# 2022–23 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Ahli's first season in the Saudi First Division League following their relegation from the Pro League last season in their 86th year in existence. It was also their first season in the second tier of Saudi football since the formation of the club.
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 | Yasser Al-Mosailem (captain) |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi |
| 7 | MF | NED | Hicham Faik |
| 9 | MF | ALG | Ryad Boudebouz |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Moasher |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Firas Al-Ghamdi |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi |
| 16 | MF | URU | Nicolás Milesi |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Haitham Asiri |
| 18 | FW | KSA | Thamer Al-Ali (on loan from Al-Wehda) |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Sultan Al-Suraihi |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Emad Fida |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Bastos |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Morad Khodari |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Nakhli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Majhad |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Johani |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Shae'an |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Eyad Madani |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulbasit Hindi |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri (on loan from Al-Wehda) |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Asmari |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Manaf Abo Yabes |
| 46 | DF | KSA | Rayane Hamidou |
| 62 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Abdoh |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mogren |
| 71 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Rubaie |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali |
| 92 | MF | GAM | Modou Barrow |
| 94 | FW | BRA | Marcão |
| 97 | DF | KSA | Adel Khodari |
| 99 | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Shammari (on loan from Al-Nassr) |

### 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 | Hani Al-Sebyani (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2023) |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Alassane Ndao (at Antalyaspor until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | MKD | Ezgjan Alioski (at Fenerbahçe until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | SYR | Omar Al Somah (at Al-Arabi until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 23 | Abdullah Hassoun | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 41 | Manaf Abo Yabes | Al-Jabalain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 46 | Rayane Hamidou | Al-Tai | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 70 | Mohammed Bassas | Ohod | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 32 | Eyad Madani | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 18 | Othman Alhaj | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 99 | Safi Al-Zaqrati | Al-Nahda | End of loan |
| 18 July 2022 | DF | 15 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 26 July 2022 | GK | 23 | Renan Ribeiro | Sporting CP | Free |
| 26 July 2022 | FW | 11 | Youssef Abdelli | Monastir | $590,000 |
| 1 August 2022 | MF | 20 | Lisandro Alzugaray | Universidad Católica | Free |
| 21 August 2022 | MF | – | Zaid Al-Enezi | Al-Batin | Free |
| 24 August 2022 | FW | 8 | Lewis Grabban | Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 6 September 2022 | MF | 7 | Hicham Faik | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | DF | 23 | Bastos | Al-Ain | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | MF | 9 | Ryad Boudebouz | Saint-Étienne | Free |
| 1 January 2023 | GK | 21 | Emad Fida | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 16 January 2023 | FW | 92 | Modou Barrow | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2023 | FW | 94 | Marcão | Wuhan Three Towns | Free |
| 28 January 2023 | MF | 16 | Nicolás Milesi | Peñarol | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 4 September 2022 | End of season | DF | 38 | Naif Kariri | Al-Wehda | None |
| 6 September 2022 | End of season | FW | 11 | Thamer Al-Ali | Al-Wehda | None |
| 2 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 99 | Mansour Al-Shammari | Al-Nassr | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 24 | Ayman Yahya | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | 16 | Nooh Al-Mousa | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 6 July 2022 | DF | 3 | Dankler | | Released |
| 6 July 2022 | MF | 8 | Filip Bradarić | | Released |
| 7 July 2022 | MF | 11 | Housain Al-Mogahwi | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 12 July 2022 | MF | 18 | Carlos Eduardo | Botafogo | Free |
| 13 July 2022 | FW | 19 | Mohammed Majrashi | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 16 July 2022 | DF | 23 | Abdullah Hassoun | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 25 July 2022 | DF | 70 | Mohammed Bassas | Ohod | Free |
| 10 August 2022 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 20 August 2022 | MF | 29 | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | Al-Nassr | $6,650,000 |
| 22 August 2022 | DF | 5 | Mohammed Al-Khabrani | Al-Khaleej | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2022 | DF | – | Emad Al-Sibyani | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 29 August 2022 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Gharawi | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 7 September 2022 | FW | 18 | Othman Alhaj | Sitra | Free |
| 9 September 2022 | GK | 23 | Renan Ribeiro | | Released |
| 16 September 2022 | FW | – | Abdullah Mahbub | Al-Washm | Free |
| 25 December 2022 | MF | 20 | Lisandro Alzugaray | LDU Quito | Free |
| 17 January 2023 | FW | 99 | Safi Al-Zaqrati | Jeddah | Free |
| 23 January 2023 | FW | 11 | Youssef Abdelli | ES Sahel | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 2 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 7 | Ezgjan Alioski | Fenerbahçe | None |
| 9 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 9 | Omar Al Somah | Al-Arabi | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 13 | Hani Al-Sebyani | Al-Khaleej | None |

## Competitions
### First Division League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Ahli (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 72 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 2 | Al-Hazem (P) | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 68 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 3 | Al-Okhdood (P) | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 68 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 4 | Al-Riyadh (P) | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 63 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 5 | Al-Faisaly | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 58 | |
| 6 | Al-Arabi | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Al-Kholood | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hajer | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 41 | −5 | 43 | |
| 9 | Ohod | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 42 | |
| 10 | Al-Jabalain | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 41 | |
| 11 | Al-Qadsiah | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 40 | |
| 12 | Al-Orobah | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 40 | |
| 13 | Al-Qaisumah | 34 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 40 | |
| 14 | Al-Ain | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 39 | |
| 15 | Jeddah | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 38 | |
| 16 | Najran (R) | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 36 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 17 | Al-Sahel (R) | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 32 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 18 | Al-Shoulla (R) | 34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 23 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* 1 2 Al-Hazem finished ahead of Al-Okhdood on head-to-head points: Al-Hazem: 6 pts, Al-Okhdood: 0 pts (Al-Hazem 1–0 Al-Okhdood, Al-Okhdood 0–1 Al-Hazem).
* 1 2 Al-Kholood finished ahead of Hajer on overall goal difference: Al-Kholood +2, Hajer −5 (Hajer 1–0 Al-Kholood, Al-Kholood 1–0 Hajer).
* 1 2 3 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Qadsiah: 9 pts; Al-Orobah: 7 pts; Al-Qaisumah: 1 pts.
* 1 2 Al-Shoulla were awarded a 3–0 win over Al-Orobah due to Al-Orobah's inability to hold the fixture.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2023. Source: kooora.com

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 8 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 29 May 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FD League | FD League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Yasser Al-Mosailem | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Emad Fida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Shae'an | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Abdoh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Hamad | 20 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi | 17 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 25 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ANG | Bastos | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Nakhli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulbasit Hindi | 21 | 0 | 16+5 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Naif Kariri | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Manaf Abo Yabes | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | KSA | Rayane Hamidou | 16 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 97 | DF | KSA | Adel Khodari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Shammari | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | MF | NED | Hicham Faik | 27 | 3 | 22+5 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | ALG | Ryad Boudebouz | 27 | 9 | 24+3 | 9 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Moasher | 20 | 1 | 9+11 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Firas Al-Ghamdi | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | URU | Nicolás Milesi | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Majhad | 23 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Johani | 22 | 2 | 12+10 | 2 |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Eyad Madani | 14 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Asmari | 11 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 |
| 92 | MF | GAM | Modou Barrow | 17 | 3 | 14+3 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 17 | FW | KSA | Haitham Asiri | 33 | 10 | 31+2 | 10 |
| 18 | FW | KSA | Thamer Al-Ali | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Sultan Al-Suraihi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | KSA | Morad Khodari | 9 | 2 | 0+9 | 2 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mogren | 24 | 6 | 17+7 | 6 |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali | 28 | 6 | 16+12 | 6 |
| 94 | FW | BRA | Marcão | 11 | 1 | 1+10 | 1 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hani Al-Sebyani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||
| 6 | MF | CMR | Franck Kom | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Lewis Grabban | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | TUN | Youssef Abdelli | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | FD League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Haitham Asiri | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | MF | | Ryad Boudebouz | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 70 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Mogren | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 77 | FW | | Hassan Al-Ali | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Hicham Faik | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 23 | DF | | Bastos | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 92 | MF | | Modou Barrow | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 24 | FW | | Morad Khodari | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 30 | MF | | Ziyad Al-Johani | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 8 | FW | | Lewis Grabban | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Salman Al-Moasher | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 40 | MF | | Ali Al-Asmari | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 94 | FW | | Marcão | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 48 |
Last Updated: 29 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | FD League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | MF | | Ryad Boudebouz | 9 | 9 |
| 2 | 92 | MF | | Modou Barrow | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | 17 | FW | | Haitham Asiri | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 77 | FW | | Hassan Al-Ali | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | | Hicham Faik | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 27 | DF | | Ali Majrashi | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | FW | | Youssef Abdelli | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | FW | | Thamer Al-Ali | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 29 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Majhad | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 40 | MF | | Ali Al-Asmari | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 31 |
Last Updated: 29 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | FD League | Total |
| 1 | 71 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Yasser Al-Mosailem | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 18 |
Last Updated: 29 May 2023