2015–16 Al-Hilal FC season

Al-Hilal
	2015–16 season
President	Nawaf Bin Sa'ad
Manager	Giorgos Donis; (until 18 May 2016); Abdullatif Al-Hussaini (caretaker); (until end of the season)
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium; Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	2nd
Super Cup	Winners
Crown Prince Cup	Winners
King Cup	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	2015: Semi-finals; 2016: Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League:; Carlos Eduardo (14); All:; Carlos Eduardo (24)
Highest home attendance	53,263 vs Al-Ahli (29 September 2015, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance	1,190 vs Lekhwiya (25 August 2015, Champions League)
Average home league attendance	11,872
Home colours	Away colours
← 2014–15

The 2015–16 season was the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 59th in existence and 40th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club is also competed in the AFC Champions League, Super Cup, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers last updated on 23 February 2016.^[2]^[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed in	Contract until	Signed from	Transfer Fee	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Khalid Sharahili	GK	(1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 29)	2007	2019^[4]	Youth system	N/A
22	Fahad Al-Thunayan	GK	(1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 29)	2014	2016	Al-Taawon	€1.8M^[5]
28	Abdullah Al-Sudairy	GK	(1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 24)	2010	2018	Youth system	N/A
30	Mohammed Al-Waked	GK	(1992-03-25)25 March 1992 (aged 24)	2013	2017	Youth system	N/A
33	Marwan Al-Haidari	GK	(1996-04-12)12 April 1996 (aged 20)	2016	2020	Al-Nahda	€0.3M^[6]
Defenders
2	Mohammed Al-Breik	RB / RW	(1992-09-15)15 September 1992 (aged 23)	2014	2016	Youth system	N/A
4	Abdullah Al-Zori	CB / LB	(1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 28)	2007	2019^[7]	Al-Nahda	?
5	Ahmed Sharahili	CB / RB	(1994-05-08)8 May 1994 (aged 22)	2013	2018	Youth system	N/A
12	Yasser Al-Shahrani	LB / RB	(1992-05-22)22 May 1992 (aged 24)	2012	2018	Al-Qadisiyah	€3.5M^[8]
23	Kwak Tae-Hwi	CB	(1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 34)	2014	2016^[9]	Al-Shabab	€0.4M^[10]
26	Digão	CB	(1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 28)	2014	2017^[11]	Fluminense	€1.5M^[12]
36	Mutaeb Al-Mofarej	Defender	(1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 19)	2016		Youth system	N/A
51	Fahad Ghazi	Defender	(1994-03-01)1 March 1994 (aged 22)	2014	2017	Youth system	N/A
70	Mohammed Jahfali	CB	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 25)	2015	2020	Al-Faisaly	€1.8M^[13]
Midfielders
3	Carlos Eduardo	CM / AM	(1989-10-17)17 October 1989 (aged 26)	2015	2018	FC Porto	€7M^[14]
6	Mohammed Al-Qarni	DM / CM	(1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 26)	2010	2018	Youth system	N/A
7	Salman Al-Faraj	DM / CM / LB	(1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 26)	2008	2017	Youth system	N/A
8	Abdullah Otayf	DM / CM	(1992-08-03)3 August 1992 (aged 23)	2013	2018	Al-Shabab	€2.3M^[15]
10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	AM / LW	(1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 35)	1998	2017	Youth system	N/A	Vice-captain
11	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	AM / LM	(1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 27)	2007	2019	Youth system	N/A
14	Saud Kariri	DM	(1980-06-08)8 June 1980 (aged 36)	2014	2016	Al-Ittihad	Free^[16]	Second vice-captain
18	Abdulmajeed Al-Sawat	CM / AM	(1995-04-21)21 April 1995 (aged 21)	2013	2020	Youth system	N/A
19	Khalid Ka'abi	AM / RM / RW	(1992-05-24)24 May 1992 (aged 24)	2014	2016	Youth system	N/A
24	Nawaf Al-Abed	LW / RW	(1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 26)	2008	2018	Youth system	N/A
25	Faisel Darwish	DM / CM / RM	(1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 24)	2015	2020	Al-Raed	€1.4M^[17]
27	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani	AM	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 23)	2014	2018	Youth system	N/A
29	Salem Al-Dawsari	RM / RW	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 24)	2011	2019	Youth system	N/A
37	Abdulaziz Al Sharid	DM	(1994-01-05)5 January 1994 (aged 22)	2014	2017	Youth system	N/A
Forwards
9	Aílton Almeida	ST / CF	(1984-08-20)20 August 1984 (aged 31)	2015	2016	FC Terek Grozny	Free^[18]
15	Nasser Al-Shamrani	ST / CF	(1983-11-23)23 November 1983 (aged 32)	2013	2016	Al-Shabab	€4.2M^[19]
16	Yousef Al-Salem	ST / CF	(1985-05-04)4 May 1985 (aged 31)	2013	2017	Al-Ettifaq	Free^[20]
20	Yasser Al-Qahtani	ST / CF	(1982-10-11)11 October 1982 (aged 33)	2005	2017	Al-Qadisiyah	€5.3M^[21]	Captain

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving from	Fee	Notes	Source
9 April 2015	FW	Younes Alaiwi	25	Al-Shoalah			[1]
1 July 2015	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	22	Al-Raed		Return from loan	[2]
4 July 2015	MF	Carlos Eduardo	25	FC Porto	€7M+3M variables		[3]
4 July 2015	FW	Aílton Almeida	30	FC Terek Grozny	Free		[4]
12 November 2015	GK	Marwan Al-Haidari	19	Al-Nahda	€0.3M		[5]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Moving to	Fee	Notes	Source
8 June 2015	MF	Thiago Neves	30	Al Jazira	€11M		[6]
1 July 2015	GK	Fayz Al-Sabiay	32	Al-Taawon	Free		[7]
1 July 2015	FW	Georgios Samaras	30	West Bromwich		Loan Return	[8]

On loan

Date	Pos.	Player	Age	Loaned to	Loan Fee	Notes	Loan Expiry	Source
12 July 2015	MF	Abdulellah Al-Fadhl	22	Najran			30 June 2016	[9]
20 July 2015	DF	Sultan Al-Deayea	22	Al-Shabab	€0.2M	with an option to buy.	30 June 2016	[10]
18 August 2015	DF	Sultan Al-Bishi	25	Al-Raed			30 June 2016	[11]
21 August 2015	MF	Hamed Al-Hamed	27	Al-Raed				[12]
18 December 2015	FW	Younes Alaiwi	25	Al-Raed			30 June 2016	[13]
18 December 2015	DF	Abdullah Al-Shamekh	22	Al-Raed			30 June 2016	[14]
20 December 2015	DF	Abdullah Al-Hafith	22	Hajer			30 June 2016	[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

27 July 2015 Friendly	Al-Hilal	0–1	Gaziantepspor	Salzburg, Austria
18:35 (UTC+02:00)			28' Chibuike

30 July 2015 Friendly	Al-Hilal	2–0	Akhisar Belediyespor	Salzburg, Austria
18:00 (UTC+02:00)	Aílton 29' A. Al-Dawsari 74'

2 August 2015 Friendly	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ain	Salzburg, Austria
18:00 (UTC+02:00)	Al-Shalhoub 13' Al-Shamekh 29' Ka'abi 74'		10' Bastos

5 August 2015 Friendly	Udinese	1–0	Al-Hilal	Udine, Italy
18:00 (UTC+02:00)	Di Natale 2'			Stadium: Stadio Friuli

4 September 2015 Friendly	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:45 (UTC+03:00)	A. Al-Dawsari 41', 68'		76' Al-Turki	Stadium: Club Stadium

6 October 2015 Friendly	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:20 (UTC+03:00)	Ka'abi 52'			Stadium: Club Stadium

14 January 2016 Friendly	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
18:00 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shamrani 34'		16' 90+2'	Stadium: Club Stadium

15 January 2016 Friendly	Al-Hilal	3–1	SJK Seinäjoki	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
17:50 (UTC+03:00)	Al-Shahrani 33' Eduardo 59' Al-Salem 85'		45' Roope Riski	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Saudi Super Cup	Final	Winners	12 August 2015
Professional League	Round 1	Runners-up	19 August 2015	12 May 2016
2015 Champions League	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	25 August 2015	20 October 2015
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 16	Winners	30 November 2015	19 February 2016
2016 Champions League	Group stage	Round of 16	24 February 2016	24 May 2016
King Cup	Round of 32	Semi-finals	21 January 2016	29 April 2016

Last Updated: 24 May 2016

Saudi Super Cup

12 August 2015	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Hilal	London, England
18:00 CEST		Report	63' C. Eduardo	Stadium: Loftus Road Stadium Attendance: 8,439 Referee: Craig Pawson, (England)

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahli (C)	26	19	6	1	55	21	+34	63	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Al-Hilal	26	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55
3	Al-Ittihad	26	15	4	7	54	37	+17	49
4	Al-Taawoun	26	13	6	7	54	35	+19	45	Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Al-Fateh	26	11	8	7	35	28	+7	41

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).^[22]
(C) Champion.
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Since winners of the 2016 King Cup, Al-Ahli, qualified for AFC Champions League group stage based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (2017 AFC Champions League group stage) is passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (AFC Champions League play-off round) is passed to the fourth-placed team.

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	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55	8	3	2	27	9	+18	9	1	3	25	14	+11

Last updated: 12 May 2016.
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	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	3	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 12 May 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

19 August 2015 1	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
20:45	Kaabi 8' Aílton 26'	Report	60' Al-Mansor 72' Barnawi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 16,883 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

29 August 2015 2	Al-Fateh	1–2	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
18:45	Élton 42'	Report	29' Aílton 80' C. Eduardo 90+2' Digão	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 11,688 Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

20 September 2015 3	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Raed	Riyadh
18:35	Al-Abed 35' Darwish 38' C. Eduardo 45+3'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 17,574 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

25 October 2015 4	Al-Hilal	3–1	Al-Taawoun	Riyadh
20:00	C. Eduardo 9', 90', 90+4' Al-Breik 79'	Report	64' Mousa 90+4' Muaad 90+4' Majrashi	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 10,230 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

30 October 2015 5	Al-Ittihad	4–3	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:30	Sharahili 2' (o.g.) Rivas 26', 48' Al-Muwallad 32' Troisi 42' Abousaban 73' Noor 88' Montashari 90+3'	Report	37' Ka'abi 50' C. Eduardo 65', 84' Aílton 66', 81' Al-Shahrani	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 59,037 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

3 November 2015 6	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
17:55	Al-Shamrani 83', 84'	Report	31' Cley 45+2' Al-Najrani 76' Khabrani 90+2' Mellouli	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 8,585 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

21 November 2015 8	Al-Hilal	7–0	Al-Khaleej	Riyadh
17:45	Al-Shamrani 39', 76' Al-Zori 52' Kariri 65' Al-Abed 67' Al-Breik 79' Al-Qahtani 85' (pen.)	Report	10' Rishani 67' Alawjami 84' Al-Jadaani	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,097 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

27 November 2015 9	Al-Shabab	0–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Khaibri 13' Rafinha 72' Al-Shammari 77' Muath 89'	Report	43' Kariri 45+1' Eduardo 58' Al-Faraj	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 14,850 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

4 December 2015 10	Al-Hilal	2–0	Najran	Riyadh
20:00	Eduardo 16', 23' Al-Qahtani 90+2'	Report	18' Khodari 39' Al-Mousa 62' Al-Khaibari	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 9,079 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

10 December 2015 11	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Shahrani 44' Eduardo 47' Al-Dawsari 58'	Report	24' Al-Mogahwi 30' Al-Moasher 56' Al-Mosailem 68' Assiri	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 26,653 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

14 December 2015 12	Hajer	1–5	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
17:30	Al-Hamdan 11' Al-Barakah 39'	Report	16' Kaabi 18' Al-Faraj 30' Darwish 65' Al-Zori 72' (pen.) Aílton 90+2' Jahfali	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 6,754 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

19 December 2015 13	Al-Faisaly	0–1	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
17:50	Sowid 89'	Report	86' Al-Qahtani	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Khaled Salwi

24 December 2015 7	Al-Nassr	1–2	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
20:00	Abdulghani 7' Al-Sahlawi 45+2' (pen.) Al-Ghamdi 65' Al-Jebreen 85'	Report	10' Digão 26' Al-Dawsari 72' Eduardo	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 21,716 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

27 January 2016 14	Al-Wehda	1–3	Al-Hilal	Makkah
20:30	Belal 44' Haroon 75' Nfor 81'	Report	45' Al-Faraj 45+1' Jahfali 52' Eduardo 53' Otayf 72' Al-Zori	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 10,939 Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

5 February 2016 15	Al-Hilal	3–3	Al-Fateh	Riyadh
18:20	Al-Zori 64', 90+2' Al-Shamrani 75' Eduardo 81'	Report	5', 79' Élton 25', 59' Falcón 76', 90' Al-Mubarak	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 11,104 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi

11 February 2016 16	Al-Raed	0–1	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
18:35	Al-Bishi 23' Muwallad 56'	Report	82' Eduardo	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 12,324 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

15 February 2016 17	Al-Taawoun	1–0	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
18:40	Efoulou 21' (pen.) Muaad 54' Manoel 90'	Report	19' K. Sharhili 43' Jahfali	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 12,507 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

27 February 2016 18	Al-Hilal	0–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:45	Jahfali 5'	Report	6' Al-Sahafi 21' F.Al-Muwallad 31' Asiri 71' Khaibari 79' Hamzah 87' Muntari	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 17,020 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

6 March 2016 19	Al-Qadisiyah	0–0	Al-Hilal	Dammam
18:25	Al-Obaid 51' Abdul-Amir 78' Barnawi 87' Jandson 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 12,050 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

10 March 2016 20	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:30	Al-Breik 28' S.Al-Dawsari 37' Aílton 68' Digão 77' Al-Faraj 90'	Report	49' Al-Sahlawi 51' Al-Ghamdi 71' Abdulghani	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 21,824 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

2 April 2016 21	Al-Khaleej	0–3	Al-Hilal	Dammam
18:35	Sylla 68'	Report	3' Al-Salem 15' S. Al-Dawsari 58' Al-Shalhoub 62' Kariri	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,714 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

9 April 2016 22	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
21:00	Aílton 11' Al-Faraj 57' Jahfali 90'	Report	59' Al-Khaibri 69' Al-Sulayhem 82' Benyettou	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 5,175 Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

15 April 2016 23	Najran	2–3	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
21:10	Ferreira 61', 77' Abbas 65' Al-Mousa 75'	Report	28' Eduardo 53' Al-Salem 70' A. Al-Dawsari	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 18,777 Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

24 April 2016 24	Al-Ahli	3–1	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
21:15	Al-Somah 46', 50' Al-Jassim 71' Al-Mogahwi 90+4', 90+5'	Report	10' Eduardo 15' Jahfali 64', 80' Kariri 70' Al-Shahrani	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 56,293 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

8 May 2016 25	Al-Hilal	4–1	Hajer	Riyadh
21:00	Al-Qahtani 27', 68', 71', 84' Al-Sawat 82' Al-Qarni 90'	Report	25' Al-Raheeb 90+1' Nu'man	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 2,371 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

12 May 2016 26	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Faisaly	Riyadh
19:10	Ghazi 68'	Report	56' Al-Safri	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 2,743 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal started the tournament directly to the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists. All times were local, AST (UTC+3).

30 November 2015 Round of 16	Al-Taawoun	1–2	Al-Hilal	Buraidah
19:30	Moath 23' Al-Khamees 90+2'	Report	19' (pen.) Al-Shamrani 30' Kariri 56', 77' Aílton 83' Darwish 87' Al-Faraj	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Shukri Al Hanfosh

28 December 2015 Quarter-final	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
17:50	Eduardo 36', 65' Kariri 45+3' Al-Shamrani 54' (pen.) Darwish 75' Sharahily 81' Al-Qahtani 84' Jahfali 90+3'	Report	39' Hazazi 52' Masrahi	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

1 January 2016 Semi-final	Al-Hilal	4–0	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Shahrani 25' Aílton 48', 64' Eduardo 69' (pen.) Al-Faraj 74'	Report	44' Affonso 64' Al-Owais 65' Arismendi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 11,970 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

19 February 2016 Final	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:30	Al-Shamrani 4' Al-Abed 33' S. Al-Dawsari 80' K. Sharhili 90+4'	Report	36', 90' Al-Jassim 47' Al-Harbi 83' M. Hawsawi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

King Cup

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

21 January 2016 Round of 32	Al-Nahda	1–2	Al-Hilal	Dammam
17:55	Diakité 26'		83' Aílton 86' Jahfali	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Aoydan

31 January 2016 Round of 16	Al-Nojoom	0–2	Al-Hilal	Al-Hasa
19:30		Report	11', 55' Eduardo 90+3' Kwak	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Sultan Al Harbi

12 April 2016 Quarter-final	Al-Mojzel	1–4	Al-Hilal	Al Majma'ah
19:05	Al-Mutairi 28' Al-Bishi 83'	Report	63', 74' Al-Qahtani 71' Al-Qarni 80' Kaabi 90' Aílton	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Referee: Khaled Salwi

29 April 2016 Semi-final	Al-Hilal	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:45	Al-Zori 7' Digão 44', 120+2' Jahfali 53' Al-Salem 73' (pen.), 73' Kariri 83', 109' Al-Shahrani 120' S. Al-Dawsari 120+2'	Report	59', 78' Assiri 111' Al-Somah 114' Marquinho	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

2015 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

25 August 2015 First leg	Al-Hilal	4–1	Lekhwiya	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:50 (UTC+3)	Aílton 11' Ka'abi 34' C. Eduardo 36', 86' Al-Faraj 78'	Report	17' Msakni 78' Abdullah	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 1,190^[A] Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

15 September 2015 Second leg	Lekhwiya	2–2 (3–6 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Doha, Qatar
19:00 (UTC+3)	El-Sayed 15' Mohammad 45+2' Yasser 69' Flores 71', 90' Weiss 82' Musa 90'	Report	26' C. Eduardo 79' Darwish 82' S. Al-Dawsari 87' Digão 89' Al-Breik	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 5,439 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Semi-finals

29 September 2015 First leg	Al-Hilal	1–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:15 (UTC+3)	Ka'abi 17' Aílton 82' Al-Faraj 90+5'	Report	57', 77' Lima 90+1' Al-Fardan 90+5' Abbas	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 53,263 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

20 October 2015 Second leg	Al-Ahli	3–2 (4–3 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Dubai, UAE
18:45 (UTC+3)	Lima 17' Ribeiro 45' Al-Hammadi 85' Hassan 90' Kwon 90+4'	Report	51' Aílton 64' C. Eduardo 86' Al-Sudairy 90' Al-Shamrani 90+3' Al-Abed	Stadium: Al-Rashid Stadium Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

2016 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TRA	HIL	PAK	JAZ
1	Tractor Sazi	6	4	0	2	10	3	+7	12	Knock-out stage	—	1–2	2–0	4–0
2	Al-Hilal	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11	Knock-out stage	0–2	—	4–1	1–0
3	Pakhtakor	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10		1–0	2–2	—	3–0
4	Al-Jazira	6	0	1	5	2	13	−11	1		0–1	1–1	1–3	—

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 February 2016 6^[B]	Pakhtakor	2–2	Al-Hilal	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
14:30 (UTC+3)	Sokhibov 67' Sergeev 70' Khashimov 89', 90+2'	Report	57' S.Al-Dawsari 60' Al-Qahtani 83' Kariri 84' Al-Salem 90' A.Sharahili	Stadium: Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

2 March 2016 2	Al-Hilal	4–1	Pakhtakor	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Zori 55' Orahovac 58' (o.g.) Kaabi 61', 78'	Report	28' Tajiev 31' Sergeev 69' Khashimov 86' Iskanderov	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 9,456 Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 March 2016 3	Al-Jazira	1–1	Al-Hilal	Abu Dhabi, Emirates
19:35 (UTC+3)	Juma 62', 90+4'	Report	9' Aílton 43' Digão	Stadium: Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 14,372 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

6 April 2016 4	Al-Hilal	1–0	Al-Jazira	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:45 (UTC+3)	Aílton 36'	Report	25' Fayez 34' Sebil 89' Juma	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 10,316 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

19 April 2016 5	Al-Hilal	0–2	Tractor Sazi	Doha, Qatar^[C]
18:35 (UTC+3)	Eduardo 45'	Report	66' Nong 81' Hatami	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 2,642 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

3 May 2016 1^[B]	Tractor Sazi	1–2	Al-Hilal	Muscat, Oman^[C]
17:30 (UTC+3)	Nong 48' Ashouri 73'	Report	15' S. Al-Dawsari 29' Jahfali 45+3' Otayf 71' Aílton 90+2' Al-Thunayan	Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Attendance: 8,545 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

17 May 2016 First leg	Al-Hilal	0–0	Lokomotiv Tashkent	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:05 (UTC+3)		Report	27' Tukhtakhodjaev 56' Nesterov 77' Makharadze	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 14,132 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

24 May 2016 Second leg	Lokomotiv Tashkent	2–1 (2–1 agg.)	Al-Hilal	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
16:00 (UTC+3)	Tukhtakhodjaev 26' Alibaev 32' Shaakhmedov 52' Fayziev 56'	Report	22' Al-Abed 52' Al-Faraj 72' Jahfali 89' (pen.) Al-Shalhoub 90+1' Al-Shahrani	Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium Attendance: 5,271 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Super Cup	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	2015 CL	2016 CL	Total
1	3	MF	Carlos Eduardo	14	1	3	2	4	0	24
2	9	FW	Aílton Almeida	6	0	2	2	3	3	16
3	20	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	6	0	1	2	0	1	10
4	15	FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	4	0	3	0	0	0	7
4	4	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	5	0	0	1	0	1	7
6	19	MF	Khalid Kaabi	1	0	0	1	1	2	5
7	16	FW	Yousef Al-Salem	2	0	0	1	0	1	4
7	29	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
9	7	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
10	2	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	12	DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	70	DF	Mohammed Jahfali	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
	24	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
	10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
15	26	DF	Digão	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	14	MF	Saud Kariri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	25	MF	Faisel Darwish	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	11	MF	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				52	1	12	10	9	11	95

Last Updated: 24 May 2016

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Super Cup	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	2015 CL	2016 CL	Total
1	10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	3	0	0	0	1	3	7
1	24	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	6	0	0	0	0	1	7
3	25	MF	Faisel Darwish	1	0	2	2	1	0	6
3	2	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
3	3	MF	Carlos Eduardo	3	0	0	0	1	1	5
4	29	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	2	0	0	0	2	0	4
4	15	FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	1	0	1	2	0	0	4
8	12	DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	0	1	1	0	1	0	3
	4	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
	9	FW	Aílton Almeida	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
	7	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	1	0	1	1	0	0	3
	14	MF	Saud Kariri	1	0	0	0	2	0	3
	11	MF	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
12	16	FW	Yousef Al-Salem	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
14	19	MF	Khalid Kaabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	23	DF	Kwak Tae-hwi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	26	DF	Digão	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	70	DF	Mohammed Jahfali	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	20	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total				37	1	6	6	8	5	63

Last Updated: 8 May 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	League	Super Cup	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	2016 CL	Total
1	1	GK	Khalid Sharahili	10	1	1	1	0	13
2	22	GK	Fahad Al-Thunayan	1	0	0	0	2	3
Total				11	1	1	1	2	16

Last Updated: 24 May 2016

Notes

^ Al-Hilal played their quarter-final home match behind closed doors due to crowd trouble.^[23]
^ On 25 January 2016, the AFC announced changes to the schedule regarding teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia to be played on matchdays 5 and 6 (19–20 April and 3–4 May) due to the deteriorating Iran–Saudi Arabia relations, also the venues will be decided after an evaluation deadline of 15 March 2016. If there has not been a return to normal relations between the two countries by then, all matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played at neutral venues.^[24]
^ On 31 March 2016, the AFC announced that matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues.^[25]

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[table_note_res_CLGS0.52899313088234-22] 1.0 ^1.1 Since winners of the 2016 King Cup, Al-Ahli, qualified for AFC Champions League group stage based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (2017 AFC Champions League group stage) is passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (AFC Champions League play-off round) is passed to the fourth-placed team.

[cnote_A] Al-Hilal played their quarter-final home match behind closed doors due to crowd trouble.^[23]

[cnote_B] On 25 January 2016, the AFC announced changes to the schedule regarding teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia to be played on matchdays 5 and 6 (19–20 April and 3–4 May) due to the deteriorating Iran–Saudi Arabia relations, also the venues will be decided after an evaluation deadline of 15 March 2016. If there has not been a return to normal relations between the two countries by then, all matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played at neutral venues.^[24]

[cnote_C] On 31 March 2016, the AFC announced that matches between teams from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played on neutral venues.^[25]

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55	8	3	2	27	9	+18	9	1	3	25	14	+11

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55	8	3	2	27	9	+18	9	1	3	25	14	+11

2015–16 Al-Hilal FC season

Contents

Players

Squad information

Transfers

In

Out

On loan

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Saudi Super Cup

Pro League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Crown Prince Cup

King Cup

2015 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

2016 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Statistics

Goalscorers

Assists

Clean sheets

Notes

References

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
26	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55	8	3	2	27	9	+18	9	1	3	25	14	+11