# 2017–18 Hajer Club season

The 2017–18 season was Hajer's second consecutive season in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League following their relegation from the Professional League during the 2015–16 season. It was also their 67th year in existence.

## First-team squad

    As of 26 January 2018
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 | Khalid Radhy |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Radhi |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Sami Abdulghani |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mohanna |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Hamed Al-Sherif (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 8 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef |
| 9 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Solan |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Musained |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Huraib (captain) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abduraheem Al-Debbas |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Mahmoud Bu Hassan |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Haitham Al-Khulaif |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hossam Bu Hassan |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Mutair |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulraouf Al-Daqeel |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Otaibi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Safwan Hawsawi |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Mohammed |
| 29 | FW | KSA | Yousef Atallah |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Arfej |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Radhi Al-Olaiwi |
| 34 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Othman |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Nufaili |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Ojail |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Jaafer Al-Saeed |
| 55 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Houssem Slimene |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Faisel Al-Jamaan |
| 73 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Harbi |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Eisa Al-Saeed |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Aboud |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Willen |
| — | MF | KSA | Omar Al-Zayni |

### 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 | DF | NGA | Abdulshakour Hosawi (at Al-Batin until the end of the 2017–2018 season) |
| — | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Sandal (at Al-Hazm until the end of the 2017–2018 season) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 26 May 2017 | LB | Abdullah Al-Yousef | Al-Jeel | Free |
| 30 May 2017 | RW | Jehad Al-Zowayed | Al-Adalh | Free |
| 2 June 2017 | CF | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Adalh | Free |
| 19 June 2017 | LW | Khaled Al-Aboud | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 15 July 2017 | CB | Mohammed Al-Mohanna | Al-Adalh | Free |
| 23 July 2017 | LB | Jaafer Al-Saeed | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 24 August 2017 | DM | Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 24 August 2017 | CF | Yousef Al-Atallah | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 25 August 2017 | CM | Omar Al-Zayni | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 18 September 2017 | CB | Safwan Hawsawi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 19 September 2017 | CM | Eisa Al-Saeed | Al-Nojoom | Free |
| 21 September 2017 | CF | Abdulaziz Al-Mutair | Al-Hazm | Free |
| 1 February 2018 | CB | Mohamed Houssem Slimene | ES Métlaoui | Free |
| 1 February 2018 | CF | Willen | Al-Batin | Free |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2017 | RW | Hervé Tchami | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | AM | Mohammed Al-Safri | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | DM | Salman Al-Hariri | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | CF | Bakr Hawsawi | Unattached | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Mohammed Al-Omran | Unattached | Released |
| 5 June 2017 | LB | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Hazm | Free |
| 27 July 2017 | ST | Jassem Al-Hamdan | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 8 August 2017 | AM | Mousa Al-Aoufi | Al-Ansar | Free |
| 25 August 2017 | CF | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 11 January 2018 | RW | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | Al-Raed | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date Until | Ref. |
| 16 August 2017 | CB | | Hamed Al-Sherif | Al-Ahli | 30 June 2018 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date Until | Ref. |
| 5 August 2017 | LB | | Hassan Al-Sandal | Al-Orobah | 30 June 2018 | |
| 30 January 2018 | RB | | Abdulshakur Hawsawi | Al-Batin | 30 June 2018 | |

## Competitions
### Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Wehda (C, P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 58 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 2 | Al-Hazem (P) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 53 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 3 | Al-Tai | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Kawkab | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 50 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Hajer | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 50 | |
| 6 | Al-Shoulla | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Al-Khaleej | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 41 | |
| 8 | Al-Qaisumah | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Damac | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 39 | |
| 10 | Al-Orobah | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 38 | |
| 11 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 35 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 33 | |
| 13 | Al-Mujazzal | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 33 | |
| 14 | Najran (O) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Al-Watani (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Jeddah (O) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
* 1 2 Al-Kawkab finished ahead of Hajer on head-to-head points: Al-Kawkab 2–0 Hajer, Hajer 2–2 Al-Kawkab
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Al-Nojoom 8 pts; Al-Mujazzal 4 pts and –1 GD; Najran 4 pts and –2 GD (Al-Nojoom 2–1 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 0–0 Al-Nojoom, Al-Nojoom 2–0 Najran, Najran 1–1 Al-Nojoom, Najran 1–2 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 1–2 Najran).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 April 2018. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 18 April 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Prince MbS League | Prince MbS League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Khalid Radhy | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulraouf Al-Doqail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Otaibi | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Radhi Al-Olaiwi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Radhi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mohanna | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Hamed Al-Sherif | 24 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Musained | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Safwan Hawsawi | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Ghulab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Nufaili | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Jaafer Al-Saeed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | TUN | Mohamed Houssem Slimene | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Harbi | 30 | 0 | 23+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KSA | Sami Abdulghani | 24 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 13 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Huraib | 29 | 1 | 12+16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Mahmoud Bu Hassan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Haitham Al-Khulaif | 30 | 2 | 27+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Mohammed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mujtaba Al-Shaqaq | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Othman | 27 | 6 | 24+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Ojail | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Eisa Al-Saeed | 20 | 2 | 5+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Aboud | 18 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Solan | 27 | 6 | 8+18 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Mutair | 15 | 0 | 4+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KSA | Yousef Atallah | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Arfej | 24 | 3 | 22+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Faisel Al-Jamaan | 29 | 8 | 26+2 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Willen | 12 | 4 | 8+4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | NGA | Abdulshakour Hosawi | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Sandal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    Last updated on 18 April 2018.
| Place | Position | Number | Nation | Name | Prince MbS League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 70 | | Faisel Al-Jamaan | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | | Hassan Al-Solan | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 34 | | Abdullah Othman | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | | Willen | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 29 | | Yousef Atallah | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 32 | | Saleh Al-Arfej | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 8 | | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | | Haitham Al-Khulaif | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 88 | | Eisa Al-Saeed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | | Hamed Al-Sherif | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 14 | | Abdurahman Al-Huraib | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 90 | | Khaled Al-Aboud | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 1 | 40 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 18 April 2018.
| Place | Position | Number | Nation | Name | Prince MbS League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | | Khalid Radhy | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | 23 | | Nawaf Al-Otaibi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |