# 2012–13 Al-Nassr FC season

The 2012–13 season was Al-Nassr's 37th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 57th year in existence as a football club
2012-13 season :
| Season 2012–13 ||
| Chairman : Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser ||
| Manager : [1 – 5] Francisco Maturana 6th match Alejandro Richino Dutra [7 – 28] José Daniel Carreño ||
| Competitions ||
| Saudi Professional League | 4th |
| King Cup | Runners-up |
| Crown Prince Cup | Runners-up |
| UAFA Cup | Quarter-finals |
| AlWehda International Championship 2012 | Winner |
| Top goalscorer ||
| Saudi Professional League | Ayoví (8) M. Alsahlawi (8) |
| King Cup | |
| Crown Prince Cup | M. Alsahlawi (3) |
| Arab Cup of Club 2012–2013 | M. Alsahlawi (2) |
| All | M. Alsahlawi (13) |
| $\leftarrow$ Previous Season 2011–2012 | Next Season $\rightarrow$ 2013–2014 |

## Players

All ages are calculated from 1 August 2012. Saudi competitions and AFC competitions allow each club to register four foreign players as long as one of them belongs to a nation under the AFC.
Al Nassr Season 2012–2013 Players :
Goalkeepers :
| P | No. | Name | Age |
| GK | 1 | K. Radhy | 30 |
| GK | 22 | Al-Enezi | 21 |
| GK | 28 | Al-Deayea | 23 |
| GK | 31 | Al-Shammeri | 20 |
| GK | 33 | M.Assiri | 24 |
Defenders :
| P | No. | Name | Age | Other |
| CB | 2 | M. Husain | 32 | AFC |
| CB | 4 | O. Hawsawi | 27 | |
| CB | 5 | Mullajanov | 26 | AFC |
| RB | 12 | K. Al-Ghamdi | 24 | |
| CB | 13 | M. Eid | 25 | |
| CB | 17 | Y.Khamees | 22 | |
| CB | 18 | Al-Dossari | 25 | |
| LB | 20 | Al-Zubaidi | | |
| LB | 24 | H. Sulaimani (C) | 35 | |
| RB | 26 | Sharahili | 23 | |
| CB | 29 | Al Zahri | 21 | |
| RB | 32 | T. Assiri | 23 | |
| CB | 40 | Al-Yami | 21 | |
Midfielders :
| P | No. | Name | Age | Other |
| DM | 6 | A. Abbas | 26 | |
| LM | 7 | A. Alqahtani | 29 | |
| DM | 8 | H. Abd Rabo | 27 | Not AFC |
| DM | 14 | I. Ghaleb | 21 | |
| MF | 15 | Abdoh Otaif | 28 | |
| MF | – | Al-Rashidi | 21 | |
| AM | 16 | Bastos | 27 | Not AFC |
| AM | 25 | K. Alzylaeei | 25 | |
| MF | 27 | A.Khamis | 24 | |
| RM | 30 | Al-Dhiyabi | 20 | |
| DM | 34 | A.Assiri | 22 | |
| DM | 66 | K. Aziz | 31 | |
| LM | – | Al-Nassar | 21 | |
Forwards :
| P | No. | Name | Age | Other |
| CF | 10 | M. Alsahlawi | 25 | |
| CF | 11 | Ayoví | 24 | Not AFC |
| SS | 19 | Al-Otaibi | 20 | |
| SS | 23 | S.Hamood | 22 | |
| CF | 35 | Al-Jizani | | |
| CF | 88 | Al-Saran | 28 | |
| CF | 99 | H. Alraheb | 29 | |

## Transfers
### Summer Transfers
#### In

| P | No. | Name | Age | From | Deal Type | Duration | Price | Other | Source |
| MF | 27 | Awadh Khamis | 24 | Najran | Transfer | 5 Years | 8 Million S.R | | [1] [2] |
| LB | 24 | H. Sulaimani | 35 | Al Nassr | Renew Contract | 2 Years | | | |
| CF | 29 | R. Belal | 23 | Al Qadisiyah | Return Loan | – | – | | |
| MF | – | Ahmed Al-Hadrami | | Al Raed | Return Loan | – | – | | |
| CF | 35 | Ahmed Al-Jizani | | Al Qadisiyah | Return Loan | – | – | | |
| CF | – | M. Alshahrani | | Al Fateh | Return Loan | – | – | | |
| LB | – | Abdulakreem Al-Khaibari | | Al Qadisiyah | Return Loan | – | – | | |
| CF | 11 | Ayoví | 24 | Pachuca | Loan | 1 Year | 8 Million S.R | Not AFC | |
| MF | 21 | Manso | 33 | LDU Quito | Transfer | 1 Year | 4 Million S.R | Not AFC | |
| CB | 5 | Mullajanov | 26 | Al Ahli | Transfer | – | 2.5 Million S.R | AFC | |
| DM | 8 | H. Abd Rabo | 27 | Al Ittihad | Loan | 1 Year | 10 Million S.R | Not AFC | |
| MF | 15 | Abdoh Otaif | 28 | Al Ittihad | Transfer | 2 Years | 8 Million S.R | | |
| MF | 30 | Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi | 20 | Youth team | Professional contract | – | | | |
| MF | – | Rayan Al-Boqami | | Youth team | Professional contract | – | | | |
| CB | 17 | Yousef Khamees | 22 | Youth team | Professional contract | – | | | |
| CB | – | Fahad Al-Swilem | | Youth team | Professional contract | – | | | |
| GK | – | Marwan Madou | | Youth team | Professional contract | – | | | |
| GK | – | Bader Al-Deayea | 23 | Al Hilal | Transfer | 1 Year | Million S.R | | |
| CB | 18 | Jamaan Al-Dossari | 25 | Al Riyadh | Transfer | 5 Years | 1.5 Million S.R | | |

#### Out

| P | No. | Name | Age | To | Deal Type | Duration | Other |
| MF | 50 | Reche | | | Contract Termination | – | Not AFC |
| MF | 77 | Kim Byung-Suk | | | Contract Termination | – | AFC |
| CF | 99 | Wagner | | | Contract Termination | – | Not AFC |
| CF | 83 | Bouguèche | | | Contract Termination | – | Not AFC |
| CF | 19 | M. Mouath | 30 | Al Ahli | Return Loan | – | |
| LB | 30 | Adnan Fallatah | 28 | Al Fateh | Contract Termination | – | |
| DM | 15 | Abdulaziz Fallatah | 26 | Al Taawon | Contract Termination | – | |
| CF | 29 | R. Belal | 23 | Al Raed | Contract Termination | – | |
| GK | 21 | Kameel Al-Wabari | 26 | | Contract Termination | – | |
| LB | – | Abdulakreem Al-Khaibari | | | Contract Termination | – | |
| MF | – | Ahmed Al-Hadrami | | Al Raed | Contract Termination | – | |
| DM | – | Abdulaziz Hawsawi | | Al Fateh | Transfer | – | |
| DM | 32 | Abdulaziz Al-Aazmi | 21 | Al Hilal | Transfer | – | |
| CF | – | M. Alshahrani | | Hajer | – | – | |

### Winter Transfers
#### In

| P | No. | Name | Age | From | Deal Type | Duration | Price | Other |
| LB | 20 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | | Al Wahda | Transfer | 3 Years | 8 Millions S.R | |
| AM | 16 | Bastos | 27 | CFR Cluj | Transfer | 2.5 Years | €2.7 millions | Not AFC |
| CB | 2 | M. Husain | 32 | Umm Salal | Transfer | 6 Months | | AFC |
| CF | 99 | H. Alraheb | 29 | Najran | Transfer | 1.5 Years | 3 Millions S.R | |

#### Out

| P | No. | Name | Age | To | Deal Type | Duration | Price | Other |
| MF | 21 | Manso | 33 | | Contract Termination | – | – | Not AFC |
| CB | – | Osama Aashor | 22 | Al Fateh | Transfer | 2.5 years | – | |
| LB | 3 | A. Bernaoy | 28 | Al Fateh | Loan | 1.5 years | – | |

## Pre-season Preparations

Training for the new season started on 18 June 2012. The team left Saudi Arabia for training sessions in Barcelona, Spain on 23 June 2012 and returned to Saudi Arabia on 22 July 2012.

### AlWehda International Championship 2012
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Al Nassr | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 | Al Wahda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 |
| 3 | Al Riffa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 |
| 4 | Al Nahda | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |

## First team competitions
### 2012–13 Saudi Professional League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2012–13 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2013 King Cup of Champions
#### Matches

Not announced yet.

### 2012–13 UAFA Cup

The draw was made in June 2012, with Saudi Arabian teams Al Nassr and Al Fateh competing in the competition. Al Nassr was exempted from the first round (round of 32).

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

##### Quarter-finals
## Olympic Team Competitions
### 2012–13 Saudi Federation Cup U-21
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Youth Team Competitions
### Youth Team Goal Sccorer
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2011–12 Saudi Federation Cup U-20

There were three groups in the competition. Teams that achieved first place in their group automatically qualified into the knockout stage, along with the best second placed team.

#### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Al Taawon U20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 13 |
| 1 | Al Nassr U20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 12 |
| 2 | Al Qadisiyah U20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 |
| 4 | Najran U20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
Al Taawon U20 won the group stage and went to the knockout stage, with Al Alahli U20 named the best second place after acquiring 14 points in the group stage.

## Youngster Team Competitions
### 2012–13 Youngster League U-17
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### 2012–13 Saudi Federation Cup U-17

There were 3 groups in the competition. Teams that achieved first place in their group qualified automatically to the knockout stage along with the best second place team.

#### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Al Taawon U17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 13 |
| 2 | Al Nassr U17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 12 |
| 3 | Al Hilal U17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 10 |
| 4 | Al Ta'ee U17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 |
Al Taawon won the group stage and went to the knockout stage. Al Ittihad was named best second place team after acquiring 13 points in the group stage.