2016–17 Al-Shabab FC season

Al-Shabab

2016–17 season

President

Abdullah Al Qurini

Manager

Sami Al-Jaber

Stadium

King Fahd Stadium
Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

4th

Round of 32

Top goalscorer

League:
Mohamed Benyettou (5)
All:
Mohamed Benyettou (10)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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All statistics correct as of 25 October 2016.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Shabab Football Club's 70th season in existence and 38th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, Al-Shabab is also compete in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 29 September 2016^[1]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Waleed Abdullah
22	GK	Mohammed Awaji
33	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais
50	GK	Mansor Joher
2	DF	Abdullah Al Asta
5	DF	Djamel Benlamri
13	DF	Hassan Muath
17	DF	Saleh Al-Qumaizi
19	DF	Abdullah Al-Fahad
21	DF	Jamaan Al-Dossari
24	DF	Sanad Sharahili
28	DF	Hamad Al-Jizani
35	DF	Hassan Raghfawi
66	DF	Sultan Al-Deayea
6	MF	Saud Kariri
7	MF	Abdulwahab Jaafer

No.	Position	Player
8	MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem
11	MF	Ahmed Otaif (Captain)
14	MF	Badr Al-Sulaitin
15	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi
16	MF	Abdullah Al-Sobeai
26	MF	Sebastián Píriz
27	MF	Hattan Bahebri
29	MF	Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri
37	MF	Heberty Fernandes
39	MF	Abdurahman Khairallah
55	MF	Moshari Al-Thamali
80	MF	Abdurahman Al-Khaibari
9	FW	Mohamed Benyettou
25	FW	Rakhi Al-Shammeri
30	FW	Abdullah Al-Meqbas
70	FW	Ismael Al-Maghrebi

Pre-season and friendlies

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Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	Round 1	—	—	11 August 2016	—
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarter-finals	15 August 2016	24 October 2016
King Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	—	—	—

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

Pro League

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Professional League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al-Hilal	8	6	0	2	18	6	+12	18	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Nassr	8	6	0	2	14	5	+9	18	Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Shabab	8	5	2	1	11	6	+5	17
5	Al-Ahli	8	5	1	2	18	7	+11	16
6	Al-Ettifaq	8	4	1	3	10	11	−1	13

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. 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).^[3]

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
6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11	1	2	0	5	4	+1	2	0	1	3	2	+1

Last updated: 20 October 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	L	W	D	W	W
Position	8	11	8	8	6	4

Last updated: 20 October 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

11 August 2016 1	Al-Shabab	0–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
19:10		Report	Barnawi 20'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

20 August 2016 2	Al-Batin	1–0	Al-Shabab	Hafar Al-Batin
19:10	Jorge 3' Mohanna 26' Al-Enezi 83' Ayyadah 90+6'	Report	Sharahili 44'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

18 September 2016 3	Al-Shabab	3–2	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Muath 10' Benyettou 52', 54', 82' Benlamri 57'	Report	Al Somah 12' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 3,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

23 September 2016 4	Al-Shabab	2–2	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
18:10	Machado 24' (o.g.) Al-Sulayhem 53' Heberty 78' Al-Fahad 90+1'	Report	Al-Sharid 57' Otaif 67' Muath 87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

14 October 2016 5	Al-Khaleej	1–2	Al-Shabab	Khobar
17:55	Sami 5' Al-Fahad 18' (o.g.) Al-Sheikh 67' Al-Kharaa 90+4'	Report	Benyettou 20' Heberty 27' Bahebri 56' Al-Fahad 79'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 498 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

20 October 2016 6	Al-Ittihad	0–1	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
20:15	Fallatah 80'	Report	Benyettou 36' Bahebri 38' Al Asta 54' Heberty 87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 32,196 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

29 October 2016 7	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
18:10		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

3 November 2016 8	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah
17:55		Report		Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

19 November 2016 9	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
19:45		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

26 November 2016 10	Al-Raed	v	Al-Shabab	Buraidah
17:55		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

2 December 2016 11	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
19:55		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

9 December 2016 12	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:55		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

15 December 2016 13	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:50		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

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Crown Prince Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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

15 August 2016 Round of 32	Al-Shabab	2–0	Al-Nahda	Riyadh
19:10	Benyettou 13', 22'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Hussein Abu Shahin

27 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Shabab	6–0	Najran	Riyadh
18:25	Heberty 45+2' Benyettou 53', 60', 63' Muath 86' Al-Sulayhem 88'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

24 October 2016 Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Breik 11' Léo 16' Al-Khaibri 65'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

King Cup

Round of 32		v

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Mohamed Benyettou	5	5	10
2	37	MF	Heberty Fernandes	2	1	3
3	8	MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem	0	1	1
3	13	DF	Hassan Muath	0	1	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				8	8	16

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	Total
1	1	GK	Waleed Abdullah	2	1	3
2	33	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	0	1	1
Total				2	2	4

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

References

↑ "Al-Shabab information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "Al-Shabab FC squad" (in Arabic). kooora.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
↑ "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

2016–17 in Saudi Arabian football

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Domestic leagues	Professional League First Division League Second Division League Third Division League

Domestic cups	King Cup (Final) Crown Prince Cup Super Cup

Other club competitions	AFC Champions League GCC Champions League

Related to national teams

Senior	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Youth	2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship

Club seasons

Pro League	Al-Ahli Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Khaleej Al-Nassr Al-Qadisiyah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Wehda

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

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