2016–17 Al-Hilal FC season

Al-Hilal
2016–17 season
President	Nawaf Bin Sa'ad
Manager	Gustavo Matosas; (until 22 September 2016); Marius Ciprian (caretaker); (from 22 September, until 25 October 2016); Ramón Díaz; (from 25 October 2016)
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium; Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	1st
Super Cup	Runners-up
Crown Prince Cup	Semi-finals
King Cup	Quarter-finals
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Léo Bonatini (11); All: Léo Bonatini (14)
Highest home attendance	35,033 vs Al-Ittihad (28 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance	3,921 vs Al-Khaleej (16 February 2017)
Average home league attendance	15,387
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 21 February 2017.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 60th in existence and 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club also competes in the AFC Champions League, Super Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2017.^[2]^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	GK	(1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 37)	2016	2018^[4]	Al-Ahli	Free
22	Fahad Al-Thunayan	GK	(1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 38)	2014	2019^[5]	Al-Taawoun	€1.8M^[6]
28	Marwan Al-Haidari	GK	(1996-04-12) 12 April 1996 (age 28)	2016	2020	Al-Nahda	€0.3M^[7]
30	Mohammed Al-Waked	GK	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32)	2013	2017	Youth system	N/A
Defenders
2	Mohammed Al-Breik	RB / RW	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 32)	2014	2018	Youth system	N/A
4	Abdullah Al-Zori	CB / LB	(1987-08-13) 13 August 1987 (age 37)	2007	2019^[8]	Al-Nahda	Undisclosed
5	Ahmed Sharahili	CB / RB	(1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 30)	2013	2018	Youth system	N/A
12	Yasser Al-Shahrani	LB / RB	(1992-05-22) 22 May 1992 (age 32)	2012	2018	Al-Qadisiyah	€3.5M^[9]
17	Abdullah Al-Hafith	CB	(1992-12-25) 25 December 1992 (age 31)	2013	2018	Al-Ettifaq	€0.4M^[10]
33	Osama Hawsawi	CB	(1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40)	2016	2018	Al-Ahli	Free^[11]
36	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	Defender	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 28)	2016		Youth system	N/A
70	Mohammed Jahfali	CB	(1990-10-24) 24 October 1990 (age 34)	2015	2020	Al-Faisaly	€1.8M^[12]
Midfielders
3	Carlos Eduardo	CM / AM	(1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35)	2015	2018	FC Porto	€7M^[13]
6	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	DM / CM	(1986-03-13) 13 March 1986 (age 38)	2016	2019	Al-Shabab	Free^[14]
7	Salman Al-Faraj	AM / LM / LW	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989 (age 35)	2008	2017	Youth system	N/A	Captain
8	Abdullah Otayf	DM / CM	(1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 (age 32)	2013	2018	Al-Shabab	€2.3M^[15]
10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	AM / LW	(1980-12-08) 8 December 1980 (age 43)	1998	2017	Youth system	N/A	Vice-captain
11	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	AM / LM	(1988-10-11) 11 October 1988 (age 36)	2007	2019	Youth system	N/A
16	Nicolás Milesi	DM / CM	(1992-11-10) 10 November 1992 (age 32)	2016	2018^[16]	Danubio	Undisclosed
18	Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili	CM / AM	(1986-08-28) 28 August 1986 (age 38)	2016	2018^[17]	Al-Taawoun	€1.6M
21	Majed Al-Najrani	CM	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31)	2016	2019^[18]	Al-Qadisiyah	€0.6M^[19]
24	Nawaf Al-Abed	LW / RW	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 34)	2008	2018	Youth system	N/A
25	Faisel Darwish	DM / CM / RM	(1991-07-03) 3 July 1991 (age 33)	2015	2020	Al-Raed	€1.4M^[20]
27	Tiago Alves	LM / LW	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 31)	2016	2019^[21]	Penapolense	Undisclosed
29	Salem Al-Dawsari	RM / RW	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 33)	2011	2019	Youth system	N/A
36	Mojahed Al-Munee	AM / CM	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)	2016		Youth system	N/A
Forwards
9	Léo Bonatini	ST / CF	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 30)	2016	2019^[22]	Estoril	€5.5M^[23]
20	Yasser Al-Qahtani	ST / CF	(1982-10-11) 11 October 1982 (age 42)	2005	2017	Al-Qadisiyah	€5.3M^[24]
77	Omar Kharbin	ST / CF	(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 30)	2017	2017	Al-Dhafra	Loan

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
6 June 2016	MF	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	30	Al-Shabab	Free		[1]
27 June 2016	MF	Majed Al-Najrani	23	Al-Qadisiyah	€0.6M		[2]
28 June 2016	MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili	29	Al-Taawoun	€1.6M		[3]
30 June 2016	DF	Abdullah Al-Hafith	23	Hajer		Return from loan	[4]
1 July 2016	DF	Osama Hawsawi	32	Al-Ahli	Free		[5]
12 July 2016	GK	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	29	Al-Ahli	Free		[6]
16 July 2016	FW	Léo Bonatini	22	Estoril	€5.5M		[7][8]
2 August 2016	MF	Tiago Alves	23	Penapolense	Undisclosed		[9]
13 August 2016	MF	Nicolás Milesi	23	Danubio	Undisclosed		[10]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
21 June 2016	DF	Yahya Al-Musalem	29	Al-Wehda	Free		[11]
29 June 2016	DF	Sultan Al-Bishi	26	Al-Faisaly	Free		[12]
1 July 2016	DF	Kwak Tae-hwi	34	Seoul	Free		[13]
31 July 2016	DF	Digão	28	Al-Sharjah	Undisclosed		[14]
11 August 2016	MF	Hamed Al-Hamed	28	Al-Fateh	Free		[15]
12 August 2016	DF	Sultan Al-Deayea	23	Al-Shabab	Free		[16]
16 August 2016	FW	Younes Alaiwi	23	Al-Khaleej	Free		[17]
20 August 2016	FW	Aílton Almeida	32	Al-Jazira	Free	Following Almeida's release, he signed for Al-Jazira.	[18]
2 September 2016	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Sharid	22	Al-Taawoun	Free		[19]
3 September 2016	FW	Yousef Al-Salem	31	Al-Ettifaq	Free		[20]
22 September 2016	MF	Saud Kariri	36	Al-Shabab	Free		[21]
30 January 2017	DF	Fahad Ghazi	22	Al-Shabab	Free		[22]
30 January 2017	MF	Khalid Kaabi	24	Al-Shabab	Free		[23]
30 January 2017	MF	Mohammed Al-Qarni	27	Al-Shabab	Free		[24]

Loan in

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned from	Notes	Loan Expiry	Source
17 January 2017	FW	Omar Kharbin	24	Al-Dhafra		30 June 2017	[25]

Loan out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Loan Expiry	Source
21 June 2016	GK	Abdullah Al-Sudairy	24	Al-Wehda	30 June 2017	[26]
21 June 2016	DF	Abdullah Al-Shamekh	23	Al-Wehda	30 June 2017	[27]
5 July 2016	MF	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani	23	Al-Raed	30 June 2017	[28]
16 August 2016	DF	Abdullah Al-Ammar	22	Al-Fateh	30 June 2017	[29]
8 January 2017	MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat	21	Al-Taawoun	30 June 2017	[30]
13 January 2017	GK	Khalid Sharahili	29	Al-Raed	30 June 2017	[31]
18 January 2017	FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	33	Al-Ain	30 June 2017	[32]

Pre-season and friendlies

18 July 2016	Al-Hilal	4–0	Bischofshofen	Bischofshofen, Austria
17:30 UTC+2	Eduardo 13' Jahfali 35' Al-Sharid 50' Al-Salem 80'			Stadium: Bischofshofen Stadium

22 July 2016	Beşiktaş	1–1	Al-Hilal	Saalfelden, Austria
18:00 UTC+2	Tosun 3'		Al-Qahtani 60'	Stadium: sportplatz bürgerau

25 July 2016	Lekhwiya	1–2	Al-Hilal	Saalfelden, Austria
18:00 UTC+2	Jahfali 22' (o.g.)		Eduardo 51' Musa 54' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich

2 August 2016	Al-Hilal	0–1	Udinese	Gmünd, Austria
18:00 UTC+2			Théréau 31'	Stadium: Sportplatz Askö Gmünd

2 September 2016	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Shoulla	Riyadh
18:50 UTC+3	Al-Shamrani 16' Al-Sawat 42'			Stadium: Club Stadium

7 September 2016	El Jaish	3–3	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3	Romarinho 16', 43', 73'		Al-Shamrani 20' Kariri 84' Al-Qahtani 90+3'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

8 October 2016	Al-Hilal	3–2	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
18:30 UTC+3	Al-Shahrani 25' A. Al-Dawsari 28' Tiago Alves 49'		Al-Shameri 55' Al-Zein 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Club Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Saudi Super Cup	Final		runners-up	8 August 2016
Professional League	Round 1	—	—	13 August 2016	—
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 16	Semi-finals	—	26 September 2016	—
2017 Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	—	20/21 February 2017	—
King Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	—	—	—

Last Updated: 25 October 2016

Saudi Super Cup

8 August 2016	Al-Ahli	1–1 (4–3 p)	Al-Hilal	London, England
19:30 UTC+1	Al-Somah 69'	Report	Al-Breik 48', 61'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 16,365 Referee: Sébastien Delferière (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Carlos Hawsawi Bassas Al-Mogahwi Al-Somah		Al-Qahtani Al-Shamrani Hawsawi Al-Ruwaili S. Al-Dawsari

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	26	21	3	2	63	16	+47	66	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Nassr	26	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52^[a]
4	Al-Ittihad^[b]	26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	52^[a]
5	Al-Raed	26	11	2	13	37	47	−10	35

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).^[26]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
^ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[25]

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
26	21	3	2	63	16	+47	66	9	2	2	33	9	+24	12	1	0	30	7	+23

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	4	2	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

13 August 2016 1	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Batin	Riyadh
20:45	Al-Breik 7' Al-Shamrani 74' Al-Qahtani 87'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 15,371 Referee: Saleh Al-Hathloul

19 August 2016 2	Al-Taawoun	0–2	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
21:05	Amro 27' Kanno 42' Absi 76'	Report	Jahfali 37' Ghazi 39' Al-Abed 43' S. Al-Dawsari 45+3' Al-Shalhoub 48' (pen.) Al-Khaibri 71'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 11,966 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

16 September 2016 3	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:45	Jahfali 36' Al-Abed 57' Al-Shamrani 79'	Report	Al-Hazaa 80' Al-Zaqaan 81'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 7,484 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

22 September 2016 4	Al-Qadisiyah	1–2	Al-Hilal	Dammam
20:25	Eze 30' Al-Khabrani 52' 58'	Report	Al-Ruwaili 3' Al-Abed 61'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,820 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

15 October 2016 5	Al-Hilal	4–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Shamrani 2', 68' Eduardo 9', 64'	Report	N. Al-Muwallad 45+2' Cabrera 51'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 8,318 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

20 October 2016 6	Al-Khaleej	1–6	Al-Hilal	Dammam
20:00	López 59' Al-Sheikh 85' Jandson 89'	Report	Al Freej 4' (o.g.) Jahfali 60' Al-Shamrani 61' (pen.), 64' Eduardo 73', 84' Bonatini 87'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,242 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

28 October 2016 7	Al-Hilal	0–2	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Shalhoub 90'	Report	Al-Nakhli 50' Assiri 56' Al-Aryani 78', 86'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 35,033 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

5 November 2016 8	Al-Fateh	0–1	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
20:00	Al-Mousa 20' Buhimed 50' Abo Shaqraa 87'	Report	Eduardo 34' Bonatini 89'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 8,071 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

20 November 2016 9	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
19:45	Al-Shahrani 66' Bonatini 86'	Report	Al-Mowalad 57' Bangoura 68' Ayman Ftayni 86'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,132 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

25 November 2016 10	Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Mogahwi 80' Al Somah 80' 90+3' Al-Moasher 90'	Report	Bonatini 27' Carlos Eduardo 59'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 51,659 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán (Spain)

2 December 2016 11	Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
19:55	Al-Abed 42' Bonatini 49' Tiago 78'	Report	A-Fahad 29' Otaif 37'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 16,075 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

8 December 2016 12	Al-Hilal	6–0	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
19:55	Bonatini 9' Carlos Eduardo 34' Al-Abed 56' Al-Qahtani 70' Al-Shamrani 82' 90+2'	Report	Al-Najar 86' Hatem Belal 89'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 8,458 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

16 December 2016 13	Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:00	Tomasov 33' Sharahili 39' Tomečak 45+1' Ayala 76'	Report	Al-Breik 16' Al-Abed 30' Al-Hafith 40' Al-Khaibri 81'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 27,181 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

21 December 2016 14	Al-Batin	0–2	Al-Hilal	Hafar al-Batin
19:45	Alves 45+1' Ayyadah 86'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 19' 19' Tiago 42' Bonatini 45+3' Al-Breik 52' Al-Dawsari 73' Al-Hafith 83'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 4,583 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

31 December 2016 15	Al-Hilal	4–2	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
19:50	Machado 4' (o.g.) Bonatini 11' 22' Al-Qahtani 69' (pen.)	Report	Al-Breik 45' (o.g.) Muaaz 58' Al-Mousa 68' Machado 87'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,386 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

28 January 2016 16	Al-Ettifaq	0–1	Al-Hilal	Dammam
20:15	Al-Kwikbi 57' Otain 69'	Report	Milesi 32'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 14,640 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2 February 2017 17	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
20:20	Kharbin 55'	Report	Eze 8' Krenshi 45' Masrahi 59' Jaafari 72' Fallatah 88'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,336 Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)

9 February 2017 18	Al-Faisaly	0–2	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
19:45	Salem 68'	Report	Hawsawi 19' Al-Faraj 51' Kharbin 78'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 2,506 Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

16 February 2017 19	Al-Hilal	4–0	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh
20:00	Bonatini 28' (pen.), 74' Al-Faraj 53' Carlos Eduardo 60'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 3,921 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

5 March 2017 20	Al-Ittihad	1–3	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:30	Al-Ansari 22' Akaïchi 38', 61' Fallatah 61' Al-Muziel 72' Kahraba 90' Al-Muwallad 90'	Report	Hawsawi 23' Carlos Eduardo 56' Al-Breik 61' Kharbin 61', 83' Al-Abed 90+2' 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 53,656 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (referee) (Sweden)

9 March 2017 21	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
20:35	Al-Hafith 66' Kharbin 81' Al-Qahtani 90+7'	Report	Al-Zaqaan 36' Oueslati 58' Al-Ammar 61' Al-Mazyadei 90+7'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 15,001 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

6 April 2017 22	Al-Raed	0–3	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
21:40	Amora 11' Al-Showaish 79'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 49' Al-Dossari 51' Bonatini 81'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 15,192 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

15 April 2017 23	Al-Hilal	0-0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Mohammed Al-Breik 19'	Report	Abdulfattah Asiri 16'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 12,348 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır

20 April 2017 24	Al-Shabab	1-2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:45	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem 31' 61' Saif Al Hashan 90+3'	Report	Omar Kharbin 13' (pen.) Carlos Eduardo 35' Nawaf Al Abed 68'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 12,815 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

29 April 2017 25	Al-Wehda	1-3	Al-Hilal	Mecca
20:50	Sultan Al-Dossari 55' Jebrin 73' Sherif Hazem 74' Mukhtar Fallatah 87' Lima 90+2' Farid Al-Harbi 90+4'	Report	Majed Al-Najrani 39' 51' Carlos Eduardo 73' Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 5,006 Referee: Mohammed Al Hoaish

4 May 2017 26	Al-Hilal	5-1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:50	Nawaf Al Abed 28' Omar Kharbin 34' 45' 67' 71' Carlos Eduardo 45+1'	Report	Tomasov 42' Shaye Ali Sharahili 43'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 59,174 Referee: Milorad Mažić

Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal started the tournament directly to the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

26 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Raed	1–2	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
18:35	Al-Bishi 57' Gilmar 83'		Al-Abed 36', 41', 70'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

24 October 2016 Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Breik 11' Bonatini 16' Al-Khaibri 65'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

26 December 2016 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	0–2	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Faraj 32' 90+4' Milesi 33' Al-Hafith 80'	Summary	Al-Ghamdi 9' Al-Fraidi 19' Al-Sahlawi 26' (pen.) Tomasov 40' Sharahili 90'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Turki Al Khudair

King Cup

18 January 2017 Round of 32	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Qaisumah	Riyadh
18:10	Al-Dawsari 66' Sharahili 74' Al-Qahtani 78'	Summary	Diop 45+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Nahet

23 January 2017 Round of 16	Al-Hilal	3–2	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
18:15	Bonatini 16', 51' Milesi 29' Al-Qahtani 41' (pen.) Al Abed 90+4'	Summary	Amer Haroon 33' Al Baour 40' Fallatah 65' Al-Fahmi 75' Al-Najar 77' Al-Arraf 86' Al-Faresi 87'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

1 April 2017 Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	0-2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:15	Ibrahim Ghaleb 53'	Report	Mohammed Jahfali 24' Milesi 81' 82' Omar Kharbin 90+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Damir Skomina

13 May 2017 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	4-3	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
21:20	17 Omar Kharbin '46 Omar Kharbin '63 Salem Aldossari '81 Omar Kharbin	Report	4 Alassane N'Diaye '76 Madallah Alolayan '94 Alassane N'Diaye	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 17000 Referee: Ivan Bebek Croatia

18 May 2017 Final	Al-Ahli	2-3	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
21:00	'43 Motaz Hawsawi '93 Omar Al-Somah penalty	[33]	'28 Omar Kharbin '77 Mohammed Jahfali '90 Carlos Eduardo	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 62241 Referee: Artur Soares Dias Croatia

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIL	PER	RAY	WAH
1	Al-Hilal	6	3	3	0	10	7	+3	12	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	2–1	1–0
2	Persepolis	6	2	3	1	9	8	+1	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	0–0	4–2
3	Al-Rayyan	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7		3–4	3–1	—	2–1
4	Al-Wahda	6	1	1	4	12	13	−1	4		2–2	2–3	5–1	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 February 2017 1	Persepolis	1–1	Al-Hilal	Muscat
19:00 UTC+4	Kamyabinia 24' Mosalman 68'	Report	Carlos Eduardo 82'	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 13,715 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

28 February 2017 2	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Rayyan SC	Riyadh
19:45 UTC+3	Carlos Eduardo 3' Al-Breik 32' Otayf 48' Al-Shalhoub 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Tabata 25', 79' Viera 36' García 67' Nathan 73' Kheder 90+5' Cáceres 90+6'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 12,208 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

14 March 2017 3	Al-Wahda	2–2	Al-Hial	Abu Dhabi
19:15 UTC+4	Rashed 10' Tagliabué 45+1' Dzsudzsák 55' Sultan 80' Rim 84' Al-Ghaferi 90+4'	Report	Al-Abed 5', 39' Milesi 53' Kharbin 69' Al-Faraj 83'	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Attendance: 5,853 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

10 April 2017 (2017-04-10) 4	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Wahda	Riyadh
20:00 UTC+3	Carlos Eduardo 24' (pen.)	Report	Abdulbasit 33'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,721 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

24 April 2017 (2017-04-24) 5	Al-Hilal	0-0	Persepolis	Muscat
19:00 UTC+4	Mohammed Jahfali 5' Mohammed Al-Breik 27' Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri 50'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 10,177 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Eesee Sarray

8 May 2017 (2017-05-08) 6	Al-Rayyan	3-4	Al-Hilal	Doha
18:25 UTC+3	Koh Myong-jin 6' Sebastián Soria 55' 87' Rodrigo Tabata 59' 85' Sergio García 82' Cáceres 90+5'	Report	Mohammed Jahfali 19' Milesi 40' 73' Abdullah Otayf 62' Omar Kharbin 66' 84' Abdullah Al-Hafith 85' Nawaf Al Abed 85'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,934 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

Knockout stage

23 May 2017 Round of 16 First Leg	Esteghlal Khuzestan	1 – 2	Al-Hilal	Seeb
19:30	Abdullah Al-Hafith 42' (o.g.) Alaei 87' Salarvand 90+4'	Report	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri 28' Abdullah Al-Zori 52' Carlos Eduardo 57' Abdullah Al-Hafith 69' Salem Al-Dawsari 90+3' Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili 90+4'	Stadium: Al-Seeb Stadium Attendance: 2,670 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi

30 May 2017 Round of 16 Second Leg	Al-Hilal	2 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Esteghlal Khuzestan	Al Rayyan
20:30	Mohammed Jahfali 6' Omar Kharbin 16' Abdullah Otayf 55' Salman Al-Faraj 58' Salem Al-Dawsari 82'	Report	Nong 12' Salarvand 72'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Attendance: 1,620 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	Super Cup	ACL	Total
1	3	MF	Carlos Eduardo	12	1	0	0	4	17
2	77	FW	Omar Kharbin	7	5	0	0	4	16
3	9	FW	Léo Bonatini	12	2	1	0	0	15
4	24	MF	Nawaf Al Abed	7	0	2	0	1	10
5	15	FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	7	0	0	0	0	7
6	20	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	4	2	0	0	0	6
7	29	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	2	2	0	0	1	5
8	16	MF	Nicolás Milesi	1	1	0	0	2	4
9	2	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	1	0	1	1	0	3
9	10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	2	0	0	0	1	3
11	7	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	2	0	0	0	0	2
12	3	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	0	0	0	0	1	1
	12	DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	1	0	0	0	0	1
	18	MF	Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili	1	0	0	0	0	1
	21	MF	Majed Al-Najrani	1	0	0	0	0	1
	27	MF	Tiago Alves	1	0	0	0	0	1
	70	DF	Mohammed Jahfali	0	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				2	0	0	0	0	2
Total				63	14	4	1	14	96

Last Updated: 10 June 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	Super Cup	ACL	Total
1	1	GK		Abdullah Al-Mayouf	12	1	1	0	1	14
Total					12	1	1	0	1	15

Last Updated: 10 April 2017

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[table_hth_NSR0.75717222912105-25] Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad

[table_note_ITT0.75717222912105-27] Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[25]

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[2] "Football first team". alhilal.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[3] "Al-Hilal Information for 2016–2017 league season". slstat.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[4] "Al-Hilal complete GK "Abdullah Al-Mayouf" signing on two-year contract". alhilal.com. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[5] "الهلال يجدد للثنيان.. ويدشن القميص الجديد" (in Arabic). Al-Riyadh. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[6] "الهلال ينهي التوقيع مع الحارس الثنيان لمدة عامين" (in Arabic). Al-Riyadh. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[Al-Haidari-7] "الهلال يتعاقد رسمياً مع حارس المنتخب الأولمبي". almowaten.net (in Arabic). 21 November 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[8] "الزوري يجدد للهلال خمسة أعوام" (in Arabic). Al-Riyadh. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[9] "الشهراني يرفض إغراء الأهلي ويوقع للهلال بـ 15 مليوناً" (in Arabic). Okaz. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[10] "بعد موافقة الاتفاق.. الهلال يوقع مع الحافظ 4 أعوام مقابل 9.5 مليون ريال" (in Arabic). Asharq Al-Awsat. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[11] "Al-Hilal's Board complete "Osama Hawsawi" signing". alhilal.com. 1 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[12] "18 مليون ريال تنقل الجحفلي للهلال". alriyadh.com (in Arabic). 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[13] "CARLOS EDUARDO NO AL-HILAL POR 7 MILHÕES DE EUROS". pt.blastingnews.com (in Portuguese). 5 July 2015. Archived from the original on 5 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[14] "Al-Hilal agree deal with "Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri"". alhilal.com. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[15] "١٠ ملايين ريال.. تنزع فتيل "القطيعة" بين الهلال والشباب". العربية (in Arabic). 12 February 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[16] "Al-Hilal complete "Nicolás Milesi" signing after passing medical tests". alhilal.com. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[17] "Al-Hilal completes "Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili" signing on two-year contract". alhilal.com. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[18] "Al-Hilal sign "Majed Al-Najrani" on three-year contract". alhilal.com. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[19] "الخيبري والرويلي والنجراني يكلفون الهلال 34 مليوناً". al-madina.com (in Arabic). 30 June 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

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[21] "Al-Hilal's Board confirm the signing of the Brazilian player "Tiago Alves"". alhilal.com. 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[22] "Al-Hilal confirm the signing of the Brazilian player "Léo Bonatini"". alhilal.com. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[23] "الهلال يسلم الدفعة الأولى من قيمة انتقال بوناتيني". al-jazirah.com (in Arabic). 28 July 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[24] "رسمياً.. ياسر القحطاني هلالي 100٪ والقادسية تسلم 11,250 مليون ريال من قيمة الانتقال". alriyadh.com (in Arabic). 6 August 2005. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[26] "Iرسميا.. الاتحاد السعودي يوجه لجنة المسابقات بخصم 3 نقاط" (in Arabic). akhbaar24. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

[regulations-28] "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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