# 2010–11 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2010–11 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 54th in existence and 35th 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 |||||
| 28 | GK | Abdullah Al-Sudairy | (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 19) |
| 30 | GK | Hassan Al-Otaibi | (1977-10-16)16 October 1977 (aged 33) |
| 22 | GK | Fahad Al-Shamri | (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 30) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | RB | Sultan Al-Bishi | (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 21) |
| 34 | CB | Shafi Al-Dossari | (1990-02-01)1 February 1990 (aged 21) |
| 4 | LB / CB | Abdullah Al-Zori | (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 23) |
| 12 | LB / RB | Lee Young-pyo | (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 34) |
| 25 | CB | Majed Al Marshadi | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 26) |
| 19 | CB | Mohammad Nami | (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 29) |
| 23 | CB | Hassan Khairat | (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 25) |
| 3 | CB | Osama Hawsawi | (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 29) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 27 | DM / CM | Mohammed Al-Qarni | (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 21) |
| 5 | CM / AM | Abdulatif Al-Ghanam | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 25) |
| 15 | RM | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 23) |
| 10 | AM / LW | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 30) |
| 11 | AM / LM | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | (1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 22) |
| 13 | AM / LM / LW | Salman Al-Faraj (C) | (1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 22) |
| 21 | CM | Sultan Al-Bargan | (1983-04-17)17 April 1983 (aged 28) |
| 24 | LM / RM | Nawaf Al-Abed | (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 21) |
| 9 | RM | Christian Wilhelmsson | (1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 31) |
| 8 | RM | Mirel Rădoi | (1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 30) |
| Forwards |||||
| 18 | ST / CF | Ahmed Ali | (1986-05-21)21 May 1986 (aged 25) |
| 14 | ST / CF | Waleed Al-Gizani | (1981-02-26)26 February 1981 (aged 30) |
| 16 | RW | Essa Al-Mehyani | (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 28) |
| 20 | ST / CF | Yasser Al-Qahtani | (1982-10-11)11 October 1982 (aged 28) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | Round 1 | Champions | 15 August 2010 | 20 May 2011 |
| 2010 ACL | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 15 September 2010 | 20 October 2010 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Winners | 1 February 2011 | 15 April 2011 |
| 2011 ACL | Group stage | Round of 16 | 1 March 2011 | 24 May 2011 |
| King Cup of Champions | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 28 May 2011 | 23 June 2011 |

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 073.08 |
| King Cup of Champions | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 060.00 |
| Crown Prince Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 100.00 |
| 2010 ACL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 025.00 |
| 2011 ACL | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 057.14 |
| Total | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 94 | 43 | +51 | 067.39 |
Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 18 | +34 | 64 | AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 51 | AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ettifaq | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 48 | AFC Champions League qualifying play-off |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 46 | |
| 5 | Al-Nassr | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 34 | +10 | 43 | |

#### 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### 2011 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SEP | HIL | GRF | JAZ |
| 1 | Sepahan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 13 | knock-out stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | knock-out stage | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Al-Gharafa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 7 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | Al-Jazira | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 | −13 | 1 | | 1–4 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — |

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2010 ACL | 2011 ACL | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al-Qahtani | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| 2 | 8 | MF | | Mirel Rădoi | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 9 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 16 | FW | | Essa Al-Mehyani | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Thiago Neves | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 18 | FW | | Ahmed Ali | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Osama Hawsawi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | FW | | Waleed Al-Gizani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | MF | | Abdulatif Al-Ghanam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | DF | | Majed Al Marshadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 93 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2010 CL | 2011 CL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 16 | FW | | Essa Al-Mehyani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 18 | DF | | Ahmed Ali | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Mirel Rădoi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Thiago Neves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 12 | DF | | Lee Young-pyo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 13 | FW | | Salman Al-Faraj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 25 | DF | | Majed Al Marshadi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | FW | | Waleed Al-Gizani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 64 |