2010–11 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2010–11 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 54th in existence and 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club participated in the AFC Champions League, Crown Prince Cup, and the King Cup.

Al-Hilal

2010–11 season
President	Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad
Manager	Eric Gerets (until 5 November 2010) Gabriel Calderon (From 13 November 2010) Sami Al-Jaber (From 30 June 2011)
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	1st
Crown Prince Cup	Winners
King Cup of Champions	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	2010: Semi-finals 2011: Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Yasser Al-Qahtani (11) All: Yasser Al-Qahtani (18)
Highest home attendance	68,752 vs Zob Ahan (20 October 2010, AFC Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	3,968 vs Al-Hazm (15 December 2010, Pro League)
Average home league attendance	8,736[1]
Home colours Away colours

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
28		GK	Abdullah Al-Sudairy	2 February 1992 (aged 19)
30		GK	Hassan Al-Otaibi	16 October 1977 (aged 33)
22		GK	Fahad Al-Shamri	5 May 1981 (aged 30)
Defenders
2		RB	Sultan Al-Bishi	28 January 1990 (aged 21)
34		CB	Shafi Al-Dossari	1 February 1990 (aged 21)
4		LB / CB	Abdullah Al-Zori	13 August 1987 (aged 23)
12		LB / RB	Lee Young-pyo	23 April 1977 (aged 34)
25		CB	Majed Al Marshadi	1 November 1984 (aged 26)
19		CB	Mohammad Nami	7 January 1982 (aged 29)
23		CB	Hassan Khairat	8 March 1986 (aged 25)
3		CB	Osama Hawsawi	31 March 1984 (aged 29)
Midfielders
27		DM / CM	Mohammed Al-Qarni	24 November 1989 (aged 21)
5		CM / AM	Abdulatif Al-Ghanam	16 July 1985 (aged 25)
15		RM	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	29 January 1988 (aged 23)
10		AM / LW	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	8 December 1980 (aged 30)
11		AM / LM	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	11 October 1988 (aged 22)
13		DM / CM / LB	Salman Al-Faraj	8 January 1989 (aged 22)
21		CM	Sultan Al-Bargan	17 April 1983 (aged 28)
24		LM / RM	Nawaf Al-Abed	26 January 1990 (aged 21)
9		RM	Christian Wilhelmsson	8 December 1979 (aged 31)
8		RM	Mirel Rădoi	22 March 1981 (aged 30)
Forwards
18		ST / CF	Ahmed Ali	21 May 1986 (aged 25)
14		ST / CF	Waleed Al-Gizani	26 February 1981 (aged 30)
16		RW	Essa Al-Mehyani	22 June 1983 (aged 28)
20		ST / CF	Yasser Al-Qahtani (C)	11 October 1982 (aged 28)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Pro League	Round 1	Champions	15 August 2010	20 May 2011
2010 ACL	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	15 September 2010	20 October 2010
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 16	Winners	1 February 2011	15 April 2011
2011 ACL	Group stage	Round of 16	1 March 2011	24 May 2011
King Cup of Champions	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	28 May 2011	23 June 2011

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	26	19	7	0	52	18	+34	073.08
King Cup of Champions	5	3	1	1	12	8	+4	060.00
Crown Prince Cup	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	100.00
2010 ACL	4	1	0	3	5	6	−1	025.00
2011 ACL	7	4	1	2	12	9	+3	057.14
Total	46	31	9	6	94	43	+51	067.39

Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	26	19	7	0	52	18	+34	64	AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ittihad	26	13	12	1	49	23	+26	51
3	Al-Ettifaq	26	15	3	8	45	30	+15	48	AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4	Al-Shabab	26	13	7	6	42	30	+12	46
5	Al-Nassr	26	11	10	5	44	34	+10	43

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).
(C) Champion.

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	19	7	0	52	18	+34	64	9	4	0	24	9	+15	10	3	0	28	9	+19

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	5	4	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

15 August 2010 1	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
22:00 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Ghanam  8'	Report		Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Attendance: 6,596 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

20 August 2010 2	Al-Hazm	0–2	Al-Hilal	Ar Rass
22:15 (UTC+03:00)		Report	22' Al-Mehyani  87' (pen.) Neves	Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium Attendance: 2,413 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

25 August 2010 3	Al-Hilal	5–1	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
22:00 (UTC+03:00)	Radoi  59' Al-Qahtani  62', 86', 88' Wilhelmsson  64'	Report	66' Ayan	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,589 Referee: Abdelrahman Al-Qahtani

29 August 2010 4	Al-Wehda	1–3	Al-Hilal	Makkah
22:15 (UTC+03:00)	Barnawi  13'	Report	25' Wilhelmsson  30' Al-Qahtani  69' Al-Mehyani	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 6,244 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

1 October 2010 5	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:05 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson  2'	Report		Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Attendance: 6,964 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

24 October 2010 6	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
19:50 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Mehyani  62'	Report	19' (pen.) Al-Qahtani	Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Attendance: 18,058 Referee: Perez Antonio

28 October 2010 7	Al-Raed	0–4	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
19:45 (UTC+03:00)		Report	62' Hawsawi  66', 73' Neves  89' Al-Shalhoub	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 13,592 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

2 November 2010 8	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
19:40 (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,620 Referee: Meree Al-Awagi

7 November 2010 9	Al-Hilal	3–3	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
19:45 (UTC+03:00)	Neves  9' Al-Mehyani  47' Radoi  56'	Report	5' Al-Hosni  61', 63' Simoes	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,715 Referee: Circhetta Claudio

11 November 2010 10	Najran	0–3	Al-Hilal	Najran
19:35 (UTC+03:00)		Report	27' (pen.) Radoi  77' Al-Fraidi  94' Al-Dawsari	Stadium: Al Akhdoud Club Stadium Attendance: 368 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

10 December 2010 11	Al-Taawoun	2–2	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
19:35 (UTC+03:00)	Kurtisi  62' (pen.) Al-Rashid  86' (pen.)	Report	10' Al-Qahtani  17' Radoi	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 11,220 Referee: Saad Al-Kathiri

15 December 2010 12	Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Hazm	Riyadh
19:40 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Qahtani  84', 88' (pen.), 93'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 3,968 Referee: Yahya Hazzazi

19 December 2010 13	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
19:40 (UTC+03:00)	Neves  78' Al-Qahtani  85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,375 Referee: Meree Al-Awagi

23 December 2010 14	Al-Faisaly	2–3	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
19:40 (UTC+03:00)	Ayan  32' Memelli  51'	Report	37' (o.g.) Al-Mubarak  72' Neves  77' Al-Qahtani	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 5,022 Referee: Khalil Jalal

6 February 2011 15	Al-Ittihad	0–0	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:15 (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Attendance: 14,425 Referee: Jerome Efong

12 February 2011 16	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:15 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Abed  22' Wilhelmsson  62'	Report	90' Kaddioui	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,119 Referee: Sami Al-Nemri

21 February 2011 17	Al-Shabab	0–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:15 (UTC+03:00)		Report	10' Al-Abed  72' (pen.) Al-Shalhoub	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,997 Referee: Istvan Vad

25 February 2011 18	Al-Fateh	1–2	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
20:20 (UTC+03:00)	Ahmed Ali  77'	Report	16' Radoi  94' Al-Marshadi	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 9,281 Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

6 March 2011 19	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:25 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Hosni  54'	Report	59' Wilhelmsson	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Attendance: 15,715 Referee: Drachta Oliver

20 March 2011 20	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:30 (UTC+03:00)		Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 19,212 Referee: Haenni Nikolaj

1 April 2011 21	Al-Ettifaq	2–3	Al-Hilal	Dammam
20:35 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shehri  8' Tagliabué  20' (pen.)	Report	21' Ahmed Ali  47' Al-Shalhoub  71' Al-Qahtani	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 21,174 Referee: Eisner Rene

10 April 2011 22	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:35 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson  39' Ahmed Ali  49'	Report	54' Tavares	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 13,203 Referee: Svein Oddvar

24 April 2011 23	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:40 (UTC+03:00)		Report	39' Al-Dawsari	Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium Attendance: 10,654 Referee: Gil Pawel

29 April 2011 24	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
20:40 (UTC+03:00)	Radoi  36' Al-Shalhoub  66'	Report	3' Hakami	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,528 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Ahmri

15 May 2011 25	Al-Qadisiyah	0–2	Al-Hilal	Khobar
20:50 (UTC+03:00)		Report	38' Al-Mehyani  89' Al-Dawsari	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,496 Referee: Meree Al-Awagi

20 May 2011 26	Al-Hilal	2–1	Najran	Riyadh
20:55 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Fraidi  16' Al-Shalhoub  79'	Report	80' Linga	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 8,620 Referee: Sami Al-Nemri

Crown Prince Cup

1 February 2011 Round of 16	Al-Hilal	4–0	Najran	Riyadh
20:10 (UTC+03:00)	Hawsawi  9' Al-Qahtani  57', 78' (pen.) Al-Gizani  90'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

16 February 2011 Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:15 (UTC+03:00)	Ahmed Ali  19' Al-Fraidi  43'	Report	50' Mouth  53' Simões	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Khalil Jalal
	Penalties
	Al-Shalhoub Lee Al-Gizani Al-Abed Hawsawi Al-Qarni		Marcinho Petković Al-Bishi Mouath Al-Mor Victor

10 March 2011 Semi-finals	Al-Nassr	0–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
18:30 (UTC+03:00)		Report	19' Radoi  54' Al-Fraidi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Jérôme Laperrière (Switzerland)

15 April 2011 Final	Al-Wehda	0–5	Al-Hilal	Makkah
20:30 (UTC+03:00)		Report	24' Ahmed Ali  63' Al-Zori  71' Al-Shalhoub  74' Wilhelmsson  82' Al-Abed	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Carlos Velasco (Spain)

King Cup of Champions

Quarter-finals

28 May 2011 First leg	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
19:20 (UTC+03:00)	Radoi  51' Al-Mehyani  70'		64' El-Thoaybi	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

10 June 2011 Second leg	Al-Faisaly	0–3 (1–5 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
21:00 (UTC+03:00)			48' Al-Mehyani  65' Al-Fraidi  82' Ahmed Ali	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium

Semi-finals

15 June 2011 First leg	Al-Hilal	0–3	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
21:25 (UTC+03:00)			5' Ziaya  83' (pen.) Noor  84' Jorge	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

19 June 2011 Second leg	Al-Ittihad	1–1 (4–1 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
21:05 (UTC+03:00)	Hazazi  78'		14' Al-Mehyani	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

Third place

23 June 2011 Third place	Al-Hilal	6–3	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
21:05 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shalhoub  27' Al-Mehyani  30' Radoi  33' (pen.), 51' Al-Dawsari  70' Wilhelmsson  75'		26' Al-Moasher  58' Bukhari  73' (pen.) Al-Sibyani	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

2010 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

15 September 2010 First leg	Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Gharafa	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:35 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shalhoub  13' Al-Fraidi  59' Al-Gizani  85'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 53,241 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

22 September 2010 Second leg	Al-Gharafa	4–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
18:30 (UTC+03:00)	Al Zain  2' Mahmoud  38', 102' El Assas  41'		117' Al-Qahtani  119' Al-Mehyani	Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 13,632 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

Semi-finals

6 October 2010 First leg	Zob Ahan	1–0	Al-Hilal	Isfahan, Iran
17:00 (UTC+03:00)	Hadadifar  57'			Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 9,811 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

20 October 2010 Second leg	Al-Hilal	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Zob Ahan	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:00 (UTC+03:00)			55' Igor	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 68,752 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2011 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEP	HIL	GRF	JAZ
1	Sepahan	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13	knock-out stage		—	1–1	2–0	5–1
2	Al-Hilal	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	13			1–2	—	2–0	3–1
3	Al-Gharafa	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1	7			1–0	0–1	—	5–2
4	Al-Jazira	6	0	1	5	7	20	−13	1			1–4	2–3	0–0	—

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

1 March 2011 1	Al-Hilal	1–2	Sepahan	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 (UTC+03:00)	Wilhelmsson  90+3'		51' Touré  60' Januário	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

15 March 2011 2	Al-Gharafa	0–1	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
18:30 (UTC+03:00)			9' Wilhelmsson	Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium Attendance: 8,310 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

5 April 2011 3	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Jazira	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:45 (UTC+03:00)	Ahmed Ali  4' Al-Qahtani  14' Al-Shalhoub  90+4'		19' Jumaa	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 13,421 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

20 April 2011 4	Al-Jazira	2–3	Al-Hilal	Abu Dhabi, UAE
18:50 (UTC+03:00)	Mabkhout  44' Qasim  45'		56', 65' Al-Qahtani  77' (pen.) Radoi	Stadium: Mohamed Bin Zayid Stadium Attendance: 6,154 Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

4 May 2011 5	Sepahan	1–1	Al-Hilal	Isfahan, Iran
18:30 (UTC+03:00)	Navidkia  55'		46' Al-Zori	Stadium: Foolad Shahr Stadium Attendance: 8,833 Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

11 May 2011 6	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Gharafa	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:05 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Qahtani  47' Al-Fraidi  82'			Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 19,123 Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

24 May 2011 Round of 16	Al-Ittihad	3–1	Al-Hilal	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:05 (UTC+03:00)	Nuno Assis  15', 59' Ziaya  17'		82' Al-Dawsari	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Attendance: 17,150 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	2010 ACL	2011 ACL	Total
1	20	FW		Yasser Al-Qahtani	11	0	2	1	4	18
2	8	MF		Mirel Rădoi	6	3	1	0	1	11
3	9	MF		Christian Wilhelmsson	6	1	1	0	2	10
	16	FW		Essa Al-Mehyani	5	4	0	1	0	10
4	10	MF		Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	5	1	1	1	1	9
5	15	MF		Ahmed Al-Fraidi	2	1	2	1	1	7
6	7	MF		Thiago Neves	6	0	0	0	0	6
	18	FW		Ahmed Ali	2	1	2	0	1	6
7	11	MF		Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	3	1	0	0	1	4
8	24	MF		Nawaf Al-Abed	2	0	1	0	0	3
9	4	DF		Abdullah Al-Zori	0	0	1	0	1	2
	3	DF		Osama Hawsawi	1	1	0	0	0	2
	14	FW		Waleed Al-Gizani	0	0	1	1	0	2
10	5	MF		Abdulatif Al-Ghanam	1	0	0	0	0	1
	25	DF		Majed Al Marshadi	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total					51	13	12	5	12	93

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	2010 CL	2011 CL	Total
1	9	MF		Christian Wilhelmsson	9	2	4	0	1	16
2	15	MF		Ahmed Al-Fraidi	5	2	0	0	2	9
3	10	MF		Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	5	0	0	1	0	6
	16	FW		Essa Al-Mehyani	2	2	0	0	2	6
4	24	MF		Nawaf Al-Abed	3	0	2	0	0	5
5	18	DF		Ahmed Ali	2	0	2	0	0	4
6	8	MF		Mirel Rădoi	2	0	1	0	0	3
	11	MF		Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	0	1	1	0	1	3
7	7	MF		Thiago Neves	2	0	0	0	0	2
	12	DF		Lee Young-pyo	2	0	0	0	0	2
	13	FW		Salman Al-Faraj	2	0	0	0	0	2
	20	FW		Yasser Al-Qahtani	1	0	0	0	1	2
	25	DF		Majed Al Marshadi	0	1	0	0	1	2
8	4	DF		Abdullah Al-Zori	1	0	0	0	0	1
	14	FW		Waleed Al-Gizani	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total					37	8	10	1	8	64

See also

• List of unbeaten football club seasons

References

1. "The Most Home Matches Attendance Average Teams". slstat.com. Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
2. "Al-Hilal Information for 2010–2011 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 21 May 2016.