2023–24 Al-Fayha FC season

Al-Fayha
2023–24 season
President	Tawfiq Al-Modaiheem
Manager	Vuk Rašović;
Stadium	Al Majma'ah Sports City
SPL	5th
King Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2023.

The 2023–24 season is Al-Fayha's 70th year in their existence and their sixth non-consecutive season in the Pro League.[1] The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2023[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	Moslem Al Freej
2	DF	KSA	Mukhair Al-Rashidi
4	DF	KSA	Sami Al-Khaibari (captain)
5	DF	KSA	Naif Almas
6	MF	KSA	Saud Zidan
7	MF	MKD	Aleksandar Trajkovski
8	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Safri
9	FW	NGA	Anthony Nwakaeme
10	MF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz
11	MF	KSA	Khalid Kaabi
16	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Nemer
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Shamekh
19	FW	KSA	Mohammed Majrashi
22	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Baqawi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	SRB	Milan Pavkov
26	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Zaqaan
27	MF	KSA	Sultan Mandash
33	DF	KSA	Hussein Al-Shuwaish
37	MF	BRA	Ricardo Ryller
55	GK	KSA	Faisel Masrahi
64	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Harbi
66	MF	KSA	Mohammed Abousaban
77	MF	GRE	Panagiotis Tachtsidis
80	DF	KSA	Osama Al-Khalaf
88	GK	SRB	Vladimir Stojković
90	GK	KSA	Rashed Al-Mowainea
98	DF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Qaydhi
99	FW	KSA	Malek Al-Abdulmenem

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2023	GK	28	Ahmed Al-Kassar	Al-Faisaly	Free	[3]
3 July 2023	MF	29	Nawaf Al-Harthi	Al-Ain	Free	[4]
3 July 2023	MF	70	Abdulrahman Al-Enezi	Al-Orobah	Free	[4]
12 July 2023	MF	13	Gojko Cimirot	Standard Liège	Free	[5]
3 August 2023	GK	1	Abdulraouf Al-Daqeel	Hajer	Free	[6]
3 August 2023	DF	21	Muteb Al-Khaldi	Al-Qadsiah	Free	[7]
8 August 2023	FW	17	Fashion Sakala	Rangers	$5,100,000	[8]
11 August 2023	FW	7	Henry Onyekuru	Adana Demirspor	$3,500,000	[9]
7 September 2023	MF	66	Rakan Kaabi	Al-Ettifaq	Free	[10]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
4 September 2023	End of season	DF	3	Ghislain Konan	Al-Nassr	None	[11]
7 September 2023	End of season	DF	12	Yousef Haqawi	Al-Nassr	None	[12]
7 September 2023	End of season	MF	77	Abdelhamid Sabiri	Fiorentina	$320,000	[13]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2023	MF	18	Paulinho	Al-Shabab	End of loan
1 July 2023	GK	1	Moslem Al Freej	Al-Safa	Free	[14]
1 July 2023	DF	3	Bander Nasser	Al-Khaleej	Free	[15]
15 July 2023	MF	16	Ali Al-Nemer	Ohod	Free	[16]
2 August 2023	DF	17	Abdullah Al-Shamekh	Al-Qadsiah	Free	[17]
7 August 2023	MF	26	Ali Al-Zaqaan	Al-Riyadh	Free	[18]
7 September 2023	MF	66	Mohammed Abousaban	Al-Hazem	Free	[19]
15 September 2023	MF	7	Aleksandar Trajkovski	Hajduk Split	Free	[20]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
12 August 2023	End of season	DF	14	Sultan Al-Harbi	Al-Qaisumah	None	[21]
30 August 2023	End of season	DF	5	Naif Almas	Al-Orobah	None	[22]
7 September 2023	End of season	DF	21	Muteb Al-Khaldi	Al-Taraji	None	[23]

Pre-season

13 July 2023 Friendly	Al-Fayha	3–2	NK Fužinar	Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Pavkov 4', 24' Majrashi 34'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Dobrava

17 July 2023 Friendly	Al-Fayha	0–0	Szeged-Csanád	Rogla, Slovenia
16:30 CEST		Report		Stadium: RecoSport Training Camp

21 July 2023 Friendly	Al-Fayha	2–3	Paksi	Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia
17:00 CEST	Pavkov 18' Nwakaeme 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Könyves 44' Beke 74' Böde 80'	Stadium: Stadion Dobrava

25 July 2023 Friendly	Al-Fayha	3–1	Al-Rayyan	Unterschützen, Austria
15:30 CEST	Nwakaeme 50' Ryller 56' Majrashi 77'	Report	Rodrigo 90+1'	Stadium: Sportanlage Unterschützen

5 August 2023 Friendly	Al-Fayha	0–0	Al-Taawoun	Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST		Report		Stadium: Al-Taawoun Club Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	10	3	5	2	11	8	+3	030.00
King Cup	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Champions League	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	033.33
Total	14	5	5	4	16	14	+2	035.71

Updated to match played 24 October 2023
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Al-Fateh	10	6	2	2	26	16	+10	20
7	Al-Ettifaq	10	5	2	3	16	12	+4	17
8	Al-Fayha	10	3	5	2	11	8	+3	14
9	Damac	11	3	4	4	18	17	+1	13
10	Al-Wehda	10	4	1	5	18	20	−2	13

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2023. Source: SPL
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) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[24]

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
10	3	5	2	11	8	+3	14	1	3	1	3	2	+1	2	2	1	8	6	+2

Last updated: 20 October 2023.
Source: spl.com.sa

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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W
Position	3	6	7	9	8	10	9	9	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: spl.com.sa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

12 August 2023 1	Al-Fayha	3–1	Al-Khaleej	Al Majma'ah
21:00	Ryller 13' Al-Safri 23' Cimirot 29' Sakala 45+7' Ruiz 49' Mandash 76' (pen.)	Report	Al-Samiri 15' Al Dubais 87'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 1,518 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

19 August 2023 2	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Fayha	Riyadh
21:00	Al-Hamdan 20' Neves 55' Radif 84'	Report	Sakala 15' Stojković 65' Cimirot 68'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 59,600 Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

25 August 2023 3	Al-Fayha	0–0	Al-Hazem	Al Majma'ah
18:00	Majrashi 65'	Report	Al-Sayyali 39' Al-Dakheel 42'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 465 Referee: Sultan Al-Okairy

28 August 2023 4	Abha	2–1	Al-Fayha	Abha
18:00	Toko Ekambi 36' Al-Habib 45+7' Abdu 63' Al-Qumayzi 86'	Report	Al-Rashidi 61' Sakala 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 856 Referee: Abdulsamad Bakri

1 September 2023 5	Al-Fayha	0–0	Al-Raed	Al Majma'ah
18:00	Al-Rashidi 38'	Report	Al-Beshe 24' Wohaishi 69' Sayoud 90+5'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 1,134 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

15 September 2023 6	Al-Fayha	0–1	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah
18:00	Cimirot 34' Al-Baqawi 45+2' Mandash 61'	Report	Diallo 45+2' Saïss 52' Al-Sharari 74' Banega 90+2'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 1,104 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

22 September 2023 7	Al-Riyadh	1–3	Al-Fayha	Riyadh
18:00	Al Abbas 80' Al-Rashidi 90'	Report	Nwakaeme 17' Sakala 63' Sabiri 90+7'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 281 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

29 September 2023 8	Al-Fayha	0–0	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
18:00	Al-Baqawi 70'	Report	Hamdallah 79' Kadesh 86'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 10,081 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

7 October 2023 9	Al-Wehda	1–1	Al-Fayha	Mecca
21:00	Al-Hejji 59' Duarte 73' El Yamiq 76'	Report	Onyekuru 23' Ryller 48' Stojković 90+3' Sabiri 90+7'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 937 Referee: Abdullah Al-Harbi

20 October 2023 10	Al-Okhdood	1–2	Al-Fayha	Najran
18:00	Godwin 45+4'	Report	Onyekuru 29' Sakala 66'	Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sports City Attendance: 792 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

26 October 2023 11	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Nassr	Al Majma'ah
18:00				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

1 November 2023 12	Al-Tai	v	Al-Fayha	Ha'il
18:00				Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium

9 November 2023 13	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Ettifaq	Al Majma'ah
18:00				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

23 November 2023 14	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Fayha	Al-Hasa
18:00				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

30 November 2023 15	Al-Fayha	v	Damac	Al Majma'ah
18:00				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

8 December 2023 16	Al-Taawoun	v	Al-Fayha	Buraidah
18:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

14 December 2023 17	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Ahli	Al Majma'ah
18:00				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

King Cup

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

26 September 2023 Round of 32	Al-Riyadh	1–2	Al-Fayha	Riyadh
18:00	Ndong 16' Kurdi 42' Gray 90+11'	Report	Al-Abdulmenem 19', 45+3' R. Kaabi 44' Sabiri 84' Al-Rashidi 90+11'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 61 Referee: Mohammed Al-Harbi

31 October 2023 Round of 16	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
17:45				Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AIN	PAK	FEI	AHA
1	Al-Ain	3	3	0	11	3	+8	9	Advance to Round of 16	—	28 Nov	4–1	4–2
2	Pakhtakor	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3[lower-alpha 1]	Possible Round of 16	0–3	—	5 Dec	3–0
3	Al-Fayha	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3[lower-alpha 1]		7 Nov	2–0	—	28 Nov
4	Ahal	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3[lower-alpha 1]		5 Dec	7 Nov	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2023. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

Head-to-head goal differences: Pakhtakor +1, Al-Fayha +1, Ahal −2. Head-to-head goals scored: Pakhtakor 3, Al-Fayha 2, Ahal 1.

19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 1	Ahal	1–0	Al-Fayha	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
21:00 UTC+5	Tagayew 51', 52' Meredov 90+5'	Report	Al-Rashidi 40'	Stadium: Ashgabat Stadium Attendance: 19,966 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

3 October 2023 (2023-10-03) 2	Al-Fayha	2–0	Pakhtakor	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3	Sabiri 10', 71', 79' Al-Rashidi 18' Al-Kassar 77' Kaabi 83'	Report	Kholmatov 5' Sayfiev 56' K. Alijonov 68' Hamrobekov 90+5'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,088 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

24 October 2023 (2023-10-24) 3	Al-Ain	4–1	Al-Fayha	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
20:00 UTC+4	Autonne 36' Kaku 45+3', 67' Al-Ahbabi 83' Rahimi 85', 90'	Report	Al-Baqawi 11' Onyekuru 68' Al-Harthi 84' Al-Rashidi 90+2' Al-Qaydhi 90+8'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 7,126 Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

7 November 2023 (2023-11-07) 4	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Ain	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

28 November 2023 (2023-11-28) 5	Al-Fayha	v	Ahal	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 6	Pakhtakor	v	Al-Fayha	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5				Stadium: Milliy Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 24 October 2023.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Abdulraouf Al-Duqayl	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	KSA	Ahmed Al-Kassar	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
34	GK	KSA	Osama Al-Thumairy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	GK	SRB	Vladimir Stojković	11	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Mukhair Al-Rashidi	14	0	9+1	0	0+1	0	3	0
3	DF	CIV	Ghislain Konan	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	KSA	Sami Al-Khaibari	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0
12	DF	KSA	Yousef Haqawi	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Baqawi	13	0	9+1	0	0	0	3	0
33	DF	KSA	Hussein Al-Shuwaish	9	0	6+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
80	DF	KSA	Osama Al-Khalaf	7	0	0+4	0	1	0	0+2	0
98	DF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Qaydhi	9	0	4+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	KSA	Saud Zidan	10	0	2+6	0	0	0	1+1	0
8	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Safri	12	0	3+5	0	1	0	2+1	0
11	MF	KSA	Khalid Kaabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
13	MF	BIH	Gojko Cimirot	11	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	KSA	Sultan Mandash	13	1	5+5	1	1	0	2	0
29	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Harthi	5	1	0+3	0	1	0	0+1	1
37	MF	BRA	Ricardo Ryller	11	1	7	1	0+1	0	3	0
66	MF	KSA	Rakan Kaabi	3	0	0	0	1	0	0+2	0
70	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Enezi	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
77	MF	MAR	Abdelhamid Sabiri	8	3	5	1	0+1	0	2	2
Forwards
7	FW	NGA	Henry Onyekuru	12	2	9+1	2	0	0	2	0
9	FW	NGA	Anthony Nwakaeme	8	1	5+1	1	0+1	0	1	0
17	FW	ZAM	Fashion Sakala	14	5	10	5	0+1	0	3	0
19	FW	KSA	Mohammed Majrashi	9	0	0+6	0	1	0	1+1	0
49	FW	KSA	Ali Al Jubaya	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
99	FW	KSA	Malek Al-Abdulmenem	3	2	0+1	0	1	2	0+1	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
10	MF	ESP	Víctor Ruiz	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	SRB	Milan Pavkov	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Total
1	17	FW	Fashion Sakala	5	0	0	5
2	77	MF	Abdelhamid Sabiri	1	0	2	3
3	7	FW	Henry Onyekuru	2	0	0	2
3	99	FW	Malek Al-Abdulmenem	0	2	0	2
5	9	FW	Anthony Nwakaeme	1	0	0	1
	27	MF	Sultan Mandash	1	0	0	1
	29	MF	Nawaf Al-Harthi	0	0	1	1
	37	MF	Ricardo Ryller	1	0	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0	0
Total				11	2	3	16

Last Updated: 24 October 2023

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Total
1	7	FW	Henry Onyekuru	2	0	0	2
1	13	MF	Gojko Cimirot	2	0	0	2
3	3	DF	Ghislain Konan	1	0	0	1
	9	FW	Anthony Nwakaeme	1	0	0	1
	17	FW	Fashion Sakala	1	0	0	1
	27	MF	Sultan Mandash	0	1	0	1
	29	MF	Nawaf Al-Harthi	0	1	0	1
	37	MF	Ricardo Ryller	0	0	1	1
	77	MF	Abdelhamid Sabiri	1	0	0	1
Total				8	2	1	11

Last Updated: 20 October 2023

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Champions League	Total
1	88	GK	Vladimir Stojković	3	0	3
2	28	GK	Ahmed Al-Kassar	0	1	1
Total				3	1	4

Last Updated: 3 October 2023

References

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[table_hth_PAK0.74609014007546-25] Head-to-head goal differences: Pakhtakor +1, Al-Fayha +1, Ahal −2. Head-to-head goals scored: Pakhtakor 3, Al-Fayha 2, Ahal 1.

[1] "نادي الفيحاء التسمية والتأسيس".

[2] "اللاعبين". kooora.

[3] "الكسار ينضم للفيحاء حتى 2026".

[3_Jul-4] "الفيحاء يضم الحارثي و العنزي 3 أعوام".

[5] "الفيحاء يتعاقد مع البوسني سيمروت حتى 2025".

[6] "الفيحاء يوقع مع حارس المرمى عبدالرؤوف الدقيل لمدة موسمين قادمين".

[7] "رسميًا.. الفيحاء يضم متعب الخالدي".

[8] "الزامبي فاشون سكالا جونيور فيحاوي حتى 2025".

[9] "النيجيري هنري اونيكورو فيحاوي حتى 2025م".

[10] "الفيحاء يضم راكان الكعبي".

[11] "الفيحاء يتعاقد مع كونان من النصر على سبيل الإعارة".

[12] "يوسف حقوي ينضم لصفوف الفيحاء بنظام الإعارة قادماً من النصر".

[13] "الفيحاء يوقع مع المغربي عبدالحميد صابيري بنظام الاعارة حتى نهاية الموسم".

[14] "مسلم آل فريج ينضم لصفوف الشرياص الصفواني".

[15] "رسميًا.. الخليج يتعاقد مع المطيري حتى 2025".

[16] ""النمر" يضبط وسط "#الجبل"".

[17] "القادسية يتعاقد مع الشامخ".

[18] "رسميًا.. الرياض يتعاقد مع علي الزقعان".

[19] "الحزم يتعاقد مع ابوسبعان والموسى".

[20] "ALEKSANDAR TRAJKOVSKI NOVA JE HAJDUKOVA DEVETKA!".

[21] "سلطان الحربي يصبح عليكم بالخير".

[22] "العروبة يوقع عقداً احترافياً مع المدافع نايف الماس لمدة موسم واحد بنظام الإعارة".

[23] "مجلس إدارة نادي #الفيحاء يوافق على إعارة لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم الكابتن متعب الخالدي إلى نادي #الترجي".

[regulations-24] "اللائحة التنظيمية لكأس دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للمحترفين" [Regulations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League Cup] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2019.