# 2012–13 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2012–13 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 56th in existence and 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club participated in the AFC Champions League, Crown Prince Cup, and the King Cup of Champions.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date Of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 28 | GK | Abdullah Al-Sudairy | (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 21) |
| 1 | GK | Khalid Sharhili | (1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 26) |
| 22 | GK | Fahad Al-Shamri | (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 32) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | RB | Sultan Al-Bishi | (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 23) |
| 3 | CB | Yahya Al-Musalem | (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 26) |
| 4 | LB / CB | Abdullah Al-Zori | (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 25) |
| 12 | LB / RB | Yasser Al-Shahrani | (1992-05-22)22 May 1992 (aged 21) |
| 25 | CB | Majed Al Marshadi | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 28) |
| 33 | CB | Ozéia | (1982-01-02)2 January 1982 (aged 31) |
| 19 | CB | Mohammad Nami | (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 31) |
| 23 | CB | Hassan Khairat | (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 27) |
| 34 | CB | Mohammad Massad | (1983-02-17)17 February 1983 (aged 30) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | DM / CM | Mohammed Al-Qarni | (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 23) |
| 5 | CM / AM | Abdulatif Al-Ghanam | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 27) |
| 15 | RM | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 25) |
| 10 | AM / LW | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 32) |
| 11 | AM / LM | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | (1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 24) |
| 13 | AM / LM / LW | Salman Al-Faraj (C) | (1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 24) |
| 8 | CM | Gustavo Bolívar | (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 28) |
| 24 | LM / RM | Nawaf Al-Abed | (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 23) |
| 29 | RM | Salem Al-Dawsari | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 21) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | ST / CF | Yoo Byung-soo | (1988-03-26)26 March 1988 (aged 25) |
| 9 | ST / CF | Wesley | (1980-11-10)10 November 1980 (aged 32) |
| 14 | RW | Saad Al-Harthi | (1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 29) |
| 20 | ST / CF | Yasser Al-Qahtani (C) | (1982-10-11)11 October 1982 (aged 30) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | Runners-up | 3 August 2012 | 27 April 2013 |
| 2012 ACL | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 19 September 2012 | 3 October 2012 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Winners | 19 December 2012 | 22 February 2013 |
| 2013 ACL | Group stage | Round of 16 | 27 February 2013 | 22 May 2013 |
| King Cup of Champions | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | 5 May 2013 | 9 May 2013 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 065.38 |
| King Cup of Champions | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Crown Prince Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 075.00 |
| 2012 ACL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| 2013 ACL | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 057.14 |
Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Fateh (C) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 64 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 56 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 56 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Nassr | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 50 | |
| 5 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 44 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### 2013 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | HIL | AIN | RAY |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 13 | knock-out stage | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | knock-out stage | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Al-Ain | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2013 ACL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Wesley | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al Qahtani | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Yoo Byung-Soo | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 13 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Adil Hermach | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | DF | | Kader Mangane | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | FW | | Saad Al-Harthi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 61 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 82 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2013 CL | Total |
| 1 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al Qahtani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 13 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | | Adil Hermach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Wesley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 14 | FW | | Saad Al-Harthi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 19 | DF | | Mohammad Nami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 53 |