The 2017–18 Al-Taawoun season is the club's 62nd season in existence and its 10th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of Saudi Arabian football. This season, Al-Taawoun is participating in the Pro League for the eighth consecutive season as well as the King Cup and Crown Prince Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
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 2017–18 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 Essam El-Hadary GK 2017 Wadi Degla 21 Moataz Al-Baqaawi GK 2017 Youth 23 Sultan Al-Ghamdi GK 2015 Youth 32 Fayz Al-Sabiay GK 2015 Al-Hilal Defenders 4 Ricardo Machado CB 2015 Dinamo București 5 Talal Al-Absi CB 2015 Al-Ittihad 12 Abdulaziz Al-Moghir RB 2017 Youth 13 Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi LB 2016 Najran 16 Naif Al-Mousa LB / LM 2014 Al-Hazm 24 Rayan Al-Dhiyab CB / LB 2017 Youth 28 Abdullah Al-Shameri LB / CB 2013 Youth 34 Faisel Al-Kharaa RB 2017 Al-Ittihad 99 Jufain Al-Bishi CB 2017 Al-Raed Midfielders 6 Ryan Al-Mousa DM / CB 2017 Al-Ahli 10 Jehad Al-Hussain AM / SS 2014 Dubai 11 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi AM / LM 2017 Al-Shabab 17 Cédric Amissi LM / SS 2017 União 18 Madallah Al-Olayan DM / RB 2012 Youth 20 Faisel Al-Rashodi LM / AM 2017 Youth27 Saeed Al-Dossari RM / RB 2016 Al-Shabab30 Mostafa Fathi RM / LM 2017 El-Zamalek 37 Abdulaziz Al-Sharid CM / DM 2016 Al-Hilal 39 Abdurahman Al-Dossari DM 2017 Al-Nassr 77 Abdurahman Khairallah RM 2017 Al-Shabab 80 Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat AM / RM 2017 Al-Hilal Forwards 9 Naif Hazazi CF 2017 Al-Nassr 45 Alhaji Kamara CF 2017 D.C. United 70 Ismael Al-Maghrebi CF / LM 2017 Al-Shabab
Transfers
Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 DF Jufain Al-Bishi Al-Raed Free transfer 1 July 2017 MF Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat Al-Hilal Free transfer 1 July 2017 FW Alhaji Kamara D.C. United £200,000 1 July 2017 GK Essam El-Hadary Wadi Degla SC Free transfer 1 July 2017 MF Cédric Amissi União Undisclosed 12 July 2017 FW Ismael Al-Maghrebi Al-Shabab Free transfer 20 August 2017 FW Naif Hazazi Al-Nassr Free transfer
Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 1 July 2017 DF Abdullah Kanno Al-Fayha Undisclosed 1 July 2017 FW Saqer Otaif Al-Raed Free transfer 1 July 2017 MF Ahmed Al-Zain Al-Ahli Undisclosed 1 July 2017 MF Abdulrahman Al-Barakah Al-Fayha Undisclosed 1 July 2017 MF Lucian Sânmărtean Unattached Released 4 July 2017 DF Mahmoud Muaaz Al-Wehda Free transfer 6 July 2017 FW Alassane N'Diaye Clermont Foot Free transfer 14 July 2017 DF Safwan Hawsawi Unattached Released 3 August 2017 GK Fahad Al-Shammari Al-Fayha Free transfer 16 August 2017 MF Ibrahim Al-Telhi Najran Free transfer 9 September 2017 FW Mousa Al-Shameri Al-Orobah Free transfer
Loans in Date from Date until Position Nationality Name From 1 July 2017 30 June 2018 DF Faisel Al-Kharaa Al-Ittihad 4 July 2017 30 June 2018 MF Mostafa Fathi El-Zamalek 9 July 2017 30 June 2018 MF Ryan Al-Mousa Al-Ahli 23 August 2017 30 June 2018 MF Abdurahman Al-Dossari Al-Nassr 11 September 2017 30 June 2018 MF Abdulaziz Al-Bishi Al-Shabab 11 September 2017 30 June 2018 MF Abdurahman Khairallah Al-Shabab
Loans out Date from Date until Position Nationality Name To 3 August 2017 30 June 2018 MF Sandro Manoel Al-Fateh
Competitions
Overall Competition Current Final First match Professional League — 6th — 11 August 2017 May 2018 Crown Prince CupRound of 16 King Cup Round of 32 Round of 32 — January 2018 —
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 Al-Taawoun will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.
Statistics Squad statistics As of 25 November 2017.
Goalscorers NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupTotal180MFAbdulmajeed Al-Sawat5005217MFCédric Amissi300345FWAlhaji Kamara3003430MFMostafa Fathi200259FWNaif Hazazi100116DFNaif Al-Mousa100128DFAbdullah Al-Shameri100170FWIsmael Al-Maghrebi100199DFJufain Al-Bishi1001Own goal0000Total 18 0 0 18 Last Updated: 25 November 2017
Clean sheets NamePro LeagueKing CupCrown Prince CupTotal11GKEssam El-Hadary1001Total 1 0 0 1 Last Updated: 20 October 2017
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