# 2016–17 Al-Batin F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Al-Batin's first season in Pro League (and their first ever season in the top-flight) after gaining promotion in the previous season. This season Al-Batin participated in the Pro League, King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2017
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 | Nasser Al-Mehaini |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Bander Nasser |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Shamrani (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Naif Eisa (Captain) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohanna Waqes |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Dhari Al-Suwait |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Jadaan Mohanna |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Jhonnattann Benites |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Majed Mansor |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Khaled Dakheel |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Obaid |
| 16 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Harthi (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Meshal Khalaf |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Maan Khodari |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Sahow Metlaq |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Mansoor Al-Najai |
| 22 | DF | BRA | William Alves |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Waleed Al-Enezi (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Zylaeei |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mazyad Freeh |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jouei |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sultan Ghunaiman |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Naif Mansor |
| 78 | MF | KSA | Mohsen Al-Eisa |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Badr Bander |
| 85 | FW | BRA | Tarabai (on loan from Hibernians) |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim (on loan from Hajer) |
| 90 | DF | KSA | Jamal Al-Dhefiri |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Jorge Silva |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 21 June 2016 | FW | Mashari Al-Enezi | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 1 August 2016 | FW | Jorge Silva | Hibernians | Free |
| 9 August 2016 | GK | Mansoor Al-Najai | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 10 August 2016 | DF | Nino | Al-Jahra | Free |
| 18 August 2016 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 22 August 2016 | MF | Lassana Fané | Khouribga | Free |
| 25 August 2016 | MF | Naif Mansor | Al-Mujazzel | Free |
| 8 September 2016 | MF | Ahmed Hamoudi | Basel | Free |
| 9 September 2016 | FW | Hassan Sharahili | Al-Drae | Free |
| 21 September 2016 | DF | William Alves | Vitória | Free |
| 8 January 2017 | MF | Abdullah Al-Jouei | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 16 January 2017 | MF | Maan Khodari | Najran | Free |
| 17 January 2017 | MF | Jhonnattann Benites | Valletta | Free |
| 17 January 2017 | MF | Khaled Al-Zylaeei | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 27 February 2017 | MF | Mohsen Al-Eisa | | Free |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 17 July 2016 | MF | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Shabab | End of season |
| 14 September 2016 | DF | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | Al-Ittihad | End of season |
| 6 January 2017 | FW | Tarabai | Hibernians | End of season |
| 16 January 2017 | FW | Mohammed Al-Harthi | Al-Ahli | End of season |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | Hajer | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 15 August 2016 | MF | Fahad Al-Dossari | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 4 September 2016 | MF | Mousa Haqawi | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 1 October 2016 | DF | Nino | Released | Released |
| 1 January 2017 | MF | Lassana Fané | Released | Released |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Ahmed Hamoudi | Al-Ahly | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2017 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 8 February 2017 | FW | Faisal Ayyadah | Al-Orobah | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date | Source |
| 28 January 2017 | FW | Mashari Al-Enezi | Al-Tai | End of season | |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Hassan Sharahili | Damac | End of season | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Professional League | — | — | 12th | 13 August 2016 | 4 May 2017 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 32 | — | Quarter-finals | 25 August 2016 | 24 October 2016 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 32 | 18 January 2017 | 18 January 2017 |
Last Updated: 4 May 2017

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Al-Qadisiyah | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 28 | |
| 11 | Al-Ettifaq | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 27 | |
| 12 | Al-Batin (O) | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 26 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 13 | Al-Khaleej (R) | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 23 | Relegation to First Division |
| 14 | Al-Wehda (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 17 | Relegation to First Division |
* ↑ Al-Faisaly finished ahead of Al-Qadisiyah on head-to-head points: Al-Qadisiyah 1–1 Al-Faisaly, Al-Faisaly 3–2 Al-Qadisiyah

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2016. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 12 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

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

#### Relegation play-offs

As a result of Al-Batin finishing in twelfth place, they faced Najran the 3rd-placed of the First Division for the play-offs. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

### Crown Prince Cup

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

### King Cup
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 16 May 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Nasser Al-Mehaini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Bander Nasser | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Naif Eisa | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Nino* | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Mohanna Waqes | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Dhari Al-Suwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Mashari Al-Enezi* | 14 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Jadaan Mohanna | 22 | 0 | 12+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi* | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Jhonnattann Benites | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Majed Mansor | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Khaled Dakheel | 21 | 2 | 11+7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Obaid | 5 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Harthi | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Meshal Khalaf | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Maan Khodari | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | | Sahow Metlaq | 18 | 2 | 3+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Mansoor Al-Najai | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | William Alves | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Waleed Al-Enezi | 31 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | | Khaled Al-Zylaeei | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Mazyad Freeh | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Jouei | 10 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Lassana Fané* | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Sultan Ghunaiman | 29 | 1 | 24+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | | Naif Mansor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | | Hassan Sharahili* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | | Faisal Ayyadah* | 17 | 3 | 9+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | | Mohsen Al-Eisa | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | | Badr Bander | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | FW | | Tarabai | 12 | 4 | 11+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | DF | | Jamal Al-Dhefiri | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | | Ahmed Hamoudi* | 10 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Jorge Silva | 30 | 14 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Jorge Silva | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 12 | FW | | Jhonnattann Benites | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 85 | FW | | Tarabai | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 77 | FW | | Faisal Ayyadah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | | Khaled Dakheel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | | Sahow Metlaq | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Waleed Al-Enezi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 15 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Obaid | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 22 | DF | | William Alves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | DF | | Sultan Ghunaiman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 92 | MF | | Ahmed Hamoudi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mazyad Freeh | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2017