2016–17 Al-Nassr FC season

The 2016–17 season was Al-Nassr Football Club's 62nd in existence and 41st consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, Al-Nassr competed in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

Al-Nassr

2016–17 season
President	Faisal bin Turki
Manager	Zoran Mamić
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	3rd
Crown Prince Cup	Runners-up
King Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Hassan Al-Raheb (9) All: Hassan Al-Raheb (12)
Highest home attendance	27,181 vs Al-Hilal (16 December 2016)[1]
Lowest home attendance	1,422 vs Al-Taawoun (15 April 2017)
Average home league attendance	7,635
Home colours Away colours
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All statistics correct as of 4 May 2017.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2017

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-Shammeri 2 DF  BRA Bruno Uvini 3 DF  KSA Abdullah Madu 4 DF  KSA Omar Hawsawi 5 DF  CRO Ivan Tomečak 6 MF  KSA Sami Al-Najei 8 MF  KSA Yahya Al-Shehri 9 FW  KSA Naif Hazazi 10 FW  KSA Mohammed Al Sahlawi 11 MF  CRO Marin Tomasov (on loan from Rijeka) 12 DF  KSA Khalid Al-Ghamdi 13 DF  KSA Mohamed Eid 14 MF  KSA Ibrahim Ghaleb 15 MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Fraidi

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen 18 MF  KSA Abdulellah Al-Nassar 20 MF  PAR Víctor Ayala 22 GK  KSA Abdullah Al-Enezi 23 GK  KSA Hussain Shae'an 24 DF  KSA Hussein Abdulghani (Captain) 26 MF  KSA Shaya Sharahili 27 MF  KSA Awadh Khamis 28 DF  KSA Ahmad Akash 33 GK  KSA Waleed Abdullah 34 DF  KSA Ali Al-Khaibari 39 MF  KSA Abdurahman Al-Dossari 40 DF  KSA Muteb Al-Mutlaq 99 FW  KSA Hassan Al-Raheb

Transfers

In

Out

On loan

Pre-season friendlies

Volyn Lutsk v Al-Nassr FC

12 July 2016 Friendly	Volyn Lutsk	3–1	Al-Nassr FC	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: SPA Golfer hotel

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	—	—	3rd	12 August 2016	4 May 2017
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	16 August 2016	10 March 2017
King Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarter-finals	21 January 2017	1 April 2017

Last Updated: 4 May 2017

Pro League

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Professional League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	26	21	3	2	63	16	+47	66	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55
3	Al-Nassr	26	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52[a]
4	Al-Ittihad[b]	26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	52[a]
5	Al-Raed	26	11	2	13	37	47	−10	35

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. 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]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
2. Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[2]

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
26	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52	9	3	1	22	7	+15	7	1	5	22	18	+4

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
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	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L
Position	2	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Al-Nassr v Al-Fateh

12 August 2016 1	Al-Nassr	4–1	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
21:05	Sufyani 33' Abousaban 41' (o.g.) Hawsawi 61' S. Sharahili 81'	Report	Al-Fuhaid  10' Al-Bulaihi  22' Nathan 80' Buhimed  86'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 11,264 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Nassr

20 August 2016 2	Al-Ettifaq	1–0	Al-Nassr	Dammam
21:05	Leo 23' Fofana  35' Otain  41' Al-Zaqaan  79'	Report	Hawsawi  52'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,450 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

Al-Nassr v Al-Qadisiyah

17 September 2016 3	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
20:45	Sharahili  54' Ayala 60'	Report	Al-Khabrani  43' Masrahi  63' Jaafari  73'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 2,689 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

Al-Nassr v Al-Khaleej

22 September 2016 4	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh
20:00		Report	François  47' Jandson 56'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,438 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

Al-Wehda v Al-Nassr

15 October 2016 5	Al-Wehda	0–3	Al-Nassr	Makkah
20:00		Report	Tomečak 40' Tomasov 45+2' Shae'an  52' Al-Sahlawi 89'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Khaled Salwi

Al-Nassr v Al-Ahli

21 October 2016 6	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
21:15	Al-Jebreen  42' Ayala 84',  85' Al-Fraidi  90'	Report	Al-Mosailem  9' Al-Fatil  83'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 16,501 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Al-Faisaly v Al-Nassr

29 October 2016 7	Al-Faisaly	1–2	Al-Nassr	Al Majma'ah
20:50	Luisinho 13'  23' Abdulaziz  25' Al-Muwallad  41' Everaldo  61' Al-Mutairi  90'	Report	Tomečak 22' Hazazi 45+1' Abdulghani  90+2'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,629 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

Al-Nassr v Al-Raed

3 November 2016 8	Al-Nassr	3–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Sahlawi 50', 62',  53' Ayala 58',  67' Tomasov  77'	Report	Bangoura 35' Ftyani  36' Al-Bishi  45+4'  90+4' Al-Showaish  85' Al-Habib  90+1'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,195 Referee: Khaled Al-Sinany

Ittihad FC v Al-Nassr

20 November 2016 9	Ittihad FC	0–1	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
19:55	Al-Aryani  43' Assiri  88' Al-Sumairi  90+4'	Report	Ayala 13' Al-Najei  90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,038 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Taawoun v Al-Nassr

25 November 2016 10	Al-Taawoun	2–1	Al-Nassr	Buraidah
17:50	El Hamdaoui 30' Al-Dossari 32' Al-Sharid  35' Al-Barakah  79'	Report	Al-Raheb 78' Tomasov  81' Ayala  83'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Al-Nassr v Al-Batin

1 December 2016 11	Al-Nassr	4–0	Al-Batin	Riyadh
19:40	Al-Raheb 13', 22',  17' Akash 35' (pen.) Hawsawi  46' Al-Sahlawi 83'	Report	Fané  53'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,431 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

Al-Shabab v Al-Nassr

9 December 2016 12	Al-Shabab	1–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:55	Kariri  3' Heberty 26' (pen.) Al-Sobeai  55'	Report	Shae'an  24' Al-Raheb  28', 41' Al-Fraidi  31'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 8,175 Referee: Khaled Salwi

Al-Nassr v Al-Hilal

16 December 2016 13	Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:00	Tomasov 33' Sharahili  39' Tomečak  45+1' Ayala  76'	Report	Al-Breik 16' Al-Abed  30' Al-Hafith  40' Al-Khaibri  81'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 27,181 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Fateh v Al-Nassr

21 December 2016 14	Al-Fateh	1–2	Al-Nassr	Al-Hasa
19:45	Sharahili  45+1' Al-Ghamdi  48' Al-Najei 53' Al-Shehri 61' Tomasov  83'	Report	Nathan 13' (pen.) Al-Bulaihi  60' Al-Owaishir  83'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 3,714 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

Al-Nassr v Al-Ettifaq

1 January 2017 15	Al-Nassr	2–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Raheb 65', 88',  89' Al-Sahlawi  85'	Report	Al-Habib  48' Al-Nashi  59' Otain  61' Al-Hazaa  84'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,638 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Al-Qadisiyah v Al-Nassr

26 January 2017 16	Al-Qadisiyah	3–2	Al-Nassr	Khobar
20:15	Bismark 34' Al-Sobhi 42' Al-Amri 50' Wahib  82'	Report	Al-Sahlawi 13' Eid  32', 55' Al-Fraidi  74'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Khaleej v Al-Nassr

4 February 2017 17	Al-Khaleej	0–3	Al-Nassr	Dammam
20:20	Al-Ghamdi  19'	Report	Lajami 22' (o.g.) Al-Sahlawi 39' Tomasov 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,682 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Nassr v Al-Wehda

10 February 2017 18	Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:15	Madu 80' Al-Fraidi 89'	Report	Fallatah 65'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 3,506 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

Al-Ahli v Al-Nassr

17 February 2017 19	Al-Ahli	0–2	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:25	Al-Fatil  46' Al-Robeai  51' Abdul-Amir  72' Al-Mowalad  78'	Report	Al-Fraidi  5' Al-Ghamdi  42' Al-Shehri 45+1' Ghaleb  53' Al-Dossari  66' Hazazi 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 38,355 Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

Al-Nassr v Al-Faisaly

3 March 2017 20	Al-Nassr	0–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
20:30	Hawsawi  27' Al-Ghamdi  66'	Report	Abdulaziz  28' Al-Bishi  45'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,883 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

Al-Raed v Al-Nassr

14 March 2017 21	Al-Raed	0–1	Al-Nassr	Buraidah
20:35	Bangoura  45' Al-Habib  45+2' Al-Bishi  45+3' Al-Showaish  90+3'	Report	Al-Raheb  28' Hazazi 44' (pen.) Al-Najei  45+4' Abdulghani  90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 7,893 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Nassr v Al-Ittihad

7 April 2017 22	Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:40	Ghaleb  52' Ayala  67' Waleed Abdullah  83' Bruno Uvini  83' Al-Raheb 90',  90+4'	Report	Kahraba 18' Al-Ansari  38'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Nassr v Al-Taawoun

15 April 2017 23	Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
20:45	Ayala  28', 50' Al-Sahlawi 63'	Report	Al-Saiari 16' Al-Barakah  34' Kanno  78'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,422 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

Al-Batin v Al-Nassr

21 April 2017 24	Al-Batin	4–3	Al-Nassr	Hafar al-Batin
19:05	Jhonnattann 30', 78' Jorge Santos 61', 73',  74' Nasser  62'	Report	Al-Raheb 17', 22' Tomečak  25' Al-Sahlawi 90+5'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Al-Nassr v Al-Shabab

29 April 2017 25	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:50	Ayala 77' Al-Sahlawi  84'	Report	Bahebri  61' Al-Sobeai  64' Al-Qeed  79'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,458 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr

4 May 2017 26	Al-Hilal	5–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:50	Al-Abed 28' Kharbin  34', 45' (67), 71' Carlos Eduardo 45+1'	Report	Tomasov 42' Sharahili  43'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 59,174 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Crown Prince Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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

Al-Nassr v Al-Nojoom

16 August 2016 Round of 32	Al-Nassr	3–0	Al-Nojoom	Riyadh
20:55	Al-Raheb 38', 65' Akash 41' Al-Khaibari  55' Khamis  90+1'		Al-Eisa  41'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

Al-Watani v Al-Nassr

27 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Watani	1–3	Al-Nassr	Tabuk
19:05	Dosh  23' Sharifi  30' Al-Yamani 53'		Sufyani 9' Uvini 33' Al-Raheb 90+1'	Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush

Al-Nassr v Al-Wehda

25 October 2016 Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Sahlawi 39' Eid  55'		Al-Shahrani  38' Al-Dossari  69'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr

26 December 2016 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	0–2	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Faraj  32'  90+4' Milesi  32' Al-Hafith  79'	Report	Al-Ghamdi  9' Al-Fraidi  20' Al-Sahlawi 26' (pen.) Tomasov 40' Sharahili  90'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Turki Al Khudair

Al-Ittihad v Al-Nassr

10 March 2017 Final	Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:35	Kahraba 16' Fallatah  56' Khrees  74' Akaïchi  90+4'	Report	Hawsawi  67' Uvini  90+5'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 57,584 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

King Cup

Main article: 2017 King Cup

Al-Nassr v Al-Feiha

21 January 2017 Round of 32	Al-Nassr	4–0	Al-Feiha	Riyadh
18:10	Al-Ghamdi 15' Tomečak 45+2' Al-Najei 72' Al-Sahlawi 90+1'	Report	Al-Khaibari  90'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

Al-Nahda v Al-Nassr

23 February 2017 Round of 16	Al-Nahda	0–2	Al-Nassr	Dammam
19:55	Al-Dhamri  37' Sufyani  55' Al-Ziyadi  90' Al-Olayani  108'	Report	Ghaleb  79' Hazazi 93', 97' (pen.),  110'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi

Al-Nassr v Al-Hilal

1 April 2017 Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	0–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:30	Ghaleb  54'	Report	Jahfali  24' Milesi 80',  81' Kharbin 90+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 18,906 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 4 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Abdullah Al-Shammeri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Bruno Uvini	22	1	18	0	1	0	3	1
3	DF		Abdullah Madu	15	1	8+2	1	3	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Omar Hawsawi	30	1	23	1	3	0	3+1	0
5	DF		Ivan Tomečak	30	3	24+2	2	2	1	0+2	0
6	MF		Sami Al-Najei	12	2	5+4	1	0+1	1	1+1	0
7	MF		Rabee Sufyani*	9	2	3+3	1	0	0	3	1
8	MF		Yahya Al-Shehri	28	2	17+6	2	2	0	3	0
9	FW		Naif Hazazi	19	5	8+7	3	1+1	2	1+1	0
10	FW		Mohammed Al Sahlawi	27	11	14+7	8	2+1	1	3	2
11	MF		Marin Tomasov	31	5	21+2	4	2+1	0	2+3	1
12	DF		Khalid Al-Ghamdi	31	1	24	0	3	1	4	0
13	DF		Mohamed Eid	6	1	3+1	1	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Ibrahim Ghaleb	15	0	8+2	0	3	0	2	0
15	MF		Ahmed Al-Fraidi	21	1	10+5	1	2	0	3+1	0
16	MF		Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Issam Al-Qarni*	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Abdulellah Al-Nassar	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	DF		Hamad Al-Aqeeli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Víctor Ayala	23	6	15+5	6	1	0	2	0
22	GK		Abdullah Al-Enezi	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
23	GK		Hussain Shae'an	18	0	12	0	2	0	4	0
24	DF		Hussein Abdulghani	12	0	8	0	0+1	0	3	0
25	FW		Saad Al-Shammeri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Shaye Sharahili	24	1	12+7	1	1	0	3+1	0
27	MF		Awadh Khamis	24	0	14+3	0	1+2	0	4	0
28	DF		Ahmad Akash	10	2	6+2	1	1	0	1	1
33	GK		Waleed Abdullah	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF		Ali Al-Khaibari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	MF		Abdurahman Al-Dossari	13	0	6+5	0	1	0	1	0
44	MF		Nawaf Al-Shenashini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	FW		Firas Al-Buraikan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	FW		Muteb Al-Hammad	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Hassan Al-Raheb	23	12	8+9	9	1+1	0	2+2	3

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	Total
1	99	FW		Hassan Al-Raheb	9	0	3	12
2	10	FW		Mohammed Al-Sahlawi	8	1	2	11
3	20	MF		Víctor Ayala	6	0	0	6
4	9	FW		Naif Hazazi	3	2	0	5
	11	MF		Marin Tomasov	4	0	1	5
6	5	DF		Ivan Tomečak	2	1	0	3
7	6	MF		Sami Al-Najei	1	1	0	2
	7	FW		Rabee Sufyani	1	0	1	2
	8	MF		Yahya Al-Shehri	2	0	0	2
	28	DF		Ahmad Akash	1	0	1	2
11	2	DF		Bruno Uvini	0	0	1	1
	3	DF		Abdullah Madu	1	0	0	1
	4	DF		Omar Hawsawi	1	0	0	1
	12	DF		Khalid Al-Ghamdi	0	1	0	1
	13	DF		Mohamed Eid	1	0	0	1
	15	MF		Ahmed Al-Fraidi	1	0	0	1
	26	MF		Shaye Sharahili	1	0	0	1
Own goal					2	0	0	2
Total					44	6	9	59

Last Updated: 4 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	Total
1	23	GK		Hussain Shae'an	5	2	3	10
2	22	GK		Abdullah Al-Enezi	3	0	0	3
	33	GK		Waleed Abdullah	3	0	0	3
Total					11	2	3	16

Last Updated: 4 May 2017