# 2024–25 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2024–25 season is Al-Wehda's 40th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 79th year in existence as a football club. The club will participate in the Pro League, and the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 July 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Muwallad |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Bukhari |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween (captain) |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq |
| 6 | DF | CRC | Óscar Duarte |
| 7 | FW | NED | Vito van Crooij |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Akouz |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Azzam Al-Bishi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Azizi |
| 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 | Ali Makki |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin |
| 24 | MF | SDN | Abdulaziz Noor |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Sattam Al-Tambakti |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Islam Hawsawi |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al Khayri |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hawsawi |
| 60 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shalwi |
| 76 | MF | MAR | Fayçal Fajr |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Yahya Al-Najei |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Sultan Hawsawi |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Rakan Al-Harbi (at Al-Bukiryah until 30 June 2025) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | 33 | Rakan Al-Harbi | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | 50 | Saad Al-Khayri | Al-Safa | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | 25 | Sattam Tambakti | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | 55 | Nawaf Hawsawi | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | 60 | Mohammed Al-Shalwi | Al-Entesar | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Al-Qaisumah | End of loan |
| 23 August 2024 | DF | 49 | Ali Al-Salem | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 23 August 2024 | FW | 77 | Mourad Khodari | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 24 August 2024 | GK | 21 | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 28 August 2024 | GK | 12 | Ignacio de Arruabarrena | Arouca | Free |
| 28 August 2024 | DF | 14 | Bandar Darwish | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 28 August 2024 | MF | 6 | Alexandru Crețu | Universitatea Craiova | Free |
| 28 August 2024 | MF | 10 | Juninho Bacuna | Birmingham City | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2024 | MF | 35 | Mohamed Al Makahasi | Raja | Free |
| 28 August 2024 | FW | 11 | Youssef Amyn | Eintracht Braunschweig | $390,000 |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | 19 | Saad Al-Qahtani | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 3 September 2024 | MF | 18 | Saad Bguir | Abha | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 September 2024 | End of season | GK | 1 | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | Al-Ettifaq | None | |
| 3 September 2024 | End of season | DF | 13 | Meshal Al-Alaeli | Al-Ettifaq | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 2 July 2024 | GK | 1 | Munir Mohamedi | RS Berkane | Free |
| 18 July 2024 | DF | 27 | Islam Hawsawi | Neom | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2024 | MF | 55 | Nawaf Hawsawi | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 24 July 2024 | GK | 21 | Ayman Al-Hussaini | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 31 July 2024 | GK | 13 | Abdulquddus Atiah | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 1 August 2024 | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi | Jeddah | Free |
| 3 August 2024 | DF | 54 | Ghassan Hawsawi | Al-Okhdood | Free |
| 20 August 2024 | MF | 12 | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | Al-Batin | Free |
| 20 August 2024 | MF | 76 | Fayçal Fajr | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 22 August 2024 | DF | 3 | Abdulelah Bukhari | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 23 August 2024 | MF | 90 | Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | Damac | Free |
| 26 August 2024 | MF | 8 | Mohammed Al-Qarni | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 27 August 2024 | DF | 6 | Óscar Duarte | Deportivo Saprissa | Free |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | 18 | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 3 September 2024 | FW | – | Thamer Al-Ali | Damac | Free |
| 31 January 2025 | FW | 15 | Azzam Al-Bishi | Al-Bukiryah | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 16 July 2024 | End of season | DF | 33 | Rakan Al-Harbi | Al-Bukiryah | None |
| 25 July 2024 | End of season | MF | 25 | Sattam Tambakti | Jeddah | None |
| 28 January 2025 | End of season | MF | 29 | Sultan Al-Akouz | Al-Najma | None |
| 31 January 2025 | End of season | GK | 21 | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | Al-Faisaly | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 015.79 |
| King Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 014.29 |
Updated to match played 7 February 2025 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Al-Fayha | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 16 | |
| 15 | Al-Okhdood | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 32 | −11 | 15 | |
| 16 | Al-Raed | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −13 | 14 | Relegation to FD League |
| 17 | Al-Wehda | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 45 | −21 | 13 | Relegation to FD League |
| 18 | Al-Fateh | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 10 | Relegation to FD League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 February 2025. Source: Saudi Pro League

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### 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 7 February 2025.
| 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 | KSA | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | URU | Ignacio de Arruabarrena | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Rashidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Fallatah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Muwallad | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jawad El Yamiq | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Meshal Al-Alaeli | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Bandar Darwish | 10 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Qahtani | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Ali Makki | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Salem | 7 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Sufyani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween | 14 | 0 | 9+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Crețu | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Alaa Al Hejji | 16 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CUW | Juninho Bacuna | 19 | 2 | 10+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Azizi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 14 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SDN | Abdulaziz Noor | 12 | 3 | 4+6 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | MAR | Mohamed Al Makahasi | 18 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Najei | 13 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo | 21 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | IRQ | Youssef Amyn | 20 | 3 | 15+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 20 | 5 | 17+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Mourad Khodari | 14 | 3 | 1+11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 21 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED | Vito van Crooij | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 23 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 11 | FW | | Youssef Amyn | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 24 | MF | | Abdulaziz Noor | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 77 | FW | | Mourad Khodari | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Juninho Bacuna | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 18 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Meshal Al-Alaeli | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Bandar Darwish | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 49 | DF | | Ali Al-Salem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 2 | 26 |
Last Updated: 7 February 2025

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | FW | | Craig Goodwin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | DF | | Saeed Al-Muwallad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 6 | MF | | Alexandru Crețu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 13 | DF | | Meshal Al-Alaeli | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Alaa Al Hejji | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Juninho Bacuna | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Youssef Amyn | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 35 | MF | | Mohamed Al Makahasi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 1 | 15 |
Last Updated: 7 February 2025

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last Updated: 23 November 2024