# 2017–18 Al-Batin F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Batin's second consecutive season in Pro League and their 39th year in existence. This season Al-Batin participated in the Pro League and King Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 20 January 2018
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 | Nasser Al-Mehaini |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Bander Nasser |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Maan Khodari |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Naif Eisa (Captain) |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Muteb Mansour |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohanna Waqes |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Mosaab Al-Otaibi |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Guilherme Schettine |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Jadaan Mohanna |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Jhonnattann Benites |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Khaled Dakheel |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Obaid |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Sahow Metlaq |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Majed Kanabah |
| 23 | MF | MLI | Ousmane Diabaté |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Sultan Masrahi |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mazyad Freeh |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sultan Ghunaiman |
| 36 | MF | KSA | Hussein Halawani (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 42 | GK | TUN | Aymen Mathlouthi |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Khowailed Ayyadah |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Qattam |
| 70 | DF | NGA | Abdulshakour Hosawi (on loan from Hajer) |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Yousef Al-Mozairib |
| 87 | DF | BRA | Pitty |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Yasser Al-Fahmi |
| 90 | DF | KSA | Jamal Al-Dhefiri |
| 92 | MF | BRA | Tinga |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Jorge Silva |
| — | DF | SDN | Mohammed Bashir |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 18 June 2017 | DF | Sultan Masrahi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 20 June 2017 | DF | Yousef Khamees | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 22 June 2017 | MF | Mosaab Al-Otaibi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | MF | Majed Kanabah | Unattached | Free |
| 14 July 2017 | MF | Valdo Alhinho | Jelgava | Free |
| 19 July 2017 | DF | Alaa Ali Mhawi | Al-Zawra'a | Free |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Pitty | Cuiabá | Free |
| 19 October 2017 | MF | Khaled Al-Qattam | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 10 January 2018 | DF | Mohammed Bashir | Unattached | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | MF | Tinga | Universitario de Sucre | Free |
| 12 January 2018 | FW | Guilherme Schettine | Atlético Paranaense | Free |
| 16 January 2018 | MF | Yasser Al-Fahmi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 16 January 2018 | FW | Jorge Santos Silva | Unattached | Free |
| 17 January 2018 | MF | Ousmane Diabaté | ENPPI | Free |
| 17 January 2018 | FW | Willen | PT Prachuap | Free |
| 27 January 2018 | GK | Aymen Mathlouthi | Étoile du Sahel | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 2 July 2017 | MF | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Al-Shabab | End of season |
| 18 January 2018 | MF | Hussein Halawani | Al-Ittihad | End of season |
| 20 January 2018 | MF | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Shabab | End of season |
| 30 January 2018 | DF | Abdulshakour Hosawi | Hajer | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | William Alves | Atlético Goianiense | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | GK | Mansoor Al-Najai | Released | Released |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Naif Mansor | Released | Released |
| 18 July 2017 | FW | Badr Bander | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 19 July 2017 | FW | Mashari Al-Enezi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 8 August 2017 | MF | Khaled Al-Zylaeei | Al-Raed | Free |
| 8 August 2017 | DF | Majed Mansor | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 29 September 2017 | DF | Alaa Ali Mhawi | Released | Released |
| 19 November 2017 | FW | Jorge Santos Silva | Released | Released |
| 23 November 2017 | DF | Yousef Khamees | Khaleej | Free |
| 10 January 2017 | MF | Valdo Alhinho | Released | Released |
| 18 January 2017 | FW | Tarabai | Released | Released |
| 1 February 2018 | FW | Willen | Hajer | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date | Source |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Meshal Khalaf | Al-Tai | End of season | |
| 11 August 2017 | FW | Hassan Sharahili | Damac | End of season | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | — | 11th | 11 August 2017 | 12 April 2018 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | — | Semi-finals | 5 January 2018 | 1 April 2018 |
Last Updated: 12 April 2018

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 33 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 10 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 31 | |
| 11 | Al-Batin | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 31 | |
| 12 | Al-Qadsiah | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 25 | |
| 13 | Al-Raed (O) | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 24 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
* ↑ Al-Ittihad qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 King Cup winners.
* 1 2 Al-Shabab finished ahead of Al-Batin on overall goal difference: Al-Shabab 0, Al-Batin –11 (Al-Shabab 1–2 Al-Batin, Al-Batin 0–1 Al-Shabab).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 April 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

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

### Crown Prince Cup

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

### King Cup

Al-Batin entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. In the first round, they defeated Al-Mujazzal and progressed to the Round of 16. In the Round of 16, Al-Batin defeated First Division side Damac with goals from new signings Guilherme and Jorge Silva. In the Quarter-finals, Al-Batin beat fellow Pro League side Al-Nassr and reached the Semi-finals for the first time in history. In the Semi-finals, Al-Batin lost to Al-Ittihad.
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 12 April 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Nasser Al-Mehaini | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Bander Nasser | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Maan Khodari | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Naif Eisa | 15 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Muteb Mansour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | | Mohanna Waqes | 29 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mosaab Al-Otaibi | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Guilherme Schettine | 13 | 7 | 9+1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Jadaan Mohanna | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Jhonnattann | 30 | 11 | 24+1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Khaled Dakheel | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Obaid | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | 30 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Sahow Metlaq | 11 | 1 | 4+6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Majed Kanabah | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Ousmane Diabaté | 11 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Waleed Al-Enezi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Sultan Masrahi | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Mazyad Freeh | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 24 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Sultan Ghunaiman | 13 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Hussein Halawani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | | Aymen Mathlouthi | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Khowailed Ayyadah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | | Khaled Al-Qattam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | | Abdulshakour Hosawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | | Yousef Al-Mozairib | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | | Pitty | 28 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Yasser Al-Fahmi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | | Jamal Al-Dhefiri | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | | Tinga | 11 | 1 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Jorge Silva | 20 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | | Tarabai | 18 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Alaa Mhawi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | MF | | Valdo Alhinho | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Jorge Silva | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 12 | MF | | Jhonnattann | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Guilherme Schettine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Tarabai | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 87 | DF | | Pitty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 20 | FW | | Sahow Metlaq | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Sultan Masrahi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 80 | FW | | Yousef Al-Mozairib | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 92 | MF | | Tinga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 35 | 8 | 0 | 43 |
Last Updated: 12 April 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mazyad Freeh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 42 | GK | | Aymen Mathlouthi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Nasser Al-Mehaini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Last Updated: 22 February 2018