# 2024–25 Al-Riyadh SC season

The 2024–25 season is Al-Riyadh's 72nd year in existence and their 25th non-consecutive season in the Pro League. The club is participating in the Pro League and the King's 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 |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Rakan Al-Najjar |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shwirekh |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Aqel |
| 8 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Khaibari |
| 9 | FW | JAM | Andre Gray |
| 11 | MF | ZIM | Knowledge Musona |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Dossari |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Saeed |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al Aqeel |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Saud Al-Bawardi |
| 20 | MF | GAB | Didier Ndong |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | GK | URU | Martín Campaña |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Zaqaan |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Nowaiqi |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Badr Al-Mutairi |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri |
| 36 | DF | BEL | Dino Arslanagić |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari |
| 60 | MF | MLI | Birama Touré |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Qahtani |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Moayed Al-Houti |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Shehri |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Mutaz Hibah |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 13 July 2024 | DF | – | Suwailem Al-Menhali | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 13 July 2024 | DF | 87 | Marzouq Tombakti | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 13 July 2024 | FW | 24 | Rayan Al-Bloushi | Al-Safa | Free |
| 18 July 2024 | MF | 50 | Nawaf Hawsawi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 22 July 2024 | MF | 10 | Nawaf Al-Abed | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 24 July 2024 | GK | – | Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi | Al-Okhdood | Free |
| 29 July 2024 | DF | – | Yazeed Al-Bakr | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 2 August 2024 | DF | 14 | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | Abha | Free |
| 11 August 2024 | MF | – | Mohammed Sahlouli | Al-Nassr | $133,000 |
| 18 August 2024 | MF | 11 | Ibrahim Bayesh | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2024 | MF | 17 | Faïz Selemani | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 19 August 2024 | MF | 20 | Tozé | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 19 August 2024 | MF | 21 | Lucas Kal | Atlético Goianiense | Free |
| 20 August 2024 | MF | 43 | Bernard Mensah | Al-Tai | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2024 | GK | 82 | Milan Borjan | Red Star Belgrade | Free |
| 21 August 2024 | FW | 13 | Mohamed Konaté | Akhmat Grozny | Free |
| 26 August 2024 | DF | 5 | Yoann Barbet | Bordeaux | Free |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | 3 | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 2 September 2024 | MF | 15 | Nasser Al-Bishi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 3 September 2024 | GK | 1 | Vincent Angelini | Brentford B | Free |
| 3 September 2024 | DF | – | Enzo Roco | Al-Tai | Free |
| 30 January 2025 | MF | – | Saud Zidan | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 31 January 2025 | FW | – | Sekou Lega | Lyon | Free |
| 2 February 2025 | DF | – | Saud Tambakti | Al-Ahli | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 January 2025 | End of season | FW | 85 | Talal Haji | Al-Ittihad | None | |
| 31 January 2025 | End of season | MF | – | Enes Sali | FC Dallas | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | 6 | Alin Toșca | Benevento | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | 15 | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 15 July 2024 | DF | 5 | Khalid Al-Shuwayyi | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 2 August 2024 | DF | 12 | Abdullah Al-Dossari | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 3 August 2024 | GK | 1 | Rakan Al-Najjar | Al-Okhdood | Free |
| 6 August 2024 | MF | 80 | Fahad Al-Rashidi | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 9 August 2024 | MF | 20 | Didier Ndong | Esteghlal | Free |
| 11 August 2024 | MF | 11 | Knowledge Musona | Al-Okhdood | Free |
| 12 August 2024 | FW | 14 | Saleh Al Abbas | Al-Okhdood | Free |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | 4 | Mohammed Al-Shuwayrikh | Al-Shabab | $2,131,000 |
| 11 September 2024 | MF | 60 | Birama Touré | Montpellier | Free |
| 13 September 2024 | MF | 74 | Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani | Al-Safa | Free |
| 16 September 2024 | DF | 36 | Dino Arslanagić | Macarthur | Free |
| 20 September 2024 | DF | 99 | Mutaz Ayash | Al-Washm | Free |
| 21 September 2024 | MF | 16 | Saleh Al-Saeed | Al-Sadd | Free |
| 4 October 2024 | FW | 9 | Andre Gray | Plymouth Argyle | Free |
| 12 January 2025 | MF | 26 | Ali Al-Zaqaan | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 29 January 2025 | DF | 14 | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 31 January 2025 | DF | 3 | Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | Al-Zulfi | Free |
| 31 January 2025 | MF | 18 | Mohammed Al Aqeel | Al-Arabi | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 2 September 2024 | End of season | GK | – | Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi | Al-Qadsiah | None |
| 2 September 2024 | End of season | MF | – | Mohammed Sahlouli | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 31 January 2025 | End of season | MF | 15 | Nasser Al-Bishi | Al-Najma | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 042.11 |
| King's Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 042.86 |
Updated to match played 8 February 2025 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Al-Ahli | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 38 |
| 6 | Al-Shabab | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 32 |
| 7 | Al-Riyadh | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 28 |
| 8 | Al-Khaleej | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 29 | −3 | 27 |
| 9 | Al-Ettifaq | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 25 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

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

### King's Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 8 February 2025.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King's Cup | King's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SCO | Vincent Angelini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 82 | GK | CAN | Milan Borjan | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Yoann Barbet | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Khaibari | 19 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Suwailem Al-Menhali | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Nowaiqi | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Assiri | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Hawsawi | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Majed Al-Qahtani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Marzouq Tombakti | 16 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Aqel | 16 | 3 | 4+10 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Abed | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IRQ | Ibrahim Bayesh | 20 | 4 | 18+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Akram Yousef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | COM | Faïz Selemani | 19 | 3 | 15+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al Aqeel | 8 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Tozé | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | Lucas Kal | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Bader Al-Mutairi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | GHA | Bernard Mensah | 19 | 3 | 15+3 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Shehri | 16 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 13 | FW | BFA | Mohamed Konaté | 19 | 3 | 12+5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Bloushi | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | FRA | Sekou Lega | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | FW | KSA | Talal Haji | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Bishi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but left the club ||||||||||
| 14 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Ibrahim Bayesh | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Aqel | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 13 | FW | | Mohamed Konaté | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Faïz Selemani | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Tozé | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 43 | MF | | Bernard Mensah | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Lucas Kal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Yoann Barbet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 29 | DF | | Ahmed Assiri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Yahya Al-Shehri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 3 | 26 |
Last Updated: 8 February 2025

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
| 1 | 43 | MF | | Bernard Mensah | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Faïz Selemani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 20 | MF | | Tozé | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | FW | | Mohamed Konaté | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 21 | MF | | Lucas Kal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Yoann Barbet | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 1 | 15 |
Last Updated: 8 February 2025

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
| 1 | 82 | GK | | Milan Borjan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Last Updated: 30 January 2025