# 2020–21 Al Hilal SFC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Hilal's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 63rd year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Saudi Super Cup.
The season covered the period from 24 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 7 February 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis |
| 19 | MF | PER | André Carrillo |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-soo |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Madallah Al-Olayan |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mohamed Kanno |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Dawsari |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani |
| 34 | FW | KSA | Turki Al-Mutairi |
| 40 | GK | KSA | Nawaf Al-Ghamdi |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Saad Al Nasser |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Rudaif |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Bishi |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Abdan |
| 60 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al Jubaya |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Jahfali |

### 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 |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Waked (at Al-Qadsiah until 30 June 2021) |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Mansor Al Beshe (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2021) |
| 38 | FW | KSA | Khalid Al Jubaya (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2021) |
| 39 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Sharahili (at Al-Diriyah until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 41 | MF | KSA | Thaar Al-Otaibi (at Abha until 30 June 2021) |
| 54 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nasser (at Al-Bukayriyah until 30 June 2021) |
| — | FW | KSA | Riyadh Al-Ghamdi (at Najran until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | GK | 33 | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | 32 | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 9 September 2020 | FW | 11 | Saleh Al-Shehri | Al-Raed | $2,666,000 |
| 24 September 2020 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Al-Raed | End of loan |
| 24 September 2020 | MF | 15 | Ahmed Ashraf | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 24 September 2020 | FW | 38 | Khaled Al Gubaie | Al-Shoulla | End of loan |
| 28 September 2020 | MF | 41 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 14 October 2020 | MF | 26 | Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Ettifaq | $1,335,000 |
| 21 October 2020 | GK | 31 | Habib Al-Wotayan | Al-Fateh | $1,333,000 |
| 24 October 2020 | FW | 10 | Luciano Vietto | Sporting CP | $8,300,000 |
| 29 October 2020 | DF | 66 | Mohammed Al-Khaibari | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 6 February 2021 | FW | 14 | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | Al-Shabab | $800,000 |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | 3 | Carlos Eduardo | Shabab Al-Ahli | Free |
| 10 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | | Retired |
| 9 October 2020 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Al-Raed | Free |
| 10 October 2020 | DF | 34 | Waleed Al-Ahmed | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 16 October 2020 | DF | 17 | Abdullah Al-Hafith | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 17 October 2020 | MF | – | Mohammed Mansour | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 15 | Ahmed Ashraf | Al-Faisaly | $800,000 |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 24 | Nawaf Al-Abed | Al-Shabab | $1,060,000 |
| 17 January 2021 | FW | 77 | Omar Kharbin | Al-Wahda | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | – | Salem Al-Saleem | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 8 February 2021 | GK | 21 | Yazan Jari | Damac | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 October 2020 | End of season | FW | 38 | Khaled Al Gubaie | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 13 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 41 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Abha | None |
| 19 October 2020 | End of season | GK | 30 | Mohammed Al-Waked | Al-Qadsiah | None |
| 23 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 39 | Nawaf Sharahili | Al-Diriyah | None |
| 26 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 54 | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | Al-Adalah | None |
| 12 January 2021 | End of season | FW | – | Riyadh Al-Ghamdi | Najran | None |
| 29 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 35 | Mansor Al-Beshe | Al-Raed | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Nasser | Al-Bukayriyah | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 060.00 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 41 | +30 | 055.26 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 56 | |
| 4 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 47 | |
* ↑ Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 2021. Source: spl.com.sa

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Saudi Super Cup

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IST | HIL | SAH | AGK |
| 1 | Istiklol | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| 2 | Al-Hilal (H) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to Round of 16 | 3–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| 3 | Shabab Al-Ahli | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | AGMK | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 7 | | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Istiklol 1, Al Hilal −1.
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Shabab Al-Ahli 1, AGMK −1.

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 30 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | KSA | Habib Al-Wotayan | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Bishi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Breik | 34 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Ali Al Bulaihi | 22 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 35 | 2 | 26+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-soo | 33 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Amiri Kurdi | 13 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Madallah Al-Olayan | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Mufarrij | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Jahfali | 18 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | COL | Gustavo Cuéllar | 27 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Faraj | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Otayf | 23 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Dawsari | 22 | 1 | 6+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | PER | André Carrillo | 37 | 8 | 24+5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais | 8 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hattan Bahebri | 18 | 2 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Mohamed Kanno | 30 | 3 | 11+11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Dawsari | 28 | 8 | 20+4 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | KSA | Musab Al-Juwayr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Nasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Hamad Al-Abdan | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Sebastian Giovinco | 22 | 1 | 16+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Luciano Vietto | 35 | 6 | 21+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri | 31 | 6 | 2+22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 9 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Bafétimbi Gomis | 38 | 27 | 28+2 | 24 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Rudaif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||||
| 35 | MF | KSA | Mansor Al-Beshe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | SYR | Omar Kharbin | 9 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Bafétimbi Gomis | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | | André Carrillo | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | | Luciano Vietto | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | Saleh Al-Shehri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 5 | DF | | Ali Al-Bulaihi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 28 | MF | | Mohamed Kanno | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | | Sebastian Giovinco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | FW | | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 | MF | | Nasser Al-Dawsari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | FW | | Omar Kharbin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 71 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 2 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Breik | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 19 | MF | | André Carrillo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Sebastian Giovinco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | FW | | Luciano Vietto | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 18 | FW | | Bafétimbi Gomis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Abdullah Otayf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | | Hattan Bahebri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 28 | MF | | Mohamed Kanno | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 22 | DF | | Amiri Kurdi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 37 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 31 | GK | | Habib Al-Wotayan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Last Updated: 23 May 2021