# 2022–23 Al Hilal SFC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Hilal's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 65th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and the Saudi Super Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 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 | Abdullah Al-Mayouf |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Breik |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Khalifah Al-Dawsari |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Bulaihi |
| 6 | MF | COL | Gustavo Cuéllar |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Faraj (captain) |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Otayf |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yasser Al-Shahrani |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Dawsari |
| 17 | FW | MLI | Moussa Marega |
| 19 | MF | PER | André Carrillo |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-soo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Owais |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mohamed Kanno |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Dawsari |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij |
| 42 | DF | KSA | Muath Faqeehi |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Musab Al-Juwayr |
| 56 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qahtani |
| 57 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Hadhood |
| 60 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al Jubaya |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Saud Abdulhamid |
| 67 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Jahfali |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Yami |
| 96 | MF | BRA | Michael |

### 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 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid (at Al-Ettifaq until 30 June 2023) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira (at Al-Wahda until 30 June 2023) |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2023) |
| 34 | FW | KSA | Turki Al-Mutairi (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Nasser (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2023) |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Radif (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2023) |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Abdan (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | KSA | Bandar Wohaishi (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 31 | Habib Al-Wotayan | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 40 | Nawaf Al-Ghamdi | Al-Shoulla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 4 | Khalifah Al-Dawsari | Al-Fateh | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 39 | Nawaf Al-Mufarrij | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Nasser | Al-Jabalain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 35 | Mansor Al-Beshe | Al-Raed | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 46 | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | Al-Diriyah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 55 | Hamad Al-Abdan | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 10 | Luciano Vietto | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 34 | Turki Al-Mutairi | Al-Kholood | End of loan |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 21 July 2022 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Nasser | Najran | Free |
| 23 July 2022 | MF | 35 | Mansor Al-Beshe | Al-Raed | Free |
| 4 August 2022 | GK | 50 | Abdullah Al-Bishi | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 12 August 2022 | MF | 46 | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 28 August 2022 | GK | – | Abdulmalek Al-Duwaisan | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 29 August 2022 | GK | 33 | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Dawsari | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 6 September 2022 | GK | 40 | Nawaf Al-Ghamdi | Jerash | Free |
| 19 January 2023 | DF | 39 | Nawaf Al-Mufarrij | Al-Arabi | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 8 July 2022 | End of season | DF | 13 | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | Al-Ettifaq | None |
| 20 July 2022 | 26 August 2022 | FW | 34 | Turki Al-Mutairi | Al-Batin | None |
| 22 July 2022 | End of season | MF | 44 | Saad Al-Nasser | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 20 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 27 | Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Adalah | None |
| 27 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 34 | Turki Al-Mutairi | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 28 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 55 | Hamad Al-Abdan | Al-Khaleej | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 49 | Abdullah Radif | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 22 January 2023 | End of season | MF | 15 | Matheus Pereira | Al-Wahda | None |
| 27 January 2023 | End of season | DF | – | Bandar Wohaishi | Al-Jabalain | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 056.67 |
| King Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Champions League | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 060.00 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Club World Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 43 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 43 | +39 | 055.81 |
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 | |
* ↑ 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

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15$^1$ | 13 | 14 | 19 | 18$^2$ | 20 | 21 | 16$^3$ | 17$^4$ | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 27 | 26$^5$ | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 59 |
* $^1$ Matchday 15 (vs. Al-Raed) was rescheduled.
* $^2$ Matchday 18 (vs. Al-Fateh) was postponed.
* $^3$ Matchday 16 (vs. Al-Khaleej) was postponed due to a schedule conflict with the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup.
* $^4$ Matchday 17 (vs. Al-Fayha) was postponed due to a schedule conflict with the 2022 AFC Champions League knockout stage.
* $^5$ Matchday 26 (vs. Damac) was postponed due to a schedule conflict with the 2023 King Cup final.

#### 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).

### FIFA Club World Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 31 May 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup | Club World Cup | Club World Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 36 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Owais | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Jubaya | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Breik | 25 | 1 | 13+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Khalifah Al-Dawsari | 17 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Bulaihi | 33 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 10 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-soo | 30 | 3 | 17+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | KSA | Muath Faqeehi | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Saud Abdulhamid | 39 | 1 | 23+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Jahfali | 18 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Yami | 16 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | COL | Gustavo Cuéllar | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Faraj | 14 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Otayf | 17 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Dawsari | 31 | 0 | 12+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | PER | André Carrillo | 39 | 1 | 25+5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mohamed Kanno | 31 | 3 | 13+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Dawsari | 24 | 8 | 12+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Suhaib Al-Zaid | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Musab Al-Juwayr | 15 | 2 | 7+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qahtani | 6 | 3 | 2+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Hadhood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | BRA | Michael | 36 | 8 | 16+9 | 6 | 3+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | NGA | Odion Ighalo | 38 | 26 | 24+3 | 19 | 3+1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto | 29 | 8 | 13+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri | 30 | 3 | 4+17 | 3 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 27 | 1 | 3+15 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MLI | Moussa Marega | 32 | 9 | 17+5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | BRA | Matheus Pereira | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | 17 | FW | | Moussa Marega | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Luciano Vietto | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 96 | MF | | Michael | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Saleh Al-Shehri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 20 | DF | | Jang Hyun-soo | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Mohamed Kanno | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 56 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Qahtani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Ali Al Bulaihi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 43 | MF | | Musab Al-Juwayr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Breik | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | | Abdullah Otayf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 19 | MF | | André Carrillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 66 | DF | | Saud Abdulhamid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 88 | DF | | Hamad Al-Yami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 82 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 96 | MF | | Michael | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | | André Carrillo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 66 | DF | | Saud Abdulhamid | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Breik | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Odion Ighalo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 10 | FW | | Luciano Vietto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Saleh Al-Shehri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 16 | MF | | Nasser Al-Dawsari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 17 | FW | | Moussa Marega | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 28 | MF | | Mohamed Kanno | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 4 | DF | | Khalifah Al-Dawsari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | MF | | Gustavo Cuéllar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 14 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 20 | DF | | Jang Hyun-soo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 43 | MF | | Musab Al-Juwayr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 70 | DF | | Mohammed Jahfali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 53 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Owais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 31 | GK | | Habib Al-Wotayan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023