2016–17 Al-Shabab FC season

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Shabab Football Club's 70th season in existence and 38th consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, Al-Shabab also competed in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

Al-Shabab

2016–17 season
President	Abdullah Al Qurini
Manager	Sami Al-Jaber
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	4th
Crown Prince Cup	Quarter-finals
King Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Benyettou (5) All: Mohamed Benyettou (10)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 25 October 2016.

Players

Squad information

As of 29 September 2016^[1][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 1 GK   KSA Waleed Abdullah 22 GK   KSA Mohammed Awaji 33 GK   KSA Mohammed Al-Owais 50 GK   KSA Mansor Joher 2 DF   KSA Abdullah Al Asta 5 DF   ALG Djamel Benlamri 13 DF   KSA Hassan Muath 17 DF   KSA Saleh Al-Qumaizi 19 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Fahad 21 DF   KSA Jamaan Al-Dossari 24 DF   KSA Sanad Sharahili 28 DF   KSA Hamad Al-Jizani 35 DF   KSA Hassan Raghfawi 66 DF   KSA Sultan Al-Deayea 6 MF   KSA Saud Kariri 7 MF   KSA Abdulwahab Jaafer

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF   KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem 11 MF   KSA Ahmed Otaif (Captain) 14 MF   KSA Badr Al-Sulaitin 15 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Bishi 16 MF   KSA Abdullah Al-Sobeai 26 MF   URU Sebastián Píriz 27 MF   KSA Hattan Bahebri 29 MF   KSA Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri 37 MF   BRA Heberty Fernandes 39 MF   KSA Abdurahman Khairallah 55 MF   KSA Moshari Al-Thamali 80 MF   KSA Abdurahman Al-Khaibari 9 FW   ALG Mohamed Benyettou 25 FW   KSA Rakhi Al-Shammeri 30 FW   KSA Abdullah Al-Meqbas 70 FW   KSA Ismael Al-Maghrebi

Transfers

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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	—	—	11 August 2016	—
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarter-finals	15 August 2016	24 October 2016
King Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	—	—	—

Last Updated: 25 October 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
4	Al-Ittihad^[a]	26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	52^[b]
5	Al-Raed	26	11	2	13	37	47	−10	35
6	Al-Shabab	26	8	9	9	28	32	−4	33
7	Al-Taawoun	26	9	4	13	33	40	−7	31
8	Al-Fateh	26	7	8	11	33	39	−6	29

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).^[4]
Notes:

1. Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[3]
2. Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad

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
21	6	9	6	23	26	−3	27	3	6	2	14	12	+2	3	3	4	9	14	−5

Last updated: 11 March 2017.
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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L
Position	8	11	8	8	6	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2017. 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-Shabab v Al-Qadisiyah

11 August 2016 1	Al-Shabab	0–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
19:10		Report	Barnawi   20'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,406 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Al-Batin v Al-Shabab

20 August 2016 2	Al-Batin	1–0	Al-Shabab	Hafar al-Batin
19:10	Jorge   3' Mohanna   26' Al-Enezi   83' Ayyadah   90+6'	Report	Sharahili   44'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 3,020 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

Al-Shabab v Al-Ahli

18 September 2016 3	Al-Shabab	3–2	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Muath   10' Benyettou   52', 54', 82' Benlamri   57'	Report	Al Somah   12' (pen.), 58'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 3,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

Al-Shabab v Al-Taawoun

23 September 2016 4	Al-Shabab	2–2	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
18:10	Machado   24' (o.g.) Al-Sulayhem   53' Heberty   78' Al-Fahad   90+1'	Report	Al-Sharid   57' Otaif   67' Muath   87' (o.g.)	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,125 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

Al-Khaleej v Al-Shabab

14 October 2016 5	Al-Khaleej	1–2	Al-Shabab	Khobar
17:55	Sami   5' Al-Fahad   18' (o.g.) Al-Sheikh   67' Al-Kharaa   90+4'	Report	Benyettou   20' Heberty   27' Bahebri   56' Al-Fahad   79'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 498 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

Al-Ittihad v Al-Shabab

20 October 2016 6	Al-Ittihad	0–1	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
20:15	Fallatah   80'	Report	Benyettou   36' Bahebri   38' Al Asta   54' Heberty   87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 32,196 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

Al-Shabab v Al-Fateh

29 October 2016 7	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
18:10		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International 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-Shabab v Al-Wehda

19 November 2016 9	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
19:45		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

Al-Raed v Al-Shabab

26 November 2016 10	Al-Raed	v	Al-Shabab	Buraidah
17:55		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

Al-Hilal v Al-Shabab

2 December 2016 11	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
19:55		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Al-Shabab v Al-Nassr

9 December 2016 12	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:55		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Al-Shabab v Al-Ettifaq

15 December 2016 13	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:50		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

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Crown Prince Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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

Al-Shabab v Al-Nahda

15 August 2016 Round of 32	Al-Shabab	2–0	Al-Nahda	Riyadh
19:10	Benyettou   13', 22'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Hussein Abu Shahin

Al-Shabab v Najran

27 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Shabab	6–0	Najran	Riyadh
18:25	Heberty   45+2' Benyettou   53', 60', 63' Muath   86' Al-Sulayhem   88'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

Al-Hilal v Al-Shabab

24 October 2016 Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Breik   11' Léo   16' Al-Khaibri   65'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

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	9	FW		Mohamed Benyettou	5	5	0	10
2	37	MF		Heberty Fernandes	2	1	0	3
3	8	MF		Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem	0	1	0	1
	13	DF		Hassan Muath	0	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	0	1
Total					8	8	0	16

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	Total
1	1	GK		Waleed Abdullah	2	1	0	3
2	33	GK		Mohammed Al-Owais	0	1	0	1
Total					2	2	0	4

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

References

1. "Al-Shabab information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
2. "Al-Shabab FC squad" (in Arabic). kooora.com. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
3. "Iرسميا.. الاتحاد السعودي يوجه لجنة المسابقات بخصم 3 نقاط" (in Arabic). akhbaar24. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
4. "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.