Hassan Al-Jubairi | Jeddah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | – | Hussein Hawsawi | Al-Taqadom | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 6 | Hicham Faik | Heerenveen | $825,000 |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Abha | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 12 | Shaye Sharahili | Unattached | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 20 | Yasser Safhi | Al-Thoqbah | Undisclosed |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 25 | Ismail Omar | Jeddah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 42 | Hamed Fallatah | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 52 | Alexander Merkel | Heracles Almelo | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Thani | Al-Ittihad | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Bader Bashir | Al-Qadsiah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 19 | Júlio Tavares | Dijon | $1,175,000 |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 80 | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 25 September 2020 | MF | 88 | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | Al-Batin | Free |
| 10 October 2020 | DF | 24 | Waleed Al-Ahmed | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 15 | Ahmed Ashraf | Al-Hilal | $800,000 |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 23 | Romain Amalfitano | Dijon | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 27 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 8 | Khaled Al-Sumairi | Al-Ittihad | None | |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 14 | Ali Majrashi | Al-Shabab | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 12 | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 21 | Ageel Balghaith | Al-Raed | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 7 | Roly Bonevacia | Al-Fujairah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Hussain Al-Qahtani | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 17 | Ahmed Ashraf | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 23 September 2020 | MF | 34 | Youssef El Jebli | Al-Batin | $107,000 |
| 23 September 2020 | MF | 88 | Khaleem Hyland | Al-Batin | Free |
| 29 September 2020 | DF | 5 | Hussein Hawsawi | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | FW | 15 | Ramzi Solan | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 7 October 2020 | MF | 55 | Moshari Al-Thamali | Al-Tai | Free |
| 9 October 2020 | FW | 9 | William Oliveira | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 28 October 2020 | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Thani | Ohod | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 23 September 2020 | End of season | MF | – | Bader Bashir | Hajer | None |
| 28 September 2020 | End of season | DF | 13 | Ali Meadi | Abha | None |
| 9 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 5 | Hussain Al Quraish | Al-Nahda | None |
| 12 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Adel Hazazi | Al-Diriyah | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Hassan Al-Jubairi | Al-Tai | None |
| 22 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 42 | Hamed Fallatah | Al-Nahda | None |
| 27 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Abha | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | GK | 22 | Taher Al-Hejji | Al-Khaleej | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | MF | 7 | Hamoud Al-Shammari | Al-Jeel | 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 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 030.00 |
| King Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 035.29 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 39 | |
| 9 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 36 | |
| 11 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 36 | |
* 1 2 3 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly: 16 pts; Al-Raed: 15 pts; Damac: 13 pts; Al-Batin: 12 pts; Abha: 3 pts.
* ↑ Al-Faisaly qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2020–21 King Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### 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 30 May 2021.
| 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 | Mohammed Al-Hassawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hassan | 19 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi | 28 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Raphael Silva | 29 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi | 14 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nukhylan | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Qassem | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Waleed Al-Ahmed | 18 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Awadh Khrees | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem | 14 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | KSA | Khaled Daghriri | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Hicham Faik | 32 | 3 | 27+1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Sumairi | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Guilherme | 32 | 8 | 27+2 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Shaye Sharahili | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf | 21 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Romain Amalfitano | 26 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Ismail Omar | 19 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Mustafa Bassas | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | MF | KAZ | Alexander Merkel | 31 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Anzi | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi | 17 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | KSA | Meshal Al-Sebyani | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | 16 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 19 | FW | CPV | Júlio Tavares | 34 | 19 | 29+1 | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 22 | 8 | 4+16 | 6 | 1+1 | 2 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Hamoud Al-Shammari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | KSA | Hamed Fallatah | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Júlio Tavares | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Guilherme | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 80 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Raphael Silva | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | Hicham Faik | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Ashraf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 23 | MF | | Romain Amalfitano | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 52 | MF | | Alexander Merkel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 6 | 48 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Guilherme | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 19 | FW | | Júlio Tavares | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Hicham Faik | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Romain Amalfitano | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 25 | MF | | Ismail Omar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 52 | MF | | Alexander Merkel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Ashraf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | DF | | Mohammed Qassem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 80 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 3 | 29 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Last Updated: 4 April 2021