2024–25 Al-Khaleej FC season

Al-Khaleej
2024–25 season
President	Alaa Al-Heml
Manager	Georgios Donis;
Stadium	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Pro League	8th
King's Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Abdulla Al Salem (7 goals); All: Abdulla Al Salem (8 goals)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →
	All statistics correct as of 7 December 2024.

The 2024–25 season is Al-Khaleej's 80th year in existence and their 10th non-consecutive season in the Pro League.^[1] The club is participating in the Pro League, and the King's Cup.

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

Players

Squad information

As of 1 July 2024^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KSA	Omar Al-Owdah
3	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khabrani
4	DF	ARG	Lisandro López
5	DF	POR	Pedro Rebocho
6	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Samiri
7	MF	TOG	Khaled Narey
8	MF	POR	Ivo Rodrigues
9	FW	EGY	Mohamed Sherif
10	MF	POR	Fábio Martins (captain)
11	FW	KSA	Abdulla Al Salem
13	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Shanqiti
14	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Shaafi
15	MF	KSA	Mansour Hamzi
16	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khaibari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	KSA	Hassan Al-Majhad
19	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Abdullah
21	MF	KSA	Hussain Al-Ohaymid
22	GK	KSA	Raed Ozaybi
23	GK	BIH	Ibrahim Šehić
25	DF	KSA	Arif Al Haydar
33	DF	KSA	Bander Nasser
35	GK	KSA	Rayan Al-Dossari
39	DF	KSA	Saeed Al Hamsal
47	MF	ENG	Mo Adams
66	DF	KSA	Hussain Furayj
77	FW	KSA	Hisham Al Dubais
96	GK	KSA	Marwan Al-Haidari
99	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Abdan

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	16	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	Al-Najma	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	17	Hassan Al-Majhad	Al-Adalah	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	21	Hussain Al-Ohaymid	Al-Noor	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	77	Hisham Al Dubais	Al-Jabalain	End of loan
22 July 2024	MF	–	Saleh Aboulshamat	Al-Qadsiah	Undisclosed	^[3]
23 July 2024	DF	–	Abdullah Al-Fahad	Al-Raed	Free	^[4]
20 August 2024	MF	–	Dimitrios Kourbelis	Trabzonspor	Free	^[5]
30 August 2024	MF	–	Kostas Fortounis	Olympiacos	Free	^[6]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
23 July 2024	End of season	MF	–	Murad Hawsawi	Ohod	None	^[7]
18 August 2024	End of season	DF	–	Marcel Tisserand	Al-Ettifaq	None	^[8]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	MF	18	Abdulelah Hawsawi	Al-Ittihad	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	88	Naif Masoud	Al-Qadsiah	End of loan
9 July 2024	MF	55	Jung Woo-young	Ulsan HD	Free	^[9]^{[unreliable source?]}
14 July 2024	MF	27	Fawaz Al-Torais	Al-Orobah	Free	^[10]
17 August 2024	MF	8	Ivo Rodrigues	Arouca	Free	^[11]
17 August 2024	DF	66	Hussein Freij	Al-Hazem	Free
17 August 2024	MF	17	Hassan Al-Majhad	Al-Adalah	Free	^[12]
20 August 2024	DF	13	Abdullah Al-Shanqiti	Al-Hazem	Free
20 August 2024	DF	42	Fahad Al-Jayzani	Al-Batin	Free	^[13]
27 August 2024	DF	4	Lisandro López	Burgos	Free	^[14]
12 September 2024	MF	47	Mo Adams	Al-Batin	Free	^[15]
19 September 2024	MF	21	Hussain Al-Ohaymid	Al-Noor	Free	^[16]
1 January 2025	FW	77	Hisham Al Dubais	Al-Shabab	Free	^[17]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
3 September 2024	End of season	DF	16	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	Damac	None	^[18]

Pre-season

24 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	1–0	Aluminij	Kidričevo, Slovenia
18:00 CEST	Al-Abdullah	Report		Stadium: Aluminij Sports Park

30 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	7–1	Bistrica	Slovenska Bistrica, Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Sherif 30', 45' Martins 37', 45+4' Narey 50' Al Dubais 63', 71'	Report		Stadium: Slovenska Bistrica Sports Park

3 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	2–1	Al Bataeh	Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Al-Khaibari 78' Al Salem 85'	Report	Pereira

6 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	2–2	Al-Fateh	Slovenia
17:30 CEST	Al-Fahad 25' Al Dubais 73'	Report	Djaniny 47' Batna 76'

12 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Khaleej	1–1	Al-Qadsiah	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
20:30 AST	Hawsawi 66'	Report	Aubameyang 48'	Stadium: Al-Qadsiah Club Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	14	6	2	6	18	19	−1	042.86
King Cup	1	0	0	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total	15	6	2	7	20	24	−4	040.00

Updated to match played 9 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Al-Shabab	14	7	2	5	20	14	+6	23
7	Al-Riyadh	14	6	4	4	18	18	0	22
8	Al-Khaleej	14	6	2	6	18	19	−1	20
9	Al-Taawoun	13	5	3	5	14	14	0	18
10	Damac	14	5	3	6	22	23	−1	18

Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2025. 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).^[19]

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
14	6	2	6	18	19	−1	20	3	1	3	9	8	+1	3	1	3	9	11	−2

Last updated: 9 January 2025.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D
Position	6	10	13	13	14	12	13	11	7	6	6	7	8

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 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

23 August 2024 1	Damac	0–1	Al-Khaleej	Khamis Mushait
19:10	Nkoudou 20' Al-Anazi 77'	Report	Al-Anazi 16' (o.g.) Al Hamsal 66' Al Dubais 72' Šehić 90+3'	Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 2,677 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush

29 August 2024 2	Al-Khaleej	0–1	Al-Shabab	Dammam
21:00		Report	Al-Harbi 28' Carrasco 56', 60' Al-Sibyani 90+7'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Abdullah Al-Owaydan

13 September 2024 3	Al-Taawoun	2–0	Al-Khaleej	Buraidah
18:50	Barrow 18' El Mahdioui 21' Al-Mufarrij 43' Al-Jumayah 45' Flávio 45+5' Mandash 51' Girotto 53'	Report	Martins 27' Kourbelis 45+1' Al-Fahad 59'	Stadium: Al-Taawoun Club Stadium Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

20 September 2024 4	Al-Khaleej	0–0	Al-Fayha	Dammam
18:15	Al-Samiri 45+6'	Report	López 22' Abdi 85' Shukurov 90+1'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,073 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush

27 September 2024 5	Al-Ittihad	4–1	Al-Khaleej	Jeddah
21:00	Kadesh 43' Benzema 49' Aouar 53', 56' Bergwijn 68' H. Al-Ghamdi 90+5'	Report	Narey 5'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 27,483 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

4 October 2024 6	Al-Khaleej	1–0	Al-Kholood	Dammam
18:00	Al-Fahad 40' Al Salem 66'	Report	Dieng 10' Al-Safri 13'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

18 October 2024 7	Al-Khaleej	0–3	Al-Ahli	Dammam
17:45	Al-Fahad 17' Al-Samiri 53' Fortounis 74' Kourbelis 79'	Report	Mahrez 20' Al-Buraikan 55' Toney 70' Demiral 74' Majrashi 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

24 October 2024 8	Al-Wehda	1–3	Al-Khaleej	Mecca
21:00	Amyn 45+1' Al-Hejji 89' Crețu 90+6'	Report	Fortounis 55' (pen.) Martins 59' Narey 72'	Stadium: King Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 1,067 Referee: Sultan Okairy

1 November 2024 9	Al-Khaleej	4–0	Al-Raed	Dammam
17:35	Al Salem 39', 75', 59' Kourbelis 45+3', 45+5' Al Hamsal 72' Al Dubais 90+1' Hawsawi 90+6'	Report	Al-Amri 45+5'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 2,154 Referee: Mohammed Al-Daqqash

9 November 2024 10	Al-Fateh	1–2	Al-Khaleej	Al-Hasa
17:30	Baattiah 11' Bendebka 31' Batna 80', 90+9'	Report	Kourbelis 25' Al-Khabrani 47' Al Salem 55', 87' Tisserand 72' Al Hamsal 74'	Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium Attendance: 10,334 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

23 November 2024 11	Al-Khaleej	3–2	Al-Hilal	Dammam
20:00	Al-Khabrani 9' Al Salem 45', 47' Martins 85' Narey 90'	Report	Leonardo 12' Mitrović 37'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 17,150 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

29 November 2024 12	Al-Qadsiah	1–0	Al-Khaleej	Dammam
17:25	Álvarez 90+2' Al-Othman 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,234 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

7 December 2024 13	Al-Khaleej	1–2	Al-Ettifaq	Dammam
15:55	Narey 35' Kourbelis 39' Al Hamsal 66'	Report	Wijnaldum 45+6' Toko Ekambi 61' Radif 83' Abdulrahman 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,231 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

9 January 2025 14	Al-Riyadh	2–2	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh
18:00	Tozé 68' Barbet 90+2'	Report	Hawsawi 34' Fortounis 45' Martins 80'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

17 January 2025 15	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Orobah	Dammam
16:15				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

21 January 2025 16	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Nassr	Dammam
17:50				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

25 January 2025 17	Al-Okhdood	v	Al-Khaleej	Najran
18:30				Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City

1 February 2025 18	Al-Khaleej	v	Damac	Dammam
16:25				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

6 February 2025 19	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh
18:20				Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium

15 February 2025 20	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Taawoun	Dammam
16:35				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

20 February 2025 21	Al-Fayha	v	Al-Khaleej	Al Majma'ah
18:30				Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City

26 February 2025 22	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Ittihad	Dammam
20:00				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

King Cup

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

23 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Tai	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Khaleej	Ha'il
18:45	Al Salem 45' (o.g.) Cordea 45+4' Al-Nakhli 49', 85' Tawamba 73', 120' Qassem 90+10' Tandia 99' Al-Faraj 103'	Report	Al Salem 55' Šehić 58' Al-Haidari 88' Fortounis 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City Referee: Turki Hashlan

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 9 January 2025.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	GK	KSA	Raed Ozaybi	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	BIH	Ibrahim Šehić	14	0	13	0	1	0
96	GK	KSA	Marwan Al-Haidari	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
Defenders
3	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khabrani	12	0	11+1	0	0	0
5	DF	POR	Pedro Rebocho	15	0	14	0	0+1	0
14	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Shaafi	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
20	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Fahad	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
25	DF	KSA	Arif Al Haydar	4	0	0+3	0	1	0
32	DF	COD	Marcel Tisserand	12	0	11	0	1	0
33	DF	KSA	Bander Nasser	5	0	0+4	0	1	0
39	DF	KSA	Saeed Al Hamsal	13	0	12	0	0+1	0
66	DF	KSA	Theyab Absa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	TOG	Khaled Narey	14	3	13	3	0+1	0
8	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Samiri	12	0	7+4	0	1	0
10	MF	POR	Fábio Martins	15	3	13+1	3	1	0
15	MF	KSA	Mansour Hamzi	15	0	13+1	0	1	0
17	MF	GRE	Kostas Fortounis	13	3	11+1	2	0+1	1
18	MF	KSA	Murad Hawsawi	13	0	1+11	0	1	0
19	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Abdullah	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
21	MF	GRE	Dimitrios Kourbelis	13	1	11+1	1	0+1	0
47	MF	KSA	Saleh Aboulshamat	13	0	3+9	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	EGY	Mohamed Sherif	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
11	FW	KSA	Abdulla Al Salem	14	8	10+3	7	1	1
70	FW	KSA	Abdulmajeed Al-Khathami	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
16	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Khaibari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but left the club
77	FW	KSA	Hisham Al Dubais	9	1	1+8	1	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Abdulla Al Salem	7	1	8
2	7	MF	Khaled Narey	3	0	3
	10	MF	Fábio Martins	3	0	3
	17	MF	Kostas Fortounis	2	1	3
5	21	MF	Dimitrios Kourbelis	1	0	1
5	77	FW	Hisham Al Dubais	1	0	1
Own goal				1	0	1
Total				18	2	20

Last Updated: 9 January 2025

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	7	MF	Khaled Narey	3	0	3
1	17	MF	Kostas Fortounis	3	0	3
3	5	DF	Pedro Rebocho	2	0	2
4	8	MF	Khaled Al-Samiri	1	0	1
	10	MF	Fábio Martins	1	0	1
	11	FW	Abdulla Al Salem	1	0	1
	15	MF	Mansour Hamzi	0	1	1
	19	MF	Mohammed Al-Abdullah	1	0	1
	21	MF	Dimitrios Kourbelis	1	0	1
	47	MF	Saleh Aboulshamat	1	0	1
Total				14	1	15

Last Updated: 9 January 2025

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	23	GK		Ibrahim Šehić	4	0	4
Total					4	0	4

Last Updated: 1 November 2024

References

^ "عن النادي".
^ "Al-Khaleej squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ "الخليج يتعاقد مع صالح أبو الشامات".
^ "الخليج يضم المدافع عبدالله الفهد".
^ "الخليج السعودي يعقد صفقة يونانية".
^ "بـ 6 ملايين.. صانع أولمبياكوس التاريخي يدعم الخليج".
^ "قادماً من نادي أحد بنظام الإعارة مراد هوساوي".
^ "الخليج يضم لاعب الاتفاق".
^ "Ulsan HD FC has recruited Jung Woo-young".
^ "العروبة يعزز صفوفه بلاعبين.. حسين الشويش وفواز الطريس".
^ "OFICIAL: Ivo Rodrigues regressa a Portugal e ao Arouca".
^ "شكراً لكم .. كل الأمنيات بالتوفيق".
^ "الـجـيزانـي سـمـاوي".
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^ "الإدارة تُنهي إجراءات التعاقد مع اللاعب محمد آدم".
^ "تجديد عقد".
^ "الدبيس يلتحق بمعسكر الشباب في الدوحة".
^ "ضمك يتعاقد مع نجم الخليج".
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[1] "عن النادي".

[2] "Al-Khaleej squad". kooora. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[3] "الخليج يتعاقد مع صالح أبو الشامات".

[4] "الخليج يضم المدافع عبدالله الفهد".

[5] "الخليج السعودي يعقد صفقة يونانية".

[6] "بـ 6 ملايين.. صانع أولمبياكوس التاريخي يدعم الخليج".

[7] "قادماً من نادي أحد بنظام الإعارة مراد هوساوي".

[8] "الخليج يضم لاعب الاتفاق".

[9] "Ulsan HD FC has recruited Jung Woo-young".

[10] "العروبة يعزز صفوفه بلاعبين.. حسين الشويش وفواز الطريس".

[11] "OFICIAL: Ivo Rodrigues regressa a Portugal e ao Arouca".

[12] "شكراً لكم .. كل الأمنيات بالتوفيق".

[13] "الـجـيزانـي سـمـاوي".

[14] "Lisandro López, baluarte internacional para el Burgos CF" [Lisandro López, international stronghold for Burgos CF] (in Spanish). Burgos CF. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[15] "الإدارة تُنهي إجراءات التعاقد مع اللاعب محمد آدم".

[16] "تجديد عقد".

[17] "الدبيس يلتحق بمعسكر الشباب في الدوحة".

[18] "ضمك يتعاقد مع نجم الخليج".

[regulations-19] "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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