# 2022–23 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Wehda's 77th year in existence and their first season back in the Pro League following their promotion from the FD League in the previous season. The club participated in the Pro League, and the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2023
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 | MAR | Munir Mohamedi |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ali Makki |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Bukhari |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween (captain) |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jean-David Beauguel |
| 10 | MF | LUX | Gerson Rodrigues (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Azzam Al-Bishi |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Ayman Al-Hussaini |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi |
| 24 | DF | SDN | Abdulaziz Noor |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jayzani |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Akouz |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi |
| 42 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jayzani |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sawadi |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al Khayri |
| 57 | FW | KSA | Waddah Al-Otaibi |
| 66 | GK | KSA | Basem Atallah |
| 74 | MF | FRA | Karim Yoda |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Fallatah |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Yahya Al-Najei |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi |

### 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 |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Thamer Al-Ali (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2023) |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2023) |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Ali Dagarshawi (at Al-Ain until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Sultan Hawsawi (at Al-Okhdood until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shalwi (at Al-Ain until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hawsawi (at Najran until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 17 | Abdullah Al-Hafith | Al-Ittihad | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 7 | Hussain Al-Eisa | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 8 | Mohammed Al-Qarni | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 10 | Dimitri Petratos | Western Sydney Wanderers | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 12 | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 35 | Yousef Al-Harbi | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 87 | Anselmo | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | 1 | Munir Mohamedi | Hatayspor | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 6 | Óscar Duarte | Levante | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | 76 | Fayçal Fajr | Sivasspor | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 9 | Jean-David Beauguel | Viktoria Plzeň | Free |
| 11 July 2022 | MF | 24 | Abdulaziz Noor | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 16 July 2022 | DF | 18 | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | Najran | Free |
| 26 July 2022 | DF | 22 | Amiri Kurdi | | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | 50 | Saad Al Khayri | Al-Ettifaq | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2022 | End of season | MF | 10 | Gerson Rodrigues | Dynamo Kyiv | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 9 | Ousmane Barry | Al-Okhdood | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 71 | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | – | Hussain Al-Maieni | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 18 July 2022 | DF | 44 | Hatim Belal | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 18 July 2022 | MF | 10 | Dimitri Petratos | ATK Mohun Bagan | Free |
| 21 July 2022 | MF | – | Craig Goodwin | Adelaide United | Free |
| 30 July 2022 | DF | 5 | Soualio Ouattara | Najran | Free |
| 1 August 2022 | GK | 1 | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Taawoun | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2022 | MF | 7 | Mishari Al-Qahtani | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 21 August 2022 | MF | 6 | Ali Al-Shaikhi | Al-Ain | Free |
| 3 September 2022 | DF | 12 | Khaled Al-Sulami | Qilwah | Free |
| 6 January 2023 | MF | 24 | Mubarak Al-Sqoor | Al-Okhdood | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 5 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 50 | Nawaf Hawsawi | Najran | None |
| 21 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 70 | Ali Dagarshawi | Al-Ain | None |
| 21 August 2022 | 28 January 2023 | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Shalwi | Al-Ain | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Al-Okhdood | None |
| 4 September 2022 | End of season | DF | 38 | Naif Kariri | Al-Ahli | None |
| 6 September 2022 | End of season | FW | 11 | Thamer Al-Ali | Al-Ahli | None |
| 10 February 2023 | End of season | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Shalwi | Al-Suqoor | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 026.67 |
| King Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 032.35 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 33 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 12 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 33 | |
| 13 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 32 | |
| 14 | Al-Khaleej | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 31 | |
| 15 | Al-Adalah (R) | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 56 | −26 | 28 | Relegated to the First Division League |
* ↑ Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2021–22 King Cup winners.
* 1 2 Al-Fayha finished ahead of Abha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha: 4 pts, Abha: 1 pts (Abha 1–1 Al-Fayha, Al-Fayha 2–0 Abha).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2023. 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 | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 31 May 2023.
| 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 ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR | Munir Mohamedi | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Ayman Al-Hussaini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | GK | KSA | Basem Atallah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ali Makki | 18 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Bukhari | 18 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte | 31 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Alberto Botía | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 23 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi | 20 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi | 24 | 1 | 15+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jayzani | 19 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jayzani | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Subaie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween | 31 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa | 10 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | LUX | Gerson Rodrigues | 16 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SDN | Abdulaziz Noor | 15 | 1 | 3+11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Sattam Tambakti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Akouz | 11 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sawadi | 19 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | KSA | Waddah Al-Otaibi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | MF | FRA | Karim Yoda | 28 | 4 | 21+3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr | 31 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Naji | 20 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo | 32 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji | 26 | 2 | 17+5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 22 | 2 | 10+10 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Jean-David Beauguel | 18 | 3 | 12+4 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Azzam Al-Bishi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 74 | MF | | Karim Yoda | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 76 | MF | | Fayçal Fajr | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Jean-David Beauguel | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Óscar Duarte | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Gerson Rodrigues | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 88 | MF | | Alaa Al Hejji | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 90 | MF | | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Hussain Al-Eisa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 14 | DF | | Alberto Botía | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | MF | | Abdulaziz Noor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | DF | | Islam Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 49 | MF | | Sultan Al-Sawadi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 5 | 31 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 76 | MF | | Fayçal Fajr | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 74 | MF | | Karim Yoda | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 88 | MF | | Alaa Al Hejji | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | MF | | Waleed Bakshween | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Óscar Duarte | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Jean-David Beauguel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 29 | MF | | Sultan Al-Akouz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 80 | MF | | Yahya Al-Naji | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 3 | 21 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Munir Mohamedi | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 13 | GK | | Abdulquddus Atiah | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Last Updated: 18 May 2023