The 2016–17 season was Al-Ahli's 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 79th year in existence as a football club. The club started the season facing Al-Hilal in the Saudi Super Cup, winning the game on penalties. As well as this, the club also competed in the Pro League, the

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, and the two domestic cups, the

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and the

King Cup The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's Cup) (), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup (), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition. The King's Cup is the second-oldest knockout competition in Saudi Arabian ...

. They entered the season as defending champions of both the League and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

New contracts

Transfers

In

Summer

Winter

Out

Summer

Winter

Loan out

Summer

Winter

Overall transfer activity

Spending

Summer: £2,980,000 Winter: £975,000 Total: £3,955,000

Income

Summer: £0,000,000 Winter: £0,000,000 Total: £0,000,000

Expenditure

Summer: £2,980,000 Winter: £975,000 Total: £3,955,000

Pre-season and friendlies

Al-Ahli preceded their 2016-17 campaign with a friendly against Jeddah Club, a tour of Spain and Qatar and faced

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in the Qatar Airways Cup midway through the season.

Competitions

Overview

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Saudi Super Cup

As a result of winning both the

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and

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, Al-Ahli were scheduled to face Al-Hilal, who won the

, in their 1st

appearance. Al-Ahli won the match on penalties.

Pro League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

All times are local, AST (

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King Cup

Al-Ahli entered the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams.

Crown Prince Cup

As one of last year's finalists, Al-Ahli received a bye to the second round of the

. Al-Ahli started off their campaign by beating Al-Faisaly 2-1 at home, Al-Ahli came from behind and scored twice from the penalty spot through Omar Al Somah. Al-Ahli were drawn away at Hajer for the quarter-finals. The game was played on 25 October 2016. The Royals won 6-1 with Omar Al-Somah scoring a

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. For the semi-finals Al-Ahli were drawn away at local rivals Al-Ittihad. The game was played on 27 December 2016. Al-Ahli lost 3-2 and were eliminated from the competition.

AFC Champions League

As league winners, Al-Ahli entered the AFC Champions League at the group stage. The draw took place on 13 December 2016 and saw Al-Ahli paired with

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winners Zob Ahan, UAE Pro League and

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runners-up

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, and Uzbek League runners-up Bunyodkor.

Group stage

Knockout phase

=Round of 16

Statistics

Appearances

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Yasser Al Mosailem Yasser Abdullah Nasser Al-Mosailem (; born 27 February 1984) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi First Division League club Jeddah. He spent 18 years representing Al-Ahli and the Saudi Arabia national ...

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Waleed Bakshween Waleed Bakshween (; born 12 November 1989) is a Saudi professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Pro League club Al-Wehda and the Saudi Arabia national team. Honours Club ;Al-Ahli Winner * King Cup of Champions: 2011 ...

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Salman Al-Moasher Salman Al-Moasher (; born 5 October 1988) is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays for Al-Jubail as a winger. He is a former Saudi Arabia international having represented them from 2012 until 2018. Career Salman Al-Moasher started his care ...

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Taisir Al-Jassim Taiseer Jaber Abdulmohsen Al-Jassim (, can also be spelled as Taisir Al-Jassim, born 25 July 1984) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Ahli Saudi FC and vice-captain of the Sa ...

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Housain Al-Mogahwi Housain Ali Al-Mogahwi (, born 24 March 1988) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Third Division club Al-Ula. He is a former Saudi Arabia international. Club career He joined Al Fateh in 2010. Impress ...

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Muhannad Assiri Muhannad Ahmed Abu Radeah Assiri (; born 14 October 1986) is a Saudi Arabian former professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward. Career In May 2018, he was named in Saudi Arabia’s prelim ...

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Ageel Balghaith Aqeel Baalghyth Al-Sahbi (; born 15 March 1987) is a Saudi professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for Al-Ula FC, Al-Ula. He is a former Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Ar ...

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Mohammed Aman Mohammed Aman Geleto (Amharic: መሀመድ አማን; born 10 January 1994) is an Ethiopian middle-distance runner. Born in Asella, he is the winner of the 800-meter final at the 2013 World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in M ...

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Hamdan Al-Shamrani Hamdan Al-Shamrani (; born 14 February 1996) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Pro League club Al-Kholood on loan from Al-Ettifaq and the Saudi Arabia national team. Career He started his youth career w ...

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Abdulfattah Asiri Abdulfattah Tawfiq Asiri (; born 26 February 1994) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays for Al-Kholood as a winger. Career On 27 April 2023, Asiri moved abroad for the first time after signing with Finnish Veikkausliiga side IF ...

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Goalscorers

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Mohammed Al-Fatil Mohammed Abdulhakeem Al-Fatil (; born 4 January 1992) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Nassr and the Saudi Arabia national team. Career Al Fatil started his career at Al-Taraji ...

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, 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , - , 77 , DF , , align=left, Amiri Kurdi , 0 , 0 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 1 , - , colspan=5, Own goal , 3 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 0 , 4 , - , colspan=5, Total , 57 , 16 , 10 , 14 , 1 , 98 Last Updated: 29 May 2017

Clean sheets

, 3 , 2 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 7 , - , 2 , 22 , GK , , align=left, Ahmed Al-Rehaili , 4 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 4 , - , colspan=5, Total , 7 , 2 , 0 , 2 , 0 , 11 Last Updated: 12 May 2017

References

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