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]

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	^[35]
2 September 2024	End of season	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Jabalain	None	^[36]

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	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	033.33
King Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	033.33

Updated to match played 14 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Al-Shabab	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
9	Al-Raed	3	1	1	1	6	2	+4	4
10	Al-Riyadh	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
11	Al-Orobah	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
12	Al-Kholood	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 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).^[37]

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
3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4	1	0	1	3	4	−1	0	1	0	3	3	0

Last updated: 14 September 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
Position	8	6	10

Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 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-Esmaiel

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' Mitrović 80', 90+10'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 8,914 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

21 September 2024 4	Al-Raed	v	Al-Riyadh	Buraidah
18:40				Stadium: Al-Raed Club Stadium

29 September 2024 5	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Riyadh	Al Majma'ah
18:30				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

4 October 2024 6	Al-Riyadh	v	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
18:15				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City

20 October 2024 7	Al-Okhdood	v	Al-Riyadh	Najran
18:20				Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City

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

King Cup

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

25 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Safa	v	Al-Riyadh	Safwa
21:00				Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 14 September 2024.

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

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	11	MF	Ibrahim Bayesh	2	2
2	7	MF	Mohammed Al-Aqel	1	1
	21	MF	Lucas Kal	1	1
	43	MF	Bernard Mensah	1	1
Own goal				1	1
Total				6	6

Last Updated: 29 August 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	20	MF	Tozé	1	1
	21	MF	Lucas Kal	1	1
	43	MF	Bernard Mensah	1	1
Total				3	3

Last Updated: 22 August 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] "نادي #القادسية يتعاقد مع الحارس عبدالعزيز العويرضي".

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

[regulations-37] "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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