2018–19 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Hilal's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 61st year in existence as a football club.^[2] Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the Saudi Super Cup, the King Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup, the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup and the Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Al-Hilal

2018–19 season
President	Mohammed bin Faisal (until 1 May) Abdullah Al-Jarbo'o (from 1 May)
Manager	Jorge Jesus (until 30 January)[1] Zoran Mamić (from 30 January until 27 April)[1] Péricles Chamusca (from 27 April)
Stadium	King Saud University Stadium Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	2nd
Super Cup	Winners
King Cup	Semi-finals (knocked out by Al-Taawoun)
Champions League	Round of 16
Sheikh Zayed Cup	Runners-up (knocked out by Étoile du Sahel)
Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	Runners-up (knocked out by Zamalek)
Top goalscorer	League: Bafétimbi Gomis (21) All: Bafétimbi Gomis (37)
Highest home attendance	23,047 vs Al-Nassr (8 December 2018)
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs Al-Shabab (16 May 2019)
Average home league attendance	19,551
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 20 May 2019.

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 23 August 2018.^[3][4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Abdullah Al-Mayouf		GK	(1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 38)	2016	2020	Al-Ahli	Free
23	Marwan Al-Haidari		GK	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 29)	2016	2020	Al-Nahda	€0.3M[5]
26	Ali Al-Habsi		GK	(1981-12-30) 30 December 1981 (age 43)	2017	2020	Reading	€0.3M[6]
30	Mohammed Al-Waked		GK	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 33)	2013		Youth system	N/A
Defenders
2	Mohammed Al-Breik		RB / RWB	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 32)	2014	2022[7]	Youth system	N/A
4	Alberto Botía		CB	(1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 36)	2018	2020	Olympiacos	Free
5	Ali Al Bulaihi		CB	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 35)	2017	2020	Al-Fateh	€0.9M[8]
12	Yasser Al-Shahrani		LB / RB	(1992-05-22) 22 May 1992 (age 33)	2012	2021[9]	Al-Qadsiah	€3.5M[10]
13	Hassan Kadesh		LB	(1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 32)	2017	2021[11]	Al-Ettifaq	€1.2M[12]
33	Ahmed Sharahili		CB / RB	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 31)	2013	2021	Youth system	N/A
70	Mohammed Jahfali		CB	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34)	2015	2020	Al-Faisaly	€1.8M[13]
Midfielders
3	Carlos Eduardo		AM / CF / CM	(1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35)	2015	2020	Porto	€7M[14]
6	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri		DM / CM	(1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 39)	2016	2019	Al-Shabab	Free[15]
7	Salman Al-Faraj		AM / LW	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 36)	2008	2021	Youth system	N/A	Captain
8	Abdullah Otayf		DM / CM	(1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 33)	2013	2021	Louletano	€2.3M[16]
10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		CM / DM	(1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 (age 44)	1998	2019	Youth system	N/A
15	Ahmed Ashraf		RM / AM	(1992-12-31) 31 December 1992 (age 32)	2018	2021	Shalhoub United	Free
16	Nasser Al-Dawsari		CM / AM	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 26)	2017		Youth system	N/A
19	André Carrillo		RM	(1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 (age 34)	2018	2019	Benfica	€4M[17]	On loan from Benfica
21	Omar Abdulrahman		AM	(1991-06-14) 14 June 1991 (age 34)	2018	2019	Al-Ain	Vice-captain	€14M[18]
24	Nawaf Al-Abed		LM / RM	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 35)	2008	2021	Youth system	N/A
27	Hattan Bahebri		LM / RM / CF	(1992-07-16) 16 July 1992 (age 33)	2019	2022[19]	Al-Shabab	€3.5M
28	Mohamed Kanno		CM / DM / AM	(1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 32)	2017	2022[11]	Al-Ettifaq	€0.7M[12]
29	Salem Al-Dawsari		LM / RM	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 34)	2011	2019	Youth system	N/A
Forwards
11	Gelmin Rivas		ST / CF	(1989-03-23) 23 March 1989 (age 36)	2017	2019	Sharjah	€2.3M[20]
18	Bafétimbi Gomis		ST	(1985-08-06) 6 August 1985 (age 40)	2018	2020	Galatasaray	€12.5M[21]
25	Jonathan Soriano		ST	(1985-09-24) 24 September 1985 (age 39)	2019	2020	Beijing Guoan	Free[22]
44	Mukhtar Fallatah		ST	(1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 37)	2017		Al-Wehda	Free
Players sent out on loan
14	Mohanad Fallatah		CM / DM	(1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 29)	2016	2019	Youth system	N/A
17	Abdullah Al-Hafith		CB	(1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 32)	2013	2020[23]	Paços Ferreira	€0.4M[24]
20	Fahad Al-Rashidi		LM	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 29)	2017	2020	Youth system	N/A
77	Omar Kharbin		ST / CF / LM	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31)	2017	2021	Al-Dhafra	€10.3M[25]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	Previous club	Fee	Source
26 June 2018	DF	Alberto Botía	Olympiacos	Free	[26]
24 August 2018	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	Galatasaray	€12,500,000	[27]
14 December 2018	FW	Jonathan Soriano	Beijing Guoan	Free	[22]
12 January 2019	DF	Milos Degenek	Red Star Belgrade	€3,500,000	[28]
30 January 2019	FW	Sebastian Giovinco	Toronto	€2,600,000	[29]
1 February 2019	MF	Hattan Bahebri	Al-Shabab	€3,490,000	[30]

Loans in

Date	Pos.	Name	Parent club	End date	Source
20 July 2018	MF	André Carrillo	Benfica	End of season	[31]
9 August 2018	MF	Omar Abdulrahman	Al Ain	End of season	[32]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	New club	Fee	Source
27 May 2018	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	Al-Wehda	Free	[33]
27 May 2018	DF	Faisel Darwish	Al-Wehda	Free	[33]
3 June 2018	DF	Ahmed Bamsaud	Al-Fayha	Free	[34]
11 June 2018	GK	Ahmed Al-Shehri	Al-Nahda	Free	[35]
1 July 2018	FW	Léo Bonatini	Wolverhampton	€4,100,000	[36]
31 July 2018	DF	Hussain Qassem	Al-Ettifaq	Free	[37]
11 August 2018	MF	Mishari Al-Qahtani	Al-Tai	Free	[38]
19 August 2018	FW	Malek Al-Abdulmenem	Al-Jabalain	Free	[39]
23 August 2018	DF	Osama Hawsawi	Al-Wehda	Free	[40]
26 August 2018	DF	Adel Al-Muwallad	Al-Jabalain	Free	[41]
19 January 2019	FW	Mukhtar Fallatah	Al-Qadsiah	Free	[42]
19 January 2019	FW	Rashed Al-Salem	Hajer	Free	[43]
1 February 2019	DF	Mohammed Al-Baqawi	Al-Shabab	Free	[44]
4 February 2019	FW	Gelmin Rivas	Al-Rayyan	Free	[45]

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	End date	Source
12 June 2018	FW	Mojahed Al-Munee	Al-Hazem	End of season	[46]
25 July 2018	MF	Ezequiel Cerutti	Independiente	End of season	[47]
7 August 2018	DF	Naif Kariri	Al-Fayha	End of season	[48]
7 August 2018	FW	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	Al-Fayha	23 January 2018	[49]
15 August 2018	DF	Anas Zabani	Al-Batin	End of season	[50]
23 August 2018	DF	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	Al-Taawoun	End of season	[51]
23 August 2018	DF	Omar Al-Owdah	Al-Fayha	End of season	[52]
23 August 2018	MF	Majed Al-Najrani	Al-Fayha	End of season	[53]
29 August 2018	MF	Achraf Bencharki	Lens	End of season	[54]
19 January 2019	MF	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Ohod	End of season	[55]
21 January 2019	FW	Omar Kharbin	Pyramids	End of season	[55]
22 January 2019	MF	Mohanad Fallatah	Al-Fayha	End of season	[56]
1 February 2019	DF	Abdullah Al-Hafith	Al-Ettifaq	End of season	[57]

Pre-season and friendlies

Al-Hilal v Radomlje

22 July 2018 Friendly	Al-Hilal	3–0	Radomlje	Lienz, Austria
17:00 CEST	Carlos Eduardo 16' Kharbin 32' Rivas 54'	Report		Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Fortuna Düsseldorf

25 July 2018 Friendly	Al-Hilal	0–2	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Lienz, Austria
19:00 CEST		Report	Lukebakio 30' Ducksch 90+1'

Al-Hilal v Akhisarspor

29 July 2018 Friendly	Al-Hilal	3–1	Akhisarspor	Lienz, Austria
18:00 CEST	Carlos Eduardo 33' Kharbin 37' Al-Shalhoub 72'	Report	89'	Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Udinese

1 August 2018 Friendly	Al-Hilal	1–1	Udinese	Lurnfeld, Austria
18:00 CEST	Fallatah 75'	Report	Machís 53'	Stadium: Möllbrück Stadium

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Saudi Super Cup

Main article: 2018 Saudi Super Cup

As champions of the 2017–18 Pro League, Al-Hilal took on the 2018 King Cup winners, Al-Ittihad, for the season-opening Saudi Super Cup.

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) Final	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ittihad	London, United Kingdom
19:30 BST	Carlos Eduardo 35' Botía  44' Rivas 62'	Report	Jonas  44' El Ahmadi 67',  90+2'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,300 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Pro League

Main article: 2018–19 Saudi Professional League

Al-Hilal entered the competition as the defending champions.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Nassr (C)	30	22	4	4	69	27	+42	70	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Al-Hilal	30	21	6	3	66	33	+33	69
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

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).^[58]
(C) Champions
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	21	6	3	66	33	+33	69	9	4	2	33	19	+14	12	2	1	33	14	+19

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	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W
Position	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2

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-Hilal v Al-Fayha

31 August 2018 1	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Fayha	Riyadh
18:55	S.Al-Dawsari  28'  74' Al Bulaihi  39' Kanno 77' (pen.) Al-Breik  79' N.Al-Dawsari  83'	Report	Asprilla  21' Al-Owda  49'  63' Kanno  73'  80'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,076 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Raed v Al-Hilal

15 September 2018 2	Al-Raed	1–3	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
18:50	Doukha  40' Hammoudan 52' Al-Amri  54' Farhan  74'	Report	Gomis 41' Abdulrahman 45' Carlos Eduardo 55' (pen.) Botía  68'  73' Al-Faraj  74' Al-Habsi  83' Al-Shahrani  86' Al-Breik  90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 6,833 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Al-Hilal v Al-Batin

20 September 2018 3	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Batin	Riyadh
20:45	Al-Faraj  27' Al-Bulaihi 32' Gomis 41', 45+4'	Report	Crysan 49'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,078 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Fateh v Al-Hilal

24 September 2018 4	Al-Fateh	2–3	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
18:10	Oueslati 44' (pen.), 68' (pen.),  45+1' Aguirregaray  52' Bangoura  90+1'	Report	Kadesh  40' Al-Habsi  42' Gomis 59' Carlos Eduardo 61' Rivas 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 9,050 Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)

Al-Shabab v Al-Hilal

20 October 2018 6	Al-Shabab	0–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
19:45	Salem  50' Euller  61' Bahebri  67' Benlamri  90+4'	Report	Al-Dawsari  50' Al-Breik  63' Kanno 65',  74' Al-Bulaihi  82'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,260 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

25 October 2018 7	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:30	Kanno 8' (pen.) Al-Bulaihi  47' Gomis 74' Botía  81' Yasser Al-Shahrani  86' Carlos Eduardo 90+5' (pen.)	Report	Pešić 19' Al-Muziel  26' Jurman  77' Carleto  85' Assiri  90+4'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 20,562 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Al-Qadsiah v Al-Hilal

2 November 2018 8	Al-Qadsiah	0–2	Al-Hilal	Khobar
17:35	Fallatah  44'	Report	Al-Dawsari 44' (pen.) Kanno 66' Al-Shahrani  86'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 10,420 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ettifaq

6 November 2018 5	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:55	Al-Dawsari 16' Carrillo 45+1' Gomis 55', 70'	Report	Al-Robeai  38' Guanca 68'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 10,112 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Wehda v Al-Hilal

11 November 2018 9	Al-Wehda	0–3	Al-Hilal	Mecca
18:20		Report	Al-Faraj 18' Carlos Eduardo 29' Al-Dawsari 45+2' Al-Breik  90'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 32,567 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

Al-Faisaly v Al-Hilal

24 November 2018 10	Al-Faisaly	1–1	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
17:50	Al-Bakr  31' Puljić  78' Al-Qahtani 90'	Report	Al Bulaihi  22' Al-Faraj 80' (pen.) Al-Breik  89'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 3,498 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr

8 December 2018 12	Al-Hilal	2–2	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
15:10	Gomis 3', 18' Otayf  10' Carlos Eduardo  38' Al-Shahrani  59' Botía  70' Carrillo  90+4'	Report	Amrabat 73' Hamdallah 78',  78' Khamis  90'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 23,047 Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Ohod v Al-Hilal

12 December 2018 11	Ohod	0–1	Al-Hilal	Medina
18:20		Report	Gomis 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 20,207 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Al-Hilal v Al-Hazem

15 December 2018 13	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Hazem	Riyadh
15:05	Gomis 18' Kadesh  80'	Report	Al-Saiari 46' Muralha  75' Alemão 80' (pen.) Asselah  90+1' Al-Qeshtah  90+2'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 12,286 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

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',  76', 81' (pen.), 85' Souza  31' Al-Owais  38' Díaz  65'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,577 Referee: Clément Turpin (France

Al-Taawoun v Al-Hilal

30 December 2018 15	Al-Taawoun	2–2	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
18:00	Héldon 58' Amissi  60'  90+7' Cássio  82' Al-Zubaidi  90+7'	Report	Rivas 34',  52' Carrillo  55' Kanno  57' Botía 90+6'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 14,893 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal v Al-Raed

11 January 2019 16	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
15:25	Jahfali  66' Al-Shalhoub 90+2'	Report	Belkaroui  59' Hammoudan  80' Al-Shoraimi  84' Abo Shararah 90+4'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 20,490 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Fayha v Al-Hilal

27 January 2019 17	Al-Fayha	1–5	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
18:20	Al-Qarni 82'	Report	Botía  7' Soriano 27', 43' Carlos Eduardo 55', 57' Rivas 90+3'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 4,294 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal v Al-Fateh

4 February 2019 18	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
18:20	Al Bulaihi  11' Gomis 16' (pen.), 37',  69' Carlos Eduardo 32' Al-Abed 62',  66'	Report	Oueslati 11' (pen.) João Pedro  15' Aguirregaray  36' Hamzi  39'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,486 Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (Poland)

Al-Batin v Al-Hilal

8 February 2019 19	Al-Batin	2–3	Al-Hilal	Hafar al-Batin
20:15	Jhonnattann 25' Ounalli  50', 85' Kanabah  75' Nasser  90+5' Ghunaiman  90+5' Facchini  90+6'	Report	Carrillo 18' Kanno 72' Carlos Eduardo  87' Gomis 90+3'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal v Al-Qadsiah

12 February 2019 20	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
18:30	Al Abed 34' Gomis 46' Al-Dawsari  60'  90+2' Giovinco 80' Al Bulaihi 88'	Report	Belkhiter  65' Bismark 67'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 20,758 Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Al-Ittihad v Al-Hilal

21 February 2019 21	Al-Ittihad	0–2	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:25	El Ahmadi  70' Al-Bishi  75'	Report	Gomis 67' Al-Dawsari 82' Degenek  90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 52,210 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal v Al-Faisaly

1 March 2019 22	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
18:35	Giovinco 18', 79' Degenek  47' Al-Shahrani  90+4'	Report	Hyland  40' Igor Rossi 49'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,688 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Al-Hilal v Al-Wehda

8 March 2019 23	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:30	Carlos Eduardo 47' Jahfali  82' Botía  83'	Report	Al-Nemer  38' Abdu Jaber  73' Assiri 77' Bakshween  83' Mebarakou  90' Al-Jadaani  90+3'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,851 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Hilal v Ohod

23 March 2019 24	Al-Hilal	0–0	Ohod	Riyadh
20:05	Bahebri  53' Al-Breik  90+4'	Report	Majrashi  34' Teikeu  45' Al-Owaishir  82' Al-Dhaw  87'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 20,925 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Al-Nassr v Al-Hilal

29 March 2019 25	Al-Nassr	3–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:40	Al-Ghanam  45' Hamdallah 46' Al-Obaid  53' Uvini 77', 90+7',  90+7'	Report	Kanno  20'  67' Degenek  49' Al-Bulaihi 53' Carrillo  57' Carlos Eduardo  60' Al-Dawsari 79'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 57,716 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Al-Hazem v Al-Hilal

4 April 2019 26	Al-Hazem	2–3	Al-Hilal	Ar Rass
20:45	Rodolfo 18' Al-Khalaf  29' Tsiskaridze 45+1',  68' Al-Saiari  63' Bakhit  69'	Report	Botía  12' Gomis 48', 73' Soriano 90',  90+6'	Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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-Hilal v Al-Taawoun

29 April 2019 28	Al-Hilal	0–2	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
19:00	Al-Breik  51'	Report	Sufyani  43' Al-Mousa  45+1' Tawamba 65' Héldon 69',  90+1' Machado  81'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,335 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Hilal

11 May 2019 29	Al-Ettifaq	0–1	Al-Hilal	Dammam
22:30	Al-Robeai  18' A.Al-Habib  27' H.Al-Habib  72' Al-Aboud  74' Al-Haiti  88'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 51' Bahebri  59' Botía  62' Giovinco  78'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 10,365 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Hilal v Al-Shabab

16 May 2019 30	Al-Hilal	3–2	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
22:30	Gomis 8', 90+1' Giovinco 52'	Report	Benlamri  45+1' Sebá 67' Al-Sulayhem 87'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

King Cup

Main article: 2019 King Cup

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

Al-Hilal v Al-Dera'a

5 January 2019 Round of 64	Al-Hilal	9–0	Al-Dera'a	Riyadh
15:20	Rivas 17', 68', 88' Gomis 32', 51', 64', 72' Carrillo 82' Al-Rashed 85' (o.g.)	Report	Hawsawi  3'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Hajer v Al-Hilal

16 January 2019 Round of 32	Hajer	0–3	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
17:55		Report	Gomis 21' (pen.), 80' Carlos Eduardo 63'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Hilal v Al-Faisaly

21 January 2019 Round of 16	Al-Hilal	3–2	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
20:05	Gomis 19' Carlos Eduardo  33' Al-Dawsari 79' Rivas 83'	Report	Rogerinho 2', 37' Mendash  31' Al-Sowayed  41' Malayekah  89'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Hilal

1 April 2019 Quarter-finals	Al-Ettifaq	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal	Dammam
18:35	Al-Kwikbi 28' (pen.) Arias  64' Al-Aboud  75' Guanca 87',  112' Akaïchi  90+1' Al-Sonain  100'	Report	Kanno  32' Al-Khaibri  38' Al-Shalhoub 65' Jahfali 90+5' Carrillo 105' Al-Yami  117'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Al-Hilal v Al-Taawoun

26 April 2019 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	0–5	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
19:00		Report	Al-Zubaidi  10', 86' Sandro Manoel 19' Adam 22' Amissi 56' Tawamba 81'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

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-Hilal were drawn with Al-Duhail, Al-Ain, and Esteghlal.^[59]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIL	DUH	EST	AIN
1	Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	1–0	2–0
2	Al-Duhail	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	9			2–2	—	3–0	2–2
3	Esteghlal	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8			2–1	1–1	—	1–1
4	Al-Ain	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2			0–1	0–2	1–2	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Al-Ain v Al-Hilal

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) 1	Al-Ain	0–1	Al-Hilal	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
19:20 UTC+4	Doumbia 27' Ibrahim  84' Ismail  90'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Shalhoub 65' Kanno  90+5'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 9,726 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Al-Hilal v Al-Duhail

12 March 2019 (2019-03-12) 2	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Duhail	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:45 UTC+3	Carlos Eduardo 25' Kanno  44' Giovinco  55' Al-Bulaihi 77' Gomis 79' Al-Breik  80'	Live Report Stats Report	Yasser  40' Nakajima 75' Benatia  88' Luiz Júnior  90+2'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,929 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Esteghlal v Al-Hilal

8 April 2019 (2019-04-08) 3	Esteghlal	2–1	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar[note 1]
20:00 UTC+3	Karimi 5',  19' Montazeri 30' Daneshgar  50' Esmaeili  56' Zakipour  90+5'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Bulaihi  32' Gomis 71'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 947 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Al-Hilal v Esteghlal

23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) 4	Al-Hilal	1–0	Esteghlal	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[note 1]
19:00 UTC+4	Al Abed  25'  52' Al-Breik  48' Giovinco 51',  88' Al-Shahrani  74'	Live Report Stats Report	Mensha  15' Daneshgar  30' Shojaeian  45' Cheshmi  60' Zakipour  76'	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 2,212 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ain

6 May 2019 (2019-05-06) 5	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ain	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3	Bahebri 1' Al-Shalhoub 90'	Live Report Stats Report	Caio  55'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 12,105 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Al-Duhail v Al-Hilal

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20) 6	Al-Duhail	2–2	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3	El-Arabi 15' Muneer 90+2'	Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 29', 55'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 4,170 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

1. Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia are expected to be played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.

Arab Club Champions Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

Round of 32

Al-Hilal v Al-Shabab

12 August 2018 First leg	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 AST	Al-Breik 23'	Report		Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Al-Shabab v Al-Hilal

29 September 2018 Second leg	Al-Shabab	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Seeb, Oman
18:00 AST		Report	Carlos Eduardo 61'	Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Round of 16

Al-Hilal v Al-Naft

29 October 2018 First leg	Al-Hilal	4–0	Al-Naft	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:00 AST	Gomis 35' (pen.) Carrillo 61' Al-Shahrani 67' Abu Baker 70' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Al-Naft v Al-Hilal

30 November 2018 Second leg	Al-Naft	0–2 (0–6 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Erbil, Iraq
17:00 AST	Tahsin  52' Dawood  58'	Report	Gomis 13' Carlos Eduardo 31'	Stadium: Franso Hariri Stadium Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Quarter-finals

Al-Hilal v Al Ittihad Alexandria

16 February 2019 First leg	Al-Hilal	3–0	Al Ittihad Alexandria	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:00 AST	Carlos Eduardo 14' Gomis 31', 41'	Report	Rizk  6'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 15,184 Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco)

Al Ittihad Alexandria v Al-Hilal

25 February 2019 Second leg	Al Ittihad Alexandria	0–0 (0–3 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Alexandria, Egypt
18:00 EST	Bazoka  15' El Ghandour  18'	Report	Al-Dawsari  37' Soriano  43'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

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

Final

Al-Hilal v Étoile du Sahel

18 April 2019 Final	Al-Hilal	1–2	Étoile du Sahel	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
17:50 UTC+4	Botía  45+4' Gomis 64' (pen.) Al-Bulaihi  90+5'	Report	Aribi 30' Aouadhi  45' Ben Aziza  45' Chikhaoui  45+7' Ben Ouanes  53' Boughattas  58' Konaté  60' Hannachi  72' Mothnani 90+1',  90+2'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup

Main article: 2018 Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup

As champions of the 2017–18 Pro League, Al-Hilal took on the 2017–18 Egypt Cup winners, Zamalek, for the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup.

Al-Hilal v Zamalek

6 October 2018 (2018-10-06) Final	Al-Hilal	1–2	Zamalek	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:00 AST	Kharbin 57'	Report	Hamed  24' Nagguez 40' Kasongo 45+1' Sassi  64'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 20 May 2019.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Champions League		Sheikh Zayed Cup		Saudi Super Cup		Saudi-Egyptian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	26	0	9+1	0	2	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
26	GK	OMA	Ali Al-Habsi	27	0	21	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
30	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Waked	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Breik	41	1	25+1	0	0	0	5	0	8	1	1	0	1	0
4	DF	ESP	Alberto Botía	41	2	26	2	4	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	KSA	Ali Al Bulaihi	39	4	24+1	3	0	0	6	1	6	0	1	0	1	0
12	DF	KSA	Yasser Al-Shahrani	38	2	21	1	1	0	5+1	0	7+1	1	1	0	1	0
13	DF	KSA	Hassan Kadesh	23	0	11+1	0	5	0	1+1	0	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dossari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	KSA	Ahmed Sharahili	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	DF	AUS	Milos Degenek	18	0	11	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	DF	KSA	Mohammed Jahfali	24	1	5+4	0	5	1	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo	45	16	26	10	3	1	6	1	8	3	1	1	1	0
6	MF	KSA	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	14	0	3+3	0	1	0	3	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Faraj	10	2	6+2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF	KSA	Abdullah Otayf	23	0	8+9	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	KSA	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	27	4	2+10	1	2+1	1	2+3	2	2+5	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	KSA	Ahmed Ashraf	15	0	2+6	0	2+1	0	0	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Dawsari	28	1	5+8	0	1+4	1	1+1	0	4+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
19	MF	PER	André Carrillo	33	6	20+1	3	4	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0+1	0
21	MF	UAE	Omar Abdulrahman	7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
24	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al Abed	15	2	3+4	2	2+1	0	1+1	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	KSA	Hattan Bahebri	17	1	3+2	0	2	0	3+3	1	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	KSA	Mohamed Kanno	49	5	28+1	5	5	0	4+1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0
29	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Dawsari	37	5	22+1	5	0+1	0	2	0	8+1	0	1	0	1	0
37	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Quna'an	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	KSA	Khaled Al Gubaie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	KSA	Nawaf Sharahili	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Saleem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ITA	Sebastian Giovinco	17	5	5+5	4	0+2	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis	45	37	29+1	21	3	7	6	4	5+1	5	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ESP	Jonathan Soriano	13	4	1+7	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
31	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	4	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
14	MF	KSA	Mohanad Fallatah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Rashidi	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	MAR	Achraf Bencharki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	SYR	Omar Kharbin	8	1	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	1
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
11	FW	VEN	Gelmin Rivas	18	8	5+8	3	1+2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
22	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Baqawi	7	0	2+1	0	3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
44	FW	KSA	Mukhtar Fallatah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Sheikh Zayed Cup	Saudi Super Cup	Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	Total
1	18	FW		Bafétimbi Gomis	21	7	4	5	0	0	37
2	3	MF		Carlos Eduardo	10	1	1	3	1	0	16
3	11	FW		Gelmin Rivas	3	4	0	0	1	0	8
4	19	MF		André Carrillo	3	2	0	1	0	0	6
5	9	FW		Sebastian Giovinco	4	0	1	0	0	0	5
	28	MF		Mohamed Kanno	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
	29	MF		Salem Al-Dawsari	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
8	5	DF		Ali Al Bulaihi	3	0	1	0	0	0	4
	10	MF		Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	1	1	2	0	0	0	4
	25	FW		Jonathan Soriano	3	0	0	1	0	0	4
11	4	DF		Alberto Botía	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	7	MF		Salman Al-Faraj	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	12	DF		Yasser Al-Shahrani	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	24	MF		Nawaf Al Abed	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
15	2	DF		Mohammed Al-Breik	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
	16	MF		Nasser Al-Dawsari	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	21	MF		Omar Abdulrahman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	27	MF		Hattan Bahebri	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	70	DF		Mohammed Jahfali	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	77	FW		Omar Kharbin	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Own goal					0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Total					66	18	10	13	2	1	110

Last Updated: 20 May 2019

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Sheikh Zayed Cup	Saudi Super Cup	Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	Total
1	19	MF		André Carrillo	6	3	0	1	0	1	11
2	18	FW		Bafétimbi Gomis	7	1	0	1	0	0	9
3	3	MF		Carlos Eduardo	2	2	1	2	1	0	8
4	2	DF		Mohammed Al-Breik	6	0	1	0	0	0	7
5	10	MF		Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	4	0	0	2	0	0	6
	28	MF		Mohamed Kanno	5	1	0	0	0	0	6
	29	MF		Salem Al-Dawsari	3	0	2	1	0	0	6
8	9	FW		Sebastian Giovinco	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
	11	FW		Gelmin Rivas	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
	24	MF		Nawaf Al Abed	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
11	12	DF		Yasser Al-Shahrani	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	13	DF		Yasser Al-Shahrani	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
13	8	MF		Abdullah Otayf	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	21	MF		Omar Abdulrahman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	27	MF		Hattan Bahebri	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	45	DF		Milos Degenek	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total					40	13	7	8	1	1	70

Last Updated: 20 May 2019

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Sheikh Zayed Cup	Saudi Super Cup	Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Abdullah Al-Mayouf	3	1	3	5	0	0	12
2	26	GK		Ali Al-Habsi	6	1	0	2	0	0	9
Total					9	2	3	7	0	0	21

Last Updated: 11 May 2019