2023–24 Al Hilal SFC season
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The 2023–24 season was Al Hilal's 48th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 66th year in existence as a football club.[1] The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League, the Arab Club Champions Cup, and the Saudi Super Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
2023–24 season | ||||
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President | Fahd Bin Saad Bin Nafel | |||
Head coach | Jorge Jesus | |||
Stadium | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium | |||
Saudi Pro League | 1st | |||
King Cup | Winners | |||
Champions League | Semi-finals (knocked out by Al Ain) | |||
Arab Club Champions Cup | Runners-up (knocked out by Al-Nassr) | |||
Super Cup | Winners | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Aleksandar Mitrović (28) All: Aleksandar Mitrović (40) | |||
Highest home attendance | 59,600 (vs. Al-Fayha, 19 August 2023) | |||
Lowest home attendance | 7,141 (vs. Nassaji Mazandaran, 4 December 2023) | |||
Average home league attendance | 21,824 | |||
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On 26 February 2024, Al-Hilal won a record fourteenth consecutive Saudi Pro League match with a 2–0 victory against Al-Ettifaq, surpassing rival Al-Nassr's previous league record of thirteen consecutive wins achieved from November 2013 to February 2014.[2]
On 12 March, following a 2–0 victory over Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal set a new world record for consecutive matches won by a men's top-flight professional football club across all competitions with 28, breaking the record of 27 previously set by Welsh club The New Saints in 2016.[3][4][5] Al-Hilal's streak would end at 34 consecutive wins, after losing 4–2 away to Al Ain in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals on 17 April.[6]