# 2019–20 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Hilal's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 62nd year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and both the 2019 and the 2020 editions of the AFC Champions League. Al-Hilal also competed in the FIFA Club World Cup following their triumph in the 2019 AFC Champions League final. The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 29 November 2020. In this season, Al Hilal became the first Asian club to complete a continental treble since Tokyo Verdy in 1987.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2020
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 |
| 3 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo |
| 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 | ITA | Sebastian Giovinco |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri (on loan from Al-Raed) |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yasser Al-Shahrani |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Dawsari |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis |
| 19 | MF | PER | André Carrillo |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-soo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Yazan Jari |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Madallah Al-Olayan |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al Abed |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mohamed Kanno |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Dawsari |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Waked |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Waleed Al-Ahmed |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Mansor Al Beshe |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Ghamdi |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Abdan |
| 57 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Shammari |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Jahfali |
| 77 | FW | SYR | Omar Kharbin |

### 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 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf (at Al-Faisaly until 30 June 2020) |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dossari (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2020) |
| 36 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij (at Al-Shabab until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | FW | KSA | Khaled Al Gubaie (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2020) |
| 41 | MF | KSA | Thaar Al-Otaibi (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2020) |
| 45 | DF | AUS | Miloš Degenek (at Red Star Belgrade until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 13 July 2019 | DF | 20 | Jang Hyun-soo | Tokyo | $2,800,000 |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | 19 | André Carrillo | Benfica | $10,000,000 |
| 20 August 2019 | DF | 22 | Amiri Kurdi | Panionios | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | 6 | Gustavo Cuéllar | Flamengo | $8,250,000 |
| 21 January 2020 | DF | 23 | Madallah Al-Olayan | Al-Taawoun | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 20 August 2019 | End of season | FW | 11 | Saleh Al-Shehri | Al-Raed | $535,000 | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 13 June 2019 | MF | 28 | Mohanad Fallatah | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 18 June 2019 | MF | 15 | Majed Al-Najrani | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 24 June 2019 | MF | – | Ezequiel Cerutti | San Lorenzo | Free |
| 2 July 2019 | GK | 23 | Marwan Al-Haidari | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | 6 | Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 8 July 2019 | DF | 33 | Ahmed Sharahili | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | – | Omar Al-Owdah | Al-Raed | Free |
| 16 July 2019 | MF | 27 | Achraf Bencharki | Zamalek | Undisclosed |
| 19 July 2019 | FW | 31 | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2019 | GK | 26 | Ali Al-Habsi | West Bromwich Albion | Released |
| 23 July 2019 | DF | – | Naif Kariri | Ohod | Free |
| 24 July 2019 | DF | – | Anas Zabani | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 25 July 2019 | FW | 15 | Mojahed Al-Munee | Al-Tai | Free |
| 17 August 2019 | MF | 59 | Fahad Al-Rashidi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 30 August 2019 | DF | 4 | Alberto Botía | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 30 August 2019 | FW | 25 | Jonathan Soriano | | Released |
| 21 January 2020 | DF | 13 | Hassan Kadesh | Al-Taawoun | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 23 July 2019 | End of season | DF | 45 | Miloš Degenek | Red Star Belgrade | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2019 | End of season | DF | 32 | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Al-Raed | None |
| 23 August 2019 | End of season | MF | 15 | Ahmed Ashraf | Al-Faisaly | $215,000 |
| 30 August 2019 | 31 January 2020 | FW | 38 | Khaled Al Gubaie | Al-Adalah | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | DF | 36 | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | Al-Shabab | None |
| 28 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 41 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | FW | 38 | Khaled Al Gubaie | Al-Shoulla | None |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | Matchday 1 | Winners | 23 August 2019 | 9 September 2020 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | Winners | 3 November 2019 | 29 November 2020 |
| 2019 Champions League | Round of 16 | Winners | 6 August 2019 | 24 November 2019 |
| 2020 Champions League | Group stage | Group stage (withdrew) | 10 February 2020 | 23 September 2020 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | Second round | Fourth place | 14 December 2019 | 21 December 2019 |
Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 073.33 |
| King Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 083.33 |
| 2019 Champions League | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 062.50 |
| 2020 Champions League | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 060.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 52 | 36 | 11 | 5 | 116 | 49 | +67 | 069.23 |
Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 26 | +48 | 72 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 60 | 26 | +34 | 64 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 48 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 September 2020. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 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
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matches from 7 March and onwards were played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

### King Cup

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

### 2020 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

The group stage draw was made on 10 December 2019 in Kuala Lumpur. Al-Hilal were drawn with Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai, Pakhtakor, and Shahr Khodro.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAK | SAH | SHK | HIL |
| 1 | Pakhtakor | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 3 | Shahr Khodro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Al-Hilal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 2–1 | 23 Sep | 2–0 | — |
* ↑ Al-Hilal failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their final match of the group stage against Shabab Al-Ahli due to them having only 11 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.
* ↑ Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.
* 1 2 3 4 On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage. On 16 July 2020, AFC announced that Qatar would host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region from the group stage to the semi-finals.

### 2019 FIFA Club World Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 28 November 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | 2019 ACL | 2019 ACL | 2020 ACL | 2020 ACL | 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 | 47 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Waked | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Breik | 33 | 2 | 18+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Ali Al Bulaihi | 34 | 3 | 12+2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 43 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 24 | 1 | 13+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-soo | 42 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Madallah Al-Olayan | 16 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Jahfali | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | BRA | Carlos Eduardo | 28 | 15 | 19+3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | COL | Gustavo Cuéllar | 34 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Faraj | 31 | 2 | 15+4 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Otayf | 19 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Dawsari | 18 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | PER | André Carrillo | 47 | 8 | 18+9 | 4 | 4+1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al Abed | 21 | 2 | 6+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri | 19 | 2 | 6+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mohamed Kanno | 38 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Dawsari | 38 | 9 | 16+4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Mansor Al Beshe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Sebastian Giovinco | 44 | 10 | 19+7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri | 25 | 7 | 4+16 | 4 | 3+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis | 48 | 40 | 25+4 | 27 | 1+3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 33 | FW | KSA | Turki Al-Mutairi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SYR | Omar Kharbin | 21 | 7 | 7+9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||||||
| 32 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dossari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | KSA | Thaar Al-Otaibi | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | KSA | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 15 | 3 | 0+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | 2019 ACL | 2020 ACL | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Bafétimbi Gomis | 27 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 40 |
| 2 | 3 | MF | | Carlos Eduardo | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Sebastian Giovinco | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | André Carrillo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | 11 | FW | | Saleh Al-Shehri | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 6 | 77 | FW | | Omar Kharbin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Ali Al-Bulaihi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Breik | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 7 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al Abed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 17 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 20 | DF | | Jang Hyun-soo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 28 | MF | | Mohamed Kanno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 116 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | 2019 ACL | 2020 ACL | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Waked | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 18 |
Last Updated: 27 October 2020