2018–19 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Ahli's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 81st year in existence as a football club.^[5] Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the King Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup, and the Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Al-Ahli

2018–19 season
President	Majed Al-Nefeai (until 31 December 2018) Abdullah Batterjee (from 1 January 2019)
Manager	Pablo Guede (until 5 February)[1] Jorge Fossati (from 8 February until 17 April)[2] Yousef Anbar (from 17 April)[3]
Stadium	King Abdullah Sports City
Pro League	4th
King Cup	Round of 16 (knocked out by Al-Wehda)
Champions League	Round of 16
Arab Club Champions Cup	Semi-finals (knocked out by Al-Hilal)
Top goalscorer	League: Djaniny (20) All: Omar Al Somah (27)
Highest home attendance	42,880 vs Al-Ittihad (1 March 2019)[4]
Lowest home attendance	1,605 vs Ohod (11 January 2019)
Average home league attendance	18,816
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 4 December 2018.

Players

Squad information

As of 7 January 2019^[6][7]

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 Yasser Al-Mosailem 2 DF  KSA Saeed Al-Muwallad 3 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Fatil 4 DF  ESP Alexis 5 MF  CHI Claudio Baeza 6 MF  BRA Souza 7 MF  KSA Salman Al-Moasher 8 MF  KSA Taisir Al-Jassim (vice-captain) 9 FW  SYR Omar Al Somah 11 MF  KSA Housain Al-Mogahwi 13 DF  EGY Mohamed Abdel Shafy (3rd captain) 14 FW  KSA Muhannad Assiri 16 MF  KSA Nooh Al-Mousa 17 DF  CHI Paulo Díaz 18 MF  CHA Othman Alhaj 21 FW  CPV Djaniny 23 DF  KSA Abdullah Hassoun 24 DF  KSA Hussein Abdulghani (captain) 25 DF  KSA Motaz Hawsawi 26 DF  KSA Fares Al-Khoraimi

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Zubaidi 28 MF  KSA Ayman Al-Khulaif 29 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Ghareeb 30 DF  KSA Hani Al-Sebyani 32 DF  KSA Faisal Darisi 33 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Owais 35 MF  KSA Yousef Al-Harbi 37 DF  KSA Abdulbasit Hindi 38 MF  KSA Fahad Majrashi 40 MF  KSA Yahya Al-Qarni 45 MF  KSA Abdulfattah Asiri 48 DF  KSA Manaf Abo Yabes 49 MF  KSA Firas Al-Ghamdi 55 DF  KSA Baker Eissa 66 GK  KSA Basem Atallah 71 MF  ROU Nicolae Stanciu 75 DF  BRA Aderlan Santos 77 MF  KSA Omar Al-Zayni 80 MF  KSA Bader Munshi 99 FW  KSA Safi Al-Zaqrati

Transfers

In

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
19	AM	Abdallah Said	Al Ahly	€850,000	23 May 2018	[8]
13	LB	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	Al-Fateh	End of loan	30 May 2018
20	RM	Islam Seraj	Al-Faisaly	End of loan	30 May 2018
30	CB	Saeed Al-Robeai	Al-Faisaly	End of loan	30 May 2018
35	DM	Rayan Al-Harbi	Al-Tai	End of loan	30 May 2018
40	RM	Raed Al-Ghamdi	Ohod	End of loan	30 May 2018
47	RM	Mustafa Bassas	Ohod	End of loan	30 May 2018
49	LM	Ahmed Al-Zain	Al-Fayha	End of loan	30 May 2018
80	DM	Ryan Al-Mousa	Al-Taawoun	End of loan	30 May 2018
	CB	Abdullah Al-Khateeb	Al-Khaleej	End of loan	30 May 2018
	CB	Hamed Al-Sherif	Hajer	End of loan	30 May 2018
16	CM	Nooh Al-Mousa	Al-Fateh	Undisclosed	18 June 2018	[9]
4	CB	Alexis	Alavés	Free	20 June 2018	[10]
10	LM	José Manuel Jurado	Espanyol	Free	20 June 2018	[11]
21	ST	Djaniny	Santos Laguna	€10,250,000	18 July 2018	[12]
27	LB	Mohammed Al-Zubaidi	Al-Ettifaq	Swap	31 July 2018	[13]
77	DM	Omar Al-Zayni	Al-Entesar	Free	12 August 2018	[14]
17	RB	Paulo Díaz	San Lorenzo	€2,630,000	15 August 2018	[15]
6	DM	Souza	Fenerbahçe	€12,000,000	23 August 2018	[16]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
18	ST	Othman Alhaj	Jeddah	Free	7 January 2019	[17]
24	LB	Hussein Abdulghani	Ohod	Free	14 January 2019	[18]
15	AM	Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani	Damac	Undisclosed	22 January 2019	[19]
5	CM	Claudio Baeza	Colo-Colo	€3,200,000	23 January 2019	[20]
75	CB	Aderlan Santos	Valencia CF	€5,000,000	24 January 2019	[21]
8	CM	Taisir Al-Jassim	Al-Wehda	Loan return	26 January 2019	[22]
71	AM	Nicolae Stanciu	Sparta Prague	€10,000,000	28 January 2019	[23]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
20	DM	Mohamed Ben Amor	Étoile du Sahel	Loan return	15 May 2018
88	RM	Moamen Zakaria	Al Ahly	Loan return	15 May 2018
4	DM	Waleed Bakshween	Al-Wehda	Free	27 May 2018	[24]
10	AM	Giannis Fetfatzidis	Olympiacos	Free	30 May 2018	[25]
20	ST	Islam Seraj	Ohod	Free	1 June 2018	[26]
	DM	Rayan Al-Harbi	Al-Ain	Free	13 June 2018	[27]
77	RB	Amiri Kurdi	Panionios	Free	1 July 2018	[28]
19	CM	Claudemir	Braga	Free	9 July 2018	[29]
27	LB	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	Al-Faisaly	Free	11 July 2018	[30]
15	LM	Saleh Al-Amri	Al-Wehda	Free	13 July 2018	[31]
31	LB	Mansoor Al-Harbi	Al-Ittihad	Free	26 July 2018	[32]
	RB	Sanousi Hawsawi	Al-Jabalain	Free	28 July 2018	[33]
44	GK	Ayman Al-Hussaini	Al-Tai	Free	29 July 2018	[34]
30	CB	Saeed Al-Robeai	Al-Ettifaq	Swap	31 July 2018	[35]
	CB	Hamed Al-Sherif	Al-Orobah	Free	1 August 2018	[36]
80	DM	Ryan Al-Mousa	Al-Taawoun	Free	1 August 2018	[37]
21	CB	Ageel Balghaith	Al-Faisaly	Free	3 August 2018	[38]
42	LM	Leonardo	Al Wahda	Free	6 August 2018	[39]
26	LM	Abdulmohsen Al-Subhi	Al-Batin	Free	15 August 2018	[40]
5	DM	Mark Milligan	Hibernian	Free	18 August 2018	[41]
35	ST	Mohammed Al-Harthi	Al-Mujazzal	Free	25 August 2018	[42]
36	GK	Raghid Al-Najjar	Al-Shabab	Free	23 August 2018	[43]
40	ST	Raed Al-Ghamdi	Ohod	Free	25 August 2018	[44]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
19	AM	Abdallah Said	Pyramids	Free	4 January 2019	[45]
41	ST	Mansour Al-Muwallad	Al-Taawoun	Free	4 February 2019	[46]
	AM	Ahmed Ba Saeed	Al-Faisaly	Free	4 February 2019	[47]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
2	RB	Ali Al-Zubaidi	Al-Raed	8 June 2018	30 June 2019	[48]
	CB	Abdullah Al-Khateeb	Al-Khaleej	16 July 2018	30 June 2019	[49]
49	LM	Ahmed Al-Zain	Al-Qadsiah	22 July 2018	30 June 2019	[50]
	AM	Nasser Al-Daajani	Fátima	31 July 2018	25 January 2019	[51]
	GK	Mohammed Al Rubaie	Al-Batin	2 August 2018	30 June 2019	[52]
8	CM	Taisir Al-Jassim	Al-Wehda	19 August 2018	26 January 2019	[53]
16	DM	Maher Othman	Al-Tai	23 August 2018	30 June 2019	[54]
18	CM	Ali Al-Asmari	Ohod	25 August 2018	30 June 2019	[55]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
	AM	Nasser Al-Daajani	Al-Taawoun	25 January 2019	30 June 2020	[56]
70	CB	Mohammed Bassas	Al-Taawoun	4 February 2019	30 June 2019	[57]
50	DM	Abdullah Majrashi	Ohod	4 February 2019	30 June 2019	[58]

Pre-season and friendlies

Al-Ahli v Mattersburg

27 July 2018 Friendly	Al-Ahli	2–1	Mattersburg	Mattersburg, Austria
17:00 CEST	Al-Mousa 12' Al-Moasher 43'	Report	69'

Al-Ahli v Paradou

28 July 2018 Friendly	Al-Ahli	1–1	Paradou	Mattersburg, Austria
17:00 CEST	Djaniny 60'	Report	30'

Al-Ahli v Lafnitz

6 August 2018 Friendly	Al-Ahli	3–3	Lafnitz	Lafnitz, Austria
18:30 CEST	Al Somah 34' Asiri 65' Al-Mogahwi 85'		62' 72' 87'

Al-Ahli v Jeddah

16 August 2018 Friendly	Al-Ahli	1–0	Jeddah	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:30 AST	Al Somah 55'	Report		Stadium: Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Professional League	30	17	4	9	68	41	+27	056.67	—	—	1 September 2018	16 May 2019
King Cup	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	066.67	Round of 32	Round of 16	5 January 2019	23 January 2019
Arab Club Champions Cup	8	5	2	1	12	5	+7	062.50	Round of 32	Semi-finals	25 August 2018	15 April 2019
Champions League	6	3	0	3	7	7	+0	050.00	Group Stage	In Progress	5 March 2019	In Progress
Total	47	27	7	13	93	54	+39	057.45

Updated to match played 20 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Pro League

Main article: 2018–19 Saudi Professional League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al-Hilal	30	21	6	3	66	33	+33	69	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[a]
3	Al-Taawoun	30	16	8	6	61	31	+30	56
4	Al-Ahli	30	17	4	9	68	41	+27	55	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Shabab	30	15	9	6	39	25	+14	54	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
6	Al-Faisaly	30	12	7	11	51	47	+4	43

Source: spl.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).^[59]
Notes:

1. Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 King Cup winners.

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	4	9	68	41	+27	55	7	3	5	32	18	+14	10	1	4	36	23	+13

Last updated: 16 May 2019.
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	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	7	5	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. 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-Ahli v Al-Taawoun

1 September 2018 1	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Taawoun	Jeddah
19:20	Al-Mowalad  36' Al-Mogahwi 49' Souza  50'	Report	Tawamba 24' Al-Mousa  51' Al-Olayan  73' Al-Zubaidi  90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 21,970 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Ohod v Al-Ahli

14 September 2018 2	Ohod	0–2	Al-Ahli	Medina
19:05	Haj Mohamad  29' Attiyah  78' Hazazi  81'	Report	Souza  14' Djaniny 35' Alexis  60' Assiri 72'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 18,056 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

Al-Ahli v Al-Hazem

21 September 2018 3	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Hazem	Jeddah
20:35	Al-Mogahwi 3' Al Somah 90+4'	Report	Muralha  46' Alemão  75' Al-Qeshtah  80'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 41,315 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Ahli v Al-Batin

29 September 2018 4	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Batin	Jeddah
20:35	Said 15',  34' Al-Mousa 53'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 13,732 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Al-Ahli v Al-Faisaly

5 October 2018 5	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
18:50	Al Somah 10' Al-Mowalad  33' Jurado 45+2'	Report	Majrashi  62' Balghaith  64'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 17,466 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Ahli

20 October 2018 6	Al-Ettifaq	6–2	Al-Ahli	Dammam
17:50	Al-Robeai 8',  28' Al-Khalaf  32' Guanca 44' El Sayed  45+1', 51' Alemán 63' Al-Kwikbi 67' Al-Habib 79'	Report	Souza 45+5' Al-Mogahwi  55' Al-Mowalad  59' Djaniny  62', 85'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,901 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Al-Ahli v Al-Fateh

25 October 2018 7	Al-Ahli	5–1	Al-Fateh	Jeddah
18:30	Djaniny 17', 76' Al Somah 42', 57' Asiri 83'	Report	Toko 70'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 7,602 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Al-Nassr v Al-Ahli

3 November 2018 8	Al-Nassr	0–2	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
17:55		Report	Souza  48' Al-Fatil  59' Al-Mousa  74' Al Somah 75' Al-Mowalad  90' Djaniny 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Al-Ahli v Al-Qadsiah

9 November 2018 9	Al-Ahli	0–2	Al-Qadsiah	Jeddah
18:20	Al-Owais  79'	Report	Camara 69', 78'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 21,499 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

25 November 2018 10	Al-Ittihad	1–3	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
19:45	Al-Muwallad 7' Al-Saloli  20' Al-Muziel  79' El Ahmadi  89'	Report	Al Somah 21' Asiri 49',  62' Díaz  59' Said 76'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 46,527 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Ahli v Al-Fayha

30 November 2018 11	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Fayha	Jeddah
18:30	Al Somah 69'	Report	Al-Barakah  21' Gómez 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Raed v Al-Ahli

8 December 2018 12	Al-Raed	0–0	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
17:50	Hammoudan  53' Bangoura  57' Amora  90+5'	Report	Díaz  61'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Al-Ahli v Al-Shabab

15 December 2018 13	Al-Ahli	0–1	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
18:25	Abdel Shafy  11' Jurado  18' Alexis  25' Al-Mowalad  41' Souza  86'	Report	Al-Sulayhem  71' Ghazi  88' Arthur 90+5'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 20,876 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

21 December 2018 14	Al-Hilal	4–3	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
15:10	Al-Bulaihi  40' Gomis 45+3' (pen.) Al-Shahrani 47' Eduardo 66' (pen.) Carrillo 77' Al-Breik  90+3'	Report	Al Somah 7', 81' (pen.), 85',  76' Souza  31' Al-Owais  38' Díaz  65'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,577 Referee: Clément Turpin (France

Al-Wehda v Al-Ahli

28 December 2018 15	Al-Wehda	2–1	Al-Ahli	Mecca
18:30	Otero 5' Bakshween  90+8' Marcos Guilherme 90+9'	Report	Al-Mousa  47' Díaz  62'  89' Jurado  85' Al Somah 90+4' (pen.) Alexis  90+7'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 5,936 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Al-Ahli v Ohod

11 January 2019 16	Al-Ahli	5–1	Ohod	Mecca
18:35	Djaniny 7', 15', 33', 65', 80' Al-Harbi  45+1' Hindi  85'	Report	Teikeu  27' Otaif 58' Medjani  59'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 1,605 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

Al-Taawoun v Al-Ahli

28 January 2019 17	Al-Taawoun	3–4	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
20:20	Al-Zubaidi 56' Al-Hussain 59' Héldon 85'	Report	Asiri 41' Djaniny 64' (pen.), 86' Al Somah 80' (pen.) Al-Fatil  90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 2,724 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Al-Batin v Al-Ahli

2 February 2019 18	Al-Batin	1–2	Al-Ahli	Hafar al-Batin
18:15	Jhonnattann 41' Masrahi  78'	Report	Al-Moasher 30' Asiri 54'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 3,023 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Al-Hazem v Al-Ahli

7 February 2019 19	Al-Hazem	2–4	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
20:15	Pajoy 14' Al-Saiari  18', 34' Bakhit  31' Al-Qeshtah  45+2' Al-Barakah  55'	Report	Asiri 9',  83' Al-Qeshtah 16' (o.g.) Díaz  35' Djaniny 50' Stanciu  83' Al Somah 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Al-Ahli v Al-Nassr

12 February 2019 20	Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:20	Hindi  23' Al Somah 59' (pen.)	Report	Hamdallah 45+1', 60' Uvini  52' Amrabat  90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 30,335 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Al-Fateh v Al-Ahli

20 February 2019 21	Al-Fateh	2–1	Al-Ahli	Al-Hasa
18:20	Al-Majhad 7', 90' Al-Fuhaid  75' Aguirregaray  87'	Report	Assiri  34', 73' Baeza  55' Abdulghani  90+5'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Al-Ahli v Al-Ittihad

1 March 2019 22	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Jeddah
20:30	Baeza  73' Al Somah 78'	Report	Al-Muwallad  3' El Ahmadi  21' Romarinho 70'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 42,880 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Qadsiah v Al-Ahli

8 March 2019 23	Al-Qadsiah	1–2	Al-Ahli	Khobar
15:40	Belal  27' Bismark 31' Belkhiter  76'	Report	Al-Moasher  21' Santos 37' Al Somah 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Al-Ahli v Al-Raed

28 March 2019 25	Al-Ahli	4–5	Al-Raed	Jeddah
20:40	Assiri 10', 53',  88' Al-Moasher 20',  31' Al-Jassim 27',  45+3' Hindi  45+3' Asiri  89' Al-Fatil  90+3'	Report	Al-Amri 5',  29' Al-Shehri 6', 62', 68' (pen.), 70' Doukha  80' Amora  90+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,146 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Al-Fayha v Al-Ahli

1 April 2019 24	Al-Fayha	0–2	Al-Ahli	Al-Majma'ah
18:55	Gegé  16' Asprilla  51' Al-Sobhi  57' Al-Qahtani  71' Al-Khaibari  74'	Report	Assiri  20' Djaniny 39' Díaz  65' Al-Mogahwi  82', 88'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,221 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Al-Shabab v Al-Ahli

5 April 2019 26	Al-Shabab	0–4	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Benlamri  61' Boussoufa  72'	Report	Al-Fatil  21', 33' Djaniny 38', 53' Díaz  58' Al-Moasher 63'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

12 April 2019 27	Al-Ahli	0–1	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:45	Al-Harbi  27'  38' Abdulghani  76'	Report	Al-Breik  20' Botía 43' Al-Dawsari  90'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Ahli v Al-Wehda

17 April 2019 28	Al-Ahli	3–2	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
20:45	Al Somah 17', 47' Abdulghani  38' Stanciu 45+1' Al-Mousa  52' Al-Jassim  90+5'	Report	Anselmo  13'  81' Otero  34', 71' (pen.) Kasongo 73'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,983 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Al-Faisaly v Al-Ahli

11 May 2019 29	Al-Faisaly	1–4	Al-Ahli	Al-Majma'ah
22:30	Calderón 48'	Report	Stanciu 11' Asiri 31' Baeza  47' Al Fatil  51' Djaniny 59' Alhaj 90+1'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 503 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Al-Ahli v Al-Ettifaq

16 May 2019 30	Al-Ahli	5–0	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
22:30	Djaniny 38', 50', 84' (pen.) Al Somah 65' Ghareeb 89'	Report	Al-Habib  42' Arias  45+1' Al-Robeai  59'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

King Cup

Main article: 2019 King Cup

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

Al-Ahli v Al-Riyadh

5 January 2019 Round of 64	Al-Ahli	4–0	Al-Riyadh	Mecca
19:55	Asiri 28' Al-Mousa 37' Djaniny 41' Al-Zaqrati 69'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Nojoom v Al-Ahli

18 January 2019 Round of 32	Al-Nojoom	0–1	Al-Ahli	Al-Hasa
17:55		Report	Al-Mowalad  15' Djaniny 27' (pen.) Díaz  80' Al-Harbi  88'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Al-Ahli v Al-Wehda

23 January 2019 Round of 16	Al-Ahli	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
20:05	Al-Harbi  18' Djaniny 40' Abdulghani  55'	Report	Mebarakou  33' Amr  61' Renato Chaves  77' Otero 85' Bakshween  109'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
	Penalties
	Djaniny Al-Mousa Abdulghani Díaz		Marcos Guilherme Darwish Renato Chaves Otero

Arab Club Champions Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

Round of 32

Al-Muharraq v Al-Ahli

25 August 2018 First leg	Al-Muharraq	0–2	Al-Ahli	Riffa, Bahrain
18:50 AST		Report	Al-Mowalad 66' Al Somah 83'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Referee: Yaaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Al-Ahli v Al-Muharraq

24 September 2018 Second leg	Al-Ahli	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Al-Muharraq	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 AST	Ghareeb 18', 61' Al Somah  56', 89'	Report	Yaser  58'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Round of 16

ES Sétif v Al-Ahli

28 October 2018 First leg	ES Sétif	0–1	Al-Ahli	Sétif, Algeria
21:00 EET	Bakir  45' Banouh  77' Ghacha  78'	Report	Al-Mowalad  50' Ghareeb 57' Souza  78'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Al-Ahli v ES Sétif

4 December 2018 Second leg	Al-Ahli	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	ES Sétif	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:30 AST	Al-Fatil  35' Al-Mowalad 49'	Report	Banouh 17' Bedrane  51'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 6,130 Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

Quarter-finals

Al-Wasl v Al-Ahli

16 February 2019 First leg	Al-Wasl	2–2	Al-Ahli	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:30 GST	Jassem 1' Fábio Lima  24' Esmaeel  72' Caio 88' (pen.) Dwubeng  89'	Report	Al-Moasher  29' Stanciu 66' Djaniny 72' Al-Mousa  74'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Al-Ahli v Al-Wasl

25 February 2019 Second leg	Al-Ahli	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Al-Wasl	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 AST	Díaz 52',  85' Abdel Shafy  66' Al-Mowalad  78' Al-Moasher 90+1'	Report	Saleh 38',  85' Salmeen  44' Jassem  51' Ismail  79'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 10,450 Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Semi-finals

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

17 March 2019 First leg	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:45 AST	Botía  45+1' Soriano 49'	Report	Al-Mousa  61' Assiri  90+5'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

15 April 2019 Second leg	Al-Ahli	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (2–3 p)	Al-Hilal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 AST	Díaz 18' Al-Mogahwi  24' Al-Mowalad  68' Al-Mousa  90+2'	Report	Al-Khaibri  73' Al-Breik  82' Al-Bulaihi  86'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 33,257 Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
	Penalties
	Al Somah Díaz Stanciu Al-Mogahwi Assiri		Carlos Eduardo Al-Breik Al-Shalhoub Gomis Al Abed

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League group stage

The group stage draw was made on 22 November 2018 in Kuala Lumpur. Al-Ahli were drawn with Persepolis, Al-Sadd, and Pakhtakor.^[60]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAD	AHL	PAK	PER
1	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9			2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			2–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Persepolis	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7			2–0	2–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Al-Ahli v Al-Sadd

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 1	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Sadd	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:15 UTC+3	Al Somah 32' (pen.), 76' Hindi  45' Al-Harbi  57' Al-Jassim  90+1'	Live Report Stats Report	Ró-Ró  61'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 7,328 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Pakhtakor v Al-Ahli

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 2	Pakhtakor	1–0	Al-Ahli	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+5	Azamov  32' Bikmaev 62' Krimets  86'	Live Report Stats Report	Díaz  66' Al-Owais  84'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Central Stadium Attendance: 25,250 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Persepolis v Al-Ahli

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 3	Persepolis	2–0	Al-Ahli	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4	Khalilzadeh 18' Alipour 48' Resan  60' Budimir  76'	Live Report Stats Report	Djaniny  49' Abdulghani  76' Al-Mowalad  90+1'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 1,878 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Al-Ahli v Persepolis

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 4	Al-Ahli	2–1	Persepolis	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
19:30 UTC+4	Al Somah 30' (pen.), 83' Djaniny  50' Hassoun  86'	Live Report Stats Report	Alipour  49' Khalilzadeh  58', 90+3'	Stadium: Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 787 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Al-Sadd v Al-Ahli

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 5	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ahli	Doha, Qatar
21:45 UTC+3	Asad 9' Afif 12' Hassan  30' Gabi  74' Al Sheeb  82'	Live Report Stats Report	Al Somah 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,683 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Al-Ahli v Pakhtakor

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 6	Al-Ahli	2–1	Pakhtakor	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3	Al-Harbi  37' Al Fatil  55' Al Somah 69' Hindi  73' Hassoun  81' Ghareeb 90+2'	Live Report Stats Report	Krimets  50' Alidzhanov  86' Sergeev 88' Sayfiev  89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,183 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 20 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Arab Club Champions Cup		Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Yasser Al Mosailem	8	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
33	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Owais	39	0	26	0	0	0	7	0	6	0
55	GK	KSA	Bakr Eisa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	GK	KSA	Basem Atallah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Mowalad	38	2	25	0	2	0	6	2	5	0
3	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Fatil	30	1	22	1	0	0	5	0	3	0
4	DF	ESP	Alexis	12	0	7+1	0	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
13	DF	EGY	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	32	0	22	0	3	0	7	0	0	0
17	DF	CHI	Paulo Díaz	41	2	23+1	0	3	0	8	2	6	0
20	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Zubaidi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	KSA	Abdullah Hassoun	13	0	5	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	1+3	0
24	DF	KSA	Hussein Abdulghani	10	0	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	5	0
25	DF	KSA	Motaz Hawsawi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	KSA	Fares Al-Khoraimi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Zubaidi	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	KSA	Hani Al-Sebyani	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	KSA	Faisal Darisi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	KSA	Abdulbasit Hindi	24	0	7+4	0	1	0	6+1	0	4+1	0
75	DF	BRA	Aderlan Santos	14	1	8	1	0	0	0	0	6	0
Midfielders
5	MF	CHI	Claudio Baeza	12	0	11+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	BRA	Souza	17	1	14+1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Moasher	38	4	16+6	3	3	0	6+2	1	4+1	0
8	MF	KSA	Taisir Al-Jassim	11	1	3+5	1	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
11	MF	KSA	Housain Al-Mogahwi	26	3	12+5	3	0	0	4+3	0	2	0
16	MF	KSA	Nooh Al-Mousa	35	2	14+5	1	1+1	1	8	0	5+1	0
28	MF	KSA	Ayman Al-Khulaif	10	0	0+5	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
29	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	27	5	6+12	1	0+1	0	3	3	3+2	1
35	MF	KSA	Yousef Al-Harbi	16	0	6+1	0	2	0	0+4	0	2+1	0
38	MF	KSA	Fahad Majrashi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Qarni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
45	MF	KSA	Abdulfattah Asiri	32	7	12+7	6	3	1	5+2	0	3	0
49	MF	KSA	Firas Al-Ghamdi	3	0	0+1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
71	MF	ROU	Nicolae Stanciu	14	3	8+2	2	0	0	4	1	0	0
77	MF	KSA	Omar Al-Zayni	3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
80	MF	KSA	Bader Munshi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	SYR	Omar Al Somah	37	27	19+5	19	1	0	5+1	2	6	6
14	FW	KSA	Muhannad Assiri	19	4	6+7	4	0	0	0+4	0	1+1	0
18	FW	CHA	Othman Alhaj	6	1	2+2	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	CPV	Djaniny	35	24	17+4	20	3	3	5+1	1	4+1	0
99	FW	KSA	Safi Al-Zaqrati	3	1	0+2	0	0+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
50	MF	KSA	Abdullah Majrashi	8	0	0+5	0	0	0	1+2	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
10	MF	ESP	José Manuel Jurado	18	1	15+2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	EGY	Abdallah Said	15	2	13+1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Arab Club Champions Cup	Champions League	Total
1	9	FW		Omar Al Somah	19	0	2	6	27
2	21	FW		Djaniny	20	3	1	0	24
3	45	MF		Abdulfattah Asiri	6	1	0	0	7
4	29	FW		Abdulrahman Ghareeb	1	0	3	1	5
5	7	MF		Salman Al-Moasher	3	0	1	0	4
	14	FW		Muhannad Assiri	4	0	0	0	4
7	11	MF		Housain Al-Mogahwi	3	0	0	0	3
	71	MF		Nicolae Stanciu	2	0	1	0	3
9	2	DF		Saeed Al-Mowalad	0	0	2	0	2
	16	MF		Nooh Al-Mousa	1	1	0	0	2
	17	DF		Paulo Díaz	0	0	2	0	2
	19	MF		Abdallah Said	2	0	0	0	2
13	3	DF		Mohammed Al-Fatil	1	0	0	0	1
	6	MF		Souza	1	0	0	0	1
	8	MF		Taisir Al-Jassim	1	0	0	0	1
	10	MF		José Manuel Jurado	1	0	0	0	1
	18	FW		Othman Alhaj	1	0	0	0	1
	75	DF		Aderlan Santos	1	0	0	0	1
	99	FW		Safi Al-Zaqrati	0	1	0	0	1
Own goal					1	0	0	0	1
Total					68	6	12	7	93

Last Updated: 20 May 2019

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Arab Club Champions Cup	Champions League	Total
1	45	MF		Abdulfattah Asiri	7	3	2	0	12
2	7	MF		Salman Al-Moasher	6	0	2	1	9
	21	FW		Djaniny	6	1	1	1	9
4	9	FW		Omar Al Somah	6	0	0	0	6
5	13	DF		Mohamed Abdel Shafy	1	0	3	0	4
6	6	MF		Souza	3	0	0	0	3
	10	MF		José Manuel Jurado	3	0	0	0	3
	11	MF		Housain Al-Mogahwi	2	0	1	0	3
	71	MF		Nicolae Stanciu	3	0	0	0	3
10	16	MF		Nooh Al-Mousa	2	0	0	0	2
	17	DF		Paulo Díaz	2	0	0	0	2
	19	MF		Abdallah Said	2	0	0	0	2
13	2	DF		Saeed Al-Mowalad	1	0	0	0	1
	4	DF		Alexis	0	0	1	0	1
	5	MF		Claudio Baeza	1	0	0	0	1
	14	FW		Muhannad Assiri	0	0	1	0	1
	18	FW		Othman Alhaj	1	0	0	0	1
	28	MF		Ayman Al-Khulaif	1	0	0	0	1
	29	MF		Abdulrahman Ghareeb	1	0	0	0	1
Total					48	4	11	2	65

Last Updated: 20 May 2019

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Arab Club Champions Cup	Champions League	Total
1	33	GK		Mohammed Al-Owais	9	0	3	1	13
2	1	GK		Yasser Al Mosailem	0	2	1	0	3
Total					9	2	4	1	16

Last Updated: 16 May 2019