# 2021–22 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

The 2021–22 season was Al-Ahli's 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 85th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season spanned the period of 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2022
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 | Yasser Al-Mosailem (captain) |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Dankler |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khabrani |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Franck Kom |
| 7 | DF | MKD | Ezgjan Alioski |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić |
| 9 | FW | SYR | Omar Al Somah |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Moasher |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Housain Al-Mogahwi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hani Al-Sebyani |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Firas Al-Ghamdi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nooh Al-Mousa |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Haitham Asiri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Ayman Yahya (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Majhad |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Ghareeb |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Johani |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulbasit Hindi |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Asmari |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mogren |
| 71 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al Rubaie |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali |

### Out on loan

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 |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Alassane Ndao (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2022) |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hassoun (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2022) |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Eyad Madani (at Jeddah until 30 June 2022) |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Manaf Abo Yabes (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2022) |
| 46 | DF | MWI | Rayane Hamidou (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Safi Al-Zaqrati (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | KSA | Mohammed Bassas (at Ohod until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Qarni (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | CHA | Othman Alhaj (at Al-Ain until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 32 | Faisal Darisi | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | – | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Damac | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 17 | Marko Marin | Al-Raed | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 14 | Firas Al-Ghamdi | Nàstic | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | – | Yahya Al-Qarni | Al-Jabalain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | 99 | Safi Al-Zaqrati | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 3 | Dankler | Cerezo Osaka | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | 19 | Mohammed Majrashi | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 12 July 2021 | MF | 8 | Filip Bradarić | Cagliari | $1,180,000 |
| 22 July 2021 | MF | 15 | Paulinho | Guangzhou | Free |
| 29 July 2021 | DF | 7 | Ezgjan Alioski | Leeds United | Free |
| 31 July 2021 | MF | 20 | Alassane Ndao | Fatih Karagümrük | $3,560,000 |
| 27 August 2021 | DF | 2 | Fahad Al-Hamad | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 9 October 2021 | DF | 21 | Hamdi Nagguez | Zamalek | Free |
| 2 January 2022 | DF | 66 | Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 10 January 2022 | MF | 6 | Franck Kom | Al-Rayyan | Free |
| 11 January 2022 | MF | 18 | Carlos Eduardo | Shabab Al-Ahli | Free |
| 25 January 2022 | DF | 27 | Ali Majrashi | Al-Shabab | $800,000 |
| 31 January 2022 | MF | 70 | Abdullah Al-Mogren | Al-Raed | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 10 January 2022 | End of season | MF | 24 | Ayman Yahya | Al-Nassr | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 32 | Hassan Al-Qayd | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | 7 | M'Baye Niang | Stade Rennais | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 2 | Saeed Al Mowalad | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 6 | Lucas Lima | İstanbul Başakşehir | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 27 | Sultan Mandash | Al-Fayha | $800,000 |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 35 | Yousef Al-Harbi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 1 July 2021 | FW | 14 | Muhannad Assiri | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 4 July 2021 | DF | 13 | Yazeed Al-Bakr | Al-Taawoun | $1,000,000 |
| 5 July 2021 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Ruwaithi | Afif | Free |
| 12 July 2021 | MF | – | Yahya Al-Qarni | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | GK | – | Anas Al-Shamrani | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 16 July 2021 | DF | – | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2021 | DF | 3 | Mohammed Al-Fatil | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 7 August 2021 | MF | 21 | Driss Fettouhi | Al-Sailiya | Free |
| 17 August 2021 | DF | – | Karam Al-Otaibi | Afif | Free |
| 19 August 2021 | MF | 28 | Alexandru Mitriță | New York City | End of loan |
| 26 August 2021 | MF | – | Khaled Al-Hazmi | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 4 September 2021 | DF | 32 | Faisal Darisi | Najran | Free |
| 5 September 2021 | MF | 55 | Ljubomir Fejsa | | Released |
| 8 September 2021 | MF | 8 | Elvis Sarić | Gorica | Free |
| 18 September 2021 | MF | 17 | Marko Marin | Ferencváros | Free |
| 19 September 2021 | MF | 15 | Paulinho | | Released |
| 11 January 2022 | DF | 25 | Motaz Hawsawi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 30 January 2022 | GK | 33 | Mohammed Al-Owais | Al-Hilal | $1,465,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 8 July 2021 | 13 January 2022 | DF | 70 | Mohammed Bassas | Al-Hazem | None |
| 28 July 2021 | End of season | FW | 99 | Safi Al-Zaqrati | Al-Nahda | None |
| 30 August 2021 | End of season | DF | 41 | Manaf Abo Yabes | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 1 September 2021 | End of season | MF | 32 | Eyad Madani | Jeddah | None |
| 3 September 2021 | End of season | FW | 18 | Othman Alhaj | Al-Ain | None |
| 13 January 2022 | End of season | DF | 70 | Mohammed Bassas | Ohod | None |
| 21 January 2022 | End of season | MF | 20 | Alassane Ndao | Antalyaspor | None |
| 29 January 2022 | End of season | DF | 46 | Rayane Hamidou | Al-Tai | None |
| 30 January 2022 | End of season | DF | 23 | Abdullah Hassoun | Al-Tai | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 020.00 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 021.88 |
Updated to match played 27 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 12 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 34 | |
| 13 | Al-Batin | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 33 | |
| 14 | Al-Faisaly (R) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 33 | Relegation to MS League |
| 15 | Al-Ahli (R) | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 32 | Relegation to MS League |
| 16 | Al-Hazem (R) | 30 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 17 | Relegation to MS League |
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 3, Al-Taawoun 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ettifaq +2, Al-Taawoun –2.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Batin 4, Al-Faisaly 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2022. Source: spl.com.sa

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 June 2022.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Yasser Al-Mosailem | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Dankler | 25 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khabrani | 25 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | MKD | Ezgjan Alioski | 30 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hani Al-Sebyani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulbasit Hindi | 29 | 1 | 24+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | CMR | Franck Kom | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić | 27 | 3 | 22+4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Moasher | 17 | 0 | 4+13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Housain Al-Mogahwi | 18 | 0 | 3+14 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Firas Al-Ghamdi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nooh Al-Mousa | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo | 13 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Ayman Yahya | 12 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Majhad | 28 | 2 | 21+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 31 | 4 | 27+2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Johani | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Asmari | 15 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mogren | 12 | 1 | 1+10 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SYR | Omar Al Somah | 27 | 11 | 24+1 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Haitham Asiri | 24 | 2 | 11+11 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi | 15 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 20 | MF | SEN | Alassane Ndao | 14 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hassoun | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | MWI | Rayane Hamidou | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 15 | MF | BRA | Paulinho | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | TUN | Hamdi Nagguez | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Owais | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Omar Al Somah | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | DF | | Ezgjan Alioski | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Carlos Eduardo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Filip Bradarić | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Paulinho | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | FW | | Haitham Asiri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 26 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Majhad | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Dankler | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Franck Kom | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | MF | | Alassane Ndao | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 37 | DF | | Abdulbasit Hindi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 70 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Mogren | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 3 | 41 |
Last Updated: 23 June 2022

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | DF | | Ezgjan Alioski | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 29 | MF | | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Omar Al Somah | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Housain Al-Mogahwi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 5 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Khabrani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Nooh Al-Mousa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Haitham Asiri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | | Mohammed Majrashi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 20 | MF | | Alassane Ndao | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Ayman Yahya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 70 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Mogren | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 3 | 26 |
Last Updated: 23 June 2022

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 71 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Yasser Al-Mosailem | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Last Updated: 27 June 2022