# 2020–21 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Ahli's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 84th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and the AFC Champions League.
The season covered the period from 30 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 November 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 | Yasser Al-Mosailem |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fatil |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khabrani |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima |
| 7 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang (on loan from Rennes) |
| 8 | MF | BIH | Elvis Sarić |
| 9 | FW | SYR | Omar Al Somah |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Moasher |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Housain Al-Mogahwi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Muhannad Assiri |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nooh Al-Mousa |
| 17 | MF | GER | Marko Marin |
| 18 | FW | CHA | Othman Alhaj |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Samuel Owusu (on loan from Al-Fayha) |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Driss Fettouhi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hassoun |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Majhad |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mendash |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Mitriță (on loan from New York City) |
| 29 | FW | KSA | Abdulrahman Ghareeb |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Hani Al-Sebyani |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qeed (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Owais |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulbasit Hindi |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Asmari |
| 44 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al Rubaie |
| 55 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Bassas |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali |

### 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 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2021) |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Faisal Darisi (at Najran until 30 June 2021) |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Safi Al-Zaqrati (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi (at Damac until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Yahya Al-Qarni (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | 18 | Talal Al-Absi | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | 31 | Hani Al-Sebyani | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | 4 | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | 20 | Ali Al-Zubaidi | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | – | Faisal Darisi | Al-Raed | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | 27 | Sultan Mendash | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | 40 | Yahya Al-Qarni | Ohod | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | 55 | Ljubomir Fejsa | Benfica | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | 77 | Omar Al-Zayni | Al-Qadsiah | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | – | Nasser Al-Daajani | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Damac | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | FW | 18 | Othman Alhaj | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | 21 | Driss Fettouhi | Al-Hazem | $700,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 32 | Hassan Al-Qeed | Al-Shabab | None |
| 8 October 2020 | 31 January 2022 | MF | 28 | Alexandru Mitriță | New York City | None |
| 25 October 2020 | 25 January 2021 | MF | 19 | Samuel Owusu | Al-Fayha | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | FW | – | M'Baye Niang | Stade Rennais | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 9 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Abdulfattah Asiri | Al-Nassr | $1,333,000 |
| 15 September 2020 | MF | 6 | Souza | Beşiktaş | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | GK | 66 | Basem Atallah | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | FW | 34 | Mazen Abo Shararah | Damac | End of loan |
| 4 October 2020 | FW | 21 | Djaniny | Trabzonspor | Free |
| 15 October 2020 | DF | 24 | Hussein Abdulghani | | Retired |
| 16 October 2020 | MF | – | Ali Awagi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 17 October 2020 | DF | – | Ammar Bukhari | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 23 October 2020 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | 77 | Omar Al-Zayni | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | – | Nasser Al-Daajani | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 31 October 2020 | MF | 80 | Bader Munshi | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 1 November 2020 | MF | – | Bader Al-Johani | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 29 January 2021 | MF | 49 | Firas Al-Ghamdi | Gimnàstic | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 40 | Yahya Al-Qarni | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 9 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 4 | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Hazem | None |
| 16 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Damac | None |
| 18 October 2020 | End of season | DF | – | Faisal Darisi | Najran | None |
| 20 October 2020 | End of season | FW | 99 | Safi Al-Zaqrati | Al-Fayha | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | MF | 17 | Marko Marin | Al-Raed | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 036.67 |
| King Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Champions League | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 033.33 |
| Total | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 54 | 68 | −14 | 034.21 |
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 |
| 6 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 46 | |
| 7 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 39 | |
| 9 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 36 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 36 | |
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly: 16 pts; Al-Raed: 15 pts; Damac: 13 pts; Al-Batin: 12 pts; Abha: 3 pts.
* ↑ Al-Faisaly qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2020–21 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 |
Last updated: 20 March 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 | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | L |
| Position | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup
#### 2019–20 King Cup

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

#### 2020–21 King Cup

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

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | EST | DUH | AHL | SHO |
| 1 | Esteghlal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Duhail | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 9 | | 4–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Ahli (H) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Shorta | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — |

## 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 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Yasser Al-Mosailem | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Owais | 27 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Fatil | 27 | 1 | 20+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Talal Al-Absi | 3 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Khabrani | 22 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Lucas Lima | 29 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Yazeed Al-Bakr | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hassoun | 32 | 2 | 23+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Motaz Hawsawi | 30 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Hani Al-Sebyani | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Abdulbasit Hindi | 19 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Manaf Abo Yabes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Bassas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BIH | Elvis Sarić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Salman Al-Moasher | 37 | 5 | 19+10 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Housain Al-Mogahwi | 25 | 2 | 12+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Nooh Al-Mousa | 34 | 0 | 18+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Driss Fettouhi | 28 | 3 | 18+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Majhad | 6 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mendash | 24 | 2 | 6+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ROU | Alexandru Mitriță | 30 | 4 | 18+7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 33 | 8 | 14+12 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Johani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qeed | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | KSA | Yousef Al-Harbi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Asmari | 29 | 0 | 14+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Haitham Asiri | 7 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 55 | MF | SRB | Ljubomir Fejsa | 24 | 1 | 18+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SYR | Omar Al Somah | 30 | 17 | 23+1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Muhannad Assiri | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | CHA | Othman Alhaj | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 17 | MF | GER | Marko Marin | 11 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GHA | Samuel Owusu | 12 | 3 | 8+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Omar Al Somah | 12 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | 29 | MF | | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Salman Al-Moasher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 28 | MF | | Alexandru Mitriță | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Samuel Owusu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | MF | | Driss Fettouhi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Housain Al-Mogahwi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 23 | DF | | Abdullah Hassoun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Fatil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 14 | FW | | Muhannad Assiri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | MF | | Marko Marin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | DF | | Motaz Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 26 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Majhad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 45 | MF | | Haitham Asiri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 55 | MF | | Ljubomir Fejsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 1 | 9 | 54 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Omar Al Somah | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 28 | MF | | Alexandru Mitriță | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 29 | MF | | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | DF | | Lucas Lima | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 23 | DF | | Abdullah Hassoun | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Housain Al-Mogahwi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | MF | | Nooh Al-Mousa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | MF | | Samuel Owusu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | | Driss Fettouhi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Khabrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Salman Al-Moasher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 17 | MF | | Marko Marin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | DF | | Motaz Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mendash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 40 | MF | | Ali Al-Asmari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 55 | MF | | Ljubomir Fejsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 1 | 6 | 34 |
Last Updated: 25 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 44 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Rubaie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Owais | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | GK | | Yasser Al-Mosailem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Last Updated: 14 May 2021