2019–20 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Hilal's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 62nd year in existence as a football club.^[1] The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and both the 2019 and the 2020 editions of the AFC Champions League. Al-Hilal also competed in the FIFA Club World Cup following their triumph in the 2019 AFC Champions League final.^[2] The season covers the period from 1 July 2019 to 29 November 2020. In this season, Al Hilal became the first Asian club to complete a continental treble since Tokyo Verdy in 1987.

Al-Hilal

2019–20 season
President	Fahad bin Nafil Al-Otaibi
Manager	Răzvan Lucescu
Stadium	King Saud University Stadium
Pro League	1st
King Cup	Winners
2019 ACL	Winners
2020 ACL	Withdrew
FIFA Club World Cup	Fourth place
Top goalscorer	League: Bafétimbi Gomis (27) All: Bafétimbi Gomis (40)
Highest home attendance	22,916 vs Al-Ittihad (17 September 2019)
Lowest home attendance	7,604 vs Arar (3 November 2019)
Average home league attendance	18,823
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2020^[3]

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-Mayouf 2 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Breik 3 MF  BRA Carlos Eduardo 5 DF  KSA Ali Al Bulaihi 6 MF  COL Gustavo Cuéllar 7 MF  KSA Salman Al-Faraj (Captain) 8 MF  KSA Abdullah Otayf 9 FW  ITA Sebastian Giovinco 10 MF  KSA Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 11 FW  KSA Saleh Al-Shehri (on loan from Al-Raed) 12 DF  KSA Yasser Al-Shahrani 16 MF  KSA Nasser Al-Dawsari 17 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Hafith 18 FW  FRA Bafétimbi Gomis 19 MF  PER André Carrillo 20 DF  KOR Jang Hyun-soo

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK  KSA Yazan Jari 22 DF  KSA Amiri Kurdi 23 DF  KSA Madallah Al-Olayan 24 MF  KSA Nawaf Al Abed 27 MF  KSA Hattan Bahebri 28 MF  KSA Mohamed Kanno 29 MF  KSA Salem Al-Dawsari 30 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Waked 34 DF  KSA Waleed Al-Ahmed 35 MF  KSA Mansor Al Beshe 40 GK  KSA Nawaf Al-Ghamdi 55 MF  KSA Hamad Al-Abdan 57 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Shammari 70 DF  KSA Mohammed Jahfali 77 FW  SYR Omar Kharbin

Out on loan

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 15 MF  KSA Ahmed Ashraf (at Al-Faisaly until 30 June 2020) 32 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Dossari (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2020) 36 DF  KSA Muteb Al-Mufarrij (at Al-Shabab until 30 June 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player 38 FW  KSA Khaled Al Gubaie (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2020) 41 MF  KSA Thaar Al-Otaibi (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2020) 45 DF  AUS Miloš Degenek (at Red Star Belgrade until 30 June 2020)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2019	DF	20	Jang Hyun-soo	Tokyo	$2,800,000	[4]
13 July 2019	MF	19	André Carrillo	Benfica	$10,000,000	[5]
20 August 2019	DF	22	Amiri Kurdi	Panionios	Undisclosed	[6]
30 August 2019	MF	6	Gustavo Cuéllar	Flamengo	$8,250,000	[7]
21 January 2020	DF	23	Madallah Al-Olayan	Al-Taawoun	Free	[8]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
20 August 2019	End of season	FW	11	Saleh Al-Shehri	Al-Raed	$535,000	[9]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
13 June 2019	MF	28	Mohanad Fallatah	Al-Fayha	Free	[10]
18 June 2019	MF	15	Majed Al-Najrani	Al-Ettifaq	Free	[11]
24 June 2019	MF	–	Ezequiel Cerutti	San Lorenzo	Free	[12]
2 July 2019	GK	23	Marwan Al-Haidari	Al-Shabab	Free	[13]
5 July 2019	MF	6	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	Al-Shabab	Free	[14]
8 July 2019	DF	33	Ahmed Sharahili	Al-Shabab	Free	[15]
12 July 2019	DF	–	Omar Al-Owdah	Al-Raed	Free	[16]
16 July 2019	MF	27	Achraf Bencharki	Zamalek	Undisclosed	[17]
19 July 2019	FW	31	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	Al-Hazem	Undisclosed	[18]
20 July 2019	GK	26	Ali Al-Habsi	West Bromwich Albion	Released	[19]
23 July 2019	DF	–	Naif Kariri	Ohod	Free	[20]
24 July 2019	DF	–	Anas Zabani	Al-Qadsiah	Free	[21]
25 July 2019	FW	15	Mojahed Al-Munee	Al-Tai	Free	[22]
17 August 2019	MF	59	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Al-Taawoun	Free	[23]
30 August 2019	DF	4	Alberto Botía	Al-Wehda	Free	[24]
30 August 2019	FW	25	Jonathan Soriano		Released	[25]
21 January 2020	DF	13	Hassan Kadesh	Al-Taawoun	Free	[26]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
23 July 2019	End of season	DF	45	Miloš Degenek	Red Star Belgrade	Undisclosed	[27]
21 August 2019	End of season	DF	32	Mohammed Al-Dossari	Al-Raed	None	[28]
23 August 2019	End of season	MF	15	Ahmed Ashraf	Al-Faisaly	$215,000	[29]
30 August 2019	31 January 2020	FW	38	Khaled Al Gubaie	Al-Adalah	None	[30]
31 August 2019	End of season	DF	36	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	Al-Shabab	None	[31]
28 January 2020	End of season	MF	41	Thaar Al-Otaibi	Al-Taawoun	None	[32]
31 January 2020	End of season	FW	38	Khaled Al Gubaie	Al-Shoulla	None	[33]

Pre-season

Al-Hilal v SV Spittal

9 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	10–0	SV Spittal	Lienz, Austria
18:30 CEST	Gomis 10', 23', 38' Al-Fiqi 29' Bahebri 34' Giovinco 44' Al-Shalhoub 81' Al Gubaie 86' Carlos Eduardo 87', 90'	Report		Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Rapid Lienz

13 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	11–0	Rapid Lienz	Lienz, Austria
18:00 CEST	Soriano 7' Al-Fiqi 15', 30', 34' Botía 21' Carlos Eduardo 54', 55', 59' Al Gubaie 60' Bahebri 71', 84'	Report		Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Budafoki MTE

17 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	2–1	Budafoki MTE	Lienz, Austria
18:00 CEST	Gomis 23' Al-Hafith 88'	Report	51'	Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Ilirija

21 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	2–0	Ilirija	Lienz, Austria
12:00 CEST	Jahfali 43' Giovinco 81'	Report		Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Bled

21 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	10–0	Bled	Seeboden, Austria
19:00 CEST	Soriano Kharbin Al-Shalhoub Al-Otaibi o.g.'	Report		Stadium: Sportarena Seeboden

Al-Hilal v Brinje Grosuplje

24 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	7–1	Brinje Grosuplje	Lienz, Austria
13:00 CEST	Soriano Al-Shalhoub Al-Dawsari Kharbin Bahebri Al-Fiqi			Stadium: Dolomiten Stadium

Al-Hilal v Udinese

24 July 2019 Friendly	Al-Hilal	3–2	Udinese	Villach, Austria
18:00 CEST	Al-Dawsari 19', 44' Gomis 69'		Becão 29' Ter Avest 57'	Stadium: Stadion Villach-Lind

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Pro League	Matchday 1	Winners	23 August 2019	9 September 2020
King Cup	Round of 64	Winners	3 November 2019	29 November 2020
2019 Champions League	Group stage	Winners	5 March 2019	24 November 2019
2020 Champions League	Group stage	Group stage (withdrew)	10 February 2020	23 September 2020
FIFA Club World Cup	Second round	Fourth place	14 December 2019	21 December 2019

Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	30	22	6	2	74	26	+48	073.33
King Cup	6	5	1	0	16	7	+9	083.33
2019 Champions League	8	5	1	2	16	9	+7	062.50
2020 Champions League	5	3	2	0	6	2	+4	060.00
FIFA Club World Cup	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	033.33
Total	52	36	11	5	116	49	+67	069.23

Source: Competitions

Pro League

Main article: 2019–20 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)	30	22	6	2	74	26	+48	72	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Nassr	30	19	7	4	60	26	+34	64
3	Al-Ahli	30	15	5	10	49	36	+13	50
4	Al-Wehda	30	16	1	13	45	40	+5	49	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Faisaly	30	14	6	10	41	36	+5	48

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2020. 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) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[34]
(C) Champions

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	22	6	2	74	26	+48	72	13	1	1	39	12	+27	9	5	1	35	14	+21

Last updated: 9 September 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	7	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2020 (2020-09-04). 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

Al-Hilal v Abha

23 August 2019 1	Al-Hilal	4–2	Abha	Riyadh
19:00	Gomis 39', 44' Giovinco 63' Hyun-soo  79' Kharbin 85'	Report	Andriatsima 20' Bguir 81' (pen.) Al-Habib  87'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 18,022 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

Al-Raed v Al-Hilal

31 August 2019 2	Al-Raed	0–5	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
19:05	Fouzair  20' Al-Farhan  37'	Report	Kharbin 6', 80' Al-Faraj  32', 44' Gomis 59' Carlos Eduardo 67'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 11,601 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Hilal v Al-Fayha

14 September 2019 3	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Fayha	Riyadh
18:40	Al-Abed 50' Cuéllar  74' Carrillo  87'	Report	Al-Qahtani  18' Al-Muziel  89' Assis  90+2' Arsénio 90+4',  90+5'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 15,561 Referee: Krzysztof Jakubik (Poland)

Al-Ittihad v Al-Hilal

21 September 2019 4	Al-Ittihad	1–3	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:20	Al-Malki  20'  82' Romarinho 31' Al-Sahafi  66' Abdulhamid  73'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 15', 26' Al-Shahrani  22' Giovinco 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 43,783 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Al-Hilal v Al-Taawoun

26 September 2019 5	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
20:15	Kharbin 9' Al-Mousa 68' (o.g.)	Report	Amissi 4',  12' Petrolina  56' Al-Absi  72'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 17,989 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Hilal

5 October 2019 6	Al-Ettifaq	1–4	Al-Hilal	Dammam
18:00	Yambéré  19' Al-Amri 29',  59' Haddadi  35' Mahnashi  40' Sliti  45+4'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 20' (pen.), 90+4' Al-Shahrani  28' Al-Faraj  44' Cuéllar  45+1' Al-Shehri 56' Gomis 76'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 13,558 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Al-Hilal v Damac

18 October 2019 7	Al-Hilal	3–0	Damac	Riyadh
18:05	Giovinco 22' Gomis 55' Carlos Eduardo 68' Bahebri  81'	Report	Al-Dossari  50'  63' Hadraf  81'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 19,889 Referee: Hugo Miguel (Portugal)

Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr

27 October 2019 8	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:55	Carlos Eduardo 32' Al-Breik  47' Cuéllar  71' Al-Abed  90'	Report	Al-Khaibari  37' Hamdallah 55', 73',  74' Petros  71'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,792 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Al-Fateh v Al-Hilal

31 October 2019 9	Al-Fateh	3–3	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
19:50	Saâdane 8' (pen.),  20' te Vrede 77', 88' Aguirregaray  81' Majrashi  90+1'	Report	Al-Shahrani  7' Al-Shehri 22' Carlos Eduardo 34' Al-Faraj  84' Gomis 90+5'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 13,806 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Al-Hazem v Al-Hilal

26 December 2019 13	Al-Hazem	1–1	Al-Hilal	Ar Rass
19:50	Hamzi 53' Asselah  84'	Report	Giovinco 90+1'	Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

Al-Hilal v Al-Adalah

30 December 2019 10	Al-Hilal	7–0	Al-Adalah	Riyadh
17:55	Al-Abed 15' Gomis 28', 40', 57' Giovinco 34' Al-Shehri 84' Carrillo 90'	Report	Al-Burayh  39'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 15,631 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

7 January 2020 11	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Faraj  25' Al-Dawsari 37' Kanno  42' Al-Breik  66' Gomis 70' Al-Bulaihi 90'	Report	Asiri  44' Al Somah 45' Belaïli  73' Sarić  78'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,543 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Hilal v Al-Wehda

11 January 2020 14	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:05	Gomis 31' (pen.), 77' Al-Shehri 70',  81'	Report	Anselmo 9' Goodwin  61' Niakaté  76'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 20,192 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Al-Faisaly v Al-Hilal

20 January 2020 12	Al-Faisaly	2–2	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
18:10	Hyland 55', 90+2' Silva  74' Al-Ghamdi  86'	Report	Giovinco 47' Kurdi  55' Carlos Eduardo 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 4,710 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Al-Shabab v Al-Hilal

25 January 2020 15	Al-Shabab	0–0	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
18:10	N'Diaye  50' Al-Shamekh  89' Al-Ammar  90+5'	Report	Al-Bulaihi  9'  82' Kurdi  39'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 12,531 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

Abha v Al-Hilal

31 January 2020 16	Abha	1–2	Al-Hilal	Abha
16:00 AST (UTC+3)	Aouadhi  41' Andriatsima 88',  89' Bguir  90+3'	Report	Carrillo 9' Gomis 13' Otayf  84'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 16,820 Referee: Igor Pajač (Croatia)

Al-Hilal v Al-Raed

5 February 2020 17	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
20:20	Carlos Eduardo 6' Gomis 42' (pen.) Al-Mayouf 90+6'	Report	Al-Hussain  30' Al-Farhan  41' Fouzair 60' (pen.)	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 16,566 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

Al-Fayha v Al-Hilal

13 February 2020 18	Al-Fayha	0–1	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
18:30	Neto  52' Al-Qahtani  90+4'	Report	Al-Olayan  55' Carlos Eduardo  62' Al-Breik 69'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 5,488 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

22 February 2020 19	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:30	Al-Dawsari  20' Cuéllar  45' Jahfali  50' Al-Shahrani  73' Carlos Eduardo 90+3'	Report	Al-Harbi  19' Al-Sumairi  30' Al-Malki  61' Al-Shamrani  63'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,044 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Taawoun v Al-Hilal

27 February 2020 20	Al-Taawoun	0–1	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
18:40	Darwish  5' Abousaban  37'	Report	Hyun-soo  10' Al-Dawsari 16' Jahfali  47' Gomis  88' Giovinco  90'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 15,650 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ettifaq

7 March 2020 21	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:40	Carrillo 17' Al-Faraj  90+2' Al-Olayan  90+5'	Report	Mahnashi  74'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Damac v Al-Hilal

11 March 2020 22	Damac	1–1	Al-Hilal	Abha
16:10	Zelaya 42' Al-Jouei  88'	Report	Carrillo 39'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Al-Nassr v Al-Hilal

5 August 2020 23	Al-Nassr	1–4	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:00	Hamdallah  41' S. Al-Ghanam 45+1' Al-Amri  87' Ali  90+5'	Report	Al-Shahrani  9' Giovinco 35' Gomis 55' (pen.), 80' Carlos Eduardo 60'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Al-Hilal v Al-Fateh

10 August 2020 24	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
21:00	Gomis 38' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Al-Shahrani  79' Hyun-soo  81' Al-Shehri  90+4'	Report	Al-Hassan  38' Gomis 53' (o.g.) Lajami  69' Al-Zaqaan  74' Al-Dossari  89'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Al-Adalah v Al-Hilal

15 August 2020 25	Al-Adalah	0–4	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
18:55	Al-Sultan  60' Al-Radhi  90+1'	Report	Gomis 30', 75' Giovinco  42' Al-Dawsari  52', 79' Kharbin 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

20 August 2020 26	Al-Ahli	2–1	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:55	Al Somah 5' Al-Asmari  45+1' Sarić  57' A. Asiri 74' Al-Moasher  76' Abo Shararah  90+5'	Report	Jahfali  7' Al-Bulaihi 62' Carrillo  72' Cuéllar  90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)

Al-Hilal v Al-Faisaly

25 August 2020 27	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
19:00	Carrillo  48' Giovinco  67' Al-Breik  69' Gomis 82' Kharbin 90+6'	Report	Silva  62'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

Al-Hilal v Al-Hazem

29 August 2020 28	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Hazem	Riyadh
20:40	Al-Dawsari 8' Gomis 40' (pen.), 53', 56' (pen.) Giovinco  45+3' Al-Shahrani  59'	Report	Al-Yami 3' Asselah  37'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Al-Wehda v Al-Hilal

4 September 2020 29	Al-Wehda	1–3	Al-Hilal	Mecca
20:35	Al-Sqoor  50' Al-Qarni  55' Bakshween  58' Renato 79'	Report	Gomis 16' Kanno 56' Al-Faraj 85' Cuéllar  90+6'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Vítor Ferreira (Portugal)

Al-Hilal v Al-Shabab

9 September 2020 30	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:35	Gomis 20', 69' Al-Breik  53'	Report	Guanca 46'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

1. Matches from 7 March and onwards were played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.^[35]

King Cup

Main article: 2019–20 King Cup

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

Al-Hilal v Arar

3 November 2019 Round of 64	Al-Hilal	4–1	Arar	Riyadh
19:45	Hamani 43' (o.g.) Al-Shalhoub 57' Carlos Eduardo 81' Bahebri 90+1'	Report	Al-Khater  48' F. Al-Enezi 90+3'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 7,604 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

Al-Hilal v Al-Jabalain

7 December 2019 Round of 32	Al-Hilal	4–2	Al-Jabalain	Riyadh
17:45	Al-Shalhoub 25' Kharbin 55' Carrillo 86' Eduardo 90'	Report	Carlão 28' Zidan  79' El Okbi 82'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Faisaly v Al-Hilal

3 January 2020 Round of 16	Al-Faisaly	2–2 (5–6 p)	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
19:50	Bonevacia 29' (pen.) Qassem 73' Hyland  89' Rossi  90' Malayekah  90+5' Al-Dawsari  101'	Report	Al-Breik 19' Jahfali  41' Al-Shehri 63' Kanno  70' Gomis  114'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)
	Penalties
	Hyland Silva William Al-Dawsari Rossi Qassem		Carrillo Al-Breik Al-Dawsari Gomis Al-Mayouf Al-Abed

Al-Hilal v Al-Ettifaq

16 January 2020 Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
18:05	Al-Shehri 4', 96' Bahebri  55' Giovinco  78'	Report	Al-Hazaa  45+2' Mahnashi  64' Al-Robeai  72' Al-Amri  81' Kiss 85' (pen.) Al-Kwikbi  115'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 18,731 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Al-Hilal v Abha

27 October 2020 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	2–0	Abha	Riyadh
17:55	Al-Dawsari 28',  66' Cuéllar  38' Giovinco 45+1'	Report		Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr

29 November 2020 Final	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:45	Jang Hyun-soo 10' Cuéllar  33' Gomis 42' (pen.) Al-Wotayan  90+5'	Report	Al-Sulayhem  54' Yahya 71',  83'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2019 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Knockout phase

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06) First leg	Al-Ahli	2–4	Al-Hilal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:40 UTC+3	Al-Khabrani  2' Al Somah 6',  61' Djaniny 39' Aleksić  45+2' Souza  90'	Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 15', 48', 65' Al-Bulaihi  34' Al-Dawsari  36' Al-Hafith 81' Otayf  90'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 48,094 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) Second leg	Al-Hilal	0–1 (4–3 agg.)	Al-Ahli	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Dawsari  89' Bahebri  90' Gomis  90+3'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Fatil  37' Asiri 42' Souza  55' Al-Moasher  68' Al-Owais  90+3'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,706 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Quarter-finals

Al-Ittihad v Al-Hilal

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) First leg	Al-Ittihad	0–0	Al-Hilal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3	Abdulhamid  75'	Live Report Stats Report	Kanno  45+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 54,390 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) Second leg	Al-Hilal	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:00 UTC+3	Al-Faraj  22' Carrillo 44' S. Al-Dawsari 48' Giovinco 78'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Sahafi 10',  50' Villanueva  54' Vecchio  75'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,916 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Semi-finals

Al-Sadd v Al-Hilal

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) First leg	Al-Sadd	1–4	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3	Gomis 14' (o.g.) Hassan  35'  35' Khoukhi  36' Bounedjah  45+2'	Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 33', 60' Al-Bulaihi 45' Al-Shalhoub 67'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 13,753 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Hilal v Al-Sadd

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) Second leg	Al-Hilal	2–4 (6–5 agg.)	Al-Sadd	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3	S. Al-Dawsari 13' Al-Breik  16' Gomis 25' Al-Shahrani  89'	Live Report Stats Report	Afif 17' (pen.) Nam Tae-hee 19' Al-Haydos 20' Al-Hajri  44' Khoukhi  58', 90+3' Salman  68' Assadalla  75'	Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 20,743 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Final

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League final

Al-Hilal v Urawa Red Diamonds

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) First leg	Al-Hilal	1–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:30 UTC+3	Al-Bulaihi  38' Carrillo 60'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 22,549 Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Urawa Red Diamonds v Al-Hilal

24 November 2019 (2019-11-24) Second leg	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2 (0–3 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Saitama, Japan
19:00 UTC+9	Sekine  43' Aoki  53' Iwanami  57' Makino  76'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Dawsari 74' Gomis 90+3'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 58,109 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

2020 AFC Champions League

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League group stage

The group stage draw was made on 10 December 2019 in Kuala Lumpur. Al-Hilal were drawn with Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai, Pakhtakor, and Shahr Khodro.^[36]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PAK	SAH	SHK	HIL
1	Pakhtakor	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	3–0	0–0
2	Shabab Al-Ahli	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	7			0–0	—	1–0	1–2
3	Shahr Khodro	4	0	0	4	0	6	−6	0			0–1	0–1	—	0–0
4	Al-Hilal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]		2–1	23 Sep	2–0	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Al-Hilal failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their final match of the group stage against Shabab Al-Ahli due to them having only 11 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.^[37]

Al-Hilal v Shahr Khodro

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 1	Al-Hilal	Voided (2–0)	Shahr Khodro	Dubai, United Arab Emirates[note 1]
18:40 UTC+4	Carrillo 45' Gomis 69'	Live Report Stats Report	Nemati  57'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 3,801 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Shabab Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) 2	Shabab Al-Ahli	Voided (1–2)	Al-Hilal	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:30 UTC+4	Al-Naqbi  13' Jaber 24',  75' Hussain  68'	Live Report Stats Report	Gomis 36', 72' Al-Breik  65'	Stadium: Rashid Stadium Attendance: 6,240 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Al-Hilal v Pakhtakor

14 September 2020 (2020-09-14)[note 2] 3	Al-Hilal	Voided (2–1)	Pakhtakor	Al Wakrah, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3	Al-Shahrani  26' Giovinco 45+2' Bahebri 90+7'	Live Report Stats Report	Suyunov  64' Derdiyok 70' Ćeran  81' Ismailov  90' Komilov  90+3'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Pakhtakor v Al-Hilal

17 September 2020 (2020-09-17)[note 2] 4	Pakhtakor	Voided (0–0)	Al-Hilal	Al Wakrah, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3	Ismailov  45+1'	Live Report Stats Report	Kanno  66'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain

Shahr Khodro v Al-Hilal

20 September 2020 (2020-09-20)[note 2] 5	Shahr Khodro	Voided (0–0)	Al-Hilal	Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Ghazi  21' Mansouri  67'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Al-Hilal v Shabab Al-Ahli

23 September 2020 (2020-09-23)[note 2] 6	Al-Hilal	Cancelled	Shabab Al-Ahli	Doha, Qatar
21:00 UTC+3		Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

1. Matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia were played on neutral venues due to deterioration of Iran–Saudi Arabia relations.
2. On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage.^[38][39] On 16 July 2020, AFC announced that Qatar would host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region from the group stage to the semi-finals.^[40]

2019 FIFA Club World Cup

Main article: 2019 FIFA Club World Cup

Al-Hilal v Espérance de Tunis

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) Second round	Al-Hilal	1–0	Espérance de Tunis	Doha, Qatar
17:00 (AST)	Cuéllar  39' Gomis 73' Kanno  83'  85'	Report	Derbali  60'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 7,726[41] Referee: Roberto Tobar (Chile)

Flamengo v Al-Hilal

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17) Semi-finals	Flamengo	3–1	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
20:30 (AST)	Bruno Henrique  20', 78' Marí  45+1' De Arrascaeta 49' Al-Bulaihi 82' (o.g.) Diego  87'	Report	Al-Dawsari 18',  69' Giovinco  45' Al-Bulaihi  45+2' Carrillo  83'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 21,588[42] Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Monterrey v Al-Hilal

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) Third place match	Monterrey	2–2 (4–3 p)	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
17:30 (AST)	Urretaviscaya  31' A. González 55' Meza 60',  90' Mejía  64'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 35' Gomis 66'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 19,318[43] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
	Penalties
	J. González Medina Funes Mori Vásquez Cárdenas		Gomis Giovinco Carlos Eduardo Jang Hyun-soo Kanno

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 28 November 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		2019 ACL		2020 ACL		Club World Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	47	1	27	1	4	0	8	0	5	0	3	0
30	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Waked	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	KSA	Habib Al-Wotayan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	KSA	Nawaf Al-Ghamdi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Breik	33	2	18+2	1	4	1	5	0	1	0	3	0
5	DF	KSA	Ali Al Bulaihi	34	3	12+2	2	6	0	8	1	1+2	0	3	0
12	DF	KSA	Yasser Al-Shahrani	43	0	24+1	0	4	0	8	0	3	0	3	0
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hafith	24	1	13+2	0	0+1	0	2+2	1	3	0	0+1	0
20	DF	KOR	Jang Hyun-soo	42	1	22	0	4	1	8	0	5	0	3	0
22	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi	11	0	4+1	0	2	0	0+1	0	3	0	0	0
23	DF	KSA	Madallah Al-Olayan	16	0	8+4	0	0+1	0	0	0	2+1	0	0	0
32	DF	KSA	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
70	DF	KSA	Mohammed Jahfali	19	0	13	0	2+2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	BRA	Carlos Eduardo	28	15	19+3	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1
6	MF	COL	Gustavo Cuéllar	34	0	24+2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	KSA	Salman Al-Faraj	31	2	15+4	2	2+1	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	KSA	Abdullah Otayf	19	0	5+3	0	0+1	0	4+1	0	2	0	1+2	0
16	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Dawsari	18	0	2+7	0	2+1	0	0+3	0	3	0	0	0
19	MF	PER	André Carrillo	47	8	18+9	4	4+1	1	8	2	5	1	2	0
24	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al Abed	21	2	6+7	2	0+2	0	0+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
26	MF	KSA	Fawaz Al-Torais	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	KSA	Hattan Bahebri	19	2	6+4	0	2	1	0+3	0	1+2	1	0+1	0
28	MF	KSA	Mohamed Kanno	38	1	14+6	1	3+1	0	5+2	0	3+2	0	1+1	0
29	MF	KSA	Salem Al-Dawsari	38	9	16+4	4	3	1	8	3	4	0	3	1
35	MF	KSA	Mansor Al Beshe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ITA	Sebastian Giovinco	44	10	19+7	7	4	1	8	1	4	1	2	0
10	FW	ARG	Luciano Vietto	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	KSA	Saleh Al-Shehri	25	7	4+16	4	3+1	3	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	FW	FRA	Bafétimbi Gomis	48	40	25+4	27	1+3	1	8	7	4	3	1+2	2
33	FW	KSA	Turki Al-Mutairi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
77	FW	SYR	Omar Kharbin	21	7	7+9	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
Players sent out on loan this season
32	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dossari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	KSA	Thaar Al-Otaibi	3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
10	MF	KSA	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	15	3	0+5	0	2+1	2	0+7	1	0	0	0	0
13	DF	KSA	Hassan Kadesh	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	2019 ACL	2020 ACL	Club World Cup	Total
1	18	FW		Bafétimbi Gomis	27	1	7	3	2	40
2	3	MF		Carlos Eduardo	12	2	0	0	1	15
3	9	FW		Sebastian Giovinco	7	1	1	1	0	10
4	29	MF		Salem Al-Dawsari	4	1	3	0	1	9
5	19	MF		André Carrillo	4	1	2	1	0	8
6	11	FW		Saleh Al-Shehri	4	3	0	0	0	7
	77	FW		Omar Kharbin	6	1	0	0	0	7
8	5	DF		Ali Al-Bulaihi	2	0	1	0	0	3
	10	MF		Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	0	2	1	0	0	3
10	2	DF		Mohammed Al-Breik	1	1	0	0	0	2
	7	MF		Salman Al-Faraj	2	0	0	0	0	2
	24	MF		Nawaf Al Abed	2	0	0	0	0	2
	27	MF		Hattan Bahebri	0	1	0	1	0	2
14	1	GK		Abdullah Al-Mayouf	1	0	0	0	0	1
	17	DF		Abdullah Al-Hafith	0	0	1	0	0	1
	20	DF		Jang Hyun-soo	0	1	0	0	0	1
	28	MF		Mohamed Kanno	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own goal					1	1	0	0	0	2
Total					74	16	16	6	4	116

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	2019 ACL	2020 ACL	Club World Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Abdullah Al-Mayouf	9	1	3	3	1	17
2	30	GK		Mohammed Al-Waked	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total					10	1	3	3	1	18

Last Updated: 27 October 2020