# 2019–20 Al-Faisaly FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Faisaly's 11th non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 66th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 9 September 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hassan |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Raphael Silva |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al Quraish |
| 7 | MF | CUW | Roly Bonevacia |
| 9 | FW | BRA | William Alves |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Guilherme |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Ramzi Solan |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Qassem |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ageel Balghaith |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar |
| 34 | MF | NED | Youssef El Jebli |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Mustafa Bassas |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Moshari Al-Thamali |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Anzi |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari (on loan from Al-Wehda) |
| 87 | MF | KSA | Meshal Al-Sebyani |
| 88 | MF | TRI | Khaleem Hyland |

### 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 | Hussein Hawsawi (at Al-Taqadom until 30 June 2020) |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani (at Abha until 30 June 2020) |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Awadh Khrees (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Thani (at Al-Ittihad until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | KSA | Bader Bashir (at Al-Qadsiah until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 10 May 2019 | MF | 7 | Roly Bonevacia | Western Sydney Wanderers | Free |
| 30 May 2019 | DF | 4 | Raphael Silva | Boavista | Free |
| 26 June 2019 | MF | 14 | Ibrahim Ghaleb | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 12 | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | FW | 9 | William Alves | Chaves | Free |
| 10 July 2019 | DF | 13 | Ali Meadi | Damac | Undisclosed |
| 11 July 2019 | MF | 77 | Khalid Kaabi | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 14 July 2019 | MF | 55 | Moshari Al-Thamali | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 1 August 2019 | DF | 18 | Mohammed Qassem | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 22 August 2019 | MF | 5 | Hussain Al Quraish | Al-Safa | Free |
| 23 August 2019 | MF | 22 | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | Unattached | Free |
| 23 August 2019 | MF | 34 | Youssef El Jebli | De Graafschap | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | FW | 11 | Guilherme | Grêmio | $2,225,000 |
| 28 January 2020 | MF | 47 | Mustafa Bassas | Al-Ahli | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 23 August 2019 | End of season | MF | 17 | Ahmed Ashraf | Al-Hilal | $215,000 | |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | FW | 80 | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Wehda | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 April 2019 | MF | 47 | Sultan Mendash | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 12 May 2019 | DF | 27 | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | Al-Ittihad | $3,200,000 |
| 22 May 2019 | MF | 9 | Rogerinho | Al-Ettifaq | $1,000,000 |
| 25 June 2019 | FW | 19 | Mohammed Majrashi | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 26 June 2019 | MF | 6 | Omar Abdulaziz | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 27 June 2019 | DF | 2 | Yazeed Al-Bakr | Al-Ahli | $2,135,000 |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | 7 | Wesam Al-Sowayed | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 12 July 2019 | MF | 80 | Riyadh Sharahili | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | 23 | Mohammed Abousaban | Damac | Free |
| 6 August 2019 | MF | 40 | Ahmed Ba Saeed | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 5 September 2019 | DF | 66 | Ante Puljić | Dinamo București | Free |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 8 | Luisinho | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | GK | 36 | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2020 | FW | – | Diego Calderón | Al-Shorta | Free |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | 22 | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | Al-Nassr | $267,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 15 July 2019 | End of season | DF | 5 | Hussein Hawsawi | Al-Taqadom | None |
| 16 July 2019 | End of season | FW | 18 | Diego Calderón | Al-Kuwait | None |
| 25 July 2019 | End of season | MF | – | Bader Bashir | Al-Qadsiah | None |
| 2 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 20 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Abha | None |
| 7 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 11 | Mohammed Al-Thani | Al-Ittihad | None |
| 13 January 2020 | End of season | DF | 23 | Awadh Khrees | Al-Adalah | None |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | 5th | 24 August 2019 | 9 September 2020 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | Round of 16 | 11 November 2019 | 3 January 2020 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 046.67 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 048.48 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 49 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 48 | |
| 6 | Al-Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 46 | |
| 7 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 43 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 September 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W |
| Position | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| 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 | Sultan Al-Qahtani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | KSA | Mustafa Malayekah | 30 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hassan | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Igor Rossi | 33 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Raphael Silva | 30 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 25 | 3 | 22+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Qassem | 32 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Ageel Balghaith | 14 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nukhylan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al Quraish | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CUW | Roly Bonevacia | 24 | 3 | 20+2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hussain Al-Qahtani | 26 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BRA | Guilherme | 17 | 5 | 14+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Ashraf | 22 | 2 | 11+8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Youssef El Jebli | 32 | 10 | 27+2 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Mustafa Bassas | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Moshari Al-Thamali | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Anzi | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Khalid Kaabi | 26 | 2 | 14+11 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | KSA | Meshal Al-Sebyani | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | TRI | Khaleem Hyland | 26 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | William Alves | 33 | 4 | 27+3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | KSA | Ramzi Solan | 13 | 0 | 0+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Thani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Awadh Khrees | 5 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | BRA | Luisinho | 14 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | KSA | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 13 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 34 | MF | | Youssef El Jebli | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Guilherme | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | DF | | Igor Rossi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Luisinho | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | William | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | Roly Bonevacia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 12 | DF | | Khalid Al-Ghamdi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | | Khaleem Hyland | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Raphael Silva | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | | Ahmed Ashraf | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 18 | DF | | Mohammed Qassem | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 77 | MF | | Khalid Kaabi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 23 | DF | | Awadh Khrees | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 80 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 7 | 48 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Mustafa Malayekah | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Last Updated: 15 August 2020