2009–10 Al-Hilal FC season

Al-Hilal
2009–10 season
President	Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad
Manager	Eric Gerets
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium; Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	1st
Crown Prince Cup	Winners
King Cup of Champions	Runners-up
AFC Champions League	2010: Quarter-finals1
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (12); All: ; Yasser Al-Qahtani (19)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 53rd in existence and 34th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club participated in the AFC Champions League, Crown Prince Cup, and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers.^[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Mohamed Al-Deayea	(1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 37)
22	GK	Khalid Sharhili	(1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 23)
30	GK	Hassan Al-Otaibi	(1977-10-16)16 October 1977 (aged 32)
Defenders
12	RB	Lee Young-pyo	(1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 33)
21	CB	Abdullah Al-Dawsari	(1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 20)
4	LB / CB	Abdullah Al-Zori	(1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 22)
25	CB	Majed Al Marshadi	(1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 25)
3	CB	Osama Hawsawi	(1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 26)
19	CB	Mohammad Nami	(1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 28)
23	CB	Hassan Khairat	(1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 24)
Midfielders
8	DM / CM	Mirel Rădoi	(1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 29)
5	CM / AM	Abdulatif Al-Ghanam	(1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 24)
15	RM	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	(1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 22)
10	AM / LW	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	(1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 29)
11	AM / LM	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	(1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 21)
29	AM / LM / LW	Salman Al-Faraj (C)	(1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 21)
13	CM	Omar Al-Ghamdi	(1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 31)
24	LM / RM	Nawaf Al-Abed	(1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 20)
6	RM	Khaled Aziz	(1981-07-14)14 July 1981 (aged 28)
9	RM	Christian Wilhelmsson	(1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 30)
7	RM	Thiago Neves	(1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 25)
Forwards
20	ST / CF	Yasser Al-Qahtani	(1982-10-10)10 October 1982 (aged 27)
18	ST / CF	Ahmed Al-Swaileh	(1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 24)
26	RW	Mohammad Al-Anbar	(1985-03-22)22 March 1985 (aged 25)
16	ST / CF	Essa Al-Mehyani	(1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 27)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Pro League	Round 1	Champions	19 August 2009	18 March 2010
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 16	Winners	4 February 2010	19 February 2010
2010 ACL	Group stage	Round of 16¹	24 February 2010	12 May 2010
King Cup of Champions	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	4 April 2010	7 May 2010

Notes

Note 1: Al-Hilal qualified to the quarter-finals.

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	22	18	2	2	56	18	+38	081.82
King Cup of Champions	5	3	2	0	14	5	+9	060.00
Crown Prince Cup	4	4	0	0	8	4	+4	100.00
2010 ACL	7	4	2	1	14	7	+7	057.14
Total	38	29	6	3	92	34	+58	076.32

Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	22	18	2	2	56	18	+38	56	AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Al-Ittihad	22	14	3	5	46	30	+16	45
3	Al-Nassr	22	12	7	3	38	23	+15	43
4	Al-Shabab	22	11	7	4	36	23	+13	40
5	Al-Wehda	22	7	7	8	34	27	+7	28

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).
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Al-Shabab secured qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ittihad winning the 2010 King Cup of Champions.

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
22	18	2	2	56	18	+38	56	9	2	0	34	9	+25	9	0	2	22	9	+13

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

19 August 2009 1	Al-Qadisiyah	1–2	Al-Hilal	Khobar
20:45 (UTC+03:00)	Nélson 14'	Report	28' Al-Ghanam 88' Al-Swaileh	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

26 August 2009 2	Al-Hilal	5–0	Najran	Riyadh
22:15 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson 5', 65' Al-Mehyani 45' Al-Shalhoub 53' Al-Qahtani 82'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Khalid Al-Zahrani

24 September 2009 3	Al-Wehda	1–2	Al-Hilal	Makkah
20:10 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Muwallad 53'	Report	7' Al-Qahtani 47' Al-Shalhoub	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Daffer Al-Shehri

29 September 2009 4	Al-Hilal	2–2	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:10 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Fraidi 33' Al-Swaileh 71'	Report	5' (pen.) Al-Sahlawi 63' Abdulghani	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Dimitrios Kalapoulos

18 October 2009 5	Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
19:50 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Raheb 48'	Report	14' Al-Shalhoub 30' Wilhelmsson	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: Circhetta Claudio

23 October 2009 6	Al-Hilal	5–1	Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa
19:45 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shalhoub 52' (pen.), 88' Neves 55' Al-Qahtani 67' Wilhelmsson 73'	Report	93' Boabeed	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Meree Al-Awagi

28 October 2009 7	Al-Raed	0–2	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
19:45 (UTC+03:00)		Report	5' Neves 88' Al Marshadi	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

2 November 2009 8	Al-Hilal	4–0	Al-Hazm	Riyadh
19:40 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shalhoub 25', 57' (pen.) Al-Qahtani 39' (pen.) Neves 79'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

21 November 2009 9	Al-Ettifaq	0–2	Al-Hilal	Dammam
19:35 (UTC+03:00)		Report	22' Al-Qahtani 52' Wilhelmsson	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdelrahman Al-Qahtani

3 December 2009 10	Al-Hilal	2–2	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
19:35 (UTC+03:00)	Neves 25' Al-Shalhoub 37'	Report	46', 68' Camacho	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Victor Kassai

10 December 2009 11	Al-Hilal	5–0	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
19:35 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson 7', 84' Neves 37', 55', 58'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Luc Wouters

15 December 2009 12	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
19:40 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shalhoub 16' Al-Mehyani 53'	Report	20' Cominges	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Daffer Al-Shehri

20 December 2009 13	Najran	1–2	Al-Hilal	Najran
19:40 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Yami 10'	Report	24' Radoi 87' Al-Abed	Stadium: Al Akhdoud Club Stadium Referee: Saad Al-Kathiri

24 December 2009 14	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
15:15 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Qahtani 22' Al-Shalhoub 63' Neves 89' (pen.)	Report	77' Assiri	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

31 December 2009 15	Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
15:15 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Qarni 8' Al-Sahlawi 70'	Report	96' (pen.) Al-Shalhoub	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Kakos Anastasios

7 January 2010 16	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
19:50 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson 25' Al-Qahtani 68' Neves 92'	Report	77' Al-Raheb	Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Referee: Sandor Szabo

13 January 2010 17	Al-Fateh	0–4	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
19:55 (UTC+03:00)		Report	32', 60' Neves 68' (pen.) Wilhelmsson 81' Radoi	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Jerome Laperriere

19 January 2010 18	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
20:00 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Qahtani 45' Al-Shalhoub 55' (pen.)	Report	88' Al-Shameri	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdelrahman Al-Qahtani

24 January 2010 19	Al-Hazm	0–2	Al-Hilal	Ar Rass
20:00 (UTC+03:00)		Report	41' Al-Mehyani 72' Al-Abed	Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium Referee: Vlk Mario

28 January 2010 20	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:10 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Fraidi 76'	Report		Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Referee: Trutz Richard

14 March 2010 21	Al-Shabab	1–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:30 (UTC+03:00)	Flávio 61'	Report	51' Al-Dawsari 64' Al-Anbar	Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Qahtani

18 March 2010 22	Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:30 (UTC+03:00)	Noor 52' (pen.) Ziaya 78'	Report	2' Al-Qahtani	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: LOPES Ferreira

Crown Prince Cup

4 February 2010 Round of 16	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
20:10 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson 56' Balghaith 70' (o.g.)	Report	88' Fallatah	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

10 February 2010 Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:15 (UTC+03:00)	Feindouno 56'	Report	61' Neves 113' Wilhelmsson	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

15 February 2010 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	2–1	Najran	Riyadh
20:00 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Qahtani 18', 52'	Report	57' Abu-Yabis	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

19 February 2010 Final	Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:15 (UTC+03:00)	Simões 43'	Report	66' Wilhelmsson 78' Neves	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

King Cup of Champions

Quarter-finals

4 April 2010 First leg	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
20:35 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shalhoub 26' (pen.) Khairat 28' Al-Mehyani 69'		82' Al-Hderme	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

8 April 2010 Second leg	Al-Fateh	0–5 (1–8 agg.)	Al Hilal	Al-Hasa
20:35 (UTC+03:00)			11' Al-Abed 44', 61' (pen.) Al-Qahtani 64' Al-Shalhoub 72' Al-Mehyani	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

Semi-finals

20 April 2010 First leg	Al-Nassr	3–5	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+03:00)	Figueroa 62', 86' (pen.) Belal 79'		8', 27' Al-Qahtani 25' (pen.), 90' Rădoi 59' Nami	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

2 May 2010 Second leg	Al-Hilal	1–1 (6–4 agg.)	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:50 (UTC+03:00)	Neves 29'		57' Al-Harthi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Final

7 May 2010 Final	Al-Hilal	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
	Penalties
	Al-Qahtani Al-Mehyani Lee Young-pyo Wilhelmsson Al-Fraidi		Kariri Ziaya Chermiti Al-Raheeb Noor

2010 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIL	MES	SAD	AHL
1	Al-Hilal	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	knock-out stage	—	3–1	0–0	1–1
2	Mes Kerman	6	3	0	3	13	13	0	9	knock-out stage	3–1	—	3–1	4–2
3	Al-Sadd	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	8		0–3	4–1	—	2–2
4	Al-Ahli	6	1	2	3	9	16	−7	5		2–3	2–1	0–5	—

Source: Soccerway

24 February 2010 1	Al-Sadd	0–3	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
17:55 (UTC+03:00)			9', 66' Al-Qahtani 90+3' Neves	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

10 March 2010 2	Al-Hilal	3–1	Mes Kerman	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:25 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson 3' Hawsawi 15' Al-Qahtani 81'		90+3' Samereh	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Tan Hai (China)

24 March 2010 3	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Mehyani 48'		90+1' Abd Rabo	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

30 March 2010 4	Al-Ahli	2–3	Al-Hilal	Dubai, UAE
18:25 (UTC+03:00)	A. Khalil 43' César 65'		10' Al-Qahtani 15' Wilhelmsson 90+2' Lee Young-Pyo	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

13 April 2010 5	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Sadd	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:35 (UTC+03:00)				Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman)

27 April 2010 6	Mes Kerman	3–1	Al-Hilal	Kerman, Iran
16:30 (UTC+03:00)	Edinho 1' Zaltron 76' Rajabzadeh 90+2'		51' Al-Mehyani	Stadium: Shahid Bahonar Stadium Attendance: 11,100 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

12 May 2010 Round of 16	Al-Hilal	3–0	Bunyodkor	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:45 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Marshedi 9' Wilhelmsson 57' Neves 61'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 52,129 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	2010 ACL	Total
1	20	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	9	4	2	4	19
2	7	MF	Thiago Neves	11	1	2	2	16
3	9	MF	Christian Wilhelmsson	9	0	3	3	15
4	10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	12	2	0	0	14
5	16	FW	Essa Al-Mehyani	3	2	0	2	7
6	8	MF	Mirel Radoi	2	2	0	0	4
7	24	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	2	1	0	0	3
8	15	MF	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	2	0	0	0	2
	18	FW	Ahmed Al-Swaileh	2	0	0	0	2
	25	DF	Majed Al Marshadi	1	0	0	1	2
9	11	DF	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	1	0	0	0	1
	26	FW	Mohammad Al-Anbar	1	0	0	0	1
	23	DF	Hassan Khairat	0	1	0	0	1
	19	DF	Mohammad Nami	0	1	0	0	1
	5	MF	Abdulatif Al-Ghanam	1	0	0	0	1
	3	DF	Osama Hawsawi	0	0	0	1	1
	12	DF	Lee Young-pyo	0	0	0	1	1
Total				56	14	7	14	90

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	2010 CL	Total
1	9	MF	Christian Wilhelmsson	10	1	1	3	15
2	7	MF	Thiago Neves	7	1	1	5	14
3	10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	5	0	0	1	6
4	4	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	4	0	0	0	4
4	8	MF	Mirel Rădoi	0	2	0	2	4
5	20	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	2	0	1	0	3
	11	MF	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	2	1	0	0	3
	16	FW	Essa Al-Mehyani	2	0	1	0	3
	24	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	1	1	1	0	3
6	13	MF	Omar Al-Ghamdi	1	0	1	0	2
	12	DF	Lee Young-pyo	2	0	0	0	2
	15	MF	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	0	1	0	1	2
7	19	DF	Mohammad Nami	1	0	0	0	1
	3	DF	Osama Hawsawi	1	0	0	0	1
	25	DF	Majed Al Marshadi	1	0	0	0	1
Total				39	7	6	12	64

References

^ "Al-Hilal Information for 2009–2010 league season". slstat.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

[table_note_res_CLGS0.17476319064142-2] Al-Shabab secured qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ittihad winning the 2010 King Cup of Champions.

[1] "Al-Hilal Information for 2009–2010 league season". slstat.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.

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