# 2023–24 Damac FC season

The 2023–24 season was Damac's 52nd year in their history and fifth consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | Bandar Al-Shahrani |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Tarek Hamed |
| 9 | MF | GAM | Assan Ceesay |
| 10 | MF | CMR | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Makin |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Farouk Chafaï (captain) |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Bader Munshi |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Harisi |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hawsawi |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Dhari Al-Anazi |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Sanousi Hawsawi |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulbassit Hawsawi |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba |
| 31 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Stanciu |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Shamrani |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Sultan Faqihi |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zain |
| 51 | DF | KSA | Ramzi Solan |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani |

### 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 | MF | NED | Adam Maher (at Al-Wakrah until 30 June 2024) |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Hassan Abu Sharara (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 79 | MF | KSA | Fares Al-Shahrani (at Jerash until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Qahtani (at Jerash until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | 51 | Ramzi Solan | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | – | Omar Al-Muziel | Al-Shoulla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 49 | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Khaleej | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | 41 | Sultan Faqihi | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | 24 | Hassan Abu Sharara | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 9 July 2023 | MF | 18 | Ahmed Harisi | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 11 July 2023 | FW | 99 | Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Tai | Free |
| 18 July 2022 | DF | 4 | Noor Al-Rashidi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 28 July 2022 | MF | 7 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 15 August 2022 | MF | 10 | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | Beşiktaş | Free |
| 16 August 2022 | FW | 9 | Assan Ceesay | Lecce | $3,000,000 |
| 4 September 2023 | MF | 8 | Tarek Hamed | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 7 September 2023 | MF | 31 | Nicolae Stanciu | Wuhan Three Towns | $2,677,000 |
| 8 September 2023 | DF | 2 | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 8 September 2023 | DF | 21 | Sanousi Hawsawi | Al-Ettifaq | $800,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 11 July 2023 | End of season | MF | 11 | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Al-Ittihad | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 11 | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | 2 | Hillal Soudani | Maribor | Free |
| 13 July 2023 | DF | – | Omar Al-Muziel | Hajer | Free |
| 15 July 2023 | DF | 4 | Ibrahim Al-Nakhli | Al-Tai | Free |
| 21 July 2023 | FW | 9 | Bruno Duarte | Farense | Free |
| 22 July 2023 | MF | 18 | Muhannad Al-Najei | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 28 July 2023 | MF | 38 | Ammar Al-Najjar | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 4 August 2023 | MF | 7 | Mansour Hamzi | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 14 August 2023 | DF | 32 | Abdullah Hassoun | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 7 September 2023 | DF | 13 | Abdullah Al-Ammar | Al-Ahli | $4,000,000 |
| 10 September 2023 | MF | 10 | Nono | Nassaji | Free |
| 20 September 2023 | MF | 24 | Waleed Al-Enezi | Al-Jandal | Free |
| 30 January 2024 | GK | 33 | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | Al-Ittihad | $2,400,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 13 August 2023 | End of season | MF | 79 | Fares Al-Shahrani | Jerash | None |
| 13 August 2023 | End of season | FW | 99 | Rayan Al-Qahtani | Jerash | None |
| 28 January 2024 | End of season | MF | 24 | Hassan Abu Sharara | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 15 February 2024 | End of season | MF | 6 | Adam Maher | Al-Wakrah | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 029.41 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 36 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 47 | +0 | 030.56 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | Al-Shabab | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 44 |
| 9 | Al-Fayha | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 44 |
| 10 | Damac | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 41 |
| 11 | Al-Khaleej | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 37 |
| 12 | Al-Raed | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 37 |
* 1 2 Al-Shabab finished ahead of Al-Fayha on overall goal difference: Al-Shabab +3, Al-Fayha −8 (Al-Fayha 0–1 Al-Shabab, Al-Shabab 2–3 Al-Fayha).
* 1 2 Al-Khaleej finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Khaleej: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Khaleej 0–0 Al-Raed, Al-Raed 0–1 Al-Khaleej).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2024. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 May 2024.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Bandar Al-Shahrani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdulbassit Hawsawi | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ALG | Moustapha Zeghba | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Abdelkader Bedrane | 27 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Noor Al-Rashidi | 17 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ALG | Farouk Chafaï | 30 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Hawsawi | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Dhari Al-Anazi | 32 | 0 | 25+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Sanousi Hawsawi | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Shamrani | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | DF | KSA | Sultan Faqihi | 19 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | KSA | Ramzi Solan | 19 | 1 | 7+12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 21 | 0 | 4+15 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Tarek Hamed | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CMR | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 33 | 15 | 29+2 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 16 | 0 | 11+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Makin | 11 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 25 | 1 | 13+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Bader Munshi | 24 | 0 | 13+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CRO | Domagoj Antolić | 32 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Harisi | 13 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 22 | 0 | 3+17 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | ROU | Nicolae Stanciu | 29 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Zain | 28 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | GAM | Assan Ceesay | 21 | 7 | 12+7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani | 15 | 0 | 4+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | NED | Adam Maher | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Hassan Abu Sharara | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | MF | KSA | Ryan Al-Mousa | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Assan Ceesay | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 31 | MF | | Nicolae Stanciu | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 15 | DF | | Farouk Chafaï | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 17 | MF | | Domagoj Antolić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 13 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 49 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Zain | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Abdelkader Bedrane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 14 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 41 | DF | | Sultan Faqihi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 51 | DF | | Ramzi Solan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 3 | 47 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 31 | MF | | Nicolae Stanciu | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Georges-Kévin Nkoudou | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Tarek Hamed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | | Domagoj Antolić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 21 | DF | | Sanousi Hawsawi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 49 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Zain | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | | Abdelkader Bedrane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Assan Ceesay | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 29 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Moustapha Zeghba | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 33 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 22 | GK | | Abdulbassit Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Last Updated: 10 May 2024