2015–16 Al-Hilal FC season

Al-Hilal
2015–16 season
President Nawaf Bin Sa'ad
Manager Giorgos Donis
(until 18 May 2016)
Abdullatif Al-Hussaini (caretaker)
(until end of the season)
Stadium King Fahd Stadium
Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL 2nd
Super Cup Winners
Crown Prince Cup Winners
King Cup Semi-finals
AFC Champions League 2015: Semi-finals
2016: Round of 16
Top goalscorer League:
Carlos Eduardo (14)

All:
Carlos Eduardo (24)
Highest home attendance 53,263 vs Al-Ahli (29 September 2015, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance 1,190[A] vs Lekhwiya (25 August 2015, Champions League)
Average home league attendance 11,872[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 season was the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 59th in existence and 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club is also competed in the AFC Champions League, Super Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 23 February 2016.[2][3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed in Contract until Signed from Transfer Fee Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Khalid Sharahili Saudi Arabia GK 3 February 1987 (aged 29) 2007 2019[4] Youth system N/A
22 Fahad Al-Thunayan Saudi Arabia GK 29 August 1986 (aged 29) 2014 2016 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawon 1.8M[5]
28 Abdullah Al-Sudairy Saudi Arabia GK 2 February 1992 (aged 24) 2010 2018 Youth system N/A
30 Mohammed Al-Waked Saudi Arabia GK 25 March 1992 (aged 24) 2013 2017 Youth system N/A
33 Marwan Al-Haidari Saudi Arabia GK 12 April 1996 (aged 20) 2016 2020 Saudi Arabia Al-Nahda €0.3M[6]
Defenders
2 Mohammed Al-Breik Saudi Arabia RB / RW 15 September 1992 (aged 23) 2014 2016 Youth system N/A
4 Abdullah Al-Zori Saudi Arabia CB / LB 13 August 1987 (aged 28) 2007 2019[7] Saudi Arabia Al-Nahda ?
5 Ahmed Sharahili Saudi Arabia CB / RB 8 May 1994 (aged 22) 2013 2018 Youth system N/A
12 Yasser Al-Shahrani Saudi Arabia LB / RB 22 May 1992 (aged 24) 2012 2018 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah €3.5M[8]
23 Kwak Tae-Hwi South Korea CB 8 July 1981 (aged 34) 2014 2016[9] Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab €0.4M[10]
26 Digão Brazil CB 7 May 1988 (aged 28) 2014 2017[11] Brazil Fluminense €1.5M[12]
36 Mutaeb Al-Mofarej Saudi Arabia Defender 19 August 1996 (aged 19) 2016 Youth system N/A
51 Fahad Ghazi Saudi Arabia Defender 1 March 1994 (aged 22) 2014 2017 Youth system N/A
70 Mohammed Jahfali Saudi Arabia CB 24 October 1990 (aged 25) 2015 2020 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly €1.8M[13]
Midfielders
3 Carlos Eduardo Brazil CM / AM 17 October 1989 (aged 26) 2015 2018 Portugal FC Porto €7M[14]
6 Mohammed Al-Qarni Saudi Arabia DM / CM 24 November 1989 (aged 26) 2010 2018 Youth system N/A
7 Salman Al-Faraj Saudi Arabia DM / CM / LB 1 August 1989 (aged 26) 2008 2017 Youth system N/A
8 Abdullah Otayf Saudi Arabia DM / CM 3 August 1992 (aged 23) 2013 2018 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab €2.3M[15]
10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Saudi Arabia AM / LW 8 December 1980 (aged 35) 1998 2017 Youth system N/A Vice-captain
11 Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia AM / LM 11 October 1988 (aged 27) 2007 2019 Youth system N/A
14 Saud Kariri Saudi Arabia DM 8 June 1980 (aged 36) 2014 2016 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Free[16] Second vice-captain
18 Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat Saudi Arabia CM / AM 21 April 1995 (aged 21) 2013 2020 Youth system N/A
19 Khalid Ka'abi Saudi Arabia AM / RM / RW 24 May 1992 (aged 24) 2014 2016 Youth system N/A
24 Nawaf Al-Abed Saudi Arabia LW / RW 26 January 1990 (aged 26) 2008 2018 Youth system N/A
25 Faisel Darwish Saudi Arabia DM / CM / RM 3 July 1991 (aged 24) 2015 2020 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed €1.4M[17]
27 Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia AM 9 February 1993 (aged 23) 2014 2018 Youth system N/A
29 Salem Al-Dawsari Saudi Arabia RM / RW 19 August 1991 (aged 24) 2011 2019 Youth system N/A
37 Abdulaziz Al Sharid Saudi Arabia DM 5 January 1994 (aged 22) 2014 2017 Youth system N/A
Forwards
9 Aílton Almeida Brazil ST / CF 20 August 1984 (aged 31) 2015 2016 Russia FC Terek Grozny Free[18]
15 Nasser Al-Shamrani Saudi Arabia ST / CF 23 November 1983 (aged 32) 2013 2016 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab €4.2M[19]
16 Yousef Al-Salem Saudi Arabia ST / CF 4 May 1985 (aged 31) 2013 2017 Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq Free[20]
20 Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia ST / CF 11 October 1982 (aged 33) 2005 2017 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah €5.3M[21] Captain

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player Age Moving from Fee Notes Source
9 April 2015 FW, FW Saudi Arabia Younes Alaiwi 25 Saudi Arabia Al-Shoalah
1 July 2015 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Breik 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed Return from loan
4 July 2015 MF, MF Brazil Carlos Eduardo 25 Portugal FC Porto €7M+3M variables
4 July 2015 FW, FW Brazil Aílton Almeida 30 Russia FC Terek Grozny Free
12 November 2015 GK, GK Saudi Arabia Marwan Al-Haidari 19 Saudi Arabia Al-Nahda €0.3M

Out

Date Pos. Player Age Moving to Fee Notes Source
8 June 2015 MF, MF Brazil Thiago Neves 30 United Arab Emirates Al Jazira €11M
1 July 2015 GK, GK Saudi Arabia Fayz Al-Sabiay 32 Saudi Arabia Al-Taawon Free
1 July 2015 FW, FW Greece Georgios Samaras 30 England West Bromwich Loan Return

On loan

Date Pos. Player Age Loaned to Loan Fee Notes Loan Expiry Source
12 July 2015 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Abdulellah Al-Fadhl 22 Saudi Arabia Najran 30 June 2016
20 July 2015 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Deayea 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab €0.2M with an option to buy. 30 June 2016
18 August 2015 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Bishi 25 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed 30 June 2016
21 August 2015 MF, MF Saudi Arabia Hamed Al-Hamed 27 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed
18 December 2015 FW, FW Saudi Arabia Younes Alaiwi 25 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed 30 June 2016
18 December 2015 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shamekh 22 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed 30 June 2016
20 December 2015 DF, DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hafith 22 Saudi Arabia Hajer 30 June 2016

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Saudi Super Cup Final Winners 12 August 2015
Professional League Round 1 Runners-up 19 August 2015 12 May 2016
2015 Champions League Quarter-finals Semi-finals 25 August 2015 20 October 2015
Crown Prince Cup Round of 16 Winners 30 November 2015 19 February 2016
2016 Champions League Group stage Round of 16 24 February 2016 24 May 2016
King Cup Round of 32 Semi-finals 21 January 2016 29 April 2016

Last Updated: 24 May 2016

Saudi Super Cup

Main article: 2015 Saudi Super Cup

Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Ahli (C) 26 19 6 1 55 21 +34 63 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Hilal 26 17 4 5 52 23 +29 55 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Arab Club Championship group stage[lower-alpha 1]
3 Al-Ittihad[lower-alpha 2] 26 15 4 7 54 37 +17 49
4 Al-Taawoun 26 13 6 7 54 35 +19 45 Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Al-Fateh 26 11 8 7 35 28 +7 41 Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
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).[23]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 Since winners of the 2016 King Cup, Al-Ahli, qualified for AFC Champions League group stage based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (2017 AFC Champions League group stage) is passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (AFC Champions League play-off round) is passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. Al-Ittihad did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.[22]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 17 4 5 52 23  +29 55 8 3 2 27 9  +18 9 1 3 25 14  +11

Last updated: 12 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundHAHHAHHAHHAAAAHAAHAHAHAAHH
Result W W W W L W W W W L W W W W D W L L D W W D W L W D
Position 3 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Last updated: 12 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal started the tournament directly to the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists. All times were local, AST (UTC+3).

King Cup

Main article: 2016 King Cup

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

2015 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals

2016 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TRA HIL PAK JAZ
1 Iran Tractor Sazi 6 4 0 2 10 3 +7 12 Knockout stage 1–2 2–0 4–0
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 3 2 1 10 7 +3 11 0–2 4–1 1–0
3 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 1–0 2–2 3–0
4 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 6 0 1 5 2 13 11 1 0–1 1–1 1–3
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Super Cup Crown Prince Cup King Cup 2015 CL 2016 CL Total
1 3 MF Brazil Carlos Eduardo 14 1 3 2 4 0 24
2 9 FW Brazil Aílton Almeida 6 0 2 2 3 3 16
3 20 FW Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani 6 0 1 2 0 1 10
4 15 FW Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani 4 0 3 0 0 0 7
4 DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Zori 5 0 0 1 0 1 7
6 19 MF Saudi Arabia Khalid Kaabi 1 0 0 1 1 2 5
7 16 FW Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem 2 0 0 1 0 1 4
29 MF Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari 3 0 0 0 0 1 4
9 7 MF Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Faraj 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
10 2 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Breik 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
12 DF Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
70 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Jahfali 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
24 MF Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Abed 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
10 MF Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
15 26 DF Brazil Digão 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
14 MF Saudi Arabia Saud Kariri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 MF Saudi Arabia Faisel Darwish 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 MF Saudi Arabia Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 52 1 12 10 9 11 95

Last Updated: 24 May 2016

Assists

Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Super Cup Crown Prince Cup King Cup 2015 CL 2016 CL Total
1 10 MF Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 3 0 0 0 1 3 7
24 MF Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Abed 6 0 0 0 0 1 7
3 25 MF Saudi Arabia Faisel Darwish 1 0 2 2 1 0 6
3 2 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Breik 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
3 MF Brazil Carlos Eduardo 3 0 0 0 1 1 5
4 29 MF Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari 2 0 0 0 2 0 4
15 FW Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
8 12 DF Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
4 DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Zori 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 FW Brazil Aílton Almeida 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
7 MF Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Faraj 1 0 1 1 0 0 3
14 MF Saudi Arabia Saud Kariri 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
11 MF Saudi Arabia Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
12 16 FW Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
14 19 MF Saudi Arabia Khalid Kaabi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 DF South Korea Kwak Tae-hwi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
26 DF Brazil Digão 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
70 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Jahfali 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
20 FW Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 37 1 6 6 8 5 63

Last Updated: 8 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos Nat Player League Super Cup Crown Prince Cup King Cup 2015 CL 2016 CL Total
1 1 GK Saudi Arabia Khalid Sharahili 10 1 1 1 0 0 13
2 22 GK Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Thunayan 1 0 0 0 0 2 3
Total 11 1 1 1 0 2 16

Last Updated: 24 May 2016

Notes

  1. ^ Al-Hilal played their quarter-final home match behind closed doors due to crowd trouble.[24]
  2. ^ On 25 January 2016, the AFC announced changes to the schedule regarding teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia to be played on matchdays 5 and 6 (19–20 April and 3–4 May) due to the deteriorating Iran–Saudi Arabia relations, also the venues will be decided after an evaluation deadline of 15 March 2016. If there has not been a return to normal relations between the two countries by then, all matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played at neutral venues.[25]
  3. ^ On 31 March 2016, the AFC announced that matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues.[26]

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