2024–25 Al-Shabab FC season

Al-Shabab
2024–25 season
President	Mohammed Al-Munajem;
Manager	Vítor Pereira
Stadium	Al-Shabab Club 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-Shabab's 48th non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 78th year in existence as a football club. 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^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KSA	Khaled Asiri
4	DF	BRA	Iago Santos
6	MF	COL	Gustavo Cuéllar
8	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Muwallad
11	MF	KSA	Hattan Bahebri
12	MF	KSA	Majed Kanabah
13	FW	BRA	Carlos
16	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Sibyani
19	MF	KSA	Mohammed Eisa
20	FW	SEN	Habib Diallo
21	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Sadi
22	GK	KSA	Fawaz Al-Qarni
23	MF	BEL	Yannick Carrasco
24	DF	KSA	Moteb Al-Harbi
26	MF	KSA	Riyadh Sharahili
28	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Bishi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jouei
30	MF	CRO	Ivan Rakitić
32	FW	KSA	Saad Al-Muwallad
34	FW	KSA	Fares Al-Garzae
36	DF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Ghulaimish
37	MF	KSA	Abdullah Matuq
38	DF	KSA	Mohammed Harboush
41	FW	KSA	Dhaidan Al-Mutairi
45	GK	KSA	Mousa Camara
50	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Absi
60	GK	KSA	Hamed Al-Shanqiti
85	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Ghamdi
88	DF	KSA	Nader Al-Sharari
—	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Enezi
—	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Rubaie
—	MF	ARG	Cristian Guanca

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	2	Abdullah Al-Rubaie	Al-Jabalain	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	25	Saeed Al-Rubaie	Al-Okhdood	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	–	Sultan Al-Enezi	Al-Zulfi	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	85	Hamad Al-Ghamdi	Al-Entesar	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	–	Cristian Guanca	Al-Taawoun	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	32	Saad Al-Muwallad	Al-Faisaly	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	34	Fares Al-Garzae	Al-Najma	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	41	Dhaidan Al-Mutairi	Al-Batin	End of loan
17 July 2024	FW	–	Haroune Camara	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[3]
23 July 2024	FW	9	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[4]
5 August 2024	MF	–	Giacomo Bonaventura	Fiorentina	Free	^[5]
23 August 2024	DF	–	Wesley Hoedt	Watford	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 September 2024	GK	–	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Ittihad	Free	^[7]
2 September 2024	DF	–	Mohammed Al-Shuwayrikh	Al-Riyadh	$2,131,000	^[8]
3 September 2024	MF	–	Daniel Podence	Wolverhampton Wanderers	$5,555,000	^[9]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
23 August 2024	End of season	MF	–	Younes Al-Shanqiti	Al-Ahli	None	^[10]
1 September 2024	End of season	MF	–	Musab Al-Juwayr	Al-Hilal	None	^[11]
3 September 2024	End of season	DF	–	Robert Renan	Zenit	$3,333,000	^[12]
3 September 2024	End of season	FW	–	Mohammed Al-Thani	Al-Hazem	None	^[13]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	1	Mustafa Malayekah	Al-Fateh	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	2	Hamad Al-Yami	Al-Hilal	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	14	Romain Saïss	Al-Sadd	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	55	Musab Al-Juwayr	Al-Hilal	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	31	Vitinho	Al-Ettifaq	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	49	Abdullah Radif	Al-Hilal	End of loan
1 July 2024	DF	25	Saeed Al-Rubaie	Al-Okhdood	Free	^[14]
1 July 2024	MF	15	Hussain Al-Qahtani	Al-Qadsiah	Free	^[15]
18 July 2024	MF	26	Riyadh Sharahili	Neom	Undisclosed	^[16]
21 July 2024	MF	30	Ivan Rakitić	Hajduk Split	Free	^[17]
23 July 2024	DF	3	Khaled Asiri	Al-Diriyah	Free	^[18]
14 August 2024	DF	4	Iago Santos	Shabab Al Ahli	Free	^[19]
16 August 2024	DF	–	Abdulmajeed Al-Enezi	Al-Ain	Free	^[20]
20 August 2024	MF	19	Mohammed Eisa	Al-Hazem	Free
1 September 2024	DF	24	Moteb Al-Harbi	Al-Hilal	$32,000,000	^[21]
2 September 2024	DF	–	Saad Al-Qahtani	Al-Wehda	Free	^[22]
2 September 2024	MF	28	Nasser Al-Bishi	Al-Riyadh	Free	^[23]
3 September 2024	MF	11	Hattan Bahebri	Al-Taawoun	Free	^[24]
15 September 2024	MF	–	Ammar Al-Khaibari	Al-Zulfi	Free	^[25]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
26 August 2024	End of season	FW	20	Habib Diallo	Damac	None	^[26]
2 September 2024	End of season	FW	13	Carlos	Neom	None	^[27]
13 September 2024	End of season	FW	37	Abdullah Matuq	Al-Jandal	None	^[28]

Pre-season

26 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Shabab	0–2	Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
18:00 WEST		Report	Williams 17' Cruz 22'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Tenerife Javier Pérez

2 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Shabab	1–2	Las Palmas	La Orotava, Spain
13:00 WEST	Carrasco 86'	Report	Muñoz 45+2' Januzaj 47'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal Los Cuartos

7 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Shabab	3–3	Tenerife B	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
19:00 WEST	Carrasco 61' Guanca 72' Camara 81'	Report	González Sabina ,	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva de Tenerife Javier Pérez

15 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Shabab	2–0	Al-Fayha	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:30 AST	Hamdallah 36' Carrasco 37'	Report		Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	4	3	0	1	3	1	+2	075.00
King Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total	4	3	0	1	3	1	+2	075.00

Updated to match played 21 September 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al-Ittihad	6	5	0	1	17	7	+10	15	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
3	Al-Nassr	6	4	2	0	14	3	+11	14	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
4	Al-Shabab	6	4	0	2	5	3	+2	12
5	Al-Taawoun	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10
6	Al-Qadsiah	6	3	1	2	6	3	+3	10

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2024 (2 of 3 matches finished). 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).^[29]

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
4	3	0	1	3	1	+2	9	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 21 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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W
Position	14	11	6	3

Updated to match(es) played on 21 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

24 August 2024 1	Al-Shabab	0–1	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
21:00		Report	Vitinho 58' Dembélé 74' Rodák 90'	Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

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

15 September 2024 3	Al-Qadsiah	0–1	Al-Shabab	Dammam
18:20	Fernández 17' Almena 52' Nández 63' Al-Qahtani 79' Rashad 90+6'	Report	Kanabah 14' Hoedt 35' Kim Seung-gyu 82' Al-Thani 89'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,175 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

21 September 2024 4	Al-Shabab	1–0	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
18:30	Hamdallah 25' (pen.) Kanabah 45' Hoedt 83'	Report	Flávio 23' Al-Mufarrij 30' Al-Jumayah 85' Mandash 90+7'	Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium Attendance: 5,943 Referee: Mohammed Al-Ismail

29 September 2024 5	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Raed	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium

4 October 2024 6	Damac	v	Al-Shabab	Khamis Mushait
21:00				Stadium: Damac Club Stadium

18 October 2024 7	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium

24 October 2024 8	Al-Orobah	v	Al-Shabab	Sakakah
18:15				Stadium: Al Jouf University Stadium

King Cup

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

24 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Kholood	v	Al-Shabab	Ar Rass
21:00				Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 21 September 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
18	GK	KOR	Kim Seung-gyu	4	0	4	0	0	0
33	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Absi	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Hakim	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Shuwayrikh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
4	DF	NED	Wesley Hoedt	3	0	3	0	0	0
5	DF	KSA	Nader Al-Sharari	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
16	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Sibyani	3	0	3	0	0	0
30	DF	BRA	Robert Renan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
38	DF	KSA	Mohammed Harbush	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Ghulaimish	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	COL	Gustavo Cuéllar	4	0	4	0	0	0
7	MF	ITA	Giacomo Bonaventura	4	0	4	0	0	0
8	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Muwallad	2	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF	BEL	Yannick Carrasco	3	1	2+1	1	0	0
11	MF	ARG	Cristian Guanca	4	0	4	0	0	0
12	MF	KSA	Majed Kanabah	4	1	4	1	0	0
15	MF	KSA	Musab Al-Juwayr	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
17	MF	KSA	Younes Al-Shanqeeti	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Sadi	4	0	2+2	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	MAR	Abderrazak Hamdallah	2	1	2	1	0	0
70	FW	KSA	Haroune Camara	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
71	FW	KSA	Mohammed Al-Thani	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
77	FW	KSA	Hamad Al-Khurayef	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
90	FW	KSA	Majed Abdullah	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
24	DF	KSA	Moteb Al-Harbi	2	0	2	0	0	0
28	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Bishi	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	9	FW	Abderrazak Hamdallah	1	1
	10	MF	Yannick Carrasco	1	1
	12	MF	Majed Kanabah	1	1
Own goal				0	0
Total				3	3

Last Updated: 21 September 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	5	DF	Nader Al-Sharari	1	1
1	12	MF	Majed Kanabah	1	1
Total				2	2

Last Updated: 15 September 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	18	GK		Kim Seung-gyu	3	0	3
Total					3	0	3

Last Updated: 21 September 2024

References

[1] "الفريق الاول".

[2] "الشباب - Al Shabab".

[3] "رسميا.. الشباب يعلن التعاقد مع هارون كمارا قادما من الاتحاد".

[4] "نادي الشباب يعلن رسمياً التعاقد مع المغربي عبدالرزاق حمدالله".

[5] "الشباب يُعلن تعاقده مع الإيطالي بونافينتورا".

[6] "هوديت الهولندي الـ 11 في روشن".

[7] "المعيوف يحمي عرين الشباب".

[8] "رسميًا .. محمد الشويرخ شبابيًا".

[9] "الشباب يختم صفقاته بضم "القصير المكير"".

[10] "يونس الشنقيطي سادس صفقات الشباب".

[11] "الهلال يعلن إعارة مصعب الجوير إلى الشباب".

[12] "الهلال يعلن إعارة مصعب الجوير إلى الشباب".

[13] "الحزم يوافق على إعارة الثاني إلى الشباب".

[14] "الأخدود يضم سعيد الربيعي نهائياً".

[15] "القادسية يعلن التعاقد رسمياً مع حسين القحطاني لمدة 3 سنوات".

[16] "رياض شراحيلي لاعب الشباب ينضم إلى نيوم".

[17] "IVAN RAKITIĆ POTPISAO ZA HAJDUK!".

[18] "خالد عسيري جــاهــا".

[19] "بعد الفشل في ضم زوما.. شباب الأهلي الإماراتي يتعاقد مع البرازيلي إياغو سانتوس".

[20] "عبدالمجيد العنــزي اهلاً اهــلاً في نادي العــين".

[21] "رسميًا.. متعب الحربي هلالي لخمسة أعوام".

[22] "رسميًا.. الوحدة يُعلن ضم سعد القحطاني من الشباب".

[23] "نادي #الرياض تعاقده مع اللاعب ناصر البيشي".

[24] "باهبري يعزز صفوف التعاون".

[25] "عــمــار الخــيــبـري #زلـفــاوي".

[26] "بنظام الإعارة.. "الشباب" يرسل السنغالي الدولي حبيب ديالو إلى "ضمك"".

[27] "نيوم يتعاقد مع كارلوس جونيور من الشباب".

[28] "عبدالله معتوق قادم بالاعارة من نادي الشباب لصفوف مارد الجوف لنهاية الموسم".

[regulations-29] "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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