2020–21 Al-Shabab FC season

Al-Shabab
2020–21 season
President	Khaled Al-Baltan
Manager	Pedro Caixinha (until 5 January); Carlos Inarejos (from 5 January);
Stadium	Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium
SPL	2nd
King Cup	Round of 16; (knocked out by Al-Qadsiah)
Arab Club Champions Cup	Semi-finals; (knocked out by Al-Ittihad)
Top goalscorer	League: Cristian Guanca (17); All: Cristian Guanca (18)
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 30 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was Al-Shabab's 44th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 74th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup.

The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Squad information

As of 7 February 2021^[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
2	DF	CHI	Igor Lichnovsky
3	DF	KSA	Khalid Al-Ghamdi
4	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Zori
5	DF	KSA	Hassan Tambakti
6	MF	KSA	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri
7	MF	KSA	Turki Al-Ammar
8	MF	ARG	Cristian Guanca
10	MF	ARG	Éver Banega
11	MF	POR	Fábio Martins (on loan from Braga)
12	DF	KSA	Mohammed Salem
13	DF	KSA	Khalid Al-Dubaysh
14	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Abed
15	MF	KSA	Hussain Al-Qahtani
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Shamekh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	KSA	Jamal Bajandouh
20	DF	KSA	Ahmed Sharahili
21	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Omran
23	GK	KSA	Marwan Al-Haidari
24	DF	KSA	Moteb Al-Harbi
26	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Ghamdi
27	DF	KSA	Fawaz Al-Sqoor
33	GK	KSA	Zaid Al-Bawardi
38	MF	KSA	Ammar Al-Najjar
47	FW	KSA	Fares Al-Garzae
50	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dossari
81	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye
89	FW	NGA	Odion Ighalo
92	MF	BRA	Sebá

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	KSA	Mohammed Attiyah (at Damac until 30 June 2021)
28	DF	KSA	Ali Majrashi (at Al-Faisaly until 30 June 2021)
29	MF	GAM	Bubacarr Trawally (at Ajman until 30 June 2021)
32	MF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Shammeri (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
35	MF	KSA	Abdullah Haqawi (at Al-Lewa until 30 June 2021)
56	MF	KSA	Hassan Al-Qeed (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2021)
—	MF	KSA	Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2021)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
9 September 2020	MF	28	Hassan Al-Qeed	Abha	End of loan
22 September 2020	GK	1	Giedrius Arlauskis	CFR Cluj	Free	^[3]
22 September 2020	GK	22	Mohammed Awaji	Al-Adalah	End of loan
22 September 2020	DF	2	Mohammed Al-Baqawi	Al-Fayha	End of loan
22 September 2020	DF	3	Khalid Al-Ghamdi	Al-Faisaly	Free	^[4]
22 September 2020	DF	5	Hassan Tambakti	Al-Wehda	End of loan
22 September 2020	DF	27	Hassan Raghfawi	Damac	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	10	Éver Banega	Sevilla	Free	^[5]
22 September 2020	MF	15	Hussain Al-Qahtani	Al-Faisaly	Free	^[6]
22 September 2020	MF	19	Jamal Bajandouh	Varaždin	Free	^[7]
22 September 2020	MF	26	Hamad Al-Ghamdi	Al-Ittihad	$186,000	^[8]
22 September 2020	MF	35	Abdullah Haqawi	Al-Kawkab	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	–	Nawaf Al-Habashi	Al-Qadsiah	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	–	Abdullah Al-Rubaie	Al-Akhdoud	Free	^[9]
1 October 2020	GK	33	Zaid Al-Bawardi	Al-Nassr	Free	^[10]
2 October 2020	DF	13	Khalid Al-Dubaysh	Al-Nassr	Free	^[11]
10 October 2020	DF	2	Igor Lichnovsky	Cruz Azul	$3,000,000	^[12]
22 October 2020	DF	27	Fawaz Al-Sqoor	Al-Wehda	$1,200,000	^[13]
25 October 2020	MF	14	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Shabab	$1,060,000	^[14]
12 January 2021	FW	–	Arthur Caíke	Cruzeiro	End of loan
4 February 2021	FW	89	Odion Ighalo	Shanghai Shenhua	$3,000,000	^[15]
7 February 2021	MF	38	Ammar Al-Najjar	Abha	$40,000	^[16]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
26 September 2020	End of season	MF	11	Fábio Martins	Braga	None	^[17]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 September 2020	GK	30	Abdullah Al-Owaishir	Al-Nassr	End of loan
9 September 2020	DF	32	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	Al-Hilal	End of loan
9 September 2020	MF	8	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem	Al-Nassr	Free	^[18]
22 September 2020	GK	1	Farouk Ben Mustapha		Released	^[19]
24 September 2020	DF	27	Hassan Raghfawi	Al-Batin	Undisclosed	^[20]
1 October 2020	DF	38	Nawaf Al-Duraiwish	Al-Diriyah	Free
2 October 2020	MF	70	Danilo Asprilla	Al-Qadsiah	Free	^[21]
6 October 2020	DF	5	Djamel Benlamri	Lyon	Free	^[22]
9 October 2020	DF	2	Mohammed Al-Baqawi	Al-Fayha	$400,000	^[23]
12 October 2020	FW	99	Hassan Al-Raheb		Retired	^[24]
14 October 2020	GK	22	Mohammed Awaji	Al-Tai	Free	^[25]
16 October 2020	MF	–	Nawaf Al-Habashi	Al-Diriyah	Free	^[26]
29 October 2020	DF	45	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	Al-Hilal	Free
12 January 2021	FW	–	Arthur Caíke	Kashima Antlers	Free	^[27]
18 January 2021	DF	12	Hassan Muath	Al-Ain	Free	^[28]
1 February 2021	FW	99	Makhete Diop	Al-Dhafra	Free	^[29]
6 February 2021	GK	1	Giedrius Arlauskis		Released	^[30]
6 February 2021	FW	9	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	Al-Hilal	$800,000	^[31]
7 February 2021	MF	18	Waleed Al-Enezi	Damac	Free	^[32]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 September 2020	End of season	MF	56	Hassan Al-Qeed	Al-Ahli	None	^[33]
26 September 2020	End of season	MF	16	Mohammed Attiyah	Damac	None	^[34]
28 September 2020	End of season	FW	29	Bubacarr Trawally	Ajman	None	^[35]
2 October 2020	End of season	MF	11	Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri	Al-Batin	None	^[36]
13 October 2020	End of season	MF	32	Abdulelah Al-Shammeri	Al-Tai	None	^[37]
27 October 2020	End of season	MF	35	Abdullah Haqawi	Al-Lewa	None	^[38]
7 February 2021	End of season	DF	28	Ali Majrashi	Al-Faisaly	None	^[39]

Pre-season

26 September 2020 Friendly	Al-Shabab	2–2	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:30 AST	Guanca 45+1', 49'	Report	Merkel 8' Guilherme 18'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

1 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Shabab	6–0	Al-Diriyah	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:25 AST	Guanca 2' Diop 9', 42' Al-Enezi 52' Al-Ghamdi 86' Sebá 90'	Report		Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

2 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Shabab	1–0	Al-Riyadh	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:25 AST	Diop 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

5 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Shabab	8–0	Al-Faraa	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:30 AST	Guanca 3', 62' Diop 8', 21', 35', 66' Sebá 19' K. Al-Ghamdi 81'	Report		Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

6 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Shabab	7–0	Al-Mehmal	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:30 AST	Al-Ammar , , Sebá Martins , Al-Qahtani			Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

8 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Shabab	3–0	Al-Sharq	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:30 AST	K. Al-Ghamdi Bajandouh H. Al-Ghamdi	Report		Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

9 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Faisaly	1–2	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah, Saudi Arabia
18:25 AST	Al-Saiari 34'	Report	Majrashi 55' Salem 90'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	30	17	6	7	68	43	+25	056.67
King Cup	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Arab Club Champions Cup	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total	33	17	7	9	71	48	+23	051.52

Updated to match played 30 May 2021
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	30	18	7	5	60	27	+33	61	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Shabab	30	17	6	7	68	43	+25	57	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Ittihad^[a]	30	15	11	4	45	29	+16	56
4	Al-Taawoun	30	13	8	9	42	30	+12	47^[b]	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Ettifaq	30	14	5	11	50	48	+2	47^[b]

Source: spl.com source=إحصائيات رابطة دوري المحترفين السعودي 2020-2021
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).^[41]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.^[40]
^ ^a ^b Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

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
30	17	6	7	68	43	+25	57	9	3	3	30	18	+12	8	3	4	38	25	+13

Last updated: 30 May 2021.
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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	7	6	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2021. 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

17 October 2020 1	Al-Shabab	1–0	Abha	Riyadh
18:00	Diop 29' Al-Ammar 45+4'	Report	Al-Barakah 57'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

23 October 2020 2	Al-Raed	2–2	Al-Shabab	Buraidah
18:05	Daoudi 19' (pen.) Al-Hussain 86' Khamis 89'	Report	Arlauskis 18' Banega 38' (pen.) Martins 40' Sharahili 45+5' N'Diaye 57' Guanca 62' Al-Hamdan 70'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

1 November 2020 3	Al-Shabab	2–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:50	Banega 26', 90+7' (pen.) Martins 37' Sharahili 55', 82'	Report	Yahya 61' Petros 77'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

7 November 2020 4	Al-Fateh	1–3	Al-Shabab	Al-Hasa
17:35	Al-Daheem 15' Bendebka 37' (pen.) Al-Habib 85' Al-Zaqaan 90'	Report	Al-Shamekh 7' Lichnovsky 66' Al-Ammar 74', 90+6' Martins 78' Diop 82' Al-Hamdan 90+5'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

23 November 2020 5	Al-Ahli	2–2	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
18:15	Hassoun 2' Marin 50'	Report	Guanca 44' Al-Sqoor 48'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

27 November 2020 6	Al-Shabab	2–1	Damac	Riyadh
17:40	Al-Abed 41', 43' Al-Shamekh 45+4' Al-Ammar 80'	Report	Harzan 7' Chenihi 33' Chafaï 42'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

6 December 2020 7	Al-Qadsiah	2–1	Al-Shabab	Khobar
17:25	Asprilla 41' Edson 58' Andria 66'	Report	Diop 20' Al-Abed 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

11 December 2020 8	Al-Shabab	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
19:45	Lichnovsky 57' Salem 59' Banega 78'	Report	Prijović 19' Al-Bishi 51' Hegazi 59' Al-Malki 62' El Ahmadi 76'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

21 December 2020 9	Al-Taawoun	4–0	Al-Shabab	Buraidah
17:55	Tawamba 14', 75' (pen.) Santos 41' Al-Sobhi 55' Sandro 65' Al-Abdulmenem 90+4'	Report	Bajandouh 39' Banega 49' Sharahili 64' Al-Dubaysh 90'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

26 December 2020 10	Al-Shabab	3–1	Al-Batin	Riyadh
15:15	Banega 12' Martins 18' Al-Abed 48' Guanca 78'	Report	Abreu 71'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

31 December 2020 11	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
19:50	Al-Faraj 30' Cuéllar 32' Al-Shehri 87'	Report	Martins 14' Al-Ammar 21' 51' Al-Hamdan 35' Al-Zori 68' Salem 80'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

9 January 2021 12	Al-Shabab	1–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:55	Guanca 22', 90+2' Bajandouh 64' Salem 66' Al-Qahtani 90+3' Al-Bawardi 90+3' Diop 90+4'	Report	Ghazi 25' Kiss 70'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

14 January 2021 13	Al-Ain	0–3	Al-Shabab	Al Bahah
15:55	Al-Qeshtah 39'	Report	Guanca 60', 90+4', 62' Al-Hamdan 81'	Stadium: King Saud Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

19 January 2021 14	Al-Shabab	1–1	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
18:10	Martins 34', 58'	Report	Ashraf 7' M. Qassem 44' Rossi 61' Silva 90'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad Al-Rumaikhani

25 January 2021 15	Al-Wehda	2–4	Al-Shabab	Mecca
18:45	Anselmo 20' Al-Ghamdi 35', 37' Al-Hafith 65' Bakshween 69'	Report	Bajandouh 4' Al-Hamdan 31', 80' Sebá 43', 76' Al-Zori 55'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

30 January 2021 16	Abha	2–3	Al-Shabab	Abha
16:00	Bguir 62' Al-Amri 71' Al-Jumeiah 86'	Report	Lichnovsky 55' Guanca 57' Sebá 69' Al-Zori 84'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

6 February 2021 17	Al-Shabab	4–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
18:20	Banega 18' (pen.) Guanca 25', 73' Sharahili 39' Salem 45+1' Martins 45+2'	Report	El Berkaoui 48'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

13 February 2021 18	Al-Nassr	0–4	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:20	Martínez 22' Hamdallah 33' Petros 35' Amrabat 73'	Report	Banega 17' (pen.) Guanca 28', 82' Martins 42' Al-Qahtani 72' Al-Bawardi 79' Tambakti 88' N'Diaye 90' Ighalo 90+2'	Stadium: Mrsool Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

17 February 2021 19	Al-Shabab	1–2	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
18:25	Guanca 43' Al-Abed 81'	Report	Cueva 67' te Vrede 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

22 February 2021 20	Al-Shabab	3–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:35	Sharahili 12' Salem 45+2' N'Diaye 70' Banega 88' Guanca 90+5'	Report	Lima 69' Hawsawi 69'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

1 March 2021 21	Damac	1–2	Al-Shabab	Abha
16:05	Zelaya 20'	Report	Ighalo 12', 39' Al-Qahtani 14' Martins 72' Al-Bawardi 85' Lichnovsky 90'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

5 March 2021 22	Al-Shabab	1–1	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
18:35	Banega 35' Al-Ammar 90+1'	Report	Al-Nattar 16' Edson 33' Stanley 45' Asprilla 59' Al-Dawsari 83' Al-Safri 85'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

10 March 2021 23	Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Shabab	Mecca
20:45	Al-Aboud 12' El Ahmadi 29' Al-Sahafi 40' Al-Malki 74' Al-Muwallad 82' (pen.)	Report	Martins 9' Banega 22' Sebá 43' Lichnovsky 80' Al-Abed 84' Guanca 86' Al-Sqoor 87'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Salwi

20 March 2021 24	Al-Shabab	1–3	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
18:40	Sebá 90+1'	Report	Kaku 29' Al-Ghamdi 40' Assiri 42' Abousaban 53' Al-Zubaidi 61' Tawamba 67' Al-Mousa 77'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

10 April 2021 25	Al-Batin	1–4	Al-Shabab	Hafar al-Batin
18:55	Rayhi 28' Al-Shammeri 48'	Report	Banega 7' (pen.), 45' Martins 37' Guanca 41', 49' Al-Sqoor 84' Al-Qahtani 90+3'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

17 April 2021 26	Al-Shabab	1–5	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:45	Martins 5' Banega 18' 45+1' Tambakti 24' Salem 45+1' Guanca 70' N'Diaye 74'	Report	Gomis 3', 25' (pen.) Vietto 45+3' N. Al-Dawsari 66', 90' Kanno 84' Al-Shehri 90'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

14 May 2021 27	Al-Ettifaq	4–3	Al-Shabab	Dammam
18:50	Hawsawi 20' Azaro 40', 68' Doukara 48', 61' Hazazi 54' Al-Kwikbi 83'	Report	Ighalo 11', 22' (pen.) Martins 75' Al-Abed 81'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

19 May 2021 28	Al-Shabab	5–1	Al-Ain	Riyadh
19:10	Sebá 36' Ighalo 41' N'Diaye 43' Banega 67' (pen.) Guanca 72' Lichnovsky 83'	Report	Ndiaye 45' Fouad 81'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 1,085 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

23 May 2021 29	Al-Faisaly	1–5	Al-Shabab	Al Majma'ah
21:00	Faik 23' Silva 57' Al-Saiari 88'	Report	Salem 31' Al-Harbi 43' Sebá 59' Guanca 79' Martins 90' Ighalo 90+5'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 696 Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo)

30 May 2021 30	Al-Shabab	3–0	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
21:00	Martins 7' Lichnovsky 45+3' Ighalo 54', 90'	Report	Al-Hafith 31' Niakaté 39' Bakshween 57'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 883 Referee: Majed Al-Shammari

King Cup

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

16 December 2020 Round of 16	Al-Qadsiah	1–0	Al-Shabab	Khobar
17:25	Bordeianu 67' Al-Amri 89' (pen.), 90' Al-Yami 90+1'	Report	Martins 45' Al-Hamdan 80' Al-Dubaysh 82' Guanca 89'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Arab Club Champions Cup

Semi-finals

2 December 2020 First leg	Al-Shabab	2–2	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:45 AST	Lichnovsky 40', 79' Guanca 49'	Report	Hegazi 3' Romarinho 11' Al-Malki 72' Rodrigues 82'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

4 January 2021 Second leg	Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Shabab	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
20:00 AST	Abdulhamid 30' Hegazi 57' Romarinho 74' Prijović 90+2'	Report	Martins 1', 64' Banega 59' Lichnovsky 86' Salem 90'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 30 May 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Arab Club Champions Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	KSA	Marwan Al-Haidari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	KSA	Zaid Al-Bawardi	24	0	22	0	0+1	0	1	0
50	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dossari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CHI	Igor Lichnovsky	28	4	26	3	0	0	2	1
3	DF	KSA	Khalid Al-Ghamdi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Zori	22	1	18+4	1	0	0	0	0
5	DF	KSA	Hassan Tambakti	14	0	7+6	0	1	0	0	0
12	DF	KSA	Mohammed Salem	22	0	21	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	KSA	Khalid Al-Dubaysh	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Shamekh	9	0	6+2	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF	KSA	Ahmed Sharahili	25	2	22+1	2	0	0	2	0
24	DF	KSA	Moteb Al-Harbi	21	1	8+10	1	1	0	1+1	0
27	DF	KSA	Fawaz Al-Sqoor	24	1	14+8	1	1	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	KSA	Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	KSA	Turki Al-Ammar	28	4	7+19	4	0	0	2	0
8	MF	ARG	Cristian Guanca	30	18	25+3	17	1	0	1	1
10	MF	ARG	Éver Banega	30	7	27	7	1	0	2	0
11	MF	POR	Fábio Martins	28	10	25+1	9	1	0	1	1
14	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Abed	22	2	5+15	2	0	0	2	0
15	MF	KSA	Hussain Al-Qahtani	27	0	14+11	0	0	0	0+2	0
19	MF	KSA	Jamal Bajandouh	11	0	5+6	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Omran	11	0	0+10	0	0+1	0	0	0
26	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Ghamdi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	KSA	Ammar Al-Najjar	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
81	MF	SEN	Alfred N'Diaye	29	1	26	1	1	0	2	0
92	MF	BRA	Sebá	16	7	15+1	7	0	0	0	0
Forwards
47	FW	KSA	Fares Al-Garzae	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	FW	NGA	Odion Ighalo	13	9	10+3	9	0	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
28	DF	KSA	Ali Majrashi	6	0	0+5	0	1	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
1	GK	LTU	Giedrius Arlauskis	10	0	8	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	19	2	9+7	2	0+1	0	1+1	0
18	MF	KSA	Waleed Al-Enezi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	SEN	Makhete Diop	14	2	7+5	2	1	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	8	MF	Cristian Guanca	17	1	18
2	11	MF	Fábio Martins	9	1	10
3	89	FW	Odion Ighalo	9	0	9
4	10	MF	Éver Banega	7	0	7
4	92	MF	Sebá	7	0	7
6	2	DF	Igor Lichnovsky	3	1	4
6	7	MF	Turki Al-Ammar	4	0	4
8	9	FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	2	0	2
	14	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	2	0	2
	20	DF	Ahmed Sharahili	2	0	2
	99	FW	Makhete Diop	2	0	2
12	4	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	1	0	1
	24	DF	Moteb Al-Harbi	1	0	1
	27	DF	Fawaz Al-Sqoor	1	0	1
	81	MF	Alfred N'Diaye	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Total				68	3	71

Last Updated: 30 May 2021

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	10	MF	Éver Banega	11	0	11
2	9	FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	8	1	9
3	8	MF	Cristian Guanca	5	0	5
4	4	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	4	0	4
	11	MF	Fábio Martins	4	0	4
	27	DF	Fawaz Al-Sqoor	4	0	4
	92	MF	Sebá	4	0	4
8	89	FW	Odion Ighalo	3	0	3
9	7	MF	Turki Al-Ammar	1	1	2
	14	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	2	0	2
	20	DF	Ahmed Sharahili	2	0	2
	99	FW	Makhete Diop	2	0	2
13	2	DF	Igor Lichnovsky	1	0	1
	3	DF	Khalid Al-Ghamdi	1	0	1
	5	DF	Hassan Tambakti	1	0	1
	12	DF	Mohammed Salem	1	0	1
	15	MF	Hussain Al-Qahtani	1	0	1
	17	DF	Abdullah Al-Shamekh	1	0	1
	81	MF	Alfred N'Diaye	0	1	1
Total				56	3	59

Last Updated: 30 May 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	33	GK	Zaid Al-Bawardi	5	5
2	1	GK	Giedrius Arlauskis	1	1
Total				6	6

Last Updated: 30 May 2021

References

[table_note_ITT0.0086248838382889-41] Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.^[40]

[table_hth_TWN0.0086248838382889-42] Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

[5_jan-1] "الشباب يقيل كايشينيا".

[2] "الشباب - Al Shabab".

[3] "رسمياً.. "الشباب" يتعاقد مع الليتواني جايدرايوس أرلايوسكايس لمدة عامين".

[4] "خالد الغامدي ينتقل للشباب الموسم المقبل".

[5] "إيفر بانيغا لاعباً للشباب بدءاً من الموسم المقبل".

[6] "الشباب يوقع مع القحطاني لأربعة مواسم".

[7] "الشباب يضمّ جمال باجندوح لمدة 3 مواسم".

[8] "الشباب يظفر بـ "قائد المواهب" من الاتحاد".

[9] "الشباب يعلن تعاقده مع عبدالله الربيعي".

[10] "الشباب يوقع رسمياً مع الحارس زيد البواردي".

[11] "نادي الشباب يُعزز دفاعه بضم الدبيش من العدالة".

[12] "الشباب يضم مدافع التشيلي إيغور ليشنوفسكي".

[13] "الشباب يضم فواز الصقور".

[14] "نواف العابد شبابيًّا لـ3 مواسم.. قادمًا من الهلال".

[15] "رسميًّا.. الشباب يعزز هجومه بالنيجيري "إيغالو"".

[16] "الشباب يشتري عقد النجار".

[17] "البرتغالي مارتينيز يعزز وسط الشباب".

[18] "نادي النصر يُعلن توقيعه مع الصليهم".

[19] "الشباب يودع فاروق بن مصطفى".

[20] "ظهير الشباب ينتقل إلى الباطن لموسم واحد".

[21] "رسميًا.. "القادسية" يخطف مهاجم الشباب".

[22] "Arrival of Djamel Benlamri, loan of Reine-Adélaïde and Andersen". Olympique Lyonnais. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.

[23] "البقعاوي فيحاوي حتى 2023".

[24] "حسن الراهب يعلن اعتزال كرة القدم".

[25] "اعلنت إدارة نادي #الطائي عن التعاقد مع الحارس السابق لفريق #الشباب محمد عواجي".

[26] "الحبشي ينضم لكتيبة العنابي".

[27] "Arthur Caike deixa o Cruzeiro e acerta com o Kashima Antlers-JAP".

[28] "العين .. المحطة الجديدة للمخضرم حسن معاذ".

[29] "الظفرة الإماراتي يضم ماخيتي ديوب رسميًا".

[30] "الشباب يخالص الحارس الليتواني أرلا".

[31] "الهلال يعلن شراء المدة المتبقية من عقد الحمدان".

[32] "قادماً من الشباب.. ضمك يوقع مع وليد حزام".

[33] "أولى صفقاته الصيفية.. الأهلي يُعلن ضم حسن القيد من الشباب".

[34] "الشباب يوافق على إعارة "عطية" إلى نادي ضمك".

[35] "تمديد إعارة الجامبي تراولي مع عجمان الإماراتي لموسم واحد".

[36] "الباطن ينهي التوقيع مع الشمري".

[37] "اعلنت إدارة نادي #الطائي عن التعاقد مع صانع الألعاب عبدالإله الشمري " 21 عاماً " بنظام الإعارة".

[38] "عبدالله حقوي ينضم للفريق الأول بالإعارة لمدة سنة".

[39] "الفيصلي يدمج مجرشي".

[40] "رسمياً.. عدم منح الاتحاد والنصر الرخصة الآسيوية".

[43] "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.

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