# 2021–22 Al-Faisaly FC season

The 2021–22 season is Al-Faisaly's 13th non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 68th season in existence. The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Saudi Super Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 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 | Mohammed Al-Hassawi |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Amri |
| 6 | MF | NED | Hicham Faik |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Ismael |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Martin Boyle |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Rossi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumayzi |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Shaye Sharahili |
| 19 | FW | CPV | Júlio Tavares |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Dhafir |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Yassin Barnawi |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Ismail Omar |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Sultan Al-Qahtani |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Absi |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Clayson |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nukhylan |
| 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 |
| 99 | DF | KSA | Waleed Al-Ahmed |

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hassan (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2022) |
| 42 | MF | KSA | Hamed Fallatah (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2022) |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Anzi (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2022) |
| — | GK | KSA | Taher Al-Hajji (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani (at Abha until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | KSA | Hussain Al Quraish (at Al-Safa until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | KSA | Hamoud Al-Shammari (at Al-Jandal until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | KSA | Yazid Joshan (at Zemun until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | 22 | Taher Al-Hejji | Al-Khaleej | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 13 | Ali Meadi | Abha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | – | Hassan Al-Jubairi | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | – | Adel Hazazi | Al-Diriyah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 5 | Hussain Al Quraish | Al-Nahda | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 7 | Hamoud Al-Shammari | Al-Jeel | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Abha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 14 | Bader Bashir | Hajer | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 42 | Hamed Fallatah | Al-Nahda | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 17 | Saleh Al-Qumayzi | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 39 | Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 6 July 2021 | DF | 22 | Yassin Barnawi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 18 July 2021 | DF | 5 | Mohammed Al-Amri | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 25 July 2021 | MF | 7 | Ismael | Akhmat Grozny | Free |
| 7 August 2021 | MF | 8 | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat | Al-Ittihad | $533,000 |
| 31 August 2021 | FW | 14 | Saleh Al Abbas | Al-Nassr | $650,000 |
| 7 January 2022 | DF | 13 | Ahmed Assiri | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 13 January 2022 | MF | 10 | Rossi | Bahia | Free |
| 21 January 2022 | FW | 9 | Martin Boyle | Hibernian | $4,000,000 |
| 30 January 2022 | MF | 37 | Clayson | Bahia | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 14 | Ali Majrashi | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 8 | Khaled Al-Sumairi | Al-Ittihad | End of loan |
| 11 July 2021 | DF | – | Hassan Al-Jubairi | Al-Tai | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2021 | DF | 27 | Awadh Khrees | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 19 August 2021 | MF | 52 | Alexander Merkel | Gaziantep | Free |
| 19 January 2022 | MF | 11 | Guilherme | Al-Dhafra | Free |
| 31 January 2022 | DF | 4 | Raphael Silva | | Released |
| 31 January 2022 | MF | 23 | Romain Amalfitano | | Released |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 23 July 2021 | End of season | MF | 42 | Hamed Fallatah | Al-Tai | None |
| 2 August 2021 | End of season | MF | 5 | Hussain Al Quraish | Al-Safa | None |
| 8 August 2021 | End of season | GK | 22 | Taher Al-Hajji | Al-Khaleej | None |
| 31 August 2021 | End of season | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Abha | None |
| 1 September 2021 | End of season | MF | 7 | Hamoud Al-Shammari | Al-Jandal | None |
| 1 September 2021 | End of season | FW | – | Yazeed Joshan | Zemun | None |
| 22 January 2022 | End of season | DF | 2 | Abdullah Al-Hassan | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 30 January 2022 | End of season | MF | 70 | Ahmed Al-Anzi | Al-Adalah | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 023.33 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 023.68 |
Updated to match played 27 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 34 | |
| 13 | Al-Batin | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | |
| 14 | Al-Faisaly (R) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 33 | Relegation to MS League |
| 15 | Al-Ahli (R) | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 32 | Relegation to MS League |
| 16 | Al-Hazem (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 17 | Relegation to MS League |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 3, Al-Taawoun 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ettifaq +2, Al-Taawoun –2.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Batin 4, Al-Faisaly 1.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 14 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Saudi Super Cup

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAI | NAS | SAD | WEH |
| 1 | Al-Faisaly (H) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Nasaf Qarshi | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Advance to Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | Al-Wehdat | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly 4, Nasaf Qarshi 1.

## 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 | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Hassawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah | 23 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi | 29 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Amri | 26 | 1 | 11+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem | 31 | 0 | 21+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri | 14 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumayzi | 28 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Yassin Barnawi | 20 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nukhylan | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | KSA | Waleed Al-Ahmed | 28 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Hicham Faik | 33 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Ismael | 35 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Rossi | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Shaye Sharahili | 6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Dhafir | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Ismail Omar | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Clayson | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari | 34 | 0 | 16+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi | 29 | 1 | 9+12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | KSA | Meshal Al-Sebyani | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | AUS | Martin Boyle | 19 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CPV | Júlio Tavares | 34 | 11 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 18 | 1 | 3+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hassan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Anzi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Raphael Silva | 15 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Guilherme | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | FRA | Romain Amalfitano | 19 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Júlio Tavares | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 23 | MF | | Romain Amalfitano | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | | Hicham Faik | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Martin Boyle | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Guilherme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Raphael Silva | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Amri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Ismael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Rossi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 37 | MF | | Clayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 80 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 99 | DF | | Waleed Al-Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 36 |
Last Updated: 27 June 2022

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Júlio Tavares | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Amri | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Hicham Faik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Ismael | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Martin Boyle | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Guilherme | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | DF | | Saleh Al-Qumayzi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Romain Amalfitano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 37 | MF | | Clayson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 39 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 80 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
Last Updated: 27 June 2022

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Last Updated: 23 June 2022