2024–25 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

Al-Ahli
2024–25 season
President	Khalid Al-Eissa;
Manager	Matthias Jaissle
Stadium	King Abdullah Sports City
Pro League	10th
King Cup	Round of 32
ACL Elite	League stage
Super Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Toney (3); All: Ivan Toney (4)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Al-Ahli's 88th year in existence and 48th season in the Pro League.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League Elite, and the Super Cup.

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

Players

Squad information

As of 19 October 2024^[2]^[3]

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	Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi
3	DF	BRA	Roger Ibañez
5	DF	KSA	Mohammed Sulaiman
6	DF	KSA	Bassam Al-Hurayji
7	FW	ALG	Riyad Mahrez
8	FW	KSA	Sumayhan Al-Nabit
9	FW	KSA	Firas Al-Buraikan
10	FW	BRA	Roberto Firmino (captain)
11	MF	BRA	Alexsander
14	MF	KSA	Abdullah Otayf
15	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Ammar
16	GK	SEN	Édouard Mendy
19	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Rashidi
24	MF	ESP	Gabri Veiga
26	DF	KSA	Fahad Al-Hamad
27	DF	KSA	Ali Majrashi
28	DF	TUR	Merih Demiral


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Majhad
30	MF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Johani
31	DF	KSA	Saad Balobaid
34	DF	KSA	Bandar Al-Shamrani
39	MF	KSA	Yaseen Al-Zubaidi
40	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Asmari
45	MF	KSA	Abdulkarim Darisi
46	DF	KSA	Rayan Hamed
62	GK	KSA	Abdullah Abdo
79	MF	CIV	Franck Kessie
87	MF	KSA	Ramez Zaid Al-Attar
90	MF	KSA	Amar Al-Yuhaybi
99	FW	ENG	Ivan Toney
—	GK	KSA	Ghassan Barqawi

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
97	FW	FRA	Allan Saint-Maximin (at Fenerbahçe until 30 June 2025)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	–	Ghassan Barqawi	Al-Ain	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	13	Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi	Abha	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	35	Ahmed Al-Nakhli	Al-Kholood	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	39	Yaseen Al-Zubaidi	Al-Okhdood	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	92	Modou Barrow	Sivasspor	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	94	Marcão	Fatih Karagümrük	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	–	Mourad Khodari	Al-Okhdood	End of loan
20 August 2024	MF	11	Alexsander	Fluminense	$10,000,000	^[4]
31 August 2024	FW	99	Ivan Toney	Brentford	$46,000,000	^[5]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2024	DF	13	Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi	Al-Orobah	Free	^[6]
14 August 2024	MF	–	Yazan Madani	KF Egnatia	Free	^[7]
20 August 2024	DF	35	Ahmed Al-Nakhli	Al-Hazem	Free
20 August 2024	FW	91	Sultan Al-Suraihi	Al-Hazem	Free
23 August 2024	FW	–	Mourad Khodari	Al-Wehda	Free	^[8]
26 August 2024	MF	–	Zaid Al-Enezi	Al-Ula	Free	^[9]
2 September 2024	FW	–	Majed Khalifah	Al-Kholood	Free	^[10]
3 September 2024	DF	37	Abdulbasit Hindi	Al-Ettifaq	$1,865,000	^[11]
3 September 2024	FW	17	Haitham Asiri	Al-Qadsiah	$2,930,000	^[12]
14 September 2024	MF	92	Modou Barrow	Abha	Free
25 September 2024	MF	44	Naif Bakri	Al-Anwar	Free	^[13]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
17 July 2024	End of season	FW	97	Allan Saint-Maximin	Fenerbahçe	$8,740,000	^[14]
30 July 2024	End of season	FW	94	Marcão	Kocaelispor	Undisclosed	^[15]
23 August 2024	End of season	MF	18	Younes Al-Shanqiti	Al-Shabab	None	^[16]
29 August 2024	End of season	MF	95	Ayman Fallatah	Damac	None	^[17]
2 September 2024	End of season	MF	65	Faisal Al-Sibyani	Damac	None	^[18]
12 September 2024	End of season	MF	49	Firas Al-Ghamdi	Al-Arabi	None	^[19]
13 September 2024	End of season	MF	73	Abdulrahman Al-Humayani	Al-Anwar	None	^[20]

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Ahli	1–0	Újpest	Freistadt, Austria
17:30 CEST	Firmino 10'	Report		Stadium: Holzhaider-Stadion

23 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–1	Blau-Weiß Linz	Linz, Austria
17:00 CEST	Firmino 60' (pen.), 76' Veiga 71'	Report		Stadium: Hofmann Personal Stadion

26 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Ahli	1–0	Al-Gharafa	Sankt Leonhard am Forst, Austria
16:00 CEST	Darisi 70'	Report		Stadium: Sportanlage Sankt Leonhard/Forst

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

6 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–3	Grazer AK	Haus im Ennstal, Austria
12:00 CEST	Ibañez 16' Al-Rashidi 76' Firmino 82'	Report	Cipot 13' Cheukoua 45' (pen.) Zaizen 55'	Stadium: Hauser EnnsbodenArena

16 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–3	Al-Wehda	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:35 AST	Veiga Al-Rashidi ,	Report	Goodwin , ,	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	7	3	1	3	11	7	+4	042.86
King Cup	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
ACL Elite	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Super Cup	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total	12	6	2	4	18	10	+8	050.00

Updated to match played 21 October 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Al-Khaleej	9	4	1	4	10	11	−1	13
8	Al-Taawoun	9	3	3	3	10	9	+1	12
9	Al-Ahli	9	3	2	4	12	9	+3	11
10	Al-Raed	9	3	2	4	13	13	0	11
11	Al-Ettifaq	9	3	2	4	8	12	−4	11

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 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).^[21]

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
7	3	1	3	11	7	+4	10	2	0	1	7	4	+3	1	1	2	4	3	+1

Last updated: 18 October 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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D
Position	3	8	9	6	7	10	6	8

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: SPL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

23 August 2024 1	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Orobah	Jeddah
21:00	Darisi 32' Al-Johani 37' Firmino 80'	Report	Muhar 60' F. Al-Zubaidi 76' I. Al-Zubaidi 80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 20,214 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

27 August 2024 2	Al-Fateh	1–0	Al-Ahli	Al-Hasa
18:45	Baattiah 26' Djaniny 54'	Report	Demiral 20' Majrashi 49'	Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium Attendance: 7,054 Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri

13 September 2024 3	Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
21:00	Lajami 90+7' Al-Hurayji 90+9' (o.g.)	Report	Al-Johani 28' Kessié 57', 90+11' Al-Hurayji 83'	Stadium: Al-Awwal Park Attendance: 23,644 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

20 September 2024 4	Al-Ahli	4–2	Damac	Jeddah
18:55	Veiga 13', 88' Ibañez 30' Al-Johani 30' Toney 46', 90+16' Firmino 90+8'	Report	Fallatah 45+9', 88' Chafaï 65' Al-Khaibari 90+5'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 25,471 Referee: Abdullah Al-Harbi

27 September 2024 5	Al-Qadsiah	1–0	Al-Ahli	Dammam
21:00	Asiri 39' Aubameyang 43' (pen.) Nández 88'	Report	Al-Johani 90+12'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 14,023 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

5 October 2024 6	Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
21:00	Veiga 12' Ibañez 37' Hamed 75' Majrashi 90'	Report	Mitrović 56', 78' (pen.), 90+4' S. Al-Dawsari 75'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 53,036 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

18 October 2024 7	Al-Khaleej	0–3	Al-Ahli	Dammam
17:45	Al-Fahad 17' Al-Samiri 53' Fortounis 74' Kourbelis 79'	Report	Mahrez 20' Al-Buraikan 55' Toney 70' Demiral 74' Majrashi 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

25 October 2024 8	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Okhdood	Jeddah
21:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

31 October 2024 9	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
21:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

8 November 2024 10	Al-Ahli	v	Al-Raed	Jeddah
18:20				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

22 November 2024 11	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
17:50				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

29 November 2024 12	Al-Ahli	v	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
20:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

7 December 2024 13	Al-Taawoun	v	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
20:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

TBD 14	Al-Ahli	v	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
TBD				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

TBD 15	Al-Kholood	v	Al-Ahli	Ar Rass
TBD				Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium

TBD 16	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Ahli	Dammam
TBD				Stadium: Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium

TBD 17	Al-Ahli	v	Al-Riyadh	Jeddah
TBD				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

King Cup

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

23 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Jandal	Jeddah
21:00	Toney 82'	Report	Matuq 24' Abo Shahin 26' Amri 30' (pen.) Comara 36' Al-Khaibari 45+5' Moaafa 79' Salah 89' Al-Rashed 90+12'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Attendance: 6,455 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

Super Cup

13 August 2024 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	1–1 (4–1 p)	Al-Ahli	Abha, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3	Al-Hamdan 77' Mitrović 90+1'	Report	Majrashi 10' Firmino 66' Veiga 80' Mendy 88' Kessié 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 12,200 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
	Penalties
	Neves S. Al-Dawsari Mitrović Milinković-Savić		Firmino Veiga Ibañez

AFC Champions League Elite

League stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Hilal	4	4	0	0	16	5	+11	12	Advance to round of 16
2	Al-Ahli	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12
3	Al-Nassr	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10
4	Al-Sadd	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8
5	Al Wasl	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7
6	Al-Gharafa	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
7	Al-Rayyan	4	1	0	3	4	7	−3	3
8	Esteghlal	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	3
9	Persepolis	4	0	2	2	2	4	−2	2
10	Pakhtakor	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2
11	Al-Shorta	4	0	2	2	2	11	−9	2
12	Al Ain	4	0	1	3	8	15	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2024. Source: Asian Football Confederation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) penalty shoot-out if only two teams remain tied and played each other on the final matchday 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

16 September 2024 (2024-09-16) 1	Al-Ahli	1–0	Persepolis	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Kessié 2' Al-Ammar 45+6'	Report	El Amloud 24' Amiri 45+1'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Attendance: 15,170 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

30 September 2024 (2024-09-30) 2	Al Wasl	0–2	Al-Ahli	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4		Report	Mahrez 3' Ibañez 38' Al-Sanbi 82'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 5,731 Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

21 October 2024 (2024-10-21) 3	Al-Rayyan	1–2	Al-Ahli	Al Rayyan, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3	Hatem 52' Al-Hamad 65' (o.g.) Shehata 68' García 78'	Report	Veiga 16' Al-Buraikan 38' Al-Hamad 50' Ibañez 55' Majrashi 90+4'	Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 8,377 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Kuwait)

4 November 2024 (2024-11-04) 4	Al-Ahli	5–1	Al-Shorta	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

25 November 2024 (2024-11-25) 5	Al Ain	v	Al-Ahli	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4				Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium

2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) 6	Al-Ahli	v	Esteghlal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

3 February 2025 (2025-02-03) 7	Al-Sadd	v	Al-Ahli	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

17 February 2025 (2025-02-17) 8	Al-Ahli	v	Al-Gharafa	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 21 October 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		ACL Elite		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
16	GK	SEN	Édouard Mendy	7	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
62	GK	KSA	Abdullah Abdoh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	BRA	Roger Ibañez	12	1	7	0	1	0	3	1	1	0
5	DF	KSA	Mohammed Sulaiman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	KSA	Bassam Al-Hurayji	7	0	2+2	0	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
15	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Ammar	7	0	4	0	0+1	0	2	0	0	0
26	DF	KSA	Fahad Al-Hamad	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
27	DF	KSA	Ali Majrashi	12	0	7	0	1	0	3	0	1	0
28	DF	TUR	Merih Demiral	12	1	7	1	1	0	3	0	1	0
31	DF	KSA	Saad Balobaid	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
46	DF	KSA	Rayan Hamed	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	KSA	Sumayhan Al-Nabit	9	0	0+5	0	1	0	0+2	0	1	0
11	MF	BRA	Alexsander	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Rashidi	6	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
24	MF	ESP	Gabri Veiga	12	3	5+2	2	1	0	2+1	1	0+1	0
30	MF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Johani	11	0	6	0	1	0	2+1	0	1	0
39	MF	KSA	Yaseen Al-Zubaidi	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Asmari	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
45	MF	KSA	Abdulkarim Darisi	7	1	2+2	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	1	0
79	MF	CIV	Franck Kessié	12	2	7	1	0+1	0	3	1	1	0
Forwards
7	FW	ALG	Riyad Mahrez	11	1	7	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
9	FW	KSA	Firas Al-Buraikan	10	2	5+1	1	0+1	0	3	1	0	0
10	FW	BRA	Roberto Firmino	12	3	4+3	2	1	0	1+2	0	1	1
99	FW	ENG	Ivan Toney	9	4	5	3	1	1	3	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
17	FW	KSA	Haitham Asiri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	KSA	Abdulbasit Hindi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	ACL Elite	Super Cup	Total
1	99	FW	Ivan Toney	3	1	0	0	4
2	10	FW	Roberto Firmino	2	0	0	1	3
2	24	MF	Gabri Veiga	2	0	1	0	3
4	9	FW	Firas Al-Buraikan	1	0	1	0	2
4	79	MF	Franck Kessié	1	0	1	0	2
6	3	DF	Roger Ibañez	0	0	1	0	1
	7	FW	Riyad Mahrez	0	0	1	0	1
	28	DF	Merih Demiral	1	0	0	0	1
	45	MF	Abdulkarim Darisi	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0	0	0
Total				11	1	5	1	18

Last Updated: 21 October 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	ACL Elite	Super Cup	Total
1	7	FW	Riyad Mahrez	0	3	1	4
2	3	FW	Roger Ibañez	1	1	0	2
	79	MF	Franck Kessié	2	0	0	2
	99	FW	Ivan Toney	2	0	0	2
5	9	FW	Firas Al-Buraikan	1	0	0	1
5	24	MF	Gabri Veiga	1	0	0	1
Total				6	4	1	11

Last Updated: 21 October 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	ACL Elite	Total
1	1	GK	Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi	1	1	2
1	16	GK	Édouard Mendy	1	1	2
Total				2	2	4

Last Updated: 18 October 2024

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[4] "الأهلي يتعاقد مع جوميز.. ويظهر أمام العروبة".

[5] "الأهلي يتعاقد مع المهاجم توني حتى 2028".

[6] "الزبيدي وبرناوي يدعمان دفاع العروبة".

[7] "An Arabian for champions, Egnatia introduces the next approach".

[8] "مراد خضري مهاجماً في كتيبة الفرسان".

[9] "اللاعب الشاب زيد العنزي ينضم للنمور العربية".

[10] "نادي #الخلود يُعلن رسمياً التوقيع مع اللاعب ماجد خليفة".

[11] "عبد الباسط هندي إلى الاتفاق".

[12] "هيثم عسيري ينضم للقادسية".

[13] "تعاقدت إدارة نادي الأنوار مع اللاعب النجم / نايف بكري".

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