2020–21 Al-Wehda Club season

Al-Wehda
2020–21 season
President	Sultan Azhar
Manager	Ivo Vieira;
Stadium	King Abdul Aziz Stadium
SPL	10th
King Cup	Round of 16; (knocked out by Al-Ittihad)
Champions League	Play-off Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dimitri Petratos (6); All: ; Dimitri Petratos (6)
	All statistics correct as of 26 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is Al-Wehda's 37th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 76th year in existence as a football club. The club will participate in the Pro League, King Cup and the AFC Champions League for the first time in their history.

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

Players

Squad information

As of 1 November 2020[1]

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	Raghid Al-Najjar
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Amri
3	MF	KSA	Hussain Al-Eisa
4	MF	KSA	Waleed Bakshween
5	DF	BRA	Pedro Henrique (on loan from Vitória de Guimarães)
6	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hafith
7	MF	KSA	Mishari Al-Qahtani
8	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Qarni
9	MF	POR	Hernâni (on loan from Levante)
10	MF	AUS	Dimitri Petratos
12	MF	KSA	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani
13	MF	KSA	Mubarak Al-Suqoor
14	DF	ESP	Alberto Botía
15	MF	KSA	Jaber Mustafa
17	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Zubaidi
18	FW	FRA	Youssouf Niakaté


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	KSA	Thamer Al-Ali
20	FW	KSA	Jaber Asiri
23	DF	KSA	Noor Al-Rashidi
26	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Owaishir
28	DF	KSA	Hamad Al-Jayzani
33	GK	KSA	Ayman Al-Hussaini
38	DF	KSA	Naif Kariri
49	MF	KSA	Sultan Al-Sawadi
66	GK	KSA	Basem Atallah
71	FW	ERI	Ahmed Abdu Jaber
77	MF	KSA	Ayman Al-Khulaif
87	MF	BRA	Anselmo
88	MF	KSA	Alaa Al Hejji
90	MF	KSA	Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi
91	MF	BRA	Luisinho
99	FW	KSA	Sultan Hawsawi

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
9	MF	AUS	Craig Goodwin (at Abha until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	KSA	Abdulquddus Atiah (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2021)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
22 September 2020	GK	33	Ayman Al-Hussaini	Al-Thoqbah	Free	[2]
22 September 2020	GK	66	Basem Atallah	Al-Ahli	Free	[3]
22 September 2020	DF	2	Mohammed Al-Amri	Al-Raed	Free	[4]
22 September 2020	MF	10	Dimitri Petratos	Newcastle Jets	Free	[5]
22 September 2020	MF	12	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani	Al-Fayha	Free	[6]
22 September 2020	MF	29	Nawaf Al-Harthi	Al-Ain	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	77	Mohammed Sufyani	Jeddah	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	80	Khaled Ba Butain	Jeddah	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	88	Alaa Al Hejji	Al-Khaleej	Free	[7]
22 September 2020	FW	99	Sultan Hawsawi	Al-Hilal	Free	[8]
26 September 2020	MF	3	Hussain Al-Eisa	Al-Adalah	Undisclosed	[9]
28 September 2020	DF	38	Naif Kariri	Ohod	Free	[10]
7 October 2020	MF	13	Mubarak Al-Suqoor	Najran	Undisclosed	[11]
16 October 2020	GK	26	Abdullah Al-Owaishir	Al-Nassr	Free	[12]
16 October 2020	DF	6	Abdullah Al-Hafith	Al-Hilal	Free	[13]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
5 October 2020	End of season	DF	5	Pedro Henrique	Vitória	None	[14]
15 October 2020	End of season	MF	9	Hernâni	Levante	None	[15]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
22 September 2020	GK	33	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	Al-Hilal	Free	[16]
22 September 2020	DF	17	Ali Al-Zubaidi	Al-Ahli	End of loan
22 September 2020	DF	88	Hassan Tambakti	Al-Shabab	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	29	Rakan Al-Shamlan	Al-Nassr	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	99	Élton	Al-Hamriyah	Free	[17]
26 September 2020	FW	51	Mousa Madkhali	Al-Adalah	Free	[18]
28 September 2020	DF	12	Abdulrahman Al-Rio	Damac	Undisclosed	[19]
5 October 2020	DF	6	Renato Chaves	Al-Wehda	Free	[20]
8 October 2020	DF	2	Radhi Al-Otaibi	Ohod	Free
8 October 2020	MF	77	Mohammed Sufyani	Ohod	Free
22 October 2020	DF	27	Fawaz Al-Sqoor	Al-Shabab	$1,200,000	[21]
26 October 2020	DF	22	Faris Abdi	Al-Qadsiah	Undisclosed	[22]
26 October 2020	MF	16	Ali Al-Nemer	Al-Taawoun	Free	[23]
4 February 2021	MF	15	Jaber Mustafa	Al-Raed	Free	[24]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
14 October 2020	End of season	MF	9	Craig Goodwin	Abha	None	[25]
16 October 2020	End of season	GK	13	Abdulquddus Atiah	Al-Adalah	None	[26]

Pre-season

1 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Wehda	3–0	Abha	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:45 AST	Al-Eisa Al-Ghamdi Hawsawi	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

4 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Wehda	0–0	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AST		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

9 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Wehda	1–2	Al-Fateh	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST	Kariri 18'	Report	Bendebka 51' Otaif 74'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	15	6	2	7	19	22	−3	040.00
King Cup	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	16	6	2	8	19	25	−6	037.50

Updated to match played 25 January 2021
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Al-Nassr	16	7	3	6	26	20	+6	24
8	Al-Qadsiah	16	5	6	5	24	25	−1	21
9	Al-Wehda	17	6	3	8	23	28	−5	21
10	Abha	17	7	3	7	24	26	−2	24
11	Al-Faisaly	17	4	8	5	20	21	−1	20

Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2021. Source: spl.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) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[27]

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
15	6	2	7	19	22	−3	20	3	1	4	13	15	−2	3	1	3	6	7	−1

Last updated: 25 January 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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L
Position	2	10	12	14	14	14	14	13	9	6	5	5	7	8	10

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 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-Wehda	2–1	Al-Qadsiah	Mecca
20:00	Botía 45+3' Petratos 89' (pen.) Abdu Jaber 90+5'	Report	Asprilla 23' Al-Amri 31' (pen.) Andria 39' Al-Muwallad 42' Al-Zayni 71'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Salwi

22 October 2020 2	Al-Ahli	1–0	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
19:55	Mitriță 73'	Report	Al-Qarni 43' Bakshween 85'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

30 October 2020 3	Al-Wehda	1–2	Al-Faisaly	Mecca
19:50	Niakaté 6' Pedrão 45+5' Al-Khulaif 86' Anselmo 88'	Report	Tavares 19' Qassem 45+1' Fallatah 62' Al-Qahtani 75'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

5 November 2020 4	Al-Wehda	2–3	Al-Raed	Mecca
19:45	Bakshween 27' Niakaté 33' Al-Zubaidi 36' Fortes 39' Al-Jayzani 72' Botía 90+3'	Report	Balghaith 2' El Berkaoui 18' Al-Mogren 37' Al-Fahad 60' Daoudi 71' Al-Showaish 90' Adam 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

24 November 2020 5	Al-Taawoun	1–0	Al-Wehda	Buraidah
17:50	Al-Jouei 55' Al-Hafith 72' (o.g.)	Report	Al-Jayzani 52'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

29 November 2020 6	Al-Wehda	3–2	Al-Batin	Mecca
18:10	Petratos 20' (pen.), 54', 86' Anselmo 33' Botía 34' Pedrão 90+5'	Report	Abreu 4', 90' Chaves 25' Al Khairi 63' Hyland 87'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

6 December 2020 7	Al-Wehda	1–2	Al-Ittihad	Mecca
19:45	Al-Hafith 57' Kariri 59' Petratos 90' (pen.)	Report	Rodrigues 28' Al-Jebreen 80' Romarinho 84' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Salwi

13 December 2020 8	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
19:45	Gomis 70' Al-Bulaihi 85'	Report	Petratos 7' Al-Eisa 21' Bakshween 64' Abdu Jaber 75', 90+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

22 December 2020 9	Al-Wehda	2–1	Al-Ain	Mecca
18:20	Fortes 25' Al-Harbi 77' (o.g.) Anselmo 90+2'	Report	Moutari 28' Bastos 51' Saeed Al-Qarni 74' Fouad 84'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Johani

27 December 2020 10	Abha	0–1	Al-Wehda	Abha
15:40	Amr 32' Mhamdi 45'	Report	Abdu Jaber 40' Anselmo 85' Al Hejji 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Esmaiel

1 January 2021 11	Al-Ettifaq	1–2	Al-Wehda	Dammam
17:35	Kiss 68' (pen.)	Report	Niakaté 52', 89' Al-Eisa 53' Botía 59' Kariri 75' Al Hejji 90+4' Al-Owaishir 90+6'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

7 January 2021 12	Al-Wehda	0–0	Al-Fateh	Mecca
18:35	Niakaté 54' Pedrão 71' Bakshween 90+4'	Report	Naji 57' Al-Othman 90'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

15 January 2021 13	Damac	0–0	Al-Wehda	Abha
15:55	Lema 19' Abdullah 54' Abo Shararah 57' Al-Zubaidi 82'	Report	Kariri 45+4' Botía 61' Anselmo 76'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdullah Al-Harbi

20 January 2021 14	Al-Nassr	3–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:10	Martínez 8' Al-Ghamdi 19' Al-Sulayhem 56' Petros 67', 87' (pen.) Al-Buraikan 90+3'	Report	Luisinho 5' Anselmo 19' Al-Hafith 47' Bakshween 70' Niakaté 77' Botía 82' Fortes 86' Abdu Jaber 89'	Stadium: Mrsool Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

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

31 January 2021 16	Al-Qadsiah	2–2	Al-Wehda	Khobar
18:00	Williams 18' Al-Amri 53', 89' Vitas 73' 82' Andria 78'	Report	Al-Ghamdi 15' Anselmo 29' Al-Jayzani 52' Kariri 90+5'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khalid Al-Johani

5 February 2021 17	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Ahli	Mecca
20:15				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

12 February 2021 18	Al-Faisaly	v	Al-Wehda	Al Majma'ah
15:45				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

17 February 2021 19	Al-Raed	v	Al-Wehda	Buraidah
15:55				Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

22 February 2021 20	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Taawoun	Mecca
19:00				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

27 February 2021 21	Al-Batin	v	Al-Wehda	Hafar Al-Batin
15:50				Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium

5 March 2021 22	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
20:35				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

11 March 2021 23	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Hilal	Mecca
19:05				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

21 March 2021 24	Al-Ain	v	Al-Wehda	Al Bahah
16:10				Stadium: King Saud Sport City Stadium

8 April 2021 25	Al-Wehda	v	Abha	Mecca
19:15				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

17 April 2021 26	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Ettifaq	Mecca
20:10				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

15 May 2021 27	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Wehda	Al-Hasa
18:55				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

20 May 2021 28	Al-Wehda	v	Damac	Mecca
19:30				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

25 May 2021 29	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Nassr	Mecca
21:00				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

30 May 2021 30	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium

King Cup

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

17 December 2020 Round of 16	Al-Wehda	0–3	Al-Ittihad	Mecca
20:20	Al-Khulaif 27' Al-Eisa 76'	Report	Prijović 48' (pen.), 49' Pedrão 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

AFC Champions League

Play-off Round

7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) Play-off round	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Mecca, Saudi Arabia
AST				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 31 January 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Raghid Al-Najjar	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
26	GK		Abdullah Al-Owaishir	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
66	GK		Basem Atallah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mohammed Al-Amri	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Pedro Henrique	10	0	8+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
6	DF		Abdullah Al-Hafith	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Alberto Botía	14	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
17	DF		Ali Al-Zubaidi	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Noor Al-Rashidi	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
28	DF		Hamad Al-Jayzani	14	0	12+1	0	1	0	0	0
38	DF		Naif Kariri	13	0	11+1	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF		Hussain Al-Eisa	15	0	9+5	0	1	0	0	0
4	MF		Waleed Bakshween	13	0	11+1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF		Mishari Al-Qahtani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Mohammed Al-Qarni	9	0	7+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
9	MF		Hernâni	16	2	14+1	2	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF		Dimitri Petratos	17	6	11+5	6	1	0	0	0
12	MF		Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Mubarak Al-Suqoor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	MF		Sultan Al-Sawadi	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF		Ayman Al-Khulaif	7	0	1+5	0	1	0	0	0
87	MF		Anselmo	16	2	15	2	1	0	0	0
88	MF		Alaa Al Hejji	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
90	MF		Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi	6	2	2+4	2	0	0	0	0
91	MF		Luisinho	10	1	6+4	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
18	FW		Youssouf Niakaté	11	4	10+1	4	0	0	0	0
19	FW		Thamer Al-Ali	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW		Jaber Asiri	6	0	1+3	0	0+2	0	0	0
71	FW		Ahmed Abdu Jaber	15	3	5+9	3	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	10	MF	Dimitri Petratos	6	6
2	18	FW	Youssouf Niakaté	4	4
3	71	FW	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	3	3
4	9	MF	Hernâni	2	2
	87	MF	Anselmo	2	2
	90	MF	Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi	2	2
7	91	MF	Luisinho	1	1
Own goal				1	1
Total				21	21

Last Updated: 31 January 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Total
1	26	GK		Abdullah Al-Owaishir	3	0	0	3
Total					3	0	0	3

Last Updated: 15 January 2021

References

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[1] "Al-Wehda squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[2] "الوحدة يؤمن حراسته بالاستقطابات والتمديد".

[3] "الوحدة يخطف عطالله من الأهلي".

[4] "الوحدة يضم العمري لمدة 3 مواسم".

[5] "الوحدة يوقع مع ديمتري ويمدد عقد عسيري".

[6] ""الوحدة" يتعاقد مع عبدالكريم القحطاني لثلاثة مواسم".

[7] "الوحدة يتعاقد مع حارس الأهلي ومحور وسط الخليج".

[8] "الوحدة يدعم صفوفه بهوساوي الهلال".

[9] "حسين العيسى وحداويًّا حتى 2025".

[10] "كريري.. يدافع عن ألوان الوحدة".

[11] "الغزال "مبارك الصقور" وحداوي حتى 2022".

[12] "بعد تجربتَيْ النصر والشباب.. "العويشير" يحمي عرين الوحدة".

[13] "رسـمياً.. الوحدة يعلن التعاقد مع عبدالله الحافظ".

[14] ""الوحدة" يعزز صفوفه بالمدافع البرازيلي بيدرو هنريكي".

[15] "رسميا.. الوحدة يضم هيرناني من ليفانتي".

[16] "رسميًا - الهلال يتعاقد مع عبد الله الجدعاني".

[17] "إلتون خوزيه ينضم إلى الحمرية الإماراتي".

[18] "العدالة يضم مدخلي".

[19] "وقعت إدارة النادي عقدًا إحترافيًا مع اللاعب عبدالرحمن ريو".

[20] "الباطن يحصل على خدمات المدافع البرازيلي «ريناتو شافيز»".

[21] "الشباب يضم فواز الصقور".

[22] "اللاعبين المحليين الذين وقعوا عقود احترافية مع النادي خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية".

[23] "التعاون ينهي صفقات الـ «ميركاتو» بالتعاقد مع النمر والمزيعل".

[24] "إجراءات التوقيع مع لاعب خط الوسط " جابر عيسى " قادماً من نادي الوحدة".

[25] "أبها يستعير الأسترالي جودوين".

[26] "العدالة يوقع مع عطية".

[regulations-27] "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.