# 2018–19 Al-Hazem F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Hazem's 62nd season in their existence and their seventh in the Saudi Professional League. Al-Hazem were promoted to the top tier of Saudi football for the first time since 2011 during the 2017–18 season. Along with competing in the Pro League, the club also participated in the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 4 February 2019
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 | Abdulrahman Al-Rio (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Alemão |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdulwahab Jaafer |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Rodolfo |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Kennedy Igboananike |
| 11 | MF | POR | Diogo Salomão |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Salem Al-Hamdan |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Mojahed Al-Munee (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ismael Musallami |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Fares Al-Ayyaf |
| 18 | FW | KSA | Hammad Al-Shaya |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al Harbi |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Dawod Al Saeed |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Abdulhameed |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | GEO | Zurab Tsiskaridze |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Maher Al Mutairi |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Muaz Al-Fallah |
| 26 | MF | COL | Jhon Pajoy |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Dossari |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Malik Asselah |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Masoud Bakheet |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Dagriri |
| 37 | MF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 43 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 71 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Harzan (on loan from Al-Taawoun) |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Saif Al-Qeshtah |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Muralha |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Ali Khormi |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 10 June 2018 | GK | Malik Asselah | Kabylie | Free |
| 10 June 2018 | MF | Youssef Kalfa | Emirates | Undisclosed |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Abdulwahab Jaafer | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | Rodolfo | CRB | Undisclosed |
| 22 June 2018 | MF | Jhon Pajoy | Pachuca | Undisclosed |
| 25 June 2018 | GK | Abdulrahman Dagriri | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Carlos Feraud | Macará | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Muralha | Seongnam | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2018 | DF | Alemão | Avaí | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2018 | MF | Fares Al-Ayyaf | Al-Raed | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2018 | FW | Gilbert Álvarez | Jorge Wilstermann | Undisclosed |
| 7 January 2019 | DF | Zurab Tsiskaridze | Eskilstuna | Free |
| 9 January 2019 | FW | Kennedy Igboananike | Örebro | Free |
| 3 February 2019 | MF | Diogo Salomão | Dinamo București | Free |
| 4 February 2019 | MF | Saeed Al-Dossari | Al-Taawoun | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 12 June 2018 | FW | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Ettifaq | End of season |
| 12 June 2018 | FW | Mojahed Al-Munee | Al-Hilal | End of season |
| 25 July 2018 | DF | Salem Ali | Al-Nassr | 25 January 2019 |
| 23 August 2018 | DF | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Al-Ittihad | End of season |
| 5 January 2019 | MF | Mohammed Harzan | Al-Taawoun | End of season |
| 7 January 2019 | MF | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Ettifaq | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 25 March 2018 | MF | Mohammed Al-Balawi | Al-Nojoom | Free |
| 6 June 2018 | DF | Amjed Barnawi | Al-Washm | Free |
| 7 June 2018 | MF | Bouazza Feham | MC Oran | Free |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Mohammed Al-Haiti | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 9 July 2018 | DF | Saud Mekbesh | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 17 July 2018 | MF | Sultan Al-Nemri | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 17 July 2018 | FW | Ahmed Al-Zaaq | Released | |
| 18 July 2018 | MF | Saeed Al-Qarni | Al-Ain | Free |
| 19 July 2018 | FW | Ousmane Pato | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 25 August 2018 | FW | Mohammed Al-Bishi | Al-Nojoom | Free |
| 4 September 2018 | MF | Moayad Al-Tolayhi | Al-Kholood | Free |
| 15 September 2018 | FW | Khaled Al-Lazam | Bizertin | Undisclosed |
| 24 December 2018 | FW | Gilbert Álvarez | Jorge Wilstermann | Free |
| 15 January 2019 | MF | Carlos Feraud | Released | |
| 16 January 2019 | MF | Saeed Mustafa | Damac | Free |
| 2 February 2019 | MF | Tareq Al-Kaebi | Released | |
| 4 February 2019 | MF | Youssef Kalfa | Al-Qadsiah | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End date | Source |
| 3 February 2019 | FW | Hamed Al Maqati | Al-Ain | End of season | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Saudi Pro League | — | — | 13th | 31 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | — | Round of 32 | 2 January 2019 | 17 January 2019 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Saudi Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 33 | |
| 12 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | Al-Hazem (O) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 31 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |
| 14 | Al-Qadsiah (R) | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 28 | Relegation to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League |
| 15 | Al-Batin (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 25 | Relegation to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches

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

#### Relegation play-offs
### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 16 May 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Play-offs | Play-offs |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | | Dawod Al Saeed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Abdullah Abdulhameed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Malik Asselah | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Abdulrahman Dagriri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | 16 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Khaled Al-Barakah | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Alemão | 33 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Salem Al-Hamdan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Abdullah Al Harbi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Zurab Tsiskaridze | 16 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Masoud Bakheet | 28 | 2 | 24+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Saif Al-Qeshtah | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Abdulwahab Jaafer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Rodolfo | 26 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Diogo Salomão | 13 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ismael Musallami | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Fares Al-Ayyaf | 21 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Maher Al Mutairi | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Jhon Pajoy | 33 | 3 | 27+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | | Saeed Al-Dossari | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 15 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | | Mohammed Harzan | 12 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Muralha | 31 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | | Kennedy Igboananike | 15 | 4 | 4+9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Mojahed Al-Munee | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 27 | 11 | 23+2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | | Ali Khormi | 19 | 0 | 2+15 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | | Hamed Al Maqati | 10 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Tareq Al-Kaebi | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | | Youssef Kalfa | 17 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Carlos Feraud | 13 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Gilbert Álvarez | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Salem Ali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 70 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Rodolfo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | DF | | Alemão | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Kennedy Igboananike | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 26 | MF | | Jhon Pajoy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Diogo Salomão | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 32 | DF | | Masoud Bakheet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 17 | MF | | Fares Al-Ayyaf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Zurab Tsiskaridze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 37 | MF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Muralha | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 1 | 2 | 36 |
Last Updated: 24 May 2019

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Rodolfo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | DF | | Khaled Al-Barakah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Youssef Kalfa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Diogo Salomão | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 26 | MF | | Jhon Pajoy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | | Muralha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Carlos Feraud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 32 | DF | | Masoud Bakheet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Play-offs | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Malik Asselah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | | Dawod Al Saeed | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Last Updated: 20 May 2019