2024–25 Al-Riyadh SC season

Al-Riyadh
2024–25 season
President	Bandar Al-Muqail
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi;
Stadium	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Pro League	Pre-season
King Cup	Round of 32
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Al-Riyadh's 72nd year in existence and their 25th non-consecutive season in the Pro League.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League and the King Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2024^[2]^[3]

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	Rakan Al-Najjar
2	DF	KSA	Amiri Kurdi
4	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Shwirekh
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Aqel
8	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Khaibari
9	FW	JAM	Andre Gray
11	MF	ZIM	Knowledge Musona
12	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Dossari
14	FW	KSA	Saleh Al Abbas
16	MF	KSA	Saleh Al-Saeed
18	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al Aqeel
19	DF	KSA	Saud Al-Bawardi
20	MF	GAB	Didier Ndong
22	GK	KSA	Zaid Al-Bawardi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	URU	Martín Campaña
26	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Zaqaan
27	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Nowaiqi
28	MF	KSA	Badr Al-Mutairi
29	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri
36	DF	BEL	Dino Arslanagić
40	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari
60	MF	MLI	Birama Touré
66	MF	KSA	Majed Al-Qahtani
77	MF	KSA	Moayed Al-Houti
80	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Rashidi
88	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri
99	FW	KSA	Mutaz Hibah

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2024	DF	–	Suwailem Al-Menhali	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[4]
13 July 2024	DF	–	Marzouq Tombakti	Al-Nassr	Free	^[5]
13 July 2024	FW	–	Rayan Al-Bloushi	Al-Safa	Free	^[6]
18 July 2024	MF	–	Nawaf Hawsawi	Al-Wehda	Free	^[7]
22 July 2024	MF	–	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Qadsiah	Free	^[8]
24 July 2024	GK	–	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[9]
29 July 2024	DF	–	Yazeed Al-Bakr	Al-Hazem	Free	^[10]
2 August 2024	DF	–	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	Abha	Free	^[11]
11 August 2024	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Nassr	$133,000	^[12]
18 August 2024	MF	–	Ibrahim Bayesh	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Undisclosed	^[13]
18 August 2024	MF	–	Faïz Selemani	Al-Hazem	Undisclosed	^[14]
19 August 2024	MF	–	Tozé	Al-Hazem	Free	^[15]
19 August 2024	MF	–	Lucas Kal	Atlético Goianiense	Free	^[16]
20 August 2024	MF	–	Bernard Mensah	Al-Tai	Undisclosed	^[17]
21 August 2024	GK	–	Milan Borjan	Red Star Belgrade	Free	^[18]
21 August 2024	FW	–	Mohamed Konaté	Akhmat Grozny	Free	^[19]
26 August 2024	DF	–	Yoann Barbet	Bordeaux	Free	^[20]
2 September 2024	DF	–	Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri	Al-Wehda	Free	^[21]
2 September 2024	MF	–	Nasser Al-Bishi	Al-Shabab	Free	^[22]
3 September 2024	GK	–	Vincent Angelini	Brentford B	Free	^[23]
3 September 2024	DF	–	Enzo Roco	Al-Tai	Free	^[24]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	6	Alin Toșca	Benevento	End of loan
1 July 2024	MF	15	Abdulhadi Al-Harajin	Al-Fayha	Free	^[25]
15 July 2024	DF	5	Khalid Al-Shuwayyi	Al-Bukiryah	Free	^[26]
2 August 2024	DF	12	Abdullah Al-Dossari	Al-Faisaly	Free	^[27]
3 August 2024	GK	1	Rakan Al-Najjar	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[28]
6 August 2024	MF	80	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Al-Orobah	Free	^[29]
9 August 2024	MF	20	Didier Ndong	Esteghlal	Free
11 August 2024	MF	11	Knowledge Musona	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[30]
12 August 2024	FW	14	Saleh Al Abbas	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[31]
2 September 2024	DF	4	Mohammed Al-Shuwayrikh	Al-Shabab	$2,131,000	^[32]
11 September 2024	MF	60	Birama Touré	Montpellier	Free	^[33]
13 September 2024	MF	74	Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani	Al-Safa	Free
16 September 2024	DF	36	Dino Arslanagić	Macarthur	Free	^[34]
20 September 2024	DF	99	Mutaz Ayash	Al-Washm	Free	^[35]
21 September 2024	MF	16	Saleh Al-Saeed	Al-Sadd	Free	^[36]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
2 September 2024	End of season	GK	–	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi	Al-Qadsiah	None	^[37]
2 September 2024	End of season	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Jabalain	None	^[38]

Pre-season and friendlies

30 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	0–2	Al-Ahli	Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria
18:30 CEST		Report	Demiral 21' Mahrez 37'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Aug

6 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	1–1	Ertl Glas Amstetten	Amstetten, Austria
17:00 CEST	Al-Bloushi			Stadium: Union-Platz

14 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	2–2	Al-Arabi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST			Quioto	Stadium: Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	7	4	1	2	11	11	+0	057.14
King Cup	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total	8	5	1	2	14	12	+2	062.50

Updated to match played 20 October 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al-Ittihad	7	6	0	1	20	8	+12	18	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
3	Al-Nassr	7	5	2	0	16	4	+12	17	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
4	Al-Riyadh	7	4	1	2	11	11	0	13
5	Al-Shabab	7	4	0	3	6	5	+1	12
6	Al-Taawoun	7	3	2	2	9	6	+3	11

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. 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).^[39]

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
7	4	1	2	11	11	0	13	2	0	1	5	5	0	2	1	1	6	6	0

Last updated: 20 October 2024.
Source: Saudi Pro League

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	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	W	L	W	W
Position	8	6	10	8	10	7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 October 2024. Source: Saudi Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

22 August 2024 1	Al-Wehda	3–3	Al-Riyadh	Mecca
21:00	Goodwin 40', 62' Al-Hafith 83' Khodari 90+4' Noor 90+13'	Report	Mensah 51' Al-Nowaiqi 59' Tozé 71' Al-Aqel 79' Bayesh 85' Kal 90+7'	Stadium: King Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 670 Referee: Mohammed Al-Ismail

29 August 2024 2	Al-Riyadh	3–1	Al-Kholood	Riyadh
18:55	Jahfali 21' (o.g.) Al-Bakr 30' Bayesh 75' Al-Aqel 90+4'	Report	Hawsawi 28' Al-Shamrani 45+12' Collado 50'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 604 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

14 September 2024 3	Al-Riyadh	0–3	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:00	Kal 30' Al-Khaibari 57' Assiri 83'	Report	Koulibaly 24' S. Al-Dawsari 53' Cancelo 59' Barbet 80' (o.g.) Mitrović 90+10'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 8,914 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

21 September 2024 4	Al-Raed	1–2	Al-Riyadh	Buraidah
18:40	M. Al-Dossari 23' Gonzalez 27' Sayoud 71'	Report	Al-Menhali 70' Selemani 80' Konaté 90+5' Al-Aqel 90+9'	Stadium: Al-Raed Club Stadium Attendance: 1,658 Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri

29 September 2024 5	Al-Fayha	2–0	Al-Riyadh	Al Majma'ah
18:30	Abdi 19' Sakala 20' López 35' Shukurov 75'	Report	Assiri 19' Al-Menhali 26'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 390 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

4 October 2024 6	Al-Riyadh	2–1	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
18:15	Kal 24', 69' Bayesh 59' Tozé 88'	Report	Nández 57' Al-Othman 79'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

20 October 2024 7	Al-Okhdood	0–1	Al-Riyadh	Najran
18:20	Koné 45+1' Al-Muwallad 48' Ferreira 50' Khamis 55'	Report	Mensah 15' Al-Khaibari 45+1' Tozé 53' Bayesh 90+7'	Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 447 Referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan

24 October 2024 8	Al-Riyadh	v	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City

1 November 2024 9	Damac	v	Al-Riyadh	Khamis Mushait
18:15				Stadium: Damac Club Stadium

8 November 2024 10	Al-Riyadh	v	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:00				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City

24 November 2024 11	Al-Riyadh	v	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:40				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahad Sports City

28 November 2024 12	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Riyadh	Al-Hasa
20:00				Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium

6 December 2024 13	Al-Orobah	v	Al-Riyadh	Sakakah
17:55				Stadium: Al Jouf University Stadium

King Cup

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

25 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Safa	1–3	Al-Riyadh	Safwa
21:00	Asprilla 59' Albu 70' Fabinho 79'	Report	Selemani 19' Hawsawi 25' Al-Aqel 29', 66'	Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 20 October 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Vincent Angelini	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari	1	0	0	0	1	0
82	GK	CAN	Milan Borjan	7	0	7	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Yazeed Al-Bakr	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Yoann Barbet	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
8	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Khaibari	7	0	7	0	0	0
14	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
25	DF	KSA	Suwailem Al-Menhali	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
27	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Nowaiqi	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
29	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri	7	0	7	0	0	0
50	DF	KSA	Nawaf Hawsawi	3	0	0+2	0	1	0
66	DF	KSA	Majed Al-Qahtani	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	DF	KSA	Marzouq Tombakti	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Aqel	8	3	2+5	1	1	2
10	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Abed	1	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	IRQ	Ibrahim Bayesh	7	3	6+1	3	0	0
15	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Bishi	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	KSA	Akram Yousef	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	COM	Faïz Selemani	7	2	6	1	1	1
18	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al Aqeel	5	0	0+4	0	1	0
20	MF	POR	Tozé	8	1	7	1	1	0
21	MF	BRA	Lucas Kal	7	2	7	2	0	0
28	MF	KSA	Bader Al-Mutairi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
43	MF	GHA	Bernard Mensah	7	1	6+1	1	0	0
88	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
Forwards
13	FW	BFA	Mohamed Konaté	8	1	5+2	1	1	0
24	FW	KSA	Rayan Al-Bloushi	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	7	MF	Mohammed Al-Aqel	1	2	3
1	11	MF	Ibrahim Bayesh	3	0	3
3	17	MF	Faïz Selemani	1	1	2
3	21	MF	Lucas Kal	2	0	2
5	13	FW	Mohamed Konaté	1	0	1
	20	MF	Tozé	1	0	1
	43	MF	Bernard Mensah	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				11	3	14

Last Updated: 20 October 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	43	MF	Bernard Mensah	3	0	3
2	20	MF	Tozé	2	0	2
3	5	DF	Yoann Barbet	1	0	1
	13	FW	Mohamed Konaté	0	1	1
	17	MF	Faïz Selemani	1	0	1
	21	MF	Lucas Kal	1	0	1
Total				8	1	9

Last Updated: 20 October 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	82	GK		Milan Borjan	1	0	1
Total					1	0	1

Last Updated: 20 October 2024

References

[1] "تاريخ نادي الرياض".

[2] "الفريق الأول".

[3] "الرياض - Al Riyadh".

[4] "المنهالي.. أول صفقات الرياض".

[5] "#الرياض يوقع مع تمبكتي".

[6] "#الرياض يُنهي اجراءات التعاقد مع ريان البلوشي".

[7] "نواف هوساوي في #الرياض".

[8] "رسميًا.. الرياض يُعلن تعاقده مع نواف العابد".

[9] "الرياض يدعم صفوفه بالحارس عبدالعزيز العويرضي".

[10] ""البكـر" يحط الرحـال بالعاصمـة".

[11] "نادي الرياض يعلن التعاقد مع المدافع زياد الصحفي".

[12] "صهلولي في الرياض حتى 2027".

[13] "الرياض يدعم صفوفه بالعراقي إبراهيم بايش".

[14] "أعلن نادي الرياض عن تعاقده مع اللاعب فايز سليماني قادمًا من نادي الحزم".

[15] "الرياض يتعاقد مع البرتغالي توزي".

[16] "الرياض يُعلن التعاقد مع البرازيلي لوكاس كال".

[17] "الرياض يتسلح بـ «مينساه»".

[18] "الرياض يتعاقد مع قائد منتخب كندا".

[19] "الرياض يدعم هجومه بكوناتي".

[20] "باربيت رابع الفرنسيين في صيف روشن".

[21] "نادي #الرياض يعلن التعاقد مع اللاعب عبدالرحمن الهاجري".

[22] "نادي #الرياض تعاقده مع اللاعب ناصر البيشي".

[23] "الرياض يتعاقد مع الحارس الإسكتلندي إنجيليني".

[24] "أنزو روكو يوقع للرياض «صيفاً» ويمثله «شتاءً»".

[25] "الفيحاء يضم الحراجين لمدة 3 مواسم".

[26] "المدافع خالد الشويع ينضم للبنفسجي قادمًا من نادي الرياض".

[27] "عبداللـه الدوسـري ينضـم لـ #فخر_سدير".

[28] "#الأخدود يوقع عقداً احترافياً مع اللاعب راكان النجار حتى 2025".

[29] "العروبة يتعاقد مع فهد الرشيدي".

[30] "Knowledge Musona completes Al Akhdoud move".

[31] "الأخدود يضم آل عباس موسمين".

[32] "رسميًا .. محمد الشويرخ شبابيًا".

[33] "Birama Touré rejoint le MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.

[34] "Belgian centre-back Dino Arslanagić signs with the Bulls!". Macarthur FC. 16 September 2024.

[35] "معتز عياش ينضم للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي".

[36] "صالح السعيد ، سـداوي".

[37] "نادي #القادسية يتعاقد مع الحارس عبدالعزيز العويرضي".

[38] "صهلولي.. نجم جديد ينضم لصفوف الفارس".

[regulations-39] "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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