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
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	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. 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

In

Out

On loan

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

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:

^ ^a ^b 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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Round of 32

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Statistics

Goalscorers

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

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

[table_hth_FSY0.42748351182206-2] Al-Faisaly finished ahead of Al-Qadisiyah on head-to-head points: Al-Qadisiyah 1–1 Al-Faisaly, Al-Faisaly 3–2 Al-Qadisiyah

[1] "Al-Faisaly information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2016.

[regulations-3] "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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