2024–25 Al-Khaleej FC season

Al-Khaleej
2024–25 season
President	Alaa Al-Heml
Manager	Georgios Donis;
Stadium	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	Pre-season
King Cup	Round of 32
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Al-Khaleej's 80th year in existence and their 10th non-consecutive season in the Pro League.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League, and the King Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KSA	Omar Al-Owdah
3	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khabrani
4	DF	ARG	Lisandro López
5	DF	POR	Pedro Rebocho
6	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Samiri
7	MF	TOG	Khaled Narey
8	MF	POR	Ivo Rodrigues
9	FW	EGY	Mohamed Sherif
10	MF	POR	Fábio Martins (captain)
11	FW	KSA	Abdulla Al Salem
13	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Shanqiti
14	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Shaafi
15	MF	KSA	Mansour Hamzi
16	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khaibari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	KSA	Hassan Al-Majhad
19	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Abdullah
21	MF	KSA	Hussain Al-Ohaymid
22	GK	KSA	Raed Ozaybi
23	GK	BIH	Ibrahim Šehić
25	DF	KSA	Arif Al Haydar
33	DF	KSA	Bander Nasser
35	GK	KSA	Rayan Al-Dossari
39	DF	KSA	Saeed Al Hamsal
47	MF	ENG	Mo Adams
66	DF	KSA	Hussain Furayj
77	FW	KSA	Hisham Al Dubais
96	GK	KSA	Marwan Al-Haidari
99	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Abdan

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	16	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	Al-Najma	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	17	Hassan Al-Majhad	Al-Adalah	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	21	Hussain Al-Ohaymid	Al-Noor	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	77	Hisham Al Dubais	Al-Jabalain	End of loan
22 July 2024	MF	–	Saleh Aboulshamat	Al-Qadsiah	Undisclosed	^[3]
23 July 2024	DF	–	Abdullah Al-Fahad	Al-Raed	Free	^[4]
20 August 2024	MF	–	Dimitrios Kourbelis	Trabzonspor	Free	^[5]
30 August 2024	MF	–	Kostas Fortounis	Olympiacos	Free	^[6]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
23 July 2024	End of season	MF	–	Murad Hawsawi	Ohod	None	^[7]
18 August 2024	End of season	DF	–	Marcel Tisserand	Al-Ettifaq	None	^[8]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	MF	18	Abdulelah Hawsawi	Al-Ittihad	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	88	Naif Masoud	Al-Qadsiah	End of loan
9 July 2024	MF	55	Jung Woo-young	Ulsan HD	Free	^[9]^{[unreliable source?]}
14 July 2024	MF	27	Fawaz Al-Torais	Al-Orobah	Free	^[10]
17 August 2024	MF	8	Ivo Rodrigues	Arouca	Free	^[11]
17 August 2024	DF	66	Hussein Freij	Al-Hazem	Free
17 August 2024	MF	17	Hassan Al-Majhad	Al-Adalah	Free	^[12]
20 August 2024	DF	13	Abdullah Al-Shanqiti	Al-Hazem	Free
20 August 2024	DF	42	Fahad Al-Jayzani	Al-Batin	Free	^[13]
27 August 2024	DF	4	Lisandro López	Burgos	Free	^[14]
12 September 2024	MF	47	Mo Adams	Al-Batin	Free	^[15]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
3 September 2024	End of season	DF	16	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	Damac	None	^[16]

Pre-season

24 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	1–0	Aluminij	Kidričevo, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Al-Abdullah	Report		Stadium: Aluminij Sports Park

30 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	7–1	Bistrica	Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Sherif 30', 45' Martins 37', 45+4' Narey 50' Al Dubais 63', 71'	Report		Stadium: Slovenska Bistrica Sports Park

3 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	2–1	Al Bataeh	Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Al-Khaibari 78' Al Salem 85'	Report	Pereira

6 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	2–2	Al-Fateh	Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Al-Fahad 25' Al Dubais 73'	Report	Djaniny 47' Batna 76'

12 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	1–1	Al-Qadsiah	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
20:30 AST	Hawsawi 66'	Report	Aubameyang 48'	Stadium: Al-Qadsiah Club Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	7	2	1	4	3	10	−7	028.57
King Cup	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total	8	2	1	5	5	15	−10	025.00

Updated to match played 18 October 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Al-Shabab	10	7	0	3	14	6	+8	21
5	Al-Qadsiah	10	6	1	3	13	7	+6	19
6	Al-Khaleej	10	5	1	4	12	12	0	16
7	Al-Taawoun	10	4	3	3	11	9	+2	15
8	Al-Ahli	10	4	2	4	14	9	+5	14

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: SPL
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).^[17]

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
7	2	1	4	3	10	−7	7	1	1	2	1	4	−3	1	0	2	2	6	−4

Last updated: 18 October 2024.
Source: Saudi Pro League

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	L	W	L
Position	6	10	13	13	14	12	13

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: Saudi Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

23 August 2024 1	Damac	0–1	Al-Khaleej	Khamis Mushait
19:10	Nkoudou 20' Al-Anazi 77'	Report	Al-Anazi 16' (o.g.) Al Hamsal 66' Al Dubais 72' Šehić 90+3'	Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 2,677 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush

29 August 2024 2	Al-Khaleej	0–1	Al-Shabab	Dammam
21:00		Report	Al-Harbi 28' Carrasco 56', 60' Al-Sibyani 90+7'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Abdullah Al-Owaydan

13 September 2024 3	Al-Taawoun	2–0	Al-Khaleej	Buraidah
18:50	Barrow 18' El Mahdioui 21' Al-Mufarrij 43' Al-Jumayah 45' Flávio 45+5' Mandash 51' Girotto 53'	Report	Martins 27' Kourbelis 45+1' Al-Fahad 59'	Stadium: Al-Taawoun Club Stadium Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

20 September 2024 4	Al-Khaleej	0–0	Al-Fayha	Dammam
18:15	Al-Samiri 45+6'	Report	López 22' Abdi 85' Shukurov 90+1'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush

27 September 2024 5	Al-Ittihad	4–1	Al-Khaleej	Jeddah
21:00	Kadesh 43' Benzema 49' Aouar 53', 56' Bergwijn 68' H. Al-Ghamdi 90+5'	Report	Narey 5'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 27,483 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

4 October 2024 6	Al-Khaleej	1–0	Al-Kholood	Dammam
18:00	Al-Fahad 40' Al Salem 66'	Report	Dieng 10' Al-Safri 13'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

18 October 2024 7	Al-Khaleej	0–3	Al-Ahli	Dammam
17:45	Al-Fahad 17' Al-Samiri 53' Fortounis 74' Kourbelis 79'	Report	Mahrez 20' Al-Buraikan 55' Toney 70' Demiral 74' Majrashi 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

24 October 2024 8	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Khaleej	Mecca
21:00				Stadium: King Abdulaziz Sports City

1 November 2024 9	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Raed	Dammam
17:35				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

9 November 2024 10	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Khaleej	Al-Hasa
17:30				Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium

23 November 2024 11	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Hilal	Dammam
20:00				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

29 November 2024 12	Al-Qadsiah	v	Al-Khaleej	Dammam
17:25				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

7 December 2024 13	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Ettifaq	Dammam
15:55				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

King Cup

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

23 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Tai	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Khaleej	Ha'il
18:45	Al Salem 45' (o.g.) Cordea 45+4' Al-Nakhli 49', 85' Tawamba 73', 120' Qassem 90+10' Tandia 99' Al-Faraj 103'	Report	Al Salem 55' Šehić 58' Al-Haidari 88' Fortounis 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City Referee: Turki Hashlan

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 18 October 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	KSA	Raed Ozaybi	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	BIH	Ibrahim Šehić	7	0	6	0	1	0
96	GK	KSA	Marwan Al-Haidari	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
Defenders
3	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khabrani	5	0	4+1	0	0	0
5	DF	POR	Pedro Rebocho	8	0	7	0	0+1	0
14	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Shaafi	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
20	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Fahad	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
25	DF	KSA	Arif Al Haydar	4	0	0+3	0	1	0
32	DF	COD	Marcel Tisserand	5	0	4	0	1	0
33	DF	KSA	Bander Nasser	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
39	DF	KSA	Saeed Al Hamsal	7	0	6	0	0+1	0
66	DF	KSA	Theyab Absa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	TOG	Khaled Narey	8	1	7	1	0+1	0
8	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Samiri	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
10	MF	POR	Fábio Martins	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
15	MF	KSA	Mansour Hamzi	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
17	MF	GRE	Kostas Fortounis	6	1	4+1	0	0+1	1
18	MF	KSA	Murad Hawsawi	7	0	0+6	0	1	0
19	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	GRE	Dimitrios Kourbelis	7	0	5+1	0	0+1	0
47	MF	KSA	Saleh Aboulshamat	8	0	2+5	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	EGY	Mohamed Sherif	2	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW	KSA	Abdulla Al Salem	7	2	3+3	1	1	1
77	FW	KSA	Hisham Al Dubais	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
16	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Abdulla Al Salem	1	1	2
2	7	MF	Khaled Narey	1	0	1
2	17	MF	Kostas Fortounis	0	1	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				3	2	5

Last Updated: 4 October 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	5	DF	Pedro Rebocho	1	0	1
	8	MF	Khaled Al-Samiri	1	0	1
	15	MF	Mansour Hamzi	0	1	1
Total				2	1	3

Last Updated: 4 October 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	23	GK		Ibrahim Šehić	3	0	3
Total					3	0	3

Last Updated: 4 October 2024

References

^ "عن النادي".
^ "Al-Khaleej squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "الخليج يتعاقد مع صالح أبو الشامات".
^ "الخليج يضم المدافع عبدالله الفهد".
^ "الخليج السعودي يعقد صفقة يونانية".
^ "بـ 6 ملايين.. صانع أولمبياكوس التاريخي يدعم الخليج".
^ "قادماً من نادي أحد بنظام الإعارة مراد هوساوي".
^ "الخليج يضم لاعب الاتفاق".
^ "Ulsan HD FC has recruited Jung Woo-young".
^ "العروبة يعزز صفوفه بلاعبين.. حسين الشويش وفواز الطريس".
^ "OFICIAL: Ivo Rodrigues regressa a Portugal e ao Arouca".
^ "شكراً لكم .. كل الأمنيات بالتوفيق".
^ "الـجـيزانـي سـمـاوي".
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^ "الإدارة تُنهي إجراءات التعاقد مع اللاعب محمد آدم".
^ "ضمك يتعاقد مع نجم الخليج".
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[1] "عن النادي".

[2] "Al-Khaleej squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[3] "الخليج يتعاقد مع صالح أبو الشامات".

[4] "الخليج يضم المدافع عبدالله الفهد".

[5] "الخليج السعودي يعقد صفقة يونانية".

[6] "بـ 6 ملايين.. صانع أولمبياكوس التاريخي يدعم الخليج".

[7] "قادماً من نادي أحد بنظام الإعارة مراد هوساوي".

[8] "الخليج يضم لاعب الاتفاق".

[9] "Ulsan HD FC has recruited Jung Woo-young".

[10] "العروبة يعزز صفوفه بلاعبين.. حسين الشويش وفواز الطريس".

[11] "OFICIAL: Ivo Rodrigues regressa a Portugal e ao Arouca".

[12] "شكراً لكم .. كل الأمنيات بالتوفيق".

[13] "الـجـيزانـي سـمـاوي".

[14] "Lisandro López, baluarte internacional para el Burgos CF" [Lisandro López, international stronghold for Burgos CF] (in Spanish). Burgos CF. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[15] "الإدارة تُنهي إجراءات التعاقد مع اللاعب محمد آدم".

[16] "ضمك يتعاقد مع نجم الخليج".

[regulations-17] "اللائحة التنظيمية لكأس دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للمحترفين" [Regulations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League Cup] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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