2016–17 Al-Shabab FC season

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)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 25 October 2016.

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.

Players[edit]

Squad information[edit]

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[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

On loan[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

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Competitions[edit]

Overall[edit]

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[edit]

League table[edit]

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:

^ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[3]
^ 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[edit]


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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 November 2016 8	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah
17:55		Report		Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

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

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

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

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

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[edit]

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

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

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

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[edit]

Round of 32

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Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Mohamed Benyettou	5	5	10
2	37	MF	Heberty Fernandes	2	1	3
3	8	MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem	0	1	1
3	13	DF	Hassan Muath	0	1	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				8	8	16

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

Clean sheets[edit]

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

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

References[edit]

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

[table_note_ITT0.19014775063384-4] Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[3]

[table_hth_NSR0.19014775063384-5] Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad

[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.

[regulations-6] "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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