The 2016–17 season was Al-Ahli's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 79th year in existence as a football club. The club started the season facing Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, winning the game on penalties. As well as this, the club also competed in the Pro League, the AFC Champions League, and the two domestic cups, the

Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 unti ...

and the

King Cup The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup ( ar, كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Foot ...

. They entered the season as defending champions of both the League and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

New contracts

Transfers

In

Summer

Winter

Out

Summer

Winter

Loan out

Summer

Winter

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: £2,980,000 Winter: £975,000 Total: £3,955,000

Income

Summer: £0,000,000 Winter: £0,000,000 Total: £0,000,000

Expenditure

Summer: £2,980,000 Winter: £975,000 Total: £3,955,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Al-Ahli preceded their 2016-17 campaign with a friendly against Jeddah Club, a tour of Spain and Qatar and faced

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in the Qatar Airways Cup midway through the season.

Competitions

Overview

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Saudi Super Cup

As a result of winning both the

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and Kings Cup, Al-Ahli were scheduled to face Al-Hilal, who won the

, in their 1st

appearance. Al-Ahli won the match on penalties.

Pro League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

All times are local, AST (

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King Cup

Al-Ahli entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.

Crown Prince Cup

As one of last year's finalists, Al-Ahli received a bye to the second round of the

. Al-Ahli started off their campaign by beating Al-Faisaly 2-1 at home, Al-Ahli came from behind and scored twice from the penalty spot through Omar Al Somah. Al-Ahli were drawn away at Hajer for the quarter-finals. The game was played on 25 October 2016. The Royals won 6-1 with Omar Al-Somah scoring a

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. For the semi-finals Al-Ahli were drawn away at local rivals Al-Ittihad. The game was played on 27 December 2016. Al-Ahli lost 3-2 and were eliminated from the competition.

AFC Champions League

As league winners, Al-Ahli entered the AFC Champions League at the group stage. The draw took place on 13 December 2016 and saw Al-Ahli paired with

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winners Zob Ahan, UAE Pro League and

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runners-up Al Ain, and Uzbek League runners-up

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Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances

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Yasser Al Mosailem Yasser Abdullah Nasser Al-Mosailem ( ar, ياسر عبد الله ناصر المسيليم; born 27 February 1984) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ahli and the Saudi Arabian national team. Career Bo ...

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Waleed Bakshween Waleed Bakshween ( ar, وليد باخشوين; born 12 November 1989) is a Saudi professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Pro League club Al-Wehda and the Saudi Arabia national team. Honours Club ;Al-Ahli Winner * ...

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Omar Al Soma Omar Al Somah ( ar, عمر السومة; born 28 March 1989) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi, on loan from Saudi club Al Ahli, and the Syria national team. Nicknamed in Syria as ' ...

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Goalscorers

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, 3 , 2 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 6 , - , rowspan=2, 4 , 7 , MF , , align=left, Salman Al-Moasher , 2 , 2 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 5 , - , 14 , FW , , align=left,

, 4 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 5 , - , rowspan=4, 6 , 8 , MF , , align=left,

, 3 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 4 , - , 11 , MF , , align=left, Housain Al-Mogahwi , 0 , 3 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 4 , - , 25 , DF , , align=left, Motaz Hawsawi , 2 , 1 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 4 , - , 55 , MF , , align=left,

, 1 , 2 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 4 , - , 10 , 24 , MF , , align=left, Ali Awagi , 3 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 3 , - , rowspan=3, 11 , 20 , FW , , align=left, Islam Seraj , 0 , 2 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 2 , - , 21 , DF , , align=left, Ageel Balghaith , 1 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 2 , - , 47 , MF , , align=left, Mustafa Al-Bassas , 2 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 2 , - , rowspan=4, 14 , 6 , DF , , align=left, Mohammed Al-Fatil , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , - , 23 , DF , , align=left, Saeed Al-Mowalad , 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , - , 26 , DF , , align=left,

, 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , - , 77 , DF , , align=left, Amiri Kurdi , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 1 , - , colspan=5, Own goal , 3 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 4 , - , colspan=5, Total , 57 , 16 , 10 , 14 , 1 , 98 Last Updated: 29 May 2017

Clean sheets

, 3 , 2 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 7 , - , 2 , 22 , GK , , align=left,

, 4 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 4 , - , colspan=5, Total , 7 , 2 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 11 Last Updated: 12 May 2017

References

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