2024–25 Al-Riyadh SC season

Al-Riyadh
2024–25 season
President	Bandar Al-Muqail
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi;
Stadium	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Pro League	Pre-season
King Cup	Round of 32
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Al-Riyadh's 72nd year in existence and their 25th non-consecutive season in the Pro League.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League and the King Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2024^[2]^[3]

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
1	GK	KSA	Rakan Al-Najjar
2	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi
4	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Shwirekh
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Aqel
8	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Khaibari
9	FW	JAM	Andre Gray
11	MF	ZIM	Knowledge Musona
12	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Dossari
14	FW	KSA	Saleh Al Abbas
16	MF	KSA	Saleh Al-Saeed
18	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al Aqeel
19	DF	KSA	Saud Al-Bawardi
20	MF	GAB	Didier Ndong
22	GK	KSA	Zaid Al-Bawardi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	URU	Martín Campaña
26	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Zaqaan
27	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Nowaiqi
28	MF	KSA	Badr Al-Mutairi
29	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri
36	DF	BEL	Dino Arslanagić
40	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari
60	MF	MLI	Birama Touré
66	MF	KSA	Majed Al-Qahtani
77	MF	KSA	Moayed Al-Houti
80	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Rashidi
88	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri
99	FW	KSA	Mutaz Hibah

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2024	DF	–	Suwailem Al-Menhali	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[4]
13 July 2024	DF	–	Marzouq Tombakti	Al-Nassr	Free	^[5]
13 July 2024	FW	–	Rayan Al-Bloushi	Al-Safa	Free	^[6]
18 July 2024	MF	–	Nawaf Hawsawi	Al-Wehda	Free	^[7]
22 July 2024	MF	–	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Qadsiah	Free	^[8]
24 July 2024	GK	–	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[9]
29 July 2024	DF	–	Yazeed Al-Bakr	Al-Hazem	Free	^[10]
2 August 2024	DF	–	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	Abha	Free	^[11]
11 August 2024	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Nassr	$133,000	^[12]
18 August 2024	MF	–	Ibrahim Bayesh	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Undisclosed	^[13]
18 August 2024	MF	–	Faïz Selemani	Al-Hazem	Undisclosed	^[14]
19 August 2024	MF	–	Tozé	Al-Hazem	Free	^[15]
19 August 2024	MF	–	Lucas Kal	Atlético Goianiense	Free	^[16]
20 August 2024	MF	–	Bernard Mensah	Al-Tai	Undisclosed	^[17]
21 August 2024	GK	–	Milan Borjan	Red Star Belgrade	Free	^[18]
21 August 2024	FW	–	Mohamed Konaté	Akhmat Grozny	Free	^[19]
26 August 2024	DF	–	Yoann Barbet	Bordeaux	Free	^[20]
2 September 2024	DF	–	Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri	Al-Wehda	Free	^[21]
2 September 2024	MF	–	Nasser Al-Bishi	Al-Shabab	Free	^[22]
3 September 2024	GK	–	Vincent Angelini	Brentford B	Free	^[23]
3 September 2024	DF	–	Enzo Roco	Al-Tai	Free	^[24]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	6	Alin Toșca	Benevento	End of loan
1 July 2024	MF	15	Abdulhadi Al-Harajin	Al-Fayha	Free	^[25]
15 July 2024	DF	5	Khalid Al-Shuwayyi	Al-Bukiryah	Free	^[26]
2 August 2024	DF	12	Abdullah Al-Dossari	Al-Faisaly	Free	^[27]
3 August 2024	GK	1	Rakan Al-Najjar	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[28]
6 August 2024	MF	80	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Al-Orobah	Free	^[29]
9 August 2024	MF	20	Didier Ndong	Esteghlal	Free
11 August 2024	MF	11	Knowledge Musona	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[30]
12 August 2024	FW	14	Saleh Al Abbas	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[31]
2 September 2024	DF	4	Mohammed Al-Shuwayrikh	Al-Shabab	$2,131,000	^[32]
11 September 2024	MF	60	Birama Touré	Montpellier	Free	^[33]
13 September 2024	MF	74	Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani	Al-Safa	Free
16 September 2024	DF	36	Dino Arslanagić	Macarthur	Free	^[34]
20 September 2024	DF	99	Mutaz Ayash	Al-Washm	Free	^[35]
21 September 2024	MF	16	Saleh Al-Saeed	Al-Sadd	Free	^[36]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
2 September 2024	End of season	GK	–	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi	Al-Qadsiah	None	^[37]
2 September 2024	End of season	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Jabalain	None	^[38]

Pre-season and friendlies

30 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	0–2	Al-Ahli	Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria
18:30 CEST		Report	Demiral 21' Mahrez 37'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Aug

6 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	1–1	Ertl Glas Amstetten	Amstetten, Austria
17:00 CEST	Al-Bloushi			Stadium: Union-Platz

14 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	2–2	Al-Arabi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST			Quioto	Stadium: Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	12	5	3	4	15	16	−1	041.67
King Cup	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total	13	6	3	4	18	17	+1	046.15

Updated to match played 28 November 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Al-Ahli	13	7	2	4	20	11	+9	23
6	Al-Shabab	13	7	2	4	18	11	+7	23
7	Al-Riyadh	13	6	3	4	16	16	0	21
8	Al-Khaleej	13	6	1	6	16	17	−1	19
9	Al-Taawoun	13	5	3	5	14	14	0	18

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2024. Source: SPL
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).^[39]

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
12	5	3	4	15	16	−1	18	2	1	3	5	7	−2	3	2	1	10	9	+1

Last updated: 28 November 2024.
Source: Saudi Pro League

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W
Position	8	6	10	8	10	7	4	6	6	9	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2024. Source: Saudi Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

22 August 2024 1	Al-Wehda	3–3	Al-Riyadh	Mecca
21:00	Goodwin 40', 62' Al-Hafith 83' Khodari 90+4' Noor 90+13'	Report	Mensah 51' Al-Nowaiqi 59' Tozé 71' Al-Aqel 79' Bayesh 85' Kal 90+7'	Stadium: King Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 670 Referee: Mohammed Al-Ismail

29 August 2024 2	Al-Riyadh	3–1	Al-Kholood	Riyadh
18:55	Jahfali 21' (o.g.) Al-Bakr 30' Bayesh 75' Al-Aqel 90+4'	Report	Hawsawi 28' Al-Shamrani 45+12' Collado 50'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 604 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

14 September 2024 3	Al-Riyadh	0–3	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:00	Kal 30' Al-Khaibari 57' Assiri 83'	Report	Koulibaly 24' S. Al-Dawsari 53' Cancelo 59' Barbet 80' (o.g.) Mitrović 90+10'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 8,914 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

21 September 2024 4	Al-Raed	1–2	Al-Riyadh	Buraidah
18:40	M. Al-Dossari 23' Gonzalez 27' Sayoud 71'	Report	Al-Menhali 70' Selemani 80' Konaté 90+5' Al-Aqel 90+9'	Stadium: Al-Raed Club Stadium Attendance: 1,658 Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri

29 September 2024 5	Al-Fayha	2–0	Al-Riyadh	Al Majma'ah
18:30	Abdi 19' Sakala 20' López 35' Shukurov 75'	Report	Assiri 19' Al-Menhali 26'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 390 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

4 October 2024 6	Al-Riyadh	2–1	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
18:15	Kal 24', 69' Bayesh 59' Tozé 88'	Report	Nández 57' Al-Othman 79'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

20 October 2024 7	Al-Okhdood	0–1	Al-Riyadh	Najran
18:20	Koné 45+1' Al-Muwallad 48' Ferreira 50' Khamis 55'	Report	Mensah 15' Al-Khaibari 45+1' Tozé 53' Bayesh 90+7'	Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 447 Referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan

24 October 2024 8	Al-Riyadh	0–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
21:00	Al-Sahafi 28' Al-Khaibari 45+1' Assiri 66'	Report	Kanté 45+2' Mitaj 48' Aouar 69' Al-Amri 84'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 7,853 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

1 November 2024 9	Damac	2–2	Al-Riyadh	Khamis Mushait
18:15	Stanciu 5' Abdullah 17' Diallo 42' Al-Anazi 61' Nkoudou 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Mensah 23' Tambakti 45+2' Assiri 46' Selemani 68'	Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 2,576 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

8 November 2024 10	Al-Riyadh	0–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:00	Bayesh 38' Al-Khaibari 51'	Report	Mané 41' Haqawi 90+1'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 6,822 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

24 November 2024 11	Al-Riyadh	0–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:40	Kal 38'	Report	Medrán 56'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahad Sports City Attendance: 448 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

28 November 2024 12	Al-Fateh	1–2	Al-Riyadh	Al-Hasa
20:00	Al-Zaid 29' Bendebka 45+3' Al-Abdulwahed 45+9' Saâdane 89'	Report	Al-Khaibari 2' Assiri 45+1', 61' Borjan 45+8' Mensah 81'	Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari

6 December 2024 13	Al-Orobah	v	Al-Riyadh	Sakakah
17:55				Stadium: Al Jouf University Stadium

King Cup

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

25 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Safa	1–3	Al-Riyadh	Safwa
21:00	Asprilla 59' Albu 70' Fabinho 79'	Report	Selemani 19' Hawsawi 25' Al-Aqel 29', 66'	Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 28 November 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Vincent Angelini	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari	1	0	0	0	1	0
82	GK	CAN	Milan Borjan	12	0	12	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Yazeed Al-Bakr	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Yoann Barbet	11	0	9+1	0	1	0
8	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Khaibari	11	0	11	0	0	0
14	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	5	0	2+2	0	0+1	0
25	DF	KSA	Suwailem Al-Menhali	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
27	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Nowaiqi	8	0	6+2	0	0	0
29	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri	11	1	11	1	0	0
50	DF	KSA	Nawaf Hawsawi	5	0	1+3	0	1	0
66	DF	KSA	Majed Al-Qahtani	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	DF	KSA	Marzouq Tombakti	9	0	7+1	0	1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Aqel	12	3	3+8	1	1	2
10	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Abed	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
11	MF	IRQ	Ibrahim Bayesh	12	3	11+1	3	0	0
15	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Bishi	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	KSA	Akram Yousef	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	COM	Faïz Selemani	12	3	10+1	2	1	1
18	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al Aqeel	7	0	0+6	0	1	0
20	MF	POR	Tozé	13	1	12	1	1	0
21	MF	BRA	Lucas Kal	12	2	12	2	0	0
28	MF	KSA	Bader Al-Mutairi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
43	MF	GHA	Bernard Mensah	12	3	10+2	3	0	0
88	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri	9	0	5+3	0	1	0
Forwards
13	FW	BFA	Mohamed Konaté	11	1	7+3	1	1	0
24	FW	KSA	Rayan Al-Bloushi	5	0	0+4	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	7	MF	Mohammed Al-Aqel	1	2	3
	11	MF	Ibrahim Bayesh	3	0	3
	17	MF	Faïz Selemani	2	1	3
	43	MF	Bernard Mensah	3	0	3
5	21	MF	Lucas Kal	2	0	2
6	13	FW	Mohamed Konaté	1	0	1
	20	MF	Tozé	1	0	1
	29	DF	Ahmed Assiri	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				15	3	18

Last Updated: 28 November 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	43	MF	Bernard Mensah	4	0	4
2	20	MF	Tozé	3	0	3
3	17	MF	Faïz Selemani	2	0	2
4	5	DF	Yoann Barbet	1	0	1
	13	FW	Mohamed Konaté	0	1	1
	21	MF	Lucas Kal	1	0	1
Total				11	1	12