# 2022–23 Al-Fateh SC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Fateh's 14th consecutive season in the Pro League and their 65th year in existence. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | SWE | Jacob Rinne |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Jari |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Fran Vélez |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Petros |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Khulaif |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Housain Al-Mogahwi |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Firas Al-Buraikan |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Mourad Batna |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (captain) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Mohammed |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nooh Al-Mousa |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Marwane Saâdane |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saeed |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghannam (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ammar Al-Daheem |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed (vice-captain) |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Zubaidi |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka |
| 29 | FW | KSA | Ali Al-Masoud |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Shuhayb |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Meshal Al-Hamdan |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Cristian Tello |
| 46 | MF | KSA | Abbas Al-Hassan |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Ali Al-Jassem |
| 83 | DF | KSA | Salem Al-Najdi |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Qassem Lajami |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Othman Al-Othman |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Tristan Dingomé |
| 94 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Enezi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al Salis |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Harbi (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2023) |
| 10 | MF | PER | Christian Cueva (at Alianza Lima until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Habib (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 20 | Murtadha Al-Khedhrawi | Hajer | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Loay Al-Johani | Najran | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | 1 | Jacob Rinne | Aalborg | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | 16 | Nooh Al-Mousa | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 4 July 2022 | DF | 4 | Fran Vélez | Panathinaikos | $860,000 |
| 7 July 2022 | MF | 8 | Housain Al-Mogahwi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 11 July 2022 | GK | 26 | Mustafa Malayekah | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 31 July 2022 | FW | 99 | Hassan Al Salis | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | 20 | Alex Valera | Universitario | $1,000,000 |
| 12 August 2022 | GK | 22 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 25 January 2023 | MF | 37 | Cristian Tello | Los Angeles FC | Free |
| 6 February 2023 | DF | 91 | Tristan Dingomé | Troyes | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 28 January 2023 | End of season | MF | 19 | Khalid Al-Ghannam | Al-Nassr | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 22 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 20 | Khalifah Al-Dawsari | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | GK | 35 | Maksym Koval | | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 8 | Ivan Santini | FC Zürich | Free |
| 4 July 2022 | MF | 77 | Ahmed El Geaidy | | Released |
| 15 July 2022 | MF | 16 | Munther Al-Nakhli | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 1 August 2022 | GK | 1 | Basil Al-Bahrani | Al-Batin | Free |
| 5 August 2022 | DF | 4 | Saleh Al-Nashmi | Al-Sahel | Free |
| 19 September 2022 | DF | 55 | Lafi Al-Murki | Qilwah | Free |
| 21 September 2022 | FW | – | Nawaf Al-Qarni | Qilwah | Free |
| 11 January 2023 | FW | 20 | Alex Valera | Universitario | Free |
| 20 January 2023 | DF | 2 | Nawaf Boushal | Al-Nassr | $4,260,000 |
| 26 January 2023 | MF | 12 | Majed Kanabah | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 20 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 7 | Hassan Al-Habib | Al-Adalah | None |
| 27 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 5 | Fahad Al-Harbi | Al-Adalah | None |
| 8 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 23 | Abdullah Al-Yousef | Al-Batin | None |
| 7 March 2023 | End of season | MF | 10 | Christian Cueva | Alianza Lima | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 043.33 |
| King Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 040.63 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 36 |

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | L |
| Position | 13 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### 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 | SWE | Jacob Rinne | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Shuhayb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Sattam Al-Subaie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Jari | 17 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Fran Vélez | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Marwane Saâdane | 26 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ammar Al-Daheem | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Tawfiq Buhimed | 26 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Zubaidi | 18 | 1 | 12+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Meshal Al-Hamdan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Jelidan | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | DF | KSA | Salem Al-Najdi | 19 | 0 | 6+11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Qassem Lajami | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BRA | Petros | 30 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 18 | 2 | 10+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Housain Al-Mogahwi | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Mourad Batna | 27 | 11 | 24+1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fuhaid | 26 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nooh Al-Mousa | 12 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saeed | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghannam | 16 | 3 | 6+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ALG | Sofiane Bendebka | 28 | 2 | 24+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Abdulwahed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Cristian Tello | 16 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Othman Al-Othman | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | FRA | Tristan Dingomé | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Enezi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Firas al-Buraikan | 32 | 18 | 24+6 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | KSA | Ali Al-Masoud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Saad Al-Shurafa | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Ali Al-Jassem | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al Salis | 10 | 1 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | PER | Christian Cueva | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Yousef | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Boushal | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Majed Kanabah | 13 | 3 | 8+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | PER | Alex Valera | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Firas al-Buraikan | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Mourad Batna | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 17 | DF | | Marwane Saâdane | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 37 | MF | | Cristian Tello | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 12 | MF | | Majed Kanabah | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Khalid Al-Ghannam | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 28 | MF | | Sofiane Bendebka | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Petros | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | | Tawfiq Buhimed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | DF | | Ali Al-Zubaidi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 99 | FW | | Hassan Al Salis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 3 | 51 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 11 | MF | | Mourad Batna | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 28 | MF | | Sofiane Bendebka | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Firas al-Buraikan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 37 | MF | | Cristian Tello | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Petros | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Christian Cueva | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | MF | | Khalid Al-Ghannam | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 1 | GK | | Jacob Rinne | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Fran Vélez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | DF | | Marwane Saâdane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 25 | DF | | Tawfiq Buhimed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 34 | DF | | Meshal Al-Hamdan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 77 | FW | | Ali Al-Jassem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 83 | DF | | Salem Al-Najdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 2 | 38 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Jacob Rinne | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Last Updated: 22 May 2023