# 2016–17 Al-Shabab FC season

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Shabab Football Club's 70th season in existence and 38th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, Al-Shabab also competed in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 29 September 2016
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 | Waleed Abdullah |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Awaji |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Owais |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Mansor Joher |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al Asta |
| 5 | DF | ALG | Djamel Benlamri |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Muath |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumaizi |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Fahad |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Jamaan Al-Dossari |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Sanad Sharahili |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Jizani |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Hassan Raghfawi |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Deayea |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Saud Kariri |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdulwahab Jaafer |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Otaif (Captain) |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Badr Al-Sulaitin |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Sobeai |
| 26 | MF | URU | Sebastián Píriz |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Heberty Fernandes |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Khairallah |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Moshari Al-Thamali |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Khaibari |
| 9 | FW | ALG | Mohamed Benyettou |
| 25 | FW | KSA | Rakhi Al-Shammeri |
| 30 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Meqbas |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Ismael Al-Maghrebi |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Professional League | Round 1 | — | — | 11 August 2016 | — |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 32 | — | Quarter-finals | 15 August 2016 | 24 October 2016 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | — | — | — |
Last Updated: 25 October 2016

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 52 |
| 5 | Al-Raed | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 35 |
| 6 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 33 |
| 7 | Al-Taawoun | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 31 |
| 8 | Al-Fateh | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 29 |
* ↑ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.
* ↑ Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 11 March 2017. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | | | | | |
| Position | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |

#### Matches

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

### Crown Prince Cup

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

### King Cup
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | Crown Prince Cup | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Mohamed Benyettou | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 37 | MF | | Heberty Fernandes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 13 | DF | | Hassan Muath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
Last Updated: 25 October 2016

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | Crown Prince Cup | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Waleed Abdullah | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Owais | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Last Updated: 25 October 2016