2016–17 Al-Faisaly FC season

Al-Faisaly

2016–17 season
President	Fahd Al-Medlej
Manager	Hélio dos Anjos
Stadium	King Salman Sport City Stadium
SPL	7th
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 16
King Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Mansor Hamzi (3) All: Mansor Hamzi (3)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 15 October 2016.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Faisaly Football Club's 7th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, Al-Faisaly also competed in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 September 2016^[1]

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 Ibrahim Zaid 26 GK  KSA Mustafa Malayekah 30 GK  KSA Suliman Sofyani 3 DF  KSA Abduelah Al-Mutairi 4 DF  BRA Alemão 5 DF  KSA Mohammed Salem 7 DF  KSA Wesam Al-Sowayed 22 DF  KSA Ayel Haqawi 28 DF  KSA Sultan Al-Bishi 31 DF  KSA Fawaz Fallatah 44 DF  KSA Fahad Al-Munaif 70 DF  KSA Sultan Al-Ghanam 6 MF  KSA Omar Abdulaziz (Captain) 10 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Mutairi 14 MF  KSA Omar Al-Sohaymi 15 MF  KSA Mansor Hamzi 17 MF  KSA Ali Al-Shoalah

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ARG Gonzalo Cabrera 21 MF  KSA Abdullah Awaji 25 MF  KSA Khaled Al-Zylaeei 27 MF  KSA Dhowaihi Al-Sahali 29 MF  KSA Fahad Al-Saqri 45 MF  KSA Nader Al-Muwallad (on loan from Al-Shabab) 55 MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Najei 66 MF  KSA Ahmad Abbas 77 MF  KSA Hassan Abo Shahin 9 FW  KSA Fahad Al-Munaif 18 FW  KSA Salem Al-Khaibari 23 FW  BRA Everaldo Stum 39 FW  KSA Mohammed Assiri -- DF  KSA Sami Kassar -- MF  KSA Hussain Al-Qahtani -- FW  KSA Mohammed Majrashi -- FW  BRA Luis Gustavo

Transfers

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	Round 1	—	—	12 August 2016	—
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 16	27 August 2016	27 September 2016
King Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	—	—	—

Last Updated: 27 September 2016

Pro League

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Professional League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Al-Taawoun	26	9	4	13	33	40	−7	31
8	Al-Fateh	26	7	8	11	33	39	−6	29
9	Al-Faisaly	26	6	10	10	30	41	−11	28[a]
10	Al-Qadisiyah	26	6	10	10	38	38	0	28[a]
11	Al-Ettifaq	26	7	6	13	31	45	−14	27

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).^[2]
Notes:

1. Al-Faisaly finished ahead of Al-Qadisiyah on head-to-head points: Al-Qadisiyah 1–1 Al-Faisaly, Al-Faisaly 3–2 Al-Qadisiyah

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
5	2	2	1	6	7	−1	8	2	1	0	5	2	+3	0	1	1	1	5	−4

Last updated: 15 October 2016.
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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	L
Position	3	4	6	4	7

Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2016. 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-Faisaly v Al-Khaleej

12 August 2016 1	Al-Faisaly	3–1	Al-Khaleej	Al Majma'ah
19:10	Hamzi 41', 51', 61'	Report	Alexander López 71' Al Hejji  88' Rishani  90'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 214 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

Al-Qadisiyah v Al-Faisaly

19 August 2016 2	Al-Qadisiyah	1–1	Al-Faisaly	Khobar
18:50	Eze 12'	Report	Salem  18' Abdulaziz  61' Al-Munaif 70' Zaid  88' Al-Sowayed  89'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 199 Referee: Khaled Al Sinany

Al-Faisaly v Al-Fateh

17 September 2016 3	Al-Faisaly	0–0	Al-Fateh	Al Majma'ah
18:40	N. Al-Muwallad  75' Al-Mutairi  90'	Report	Abousaban  36'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 204 Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

Al-Faisaly v Al-Wehda

23 September 2016 4	Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Wehda	Al Majma'ah
18:15	Fallatah  11' Everaldo  44', 62' (pen.) Al-Mutairi 52' Abbas  89'	Report	Felipe 13' (pen.) Al-Malki  28' Dagoulou  59' Belal  61' Al-Qathami  89'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 205 Referee: Saleh Al-Hathlool

Al-Hilal v Al-Faisaly

15 October 2016 5	Al-Hilal	4–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Shamrani 2', 68' Eduardo 9', 64'	Report	N. Al-Muwallad  45+2' Cabrera  51'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish

Al-Raed v Al-Faisaly

21 October 2016 6	Al-Raed	v	Al-Faisaly	Buraidah
18:10		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

Al-Faisaly v Al-Nassr

29 October 2016 7	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Nassr	Al Majma'ah
19:50		Report		Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

Al-Faisaly v Al-Shabab

3 November 2016 8	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah
17:55		Report		Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

Al-Taawoun v Al-Faisaly

18 November 2016 9	Al-Taawoun	v	Al-Faisaly	Buraidah
19:45		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Faisaly

24 November 2016 10	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Faisaly	Dammam
17:30		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

Al-Faisaly v Al-Ahli

1 December 2016 11	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
19:40		Report		Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

Al-Faisaly v Al-Ittihad

10 December 2016 12	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Ittihad	Al Majma'ah
19:45		Report		Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

Al-Batin v Al-Faisaly

15 December 2016 13	Al-Batin	v	Al-Faisaly	Hafar al-Batin
15:05		Report		Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium

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Crown Prince Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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

Weg v Al-Faisaly

27 August 2016 Round of 32	Weg	0–2	Al-Faisaly	Ta'if
20:55			Everaldo 20' Abbas 36'	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

Al-Ahli v Al-Faisaly

27 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Ahli	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
20:15	Al-Robeai  37' Al-Somah 66' (pen.), 83' (pen.) Kurdi  90' Al-Moasher  90+1' Al-Harbi  90+4'		Abbas  21' Salem  23' Alemão 50',  68' Hamzi  64' Al-Sowayed  82' Abdulaziz  90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

King Cup

Main article: 2017 King Cup

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Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	Total
1	15	MF		Mansor Hamzi	3	0	0	3
2	23	FW		Everaldo Stum	1	1	0	2
3	4	DF		Alemão	0	1	0	1
	10	MF		Abdullah Al-Mutairi	1	0	0	1
	44	DF		Fahad Al-Munaif	1	0	0	1
	66	MF		Ahmad Abbas	0	1	0	1
Total					6	3	0	9

Last Updated: 30 September 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Ibrahim Zaid	1	1	0	2
Total					1	1	0	2

Last Updated: 30 September 2016

References

1. "Al-Faisaly information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
2. "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.