# 2019–20 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Wehda's 36th 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 and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 9 September 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2020
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 | Raghid Al-Najjar |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Otaibi |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Renato Chaves |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mishari Al-Qahtani |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Rio |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Jaber Mustafa |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssouf Niakaté |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Thamer Al-Ali |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Yassin Hamzah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Faris Abdi |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Khulaif |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jayzani |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Shamlan (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Hatem Belal |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sawadi |
| 51 | FW | KSA | Mousa Madkhali |
| 55 | GK | KSA | Mohaya Al-Sulami |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 91 | MF | BRA | Luisinho |
| 99 | MF | BRA | Élton |

### 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 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi (at Al-Ain until 20 September 2020) |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari (at Al-Faisaly until 9 September 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Sufyani (at Jeddah until 20 September 2020) |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Khaled Ba Butain (at Jeddah until 20 September 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 3 July 2019 | GK | 30 | Moustapha Zeghba | ES Sétif | Undisclosed |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | 44 | Hatem Belal | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 6 July 2019 | DF | 12 | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 15 July 2019 | MF | 24 | Ayman Al-Khulaif | Al-Ahli | $535,000 |
| 15 July 2019 | MF | 7 | Mishari Al-Qahtani | Al-Tai | Free |
| 17 July 2019 | MF | 9 | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | $450,000 |
| 20 July 2019 | FW | 70 | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Ettifaq | $535,000 |
| 23 July 2019 | FW | 18 | Youssouf Niakaté | Union SG | $2,300,000 |
| 29 July 2019 | DF | 5 | Khaled Adénon | Amiens | Free |
| 2 August 2019 | DF | 21 | Yassin Hamzah | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 30 August 2019 | DF | 14 | Alberto Botía | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 31 August 2019 | MF | 15 | Jaber Mustafa | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 91 | Luisinho | Al-Faisaly | Undisclosed |
| 8 January 2020 | MF | 99 | Élton | CRB | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | GK | 1 | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Faisaly | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2020 | FW | – | Thamer Al-Ali | Al-Mujazzal | Undisclosed |
| 17 January 2020 | DF | – | Hamad Al-Jayzani | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2020 | MF | – | Sultan Al-Sawadi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 20 January 2020 | MF | – | Faris Abdi | Austin Bold | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 15 July 2019 | End of season | DF | 17 | Ali Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | DF | 88 | Hassan Tambakti | Al-Shabab | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | MF | 29 | Rakan Al-Shamlan | Al-Nassr | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 8 June 2019 | DF | 21 | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | 8 | Abdulellah Al-Malki | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2019 | MF | 15 | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 22 July 2019 | MF | 7 | Mohammed Al-Qathami | Al-Batin | Free |
| 23 July 2019 | MF | – | Issam Al-Qarni | Ohod | Free |
| 23 July 2019 | MF | 77 | Issam Jebali | | Released |
| 9 August 2019 | DF | 28 | Abdullah Al-Shammari | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 10 | Emre Çolak | Deportivo La Coruña | Free |
| 7 January 2020 | MF | 11 | Marcos Guilherme | | Released |
| 8 January 2020 | GK | 30 | Moustapha Zeghba | Damac | Free |
| 10 January 2020 | DF | 25 | Faisel Darwish | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 30 January 2020 | DF | 3 | Abdullah Al-Zori | Al-Shabab | $533,000 |
| 30 January 2020 | DF | 31 | Sari Amr | Abha | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 15 July 2019 | End of season | MF | 29 | Nawaf Al-Harthi | Al-Ain | None |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | FW | 70 | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Wehda | None |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 77 | Mohammed Sufyani | Jeddah | None |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 80 | Khaled Ba Butain | Jeddah | None |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | 4th | 24 August 2019 | 9 September 2020 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 5 November 2019 | 18 January 2020 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 053.33 |
| King Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 34 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 052.94 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 64 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 48 | |
| 6 | Al-Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 46 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 September 2020. Source:

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| 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 ||||||||||
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Otaibi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Renato Chaves | 29 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | 9 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía | 27 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Zubaidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Yassin Hamzah | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 34 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jayzani | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween | 31 | 0 | 27+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mishari Al-Qahtani | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 19 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 33 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Jaber Mustafa | 13 | 0 | 5+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer | 16 | 0 | 6+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KSA | Faris Abdi | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Shamlan | 10 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Hatem Belal | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sawadi | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo | 29 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | BRA | Luisinho | 17 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | BRA | Élton | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssouf Niakaté | 33 | 18 | 29+1 | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | FW | KSA | Mousa Madkhali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 70 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 13 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Sufyani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | BEN | Khaled Adénon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUR | Emre Çolak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Marcos Guilherme | 13 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisel Darwish | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Youssouf Niakaté | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 91 | MF | | Luisinho | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Renato Chaves | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Marcos Guilherme | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 14 | DF | | Alberto Botía | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Rakan Al-Shamlan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 4 | 49 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 33 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | | Moustapha Zeghba | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 2 | 12 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020