2017–18 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

Al-Ettifaq

(15 December 2017)
Average home league attendance	16,650
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 14 May 2018.

The 2017–18 season was

this season

looking to rebound from a disappointing 2016–17 campaign, when they finished as runners-up in both the league and King Cup. Al-Ahli also participated in the King Cup, and both the 2017 and 2018 edition of the AFC Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 25 January 2018^[2]

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	vice-captain )
2	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Zubaidi
4	MF	KSA	Waleed Bakshween
5	MF	AUS	Mark Milligan
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
14	FW	KSA	Muhannad Assiri
15	MF	KSA	Saleh Al-Amri
17	MF	KSA	Ayman Al-Khulaif
18	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Asmari
19	MF	BRA	Claudemir
20	MF	TUN	Mohamed Ben Amor (on loan from Étoile du Sahel)
21	DF	KSA	Ageel Balghaith
23	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Mowalad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	KSA	Ali Awagi
25	DF	KSA	Motaz Hawsawi (4th captain)
26	MF	KSA	Abdulmohsen Al-Subhi
27	MF	KSA	Hamdan Al-Shamrani
29	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb
31	DF	KSA	Mansoor Al-Harbi (3rd captain )
32	DF	KSA	Faisal Darisi
33	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Owais
35	MF	KSA	Yousef Al-Harbi
36	GK	KSA	Raghid Al-Najjar
37	DF	KSA	Abdullah Hassoun
41	FW	KSA	Mansour Al-Muwallad
42	MF	BRA	Leonardo
45	MF	KSA	Abdulfattah Asiri
50	MF	KSA	Abdullah Majrashi
66	GK	KSA	Basem Atallah
77	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi
88	MF	EGY	Moamen Zakaria (on loan from Al Ahly)

AFC Champions League squad

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	vice-captain )
4	MF	KSA	Waleed Bakshween
5	MF	AUS	Mark Milligan
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
14	FW	KSA	Muhannad Assiri
15	MF	KSA	Saleh Al-Amri
18	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Asmari
19	MF	BRA	Claudemir
21	DF	KSA	Ageel Balghaith
23	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Mowalad
24	MF	KSA	Ali Awagi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	DF	KSA	Motaz Hawsawi (4th captain)
27	MF	KSA	Hamdan Al-Shamrani
29	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb
31	DF	KSA	Mansoor Al-Harbi (3rd captain )
32	DF	KSA	Faisal Darisi
33	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Owais
35	MF	KSA	Yousef Al-Harbi
36	GK	KSA	Raghid Al-Najjar
37	DF	KSA	Abdullah Hassoun
45	MF	KSA	Abdulfattah Asiri
50	MF	KSA	Abdullah Majrashi
66	GK	KSA	Basem Atallah
77	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi
88	MF	EGY	Moamen Zakaria (on loan from Al Ahly)

Source: 2018 AFC Champions League squad

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
49	LM	Ahmed Al-Zain	Al-Taawoun	Undisclosed	21 June 2017	^[3]
19	DM	Claudemir	Club Brugge	€2,700,000	18 July 2017	^[4]
28	CB	Godfrey Oboabona	Çaykur Rizespor	Free	21 July 2017	^[5]
33	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	Al-Shabab	Free	26 July 2017	^[6]
42	LM	Leonardo	Partizan	€4,200,000	3 August 2017	^[7]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
5	DM	Mark Milligan	Melbourne Victory	Undisclosed	28 January 2018	^[8]
	AM	Ahmed Basaeed	Unattached	Free	2 February 2018	^[9]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
26	CB	Mohammed Aman	Al-Fateh	Free	5 July 2017	^[10]
34	ST	Sumayhan Al-Nabit	Ohod	Free	17 July 2017	^[11]
28	LB	Abdulelah Bokhari	Al-Ettifaq	Free	30 July 2017	^[12]
55	DM	Saad Abdul-Amir	Al-Shabab	Free	9 August 2017	^[13]
	ST	Mostafa Al-Musawi	Al-Khaleej	Free	19 August 2017	^[14]
5	DM	Fahad Hamad	Al-Faisaly	Free	25 August 2017	^[15]
	CM	Omar Al-Zayni	Hajer	Free	25 August 2017	^[16]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
	AM	Yasser Al-Fahmi	Al-Batin	Free	16 January 2018	^[17]
28	CB	Godfrey Oboabona	Released	Free	2 February 2018	^[18]

Loan in

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
88	AM	Moamen Zakaria	Al Ahly	4 January 2017	30 June 2018	^[19]
20	DM	Mohamed Ben Amor	Étoile du Sahel	25 January 2017	30 June 2018	^[20]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
80	DM	Ryan Al-Mousa	Al-Taawoun	9 July 2017	30 June 2018	^[21]
22	GK	Ahmed Al-Rehaili	Al-Raed	12 July 2017	30 June 2018	^[22]
30	CB	Saeed Al-Robeai	Al-Faisaly	1 August 2017	30 June 2018	^[23]
	CB	Abdullah Al-Khateeb	Al-Khaleej	6 August 2017	30 June 2018	^[24]
35	DM	Rayan Al-Harbi	Al-Tai	8 August 2017	30 June 2018	^[25]
	CB	Hamed Al-Sherif	Hajer	16 August 2017	30 June 2018	^[26]
20	RM	Islam Seraj	Al-Faisaly	23 August 2017	30 June 2018	^[27]
40	RM	Raed Al-Ghamdi	Ohod	8 September 2017	30 June 2018	^[28]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
13	LB	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	Al-Fateh	4 January 2018	30 June 2018	^[29]
47	RM	Mustafa Bassas	Ohod	22 January 2018	30 June 2018	^[30]
49	LM	Ahmed Al-Zain	Al-Fayha	29 January 2018	30 June 2018	^[31]

Pre-season and friendlies

13 July 2017 Friendly	Al-Ahli	12–0	Stainach-Grimming	Stainach, Austria
18:30 WET	Bassas	Report		Stadium: Stainach Stadium

14 July 2017 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–1	Budafoki	Rottenmann, Austria
17:30 WET	Al-Fatil Al-Somah	Report		Stadium: Rottenmann Stadium

18 July 2017 Friendly	Al-Ahli	2–1	Bischofshofen	Bischofshofen, Austria
18:00 WET	Bassas Al-Somah	Report		Stadium: Bischofshofen Stadium

19 July 2017 Friendly	Udinese Calcio	4–1	Al-Ahli	Gmünd, Austria
18:00 WET	Perica 13' Lasagna 30', 71' Ewandro 77'	Report	Al-Robeai 85'	Stadium: SC Gmünd Stadium

23 July 2017 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–0	Alanyaspor	Bischofshofen, Austria
17:00 WET	Bassas Al-Jassim	Report		Stadium: Bischofshofen Stadium

27 July 2017 Al-Ain	Grabenstätt, Germany
16:00 WET		Report	Douglas	Stadium: Sportverein Erlstätt Turnhalle

27 July 2017 Friendly	Konyaspor	4–0	Al-Ahli	Hallein, Austria
17:00 WET	Milošević 2' Fındıklı 22' Bourabia 61' Fofana 75'	Report		Stadium: Thomas Stangassinger Sportanlage

4 August 2017 Al-Qadsiah	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:45	Al-Mogahwi 72'	Report	Bismark 47'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

5 August 2017 Friendly	Al-Ahli	7–0	Al-Entsar	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:45	Assiri 24', 46' Al-Mogahwi 27' Al-Moasher 52', 61' Al-Amri 70' Seraj 78'	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

5 September 2017 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–0	Jeddah	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
17:50	Leonardo 58'			Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

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	16	7	3	59	26	+33	061.54	—	2nd	11 August 2017	12 April 2018
King Cup	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	050.00	Round of 32	Semi-finals	6 January 2018	30 March 2018
2017 Champions League	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	000.00	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	22 August 2017	12 September 2017
2018 Champions League	8	4	3	1	12	8	+4	050.00	Group stage	Round of 16	12 February 2018	14 May 2018
Total	40	22	12	6	84	41	+43	055.00

Updated to match played 14 May 2018
Source: Competitions

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	16	8	2	47	23	+24	56	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	16	7	3	59	26	+33	55	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Nassr	26	12	8	6	47	34	+13	44	Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Ettifaq	26	10	6	10	37	46	−9	36^[a]
5	Al-Fateh	26	9	9	8	34	39	−5	36^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2018. 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).^[32]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Ettifaq finished ahead of Al-Fateh on head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Al-Fateh, Al-Fateh 1–1 Al-Ettifaq

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	16	7	3	59	26	+33	55	10	3	0	37	10	+27	6	4	3	22	16	+6

Last updated: 12 April 2018.
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	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Position	8	5	6	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2018. 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

11 August 2017 1	Al-Ettifaq	2–1	Al-Ahli	Dammam
20:55	Al-Saiari 45+3' Al-Hazaa 58', 68' Al-Kassar 90+1'	Report	Al-Somah 11', 56' Al-Asmari 34'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 3,722 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

17 August 2017 2	Al-Fateh	Jeddah
20:50	Al-Somah 28' Al-Dawsari 37' (o.g.) Fetfatzidis 42' (pen.) Majrashi 69'	Report	Al-Ammar 36' Al-Fuhaid 65' Al-Dawsari 86'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 11,980 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

17 September 2017 3	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:25	Al-Somah 35' Al-Mogahwi 42' Oboabona 60'	Report	Leonardo 29' Uvini 65' Jebor 84'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 10,108 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Batin v Al-Ahli

22 September 2017 4	Al-Batin	1–2	Al-Ahli	Hafar al-Batin
18:35	Tarabai 44' Masrahi 90+2' Waqes 90+3'	Report	Al-Somah 18' Oboabona 21' Bakshween 86' Hawsawi 90+5'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

30 September 2017 5	Al-Raed	Jeddah
20:15	Leonardo 3' Al-Somah 46', 63' (pen.) Al-Amri 57' Al-Mogahwi 90+2'	Report	Eli Sabiá 2' Otaif 71' (pen.), 78' Al-Sawadi 75' 82' Shikabala 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 5,310 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

Al-Shabab v Al-Ahli

14 October 2017 6	Al-Shabab	2–5	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:00	Kaabi 8' Ghazi 42' Ben Mustapha 82' Abdul-Amir 86'	Report	Leonardo 84' (pen. )	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 2,633 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic )

21 October 2017 7	Al-Ittihad	Jeddah
19:55	Al-Mowalad 73'	Report	Qassem 48' Abdoh 69'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 21,358 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Al-Faisaly v Al-Ahli

26 October 2017 8	Al-Faisaly	1–2	Al-Ahli	Al-Majma'ah
19:50	Rogério 85'	Report	Leonardo 84' (pen. )	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 512 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

Al-Ahli v Al-Fayha

31 October 2017 9	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Fayha	Jeddah
19:45	Leonardo 44' Al-Owais 90+4'	Report	Al-Baqaawi 41' Gegé 58', 87' Kanno 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 9,774 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

19 November 2017 10	Al-Taawoun	1–1	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
19:40	Al-Mousa 55' Amissi 63'	Report	Claudemir 57'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland )

24 November 2017 11	Al-Qadsiah	Jeddah
19:40	Claudemir 86'	Report	Al-Obaid 65'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 7,510 Referee: Tony Chapron (France)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

1 December 2017 12	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Dawsari 68', 76'	Report	Fetfatzidis 84'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 14,671 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia )

Ohod v Al-Ahli

10 December 2017 13	Ohod	2–2	Al-Ahli	Medina
19:40	Mohsen 8' Al-Fatil 77' (o.g. )	Report	Leonardo 90+9'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 10,225 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

15 December 2017 14	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
19:40	Al-Harbi 84'	Report	Al-Khairi 22' Salinas 35' Al-Khaibari 56'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,831 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

23 December 2017 15	Al-Fateh	1–3	Al-Ahli	Al-Hasa
19:45	Oueslati 18' (pen.) Al-Fuhaid 56'	Report	Fetfatzidis 9' Al-Mogahwi 12' Asiri 21' Assiri 31', 38' Oboabona 65' Kurdi 86'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,551 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

Al-Nassr v Al-Ahli

29 December 2017 16	Al-Nassr	3–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
19:50	Leonardo 61' Abdullah 71' Fouzair 76'	Report	Asiri 56' Fetfatzidis 59' Bakshween 84' Hawsawi 87'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 2,586 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia )

12 January 2018 17	Al-Batin	Jeddah
20:00	Assiri 2', 26' (pen.) Al-Moasher 22', 42' Fetfatzidis 82'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,898 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

30 January 2018 19	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
20:10	Al Mowalad 90+6'	Report	Muath 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 32,199 Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

4 February 2018 20	Al-Ittihad	0–0	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
20:20	Kahraba 88'	Report	Leonardo 81'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 45,913 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

8 February 2018 21	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
20:20	Claudemir 90+5'	Report	Rossi 90+2'	Stadium: Australia )

Al-Fayha v Al-Ahli

16 February 2018 22	Al-Fayha	1–1	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
18:35	Asprilla 85', 89'	Report	Claudemir 90+4' 90+5'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,590 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania )

1 March 2018 23	Al-Taawoun	Jeddah
20:30	Leonardo 21' Asiri 36' Milligan 38' Al-Shamrani 45+2' Al-Mogahwi 58' Al-Jassim 68' Al-Moasher 74'	Report	Al-Bishi 64' Amissi 67' Al-Bishi 90+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 29,321 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

9 March 2018 24	Al-Qadsiah	0–1	Al-Ahli	Khobar
20:30	Belal 62'	Report	Hawsawi 55', 90+2' Ben Amor 69'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,012 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia )

Al-Raed v Al-Ahli

16 March 2018 18	Al-Raed	0–3	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
20:30	Al-Mutlaq 15'	Report	Leonardo 60' Al-Somah 65' Al-Mogahwi 76'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 5,739 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland )

7 April 2018 25	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:40	Hawsawi 42'	Report		Stadium: Svein Moen

Al-Ahli v Ohod

12 April 2018 26	Al-Ahli	1–0	Ohod	Mecca
20:40	Leonardo 39' Milligan 58'	Report	Ahmed 86'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Attendance: 6,778 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales )

King Cup

Al-Ahli entered the

Al-Orobah at home. They progressed to the Quarter-finals after beating them 6–0. The Quarter-finals saw Al-Ahli defeat Al-Fayha on penalties away from home.^[33]

In the Semi-finals, Al-Ahli lost to Al-Faisaly in controversial manner.

All times are local,

AST (UTC+3

).

6 January 2018 Al-Shoulla	0–2	Al-Ahli	Al-Kharj
19:20		Report	Al-Moasher 7' Fetfatzidis 20' Asiri 52' Oboabona 63'	Stadium: Al-Shoulla Club Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

21 January 2018 Al-Orobah	Jeddah
18:45	Al-Moasher 33', 73' Al-Mogahwi 41' Fefatzidis 60' Zakaria 90', 90+2'	Report	Al-Najei 24'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Al-Fayha v Al-Ahli

24 February 2018 Al-Majma'ah
18:40	Asprilla 93', 100' Al-Sobhi 120+1'	Report	Balghaith 48' 112' Bakshween 60' Al-Amri 85' Asiri 109'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 2,278 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
	Penalties
	Asprilla Al-Mutairi Al-Sobhi Fernández Izaguirre		Awagi Ben Amor

30 March 2018 Al-Faisaly	1–0	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
20:35	Zé Eduardo 77'	Report	Al-Shamrani 90+6'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands )

Crown Prince Cup

Al-Ahli will enter the Crown Prince Cup in the Round of 16 alongside the other Pro League teams. On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled.[34]

30 October 2017 Al-Ettifaq	Cancelled	Al-Ahli	Dammam
19:30				Stadium: Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad Stadium

AFC Champions League

2017 AFC Champions League

Quarter-finals

22 August 2017 (2017-08-22) Muscat, Oman
20:00 UTC+4	Khalilzadeh 72', 86' Mensha 84'	Report	Leonardo 58'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

12 September 2017 (2017-09-12) Second leg	Al-Ahli	1–3 (3–5 agg.)	Persepolis	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:15 UTC+4	Bakshween 36' Al-Amri 52' Hawsawi 81'	Report	Alipour 5' Kamyabinia 12' Mosalman 37' Taremi 56', 90+4' (pen.) Ansari 73' Mensha 82' (pen.) H. Mahini 87'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 5.820 Referee: Ma Ning (China )

2018 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AHL	JAZ	GHA	TRA
1	Al-Ahli	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	1–1	2–0
2	Al-Jazira	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	3–2	0–0
3	Al-Gharafa	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8^[a]		1–1	2–3	—	3–0
4	Tractor Sazi	6	0	2	4	2	10	−8	2		0–1	1–1	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Al-Jazira 3–2 Al-Gharafa, Al-Gharafa 2–3 Al-Jazira.

12 February 2018 (2018-02-12) 1	Seeb, Oman
19:30 UTC+4	Iranpourian 49' Sharbati 60'	Report	Al-Amri 45' Assiri 67'	Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium Attendance: 1,253 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Al-Ahli

v

Al-Jazira

19 February 2018 (2018-02-19) 2	Al-Ahli	2–1	Al-Jazira	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:10 UTC+3	Al-Jassim 10' Assiri 70' (pen.)	Report	Al Mosailem 89' (o.g. )	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 14,477 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

5 March 2018 (2018-03-05) 3	Al-Gharafa	1–1	Al-Ahli	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:10 UTC+3	Quijada 90+1'	Report	Balghaith 62'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13) 4	Al-Gharafa	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+3	Al-Mowalad 32' Al-Moasher 45+3' Zakaria 58'	Report	Taremi 56' Sneijder 90'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 19,020 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

3 April 2018 (2018-04-03) 5	Tractor Sazi	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:20 UTC+4	Balghaith 70' Zakaria 90+2'	Report	Azadi 81'	Stadium: Australia )

Al-Jazira

v

Al-Ahli

17 April 2018 (2018-04-17) 6	Al-Jazira	1–2	Al-Ahli	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
18:30 UTC+4	Romarinho 68'	Report	Al-Amri 6' Zakaria 30' Al-Moasher 43'	Stadium: Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 621 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

7 May 2018 (2018-05-07) First leg	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ahli	Doha, Qatar
19:15 UTC+3	Khoukhi 3', 28'	Report	Assiri 47' Bakshween 62'	Stadium: Australia )

14 May 2018 (2018-05-14) First leg	Al-Ahli	2–2	Al-Sadd	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:40 UTC+3	Claudemir 9', 90' Hawsawi 33' Assiri 39', 87'	Report	Bounedjah 2', 70' Abubakar 42' Al-Sheeb 87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 24,150 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 14 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		2017 Champions League		2018 Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Yasser Al Mosailem	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	6	0
33	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Owais	29	0	24	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
36	GK	KSA	Raghid Al-Najjar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	GK	KSA	Basem Atallah	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Zubaidi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	AUS	Mark Milligan	17	0	8	0	2	0	0	0	6+1	0
6	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Fatil	11	0	4+1	0	1+1	0	2	0	2	0
21	DF	KSA	Ageel Balghaith	25	1	13+3	0	3	0	0	0	6	1
23	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Mowalad	33	0	22	0	3	0	2	0	6	0
25	DF	KSA	Motaz Hawsawi	33	4	22+1	4	1	0	2	0	5+2	0
27	DF	KSA	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	10	0	3+1	0	2	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
31	DF	KSA	Mansoor Al-Harbi	30	1	21+1	1	1	0	0	0	7	0
32	DF	KSA	Faisal Darisi	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
37	DF	KSA	Abdullah Hassoun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
77	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi	12	0	5+4	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
4	MF	KSA	Waleed Bakshween	27	0	13+3	0	3	0	2	0	5+1	0
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Moasher	22	7	6+7	4	2	3	0+1	0	5+1	0
8	MF	KSA	Taisir Al-Jassim	18	2	8+3	1	1	0	1	0	5	1
10	MF	GRE	Giannis Fetfatzidis	32	11	25+1	9	4	2	0	0	1+1	0
11	MF	KSA	Housain Al-Mogahwi	35	6	21+3	5	3	1	1+1	0	3+3	0
15	MF	KSA	Saleh Al-Amri	19	4	3+5	1	2+1	1	2	1	4+2	1
17	MF	KSA	Ayman Al-Khulaif	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Asmari	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF	BRA	Claudemir	30	3	20	2	0+1	0	2	0	5+2	1
20	MF	TUN	Mohamed Ben Amor	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	KSA	Ali Awagi	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	KSA	Abdulmohsen Al-Subhi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	KSA	Yousef Al-Harbi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	BRA	Leonardo	23	11	16+3	10	2	0	2	1	0	0
45	MF	KSA	Abdulfattah Asiri	25	2	8+10	1	3	1	0	0	4	0
50	MF	KSA	Abdullah Majrashi	14	1	1+7	1	1+2	0	0+1	0	2	0
88	MF	EGY	Moamen Zakaria	17	6	2+4	1	2+1	2	0	0	4+4	3
Forwards
9	ST	SYR	Omar Al Soma	17	12	13+1	11	1	0	2	1	0	0
14	ST	KSA	Muhannad Assiri	25	13	9+6	8	1+1	0	0+1	0	6+1	5
29	ST	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
41	ST	KSA	Mansour Al-Muwallad	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
13	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	5	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
49	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Zain	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
28	DF	NGA	Godfrey Oboabona	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	2017 Champions League	2018 Champions League	Total
1	14	FW	Muhannad Assiri	8	0	0	5	13
2	9	FW	Omar Al Somah	11	0	1	0	12
3	10	MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	9	2	0	0	11
3	42	MF	Leonardo	10	0	1	0	11
5	7	MF	Salman Al-Moasher	4	3	0	0	7
6	11	MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	5	1	0	0	6
6	88	MF	Moamen Zakaria	1	2	0	3	6
8	15	MF	Saleh Al-Amri	1	1	1	1	4
9	19	MF	Claudemir	2	0	0	1	3
9	25	DF	Motaz Hawsawi	3	0	0	0	3
11	8	MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	1	0	0	1	2
11	45	MF	Abdulfattah Asiri	1	1	0	0	2
13	21	DF	Ageel Balghaith	0	0	0	1	1
	31	DF	Mansoor Al-Harbi	1	0	0	0	1
	50	MF	Abdullah Majrashi	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				1	0	0	0	1
Total				59	10	3	12	84

Last Updated: 14 May 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	2018 Champions League	Total
1	33	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	7	0	0	7
2	1	GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	2	2	2	6
Total				9	2	2	13

Last Updated: 17 April 2018

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[table_hth_ETT0.016012942891574-32] Al-Ettifaq finished ahead of Al-Fateh on head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Al-Fateh, Al-Fateh 1–1 Al-Ettifaq

[table_hth_JAZ0.4161064254195-36] Head-to-head results: Al-Jazira 3–2 Al-Gharafa, Al-Gharafa 2–3 Al-Jazira.

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