# 2019–20 Al-Shabab FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Shabab's 43rd non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 73rd year in existence as a football club. This season Al-Shabab participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the Arab Club Champions Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 20 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 | TUN | Farouk Ben Mustapha |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Cristian Guanca |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Salem |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Attiyah |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Moteb Al-Harbi |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Dhaidan Al-Mutairi |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Owaishir (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Duraiwish |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Marzouq Al-Dossari |
| 45 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari |
| 46 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Owais |
| 48 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Shahrani |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dawsari |
| 70 | MF | COL | Danilo Asprilla |
| 81 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye |
| 90 | FW | SEN | Makhete Diop |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Sebá |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Raheb |

#### 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 | Mohammed Al-Baqawi (at Al-Fayha until 20 September 2020) |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tombakti (at Al-Wehda until 20 September 2020) |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Habashi (at Al-Qadsiah until 20 September 2020) |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Awaji (at Al-Adalah until 20 September 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd (at Abha until 20 September 2020) |
| 29 | FW | GAM | Bubacarr Trawally (at Ajman until 20 September 2020) |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Haqawi (at Al-Kawkab until 20 September 2020) |
| — | FW | BRA | Arthur Caíke (at Bahia until 20 September 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | 31 | Muaid Moaafa | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | 35 | Hassan Raghfawi | Damac | End of loan |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | – | Faisal Hadadi | Al-Washm | End of loan |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | 28 | Hassan Al-Qayd | Al-Khaleej | End of loan |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 17 | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | Al-Raed | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | 16 | Mohammed Attiyah | Ohod | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | MF | 70 | Danilo Asprilla | Al Ain | Free |
| 2 July 2019 | GK | 23 | Marwan Al-Haidari | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 3 July 2019 | MF | 10 | Cristian Guanca | Colón | $1,000,000 |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | 6 | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 8 July 2019 | DF | 20 | Ahmed Sharahili | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 20 July 2019 | DF | 37 | Imran Ilyas | Najran | Free |
| 2 August 2019 | FW | 15 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | 81 | Alfred N'Diaye | Villarreal | $6,000,000 |
| 2 January 2020 | FW | 90 | Makhete Diop | Beijing Renhe | Free |
| 30 January 2020 | DF | 3 | Abdullah Al-Zori | Al-Wehda | $533,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 11 July 2019 | 31 August 2019 | MF | – | Rakan Al-Shamlan | Al-Nassr | None |
| 13 July 2019 | End of season | GK | 30 | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | Al-Nassr | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | DF | 32 | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | Al-Hilal | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 25 | Valerică Găman | | Released |
| 7 July 2019 | MF | 88 | Luiz Antônio | Baniyas | Free |
| 11 July 2019 | MF | 77 | Khalid Kaabi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 14 July 2019 | MF | 55 | Moshari Al-Thamali | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 17 July 2019 | GK | 50 | Abdullah Al-Sudairy | Al-Taqadom | Free |
| 23 July 2019 | DF | 2 | Abdulmajeed Arishi | Ohod | Free |
| 6 August 2019 | DF | 31 | Muaid Moaafa | | Released |
| 8 August 2019 | MF | – | Ghallab Al-Enezi | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 20 August 2019 | MF | 34 | Mbark Boussoufa | Al-Sailiya | Free |
| 28 August 2019 | MF | 10 | Constantin Budescu | Astra Giurgiu | Free |
| 3 September 2019 | DF | – | Faisal Hadadi | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 11 January 2020 | DF | 37 | Imran Ilyas | Damac | Free |
| 22 January 2020 | FW | 15 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | 3 | Fahad Ghazi | Al-Ettifaq | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 10 July 2019 | End of season | DF | 35 | Hassan Raghfawi | Damac | None |
| 14 July 2019 | End of season | MF | 19 | Nawaf Al-Habashi | Al-Qadsiah | None |
| 15 August 2019 | End of season | MF | – | Abdullah Haqawi | Al-Kawkab | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | DF | 4 | Hassan Tambakti | Al-Wehda | None |
| 30 September 2019 | End of season | FW | 29 | Bubacarr Trawally | Ajman | None |
| 28 January 2020 | End of season | DF | 2 | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | Al-Fayha | None |
| 28 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 28 | Hassan Al-Qayd | Abha | None |
| 29 January 2020 | End of season | GK | 22 | Mohammed Awaji | 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 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 040.00 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 050.00 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 083.33 |
| Total | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 047.37 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 48 |
| 6 | Al-Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 46 |
| 7 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 43 |
| 8 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 42 |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 |

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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).

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Quarter-finals

* ↑ The second leg fixture between Al-Shorta and Al-Shabab, originally scheduled to be played at the Karbala International Stadium in Karbala, Iraq, was played at King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman, Jordan due to security concerns from the 2019–20 Iraqi protests.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| 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 ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | TUN | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri | 13 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Salem | 32 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath | 22 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori | 13 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 25 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili | 26 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Moteb Al-Harbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | 9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Duraiwish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | 25 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar | 20 | 1 | 3+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 33 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Cristian Guanca | 36 | 15 | 29+1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | 12 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Attiyah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran | 19 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Dhaidan Al-Mutairi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Marzouq Al-Dossari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Shahrani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | COL | Danilo Asprilla | 37 | 11 | 28+1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 81 | MF | SEN | Alfred N'Diaye | 30 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Sebá | 32 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 22 | 5 | 15+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 46 | FW | KSA | Fares Al-Owais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | SEN | Makhete Diop | 14 | 6 | 11+2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Raheb | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | 14 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tambakti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Awaji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | GAM | Bubacarr Trawally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 11 | 2 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Somália | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | NGA | Imran Ilyas | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 11 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | 70 | MF | | Danilo Asprilla | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | 92 | MF | | Sebá | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 90 | FW | | Makhete Diop | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 12 | DF | | Mohammed Salem | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 15 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Turki Al-Ammar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | DF | | Hassan Muath | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 81 | MF | | Alfred N'Diaye | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 7 | 14 | 59 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 70 | MF | | Danilo Asprilla | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 92 | MF | | Sebá | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 17 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Mohammed Salem | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Fahad Ghazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Hassan Muath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 90 | FW | | Makhete Diop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 5 | 10 | 45 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 23 | GK | | Marwan Al-Haidari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020