# 2018–19 Al-Nassr FC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Nassr's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 63rd year in existence as a football club. Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the King Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup, and the Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Al-Nassr won their ninth Pro League title on 16 May 2019 following a 2–1 home win over Al-Batin.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 7 February 2019
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 | AUS | Brad Jones |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Ghanam |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Omar Hawsawi (captain) |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Bruno Uvini |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Petros |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Ahmed Musa |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Shehri |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Abderrazak Hamdallah |
| 10 | FW | KSA | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Nordin Amrabat |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Ghaleb |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Fraidi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khaibari |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Maicon (on loan from Galatasaray) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansor |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Farshan |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Madu |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Awadh Khamis |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Shamlan |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Waleed Abdullah |
| 36 | FW | KSA | Khalil Al-Absi |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Naif Almas |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumeiah |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Dossari |
| 42 | FW | KSA | Firas Al-Buraikan |
| 43 | GK | KSA | Saleh Al Ohaymid |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Faraj Al-Ghushayan |
| 71 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem (on loan from Al-Fayha) |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Giuliano |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 12 March 2018 | DF | Hamad Al Mansor | Al-Faisaly | €700,000 |
| 12 March 2018 | DF | Sultan Al-Ghanam | Al-Faisaly | €1,400,000 |
| 3 May 2018 | GK | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 26 June 2018 | MF | Petros | São Paulo | €5,000,000 |
| 16 July 2018 | MF | Nordin Amrabat | Watford | €4,700,000 |
| 20 July 2018 | DF | Christian Ramos | Veracruz | €2,500,000 |
| 31 July 2018 | GK | Brad Jones | Feyenoord | Free |
| 3 August 2018 | FW | Ahmed Musa | Leicester City | €18,000,000 |
| 20 August 2018 | MF | Giuliano | Fenerbahçe | €10,500,000 |
| 23 August 2018 | FW | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al-Rayyan | Free |
| 2 February 2019 | MF | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | Al-Shabab | €1,160,000 |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date | Source |
| 3 February 2019 | MF | Abdullah Al Salem | Al-Fayha | End of season | |
| 4 February 2019 | DF | Maicon | Galatasaray | 30 June 2020 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 10 July 2018 | GK | Hussain Shae'an | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Ferjani Sassi | Zamalek | €5,000,000 |
| 29 October 2018 | FW | Hassan Al-Raheb | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 17 January 2019 | MF | Abdulellah Al-Nassar | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | End date |
| 27 May 2018 | DF | Abdulelah Al-Amri | Al-Wehda | End of season |
| 11 July 2018 | FW | Junior Kabananga | Astana | End of season |
| 15 July 2018 | MF | Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri | Al-Batin | 4 February 2019 |
| 25 July 2018 | DF | Salem Ali | Al-Hazem | 25 January 2019 |
| 30 July 2018 | FW | Muteb Al-Hammad | Al-Batin | End of season |
| 31 July 2018 | DF | Muteb Al-Mutlaq | Al-Raed | End of season |
| 20 August 2018 | DF | Hamad Al-Aqeeli | Al-Mujazzal | End of season |
| 20 August 2018 | MF | Mohammed Al-Shahrani | Damac | End of season |
| 25 August 2018 | DF | Khalid Al-Dubaysh | Al-Shoulla | 18 January 2019 |
| 12 September 2018 | MF | Mohamed Fouzair | Ittihad Tanger | 1 January 2019 |
| 13 January 2019 | MF | Mohamed Fouzair | Ohod | End of season |
| 25 January 2019 | DF | Salem Ali | Al-Shoulla | End of season |
| 2 February 2019 | DF | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | Al-Raed | End of season |
| 3 February 2019 | MF | Sami Al-Najei | Al-Qadsiah | End of season |
| 4 February 2019 | DF | Khaled Al-Showaie | Al-Mujazzal | End of season |
| 4 February 2019 | MF | Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri | Al-Ain | End of season |
| 17 February 2019 | GK | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | Ohod | End of season |
| 20 February 2019 | MF | Abdulrahman Al-Shanar | Al-Raed | End of season |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 26 | +43 | 073.33 | 1st | 1st (champions) | 30 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King's Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 080.00 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 3 January 2019 | 27 April 2019 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 050.00 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 13 August 2018 | 28 November 2018 |
| AFC Champions League | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 057.14 | Play-off round | Quarter-finals | 19 February 2019 | 16 September 2019 |
| Total | 46 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 114 | 41 | +73 | 069.57 |
Updated to match played 29 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Nassr (C) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 27 | +42 | 70 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 66 | 33 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 56 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup |
* ↑ Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 King Cup winners.

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### AFC Champions League
#### Play-off Round
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was made on 22 November 2018 in Kuala Lumpur. Al-Nassr were drawn with Al-Wasl, Al-Zawra'a, and Zob Ahan.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ZOB | NAS | ZAW | WAS |
| 1 | Zob Ahan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Nassr | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–3 | — | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Al-Zawraa | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 8 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Al-Wasl | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 3 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–5 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 29 May 2019.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | AUS | Brad Jones | 35 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Waleed Abdullah | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 43 | GK | KSA | Saleh Al Ohaymid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Ghanam | 36 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Omar Hawsawi | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Bruno Uvini | 31 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | BRA | Maicon | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansor | 22 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Madu | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Naif Almas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | BRA | Petros | 34 | 3 | 26+1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Shehri | 36 | 8 | 12+12 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Nordin Amrabat | 32 | 7 | 24+2 | 5 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Ghaleb | 14 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 11 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen | 30 | 0 | 8+9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Farshan | 11 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Awadh Khamis | 29 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Shamlan | 7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumeiah | 27 | 4 | 4+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Dossari | 16 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Faraj Al-Ghushayan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghwinem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 71 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem | 16 | 2 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 77 | MF | BRA | Giuliano | 40 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 4+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 5 |
| 98 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shanar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NGA | Ahmed Musa | 31 | 10 | 22+2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 34 | 49 | 25+1 | 34 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | KSA | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 15 | 2 | 3+8 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | KSA | Khalil Al-Absi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | FW | KSA | Firas Al-Buraikan | 12 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||||
| 12 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Showaie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | PER | Christian Ramos | 15 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 34 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 52 |
| 2 | 77 | MF | | Giuliano | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Ahmed Musa | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Yahya Al-Shehri | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Nordin Amrabat | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 38 | MF | | Fahad Al-Jumeiah | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Ghanam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | | Petros | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Omar Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | DF | | Bruno Uvini | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 10 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 71 | MF | | Abdullah Al Salem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 20 | DF | | Hamad Al Mansor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 25 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Farshan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 27 | MF | | Awadh Khamis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 69 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 114 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 77 | MF | | Giuliano | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Nordin Amrabat | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 7 | FW | | Ahmed Musa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Petros | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Ghanam | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Yahya Al-Shehri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | 38 | MF | | Fahad Al-Jumeiah | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | 20 | DF | | Hamad Al Mansor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Awadh Khamis | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 10 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 13 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 29 | MF | | Rakan Al-Shamlan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 39 | MF | | Abdurahman Al-Dossari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 42 | FW | | Firas Al-Buraikan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 17 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 80 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Zayed Champions Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Brad Jones | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Waleed Abdullah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 22 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Owaishir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 31 | GK | | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
Last Updated: 29 May 2019