# 2016–17 Al-Fayha FC season

The 2016–17 season was Al-Fayha's third consecutive season in the First Division and their 63rd year in existence. This season Al-Fayha participated in the First Division, King Cup and Crown Prince Cup.
Al-Fayha were promoted to the Professional League for the first time in their history beating fellow promotion chasers Ohod 2–1 on 29 April 2017.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2017
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 | Fares Al-Shammeri |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Hafidh |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dahi |
| 6 | MF | SDN | Saeed Mustafa |
| 7 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Bishi |
| 8 | MF | SDN | Suhaib Ezzaldeen |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Mechac Koffi |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Shehri |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Radhi Al-Mutairi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Foaad Al-Mahros |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Omar Al-Shammari |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Fahad |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Menqash |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Faisel Al-Johani (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Qaisi |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Baker Fallatah |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Sulami |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Hafidh |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Saud Mekbesh |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Mansor |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Jaber Al-Jizani |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdurahman Dagriri |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Abdulkarim Al-Jaradah |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Dubaisi (captain) |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdulaziz |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Tarrad Abdullah |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Ali Khormi (on loan from Al-Raed) |

### 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 |
| 29 | DF | SDN | Abbas Adam (at Al-Nahda until the end of the 2016–17 season) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee |
| 19 June 2016 | FW | Baker Fallatah | Ohod | Free |
| 19 June 2016 | GK | Ibrahim Al-Hafidh | Al-Tai | Free |
| 19 June 2016 | DF | Ahmed Al-Hafidh | Al-Tai | Free |
| 19 June 2016 | DF | Ahmed Al-Sulami | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 24 June 2016 | MF | Ibrahim Al-Shehri | Al-Tai | Free |
| 4 July 2016 | MF | Sabah Jadoua | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 11 July 2016 | GK | Abdurahman Dagriri | Damac | Free |
| 3 August 2016 | DF | Foaad Al-Mahros | Al-Nojoom | Free |
| 7 August 2016 | FW | Mohammed Al-Menqash | Al-Mujazzel | Free |
| 12 August 2016 | MF | Habeab Al-Ahmed | Al-Safa | Free |
| 12 August 2016 | MF | Omar Al-Shammeri | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 24 August 2016 | GK | Fares Al-Shammeri | Al-Mujazzel | Free |
| 27 August 2016 | FW | Pedrinho | Balzan | Free |
| 5 September 2016 | FW | Mohammed Ishak | Al-Tai | Free |
| 5 September 2016 | DF | Abdulaziz Al-Mansor | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 22 September 2016 | DF | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 3 November 2016 | MF | Abdullah Qaisi | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 21 January 2017 | FW | Mechac Koffi | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | Parent club | End date |
| 11 June 2017 | MF | Faisel Al-Johani | Al-Shabab | End of season |
| 14 January 2017 | FW | Ali Khormi | Al-Raed | End of season |
| 27 January 2017 | MF | Suhaib Ezzaldeen | Al-Hilal | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | New club | Fee |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Hani Al-Dhahi | Hajer | Free |
| 18 July 2016 | GK | Marwan Madou | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 11 August 2016 | MF | Akram Housah | Al-Jeel | Free |
| 30 August 2016 | FW | Omar Al-Khodhari | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 1 September 2016 | DF | Fahad Al-Yami | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 3 September 2016 | MF | Mohammed Al-Khamis | Al-Jeel | Free |
| 5 September 2016 | MF | Karam Barnawi | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 15 September 2016 | MF | Abdulmajeed Al-Mutairi | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 17 December 2016 | FW | Pedrinho | | Released |
| 18 January 2017 | FW | Mohammed Ishak | | Released |
| 18 January 2017 | MF | Habeab Al-Ahmed | | Released |
| 24 January 2017 | MF | Sabah Jadoua | | Released |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | End date | Source |
| 5 September 2016 | DF | Abbas Adam | Al-Nahda | End of season | |

## Competitions
### First Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Fayha (C, P) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 2 | Ohod (P) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 48 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 3 | Najran | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Al-Orobah | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | |
| 6 | Al-Qaisumah | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 41 | |
| 7 | Al-Shoulla | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Hajer | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Al-Hazem | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 38 | |
| 11 | Al-Watani | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 37 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 37 | |
| 14 | Al-Adalh (R) | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 15 | Al-Jeel (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Wej (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 30 | Relegation to Second Division |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2017. Source: Kooora

#### Matches
### Crown Prince Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 5 May 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Fares Al-Shammeri | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Hafidh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Jaber Al-Jizani | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Abdurahman Dagriri | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Hafidh | 17 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 24 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari | 28 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Foaad Al-Mahros | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Sulami | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Saud Mekbesh | 24 | 1 | 19+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Mansor | 18 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Dubaisi | 19 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdulaziz | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dahi | 11 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SDN | Saeed Mustafa | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SDN | Suhaib Ezzaldeen | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Shehri | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Radhi Al-Mutairi | 19 | 3 | 13+4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Omar Al-Shammari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Fahad | 25 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Faisel Al-Johani | 26 | 5 | 23+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Qaisi | 22 | 6 | 15+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | KSA | Abdulkarim Al-Jaradah | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Tarrad Abdullah | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Bishi | 25 | 6 | 20+3 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Mechac Koffi | 12 | 2 | 2+10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Menqash | 22 | 7 | 13+7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Baker Fallatah | 7 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Ali Khormi | 12 | 7 | 8+3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sabah Jadoua | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pedrinho | 8 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NIG | Mohammed Ishak | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Habeab Al-Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | First Division | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Menqash | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Ali Khormi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Bishi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 19 | MF | | Abdullah Qaisi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | 18 | MF | | Faisel Al-Johani | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Radhi Al-Mutairi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 24 | DF | | Abdulaziz Al-Mansor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Dahi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 9 | FW | | Mechac Koffi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | DF | | Sami Al-Khaibari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 6 | MF | | Saeed Mustafa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 9 | FW | | Pedrinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Ibrahim Al-Shehri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | FW | | Baker Fallatah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | | Saud Mekbesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Last Updated: 5 May 2017

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Total |
| 1 | 33 | GK | | Abdurahman Dagriri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last Updated: 5 May 2017