# 2022–23 Al-Taawoun FC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Taawoun's 67th year in their history and 13th consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League, and the King Cup.
The season covered 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 | BRA | Mailson |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr |
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Naldo (captain) |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit |
| 9 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Nasser (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán |
| 11 | MF | MLI | Yaqoub Alhassan |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Hazazi |
| 13 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Mughais |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari |
| 17 | MF | PAR | Kaku |
| 18 | MF | NED | Aschraf El Mahdioui |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi |
| 24 | MF | BRA | Flávio Medeiros (on loan from Trabzonspor) |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisal Darwish |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Mutairi |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Awn Al-Saluli |
| 36 | GK | KSA | Raghed Al-Najjar |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Hassan Rabee |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Radif (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dawsari |
| 52 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Omari |
| 84 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Johani |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Basil Al-Mehawes |
| 91 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Tulayhi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Turki Al-Mutairi (on loan from Al-Hilal) |

### 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 | FW | KSA | Hussain Al-Moeini (at Al-Orobah until 30 June 2023) |
| 27 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi (at Al-Lewaa until 30 June 2023) |
| 66 | MF | EGY | Mostafa Fathi (at Pyramids until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Meblesh (at Al-Saqer until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | KSA | Mubarak Motrib (at Al-Rayyan until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 16 | Hussain Al-Maieni | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 22 July 2022 | GK | 1 | Mailson | Sport Recife | $500,000 |
| 22 July 2022 | GK | 50 | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 25 July 2022 | DF | 4 | Naldo | Antalyaspor | Free |
| 1 August 2022 | GK | 36 | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | – | Basim Al-Oraini | Al-Hazem | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 July 2022 | End of season | MF | 9 | Saad Al-Nasser | Al-Hilal | None |
| 22 July 2022 | End of season | MF | 24 | Flávio Medeiros | Trabzonspor | $200,000 |
| 27 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 99 | Turki Al-Mutairi | Al-Hilal | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 44 | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | Al-Ittihad | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 49 | Abdullah Radif | Al-Hilal | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 28 | Christian Luyindama | Galatasaray | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 90 | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 29 | Zé Luís | | Released |
| 13 July 2022 | GK | 21 | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 22 July 2022 | GK | 1 | Cássio | | Released |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | 80 | Ryan Al-Mousa | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2022 | FW | – | Meshari Al-Khalifah | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 20 September 2022 | MF | – | Aseel Darwish | Al-Qawarah | Free |
| 21 September 2022 | MF | 63 | Amjad Hawsawi | Qilwah | Free |
| 16 January 2023 | DF | 55 | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | Al-Adalah | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 12 August 2022 | End of season | DF | – | Mubarak Motrib | Al-Rayyan | None |
| 23 August 2022 | End of season | GK | 27 | Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi | Al-Lewaa | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 16 | Hussain Al-Maieni | Al-Orobah | None |
| 13 September 2022 | End of season | DF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Meblesh | Al-Saqer | None |
| 16 September 2022 | End of season | MF | 66 | Mostafa Fathi | Pyramids | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 053.33 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 051.61 |
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 |
| 3 | Al-Hilal | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 59 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 56 | |
| 5 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 55 | |
| 6 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 43 | |
| 7 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | |
* ↑ Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2022–23 King Cup winners.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 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

    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 | BRA | Mailson | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | KSA | Raghed Al-Najjar | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dawsari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Naldo | 27 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah | 20 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | 21 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Hazazi | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh | 30 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisal Darwish | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Awn Al-Saluli | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Hassan Rabee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 28 | 7 | 25+2 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 27 | 3 | 15+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Nasser | 23 | 3 | 13+9 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Álvaro Medrán | 28 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MLI | Yaqoub Alhassan | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Mughais | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | PAR | Kaku | 27 | 8 | 20+6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | NED | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Mutairi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Rashwodi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | BRA | Flávio Medeiros | 11 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Emad Al-Knian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Omari | 23 | 0 | 6+16 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Basil Al-Mehawes | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | CMR | Léandre Tawamba | 30 | 10 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Radif | 16 | 2 | 3+12 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Johani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Turki Al-Mutairi | 16 | 1 | 0+16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 55 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Kaku | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Álvaro Medrán | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 14 | DF | | Hassan Kadesh | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 9 | MF | | Saad Al-Nasser | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 49 | FW | | Abdullah Radif | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Naldo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 18 | MF | | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 24 | MF | | Flávio Medeiros | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 99 | FW | | Turki Al-Mutairi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 3 | 49 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 17 | MF | | Kaku | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 3 | FW | | Léandre Tawamba | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Saad Al-Nasser | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Naldo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Ghamdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Fahad Al-Rashidi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Aschraf El Mahdioui | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | GK | | Mailson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 9 | MF | | Saad Al-Nasser | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Álvaro Medrán | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 15 | MF | | Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Flávio Medeiros | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 99 | FW | | Turki Al-Mutairi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 1 | 38 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Mailson | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 36 | GK | | Raghed Al-Najjar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023