# 2022–23 Al-Tai FC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Tai's 24th non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 62nd season in existence. 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 | BRA | Victor Braga |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Mohamed Youla |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdulkarim Al-Sultan |
| 5 | DF | VEN | Adrián Martínez |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Harabi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mukhtar Ali (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Dener |
| 9 | FW | CGO | Guy Mbenza |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Amir Sayoud |
| 11 | MF | ZIM | Knowledge Musona |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem |
| 13 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Toiawy |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulwahab Jaafer |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qunaian |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Jubairi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Ali |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Bader Al-Enezi |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Qumairi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Khalil Al-Absi (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Jamal Bajandouh |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 30 | MF | GNB | Alfa Semedo |
| 31 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Nahar |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Yazan Al-Buhairan |
| 40 | DF | CMR | Collins Fai |
| 44 | GK | KSA | Moataz Al-Baqaawi |
| 45 | DF | KSA | Abdulmohsen Fallatah |
| 75 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Harzan |
| 77 | GK | KSA | Turki Al-Shammari |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa |

### 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 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Adeeb Al-Haizan (at Al-Orobah until 30 June 2023) |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Hajaj (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2023) |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Marzouq (at Wej until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KSA | Talal Al-Showaiqi (at Al-Orobah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SUI | Cephas Malele (at CFR Cluj until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 2 | Nasser Al-Hulayel | Al-Khaleej | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Majid Shami | Al-Rayyan | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 17 | Khaled Eid | Hajer | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 29 | Faisal Al-Musallamani | Al-Lewaa | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 85 | Omar Al-Aidaa | Al-Lewaa | End of loan |
| 6 July 2022 | GK | 1 | Victor Braga | Arouca | Free |
| 6 July 2022 | DF | 45 | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 13 July 2022 | GK | 44 | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 14 July 2022 | MF | 18 | Mohammed Al-Qunaian | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 16 July 2022 | FW | 9 | Guy Mbenza | Antwerp | $700,000 |
| 27 July 2022 | DF | 2 | Mohamed Youla | GAIS | Free |
| 27 July 2022 | DF | 23 | Nawaf Al-Qumairi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 27 July 2022 | MF | 26 | Jamal Bajandouh | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 28 July 2022 | DF | 12 | Hussain Qassem | Al-Faisaly | Undisclosed |
| 10 August 2022 | MF | 30 | Alfa Semedo | Vitória | $800,000 |
| 29 August 2022 | DF | 5 | Adrián Martínez | Always Ready | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | 99 | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | Al-Ettifaq | $532,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 27 July 2022 | End of season | FW | 24 | Khalil Al-Absi | Al-Nassr | None |
| 29 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 7 | Mukhtar Ali | Al-Nassr | None |
| 30 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 27 | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Al-Shabab | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 1 | Nawaf Al-Aqidi | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 23 | Abdullah Hassoun | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 55 | Rayane Hamidou | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 16 | Mohammed Attiyah | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 18 | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 26 | Jamal Bajandouh | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 42 | Hamed Fallatah | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 79 | Mukhtar Ali | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 30 | Tobías Figueroa | Deportes Antofagasta | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 70 | Mohammed Al-Thani | Ohod | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 99 | Mohammed Maran | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 18 July 2022 | DF | 13 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 20 July 2022 | MF | 7 | Mohammed Al-Aqel | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 29 July 2022 | DF | 44 | Marcelo | Dibba Al Fujairah | Free |
| 12 August 2022 | MF | 17 | Khaled Eid | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | MF | 29 | Faisal Al-Musallamani | | Released |
| 1 September 2022 | MF | 85 | Omar Al-Aidaa | | Released |
| 16 September 2022 | DF | 2 | Nasser Al-Hulayel | Al-Ain | Free |
| 30 March 2023 | FW | 9 | Cephas Malele | Shanghai Shenhua | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 4 August 2022 | 30 March 2023 | FW | 9 | Cephas Malele | CFR Cluj | None |
| 1 September 2022 | End of season | MF | – | Talal Al-Showaiqi | Al-Orobah | None |
| 1 September 2022 | End of season | FW | 20 | Adeeb Al-Haizan | Al-Orobah | None |
| 3 September 2022 | 1 January 2023 | DF | 87 | Mohammed Marzouq | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 3 September 2022 | End of season | MF | 80 | Abdullah Hajaj | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 25 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 87 | Mohammed Marzouq | Wej | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 033.33 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 032.26 |
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 |
| 7 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 | |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 36 | |
| 9 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 | |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 33 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
* 1 2 Al-Tai finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Tai: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Raed 0–2 Al-Tai, Al-Tai 2–2 Al-Raed).
* ↑ Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2021–22 King Cup winners.
* ↑ 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |

#### 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 | Victor Braga | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | KSA | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 14 | 0 | 5+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdulkarim Al-Sultan | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | VEN | Adrián Martínez | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem | 25 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Salem Al-Toiawy | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Jubairi | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al Ali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Qumairi | 22 | 0 | 10+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | CMR | Collins Fai | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | KSA | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Harabi | 9 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mukhtar Ali | 28 | 2 | 22+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Dener | 25 | 3 | 22+2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Amir Sayoud | 27 | 10 | 26+1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ZIM | Knowledge Musona | 30 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulwahab Jaafer | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qunaian | 7 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Khalil Al-Absi | 22 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Jamal Bajandouh | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 12 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | GNB | Alfa Semedo | 29 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Nahar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Harzan | 23 | 3 | 17+5 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CGO | Guy Mbenza | 30 | 10 | 28+1 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani | 21 | 1 | 2+18 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | KSA | Nawaf Jaber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Guy Mbenza | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Amir Sayoud | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | | Knowledge Musona | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Dener | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 75 | MF | | Mohammed Harzan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Mukhtar Ali | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 30 | MF | | Alfa Semedo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qunaian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | FW | | Fahad Al-Johani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 2 | 43 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Knowledge Musona | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Amir Sayoud | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 40 | DF | | Collins Fai | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Guy Mbenza | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | | Nawaf Al-Qumairi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Hussain Qassem | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 30 | MF | | Alfa Semedo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 32 | FW | | Fahad Al-Johani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 1 | 31 |
Last Updated: 22 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Victor Braga | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 7 |
Last Updated: 27 April 2023