2016–17 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

Al-Taawoun
(4 May 2017)^[2]
Average home league attendance	20,689
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 29 May 2017.

The 2016–17 season was

King Cup

. They entered the season as defending champions of both the League and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 26 January 2017^[4]^[5]

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	Yasser Al Mosailem
2	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Zubaidi
4	MF	KSA	Waleed Bakshween
5	MF	KSA	Fahad Hamad
6	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al Fatil
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Moasher
8	MF	KSA	Taisir Al-Jassim (Captain)
9	FW	SYR	Omar Al Soma
10	MF	GRE	Giannis Fetfatzidis
11	MF	KSA	Housain Al-Mogahwi
13	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy
14	FW	KSA	Muhannad Assiri
16	MF	KSA	Maher Othman
17	MF	KSA	Ayman Al-Khulaif
20	FW	KSA	Islam Seraj


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	KSA	Ageel Balghaith
22	GK	KSA	Ahmed Al-Rehaili
23	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Mowalad
24	MF	KSA	Ali Awagi
25	DF	KSA	Motaz Hawsawi
26	DF	KSA	Mohammed Aman
27	MF	KSA	Hamdan Al-Shamrani
30	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Robeai
31	DF	KSA	Mansoor Al-Harbi
44	GK	KSA	Ayman Al-Hussaini
45	MF	KSA	Abdulfattah Asiri
47	MF	KSA	Mustafa Bassas
55	MF	IRQ	Saad Abdul-Amir
66	GK	KSA	Basem Atallah
77	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
40	CM	Raed Al-Ghamdi	4 years	2020	29 June 2016	^[6]
4	DM	Waleed Bakshween	4 years	2020	13 July 2016	^[7]
21	RB	Ageel Balghaith	3 years	2019	18 July 2016	^[8]
77	RB	Amiri Kurdi	2 years	2020	18 July 2016	^[9]
35	ST	Mohammed Al-Harthi	2 years	2018	21 July 2016	^[10]
30	CB	Saeed Al-Robeai	5 years	2021	26 July 2016	^[11]
9	ST	Omar Al-Somah	2 years	2020	31 July 2016	^[12]
80	DM	Ryan Al-Mousa	2 years	2020	15 August 2016	^[13]
7	LM	Salman Al-Moasher	2 years	2020	19 August 2016	^[14]
66	GK	Basem Atallah	2 years	2018	25 August 2016	^[15]
14	ST	Muhannad Assiri	4 years	2020	3 December 2016	^[16]
1	GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	4 years	2020	29 December 2016	^[17]
10	AM	Giannis Fetfatzidis	2 years	2019	22 April 2017	^[18]

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
24	LM	Ali Awagi	Al-Wehda	£2,980,000	9 June 2016	^[19]
18	DM	Luíz Carlos	Braga	Free	14 July 2016	^[20]
45	RM	Abdulfattah Asiri	Al-Ittihad	Free	17 August 2016	^[21]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
23	RB	Saeed Al-Mowalad	Al-Raed	Free	2 January 2017	^[22]
55	DM	Saad Abdul-Amir	Al-Qadisiyah	£975,000	12 January 2017	^[23]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
3	CB	Osama Hawsawi	Al-Hilal	Free	1 July 2016	^[24]
17	LM	Majed Kanabah	Unattached	Free	1 July 2016
77	ST	Samer Salem	Unattached	Free	1 July 2016
7	AM	Ahmed Al-Aoufi	Al-Ittihad	Free	9 July 2016	^[25]
22	GK	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	Free	12 July 2016	^[26]
29	DM	Zakaria Sami	Al-Khaleej	Free	12 July 2016	^[27]
18	CM	Abdullah Al-Mutairi	Al-Faisaly	Free	13 July 2016	^[28]
99	CB	Kamel Al-Mousa	Al-Wehda	Free	21 July 2016	^[29]
49	RM	Sultan Al-Sawadi	Al-Raed	Free	25 July 2016	^[30]
-	DM	Abdullah Al-Mohammed	Al-Khaleej	Free	23 August 2016	^[31]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
18	DM	Luíz Carlos	Osmanlıspor	Free	26 January 2017	^[32]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
—	ST	Mostafa Al-Musawi	Al-Khaleej	8 July 2016	30 June 2017	^[33]
32	CB	Hamed Al-Sherif	Al-Ettifaq	13 July 2016	20 January 2017	^[34]
28	LB	Abdulelah Bokhari	Al-Khaleej	17 August 2016	30 June 2017	^[35]
19	ST	Yasser Al-Fahmi	Al-Wehda	25 August 2016	30 June 2017	^[36]
15	LW	Saleh Al-Amri	Al-Ettifaq	25 August 2016	30 June 2017	^[37]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
35	ST	Mohammed Al-Harthi	Al-Batin	15 January 2017	30 June 2017	^[38]
32	CB	Hamed Al-Sherif	Hajer	21 January 2017	30 June 2017	^[39]
40	RM	Raed Al-Ghamdi	Al-Khaleej	23 January 2017	30 June 2017	^[40]
80	DM	Ryan Al-Mousa	Al-Raed	25 January 2017	30 June 2017	^[41]

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: £2,980,000

Winter: £975,000

Total: £3,955,000

Income

Summer: £0,000,000

Winter: £0,000,000

Total: £0,000,000

Expenditure

Summer: £2,980,000

Winter: £975,000

Total: £3,955,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Al-Ahli preceded their 2016-17 campaign with a friendly against Jeddah Club, a tour of Spain and Qatar and faced Barcelona in the Qatar Airways Cup midway through the season.

14 July 2016 Friendly	Al-Ahli	6–0	Jeddah Club	Jeddah
20:15 AST	Aman 18' Al-Somah 27' Al-Amri 43' Al-Shamrani 55' Al-Ghamdi 89' Al-Khatib 90'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

22 July 2016 Friendly	Al-Ahli	2–2	Getafe	Marbella, Spain
18:30 WET	Al-Harbi 65' Al-Somah 88'	Report	Gorosito 71'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

25 July 2016 Friendly	Middlesbrough	2–0	Al-Ahli	Marbella, Spain
23:00 WET	Nugent 58' De Sart 68'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

27 July 2016 Friendly	Alcorcón	0–1	Al-Ahli	Marbella, Spain
18:30 WET		Report	Al-Mogahwi 83'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

30 July 2016 Friendly	Granada	0–0	Al-Ahli	Marbella, Spain
19:30 WET		Report		Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

3 August 2016 Friendly	Málaga	3–1	Al-Ahli	Marbella, Spain
19:00 WET	Charles 25' Kuki Zalazar 80'	Report	Awagi 78'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella

4 September 2016 Friendly	Qatar	0–3	Al-Ahli	Doha, Qatar
19:00 AST			Al-Shamrani 36' Fetfatzidis 48' Al-Somah 90'	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium

7 September 2016 Al-Gharafa	0–2	Al-Ahli	Doha, Qatar
18:55 AST			Al-Zabeidi 32' Aman 62'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium

Al-Ahli

v

Jeddah Club

8 October 2016 Friendly	Al-Ahli	6–2	Jeddah Club	Jeddah
18:50 AST	Balghaith 73' Seraj 81'			Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

12 November 2016 Weg	Jeddah
18:25 AST	Awagi 77'		Voinea 11'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

13 December 2016 Qatar Airways Cup	Al-Ahli	3–5	Barcelona	Doha, Qatar
19:00 AST	Abdulrahman 51' (pen.) Assiri 60', 65'	Report	Suárez 8' Messi 10' Neymar 17' Alcácer 55' Rafinha 58'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Attendance: 18,126 Referee: Fahad Al-Marri

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	065.38	—	2nd	14 August 2016	4 May 2017
King Cup	5	4	0	1	16	5	+11	080.00	Round of 32	Runners-up	20 January 2017	18 May 2017
Crown Prince Cup	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	066.67	Round of 16	Semi-finals	27 September 2016	27 December 2016
Champions League	8	4	3	1	14	9	+5	050.00	Group stage	In Progress	21 February 2017	In Progress
Saudi Super Cup	1	1	0	0	1	1	+0	100.00	Final	Winners	8 August 2016
Total	43	28	7	8	98	50	+48	065.12

Updated to match played 29 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Saudi Super Cup

As a result of winning both the

Al-Hilal, who won the Crown Prince Cup, in their 1st Saudi Super Cup

appearance. Al-Ahli won the match on penalties.

8 August 2016	Al-Hilal	London, England
19:30 UTC+1	Al-Somah 69'	Report	Al-Breik 48', 61'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 16,365 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Bassas Al-Mogahwi Al-Somah		Al-Qahtani Al-Shamrani Hawsawi Al-Ruwaili S. Al-Dawsari

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	26	21	3	2	63	16	+47	66	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Nassr	26	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52^[a]
4	Al-Ittihad^[b]	26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	52^[a]
5	Al-Raed	26	11	2	13	37	47	−10	35

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: slstat.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) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).^[43]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
^ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[42]

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
26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55	9	2	2	27	11	+16	8	2	3	30	19	+11

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

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
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	3	5	3	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times are local,

AST (UTC+3

).

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Ahli

14 August 2016 1	Al-Ettifaq	1–4	Al-Ahli	Dammam
20:45	Otain 16' Kanno 67', 71' Hazazi 80' Al-Dossari 83'	Report	Bassas 63' Al-Jassim 85'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Fateh v Al-Ahli

20 August 2016 2	Al-Fateh	0–1	Al-Ahli	Al-Hasa
21:05	Al Bulaihi 73'	Report	Hawsawi 11' Al-Somah 67'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,179 Referee: Khalid Al-Teris

Al-Shabab v Al-Ahli

18 September 2016 3	Al-Shabab	3–2	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Muath 10' Benyettou 52', 54', 82' Benlamri 57'	Report	Al Somah 12' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 3,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

23 September 2016 Al-Ittihad	Jeddah
20:45	Bassas 3' Al-Nakhli 74' (o.g. )	Report	Kahraba 14' F. Al-Muwallad 78'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 49,732 Referee: Khaled Salwi

15 October 2016 5	Al-Qadisiyah	Jeddah
20:00	Bassas 66'	Report	Barnawi 54'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 14,388 Referee: Shoukri Al-Hanfoush

Al-Nassr v Al-Ahli

21 October 2016 6	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Jebreen 42' Ayala 83' Ayala 84' Al-Fraidi 90'	Report	Al-Fatil 82'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 16,501 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary )

29 October 2016 7	Al-Khaleej	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Somah 7', 14', 70', 72'	Report	Jandson 18'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 8,811 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

4 November 2016 8	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
20:00	Bassas 74' Asiri 89'	Report	Al-Najar 80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 17,923 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

Al-Batin v Al-Ahli

20 November 2016 9	Al-Batin	0–1	Al-Ahli	Hafar al-Batin
19:45	Al-Enazi 22' Dakheel 62' Al-Shammeri 90+4'	Report	Ali Awagi 66' Carlos 75'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 1,644 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

25 November 2016 10	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Somah 80', 90+3' Al-Mougahwi 80' Al-Moasher 90'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 59'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 51,659 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

Al-Faisaly v Al-Ahli

1 December 2016 11	Al-Faisaly	3–6	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
19:40	Everaldo 88' Abdulaziz 90+1'	Report	Alemão 31' (o.g.) Al-Moasher 58', 67' Fetfatzidis 61' Al-Jassim 75'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 704 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

9 December 2016 12	Al-Raed	Jeddah
19:55	Balghaith 50' Asiri 81'	Report	Sharahili 71' Al-Bishi 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 11,689 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

Al-Taawoun v Al-Ahli

17 December 2016 13	Al-Taawoun	2–3	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
19:45	Sari Amr 87'	Report	Al-Somah 9' (pen.) Asiri 15', 67' Al-Moasher 38' Kurdi 71' Al-Dossari 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 2,774 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

22 December 2016 14	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
19:45	Awagi 6', 60' Aman 20' Al-Somah 24', 66'	Report	Al-Hazaa 23' Otain 31' Kanno 72' Al-Nashi 80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 14,743 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

31 December 2016 15	Al-Fateh	Jeddah
19:50	Awagi 84', 90+3'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 9,560 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

27 January 2017 16	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
20:15	Al-Somah 23', 47', 31' Al-Moasher 58' Asiri 85'	Report	Al-Sulayhem 71'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 40,591 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

3 February 2017 17	Al-Ittihad	1–4	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
20:20	Fallatah 2' Al-Nakhli 6' Al-Muwallad 42' Khrees 50' Al-Ansari 78'	Report	Al-Mowalad 87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 52,909 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Al-Qadisiyah v Al-Ahli

9 February 2017 18	Al-Qadisiyah	4–1	Al-Ahli	Khobar
20:15	Bismark 53' Hazazi 76', 81'	Report	Al-Harbi 49' Al-Somah 69', 88' Assiri 89'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 5,002 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland )

17 February 2017 19	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:25	Al-Mowalad 78'	Report	Hazazi 90+3' (pen. )	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 38,355 Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

Al-Khaleej v Al-Ahli

4 March 2017 20	Al-Khaleej	2–2	Al-Ahli	Dammam
20:30	Diakité 81'	Report	Al-Somah 39' (pen.) Asiri 44'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,383 Referee: Khaled Salwi

Al-Wehda v Al-Ahli

9 March 2017 21	Al-Wehda	1–3	Al-Ahli	Mecca
20:35	Belal 67' 80'	Report	Al-Harbi 81'	Stadium: Norway )

7 April 2017 22	Al-Batin	Jeddah
20:40	Al-Fatil 41' Al-Moasher 59'	Report	Jhonnattann 78' Freeh 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 6,219 Referee: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

15 April 2017 23	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Al-Breik 19'	Report	Asiri 16'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 12,348 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey )

20 April 2017 24	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
20:45	Balghaith 51' Assiri 72'	Report	Luisinho 42'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

Al-Raed v Al-Ahli

30 April 2017 25	Al-Raed	1–3	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
20:50	Bangoura 22' (pen.) Al-Qahtani 69' Al-Habib 74'	Report	Al-Somah 18', 67' (pen.) Abdul-Amir 57' Bakshween 73'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 10,025 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

4 May 2017 26	Al-Taawoun	Jeddah
20:50	Al-Mowalad 90+5'	Report	Al-Shameri 35' Al-Hussain 89' Al-Dossari 90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

King Cup

Al-Ahli entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.

20 January 2017 Al-Shoulla	Jeddah
20:10 AST	Al-Mowalad 87' Al-Mogahwi 90+5'	Report	Al-Dossari 50' Al-Balawi 81' Al-Sobeai 90+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Sami Al-Jires

13 February 2017 Al-Qadisiyah	1–3	Al-Ahli	Khobar
20:15	Al-Johani 88' Barnawi 90'	Report	Al-Harbi 59'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Ahli v Wej

2 April 2017 Quarter-finals	Al-Ahli	6–0	Wej	Jeddah
20:30	Al-Somah 28', 49' Abdul-Amir 35' Al-Jassim 41' Al-Moasher 59' Al-Mogahwi 69' Fetfatzidis 71' Bakshween 80'	Report	Al-Mowallad 45+2' Barnawi 68' Al-Shaeri 83'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 20,177 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

12 May 2017 Al-Faisaly	0–3	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
20:50		Report	Balghaith 79'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Referee: Shoukri Al-Hanfoush

18 May 2017 Al-Hilal	Jeddah
21:00	Hawsawi 43' Al-Somah 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Carlos Eduardo 88'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 54,563 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Crown Prince Cup

As one of last year's finalists, Al-Ahli received a bye to the second round of the Crown Prince Cup. Al-Ahli started off their campaign by beating Al-Faisaly 2-1 at home, Al-Ahli came from behind and scored twice from the penalty spot through Omar Al Somah.

Al-Ahli were drawn away at Hajer for the quarter-finals. The game was played on 25 October 2016. The Royals won 6-1 with Omar Al-Somah scoring a hat-trick.

For the semi-finals Al-Ahli were drawn away at local rivals Al-Ittihad. The game was played on 27 December 2016. Al-Ahli lost 3-2 and were eliminated from the competition.

27 September 2016 Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
20:15 AST	Al-Harbi 90+4'		Hamzi 64' Al-Sowayed 82' Abdulaziz 90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

25 October 2016 Hajer	1–6	Al-Ahli	Al-Hasa
17:45 AST	Al-Nufaili 42' Al-Radhi 52' Soumah 73'		Al-Otaibi 18' (o.g.) Al-Somah 23', 36', 39' Hawsawi 53' (pen.) Assiri 69'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

27 December 2016 Al-Ittihad	3–2	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
19:50	Kahraba 38' Bajandouh 62' Al-Muwallad 82', 90' Al-Nakhli 84'	Report	Balghaith 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 47,223 Referee: Mohammed Al Hoaish

AFC Champions League

As league winners, Al-Ahli entered the AFC Champions League at the group stage. The draw took place on 13 December 2016 and saw Al-Ahli paired with

Hazfi Cup winners Zob Ahan, UAE Pro League and 2016 AFC Champions League runners-up Al Ain, and Uzbek League runners-up Bunyodkor

.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AIN	AHL	ZOB	BUN
1	Al-Ain	6	3	3	0	14	7	+7	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	1–1	3–0
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Zob Ahan	6	2	1	3	6	9	−3	7		0–3	1–2	—	2–1
4	Bunyodkor	6	1	0	5	5	12	−7	3		2–3	2–0	0–2	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) 1	Al-Ahli	2–0	Bunyodkor	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+3	Bassas 83'	Report	Dilshodbek 67' Ibrokhimov 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 11,315 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) 2	Muscat, Oman
19:15 UTC+4	Rajabzadeh 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Al-Mowalad 33' Hawsawi 45+1' Al-Somah 86'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

13 March 2017 (2017-03-13) 3	Al-Ahli	2–2	Al-Ain	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	Balghaith 26', 78' Fetfatzidis 50'	Report	Ismail 71'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,431 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

11 April 2017 (2017-04-11) 4	Al-Ain	2–2	Al-Ahli	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19:35 UTC+4	Ismail 7' O. Abdulrahman 85' (pen. )	Report	Al-Somah 43', 89', 84' Abdul-Amir 66'	Stadium: Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 9,224 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq )

24 April 2017 (2017-04-24) 5	Bunyodkor	2–0	Al-Ahli	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5	Komilov 8' Shomurodov 54' Kosimov 62' Axmadaliev 68'	Report		Stadium: Fu Ming (China )

8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) 6	Al-Ahli	2–0	Zob Ahan	Doha, Qatar
18:40 3:00	Balghaith 90+1'	Report	Rajabzadeh 43'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Attendance: 260 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) Al-Ahli	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Asiri 38' Al-Shamrani 82' Bakshween 90+1'	Report	Al Fardan 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 17,323 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Pro League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Champions League		Super Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	16	0	5	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	31	0	1	0
2	DF	Ali Al-Zubaidi	4 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0	0	0
4	MF	Waleed Bakshween	4	0	3 (1)	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11 (1)	0	5	0
5	MF	Fahad Hamad	3 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
6	DF	Mohammed Al Fatil	20 (1)	1	3 (1)	0	2	0	3 (1)	0	1	0	29 (3)	1	3	0
7	MF	Salman Al-Moasher	23 (2)	2	5	2	1 (2)	0	8	1	1	0	38 (4)	5	5	0
8	MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	23	3	5	0	2	0	8	1	1	0	39	4	2	0
9	FW	Omar Al Soma	24	24	3 (1)	4	3	7	5	4	1	1	36 (1)	40	5	0
10	MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	19 (6)	3	4 (1)	2	2	0	8	1	1	0	34 (7)	6	2	0
11	MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	11 (12)	0	2 (2)	3	2	0	2 (6)	1	0 (1)	0	17 (21)	4	1	0
13	DF	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	17 (2)	0	3	0	1	0	8	0	1	0	30 (2)	0	1	0
14	FW	Muhannad Assiri	2 (12)	4	0	0	0 (1)	1	1 (4)	0	0	0	3 (17)	5	1	0
16	MF	Maher Othman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Islam Seraj	0 (3)	0	0 (2)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	2	0	0
21	DF	Ageel Balghaith	20	1	3	0	2 (1)	0	3	1	1	0	29 (1)	2	5	0
22	GK	Ahmed Al-Rehaili	10 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12 (1)	0	0	0
23	DF	Saeed Al-Mowalad	10	1	5	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	23	1	5	0
24	MF	Ali Awagi	2 (8)	3	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	4 (10)	3	2	0
25	DF	Motaz Hawsawi	16 (1)	2	2	1	1	1	6	0	1	0	26 (1)	4	2	1
26	DF	Mohammed Aman	2 (4)	1	0	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	4 (6)	1	1	0
27	MF	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	1	0
30	DF	Saeed Al-Robeai	1 (1)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	4 (2)	0	2	0
31	DF	Mansoor Al-Harbi	9 (5)	0	2 (1)	0	2	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	13 (8)	0	4	0
44	GK	Ayman Al-Hussaini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	Abdulfattah Asiri	13 (7)	6	5	0	2	0	8	3	0	0	28 (7)	9	2	0
47	MF	Mustafa Bassas	10 (2)	2	0 (1)	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	11 (5)	2	2	0
55	MF	Saad Abdul-Amir	10	1	4 (1)	2	0	0	8	1	0	0	22 (1)	4	1	1
66	GK	Basem Atallah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	Amiri Kurdi	4 (5)	0	0 (2)	0	1	0	0 (3)	1	0	0	5 (10)	1	3	0
Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan
18	MF	Luíz Carlos	12 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14 (1)	0	2	0
40	MF	Raed Al-Ghamdi	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
80	MF	Ryan Al-Mousa	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 May 2017.
Source: ^[citation needed]

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	Champions League	Super Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Omar Al Somah	24	4	7	4	1	40
2	45	MF	Abdulfattah Asiri	6	0	0	3	0	9
3	10	MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	3	2	0	1	0	6
4	7	MF	Salman Al-Moasher	2	2	0	1	0	5
4	14	FW	Muhannad Assiri	4	0	1	0	0	5
6	8	MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	3	0	0	1	0	4
	11	MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	0	3	0	1	0	4
	25	DF	Motaz Hawsawi	2	1	1	0	0	4
	55	MF	Saad Abdul-Amir	1	2	0	1	0	4
10	24	MF	Ali Awagi	3	0	0	0	0	3
11	20	FW	Islam Seraj	0	2	0	0	0	2
	21	DF	Ageel Balghaith	1	0	0	1	0	2
	47	MF	Mustafa Al-Bassas	2	0	0	0	0	2
14	6	DF	Mohammed Al-Fatil	1	0	0	0	0	1
	23	DF	Saeed Al-Mowalad	1	0	0	0	0	1
	26	DF	Mohammed Aman	1	0	0	0	0	1
	77	DF	Amiri Kurdi	0	0	0	1	0	1
Own goal				3	0	1	0	0	4
Total				57	16	10	14	1	98

Last Updated: 29 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Total
1	1	GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	3	2	2	7
2	22	GK	Ahmed Al-Rehaili	4	0	0	4
Total				7	2	2	11

Last Updated: 12 May 2017

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[table_hth_NSR0.37005802121482-42] Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad

[table_note_ITT0.37005802121482-44] Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[42]

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[3] The Most Home Matches Attendance Average Teams Archived 20 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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[14] "الأهلي يجدد عقد لاعبه المؤشر". dawryjameel. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[15] "الأهلي يجدد عقد حارسه العطالله". dawryjameel. 25 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

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[19] "Awagi signs for Al-Ahli". 9 June 2016.

[20] "Carlos signs for Al-Ahli". 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[21] "Asiri joins Al-Ahli". 17 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[22] "Al Mowalad signs". 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.

[23] "Amir signs". 12 January 2017. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

[24] "Hawsawi Leaves after 4 years". 1 July 2016.

[25] "الاتحاد يتعاقد مع أحمد العوفي رسمياً". 9 July 2016.

[26] "الحارس عبدالله المعيوف ينضم لصفوف الهلال". 12 July 2016.

[27] "الخليج يضم زكريا سامي". 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[28] "رسمياً.. الفيصلي يتعاقد مع عبدالله المطيري". 13 July 2016.

[29] "الوحدة يعيد كامل الموسى". 21 July 2016.

[30] "الرائد يعلن تعاقده رسمياً مع الجيزاوي والسوادي". 25 July 2016.

[31] "الخليج يتعاقد مع المحمد". 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[32] "Carlos leaves Al-Ahli". 26 January 2017.

[33] "الخليج يدعم هجومه بالعبود والموسوي لمدة موسم". 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[34] "الاتفاق يتعاقد مع مدافع الأهلي على سبيل الإعارة". 13 July 2016.

[35] "رسميًا.. الخليج السعودي يعزز صفوفه بالخراع والعليوي". 17 August 2016.

[36] "الفهمي وحداويا بالاعارة لموسم واحد". 25 August 2016.

[37] "الاتفاق ينهي إجراءات ضم "عمري" الأهلي". 25 August 2016.

[38] "الباطن يتعاقد مع الحارثي". 15 January 2017.

[39] "هجر يضم مدافع الأهلي حامد الشريف بنظام الإعارة". 21 January 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017. ^{[dead link]}

[40] "الخليج يدعم هجومه بغامدي الاهلي". 23 January 2017.

[41] "الموسى يوقع في كشوفات الرائد". 25 January 2017.

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