2017–18 Al-Wehda Club season

Al-Wehda
2017–18 season
President	Mohammed Tayeb
Manager	Djamel Belkacem
Stadium	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
MS League	1st; (Champions, Promoted)
King Cup	Round of 32; (knocked out by Al-Nojoom)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mousa Madkhali; Mohammed Al-Qathami (11); All: ; Mousa Madkhali; Mohammed Al-Qathami (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 April 2018.

The 2017–18 season was Al-Wehda's first season back in Prince Mohammad bin Salman League following their relegation last season and their 73rd year in existence.^[1] Along with the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the club also competed in the King Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 3 January 2018^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al Arraf
2	DF	KSA	Basel Al-Mutairi
4	DF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Shamrani
6	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al Muwallad
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Qathami
8	MF	KSA	Abdulellah Al-Malki
10	MF	KSA	Bader Al-Shahrani
11	FW	KSA	Farid Al-Harbi
12	MF	KSA	Majed Al-Deeni
13	DF	KSA	Amer Haroon
15	FW	KSA	Mousa Madkhali
17	DF	KSA	Mahmoud Muaaz
18	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Sherif
20	FW	KSA	Jaber Asiri
22	DF	KSA	Kamel Al-Mor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
24	MF	KSA	Issam Al-Qarni
27	MF	KSA	Al Baraa Ba Adheem
30	DF	KSA	Bandar Baajaj
31	DF	KSA	Sari Amr
33	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jadaani
36	MF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Faresi
50	DF	KSA	Sultan Tankar
55	GK	KSA	Mohaya Al-Sulami
70	DF	KSA	Waleed Mahboob (Captain)
71	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Harthi
80	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Dossari
88	MF	KSA	Mohammed Sufyani
89	DF	KSA	Fahad Al-Johani
91	GK	KSA	Ahmed Al-Ghamdi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Previous club	Fee	Source
18 June 2017	DF	Abo Baker Adam	Al-Orobah	Free	^[3]
21 June 2017	DF	Fahad Al-Johani	Al-Orobah	Free	^[4]
4 July 2017	DF	Mahmoud Muaaz	Al-Taawoun	Free	^[5]
18 July 2017	DF	Sari Amr	Al-Shabab	Free	^[6]
23 July 2017	MF	Al Baraa Ba Adheem	Al-Orobah	Free	^[7]
24 July 2017	DF	Sami Bashir	Najran	Free	^[8]
24 July 2017	GK	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	Ohod	Free	^[9]
30 July 2017	DF	Ahmed Al-Shamrani	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[10]
25 August 2017	FW	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Hajer	Free	^[11]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	New club	Fee	Source
8 May 2017	DF	Yahya Al-Musalem	Al-Raed	Free	^[12]
3 June 2017	FW	Mukhtar Fallatah	Al-Hilal	Free	^[13]
10 June 2017	DF	Hatem Belal	Al-Fayha	Free	^[14]
22 June 2017	MF	Mansor Al-Najar	Al-Qadsiah	Undisclosed	^[15]
15 July 2017	MF	Adolfo Lima	Liverpool	Free
5 August 2017	DF	Yahya Kabi	Al-Shoulla	Free	^[16]
26 August 2017	DF	Abdurahman Al-Saeed	Al-Hazm	Free	^[17]
27 September 2017	MF	Mohammed Al-Qasmah	Al-Badaya	Free
16 October 2017	GK	Imad Al-Dossari	Al-Washm	Free
26 December 2017	FW	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Al-Tai	Free	^[18]

Pre-season friendlies

17 August 2017 Friendly	Al-Wehda	4–1	Aviation Club	Cairo, Egypt
	Ba Adheem Assiri Madkhali ,	Report

20 August 2017 Friendly	Al-Wehda	0–0	El Gouna	Cairo, Egypt
		Report

24 August 2017 Friendly	Al-Wehda	0–1	El-Entag El-Harby	Cairo, Egypt
		Report	El Fil

5 October 2017 Friendly	Al-Wehda	5–0	Al-Hejaz	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST	Madkhali Al-Qathami Al-Harbi , Bilal o.g.'	Report		Stadium: Reserve Stadium in King Abdulaziz Stadium

Competitions

Prince Mohammad bin Salman League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Wehda (C, P)	30	17	7	6	49	32	+17	58	Promotion to Professional League
2	Al-Hazem (P)	30	15	8	7	50	32	+18	53	Promotion to Professional League
3	Al-Tai	30	15	7	8	52	35	+17	52	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Al-Kawkab	30	14	8	8	52	33	+19	50^[a]	Qualification to promotion play-offs
5	Hajer	30	14	8	8	39	35	+4	50^[a]
6	Al-Shoulla	30	11	10	9	42	43	−1	43
7	Al-Khaleej	30	10	11	9	45	40	+5	41
8	Al-Qaisumah	30	11	7	12	52	54	−2	40
9	Damac	30	10	9	11	49	43	+6	39
10	Al-Orobah	30	9	11	10	36	39	−3	38
11	Al-Nahda	30	9	8	13	35	50	−15	35
12	Al-Nojoom	30	6	15	9	34	41	−7	33^[b]
13	Al-Mujazzal	30	10	3	17	39	52	−13	33^[b]
14	Najran (O)	30	9	6	15	39	51	−12	33^[b]	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
15	Al-Watani (R)	30	5	12	13	33	48	−15	27
16	Jeddah (O)	30	5	10	15	43	61	−18	25

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2018. Source: kooora.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, promotion and relegation).^[19]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Kawkab finished ahead of Hajer on head-to-head points: Al-Kawkab 2–0 Hajer, Hajer 2–2 Al-Kawkab
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Al-Nojoom 8 pts; Al-Mujazzal 4 pts and –1 GD; Najran 4 pts and –2 GD (Al-Nojoom 2–1 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 0–0 Al-Nojoom, Al-Nojoom 2–0 Najran, Najran 1–1 Al-Nojoom, Najran 1–2 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 1–2 Najran).

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
30	17	7	6	49	32	+17	58	10	3	2	27	13	+14	7	4	4	22	19	+3

Last updated: 18 April 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W
Position	4	1	4	6	3	6	5	7	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

12 September 2017 1	Al-Wehda	2–2	Jeddah	Mecca
19:10	Al-Qathami 8', 19', 82'	Report	Al-Jubairi 60' Alwan 68'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Hizam Al-Amri

20 September 2017 2	Al-Tai	1–2	Al-Wehda	Ha'il
15:55	Al-Shammeri 88' Al-Enezi 90+1'	Report	Assiri 45+1', 79' Al-Harbi 88'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

26 September 2017 3	Al-Wehda	0–0	Al-Kawkab	Mecca
18:55		Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mishari Al-Assiri

10 October 2017 5	Al-Wehda	3–1	Damac	Mecca
18:40	Amr 12' Madkhali 49' Al-Qarni 87'	Report	Suanon 42'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulsamad Bakri

17 October 2017 6	Al-Watani	1–0	Al-Wehda	Tabuk
15:55	Al-Balawi 71'	Report		Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Referee: Abdullah Dhafer

24 October 2017 7	Al-Wehda	2–1	Al-Hazem	Mecca
18:55	Madkhali 44', 60'	Report	Al-Zaaq 83', 88'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

7 November 2017 9	Al-Wehda	1–0	Al-Orobah	Mecca
18:25	Haroon 19'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Beredi

14 November 2017 10	Al-Nahda	1–3	Al-Wehda	Dammam
17:30	Aoudou 84'	Report	Al-Faresi 60' Madkhali 71' Al-Qarni 79'	Stadium: Prince Fahd bin Salman Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

21 November 2017 11	Al-Wehda	2–0	Al-Shoulla	Mecca
18:20	Ba Ajaj 87' Assiri 90+3'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Sami Al-Jires

28 November 2017 12	Hajer	0–0	Al-Wehda	Al-Hasa
17:30		Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

5 December 2017 13	Al-Wehda	3–2	Najran	Mecca
18:20	Al-Qathami 14' Mahboob 36' (pen.) Assiri 90+3'	Report	Al-Robeai 51' (pen.) Al Abbas 58'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

12 December 2017 14	Al-Wehda	2–0	Al-Mujazzal	Mecca
18:20	Assiri 5' Al-Qathami 17'	Report	Morotó 1'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

19 December 2017 15	Al-Khaleej	1–1	Al-Wehda	Saihat
17:35	Al-Khateeb 81'	Report	Al-Faresi 78'	Stadium: Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Smail

24 December 2017 4	Al-Nojoom	0–1	Al-Wehda	Al-Hasa
15:00		Report	Al-Qathami 60'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

29 December 2017 8	Al-Qaisumah	4–3	Al-Wehda	Hafar al-Batin
15:10	Demba 50' Majrashi 67', 69' Al-Sahali 90+3'	Report	Al-Mor 11' Al-Faresi 38' Madkhali 81'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

11 January 2018 16	Jeddah	2–3	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
18:40	Mesawi 16' Abker 90+2'	Report	Al-Faresi 44' Madkhali 52', 83'	Stadium: Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

17 January 2018 17	Al-Wehda	2–0	Al-Tai	Mecca
18:40	Al-Qathami 12' Al-Harbi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

23 January 2018 18	Al-Kawkab	0–1	Al-Wehda	Al-Kharj
15:30		Report	Madkhali 45+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Shoulla Club Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

31 January 2018 19	Al-Wehda	1–2	Al-Nojoom	Mecca
17:25	Madkhali 41' Al-Johani 46'	Report	Al-Harbi 4' (pen.) Al-Mohanna 15'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

6 February 2018 20	Damac	0–2	Al-Wehda	Khamis Mushait
16:00		Report	Al-Qathami 36' Madkhali 61'	Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

13 February 2018 21	Al-Wehda	2–1	Al-Watani	Mecca
19:00	Al-Malki 40' Madkhali 43' (pen.)	Report	Al-Shamrani 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

20 February 2018 22	Al-Hazem	2–0	Al-Wehda	Ar Rass
16:00	Pato 20', 64'	Report		Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

7 March 2018 24	Al-Orobah	3–1	Al-Wehda	Sakakah
16:10	Al-Soudani 17' Al-Shameri 38' Abo Shahin 50'	Report	Al-Qathami 24'	Stadium: Al-Oruba Club Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Nuhait

13 March 2018 25	Al-Wehda	3–0	Al-Nahda	Mecca
19:10	Al-Malki 7' Al-Qathami 57' (pen.) Assiri 87'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

17 March 2018 23	Al-Wehda	2–3	Al-Qaisumah	Mecca
16:20	Al-Harbi 53' Al-Johani 56'	Report	Afana 22' (pen.), 57' Al-Shammari 59'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

21 March 2018 26	Al-Shoulla	1–2	Al-Wehda	Al-Kharj
15:50	Al-Menqash 17' Al-Munaif 85'	Report	Al-Malki 19' Ba Adheem 52'	Stadium: Al-Shoulla Club Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

27 March 2018 27	Al-Wehda	1–1	Hajer	Makkah
19:15	Al-Malki 19'	Report	Al-Huraib 70'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

3 April 2018 28	Najran	1–1	Al-Wehda	Abha
16:00	Al Abbas 40' (pen.)	Report	Al-Qathami 57'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

11 April 2018 29	Al-Mujazzal	2–2	Al-Wehda	Al Majma'ah
20:45	Sidevaldo 26' Al-Rashod 30'	Report	Al-Malki 6' Al-Harbi 35'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Okairi

18 April 2018 30	Al-Wehda	1–0	Al-Khaleej	Makkah
20:45	Al-Qathami 44'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

King Cup

Al-Wehda entered the King Cup in the Round of 32. They were eliminated in the first round after losing to Al-Nojoom. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

3 January 2018 Round of 32	Al-Wehda	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nojoom	Mecca
19:45	Al-Sulami 115'	Report	Awadh 62' Al-Harbi 96' (pen.) Sharoumah 111' Al-Majhad 113'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Awidan

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 18 April 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Prince Mohammad bin Salman League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF		Basel Al-Mutairi	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Ahmed Al-Shamrani	18	0	12+6	0	0	0
6	MF		Abdullah Al Muwallad	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Mohammed Al-Qathami	29	11	27+2	11	0	0
8	MF		Abdulellah Al-Malki	26	5	26	5	0	0
10	MF		Bader Al-Shahrani	9	0	4+5	0	0	0
11	FW		Farid Al-Harbi	24	3	7+17	3	0	0
12	MF		Majed Al-Deeni	14	0	8+5	0	1	0
13	DF		Amer Haroon	14	1	14	1	0	0
14	DF		Moayed Ghrowi	1	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW		Mousa Madkhali	26	11	20+6	11	0	0
17	DF		Mahmoud Muaaz	15	0	9+6	0	0	0
18	MF		Abdulrahman Al-Sherif	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Jaber Asiri	23	6	10+13	6	0	0
22	DF		Kamel Al-Mor	22	1	17+5	1	0	0
23	DF		Radhi Al-Otaibi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF		Issam Al-Qarni	26	2	19+7	2	0	0
26	DF		Muaaz Al-Zanbaqi	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF		Al Baraa Ba Adheem	21	1	10+11	1	0	0
30	DF		Bandar Baajaj	13	1	9+4	1	0	0
31	DF		Sari Amr	27	1	27	1	0	0
33	GK		Abdullah Al-Jadaani	28	0	28	0	0	0
36	MF		Muhannad Al-Faresi	23	4	12+11	4	0	0
50	DF		Sultan Tankar	1	0	0	0	1	0
55	GK		Mohaya Al-Sulami	2	0	1	0	1	0
70	DF		Waleed Mahboob	27	1	25+2	1	0	0
71	MF		Nawaf Al-Harthi	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
80	DF		Sultan Al-Dossari	24	0	19+5	0	0	0
88	MF		Mohammed Sufyani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
89	DF		Fahad Al-Johani	23	1	23	1	0	0
91	GK		Ahmed Al-Ghamdi	1	0	1	0	0	0
92	DF		Abdulrahman Al-Harbi	1	0	0	0	1	0
93	MF		Fawaz Al-Sulami	1	0	0	0	1	0
94	FW		Hani Majrashi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
95	MF		Ammar Anwar	1	0	0	0	1	0
96	MF		Loay Hawsawi	1	0	0	0	1	0
97	MF		Abdulaziz Al-Sahali	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
98	MF		Ali Al-Qalqamy	1	0	0	0	1	0
99	MF		Radhi Al-Harbi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Prince Mohammad bin Salman League	Total
1	7	MF	Mohammed Al-Qathami	11	11
1	15	FW	Mousa Madkhali	11	11
3	20	FW	Jaber Asiri	6	6
4	8	MF	Abdulellah Al-Malki	5	5
5	36	MF	Muhannad Al-Faresi	4	4
6	11	FW	Farid Al-Harbi	3	3
7	24	MF	Issam Al-Qarni	2	2
8	13	DF	Amer Haroon	1	1
	22	DF	Kamel Al-Mor	1	1
	27	MF	Al Baraa Ba Adheem	1	1
	30	DF	Bandar Baajaj	1	1
	31	DF	Sari Amr	1	1
	70	DF	Waleed Mahboob	1	1
	89	DF	Fahad Al-Johani	1	1
Own goal				0	0
Total				49	49

Last Updated: 18 April 2018

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Prince Mohammad bin Salman League	King Cup	Total
1	33	GK		Abdullah Al-Jadaani	11	0	11
Total					11	0	11