# 2017–18 Al-Hazm F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Hazem's 7th consecutive season in the second tier of Saudi football and 61st year in existence. Along with competing in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the club also participated in the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 3 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 |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Rakan Al-Harbi |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Amjed Barnawi |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Tareq Al-Kaebi |
| 7 | FW | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zaaq |
| 8 | FW | KSA | Hamed Al Maqati |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Moayad Al-Tolayhi |
| 11 | FW | GUI | Ousmane Pato |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Salem Al-Hamdan |
| 13 | MF | ALG | Bouazza Feham |
| 14 | MF | SDN | Saeed Mustafa |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ismael Musallami |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Balawi |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Saeed Al-Qarni |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al Harbi |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Dawod Al Saeed |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Abdulhameed |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Saud Mekbesh |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Bishi |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Nemri |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Masoud Bakheet |
| 33 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 45 | GK | KSA | Abdulraheem Al-Khaibari |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Saif Al-Qeshtah |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Maher Al Mutairi |
| 98 | FW | KSA | Ali Khormi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Khaled Al-Lazam |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 18 May 2017 | FW | Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Jeel | Free |
| 26 May 2017 | MF | Saeed Mustafa | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 3 June 2017 | MF | Douglas | Al-Jeel | Free |
| 5 June 2017 | DF | Khaled Al-Barakah | Hajer | Free |
| 8 June 2017 | DF | Saud Mekbesh | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 14 June 2017 | GK | Abduraheem Al-Khaibari | Al-Thoqbah | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2017 | MF | Rakan Al-Towairqi | Wej | Free |
| 19 June 2017 | GK | Dawod Al Saeed | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 20 June 2017 | DF | Saif Al-Qeshtah | Wej | Free |
| 20 June 2017 | MF | Saeed Al-Qarni | Wej | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | FW | Ali Khormi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 19 July 2017 | MF | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 19 July 2017 | MF | Maher Al Mutairi | Al-Arabi | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2017 | FW | Hamed Al Maqati | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 26 August 2017 | DF | Abdurahman Al-Saeed | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 7 December 2017 | FW | Mohammed Al-Bishi | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 6 January 2018 | MF | Bouazza Feham | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2018 | FW | Ousmane Pato | Unattached | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date | Source |
| 31 January 2018 | GK | Mohammed Al-Haiti | Al-Ettifaq | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 1 June 2017 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Harbi | Unattached | Released |
| 1 June 2017 | MF | Saleh Al-Muhaimeed | Al-Badaya | Free |
| 4 June 2017 | MF | Kevin Kimani | Sofapaka | Free |
| 4 June 2017 | FW | Montaser Rabe’e | Unattached | Released |
| 7 June 2017 | DF | Yahya Dhabiani | Al-Watani | Free |
| 13 July 2017 | GK | Yahia Al-Shehri | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 15 July 2017 | MF | Muddather Al-Alameen | Al-Tai | Free |
| 29 July 2017 | MF | Ziyad Al-Mutairi | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 30 July 2017 | GK | Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 20 August 2017 | MF | Majed Al-Marhoum | Al-Selmiyah | Free |
| 21 September 2017 | FW | Abdulaziz Al-Mutair | Hajer | Free |
| 9 October 2017 | DF | Abdurahman Al-Saeed | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 18 October 2017 | DF | Moataz Al-Muwallad | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 27 October 2017 | DF | Waleed Al-Harbi | Al-Amal | Free |
| 14 January 2018 | MF | Douglas | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 17 January 2018 | MF | Rakan Al-Towairqi | Al-Ain | Free |
| 28 January 2018 | FW | Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Taawoun | Free |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Prince MbS League | — | — | 2nd | 13 September 2017 | 18 April 2018 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 32 | 5 January 2018 | 5 January 2018 |
Last Updated: 18 April 2018

### Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Wehda (C, P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 58 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 2 | Al-Hazem (P) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 53 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 3 | Al-Tai | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Kawkab | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 52 | 33 | +19 | 50 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Hajer | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 50 | |
| 6 | Al-Shoulla | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Al-Khaleej | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 41 | |
| 8 | Al-Qaisumah | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Damac | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 39 | |
| 10 | Al-Orobah | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 38 | |
| 11 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 35 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 33 | |
| 13 | Al-Mujazzal | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 33 | |
| 14 | Najran (O) | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 33 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 15 | Al-Watani (R) | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Jeddah (O) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
* 1 2 Al-Kawkab finished ahead of Hajer on head-to-head points: Al-Kawkab 2–0 Hajer, Hajer 2–2 Al-Kawkab
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Al-Nojoom 8 pts; Al-Mujazzal 4 pts and –1 GD; Najran 4 pts and –2 GD (Al-Nojoom 2–1 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 0–0 Al-Nojoom, Al-Nojoom 2–0 Najran, Najran 1–1 Al-Nojoom, Najran 1–2 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 1–2 Najran).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 18 April 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Prince MbS League | Prince MbS League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Khaled Al-Barakah | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Amjed Barnawi | 12 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Tareq Al-Kaebi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Ahmed Al-Zaaq | 18 | 3 | 4+13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Hamed Al Maqati | 21 | 3 | 16+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Moayad Al-Tolayhi | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Ousmane Pato | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Salem Al-Hamdan | 13 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Bouazza Feham | 9 | 3 | 3+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Saeed Mustafa | 29 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ismael Musallami | 27 | 2 | 23+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Balawi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Saeed Al-Qarni | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Harbi | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Dawod Al Saeed | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Abdullah Abdulhameed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Saud Mekbesh | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Bishi | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Sultan Al-Nemri | 29 | 3 | 26+2 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Masoud Bakheet | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | | Abdulraheem Al-Khaibari | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Saif Al-Qeshtah | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Maher Al Mutairi | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | FW | | Ali Khormi | 29 | 12 | 24+4 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Khaled Al-Lazam | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Abdulfattah Adam | 17 | 8 | 15+1 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Douglas | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | | Rakan Al-Towairqi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Prince MbS League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 98 | FW | | Ali Khormi | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 11 | FW | | Ousmane Pato | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Abdulfattah Adam | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Ahmed Al-Zaaq | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 8 | FW | | Hamed Al Maqati | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | | Bouazza Feham | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 25 | MF | | Sultan Al-Nemri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Saeed Mustafa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | | Ismael Musallami | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Khaled Al-Barakah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | | Amjed Barnawi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 11 | MF | | Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | DF | | Saif Al-Qeshtah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Last Updated: 18 April 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Prince MbS League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 21 | GK | | Dawod Al Saeed | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Last Updated: 7 March 2018