2016–17 Al-Nassr FC season

Al-Nassr
2016–17 season
President	Faisal bin Turki
Manager	Zoran Mamić
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium; Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	3rd
Crown Prince Cup	Runners-up
King Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hassan Al-Raheb (9); All: ; Hassan Al-Raheb (12)
Highest home attendance	27,181 vs Al-Hilal; (16 December 2016)
Lowest home attendance	1,422 vs Al-Taawoun; (15 April 2017)
Average home league attendance	7,635
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 4 May 2017.

The 2016–17 season was Al-Nassr Football Club's 62nd in existence and 41st consecutive season in Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, Al-Nassr competed in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 31 January 2017

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	Abdullah Al-Shammeri
2	DF	BRA	Bruno Uvini
3	DF	KSA	Abdullah Madu
4	DF	KSA	Omar Hawsawi
5	DF	CRO	Ivan Tomečak
6	MF	KSA	Sami Al-Najei
8	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri
9	FW	KSA	Naif Hazazi
10	FW	KSA	Mohammed Al Sahlawi
11	MF	CRO	Marin Tomasov (on loan from Rijeka)
12	DF	KSA	Khalid Al-Ghamdi
13	DF	KSA	Mohamed Eid
14	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Ghaleb
15	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Fraidi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen
18	MF	KSA	Abdulellah Al-Nassar
20	MF	PAR	Víctor Ayala
22	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Enezi
23	GK	KSA	Hussain Shae'an
24	DF	KSA	Hussein Abdulghani (Captain)
26	MF	KSA	Shaya Sharahili
27	MF	KSA	Awadh Khamis
28	DF	KSA	Ahmad Akash
33	GK	KSA	Waleed Abdullah
34	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Khaibari
39	MF	KSA	Abdurahman Al-Dossari
40	DF	KSA	Muteb Al-Mutlaq
99	FW	KSA	Hassan Al-Raheb

Transfers

In

Out

On loan

Pre-season friendlies

12 July 2016 Friendly	Volyn Lutsk	3–1	Al-Nassr FC	Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: SPA Golfer hotel

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	—	—	3rd	12 August 2016	4 May 2017
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	—	Runners-up	16 August 2016	10 March 2017
King Cup	Round of 32	—	Quarter-finals	21 January 2017	1 April 2017

Last Updated: 4 May 2017

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).^[3]
(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.^[2]

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	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52	9	3	1	22	7	+15	7	1	5	22	18	+4

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L
Position	2	8	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3

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

12 August 2016 1	Al-Nassr	4–1	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
21:05	Sufyani 33' Abousaban 41' (o.g.) Hawsawi 61' S. Sharahili 81'	Report	Al-Fuhaid 10' Al-Bulaihi 22' Nathan 80' Buhimed 86'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 11,264 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

20 August 2016 2	Al-Ettifaq	1–0	Al-Nassr	Dammam
21:05	Leo 23' Fofana 35' Otain 41' Al-Zaqaan 79'	Report	Hawsawi 52'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,450 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

17 September 2016 3	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
20:45	Sharahili 54' Ayala 60'	Report	Al-Khabrani 43' Masrahi 63' Jaafari 73'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 2,689 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

22 September 2016 4	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh
20:00		Report	François 47' Jandson 56'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,438 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Sultan

15 October 2016 5	Al-Wehda	0–3	Al-Nassr	Makkah
20:00		Report	Tomečak 40' Tomasov 45+2' Shae'an 52' Al-Sahlawi 89'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 2,275 Referee: Khaled Salwi

21 October 2016 6	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
21:15	Al-Jebreen 42' Ayala 84', 85' Al-Fraidi 90'	Report	Al-Mosailem 9' Al-Fatil 83'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 16,501 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

29 October 2016 7	Al-Faisaly	1–2	Al-Nassr	Al Majma'ah
20:50	Luisinho 13' 23' Abdulaziz 25' Al-Muwallad 41' Everaldo 61' Al-Mutairi 90'	Report	Tomečak 22' Hazazi 45+1' Abdulghani 90+2'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,629 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

3 November 2016 8	Al-Nassr	3–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Sahlawi 50', 62', 53' Ayala 58', 67' Tomasov 77'	Report	Bangoura 35' Ftyani 36' Al-Bishi 45+4' 90+4' Al-Showaish 85' Al-Habib 90+1'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,195 Referee: Khaled Al-Sinany

20 November 2016 9	Ittihad FC	0–1	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
19:55	Al-Aryani 43' Assiri 88' Al-Sumairi 90+4'	Report	Ayala 13' Al-Najei 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,038 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

25 November 2016 10	Al-Taawoun	2–1	Al-Nassr	Buraidah
17:50	El Hamdaoui 30' Al-Dossari 32' Al-Sharid 35' Al-Barakah 79'	Report	Al-Raheb 78' Tomasov 81' Ayala 83'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

1 December 2016 11	Al-Nassr	4–0	Al-Batin	Riyadh
19:40	Al-Raheb 13', 22', 17' Akash 35' (pen.) Hawsawi 46' Al-Sahlawi 83'	Report	Fané 53'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,431 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

9 December 2016 12	Al-Shabab	1–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:55	Kariri 3' Heberty 26' (pen.) Al-Sobeai 55'	Report	Shae'an 24' Al-Raheb 28', 41' Al-Fraidi 31'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 8,175 Referee: Khaled Salwi

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-Fateh	1–2	Al-Nassr	Al-Hasa
19:45	Sharahili 45+1' Al-Ghamdi 48' Al-Najei 53' Al-Shehri 61' Tomasov 83'	Report	Nathan 13' (pen.) Al-Bulaihi 60' Al-Owaishir 83'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 3,714 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

1 January 2017 15	Al-Nassr	2–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Raheb 65', 88', 89' Al-Sahlawi 85'	Report	Al-Habib 48' Al-Nashi 59' Otain 61' Al-Hazaa 84'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,638 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

26 January 2017 16	Al-Qadisiyah	3–2	Al-Nassr	Khobar
20:15	Bismark 34' Al-Sobhi 42' Al-Amri 50' Wahib 82'	Report	Al-Sahlawi 13' Eid 32', 55' Al-Fraidi 74'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

4 February 2017 17	Al-Khaleej	0–3	Al-Nassr	Dammam
20:20	Al-Ghamdi 19'	Report	Lajami 22' (o.g.) Al-Sahlawi 39' Tomasov 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,682 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

10 February 2017 18	Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:15	Madu 80' Al-Fraidi 89'	Report	Fallatah 65'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 3,506 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

17 February 2017 19	Al-Ahli	0–2	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:25	Al-Fatil 46' Al-Robeai 51' Abdul-Amir 72' Al-Mowalad 78'	Report	Al-Fraidi 5' Al-Ghamdi 42' Al-Shehri 45+1' Ghaleb 53' Al-Dossari 66' Hazazi 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 38,355 Referee: Artur Dias (Portugal)

3 March 2017 20	Al-Nassr	0–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
20:30	Hawsawi 27' Al-Ghamdi 66'	Report	Abdulaziz 28' Al-Bishi 45'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,883 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

14 March 2017 21	Al-Raed	0–1	Al-Nassr	Buraidah
20:35	Bangoura 45' Al-Habib 45+2' Al-Bishi 45+3' Al-Showaish 90+3'	Report	Al-Raheb 28' Hazazi 44' (pen.) Al-Najei 45+4' Abdulghani 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 7,893 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

7 April 2017 22	Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:40	Ghaleb 52' Ayala 67' Waleed Abdullah 83' Bruno Uvini 83' Al-Raheb 90', 90+4'	Report	Kahraba 18' Al-Ansari 38'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

15 April 2017 23	Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
20:45	Ayala 28', 50' Al-Sahlawi 63'	Report	Al-Saiari 16' Al-Barakah 34' Kanno 78'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,422 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

21 April 2017 24	Al-Batin	4–3	Al-Nassr	Hafar al-Batin
19:05	Jhonnattann 30', 78' Jorge Santos 61', 73', 74' Nasser 62'	Report	Al-Raheb 17', 22' Tomečak 25' Al-Sahlawi 90+5'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 2,320 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

29 April 2017 25	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:50	Ayala 77' Al-Sahlawi 84'	Report	Bahebri 61' Al-Sobeai 64' Al-Qeed 79'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,458 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

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

Crown Prince Cup

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

16 August 2016 Round of 32	Al-Nassr	3–0	Al-Nojoom	Riyadh
20:55	Al-Raheb 38', 65' Akash 41' Al-Khaibari 55' Khamis 90+1'		Al-Eisa 41'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

27 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Watani	1–3	Al-Nassr	Tabuk
19:05	Dosh 23' Sharifi 30' Al-Yamani 53'		Sufyani 9' Uvini 33' Al-Raheb 90+1'	Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush

25 October 2016 Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Sahlawi 39' Eid 55'		Al-Shahrani 38' Al-Dossari 69'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

26 December 2016 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	0–2	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Faraj 32' 90+4' Milesi 32' Al-Hafith 79'	Report	Al-Ghamdi 9' Al-Fraidi 20' Al-Sahlawi 26' (pen.) Tomasov 40' Sharahili 90'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Turki Al Khudair

10 March 2017 Final	Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:35	Kahraba 16' Fallatah 56' Khrees 74' Akaïchi 90+4'	Report	Hawsawi 67' Uvini 90+5'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 57,584 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

King Cup

21 January 2017 Round of 32	Al-Nassr	4–0	Al-Feiha	Riyadh
18:10	Al-Ghamdi 15' Tomečak 45+2' Al-Najei 72' Al-Sahlawi 90+1'	Report	Al-Khaibari 90'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

23 February 2017 Round of 16	Al-Nahda	0–2	Al-Nassr	Dammam
19:55	Al-Dhamri 37' Sufyani 55' Al-Ziyadi 90' Al-Olayani 108'	Report	Ghaleb 79' Hazazi 93', 97' (pen.), 110'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi

1 April 2017 Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	0–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:30	Ghaleb 54'	Report	Jahfali 24' Milesi 80', 81' Kharbin 90+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 18,906 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Statistics

Squad statistics

As of 4 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Crown Prince Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Abdullah Al-Shammeri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Bruno Uvini	22	1	18	0	1	0	3	1
3	DF		Abdullah Madu	15	1	8+2	1	3	0	1+1	0
4	DF		Omar Hawsawi	30	1	23	1	3	0	3+1	0
5	DF		Ivan Tomečak	30	3	24+2	2	2	1	0+2	0
6	MF		Sami Al-Najei	12	2	5+4	1	0+1	1	1+1	0
7	MF		Rabee Sufyani*	9	2	3+3	1	0	0	3	1
8	MF		Yahya Al-Shehri	28	2	17+6	2	2	0	3	0
9	FW		Naif Hazazi	19	5	8+7	3	1+1	2	1+1	0
10	FW		Mohammed Al Sahlawi	27	11	14+7	8	2+1	1	3	2
11	MF		Marin Tomasov	31	5	21+2	4	2+1	0	2+3	1
12	DF		Khalid Al-Ghamdi	31	1	24	0	3	1	4	0
13	DF		Mohamed Eid	6	1	3+1	1	0	0	2	0
14	MF		Ibrahim Ghaleb	15	0	8+2	0	3	0	2	0
15	MF		Ahmed Al-Fraidi	21	1	10+5	1	2	0	3+1	0
16	MF		Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF		Issam Al-Qarni*	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Abdulellah Al-Nassar	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
19	DF		Hamad Al-Aqeeli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Víctor Ayala	23	6	15+5	6	1	0	2	0
22	GK		Abdullah Al-Enezi	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0
23	GK		Hussain Shae'an	18	0	12	0	2	0	4	0
24	DF		Hussein Abdulghani	12	0	8	0	0+1	0	3	0
25	FW		Saad Al-Shammeri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Shaye Sharahili	24	1	12+7	1	1	0	3+1	0
27	MF		Awadh Khamis	24	0	14+3	0	1+2	0	4	0
28	DF		Ahmad Akash	10	2	6+2	1	1	0	1	1
33	GK		Waleed Abdullah	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF		Ali Al-Khaibari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
39	MF		Abdurahman Al-Dossari	13	0	6+5	0	1	0	1	0
44	MF		Nawaf Al-Shenashini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	FW		Firas Al-Buraikan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	FW		Muteb Al-Hammad	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Hassan Al-Raheb	23	12	8+9	9	1+1	0	2+2	3

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	Total
1	99	FW	Hassan Al-Raheb	9	0	3	12
2	10	FW	Mohammed Al-Sahlawi	8	1	2	11
3	20	MF	Víctor Ayala	6	0	0	6
4	9	FW	Naif Hazazi	3	2	0	5
4	11	MF	Marin Tomasov	4	0	1	5
6	5	DF	Ivan Tomečak	2	1	0	3
7	6	MF	Sami Al-Najei	1	1	0	2
	7	FW	Rabee Sufyani	1	0	1	2
	8	MF	Yahya Al-Shehri	2	0	0	2
	28	DF	Ahmad Akash	1	0	1	2
11	2	DF	Bruno Uvini	0	0	1	1
	3	DF	Abdullah Madu	1	0	0	1
	4	DF	Omar Hawsawi	1	0	0	1
	12	DF	Khalid Al-Ghamdi	0	1	0	1
	13	DF	Mohamed Eid	1	0	0	1
	15	MF	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	1	0	0	1
	26	MF	Shaye Sharahili	1	0	0	1
Own goal				2	0	0	2
Total				44	6	9	59

Last Updated: 4 May 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	Total
1	23	GK	Hussain Shae'an	5	2	3	10
2	22	GK	Abdullah Al-Enezi	3	0	0	3
2	33	GK	Waleed Abdullah	3	0	0	3
Total				11	2	3	16

Last Updated: 4 May 2017

References

^ "The Most Attendance Match". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 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_hth_NSR0.77916420194281-2] 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_ITT0.77916420194281-4] Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[2]

[1] "The Most Attendance Match". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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

[regulations-5] "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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