# 2018–19 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Wehda's 74th season in their existence and first season back in the Pro League following their promotion last season. Along with competing in the Pro League, the club also participated in the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 5 February 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 | EGY | Mohamed Awad (on loan from Al Ismaily) |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Radhi Al-Otaibi |
| 4 | MF | KSA | Waleed Bakshween |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Emre Çolak |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Renato Chaves |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qathami |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki |
| 10 | MF | VEN | Rómulo Otero (on loan from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Marcos Guilherme |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori |
| 13 | GK | KSA | Abdulquddus Atiah |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Nemer |
| 19 | FW | COD | Kabongo Kasongo (on loan from Zamalek) |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Shamrani |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Amri (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Faisel Darwish |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Sufyani |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shammari |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Moataz Akjah |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qarni |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber |
| 77 | MF | TUN | Issam Jebali |
| 87 | MF | BRA | Anselmo |
| 92 | DF | ALG | Zidane Mebarakou |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 27 May 2018 | DF | Abdullah Al-Zori | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 27 May 2018 | DF | Faisel Darwish | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 27 May 2018 | MF | Waleed Bakshween | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 31 May 2018 | MF | Emre Çolak | Deportivo La Coruña | £900,000 |
| 9 June 2018 | MF | Marcos Guilherme | Atlético Paranaense | £3,600,000 |
| 10 June 2018 | MF | Anselmo | Internacional | £2,700,000 |
| 12 June 2018 | FW | Fernandão | Fenerbahçe | £2,300,000 |
| 5 July 2018 | DF | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | Najran | Undisclosed |
| 5 July 2018 | FW | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Tai | Free |
| 13 July 2018 | MF | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 17 July 2018 | MF | Ali Al-Nemer | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2018 | DF | Renato Chaves | Fluminense | Free |
| 23 August 2018 | DF | Osama Hawsawi | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 23 August 2018 | MF | Régis | Bahia | Undisclosed |
| 26 December 2018 | DF | Abdullah Al-Shammari | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 27 January 2019 | MF | Issam Jebali | Rosenborg | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2019 | MF | Mohammed Al-Qarni | Al-Shabab | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 29 April 2018 | GK | Mohamed Awad | Al Ismaily | End of season |
| 27 May 2018 | DF | Abdulelah Al-Amri | Al-Nassr | End of season |
| 1 June 2018 | MF | Rómulo Otero | Atlético Mineiro | End of season |
| 19 August 2018 | MF | Taisir Al-Jassim | Al-Ahli | 25 January 2019 |
| 1 January 2019 | FW | Kabongo Kasongo | Zamalek | End of season |
| 18 January 2019 | DF | Zidane Mebarakou | MC Alger | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Abdulrahman Al-Harbi | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Muaaz Al-Zanbaqi | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | DF | Moayed Ghrowi | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Sahali | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Fawaz Al-Sulami | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Ammar Anwar | Released | Free |
| 12 June 2018 | MF | Loay Hawsawi | Released | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | DF | Amer Haroon | Released | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Majed Al-Deeni | Released | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Sultan Al-Dossari | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Abdullah Al Muwallad | Released | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Bader Al-Shahrani | Released | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Abdurahman Al-Sherif | Released | Free |
| 12 July 2018 | DF | Bandar Baajaj | Al-Tai | Free |
| 15 July 2018 | DF | Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Ain | Free |
| 18 July 2018 | DF | Kamel Al-Mor | Jeddah | Free |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Al Baraa Ba Adheem | Al-Ain | Free |
| 25 July 2018 | DF | Sami Bashir | Al-Kholood | Free |
| 26 July 2018 | DF | Mahmoud Muaaz | Al-Ansar | Free |
| 30 July 2018 | FW | Farid Al-Harbi | Al-Ain | Free |
| 31 July 2018 | GK | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 10 September 2018 | GK | Abdullah Al-Arraf | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 26 December 2018 | DF | Osama Hawsawi | Retired | Retired |
| 10 January 2019 | MF | Muhannad Al-Faresi | Damac | Free |
| 23 January 2019 | FW | Fernandão | Bahia | Undisclosed |
| 5 February 2019 | DF | Sultan Tankar | Al-Shoulla | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date | Source |
| 6 January 2019 | FW | Mousa Madkhali | Al-Ain | End of season | |
| 9 January 2019 | MF | Issam Al-Qarni | Damac | End of season | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Saudi Pro League | — | — | 7th | 30 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | — | Quarter-finals | 3 January 2019 | 2 April 2019 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Saudi Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 8 | Al-Raed | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 38 | |
| 9 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 35 | |

#### 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 | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### 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 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 |
| 1 | GK | | Mohamed Awad | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Radhi Al-Otaibi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | | Waleed Bakshween | 26 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Emre Çolak | 15 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Renato Chaves | 32 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qathami | 5 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 19 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Rómulo Otero | 28 | 6 | 21+4 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | Marcos Guilherme | 32 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | | Abdulquddus Atiah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 24 | 0 | 4+16 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Ali Al-Nemer | 25 | 0 | 16+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Kabongo Kasongo | 13 | 4 | 3+7 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Jaber Asiri | 3 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Abdulelah Al-Amri | 12 | 1 | 11+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Faisel Darwish | 21 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Sufyani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 21 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Shammari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Harthi | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 9 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 29 | 11 | 15+10 | 7 | 1+3 | 4 |
| 77 | MF | | Issam Jebali | 14 | 3 | 9+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 22 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | | Zidane Mebarakou | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Osama Hawsawi | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Fernandão | 13 | 2 | 9+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Taisir Al-Jassim | 9 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Issam Al-Qarni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Marcos Guilherme | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Rómulo Otero | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 19 | FW | | Kabongo Kasongo | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 | DF | | Renato Chaves | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 77 | MF | | Issam Jebali | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qathami | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Fernandão | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | MF | | Emre Çolak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Taisir Al-Jassim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | FW | | Jaber Asiri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | | Abdulelah Al-Amri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 66 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 92 | DF | | Zidane Mebarakou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 8 | 49 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Rómulo Otero | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 15 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | MF | | Waleed Bakshween | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Marcos Guilherme | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 16 | MF | | Ali Al-Nemer | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | FW | | Kabongo Kasongo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 25 | DF | | Faisel Darwish | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 77 | MF | | Issam Jebali | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 87 | MF | | Anselmo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | MF | | Emre Çolak | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 6 | DF | | Renato Chaves | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 5 | 34 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Mohamed Awad | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Last Updated: 11 May 2019