# 2016–17 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 60th in existence and 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club also competes in the AFC Champions League, Super Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2017. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed in | Contract until | Signed from | Transfer Fee | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | GK | (1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 38) | 2016 | 2018 | Al-Ahli | Free | |
| 22 | Fahad Al-Thunayan | GK | (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 38) | 2014 | 2019 | Al-Taawoun | €1.8M | |
| 28 | Marwan Al-Haidari | GK | (1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28) | 2016 | 2020 | Al-Nahda | €0.3M | |
| 30 | Mohammed Al-Waked | GK | (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | 2017 | Youth system | N/A | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Mohammed Al-Breik | RB / RW | (1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 32) | 2014 | 2018 | Youth system | N/A | |
| 4 | Abdullah Al-Zori | CB / LB | (1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 (age 37) | 2007 | 2019 | Al-Nahda | Undisclosed | |
| 5 | Ahmed Sharahili | CB / RB | (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 30) | 2013 | 2018 | Youth system | N/A | |
| 12 | Yasser Al-Shahrani | LB / RB | (1992-05-22) 22 May 1992 (age 32) | 2012 | 2018 | Al-Qadisiyah | €3.5M | |
| 17 | Abdullah Al-Hafith | CB | (1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | 2018 | Al-Ettifaq | €0.4M | |
| 33 | Osama Hawsawi | CB | (1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40) | 2016 | 2018 | Al-Ahli | Free | |
| 36 | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | Defender | (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 28) | 2016 | | Youth system | N/A | |
| 70 | Mohammed Jahfali | CB | (1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34) | 2015 | 2020 | Al-Faisaly | €1.8M | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | Carlos Eduardo | CM / AM | (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35) | 2015 | 2018 | FC Porto | €7M | |
| 6 | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | DM / CM | (1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38) | 2016 | 2019 | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 7 | Salman Al-Faraj | AM / LM / LW | (1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 35) | 2008 | 2017 | Youth system | N/A | Captain |
| 8 | Abdullah Otayf | DM / CM | (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 32) | 2013 | 2018 | Al-Shabab | €2.3M | |
| 10 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | AM / LW | (1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 (age 44) | 1998 | 2017 | Youth system | N/A | Vice-captain |
| 11 | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | AM / LM | (1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 36) | 2007 | 2019 | Youth system | N/A | |
| 16 | Nicolás Milesi | DM / CM | (1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32) | 2016 | 2018 | Danubio | Undisclosed | |
| 18 | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | CM / AM | (1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38) | 2016 | 2018 | Al-Taawoun | €1.6M | |
| 21 | Majed Al-Najrani | CM | (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 32) | 2016 | 2019 | Al-Qadisiyah | €0.6M |
| 24 | Nawaf Al-Abed | LW / RW | (1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 35) | 2008 | 2018 | Youth system | N/A | |
| 25 | Faisel Darwish | DM / CM / RM | (1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33) | 2015 | 2020 | Al-Raed | €1.4M | |
| 27 | Tiago Alves | LM / LW | (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 32) | 2016 | 2019 | Penapolense | Undisclosed | |
| 29 | Salem Al-Dawsari | RM / RW | (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 33) | 2011 | 2019 | Youth system | N/A | |
| 36 | Mojahed Al-Munee | AM / CM | (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 29) | 2016 | | Youth system | N/A | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Léo Bonatini | ST / CF | (1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30) | 2016 | 2019 | Estoril | €5.5M | |
| 20 | Yasser Al-Qahtani | ST / CF | (1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 (age 42) | 2005 | 2017 | Al-Qadisiyah | €5.3M | |
| 77 | Omar Kharbin | ST / CF | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31) | 2017 | 2017 | Al-Dhafra | Loan | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving from | Fee | Notes |
| 6 June 2016 | MF | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | 30 | Al-Shabab | Free | |
| 27 June 2016 | MF | Majed Al-Najrani | 23 | Al-Qadisiyah | €0.6M | |
| 28 June 2016 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | 29 | Al-Taawoun | €1.6M | |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 23 | Hajer | | Return from loan |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Osama Hawsawi | 32 | Al-Ahli | Free | |
| 12 July 2016 | GK | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 29 | Al-Ahli | Free | |
| 16 July 2016 | FW | Léo Bonatini | 22 | Estoril | €5.5M | |
| 2 August 2016 | MF | Tiago Alves | 23 | Penapolense | Undisclosed | |
| 13 August 2016 | MF | Nicolás Milesi | 23 | Danubio | Undisclosed | |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Moving to | Fee | Notes |
| 21 June 2016 | DF | Yahya Al-Musalem | 29 | Al-Wehda | Free | |
| 29 June 2016 | DF | Sultan Al-Bishi | 26 | Al-Faisaly | Free | |
| 1 July 2016 | DF | Kwak Tae-hwi | 34 | Seoul | Free | |
| 31 July 2016 | DF | Digão | 28 | Al-Sharjah | Undisclosed | |
| 11 August 2016 | MF | Hamed Al-Hamed | 28 | Al-Fateh | Free | |
| 12 August 2016 | DF | Sultan Al-Deayea | 23 | Al-Shabab | Free | |
| 16 August 2016 | FW | Younes Alaiwi | 23 | Al-Khaleej | Free | |
| 20 August 2016 | FW | Aílton Almeida | 32 | Al-Jazira | Free | Following Almeida's release, he signed for Al-Jazira. |
| 2 September 2016 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | 22 | Al-Taawoun | Free | |
| 3 September 2016 | FW | Yousef Al-Salem | 31 | Al-Ettifaq | Free | |
| 22 September 2016 | MF | Saud Kariri | 36 | Al-Shabab | Free | |
| 30 January 2017 | DF | Fahad Ghazi | 22 | Al-Shabab | Free | |
| 30 January 2017 | MF | Khalid Kaabi | 24 | Al-Shabab | Free | |
| 30 January 2017 | MF | Mohammed Al-Qarni | 27 | Al-Shabab | Free | |

### Loan in

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned from | Notes | Loan Expiry | Source |
| 17 January 2017 | FW | Omar Kharbin | 24 | Al-Dhafra | | 30 June 2017 | |

### Loan out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Age | Loaned to | Loan Expiry |
| 21 June 2016 | GK | Abdullah Al-Sudairy | 24 | Al-Wehda | 30 June 2017 |
| 21 June 2016 | DF | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | 23 | Al-Wehda | 30 June 2017 |
| 5 July 2016 | MF | Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | 23 | Al-Raed | 30 June 2017 |
| 16 August 2016 | DF | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 22 | Al-Fateh | 30 June 2017 |
| 8 January 2017 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 21 | Al-Taawoun | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 January 2017 | GK | Khalid Sharahili | 29 | Al-Raed | 30 June 2017 |
| 18 January 2017 | FW | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 33 | Al-Ain | 30 June 2017 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Saudi Super Cup | Final | Final | runners-up | 8 August 2016 | 8 August 2016 |
| Professional League | Round 1 | — | — | 13 August 2016 | — |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | — | 26 September 2016 | — |
| 2017 Champions League | Group stage | Group stage | — | 20/21 February 2017 | — |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | — | — | — |
Last Updated: 25 October 2016

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 63 | 16 | +47 | 66 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 55 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 52 | |
| 4 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 52 | |
| 5 | Al-Raed | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 35 | |
* 1 2 Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
* ↑ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2017. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

### Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal started the tournament directly to the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | PER | RAY | WAH |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 4–2 |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 7 | | 3–4 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Wahda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 4 | | 2–2 | 2–3 | 5–1 | — |

### Knockout stage
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Super Cup | ACL | Total |
| 1 | 3 | MF | | Carlos Eduardo | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | 77 | FW | | Omar Kharbin | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Léo Bonatini | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al Abed | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | 15 | FW | | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al-Qahtani | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 16 | MF | | Nicolás Milesi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Breik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 18 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | MF | | Majed Al-Najrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 27 | MF | | Tiago Alves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 70 | DF | | Mohammed Jahfali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 63 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 96 |
Last Updated: 10 June 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Super Cup | ACL | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
Last Updated: 10 April 2017