2023–24 Al-Wehda Club season
The 2023–24 season is Al-Wehda's 39th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 78th year in existence as a football club. The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the Saudi Super Cup.
| 2023–24 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Sultan Azhar |
| Manager | |
| Stadium | King Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| SPL | 17th |
| King Cup | Round of 32 |
| Super Cup | Semi-finals |
The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.
Players
Squad information
- As of 1 July 2023[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2023 | DF | 38 |  Naif Kariri |
Al-Ahli |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | 70 | Ali Dagarshawi |
Al-Ain |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 55 | Nawaf Hawsawi |
Najran |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Shalwi |
Al-Suqoor |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi |
Al-Okhdood |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | – | Thamer Al-Ali |
Al-Ahli |
End of loan | |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | 2 | Saeed Al-Muwallad |
Al-Ettifaq |
Free | [2] |
| 15 August 2023 | FW | 9 |  Odion Ighalo |
Al-Hilal |
Free | [3] |
| 16 August 2023 | DF | 5 |  Jawad El Yamiq |
 Real Valladolid |
$1,100,000 | [4] |
| 18 August 2023 | MF | 16 | Nawaf Al-Azizi |
Al-Jabalain |
Undisclosed | [5] |
| 7 September 2023 | FW | 7 |  Vito van Crooij |
Sparta Rotterdam |
$2,142,000 | [6] |
| 8 September 2023 | FW | 23 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Craig Goodwin |
Adelaide United |
$800,000 | [7] |
Transfers out
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 10 |  Gerson Rodrigues |
 Dynamo Kyiv |
End of loan | |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | 74 |  Karim Yoda |
Al-Adalah |
Free | [8] |
| 13 July 2022 | DF | 28 | Hamad Al-Jayzani |
Al-Raed |
Free | [9] |
| 18 July 2022 | DF | 5 | Noor Al-Rashidi |
Damac |
Free | [10] |
| 26 July 2022 | DF | 14 | Alberto Botía |
 Kifisia |
Free | [11] |
| 29 July 2023 | DF | 70 | Ali Dagarshawi |
Al-Ain |
Free | [12] |
| 2 August 2023 | MF | – | Hatem Fallatah |
Al-Lewaa |
Free | [13] |
| 7 August 2023 | DF | 22 | Amiri Kurdi |
Al-Riyadh |
Free | [14] |
| 17 September 2023 | MF | 77 | Ahmed Fallatah |
Al-Faisaly |
Free | [15] |
| 19 September 2023 | MF | 49 | Sultan Al-Sawadi |
Al-Suqoor |
Free | [16] |
Loans out
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2023 | End of season | DF | 33 | Rakan Al-Harbi |
Najran |
None | [17] |
| 12 September 2023 | End of season | MF | 25 | Sattam Tambakti |
Al-Ain |
None | |
| 15 September 2023 | End of season | FW | 99 | Sultan Hawsawi |
Al-Qaisumah |
None | [18] |
| 1 October 2023 | End of season | MF | 60 | Mohammed Al-Shalwi |
Al-Entesar |
None | [19] |
Pre-season
| 23 July 2023 Friendly | Al-Wehda | 2–1 |  FK Brodarac | Užice, Serbia |
| 18:30 CEST | Al-Hafith  Al-Ghamdi |
Bašanović |
Stadium: Radomir Antić Stadium |
| 27 July 2023 Friendly | Al-Wehda | 0–2 |  Shabab Al Ahli | Stara Pazova, Serbia |
| 18:00 CEST | Report | Cartabia Dabbur |
Stadium: Sportski Centar FSS |
| 31 July 2023 Friendly | Al-Wehda | 0–2 | FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac | Gornji Milanovac, Serbia |
| 18:00 CEST | Report | Aleksić 46' Ilić 70' |
Stadium: Stadion Metalac |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Pro League | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 40.00 |
| King Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Super Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | +0 | 45.45 |
Updated to match played 21 October 2023
Source: Competitions
Pro League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Al-Ettifaq | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 17 |
| 8 | Al-Fayha | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 14 |
| 9 | Al-Wehda | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 13 |
| 10 | Al-Shabab | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 12 |
| 11 | Al-Riyadh | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 11 |
Updated to match(es) played on 22 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).[20]
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).[20]
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 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 |
Last updated: 21 October 2023.
Source: spl.com.sa
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: spl.com.sa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 13 August 2023 1 | Al-Riyadh | 1–0 | Al-Wehda | Riyadh |
| 21:00 | Musona 17',  45+1'Al-Nowaiqi 74' |
Report | Al-Qahtani 60' |
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,419 Referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan |
| 18 August 2023 2 | Al-Wehda | 3–1 | Al-Shabab | Mecca |
| 21:00 | Al Hejji 4' Anselmo 45'Al-Eisa 45+3'Noor 63'Al-Naji 90+7' |
Report | Al-Qahtani 29' El Yamiq 90+5' (o.g.) |
Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush |
| 24 August 2023 3 | Al-Tai | 0–3 | Al-Wehda | Ha'il |
| 18:00 | Al-Shamlan 20' |
Report | Fajr 34' (pen.) Al-Muwallad 62'Al Hejji 75'Ighalo 90+2' |
Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Attendance: 2,217 Referee: Mohammed Al-Beredi |
| 28 August 2023 4 | Al-Wehda | 0–3 | Al-Ittihad | Mecca |
| 21:00 | Noor 45+5' Anselmo 45+6' |
Report | Hamdallah 61' Romarinho 63'Jota 67'Coronado 73' |
Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina) |
| 2 September 2023 5 | Al-Taawoun | 4–1 | Al-Wehda | Buraidah |
| 21:00 | Flávio 10' Al-Rouqi 28'Al-Ahmed 40', 62'Faqeehi 52'Girotto 85', 88'Mailson 88' |
Report | Fajr 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Taawoun Club Stadium Attendance: 4,197 Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri |
| 14 September 2023 6 | Al-Wehda | 4–2 | Damac | Mecca |
| 21:00 | Ighalo 17', 45+1' (pen.), 52' Goodwin 62'Al-Hafith 86' |
Report | Ceesay 36' Al-Rashidi  43'Faqihi 83', 90+1'A. Hawsawi 85' |
Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 820 Referee: Abdullah Al-Harbi |
| 22 September 2023 7 | Al-Wehda | 4–0 | Abha | Mecca |
| 21:00 | Goodwin 8' Al-Hafith 24'Fajr 65'Bakshween 73'Ighalo 88' |
Report | Al-Qumayzi 44' |
Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 661 Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani |
| 30 September 2023 8 | Al-Fateh | 5–1 | Al-Wehda | Al-Hasa |
| 18:00 | Saâdane 26' Tello 45+5', 89', 90+2'Batna 67'Djaniny 86' |
Report | Goodwin 21' Anselmo 23'Bakshween 44' |
Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 2,885 Referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan |
| 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 |
| 21 October 2023 10 | Al-Ahli | 3–1 | Al-Wehda | Jeddah |
| 21:00 | Saint-Maximin 45+3' Hindi 47'Ibañez 68'Mahrez 84' |
Report | Ighalo 8' Duarte 35'Hindi 51' (o.g.)Al Hejji 90+1'Noor 90+6' |
Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Attendance: 16,919 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) |
| 26 October 2023 11 | Al-Wehda | v | Al-Ettifaq | Mecca |
| 18:00 | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| 1 November 2023 12 | Al-Hazem | v | Al-Wehda | Ar Rass |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium |
| 9 November 2023 13 | Al-Wehda | v | Al-Nassr | Mecca |
| 18:00 | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| 23 November 2023 14 | Al-Wehda | v | Al-Khaleej | Mecca |
| 18:00 | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| 30 November 2023 15 | Al-Raed | v | Al-Wehda | Buraidah |
| 18:00 | Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium |
| 8 December 2023 16 | Al-Wehda | v | Al-Okhdood | Mecca |
| 18:00 | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| 14 December 2023 17 | Al-Hilal | v | Al-Wehda | Riyadh |
| 18:00 | Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium |
King Cup
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
| 27 September 2023 Round of 32 | Al-Orobah | 0–2 | Al-Wehda | Sakakah |
| 18:00 | Al-Dossari 36' Darwish 50'R. Al-Ruwaili 90' |
Report | El Yamiq 10' Ighalo 76'Al-Azizi 89' |
Stadium: Al-Orobah Club Stadium Referee: Meshal Al-Shehri |
| 31 October 2023 Round of 16 | Al-Taawoun | v | Al-Wehda | Buraidah |
| 15:15 | Stadium: Al-Taawoun Club Stadium |
Statistics
Appearances
- Last updated on 21 October 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR |
Munir Mohamedi | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | GK | KSA |
Abdulquddus Atiah | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | GK | KSA |
Ayman Al-Hussaini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA |
Saeed Al-Muwallad | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | KSA |
Abdulelah Bukhari | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | DF | MAR |
Jawad El Yamiq | 8 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | DF |  CRC |
Óscar Duarte | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | DF | KSA |
Abdullah Al-Hafith | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | DF | KSA |
Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | DF | KSA |
Ali Makki | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | DF | KSA |
Islam Hawsawi | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 38 | DF | KSA |
Naif Kariri | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | KSA |
Waleed Bakshween | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | MF | KSA |
Sultan Al-Akouz | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | MF | KSA |
Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | MF | KSA |
Nawaf Al-Azizi | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | MF |  SDN |
Abdulaziz Noor | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | MF | KSA |
Hussain Al-Eisa | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 35 | MF | KSA |
Yousef Al-Harbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | MF | KSA |
Nawaf Hawsawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 76 | MF | MAR |
Fayçal Fajr | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 80 | MF | KSA |
Yahya Al-Naji | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 87 | MF |  BRA |
Anselmo | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 88 | MF | KSA |
Alaa Al Hejji | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 90 | MF | KSA |
Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | NED |
Vito van Crooij | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | FW | NGA |
Odion Ighalo | 9 | 6 | 6+2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | FW | KSA |
Jaber Asiri | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | FW | AUS |
Craig Goodwin | 6 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Players sent out on loan this season | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | MF | KSA |
Sattam Tambakti | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Goalscorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW | |
Odion Ighalo | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 23 | FW | |
Craig Goodwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 76 | MF | |
Fayçal Fajr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2 | DF | |
Saeed Al-Muwallad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | |
Jawad El Yamiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | MF | |
Nawaf Al-Azizi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | DF | |
Abdullah Al-Hafith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | MF | |
Hussain Al-Eisa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 80 | MF | |
Yahya Al-Naji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | MF | |
Anselmo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 18 | 2 | 0 | 20 | ||||
Last Updated: 21 October 2023
Assists
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 76 | MF | |
Fayçal Fajr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | 24 | MF | |
Abdulaziz Noor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | MF | |
Waleed Bakshween | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | |
Hussain Al-Eisa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | MF | |
Anselmo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Last Updated: 7 October 2023
Clean sheets
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GK | |
Munir Mohamedi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 13 | GK | |
Abdulquddus Atiah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Last Updated: 27 September 2023
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