# 2017–18 Al-Wehda Club season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Wehda's first season back in Prince Mohammad bin Salman League following their relegation last season and their 73rd year in existence. Along with the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the club also competed 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 |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al Arraf |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Basel Al-Mutairi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Shamrani |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al Muwallad |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qathami |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Bader Al-Shahrani |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Farid Al-Harbi |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Deeni |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Amer Haroon |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Mousa Madkhali |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Mahmoud Muaaz |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Sherif |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Jaber Asiri |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Kamel Al-Mor |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Issam Al-Qarni |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Al Baraa Ba Adheem |
| 30 | DF | KSA | Bandar Baajaj |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani |
| 36 | MF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Faresi |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Sultan Tankar |
| 55 | GK | KSA | Mohaya Al-Sulami |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Waleed Mahboob (Captain) |
| 71 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Dossari |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Sufyani |
| 89 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani |
| 91 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 18 June 2017 | DF | Abo Baker Adam | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 21 June 2017 | DF | Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | DF | Mahmoud Muaaz | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | DF | Sari Amr | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 23 July 2017 | MF | Al Baraa Ba Adheem | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 24 July 2017 | DF | Sami Bashir | Najran | Free |
| 24 July 2017 | GK | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Ohod | Free |
| 30 July 2017 | DF | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 25 August 2017 | FW | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Hajer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 8 May 2017 | DF | Yahya Al-Musalem | Al-Raed | Free |
| 3 June 2017 | FW | Mukhtar Fallatah | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 10 June 2017 | DF | Hatem Belal | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 22 June 2017 | MF | Mansor Al-Najar | Al-Qadsiah | Undisclosed |
| 15 July 2017 | MF | Adolfo Lima | Liverpool | Free |
| 5 August 2017 | DF | Yahya Kabi | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 26 August 2017 | DF | Abdurahman Al-Saeed | Al-Hazm | Free |
| 27 September 2017 | MF | Mohammed Al-Qasmah | Al-Badaya | Free |
| 16 October 2017 | GK | Imad Al-Dossari | Al-Washm | Free |
| 26 December 2017 | FW | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Tai | Free |

## Competitions
### 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:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

Al-Wehda entered the King Cup in the Round of 32. They were eliminated in the first round after losing to Al-Nojoom. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 18 April 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Prince Mohammad bin Salman League | Prince Mohammad bin Salman League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | Basel Al-Mutairi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | 18 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Abdullah Al Muwallad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qathami | 29 | 11 | 27+2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Bader Al-Shahrani | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Farid Al-Harbi | 24 | 3 | 7+17 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | | Majed Al-Deeni | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Amer Haroon | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Moayed Ghrowi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | Mousa Madkhali | 26 | 11 | 20+6 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Mahmoud Muaaz | 15 | 0 | 9+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Sherif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Jaber Asiri | 23 | 6 | 10+13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Kamel Al-Mor | 22 | 1 | 17+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Radhi Al-Otaibi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Issam Al-Qarni | 26 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Muaaz Al-Zanbaqi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Al Baraa Ba Adheem | 21 | 1 | 10+11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | | Bandar Baajaj | 13 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | | Muhannad Al-Faresi | 23 | 4 | 12+11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | | Sultan Tankar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | | Mohaya Al-Sulami | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | | Waleed Mahboob | 27 | 1 | 25+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Harthi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | | Sultan Al-Dossari | 24 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Mohammed Sufyani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | | Fahad Al-Johani | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Harbi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | | Fawaz Al-Sulami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | FW | | Hani Majrashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | | Ammar Anwar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | | Loay Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Sahali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | | Ali Al-Qalqamy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | | Radhi Al-Harbi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Prince Mohammad bin Salman League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qathami | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 1 | 15 | FW | | Mousa Madkhali | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Jaber Asiri | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 36 | MF | | Muhannad Al-Faresi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Farid Al-Harbi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 24 | MF | | Issam Al-Qarni | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Amer Haroon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | | Kamel Al-Mor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Al Baraa Ba Adheem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 | DF | | Bandar Baajaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 70 | DF | | Waleed Mahboob | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 89 | DF | | Fahad Al-Johani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 0 | 49 |
Last Updated: 18 April 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Prince Mohammad bin Salman League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 33 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Last Updated: 18 April 2018