# 2018–19 Al-Shabab FC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Shabab's 42nd non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 72nd year in existence as a football club. This season Al-Shabab participated in the Pro League and King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 4 February 2019
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 | TUN | Farouk Ben Mustapha |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Arishi |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Hassan Tombakti |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Turki Al-Ammar |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Constantin Budescu |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Salem |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Habashi |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Awaji |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi |
| 25 | DF | ROU | Valerică Găman |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi |
| 29 | FW | GAM | Bubacarr Trawally |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Fahad Al-Habib |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri |
| 34 | MF | MAR | Mbark Boussoufa |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Sudairy |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Luiz Antônio |
| 92 | FW | BRA | Sebá |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Raheb |

#### 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 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Arthur Caíke (at Bahia until 30 June 2019) |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Muaid Moaafa (at Al-Kawkab until 30 June 2019) |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Hassan Raghfawi (at Damac until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 56 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qeed (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2019) |
| — | DF | KSA | Faisal Hadadi (at Al-Washm until 30 June 2019) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 30 May 2018 | GK | Mansour Jawhar | Al-Qaisumah | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Faisal Hadadi | Al-Qaisumah | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Hassan Raghfawi | Al-Mujazzal | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Faisal Al-Johani | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Ali Al-Nemer | Numancia | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | Rayo Vallecano | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Abdurahman Khairallah | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Jaber Mustafa | Villarreal B | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | FW | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | Sporting Gijón | End of loan |
| 19 June 2018 | DF | Euller | Avispa Fukuoka | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2018 | DF | Valerică Găman | FCSB | €75,000 |
| 12 July 2018 | MF | Constantin Budescu | FCSB | €2,500,000 |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Somália | Toulouse | €1,500,000 |
| 28 July 2018 | FW | Arthur Caíke | Chapecoense | €2,000,000 |
| 5 August 2018 | MF | Luiz Antônio | Chapecoense | €340,000 |
| 23 August 2018 | GK | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 29 October 2018 | FW | Hassan Al-Raheb | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 3 January 2019 | MF | Mbark Boussoufa | Al-Jazira | Free |
| 15 January 2019 | MF | Sebá | Olympiacos | €300,000 |
| 24 January 2019 | DF | Hassan Muath | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 1 February 2019 | DF | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 2 February 2019 | FW | Bubacarr Trawally | Vejle | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 11 May 2018 | MF | Saud Kariri | Retired | Retired |
| 14 May 2018 | FW | Mohamed Benyettou | Al-Fujairah | Free |
| 30 May 2018 | DF | Hassan Muath | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 30 May 2018 | MF | Amr Barakat | Al-Ahly | End of loan |
| 8 June 2018 | MF | Jaber Mustafa | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed |
| 8 June 2018 | MF | Ahmed Otaif | Retired | Retired |
| 9 June 2018 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 10 June 2018 | DF | Abdullah Al-Fahad | Al-Raed | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Abdulwahab Jaafer | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 1 July 2018 | FW | Sebastián Ubilla | Universidad de Chile | Free |
| 17 July 2018 | MF | Ali Al-Nemer | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2018 | FW | Abdullah Al-Meqbas | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Majed Al-Hantoushi | Al-Mujazzal | Free |
| 23 July 2018 | GK | Mansour Jawhar | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 23 July 2018 | MF | Talal Al-Enezi | Al-Mujazzal | Free |
| 30 July 2018 | MF | Abdurahman Khairallah | Al-Washm | Free |
| 12 August 2018 | MF | Saad Abdul-Amir | Al-Shorta | Free |
| 25 August 2018 | FW | Ghanem Al-Qahtani | Al-Dera'a | Free |
| 1 October 2018 | GK | Rakan Al-Mallah | Al-Dera'a | Free |
| 15 December 2018 | MF | Muaid Ellafi | USM Alger | Free |
| 1 January 2019 | DF | Euller | | Released |
| 5 January 2019 | FW | Rakhi Al-Shammeri | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 17 January 2019 | MF | Abdullah Al-Sobeai | Al-Raed | Free |
| 17 January 2019 | MF | Moshari Al-Thamali | | Released |
| 19 January 2019 | GK | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 1 February 2019 | MF | Hattan Bahebri | Al-Hilal | €3,490,000 |
| 2 February 2019 | MF | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | Al-Nassr | €1,160,000 |
| 4 February 2019 | MF | Faisal Al-Johani | Najran | Free |
| 19 February 2019 | DF | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 19 February 2019 | FW | Nasser Al-Shamrani | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 28 February 2019 | MF | Mohammed Al-Qarni | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 3 March 2019 | DF | Abdulaziz Haroon | Al-Khaleej | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date |
| 11 June 2018 | DF | Faisal Hadadi | Al-Washm | End of season |
| 22 July 2018 | DF | Muaid Moaafa | Al-Kawkab | End of season |
| 22 August 2018 | DF | Hassan Raghfawi | Damac | End of season |
| 23 August 2018 | MF | Hassan Al-Qeed | Al-Khaleej | End of season |
| 6 February 2019 | FW | Arthur Caíke | Bahia | End of season |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | — | 5th | 31 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | — | Round of 16 | 2 January 2019 | 23 January 2019 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 6 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 43 | |
| 7 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 42 | |
* ↑ Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 King Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2019. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 16 May 2019.
| 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 | | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Mohammed Awaji | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Fahad Al-Habib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Sudairy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | | Abdulmajeed Arishi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Fahad Ghazi | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Hassan Tombakti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Mohammed Salem | 29 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Hassan Muath | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Valerică Găman | 29 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | | Ali Majrashi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | | Turki Al-Ammar | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 25 | 2 | 19+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Constantin Budescu | 24 | 8 | 16+6 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | 22 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Waleed Al-Enezi | 15 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Habashi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Nasser Al-Omran | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | | Mbark Boussoufa | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 25 | 4 | 7+15 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 88 | MF | | Luiz Antônio | 32 | 4 | 28+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 92 | MF | | Sebá | 13 | 6 | 11+1 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 20 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 10 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Bubacarr Trawally | 11 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Hassan Al-Raheb | 8 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Arthur Caíke | 16 | 6 | 12+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | 12 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 20 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Euller | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 12 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Abdulaziz Haroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Somália | 17 | 1 | 8+7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | | Raghid Al-Najjar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Constantin Budescu | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Arthur Caíke | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 92 | MF | | Sebá | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 15 | FW | | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 88 | MF | | Luiz Antônio | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 29 | FW | | Bubacarr Trawally | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 25 | DF | | Valerică Găman | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 33 | MF | | Somália | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 34 | MF | | Mbark Boussoufa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 5 | 44 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Constantin Budescu | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 15 | FW | | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 88 | MF | | Luiz Antônio | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Arthur Caíke | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 | DF | | Mohammed Salem | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 29 | FW | | Bubacarr Trawally | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 33 | MF | | Somália | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 92 | MF | | Sebá | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Fahad Ghazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Djamel Benlamri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | DF | | Hassan Muath | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | DF | | Euller | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | MF | | Nasser Al-Omran | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 3 | 32 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Farouk Ben Mustapha | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Mohammed Awaji | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Last Updated: 11 May 2019