The 2016–17 season was Al-Ahli's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 79th year in existence as a football club. The club started the season facing Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, winning the game on penalties. As well as this, the club also competed in the Pro League, the AFC Champions League, and the two domestic cups, the Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup. They entered the season as defending champions of both the League and King Cup.
Players Squad information
New contracts PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource40 4 21 77 35 30 9 80 7 66 14 1 10
Transfers
In
Summer PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource24 Al-Wehda£2,980,00018 BragaFree45 Al-IttihadFree
Winter PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource23 Al-RaedFree55 Al-Qadisiyah£975,000
Out
Summer PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource3 Al-HilalFree17 UnattachedFree77 UnattachedFree7 Al-IttihadFree22 Al-HilalFree29 Al-KhaleejFree18 Al-FaisalyFree99 Al-WehdaFree49 Al-RaedFree- Al-KhaleejFree
Winter PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource18 OsmanlısporFree
Loan out
Summer PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource— Al-Khaleej32 Al-Ettifaq28 Al-Khaleej19 Al-Wehda15 Al-Ettifaq
Winter PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource35 Al-Batin32 Hajer 40 Al-Khaleej80 Al-Raed
Overall transfer activity
Spending Summer: £2,980,000
Winter: £975,000
Total: £3,955,000
Income Summer: £0,000,000
Winter: £0,000,000
Total: £0,000,000
Expenditure Summer: £2,980,000
Winter: £975,000
Total: £3,955,000
Pre-season and friendlies Al-Ahli preceded their 2016-17 campaign with a friendly against Jeddah Club, a tour of Spain and Qatar and faced Barcelona in the Qatar Airways Cup midway through the season.
Competitions
Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Professional League
| — | 2nd | 14 August 2016 | 4 May 2017 |- | King Cup
| Round of 32 | Runners-up | 20 January 2017 | 18 May 2017 |- | Crown Prince Cup
| Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 27 September 2016 | 27 December 2016 |- | Champions League
| Group stage | In Progress | 21 February 2017 | In Progress |- | Saudi Super Cup
| Final | Winners | colspan=2|8 August 2016 |- ! Total
Saudi Super Cup As a result of winning both the league and Kings Cup, Al-Ahli were scheduled to face Al-Hilal, who won the Crown Prince Cup, in their 1st Saudi Super Cup appearance. Al-Ahli won the match on penalties.
Pro League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
King Cup Al-Ahli entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.
Crown Prince Cup
As one of last year's finalists, Al-Ahli received a bye to the second round of the Crown Prince Cup. Al-Ahli started off their campaign by beating Al-Faisaly 2-1 at home, Al-Ahli came from behind and scored twice from the penalty spot through Omar Al Somah.
Al-Ahli were drawn away at Hajer for the quarter-finals. The game was played on 25 October 2016. The Royals won 6-1 with Omar Al-Somah scoring a hat-trick.
For the semi-finals Al-Ahli were drawn away at local rivals Al-Ittihad. The game was played on 27 December 2016. Al-Ahli lost 3-2 and were eliminated from the competition.
AFC Champions League
As league winners, Al-Ahli entered the AFC Champions League at the group stage. The draw took place on 13 December 2016 and saw Al-Ahli paired with Hazfi Cup winners Zob Ahan, UAE Pro League and 2016 AFC Champions League runners-up Al Ain, and Uzbek League runners-up Bunyodkor.
Group stage
Knockout phase
Round of 16
Statistics
Appearances No.Pos.NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupChampions LeagueSuper CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1 GK Yasser Al Mosailem1605010801031010 2 DF Ali Al-Zubaidi4 (1)0001000005 (1)000 4 MF Waleed Bakshween403 (1)010300011 (1)050 5 MF Fahad Hamad3 (1)0001000004 (1)000 6 DF Mohammed Al Fatil20 (1)13 (1)0203 (1)01029 (3)130 7 MF Salman Al-Moasher23 (2)2521 (2)0811038 (4)550 8 MF Taisir Al-Jassim2335020811039420 9 FW Omar Al Soma24243 (1)437541136 (1)4050 10 MF Giannis Fetfatzidis19 (6)34 (1)220811034 (7)620 11 MF Housain Al-Mogahwi11 (12)02 (2)3202 (6)10 (1)017 (21)410 13 DF Mohamed Abdel-Shafy17 (2)03010801030 (2)010 14 FW Muhannad Assiri2 (12)4000 (1)11 (4)0003 (17)510 16 MF Maher Othman00000000000000 20 FW Islam Seraj0 (3)00 (2)21000001 (5)200 21 DF Ageel Balghaith201302 (1)0311029 (1)250 22 GK Ahmed Al-Rehaili10 (1)00020000012 (1)000 23 DF Saeed Al-Mowalad1015000800023150 24 MF Ali Awagi2 (8)3001 (2)000104 (10)320 25 DF Motaz Hawsawi16 (1)22111601026 (1)421 26 DF Mohammed Aman2 (4)100200 (1)00 (1)04 (6)110 27 MF Hamdan Al-Shamrani0000000 (2)0000 (2)010 30 DF Saeed Al-Robeai1 (1)0101 (1)010004 (2)020 31 DF Mansoor Al-Harbi9 (5)02 (1)0200 (2)00013 (8)040 44 GK Ayman Al-Hussaini0000000000000045MF Abdulfattah Asiri13 (7)65020830028 (7)920 47 MF Mustafa Bassas10 (2)20 (1)0100 (1)00 (1)011 (5)220 55 MF Saad Abdul-Amir1014 (1)200810022 (1)411 66 GK Basem Atallah00000000000000 77 DF Amiri Kurdi4 (5)00 (2)0100 (3)1005 (10)130Players who left the club in August/January transfer window or on loan 18 MF Luíz Carlos12 (1)00010001014 (1)020 40 MF Raed Al-Ghamdi0 (1)0000000000 (1)000 80 MF Ryan Al-Mousa0 (1)0000000000 (1)000
Goalscorers NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupChampions LeagueSuper CupTotal19FWOmar Al Somah24474140245MFAbdulfattah Asiri600309310MFGiannis Fetfatzidis32010647MFSalman Al-Moasher22010514FWMuhannad Assiri40100568MFTaisir Al-Jassim30010411MFHousain Al-Mogahwi03010425DFMotaz Hawsawi21100455MFSaad Abdul-Amir1201041024MFAli Awagi3000031120FWIslam Seraj02000221DFAgeel Balghaith10010247MFMustafa Al-Bassas200002146DFMohammed Al-Fatil10000123DFSaeed Al-Mowalad10000126DFMohammed Aman10000177DFAmiri Kurdi000101Own goal301004Total 57 16 10 14 1 98 Last Updated: 29 May 2017
Clean sheets NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupChampions LeagueSuper CupTotal11GKYasser Al Mosailem320207222GKAhmed Al-Rehaili400004Total 7 2 0 2 0 11 Last Updated: 12 May 2017
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