# 2020–21 Al-Taawoun FC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Taawoun's 65th year in their history and 11th consecutive season in the Pro League. This season Al-Taawoun participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 27 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## 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 |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Cássio |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yassin Barnawi |
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Iago Santos |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi (on loan from Ohod) |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Kaku |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Muziel (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| 16 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Cédric Amissi |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Moataz Al-Baqaawi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Hussain Shae'an |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisal Darwish |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Abdoulaye Sané |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri |
| 50 | MF | KSA | Mutair Al-Zahrani |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Sandro Manoel |
| 63 | MF | KSA | Amjad Hawsawi |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban |
| 85 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Ruwaili |
| 95 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Harbi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem |

#### 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 |
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke (at Western Sydney Wanderers until 30 June 2021) |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Otaybi (at Al-Diriyah until 30 June 2021) |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi (at Al-Arabi until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Saeed (at Al-Bukiryah until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Mutairi (at Al-Arabi until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 27 September 2020 | DF | 4 | Iago Santos | Moreirense | Free |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 29 | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Damac | End of loan |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 50 | Mutair Al-Zahrani | Al-Ain | Free |
| 27 September 2020 | FW | 7 | Mitchell Duke | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free |
| 27 September 2020 | FW | 9 | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Damac | End of loan |
| 27 September 2020 | FW | 27 | Abdoulaye Sané | Sochaux | Free |
| 7 October 2020 | FW | – | Ary Papel | 1º de Agosto | Free |
| 21 October 2020 | DF | 85 | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | 11 | Ali Al-Nemer | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | 10 | Kaku | New York Red Bulls | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 19 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 6 | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | Ohod | None | |
| 26 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 12 | Abdulkareem Al-Muziel | Al-Nassr | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | 5 | Talal Al-Absi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 14 September 2020 | MF | 8 | Nildo Petrolina | | Released |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 11 | Nasser Al-Daajani | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 27 | Sultan Mandash | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 41 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 20 | Héldon Ramos | Shabab Al Ahli Club | Free |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 80 | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 1 October 2020 | MF | 24 | Sufyan Al-Oufi | Al-Saqer | Free |
| 18 October 2020 | MF | 7 | Rabee Sufyani | Al-Ain | Free |
| 21 October 2020 | FW | 9 | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 29 October 2020 | FW | – | Ary Papel | Ismaily | Free |
| 25 January 2021 | DF | 4 | Ricardo Machado | Penafiel | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 4 November 2020 | End of season | MF | 30 | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi | Al-Arabi | None |
| 4 November 2020 | End of season | MF | 44 | Saleh Al-Saeed | Al-Bukiryah | None |
| 4 November 2020 | End of season | MF | – | Faisal Al-Mutairi | Al-Arabi | None |
| 20 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 19 | Ibrahim Al-Otaybi | Al-Diriyah | None |
| 1 February 2021 | End of season | FW | 7 | Mitchell Duke | Western Sydney Wanderers | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 043.33 |
| King Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Total | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 047.06 |
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 |
| 2 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 56 | |
| 4 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 47 | |
| 6 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 46 | |
* ↑ Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

#### 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 | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### 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 | BRA | Cássio | 32 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Hussain Shae'an | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yassin Barnawi | 27 | 0 | 18+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Iago Santos | 29 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | 15 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Muziel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 17 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh | 29 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisal Darwish | 15 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri | 21 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 85 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | 19 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa | 25 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 30 | 5 | 21+5 | 4 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | PAR | Kaku | 14 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer | 17 | 1 | 3+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BDI | Cédric Amissi | 30 | 2 | 24+2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 30 | 3 | 15+12 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | KSA | Mutair Al-Zahrani | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | BRA | Sandro Manoel | 21 | 1 | 15+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 63 | MF | KSA | Amjad Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Abousaban | 27 | 0 | 15+9 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba | 31 | 17 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 4 |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 13 | 0 | 1+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SEN | Abdoulaye Sané | 30 | 2 | 14+13 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | AUS | Mitchell Duke | 13 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Otaybi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Kaku | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Iago Santos | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 29 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 27 | FW | | Abdoulaye Sané | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | | Ahmed Assiri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Ali Al-Nemer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 99 | FW | | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 9 | 51 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Kaku | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | FW | | Abdoulaye Sané | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Ali Al-Nemer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Hassan Kadesh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | DF | | Ahmed Assiri | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 6 | 30 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Cássio | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021