# 2016–17 Al-Taawoun FC season

The 2016–17 Al-Taawoun season was the club's 61st season in existence and its 9th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of Saudi Arabian football. This season, Al-Taawoun participated in the Pro League for the seventh consecutive season as well as the King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The club also entered the 2017 AFC Champions League at the group stage.

## Players
### First team squad

* This section lists players who were in Al-Taawoun's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season
* Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
* Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
* Italics indicate loan player
| No. | Name | Position | Joined | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Yazid Al-Sayah | GK | 2015 | Youth |
| 22 | Fahad Al-Shammari | GK | 2016 | Al-Raed |
| 23 | Sultan Al-Ghamdi | GK | 2015 | Youth |
| 32 | Fayz Al-Sabiay | GK | 2015 | Al-Hilal |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Abdullah Kanno | CB | 2015 | Al-Qadisiyah |
| 4 | Ricardo Machado | CB | 2015 | Dinamo București |
| 5 | Talal Al-Absi | CB | 2015 | Al-Ittihad |
| 13 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | LB | 2016 | Najran |
| 16 | Naif Al-Mousa | LB / CB | 2014 | Al-Hazm |
| 17 | Mahmoud Muaaz | RB | 2014 | Najran |
| 28 | Abdullah Al-Shameri | LB | 2013 | Youth |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | CM / DM | 2015 | Al-Shabab |
| 10 | Jehad Al-Hussain | AM / SS | 2014 | Dubai |
| 14 | Mohammed Abousaban | DM / CM | 2017 | Al-Fateh |
| 18 | Madallah Al-Olayan | DM | 2012 | Youth |
| 27 | Saeed Al-Dossari | RM / RB | 2016 | Al-Shabab |
| 29 | Lucian Sânmărtean | AM / CM | 2017 | Pandurii |
| 37 | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | AM | 2016 | Al-Hilal |
| 49 | Ahmed Al-Zain | LW / RW | 2015 | Abha |
| 55 | Sandro Manoel* | DM | 2015 | Ceará |
| 77 | Ibrahim Al-Telhi | LW / AM | 2015 | Youth |
| 80 | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | CM | 2017 | Al-Hilal |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Mousa Al-Shameri | CF | 2016 | Al-Shabab |
| 9 | Mounir El Hamdaoui* | CF | 2016 | Umm Salal |
| 11 | Saqer Otaif | CF | 2016 | Al-Wehda |
| 19 | Alassane N'Diaye | LW / CF | 2017 | Laval |
| 70 | Mohammed Al-Saiari | CF | 2017 | Al-Ettifaq |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Mousa Al-Shameri | Al-Shabab | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | Najran | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Saeed Al-Dossari | Al-Shabab | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Fahad Al-Shammari | Al-Raed | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Saqer Otaif | Al-Wehda | Free transfer |
| 6 August 2016 | FW | Mounir El Hamdaoui | Umm Salal | Free transfer |
| 2 September 2016 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | Al-Hilal | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2017 | MF | Lucian Sânmărtean | Pandurii | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Alassane N'Diaye | Laval | Undisclosed |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | FW | Paul Efoulou | Al-Sailiya | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Kamel Al-Mor | Al-Wehda | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Dhefiri | | Released |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2016 | DF | Adnan Fallatah | Al-Ittihad | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2016 | FW | Abdulmajeed Al-Daeej | Al-Nojoom | Free transfer |
| 13 August 2016 | FW | Bader Al-Khamees | Al-Nahda | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2016 | GK | Faisal Al-Merqeb | Al-Nahda | Free transfer |
| 27 September 2016 | MF | Ahmed Al-Suhail | Najran | Free transfer |
| 12 October 2016 | DF | Abdulwahab Al-Zahrani | Weg | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2017 | FW | Mounir El Hamdaoui | | Released |

### Loans in

| Date from | Date until | Position | Name | From |
| 1 July 2016 | 28 December 2016 | DF | Abdurahman Al-Shammeri | Al-Nassr |
| 1 July 2016 | 10 January 2017 | MF | Mosaab Al-Otaibi | Al-Nassr |
| 13 July 2016 | 28 December 2016 | DF | Sari Amro | Al-Shabab |
| 7 January 2017 | End of Season | FW | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Ettifaq |
| 8 January 2017 | End of Season | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | Al-Hilal |
| 31 January 2017 | End of Season | MF | Mohammed Abousaban | Al-Fateh |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date until | Position | Name | To |
| 5 July 2016 | End of Season | MF | Nawaf Al-Sehimai | Damac |
| 7 September 2016 | End of Season | MF | Ahmed Al-Turki | Al-Tai |
| 11 January 2017 | End of Season | MF | Abdullah Al-Salman | Al-Nahda |
| 24 January 2017 | End of Season | MF | Sandro Manoel | Al-Fateh |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Professional League | — | — | 7th | 12 August 2016 | 4 May 2017 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | — | Semi-finals | 20 January 2017 | 13 May 2017 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 16 | 28 August 2016 | 29 September 2016 |
| AFC Champions League | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | 20 February 2017 | 9 May 2017 |
Last Updated: 13 May 2017

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |
| 9 | Al-Faisaly | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 28 |
* ↑ 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 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 10 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 |

#### Matches

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

### Crown Prince Cup

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

### AFC Champions League

Al-Taawoun qualified for the Group Stage of the 2016–17 AFC Champions League by finishing fourth in the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League. It is their first participation in this competition.

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AHL | EST | TAA | LOK |
| 1 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Esteghlal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Taawoun | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 5 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–4 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Al-Ahli 2–1 Esteghlal, Esteghlal 1–1 Al-Ahli.
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Al-Taawoun 1–0 Lokomotiv Tashkent, Lokomotiv Tashkent 4–4 Al-Taawoun.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 13 May 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Yazid Al-Sayah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Abdullah Kanno | 19 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ricardo Machado | 35 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 26 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Mousa Al-Shameri | 17 | 2 | 4+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Mosaab Al-Otaibi* | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Mounir El Hamdaoui* | 13 | 5 | 10+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Jehad Al-Hussain | 35 | 3 | 20+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Saqer Otaif | 16 | 2 | 7+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Mohammed Abousaban | 9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Naif Al-Mousa | 32 | 2 | 19+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Mahmoud Muaaz | 24 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Madallah Al-Olayan | 10 | 2 | 2+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Alassane N'Diaye | 17 | 7 | 6+2 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Shammeri* | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Fahad Al-Shammari | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | | Sultan Al-Ghamdi | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Saeed Al-Dossari | 36 | 5 | 22+3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Shameri | 15 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Lucian Sânmărtean | 16 | 1 | 4+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Sari Amro* | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Fayz Al-Sabiay | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | 24 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Zain | 32 | 4 | 18+3 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel* | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 17 | 5 | 5+5 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 77 | MF | | Ibrahim Al-Telhi | 10 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 11 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Alassane N'Diaye | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 4 | DF | | Ricardo Machado | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Mounir El Hamdaoui | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Saeed Al-Dossari | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 70 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 49 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Zain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Jehad Al-Hussain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 7 | FW | | Mousa Al-Shameri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | | Saqer Otaif | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 16 | DF | | Naif Al-Mousa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 18 | MF | | Madallah Al-Olayan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 29 | MF | | Lucian Sânmărtean | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 55 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 80 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 49 |
Last Updated: 13 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 22 | GK | | Fahad Al-Shammari | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Sultan Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Last Updated: 20 April 2017