# 2009–10 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2009–10 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 53rd in existence and 34th 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.

## 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 |||||
| 1 | GK | Mohamed Al-Deayea | (1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 37) |
| 22 | GK | Khalid Sharhili | (1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 23) |
| 30 | GK | Hassan Al-Otaibi | (1977-10-16)16 October 1977 (aged 32) |
| Defenders |||||
| 12 | RB | Lee Young-pyo | (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 33) |
| 21 | CB | Abdullah Al-Dawsari | (1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 20) |
| 4 | LB / CB | Abdullah Al-Zori | (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 22) |
| 25 | CB | Majed Al Marshadi | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 25) |
| 3 | CB | Osama Hawsawi | (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 26) |
| 19 | CB | Mohammad Nami | (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 28) |
| 23 | CB | Hassan Khairat | (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 24) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | DM / CM | Mirel Rădoi | (1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 29) |
| 5 | CM / AM | Abdulatif Al-Ghanam | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 24) |
| 15 | RM | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 22) |
| 10 | AM / LW | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 29) |
| 11 | AM / LM | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | (1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 21) |
| 29 | AM / LM / LW | Salman Al-Faraj (C) | (1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 21) |
| 13 | CM | Omar Al-Ghamdi | (1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 31) |
| 24 | LM / RM | Nawaf Al-Abed | (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 20) |
| 6 | RM | Khaled Aziz | (1981-07-14)14 July 1981 (aged 28) |
| 9 | RM | Christian Wilhelmsson | (1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 30) |
| 7 | RM | Thiago Neves | (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 25) |
| Forwards |||||
| 20 | ST / CF | Yasser Al-Qahtani | (1982-10-10)10 October 1982 (aged 27) |
| 18 | ST / CF | Ahmed Al-Swaileh | (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 24) |
| 26 | RW | Mohammad Al-Anbar | (1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 25) |
| 16 | ST / CF | Essa Al-Mehyani | (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 27) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | Round 1 | Champions | 19 August 2009 | 18 March 2010 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Winners | 4 February 2010 | 19 February 2010 |
| 2010 ACL | Group stage | Round of 16 | 24 February 2010 | 12 May 2010 |
| King Cup of Champions | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | 4 April 2010 | 7 May 2010 |

#### Notes

* Note 1: Al-Hilal qualified to the quarter-finals.

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 081.82 |
| King Cup of Champions | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 060.00 |
| Crown Prince Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 100.00 |
| 2010 ACL | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 057.14 |
| Total | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 92 | 34 | +58 | 076.32 |
Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 56 | AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 45 | AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 43 | AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 | 40 | AFC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Al-Wehda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 28 | |
* ↑ Al-Shabab secured qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ittihad winning the 2010 King Cup of Champions.

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

#### Matches
### 2010 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | MES | SAD | AHL |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | knock-out stage | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Mes Kerman | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | knock-out stage | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 8 | | 0–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 5 | | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–5 | — |

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2010 ACL | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al-Qahtani | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Thiago Neves | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 9 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | | Essa Al-Mehyani | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Mirel Radoi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 18 | FW | | Ahmed Al-Swaileh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 25 | DF | | Majed Al Marshadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 11 | DF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 26 | FW | | Mohammad Al-Anbar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | DF | | Hassan Khairat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Mohammad Nami | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | MF | | Abdulatif Al-Ghanam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Osama Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | | Lee Young-pyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 90 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2010 CL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Thiago Neves | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Mirel Rădoi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al-Qahtani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | | Essa Al-Mehyani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 13 | MF | | Omar Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Lee Young-pyo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 19 | DF | | Mohammad Nami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Osama Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 25 | DF | | Majed Al Marshadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 64 |