2020–21 Al Hilal SFC season

Al-Hilal
2020–21 season
President	Fahad bin Nafil Al-Otaibi
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	King Fahd International Stadium
Pro League	1st
King Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	Group stage
Super Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bafétimbi Gomis (8); All: ; Bafétimbi Gomis (8)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is Al-Hilal's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 63rd year in existence as a football club.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Saudi Super Cup.

The season covers the period from 24 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Squad information

As of 25 October 2020^[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	Abdullah Al-Mayouf
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Breik
5	DF	KSA	Ali Al Bulaihi
6	MF	COL	Gustavo Cuéllar
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Faraj (Captain)
8	MF	KSA	Abdullah Otayf
9	FW	ITA	Sebastian Giovinco
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto
11	FW	KSA	Saleh Al-Shehri
12	DF	KSA	Yasser Al-Shahrani
16	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Dawsari
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis
19	MF	PER	André Carrillo
20	DF	KOR	Jang Hyun-soo


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi
23	DF	KSA	Madallah Al-Olayan
26	MF	KSA	Fawaz Al-Torais
27	MF	KSA	Hattan Bahebri
28	MF	KSA	Mohamed Kanno
29	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Dawsari
31	GK	KSA	Habib Al-Wotayan
32	DF	KSA	Muteb Al-Mufarrij
33	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jadaani
35	MF	KSA	Mansor Al Beshe
50	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Bishi
55	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Abdan
70	DF	KSA	Mohammed Jahfali
77	FW	SYR	Omar Kharbin

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
30	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Waked (at Al-Qadsiah until 30 June 2021)
38	FW	KSA	Khaled Al Gubaie (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2021)
39	MF	KSA	Nawaf Sharahili (at Al-Diriyah until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
41	MF	KSA	Thaar Al-Otaibi (at Abha until 30 June 2021)
54	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2021)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
9 September 2020	GK	33	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	Al-Hilal	Free	^[3]
9 September 2020	DF	32	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	Al-Shabab	End of loan
9 September 2020	FW	11	Saleh Al-Shehri	Al-Raed	$2,666,000	^[4]
24 September 2020	DF	–	Mohammed Al-Dossari	Al-Raed	End of loan
24 September 2020	MF	15	Ahmed Ashraf	Al-Faisaly	End of loan
24 September 2020	FW	38	Khaled Al Gubaie	Al-Shoulla	End of loan
28 September 2020	MF	41	Thaar Al-Otaibi	Al-Taawoun	End of loan
14 October 2020	MF	26	Fawaz Al-Torais	Al-Ettifaq	$1,335,000	^[5]
21 October 2020	GK	31	Habib Al-Wotayan	Al-Fateh	$1,333,000	^[6]
24 October 2020	FW	10	Luciano Vietto	Sporting CP	$8,300,000	^[7]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 September 2020	MF	3	Carlos Eduardo	Shabab Al-Ahli	Free	^[8]
10 September 2020	MF	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		Retired	^[9]
9 October 2020	DF	–	Mohammed Al-Dossari	Al-Raed	Free	^[10]
10 October 2020	DF	34	Waleed Al-Ahmed	Al-Faisaly	Free	^[11]
16 October 2020	DF	17	Abdullah Al-Hafith	Al-Wehda	Free	^[12]
17 October 2020	MF	–	Mohammed Mansour	Al-Jabalain	Free	^[13]
25 October 2020	MF	15	Ahmed Ashraf	Al-Faisaly	$800,000	^[14]
25 October 2020	MF	24	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Shabab	$1,060,000	^[15]
17 January 2021	FW	77	Omar Kharbin	Al-Wahda	Free	^[16]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 October 2020	End of season	FW	38	Khaled Al Gubaie	Al-Shoulla	None	^[17]
13 October 2020	End of season	MF	41	Thaar Al-Otaibi	Abha	None	^[18]
19 October 2020	End of season	GK	30	Mohammed Al-Waked	Al-Qadsiah	None	^[19]
23 October 2020	End of season	MF	39	Nawaf Sharahili	Al-Diriyah	None	^[20]
26 October 2020	End of season	DF	54	Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri	Al-Adalah	None	^[21]
12 January 2021	End of season	FW	–	Riyadh Al-Ghamdi	Najran	None	^[22]
29 January 2021	End of season	MF	35	Mansor Al-Beshe	Al-Raed	None	^[23]

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	15	8	6	1	23	9	+14	053.33
King Cup	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super Cup	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Total	17	8	6	3	23	14	+9	047.06

Updated to match played 30 January 2021
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)	30	18	7	5	60	27	+33	61	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Shabab	30	17	6	7	68	43	+25	57	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Ittihad^[a]	30	15	11	4	45	29	+16	56
4	Al-Taawoun	30	13	8	9	42	30	+12	47^[b]	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Ettifaq	30	14	5	11	50	48	+2	47^[b]

Source: spl.com source=إحصائيات رابطة دوري المحترفين السعودي 2020-2021
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).^[25]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.^[24]
^ ^a ^b Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

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
15	8	6	1	23	9	+14	30	5	2	1	13	4	+9	3	4	0	10	5	+5

Last updated: 25 January 2021.
Source: spl.com.sa

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	D
Position	5	7	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2021. Source: spl.com.sa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

17 October 2020 1	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Ain	Riyadh
21:15	Al-Bulaihi 49'	Report	Al-Qarni 27' Nworah 78'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

22 October 2020 2	Abha	1–1	Al-Hilal	Abha
15:40	Bguir 55' (pen.) Al-Jumeiah 71'	Report	Carrillo 36' S. Al-Dawsari 74'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

31 October 2020 3	Al-Hilal	2–0	Damac	Riyadh
17:50	Gomis 17', 60' Giovinco 37' Jahfali 87' Bahebri 90+4'	Report	Vittor 14' Harzan 24' Lema 67' Chenihi 80'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

6 November 2020 4	Al-Ettifaq	0–2	Al-Hilal	Khobar
17:30		Report	S. Al-Dawsari 25' Carrillo 63'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

23 November 2020 5	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:15	Cuéllar 45+1' Gomis 60' (pen.) Vietto 63' Al-Bulaihi 71' Kanno 90+4' Al-Breik 90+6' Al-Shehri 90+8'	Report	Al-Ghanam 29' Maicon 58' Al-Obaid 88' Al-Amri 90+3'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

3 December 2020 6	Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
17:40	Kharbin 27', 31' S. Al-Dawsari 47' Kanno 52' Vietto 71'	Report	Naji 48' Saâdane 83'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

7 December 2020 7	Al-Raed	0–1	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
17:50	Al-Zain 80' Al-Sahli 90+5'	Report	Al-Bulaihi 84' Kanno 86'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

13 December 2020 8	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
19:45	Gomis 70' Al-Bulaihi 85'	Report	Petratos 7' Al-Eisa 21' Bakshween 64' Abdu Jaber 75', 90+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

21 December 2020 9	Al-Qadsiah	1–3	Al-Hilal	Khobar
17:30	Vitas 25' Bordeianu 50' Stanley 57'	Report	Gomis 14' (pen.) Carrillo 23' S. Al-Dawsari 47' Al-Olayan 75'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

26 December 2020 10	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Shehri 85'	Report	Al-Aboud 20' Al-Malki 80' Al-Bishi 82' Grohe 90+2'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

31 December 2020 11	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Faraj 30' Cuéllar 32' Al-Shehri 87'	Report	Martins 14' Al-Ammar 21' 51' Al-Hamdan 35' Al-Zori 68' Salem 80'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

8 January 2021 12	Al-Batin	2–2	Al-Hilal	Hafar Al-Batin
15:20	Chaves 26', 61' El Jebli 35' Al-Qarni 82'	Report	Al-Mufarrij 18' Kanno 25', 39' Gomis 43' Bahebri 90+7'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad Al-Rumaikhani

15 January 2021 13	Al-Ahli	0–0	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:10	Fejsa 5' Al-Asmari 45+2'	Report	Carrillo 40' Vietto 68'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

20 January 2021 14	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
18:10	Gomis 2' Al-Shahrani 21' Vietto 35', 50' Giovinco 64' Al-Breik 65'	Report	Amissi 7' Santos 39' Abousaban 66'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

25 January 2021 15	Al-Faisaly	1–1	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
18:15	Guilherme 45+2' Tavares 83' (pen.) Malayekah 88'	Report	Gomis 20' Giovinco 39' Al-Shahrani 82'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0 Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

4 February 2021 17	Al-Hilal	v	Abha	Riyadh
18:15				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

9 February 2021 16	Al-Ain	v	Al-Hilal	Al Bahah
16:05				Stadium: King Saud Sport City Stadium

14 February 2021 18	Damac	v	Al-Hilal	Abha
16:05				Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

18 February 2021 19	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:20				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

23 February 2021 20	Al-Nassr	v	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:35				Stadium: Mrsool Park

28 February 2021 21	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
18:20				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

5 March 2021 22	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Raed	Riyadh
20:35				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

11 March 2021 23	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Hilal	Mecca
19:05				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

20 March 2021 24	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
20:45				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

9 April 2021 25	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:50				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

17 April 2021 26	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:45				Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

14 May 2021 27	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Batin	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

19 May 2021 28	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

25 May 2021 29	Al-Taawoun	v	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
21:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

30 May 2021 30	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

King Cup

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

17 December 2020 Round of 16	Al-Hilal	0–2	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
17:40	Jahfali 1' Cuéllar 90+4'	Report	Al-Habib 43' Batna 55' Saâdane 84' Al-Fuhaid 87' Bendebka 88' Al-Daheem 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Saudi Super Cup

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

30 January 2021 Final	Al-Hilal	0–3	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Dawsari 64' Vietto 67'	Report	Petros 52', 61' Al-Ghannam 64' Amrabat 75' Hamdallah 82', 84' Al-Najei 90+2', 90+3'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 25 January 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Champions League		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	KSA	Habib Al-Wotayan	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Bishi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Breik	16	0	14+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	KSA	Ali Al Bulaihi	6	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	KSA	Yasser Al-Shahrani	14	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	KOR	Jang Hyun-soo	14	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	KSA	Madallah Al-Olayan	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	KSA	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	DF	KSA	Mohammed Jahfali	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	COL	Gustavo Cuéllar	13	0	10+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Faraj	13	0	11+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	KSA	Abdullah Otayf	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Dawsari	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	PER	André Carrillo	15	3	11+3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	KSA	Fawaz Al-Torais	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	KSA	Hattan Bahebri	9	0	2+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	KSA	Mohamed Kanno	15	2	9+5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Dawsari	13	3	10+2	3	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF	KSA	Mansor Al-Beshe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	KSA	Saad Al-Nasser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Abdan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ITA	Sebastian Giovinco	12	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto	13	1	7+5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	KSA	Saleh Al-Shehri	15	3	1+13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis	16	8	13+2	8	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
15	MF	KSA	Ahmed Ashraf	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hafith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	SYR	Omar Kharbin	9	1	4+4	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0-

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	18	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	8	8
2	11	FW	Saleh Al-Shehri	3	3
	19	MF	André Carrillo	3	3
	29	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	3	3
5	5	DF	Ali Al-Bulaihi	2	2
5	28	MF	Mohamed Kanno	2	2
7	10	FW	Luciano Vietto	1	1
7	77	FW	Omar Kharbin	1	1
Own goal				0	0
Total				23	23

Last Updated: 25 January 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	1	GK	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	5	5
2	33	GK	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	2	2
3	31	GK	Habib Al-Wotayan	1	1
Total				8	8

Last Updated: 20 January 2021

References

[table_note_ITT0.6273006511048-25] Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.^[24]

[table_hth_TWN0.6273006511048-26] Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

[1] "التعريف".

[2] "الفريق الاول لكرة القدم".

[3] "رسميًا - الهلال يتعاقد مع عبد الله الجدعاني".

[4] "صالح الشهري لاعباً للهلال حتى 2024".

[5] "الهلال يضم فواز الطريس حتى 2023".

[6] "الهلال يوقع مع حبيب الوطيان حارس الفتح".

[7] "7 ملايين تنقل فيتو إلى الهلال".

[8] "إدواردو يستقر في شباب الأهلي".

[9] "رسميًا .. محمد الشلهوب يعلن اعتزاله لكرة القدم".

[10] "الرائد يتعاقد رسميا مع دوسري الهلال".

[11] "رسمياً.. نادي الفيصلي يضم وليد الأحمد من الهلال".

[12] "رسـمياً.. الوحدة يعلن التعاقد مع عبدالله الحافظ".

[13] "محمد منصور جبلاوياً لموسم واحد".

[14] "رسميًا بصيغة جديدة .. الفيصلي يستعيد أحمد أشرف من الهلال".

[15] "نواف العابد شبابيًّا لـ3 مواسم.. قادمًا من الهلال".

[16] "بيان رسمي : عمر خريبين وحداوي في صفقة "انتقال حر"".

[17] "أنهت إدارة نادي #الشعلة برئاسة الأستاذ : فهد بن عبدالله الطفيل إجراءات تمديد عقد اللاعب " خالد آل جبيع"".

[18] "أبها يستعير ذعار من الهلال".

[19] "حارس الهلال محمد الواكد قدساوياً حتى نهاية الموسم".

[20] "شراحيلي ينضم لكتيبة العنابي".

[21] "العدالة يضم الكنيدري".

[22] "أنهت ادارة نادي #نجران اجراءات التعاقد مع مهاجم الهلال رياض الغامدي بنظام الإعارة".

[23] "الرائد يضم لاعب خط وسط الهلال منصور البيشي بنظام الإعارة".

[24] "رسمياً.. عدم منح الاتحاد والنصر الرخصة الآسيوية".

[27] "اللائحة التنظيمية لكأس دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للمحترفين" [Regulations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League Cup] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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