The 2016–17 Al-Taawoun season was the club's 61st season in existence and its 9th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of Saudi Arabian football. This season, Al-Taawoun participated in the Pro League for the seventh consecutive season as well as the King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. The club also entered the 2017 AFC Champions League at the group stage.
Pre-season friendlies
Players
First team squad
This section lists players who were in Al-Taawoun's first team squad at any point during the 2016–17 season Asterisks indicates player left mid-season Hash symbol indicates player retired mid-season Italics indicate loan player No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Yazid Al-Sayah GK 2015 Youth 22 Fahad Al-Shammari GK 2016 Al-Raed 23 Sultan Al-Ghamdi GK 2015 Youth 32 Fayz Al-Sabiay GK 2015 Al-Hilal Defenders 3 Abdullah Kanno CB 2015 Al-Qadisiyah 4 Ricardo Machado CB 2015 Dinamo București 5 Talal Al-Absi CB 2015 Al-Ittihad 13 Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi LB 2016 Najran 16 Naif Al-Mousa LB / CB 2014 Al-Hazm 17 Mahmoud Muaaz RB 2014 Najran 28 Abdullah Al-Shameri LB 2013 Youth Midfielders 6 Abdulrahman Al-Barakah CM / DM 2015 Al-Shabab 10 Jehad Al-Hussain AM / SS 2014 Dubai 14 Mohammed Abousaban DM / CM 2017 Al-Fateh 18 Madallah Al-Olayan DM 2012 Youth27 Saeed Al-Dossari RM / RB 2016 Al-Shabab 29 Lucian Sânmărtean AM / CM 2017 Pandurii 37 Abdulaziz Al-Sharid AM 2016 Al-Hilal 49 Ahmed Al-Zain LW / RW 2015 Abha 55 Sandro Manoel* DM 2015 Ceará 77 Ibrahim Al-Telhi LW / AM 2015 Youth 80 Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat CM 2017 Al-Hilal Forwards 7 Mousa Al-Shameri CF 2016 Al-Shabab 9 Mounir El Hamdaoui* CF 2016 Umm Salal 11 Saqer Otaif CF 2016 Al-Wehda 19 Alassane N'Diaye LW / CF 2017 Laval 70 Mohammed Al-Saiari CF 2017 Al-Ettifaq
Transfers
Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 FW Mousa Al-Shameri Al-Shabab Free transfer 1 July 2016 DF Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi Najran Undisclosed 1 July 2016 MF Saeed Al-Dossari Al-Shabab Free transfer 1 July 2016 GK Fahad Al-Shammari Al-Raed Free transfer 1 July 2016 FW Saqer Otaif Al-Wehda Free transfer 6 August 2016 FW Mounir El Hamdaoui Umm Salal Free transfer 2 September 2016 MF Abdulaziz Al-Sharid Al-Hilal Free transfer 10 January 2017 MF Lucian Sânmărtean Pandurii Free transfer 31 January 2017 FW Alassane N'Diaye Laval Undisclosed
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2016 FW Paul Efoulou Al-Sailiya Free transfer 1 July 2016 DF Kamel Al-Mor Al-Wehda Free transfer 1 July 2016 MF Abdulaziz Al-Dhefiri Released 1 July 2016 MF Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili Al-Hilal Undisclosed 11 July 2016 DF Adnan Fallatah Al-Ittihad Free transfer 1 August 2016 FW Abdulmajeed Al-Daeej Al-Nojoom Free transfer 13 August 2016 FW Bader Al-Khamees Al-Nahda Free transfer 30 August 2016 GK Faisal Al-Merqeb Al-Nahda Free transfer 27 September 2016 MF Ahmed Al-Suhail Najran Free transfer 12 October 2016 DF Abdulwahab Al-Zahrani Weg Free transfer 31 January 2017 FW Mounir El Hamdaoui Released
Loans in Date from Date until Position Nationality Name From 1 July 2016 28 December 2016 DF Abdurahman Al-Shammeri Al-Nassr 1 July 2016 10 January 2017 MF Mosaab Al-Otaibi Al-Nassr 13 July 2016 28 December 2016 DF Sari Amro Al-Shabab 7 January 2017 End of Season FW Mohammed Al-Saiari Al-Ettifaq 8 January 2017 End of Season MF Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat Al-Hilal 31 January 2017 End of Season MF Mohammed Abousaban Al-Fateh
Loans out Date from Date until Position Nationality Name To 5 July 2016 End of Season MF Nawaf Al-Sehimai Damac 7 September 2016 End of Season MF Ahmed Al-Turki Al-Tai 11 January 2017 End of Season MF Abdullah Al-Salman Al-Nahda 24 January 2017 End of Season MF Sandro Manoel Al-Fateh
Competitions
Overall Competition Current Final First match Professional League — — 7th 12 August 2016 4 May 2017 King Cup Round of 32 — Semi-finals 20 January 2017 13 May 2017 Crown Prince Cup Round of 32 — Round of 16 28 August 2016 Last Updated: 13 May 2017
Pro League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Crown Prince Cup
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
King Cup
AFC Champions League
Al-Taawoun qualified for the Group Stage of the 2016–17 AFC Champions League by finishing fourth in the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League. It is their first participation in this competition.
Group stage
Statistics
Squad statistics As of 13 May 2017.
Goalscorers NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupChampions LeagueTotal119FWAlassane N'Diaye3202724DFRicardo Machado3201639FWMounir El Hamdaoui5000527MFSaeed Al-Dossari4100570FWMohammed Al-Saiari40015649MFAhmed Al-Zain30104710MFJehad Al-Hussain2001387FWMousa Al-Shameri1010211FWSaqer Otaif2000216DFNaif Al-Mousa20002115DFTalal Al-Absi0001118MFMadallah Al-Olayan1000129MFLucian Sânmărtean0100155MFSandro Manoel1000180MFAbdulmajeed Al-Sawat00011Own goal20103Total 33 6 3 7 49 Last Updated: 13 May 2017
Clean sheets NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupChampions LeagueTotal122GKFahad Al-Shammari70018223GKSultan Al-Ghamdi12014Total 8 2 0 2 12 Last Updated: 20 April 2017
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