# 2020–21 Al-Shabab FC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Shabab's 44th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 74th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 7 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 |
| 2 | DF | CHI | Igor Lichnovsky |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Cristian Guanca |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega |
| 11 | MF | POR | Fábio Martins (on loan from Braga) |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Salem |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Dubaysh |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Abed |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Jamal Bajandouh |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Moteb Al-Harbi |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Ghamdi |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar |
| 47 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Garzae |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dossari |
| 81 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye |
| 89 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Sebá |

### 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 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Attiyah (at Damac until 30 June 2021) |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi (at Al-Faisaly until 30 June 2021) |
| 29 | MF | GAM | Bubacarr Trawally (at Ajman until 30 June 2021) |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Haqawi (at Al-Lewa until 30 June 2021) |
| 56 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qeed (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | 28 | Hassan Al-Qeed | Abha | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 1 | Giedrius Arlauskis | CFR Cluj | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 22 | Mohammed Awaji | Al-Adalah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 2 | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 3 | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 5 | Hassan Tambakti | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 27 | Hassan Raghfawi | Damac | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Éver Banega | Sevilla | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 15 | Hussain Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 19 | Jamal Bajandouh | Varaždin | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 26 | Hamad Al-Ghamdi | Al-Ittihad | $186,000 |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 35 | Abdullah Haqawi | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Nawaf Al-Habashi | Al-Qadsiah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Abdullah Al-Rubaie | Al-Akhdoud | Free |
| 1 October 2020 | GK | 33 | Zaid Al-Bawardi | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 2 October 2020 | DF | 13 | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 10 October 2020 | DF | 2 | Igor Lichnovsky | Cruz Azul | $3,000,000 |
| 22 October 2020 | DF | 27 | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | Al-Wehda | $1,200,000 |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 14 | Nawaf Al-Abed | Al-Shabab | $1,060,000 |
| 12 January 2021 | FW | – | Arthur Caíke | Cruzeiro | End of loan |
| 4 February 2021 | FW | 89 | Odion Ighalo | Shanghai Shenhua | $3,000,000 |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 38 | Ammar Al-Najjar | Abha | $40,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 26 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 11 | Fábio Martins | Braga | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | GK | 30 | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | 32 | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | 8 | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 1 | Farouk Ben Mustapha | | Released |
| 24 September 2020 | DF | 27 | Hassan Raghfawi | Al-Batin | Undisclosed |
| 1 October 2020 | DF | 38 | Nawaf Al-Duraiwish | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 2 October 2020 | MF | 70 | Danilo Asprilla | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | DF | 5 | Djamel Benlamri | Lyon | Free |
| 9 October 2020 | DF | 2 | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | Al-Fayha | $400,000 |
| 12 October 2020 | FW | 99 | Hassan Al-Raheb | | Retired |
| 14 October 2020 | GK | 22 | Mohammed Awaji | Al-Tai | Free |
| 16 October 2020 | MF | – | Nawaf Al-Habashi | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 29 October 2020 | DF | 45 | Mohammed Al-Khaibari | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 12 January 2021 | FW | – | Arthur Caíke | Kashima Antlers | Free |
| 18 January 2021 | DF | 12 | Hassan Muath | Al-Ain | Free |
| 1 February 2021 | FW | 99 | Makhete Diop | Al-Dhafra | Free |
| 6 February 2021 | GK | 1 | Giedrius Arlauskis | | Released |
| 6 February 2021 | FW | 9 | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | Al-Hilal | $800,000 |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 18 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Damac | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 56 | Hassan Al-Qeed | Al-Ahli | None |
| 26 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 16 | Mohammed Attiyah | Damac | None |
| 28 September 2020 | End of season | FW | 29 | Bubacarr Trawally | Ajman | None |
| 2 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 11 | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Al-Batin | None |
| 13 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 32 | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | Al-Tai | None |
| 27 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 35 | Abdullah Haqawi | Al-Lewa | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 28 | Ali Majrashi | Al-Faisaly | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 056.67 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 33 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 051.52 |
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 |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 30 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 23 | GK | KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dossari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CHI | Igor Lichnovsky | 28 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori | 22 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti | 14 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Salem | 22 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili | 25 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Moteb Al-Harbi | 21 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 24 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar | 28 | 4 | 7+19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARG | Cristian Guanca | 30 | 18 | 25+3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Éver Banega | 30 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | POR | Fábio Martins | 28 | 10 | 25+1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Abed | 22 | 2 | 5+15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 27 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Jamal Bajandouh | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran | 11 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye | 29 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Sebá | 16 | 7 | 15+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 47 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Garzae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo | 13 | 9 | 10+3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 28 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | LTU | Giedrius Arlauskis | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 19 | 2 | 9+7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SEN | Makhete Diop | 14 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 17 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Fábio Martins | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 89 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Éver Banega | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 92 | MF | | Sebá | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Igor Lichnovsky | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Turki Al-Ammar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 99 | FW | | Makhete Diop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 24 | DF | | Moteb Al-Harbi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 81 | MF | | Alfred N'Diaye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 68 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Éver Banega | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Fábio Martins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 92 | MF | | Sebá | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 89 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Turki Al-Ammar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 99 | FW | | Makhete Diop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 | DF | | Igor Lichnovsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 3 | DF | | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | | Hassan Tambakti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | DF | | Mohammed Salem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 15 | MF | | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 17 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 81 | MF | | Alfred N'Diaye | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 0 | 3 | 59 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 33 | GK | | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Giedrius Arlauskis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021