2019–20 Al-Faisaly FC season

Al-Faisaly
2019–20 season
President	Fahd Al-Medlej
Manager	Péricles Chamusca;
Stadium	Al Majma'ah Sports City
SPL	5th
King Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Youssef El Jebli (9); All: Youssef El Jebli (10)
Highest home attendance	5,600 vs Al-Adalah; (28 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	3,664 vs Al-Raed; (11 January 2020)
Average home league attendance	4,401
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 September 2020.

The 2019–20 season was Al-Faisaly's 11th non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 66th season in existence.^[1] 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^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Ref.
10 May 2019	MF	7	Roly Bonevacia	Western Sydney Wanderers	Free	^[3]
30 May 2019	DF	4	Raphael Silva	Boavista	Free	^[4]
26 June 2019	MF	14	Ibrahim Ghaleb	Al-Nassr	Free	^[5]
1 July 2019	DF	12	Khalid Al-Ghamdi	Al-Nassr	Free	^[6]
1 July 2019	FW	9	William Alves	Chaves	Free	^[7]
10 July 2019	DF	13	Ali Meadi	Damac	Undisclosed	^[8]
11 July 2019	MF	77	Khalid Kaabi	Al-Shabab	Free	^[9]
14 July 2019	MF	55	Moshari Al-Thamali	Al-Shabab	Free	^[10]
1 August 2019	DF	18	Mohammed Qassem	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[11]
22 August 2019	MF	5	Hussain Al Quraish	Al-Safa	Free	^[12]
23 August 2019	MF	22	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	Unattached	Free	^[13]
23 August 2019	MF	34	Youssef El Jebli	De Graafschap	Undisclosed	^[14]
13 January 2020	FW	11	Guilherme	Grêmio	$2,225,000	^[15]
28 January 2020	MF	47	Mustafa Bassas	Al-Ahli	Free	^[16]

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	^[17]
31 January 2020	End of season	FW	80	Mohammed Al-Saiari	Al-Wehda	None	^[18]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 April 2019	MF	47	Sultan Mendash	Al-Ahli	Free	^[19]
12 May 2019	DF	27	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	Al-Ittihad	$3,200,000	^[20]
22 May 2019	MF	9	Rogerinho	Al-Ettifaq	$1,000,000	^[21]
25 June 2019	FW	19	Mohammed Majrashi	Al-Fateh	Free	^[22]
26 June 2019	MF	6	Omar Abdulaziz	Al-Kawkab	Free	^[23]
27 June 2019	DF	2	Yazeed Al-Bakr	Al-Ahli	$2,135,000	^[24]
12 July 2019	DF	7	Wesam Al-Sowayed	Al-Hazem	Free	^[25]
12 July 2019	MF	80	Riyadh Sharahili	Al-Adalah	Free	^[26]
19 July 2019	MF	23	Mohammed Abousaban	Damac	Free	^[27]
6 August 2019	MF	40	Ahmed Ba Saeed	Al-Khaleej	Free	^[28]
5 September 2019	DF	66	Ante Puljić	Dinamo București	Free	^[29]
1 January 2020	MF	8	Luisinho	Al-Wehda	Undisclosed	^[30]
10 January 2020	GK	36	Raghid Al-Najjar	Al-Wehda	Undisclosed	^[31]
29 January 2020	FW	–	Diego Calderón	Al-Shorta	Free	^[32]
31 January 2020	MF	22	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	Al-Nassr	$267,000	^[33]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
15 July 2019	End of season	DF	5	Hussein Hawsawi	Al-Taqadom	None	^[34]
16 July 2019	End of season	FW	18	Diego Calderón	Al-Kuwait	None	^[35]
25 July 2019	End of season	MF	–	Bader Bashir	Al-Qadsiah	None	^[36]
2 January 2020	End of season	MF	20	Abdullah Al-Qahtani	Abha	None	^[37]
7 January 2020	End of season	MF	11	Mohammed Al-Thani	Al-Ittihad	None	^[38]
13 January 2020	End of season	DF	23	Awadh Khrees	Al-Adalah	None	^[39]

Pre-season

20 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	2–3	Mezőkövesdi	Krško, Slovenia
11:30 CEST	Alves 7' (pen.) Solan 87'		34' 45+1' 90+1'	Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

24 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	3–2	Budafoki	Radomlje, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Luisinho 19', 46' (pen.) Al-Thani 50'		Khiesz Veselinov	Stadium: Domžale Sports Park

26 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	0–0	Rudeš	Slovenia
18:00 CEST		Report

31 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	3–0	Varaždin	Varaždin, Croatia
18:00 CEST	Alves 9' Luisinho 33' (pen.) Khrees 62'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Varteks

4 August 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	5–1	Apollon Larissa	Slovenia
17:00 CEST	Solan 28', 65', 82' Al-Qahtani 51' Al-Enezi 61'	Report

5 August 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	1–3	Olimpija Ljubljana	Ljubljana, Slovenia
17:00 CEST	Alves 87'	Report		Stadium: Stožice Stadium

8 August 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	2–0	Al-Mujazzal	Harmah, Saudi Arabia
19:30 AST		Report		Stadium: Al-Faisaly Club Stadium

16 August 2019 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	3–1	Al-Raed	Al Zulfi, Saudi Arabia
19:20 AST		Report		Stadium: Al Zulfi Club Stadium

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
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	Team	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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2020. Source: spl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[40]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	6	10	41	36	+5	48	10	3	2	26	15	+11	4	3	8	15	21	−6

Last updated: 9 September 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

24 August 2019 1	Al-Faisaly	0–0	Al-Fayha	Al Majma'ah
19:05	Silva 15' Bonevacia 40' Kaabi 58' Qassem 90+1'	Report	Fernández 42' Assis 82'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 3,945 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

30 August 2019 2	Al-Shabab	0–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
18:55	Sebá 76' Salem 90+5'	Report	Malayekah 71' Ashraf 85'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 3,976 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

15 September 2019 3	Al-Faisaly	3–2	Al-Fateh	Al Majma'ah
20:10	Luisinho 20' El Jebli 52' Bonevacia 62', 68'	Report	Al-Zaqaan 21' Buhimed 54' 90+3' Majrashi 63'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Daniel Stefanski (Poland)

21 September 2019 4	Al-Ettifaq	0–1	Al-Faisaly	Dammam
18:15		Report	Al-Khaibari 46' (o.g.) Qassem 65' Hyland 71'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 8,213 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

28 September 2019 5	Al-Faisaly	3–1	Al-Adalah	Al Majma'ah
18:30	Rossi 47' El Jebli 50' William 88' Luisinho 90+4'	Report	Biteghé 24' Al-Yousef 33' Al-Muwallad 90+3'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 5,600 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

20 October 2019 7	Al-Faisaly	1–0	Al-Hazem	Al Majma'ah
20:00	Al-Ghamdi 58', 67' Solan 90+4'	Report	Al-Ayyaf 47'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,506 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

26 October 2019 8	Al-Taawoun	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Buraidah
18:05	Tawamba 44' Amissi 49' Rossi 63' (o.g.) Al-Zubaidi 82'	Report	Silva 60' Rossi 80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 2,109 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

1 November 2019 9	Al-Faisaly	2–0	Damac	Al Majma'ah
17:55	Luisinho 15' Hyland 25' Al-Ghamdi 57'	Report	Al-Jizani 36' Al-Dossari 43' Fellipe 51' Al-Najei 64' Al-Shahrani 90+4'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,229 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

6 November 2019 6	Al-Nassr	2–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
19:55	Hamdallah 11' Giuliano 28' Al-Khaibari 43' Hawsawi 71'	Report	Malayekah 39' Hyland 59'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,718 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

23 November 2019 10	Al-Ahli	3–1	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
19:40	Djaniny 27', 90+5' Hindi 45+6' Souza 55'	Report	Qassem 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 7,964 Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

14 December 2019 11	Al-Ittihad	1–2	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
19:45	Al-Shamrani 41' 74', 50' Al-Malki 90'	Report	Luisinho 31' William 43' Hyland 55' Silva 84' Al-Ghamdi 85'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 8,452 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

27 December 2019 13	Al-Wehda	1–0	Al-Faisaly	Mecca
19:50	Al-Qarni 39' Botía 45' Al-Shamlan 76', 90+3' Al-Zori 83' Al-Jadaani 90'	Report	Silva 49' Al-Qahtani 73'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 5,411 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

11 January 2020 14	Al-Faisaly	0–1	Al-Raed	Al Majma'ah
18:05	Ashraf 28'	Report	Daoudi 3' Pérez 90+3'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 3,664 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

20 January 2020 12	Al-Faisaly	2–2	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
18:10	Hyland 55', 90+2' Silva 74' Al-Ghamdi 86'	Report	Giovinco 47' Kurdi 55' Carlos Eduardo 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,710 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

25 January 2020 15	Abha	0–1	Al-Faisaly	Abha
15:55	Barnawi 68' 87'	Report	Silva 56' Qassem 78'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 581 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

1 February 2020 16	Al-Fayha	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Al Majma'ah
20:15	Nasser 24' Villanueva 39' Al-Barakah 55' Al-Qahtani 90+1'	Report	El Jebli 36' Silva 44' Al-Ghamdi 70'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

7 February 2020 17	Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah
20:20	Malayekah 45' Rossi 45+4', 57' Silva 72' Hyland 78' El Jebli 89' (pen.)	Report	Al-Sulayhem 44' Al-Shamekh 52' Al Omran 75'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,434 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

15 February 2020 18	Al-Fateh	2–2	Al-Faisaly	Al-Hasa
18:10	Wikheim 24' Al-Fuhaid 27' Koval 65' Bendebka 85', 86' Saâdane 87' Lajami 90+4' Buhimed 90+7'	Report	Al-Qahtani 53' Al-Saiari 55' 90+7' El Jebli 66' Malayekah 90+5' Al-Kassar 90+6'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 13,091 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

21 February 2020 19	Al-Faisaly	1–2	Al-Ettifaq	Al Majma'ah
18:30	Guilherme 12' Qassem 36' Kaabi 63' Hyland 82' Al-Hassan 83'	Report	Azaro 57' Al-Robeai 65', 90+5'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,072 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

28 February 2020 20	Al-Adalah	0–2	Al-Faisaly	Al-Hasa
18:20	Ogu 55' Cissé 59' Khrees 65' 71' Traoré 90+5'	Report	Hyland 18' Al-Saiari 77' El Jebli 90+16'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 13,147 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

7 March 2020 21	Al-Faisaly	3–2	Al-Nassr	Al Majma'ah
18:40	Rossi 15', 27' Guilherme 28', 63' Kaabi 86' Hyland 90+3'	Report	Petros 7', 43' Giuliano 30' Al-Obaid 59'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

12 March 2020 22	Al-Hazem	2–2	Al-Faisaly	Ar Rass
20:40	Alemão 34' (pen.) Al-Khalaf 49' Al-Qeshtah 55'	Report	Al-Ghamdi 32' Qassem 40' El Jebli 44' Al-Saiari 68' Bonevacia 82'	Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

4 August 2020 23	Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Taawoun	Al Majma'ah
20:45	Ashraf 9' Al-Qahtani 54' Guilherme 70' Hyland 73' Al-Hassan 83'	Report	Amissi 63' Al-Nabit 90+4' Al-Absi 90+5'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

9 August 2020 24	Damac	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Abha
19:15	Zelaya 27', 55' Zeghba 90+2'	Report	El Jebli 81' (pen.) Al-Ghamdi 88'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

15 August 2020 25	Al-Faisaly	2–0	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
19:10	El Jebli 27' (pen.) Hyland 66' Kaabi 73'	Report	Al-Harbi 56' Hindi 82'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

19 August 2020 26	Al-Faisaly	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Al Majma'ah
19:05	El Jebli 44' (pen.) Hyland 88'	Report	Al-Shamrani 66' Al-Muwallad 68'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

25 August 2020 27	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
19:00	Carrillo 48' Giovinco 67' Al-Breik 69' Gomis 82' Kharbin 90+6'	Report	Silva 62'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

30 August 2020 28	Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Wehda	Al Majma'ah
18:55	Ashraf 29' Guilherme 66' Malayekah 78' Al-Sebyani 81'	Report	Niakaté 56' Luisinho 79' (pen.) Al-Qahtani 87'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

4 September 2020 29	Al-Raed	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Buraidah
20:35	Fouzair 15' (pen.) Daoudi 45+5' Al-Amri 45+11' Al-Dossari 89' Djoum 90+1' Doukha 90+7'	Report	Guilherme 22' (pen.), 24' Hyland 45+5' El Jebli 60' Meadi 88'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

9 September 2020 30	Al-Faisaly	2–1	Abha	Al Majma'ah
20:35	William 23' Silva 52' Hyland 84'	Report	Aouadhi 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.^[41]

King Cup