# 2013–14 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2013–14 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 57th in existence and 38th 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 22) |
| 30 | GK | Fayz Al-Sabiay | (1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 31) |
| 32 | GK | Hussain Shae'an | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 29) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | RB | Sultan Al-Bishi | (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 24) |
| 3 | CB | Yahya Al-Musalem | (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 27) |
| 4 | LB / CB | Abdullah Al-Zori | (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 26) |
| 12 | LB / RB | Yasser Al-Shahrani | (1992-05-22)22 May 1992 (aged 22) |
| 25 | CB | Majed Al Marshadi | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 29) |
| 23 | CB | Kwak Tae-Hwi | (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 32) |
| 26 | CB | Digão | (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 26) |
| 33 | CB | Sultan Al-Deayea | (1993-03-08)8 March 1993 (aged 21) |
| 35 | CB | Ahmed Sharahili | (1994-08-05)5 August 1994 (aged 19) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | DM / CM | Mohammed Al-Qarni | (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 24) |
| 7 | CM / AM | Thiago Neves | (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 29) |
| 14 | RM | Segundo Castillo | (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 32) |
| 10 | AM / LW | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 33) |
| 11 | AM / LM | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | (1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 25) |
| 13 | AM / LM / LW | Salman Al-Faraj (C) | (1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 25) |
| 27 | CM | Saud Kariri | (1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 34) |
| 18 | DM | Abdullah Otayf | (1992-08-03)3 August 1992 (aged 21) |
| 24 | LM / RM | Nawaf Al-Abed | (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 24) |
| 29 | RM | Salem Al-Dawsari | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 22) |
| Forwards |||||
| 15 | ST / CF | Nasser Al-Shamrani | (1983-11-23)23 November 1983 (aged 30) |
| 16 | ST / CF | Yousef Al-Salem | (1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 29) |
| 19 | RW | Khalid Ka'abi | (1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 22) |
| 20 | ST / CF | Yasser Al-Qahtani | (1982-10-11)11 October 1982 (aged 31) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | Runners-up | 24 August 2013 | 6 April 2014 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Runners-up | 10 December 2013 | 1 February 2014 |
| 2014 ACL | Group stage | Round of 16 | 26 February 2014 | 14 May 2014 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | Quarter-finals | 17 February 2014 | 11 April 2014 |

#### Notes

* Note 1: Al-Hilal qualified to the Quarter-finals.

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 076.92 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 066.67 |
| Crown Prince Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 075.00 |
| 2014 ACL | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 050.00 |
| Total | 41 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 91 | 38 | +53 | 070.73 |
Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Nassr (C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 65 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 63 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 45 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 37 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Al-Taawoun | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 35 | Qualification for the GCC Champions League |
* ↑ Al-Shabab qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2014 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 |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal started the Crown Prince Cup directly in the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists.

### 2014 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | SAD | AHL | SEP |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | — |

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

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2014 ACL | Total |
| 1 | 15 | FW | | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 21 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 30 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Thiago Neves | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al Qahtani | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 14 | MF | | Segundo Castillo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | | Sultan Al-Deayea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 21 | MF | | Adil Hermach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 25 | DF | | Majed Al Marshadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | DF | | Cho Sung-Hwan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | DF | | Kwak Tae-hwi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | | Digao | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 16 | FW | | Yousef Al-Salem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 87 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2014 CL | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Thiago Neves | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 15 | FW | | Nasser Al-Shamrani | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 20 | FW | | Yasser Al Qahtani | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 13 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | | Yasser Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 16 | FW | | Yousef Al-Salem | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 27 | MF | | Saud Kariri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 53 |