# 2017–18 Al-Taawoun FC season

The 2017–18 Al-Taawoun season is the club's 62nd season in existence and its 10th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of Saudi Arabian football. This season, Al-Taawoun is participating in the Pro League for the eighth consecutive season as well as the King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### First team squad

* This section lists players who were in Al-Taawoun's first team squad at any point during the 2017–18 season
* Asterisks indicates player left mid-season
* Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season
* Italics indicate loan player
| No. | Name | Position | Joined | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Essam El-Hadary | GK | 2017 | Wadi Degla |
| 21 | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | GK | 2017 | Youth |
| 23 | Sultan Al-Ghamdi | GK | 2015 | Youth |
| 32 | Fayz Al-Sabiay | GK | 2015 | Al-Hilal |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Ricardo Machado | CB | 2015 | Dinamo București |
| 5 | Talal Al-Absi | CB | 2015 | Al-Ittihad |
| 12 | Abdulaziz Al-Moghir | RB | 2017 | Youth |
| 13 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | LB | 2016 | Najran |
| 16 | Naif Al-Mousa | LB / LM | 2014 | Al-Hazm |
| 24 | Rayan Al-Dhiyab | CB / LB | 2017 | Youth |
| 28 | Abdullah Al-Shameri | LB / CB | 2013 | Youth |
| 34 | Faisel Al-Kharaa | RB | 2017 | Al-Ittihad |
| 99 | Jufain Al-Bishi | CB | 2017 | Al-Raed |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Ryan Al-Mousa | DM / CB | 2017 | Al-Ahli |
| 10 | Jehad Al-Hussain | AM / SS | 2014 | Dubai |
| 11 | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | AM / LM | 2017 | Al-Shabab |
| 17 | Cédric Amissi | LM / SS | 2017 | União |
| 18 | Madallah Al-Olayan | DM / RB | 2012 | Youth |
| 20 | Faisel Al-Rashodi | LM / AM | 2017 | Youth |
| 27 | Saeed Al-Dossari | RM / RB | 2016 | Al-Shabab |
| 30 | Mostafa Fathi | RM / LM | 2017 | El-Zamalek |
| 37 | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | CM / DM | 2016 | Al-Hilal |
| 39 | Abdurahman Al-Dossari | DM | 2017 | Al-Nassr |
| 77 | Abdurahman Khairallah | RM | 2017 | Al-Shabab |
| 80 | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | AM / RM | 2017 | Al-Hilal |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Naif Hazazi | CF | 2017 | Al-Nassr |
| 45 | Alhaji Kamara | CF | 2017 | D.C. United |
| 70 | Ismael Al-Maghrebi | CF / LM | 2017 | Al-Shabab |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Jufain Al-Bishi | Al-Raed | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | Al-Hilal | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Alhaji Kamara | D.C. United | £200,000 |
| 1 July 2017 | GK | Essam El-Hadary | Wadi Degla SC | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Cédric Amissi | União | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2017 | FW | Ismael Al-Maghrebi | Al-Shabab | Free transfer |
| 20 August 2017 | FW | Naif Hazazi | Al-Nassr | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Abdullah Kanno | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Saqer Otaif | Al-Raed | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Ahli | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | Al-Fayha | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Lucian Sânmărtean | Unattached | Released |
| 4 July 2017 | DF | Mahmoud Muaaz | Al-Wehda | Free transfer |
| 6 July 2017 | FW | Alassane N'Diaye | Clermont Foot | Free transfer |
| 14 July 2017 | DF | Safwan Hawsawi | Unattached | Released |
| 3 August 2017 | GK | Fahad Al-Shammari | Al-Fayha | Free transfer |
| 16 August 2017 | MF | Ibrahim Al-Telhi | Najran | Free transfer |
| 9 September 2017 | FW | Mousa Al-Shameri | Al-Orobah | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Date until | Position | Name | From |
| 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | DF | Faisel Al-Kharaa | Al-Ittihad |
| 4 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Mostafa Fathi | El-Zamalek |
| 9 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Ryan Al-Mousa | Al-Ahli |
| 23 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Abdurahman Al-Dossari | Al-Nassr |
| 11 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Shabab |
| 11 September 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | Abdurahman Khairallah | Al-Shabab |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date until | Position | Nationality | Name | To |
| 3 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 | MF | | Sandro Manoel | Al-Fateh |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Professional League | — | 6th | — | 11 August 2017 | May 2018 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | 9 September 2017 | 9 September 2017 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | — | January 2018 | — |

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Al-Fateh | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Al-Faisaly | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 35 | |
| 7 | Al-Taawoun | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 34 | |
| 8 | Al-Fayha | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 34 | |
| 9 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 33 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
* ↑ Al-Ettifaq finished ahead of Al-Fateh on head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Al-Fateh, Al-Fateh 1–1 Al-Ettifaq
* 1 2 Al-Taawoun finished ahead of Al-Fayha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha 1–1 Al-Taawoun, Al-Taawoun 4–0 Al-Fayha
* ↑ Al-Ittihad qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 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: 25 November 2017. 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

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

### Crown Prince Cup

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

### King Cup

Al-Taawoun will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

As of 25 November 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Essam El-Hadary | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ricardo Machado | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Talal Al-Absi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Ryan Al-Mousa | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Naif Hazazi | 6 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Jehad Al-Hussain | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Abdulaziz Al-Moghir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | | Naif Al-Mousa | 11 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Madallah Al-Olayan | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Faisel Al-Rashodi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | | Moataz Al-Baqaawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | | Sultan Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Rayan Al-Dhiyab | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Saeed Al-Dossari | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Shameri | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | | Mostafa Fathi | 5 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Fayz Al-Sabiay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Faisel Al-Kharaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Sharid | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | | Abdurahman Al-Dossari | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Alhaji Kamara | 8 | 3 | 6+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | | Ismael Al-Maghrebi | 10 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | | Abdurahman Khairallah | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 12 | 5 | 9+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | | Jufain Al-Bishi | 9 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 80 | MF | | Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 17 | MF | | Cédric Amissi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 45 | FW | | Alhaji Kamara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 30 | MF | | Mostafa Fathi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Naif Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 16 | DF | | Naif Al-Mousa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 28 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Shameri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 70 | FW | | Ismael Al-Maghrebi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 99 | DF | | Jufain Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Last Updated: 25 November 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Essam El-Hadary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last Updated: 20 October 2017