# 2016–17 Hajer Club season

The 2016–17 season was Hajer's return to the Saudi First Division, having been relegated from the Pro League last season. This season they are participating in the First Division, King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2017
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 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Sandal |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Haitham Al-Khulaif |
| 7 | DF | NGA | Abdulshakour Hosawi |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Jassem Al-Hamdan |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Hani Al-Dhahi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Musained |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Huraib (captain) |
| 16 | DF | KSA | Hamed Al-Sherif (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Safri |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Hariri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Omran |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Otaibi |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Abdulraouf Al-Daqeel |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Mousa Al-Aoufi |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Bakr Hawsawi |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Arfej |
| 33 | MF | KSA | Sami Abdulghani |
| 34 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Othman |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Nufaili |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Faisel Al-Jamaan |
| 73 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Harbi |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Eisa Abdali |
| 80 | MF | CMR | Hervé Tchami |

### 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 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Abduraheem Al-Debbas (at Al-Jeel until the end of the 2016–17 season) |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim (at Al-Batin until the end of the 2016–2017 season) |
| 99 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Habarah (at Al-Rawdhah until the end of the 2016–17 season) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 13 May 2016 | DM | Sami Abdulghani | Al-Orubah | Undisclosed |
| 13 May 2016 | CB | Hassan Al-Sandal | Al-Orubah | Undisclosed |
| 2 June 2016 | AM | Abdullah Othman | Al-Hazm | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2016 | CM | Hani Al-Dhahi | Al-Feiha | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Bakr Hawsawi | Ohod | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2016 | RB | Abdulshakour Hosawi | Al-Mojzel | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2016 | CB | Hassan Al-Traidi | Al-Nahda | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2016 | FW | Faisel Al-Jamaan | Al-Fateh | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2016 | MF | Yousef Al-Thodan | Al-Orubah | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2016 | GK | Nawaf Al-Otaibi | Al-Mojzel | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2016 | MF | Abdulaziz Fallatah | Al-Orubah | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2016 | CB | Ahmed Al-Khater | Al-Nahda | Undisclosed |
| 15 September 2016 | ST | Naby Soumah | No Club | Free |
| 21 January 2017 | AM | Mohammed Al-Safri | No Club | Free |
| 30 January 2017 | RW | Hervé Tchami | Feirense | Free |
| 31 January 2017 | AM | Mousa Al-Aoufi | Ohod | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Mustafa Malayekah | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 23 June 2016 | RB | Rashed Al-Raheeb | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 1 July 2016 | RB | Radhi Al-Mutairi | Al-Feiha | Free |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | André Ndame Ndame | | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Ahmed Krenshi | Al-Qadisiyah | Free |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2016 | RW | Majed Al-Qahtani | Al-Adalh | Free |
| 12 July 2016 | LM | Morad Al-Rashidi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 25 August 2016 | CB | Adama François | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 14 December 2016 | MF | Yousef Al-Thodan | | Released |
| 4 January 2017 | MF | Abdulaziz Fallatah | | Released |
| 4 January 2017 | CB | Hassan Al-Traidi | | Released |
| 22 January 2017 | CB | Ahmed Al-Khater | | Released |
| 23 January 2017 | AM | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2017 | ST | Naby Soumah | Al-Nahda | Undisclosed |
| 16 March 2017 | CB | Khaled Al-Barakah | | Released |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date Until | Ref. |
| 21 January 2017 | CB | | Hamed Al-Sherif | Al-Ahli | 30 June 2017 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date Until |
| 18 January 2017 | LW | Abduraheem Al-Debbas | Al-Jeel | 30 June 2017 |
| 24 January 2017 | GK | Ali Al-Habarah | Al-Rawdhah | 30 June 2017 |
| 31 January 2017 | AM | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | Al-Batin | 30 June 2017 |

## Competitions
### First Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Fayha (C, P) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 2 | Ohod (P) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 48 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 3 | Najran | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Al-Orobah | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | |
| 6 | Al-Qaisumah | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 41 | |
| 7 | Al-Shoulla | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Hajer | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Al-Hazem | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 38 | |
| 11 | Al-Watani | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 37 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 37 | |
| 14 | Al-Adalh (R) | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 15 | Al-Jeel (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Wej (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 30 | Relegation to Second Division |

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2017. Source:

#### Matches
### Crown Prince Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 5 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Khalid Radhy | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Omran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Otaibi | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Abdulraouf Al-Daqeel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Radhi | 7 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Sandal | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | NGA | Abdulshakour Hosawi | 31 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Musained | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | KSA | Hamed Al-Sherif | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Nufaili | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Harbi | 23 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Haitham Al-Khulaif | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | 20 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Hani Al-Dhahi | 19 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Huraib | 26 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Safri | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Hariri | 14 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Mousa Al-Aoufi | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | KSA | Sami Abdulghani | 12 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Othman | 28 | 8 | 24+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Eisa Abdali | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Ojail | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | CMR | Hervé Tchami | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Jassem Al-Hamdan | 32 | 8 | 19+9 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | FW | NGA | Bakr Hawsawi | 10 | 2 | 4+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Arfej | 19 | 2 | 2+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Faisel Al-Jamaan | 24 | 2 | 9+12 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | KSA | Abduraheem Al-Debbas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | 14 | 4 | 11+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Habarah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Traidi | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf | 11 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | JOR | Yousef Al-Thodan | 10 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | GUI | Naby Soumah | 14 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Khater | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Fallatah | 13 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    Last updated on 5 May 2017.
| Place | Position | Number | Nation | Name | First Division | Crown Prince Cup | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | | Jassem Al-Hamdan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | MF | 34 | | Abdullah Othman | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 16 | | Naby Soumah | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | 77 | | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 14 | | Abdurahman Al-Huraib | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 26 | | Bakr Hawsawi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 32 | | Saleh Al-Arfej | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | 70 | | Faisel Al-Jamaan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 73 | | Hassan Al Harbi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 6 | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 7 | | Abdulshakour Hosawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 11 | | Hani Al-Dhahi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 13 | | Mohammed Al-Musained | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 14 | | Yousef Al-Thodan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | | Salman Al-Hariri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 24 | | Ahmed Al-Khater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 24 | | Mousa Al-Aoufi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 38 | 5 | 3 | 46 |