# 2020–21 Al-Hazem F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Hazem's 64th year in their existence and their first back season in the MS League. Al-Hazem were relegated to the second tier of Saudi football after finishing 15th in the 2019–20 Saudi Pro League. The club participated in the MS League only following the Saudi FF's decision to reduce the number of teams in the King Cup.
The season covered the period 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Dawod Al Saeed |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yousef Al-Mosaabi |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Abdulrahman |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Najei |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Ousmane Barry |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Ibrahima Tandia |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed (on loan from Abha) |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Essam Al-Muwallad (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Sultan Faqihi |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Harthi |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hammad Al-Shaye |
| 20 | FW | NIG | Yousef Omar |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Nashi |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Abdulhameed |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Ibrahim Zaid |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Maher Al-Mutairi |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Kanno |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Masoud Bakheet |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Majed Al-Ghamdi |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel |
| 48 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Samti (on loan from Damac) |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Farhan Al-Aazmi |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Shamrani |
| 74 | MF | FRA | Karim Yoda |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin |
| 81 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Barakah (on loan from Damac) |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Muralha |
| 91 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dahami |
| 99 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Obaid |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Omar Mohammed (at Ohod until 30 June 2021) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Ghallab Al-Enezi (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shammari (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2021) |
| 99 | FW | SWE | Carlos Strandberg (at Abha until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 34 | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | Al-Taqadom | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 5 | Ahmed Al-Najei | Abha | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 10 | Ibrahima Tandia | CS Sfaxien | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 24 | Maher Al Mutairi | Al-Taqadom | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 8 | Hamed Al-Maqati | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 18 | Hammad Al-Shaye | Al-Bukayriyah | End of loan |
| 23 September 2020 | FW | 9 | Ousmane Barry | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 27 September 2020 | DF | 66 | Farhan Al-Aazmi | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | GK | 23 | Ibrahim Zaid | Al-Tai | Free |
| 1 October 2020 | MF | 17 | Abdulrahman Al-Harthi | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 2 October 2020 | MF | 8 | Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | 77 | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 6 February 2021 | DF | 27 | Abdullah Kanno | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | DF | 99 | Fahad Al-Obaid | Al-Mujazzal | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 9 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 3 | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Ahli | None |
| 9 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 12 | Essam Al-Muwallad | Al-Ittihad | None |
| 17 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 11 | Jehad Al-Zowayed | Abha | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 48 | Abdullah Al-Samti | Damac | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 81 | Ibrahim Al-Barakah | Damac | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 13 | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 37 | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Nassr | $1,333,000 |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 18 | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 23 | Hassan Al-Habib | Al-Fateh | Undisclosed |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 25 | Nawaf Al-Farshan | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 23 September 2020 | FW | 3 | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | Al-Ittihad | Undisclosed |
| 6 October 2020 | MF | 33 | Driss Fettouhi | Al-Ahli | $700,000 |
| 8 October 2020 | DF | 77 | Saif Al-Qeshtah | Al-Ain | Free |
| 12 October 2020 | FW | 8 | Hamed Al-Maqati | Al-Diriyah | Free |
| 13 October 2020 | MF | 17 | Fares Al-Ayyaf | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 25 October 2020 | MF | 15 | Mansor Hamzi | Damac | Free |
| 28 October 2020 | DF | 7 | Wesam Al-Sowayed | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 9 November 2020 | MF | 19 | Jonathan Cafú | Corinthians | Free |
| 18 November 2020 | DF | 4 | Alemão | Avaí | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 18 October 2020 | End of season | FW | 99 | Carlos Strandberg | Abha | None |
| 7 January 2021 | End of season | DF | 6 | Omar Mohammed | Ohod | None |
| 15 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 7 | Ghallab Al-Enezi | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 28 | Abdullah Al-Shammeri | Al-Jabalain | None |

## Competitions
### MS League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Hazem (C, P) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 27 | +50 | 91 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 2 | Al-Fayha (P) | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 72 | 27 | +45 | 81 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 3 | Al-Tai (P) | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 58 | 33 | +25 | 77 | Promotion to the Pro League |
| 4 | Al-Jabalain | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 76 | |
| 5 | Hajer | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 37 | +12 | 55 | |
| 6 | Ohod | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 51 | 52 | −1 | 54 | |
| 7 | Al-Kawkab | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 52 | |
| 8 | Al-Khaleej | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 52 | |
| 9 | Al-Shoulla | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 51 | |
| 10 | Al-Diriyah | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 48 | |
| 11 | Jeddah | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 48 | |
| 12 | Al-Adalah | 38 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 46 | |
| 13 | Al-Sahel | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 46 | |
| 14 | Al-Jeel | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 44 | |
| 15 | Najran | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 43 | |
| 16 | Al-Nahda | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 42 | |
| 17 | Al-Bukayriyah (R) | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 48 | −19 | 40 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 18 | Al-Thoqbah (R) | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 37 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 19 | Arar (R) | 38 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 28 | 62 | −34 | 26 | Relegation to the Second Division |
| 20 | Al-Nojoom (R) | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 67 | −40 | 23 | Relegation to the Second Division |
* 1 2 Al-Kawkab finished ahead of Al-Khaleej on overall goal difference: Al-Kawkab −1, Al-Khaleej −5 (Al-Kawkab 2–2 Al-Khaleej, Al-Khaleej 0–0 Al-Kawkab).
* 1 2 Al-Diriyah finished ahead of Jeddah on overall goal difference: Al-Diriyah −5, Jeddah −6 (Jeddah 1–2 Al-Diriyah, Al-Diriyah 0–1 Jeddah).
* 1 2 Al-Adalah finished ahead of Al-Sahel on head-to-head points: Al-Adalah 3–0 Al-Sahel, Al-Sahel 1–2 Al-Adalah.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2021. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 31 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MS League | MS League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Dawod Al Saeed | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Majed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | KSA | Ibrahim Zaid | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Yousef Al-Mosaabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah | 35 | 2 | 31+4 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Abdulrahman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Sultan Faqihi | 23 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Kanno | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Masoud Bakheet | 19 | 2 | 16+3 | 2 |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel | 33 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Farhan Al-Aazmi | 34 | 4 | 31+3 | 4 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Shamrani | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Obaid | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 5 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Najei | 34 | 0 | 28+6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Dhefiri | 28 | 0 | 21+7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Ibrahima Tandia | 36 | 13 | 35+1 | 13 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 31 | 4 | 14+17 | 4 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Essam Al-Muwallad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Harthi | 23 | 4 | 1+22 | 4 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hammad Al-Shaye | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Nashi | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Maher Al-Mutairi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Samti | 23 | 1 | 11+12 | 1 |
| 74 | MF | FRA | Karim Yoda | 35 | 13 | 32+3 | 13 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | 22 | 1 | 8+14 | 1 |
| 81 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Barakah | 28 | 0 | 18+10 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Muralha | 20 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | FW | GUI | Ousmane Barry | 34 | 19 | 30+4 | 19 |
| 20 | FW | NIG | Yousef Omar | 33 | 9 | 9+24 | 9 |
| 91 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dahami | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||
| 6 | DF | KSA | Omar Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Ghallab Al-Enezi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Shammari | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MS League | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Ousmane Barry | 19 | 19 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Ibrahima Tandia | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | 74 | MF | | Karim Yoda | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | 20 | FW | | Yousef Omar | 9 | 9 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Harthi | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 66 | DF | | Farhan Al-Aazmi | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Khaled Al-Barakah | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | | Sultan Faqihi | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 32 | DF | | Masoud Bakheet | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Muralha | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 48 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Samti | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 77 | MF | | Abdulhadi Al-Harajin | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 77 | 77 |
Last Updated: 21 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | MS League | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Dawod Al Saeed | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | 23 | GK | | Ibrahim Zaid | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | 22 | GK | | Majed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 20 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2021