# 2023–24 Al-Fayha FC season

The 2023–24 season was Al-Fayha's 70th year in their existence and their sixth non-consecutive season in the Pro League. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the AFC Champions League.
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 | Abdulraouf Al-Duqayl |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mukhair Al-Rashidi |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Ghislain Konan (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari (captain) |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Henry Onyekuru |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Safri |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Anthony Nwakaeme |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yousef Haqawi (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Gojko Cimirot |
| 17 | FW | ZAM | Fashion Sakala |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mandash |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Hussein Al-Shuwaish |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Osama Al-Thumairy |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Ryller |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dowaish |
| 45 | FW | KSA | Sattam Al-Lehyani |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Ali Al Jubaya |
| 62 | DF | KSA | Hossam Majrashi |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Rakan Kaabi |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Enezi |
| 75 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Rammah |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Abdelhamid Sabiri (on loan from Fiorentina) |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf |
| 88 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Stojković |
| 96 | GK | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Murdhi |
| 98 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem |

### 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 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Naif Almas (at Al-Orobah until 30 June 2024) |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Harbi (at Al-Qaisumah until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Harbi (at Al-Taraji until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | 28 | Ahmed Al-Kassar | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 3 July 2023 | MF | 29 | Nawaf Al-Harthi | Al-Ain | Free |
| 3 July 2023 | MF | 70 | Abdulrahman Al-Enezi | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 12 July 2023 | MF | 13 | Gojko Cimirot | Standard Liège | Free |
| 3 August 2023 | GK | 1 | Abdulraouf Al-Daqeel | Hajer | Free |
| 3 August 2023 | DF | 21 | Muteb Al-Khaldi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 8 August 2023 | FW | 17 | Fashion Sakala | Rangers | $5,100,000 |
| 11 August 2023 | FW | 7 | Henry Onyekuru | Adana Demirspor | $3,500,000 |
| 7 September 2023 | MF | 66 | Rakan Kaabi | Al-Ettifaq | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 4 September 2023 | End of season | DF | 3 | Ghislain Konan | Al-Nassr | None |
| 7 September 2023 | End of season | DF | 12 | Yousef Haqawi | Al-Nassr | None |
| 7 September 2023 | End of season | MF | 77 | Abdelhamid Sabiri | Fiorentina | $320,000 |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 18 | Paulinho | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | 1 | Moslem Al Freej | Al-Safa | Free |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | 3 | Bander Nasser | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 15 July 2023 | MF | 16 | Ali Al-Nemer | Ohod | Free |
| 2 August 2023 | DF | 17 | Abdullah Al-Shamekh | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 7 August 2023 | MF | 26 | Ali Al-Zaqaan | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 7 September 2023 | MF | 66 | Mohammed Abousaban | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 15 September 2023 | MF | 7 | Aleksandar Trajkovski | Hajduk Split | Free |
| 30 January 2024 | GK | 28 | Ahmed Al-Kassar | Al-Qadsiah | $3,200,000 |
| 14 February 2024 | MF | 10 | Víctor Ruiz | St. Gallen | Free |
| 16 February 2024 | FW | 23 | Milan Pavkov | Čukarički | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 12 August 2023 | End of season | DF | 14 | Sultan Al-Harbi | Al-Qaisumah | None |
| 30 August 2023 | End of season | DF | 5 | Naif Almas | Al-Orobah | None |
| 7 September 2023 | End of season | DF | 21 | Muteb Al-Khaldi | Al-Taraji | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 032.35 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 050.00 |
| Champions League | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 037.50 |
| Total | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 034.09 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Al-Fateh | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 45 |
| 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 |
* 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).
* ↑ 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 | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AIN | FEI | PAK | AHA |
| 1 | Al-Ain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 |
| 2 | Al-Fayha | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | Advance to round of 16 | 2–3 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Pakhtakor | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | 3–0 |
| 4 | Ahal | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 May 2024.
| 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 | Abdulraouf Al-Duqayl | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Osama Al-Thumairy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | SRB | Vladimir Stojković | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Murdhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mukhair Al-Rashidi | 36 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CIV | Ghislain Konan | 31 | 0 | 25+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Sami Al-Khaibari | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yousef Haqawi | 10 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Baqawi | 39 | 0 | 29+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Hussein Al-Shuwaish | 37 | 1 | 26+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dowaish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | DF | KSA | Hossam Majrashi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 75 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Rammah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf | 26 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | 27 | 1 | 12+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan | 30 | 1 | 10+14 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Safri | 38 | 0 | 20+9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BIH | Gojko Cimirot | 33 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Sultan Mandash | 41 | 4 | 17+15 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Harthi | 33 | 2 | 12+13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | BRA | Ricardo Ryller | 20 | 1 | 11+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Rakan Kaabi | 24 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Enezi | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MAR | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 23 | 7 | 17+2 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NGA | Henry Onyekuru | 34 | 11 | 26+1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Anthony Nwakaeme | 27 | 6 | 17+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | ZAM | Fashion Sakala | 41 | 22 | 30+1 | 19 | 1+1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Majrashi | 9 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | KSA | Sattam Al-Lehyani | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Ali Al Jubaya | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ESP | Víctor Ruiz | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | SRB | Milan Pavkov | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Fashion Sakala | 19 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Henry Onyekuru | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 77 | MF | | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Anthony Nwakaeme | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mandash | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Harthi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 99 | FW | | Malek Al-Abdulmenem | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | | Saud Zidan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | DF | | Hussein Al-Shuwaish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 37 | MF | | Ricardo Ryller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 98 | DF | | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 2 | 12 | 58 |
Last Updated: 23 May 2024

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 17 | FW | | Fashion Sakala | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 77 | MF | | Abdelhamid Sabiri | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Sultan Mandash | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Ghislain Konan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Anthony Nwakaeme | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 13 | MF | | Gojko Cimirot | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | 7 | FW | | Henry Onyekuru | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 80 | DF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Safri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Harthi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 37 | MF | | Ricardo Ryller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 49 | FW | | Ali Al Jubaya | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 66 | MF | | Rakan Kaabi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 2 | 9 | 47 |
Last Updated: 23 May 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 88 | GK | | Vladimir Stojković | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Abdulraouf Al-Duqayl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Last Updated: 25 April 2024