# 2022–23 Al-Nassr FC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Nassr's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 67th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King's Cup, and the Super Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.
This season, the club brought in Cristiano Ronaldo, who is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time. He signed a contract for two-and-a-half years until 2025, with a total salary of €200 million per year, thought to be the highest salary ever paid to a professional footballer. He made an immediate impact on the global following of the club, with their Instagram account growing from 860,000 followers before his move to over 10 million followers less than a week later.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 3 February 2023
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 | Amin Bukhari |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Ghannam |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Madu |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fatil |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Amri |
| 7 | FW | POR | Cristiano Ronaldo (captain) |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Pity Martínez |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Boushal |
| 13 | DF | CIV | Ghislain Konan |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Sami Al-Najei |
| 16 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Maran |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khaibari |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Hassan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansour |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Álvaro González |
| 22 | GK | ARG | Agustín Rossi (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Ayman Yahya |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Majed Qasheesh |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Ghareeb |
| 30 | FW | KSA | Meshari Al-Nemer |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Waleed Abdullah |
| 44 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Aqidi |
| 46 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Elewai |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Faraj |
| 59 | DF | KSA | Yousef Haqawi |
| 77 | MF | UZB | Jaloliddin Masharipov |
| 78 | DF | KSA | Ali Lajami |
| 94 | MF | BRA | Talisca |

### Unregistered players

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 |
| 25 | GK | COL | David Ospina |
| — | DF | KSA | Mohammed Qassem |
| — | MF | KSA | Mohammed Sahlouli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KSA | Khalid Haqawi |
| — | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Zubaidi |
| — | FW | KSA | Muhannad Barah |

### 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 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghannam (at Al-Fateh until 30 June 2023) |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Shammari (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2023) |
| 28 | DF | KOR | Kim Jin-su (at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors until 30 June 2023) |
| 52 | MF | KSA | Khalil Al-Absi (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2023) |
| 53 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Anazi (at Al-Qaisumah until 30 June 2023) |
| 54 | MF | KSA | Basil Al-Sayyali (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2023) |
| 57 | GK | KSA | Raed Azybi (at Al-Faisaly until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 58 | DF | KSA | Aser Hawsawi (at Al-Okhdood until 30 June 2023) |
| 86 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Mutairi (at Al-Orobah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari (at Najran until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Mukhtar Ali (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Osaimi (at Al-Arabi until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | KSA | Abdulfattah Adam (at Abha until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 41 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Fateh | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 44 | Nawaf Al-Aqidi | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | – | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 27 | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 34 | Abdulmajeed Abbas | Al-Shoulla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 35 | Khalid Al-Shuwayyi | Al-Jabalain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 50 | Abdulaziz Al-Elewai | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 55 | Abdullah Al-Shanqiti | Al-Raed | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 86 | Nawaf Al-Mutairi | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Osama Al-Bawardi | Al-Sahel | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Mohammed Daghriri | Al-Okhdood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 21 | Mukhtar Ali | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 23 | Ayman Yahya | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 46 | Khalid Al-Ghwinem | Al-Shoulla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 98 | Abdulrahman Al-Shanar | Al-Jeel | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 16 | Mohammed Maran | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 52 | Khalil Al-Absi | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 7 July 2022 | DF | 13 | Ghislain Konan | Reims | Free |
| 11 July 2022 | GK | 25 | David Ospina | Napoli | Free |
| 24 July 2022 | MF | 18 | Luiz Gustavo | Fenerbahçe | Free |
| 20 August 2022 | MF | 29 | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | Al-Ahli | $6,650,000 |
| 29 August 2022 | DF | 21 | Álvaro González | Marseille | Free |
| 1 January 2023 | FW | 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Unattached | Free |
| 20 January 2023 | DF | 12 | Nawaf Boushal | Al-Fateh | $4,260,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 24 January 2023 | End of season | GK | 22 | Agustín Rossi | Boca Juniors | $1,300,000 | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 87 | Anselmo | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | FW | 22 | Jonathan Rodríguez | América | $5,566,000 |
| 7 July 2022 | DF | 35 | Khalid Al-Shuwayyi | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 16 July 2022 | DF | – | Osama Al-Bawardi | Ohod | Free |
| 16 July 2022 | MF | – | Faraj Al-Ghashayan | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 20 July 2022 | DF | 27 | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Fayha | $266,000 |
| 20 July 2022 | DF | 30 | Abdulkareem Al-Muziel | Al-Batin | Free |
| 20 July 2022 | DF | 31 | Dhari Al-Anazi | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2022 | DF | – | Mohammed Daghriri | Najran | Free |
| 22 July 2022 | MF | 46 | Khalid Al-Ghwinem | Ohod | Free |
| 27 July 2022 | DF | 55 | Abdullah Al-Shanqiti | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed |
| 4 August 2022 | DF | 55 | Ramiro Funes Mori | Cruz Azul | $1,535,000 |
| 12 August 2022 | GK | 41 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | 34 | Abdulmajeed Abbas | Al-Shaeib | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | MF | 98 | Abdulrahman Al-Shanar | Al-Shaeib | Free |
| 1 September 2022 | MF | – | Ali Yahya | Al-Shaeib | Free |
| 9 September 2022 | MF | – | Fawaz Al-Mutairi | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 12 September 2022 | FW | – | Eissa Al-Rashed | Al-Rayyan | Free |
| 19 September 2022 | DF | – | Musab Al-Sanei | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 21 September 2022 | MF | 28 | Ibrahim Al-Mahdawi | Qilwah | Free |
| 17 January 2023 | DF | 50 | Abdulaziz Al-Alawi | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 21 January 2023 | FW | 9 | Vincent Aboubakar | Beşiktaş | Free |
| 27 April 2023 | MF | 45 | Abdulfattah Asiri | IFK Mariehamn | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 18 July 2022 | 31 August 2022 | GK | – | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | Al-Qadsiah | None |
| 27 July 2022 | End of season | FW | 52 | Khalil Al-Absi | Al-Tai | None |
| 18 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 29 | Abdulfattah Adam | Abha | $266,000 |
| 27 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 54 | Basil Al-Sayyali | Al-Hazem | None |
| 29 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 86 | Nawaf Al-Mutairi | Al-Orobah | None |
| 29 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 21 | Mukhtar Ali | Al-Tai | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | GK | – | Abdulrahman Al-Shammari | Najran | None |
| 6 September 2022 | End of season | GK | 57 | Raed Azybi | Al-Faisaly | None |
| 8 September 2022 | End of season | MF | – | Nawaf Al-Osaimi | Al-Arabi | None |
| 9 September 2022 | End of season | MF | 53 | Sultan Al-Anazi | Al-Qaisumah | None |
| 2 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 24 | Mansour Al-Shammari | Al-Ahli | None |
| 25 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 58 | Aser Hawsawi | Al-Okhdood | None |
| 28 January 2023 | End of season | MF | 11 | Khalid Al-Ghannam | Al-Fateh | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 18 | +45 | 066.67 |
| King's Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 064.71 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Ittihad (C, Q) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 13 | +47 | 72 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage and the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup |
| 2 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 18 | +45 | 67 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 3 | Al-Hilal | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 59 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 56 | |
| 5 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 55 | |
* ↑ The transfer was announced on 30 December 2022, and would become official on 1 January 2023 once the transfer window opened.
* ↑ Most recently played for Manchester United
* ↑ Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2022–23 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: 31 May 2023. 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 | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Super Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 31 May 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Amin Bukhari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ARG | Agustín Rossi | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Waleed Abdullah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Aqidi | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | GK | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Ghannam | 31 | 1 | 26+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Madu | 16 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fatil | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Amri | 30 | 0 | 24+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Boushal | 12 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CIV | Ghislain Konan | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Álvaro González | 25 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Majed Qasheesh | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | DF | KSA | Yousef Haqawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | DF | KSA | Ali Lajami | 26 | 0 | 11+11 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 27 | 1 | 10+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Pity Martínez | 9 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Sami Al-Najei | 27 | 4 | 17+7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | 32 | 1 | 20+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Luiz Gustavo | 32 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Hassan | 24 | 0 | 8+13 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Ayman Yahya | 22 | 5 | 10+11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 30 | 6 | 22+5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Sahlouli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Elewai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | UZB | Jaloliddin Masharipov | 16 | 0 | 5+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | BRA | Talisca | 27 | 21 | 22+1 | 20 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | POR | Cristiano Ronaldo | 19 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Maran | 18 | 4 | 1+15 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | KSA | Meshari Al-Nemer | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | KSA | Faisal Majrashi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghannam | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Shammari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CMR | Vincent Aboubakar | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | COL | David Ospina | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Abdulfattah Asiri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 94 | MF | | Talisca | 20 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Cristiano Ronaldo | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | 29 | MF | | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 18 | MF | | Luiz Gustavo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Ayman Yahya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Vincent Aboubakar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 14 | MF | | Sami Al-Najei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 16 | FW | | Mohammed Maran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Ghannam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Abdullah Madu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Fatil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Khaibari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 21 | DF | | Álvaro González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 5 | 1 | 69 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | GK | | David Ospina | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 44 | GK | | Nawaf Al-Aqidi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 22 | GK | | Agustín Rossi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | GK | | Amin Bukhari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023