2014–15 Al-Hilal FC season

Al Hilal
2014–15 season
President Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad
(until 14 February 2015)
Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Homaidani
(until end of the season)
Manager Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf
(until 15 February 2015)
Romania Marius Ciprian (caretaker)
(16–28 February 2015)
Greece Giorgos Donis
(from 1 March 2015)
Stadium King Fahd Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL 3rd
Crown Prince Cup Runners-up
King Cup Winners
Champions League 2014: Runners-up
2015: Quarter-finals1
Top goalscorer League:
Nasser Al-Shamrani (13)

All:
Nasser Al-Shamrani (24)
Highest home attendance 63,763 vs W.S. Wanderers
(1 November 2014, Champions League)
Lowest home attendance 2,677 vs Hajer
(15 May 2015, Pro League)
Average home league attendance 13,007[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season was the Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 58th in existence and 39th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club participated in the AFC Champions League, Crown Prince Cup, and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

Players and squad numbers.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Position Name Date Of Birth (Age) Moving from
Goalkeepers
1 Saudi Arabia GK Khalid Sharhili 3 February 1987 (aged 28) Youth system
22 Saudi Arabia GK Fahad Al Thunayan 26 August 1986 (aged 28) Saudi Arabia Al-Taawon[3]
28 Saudi Arabia GK Abdullah Al-Sudairy 2 February 1992 (aged 23) Youth system
32 Saudi Arabia GK Fayz Al-Sabiay 9 October 1982 (aged 32) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq[4]
Defenders
2 Saudi Arabia RB Sultan Al-Bishi 28 January 1990 (aged 25) Youth system
3 Saudi Arabia CB Yahya Al-Musalem 7 January 1987 (aged 28) Saudi Arabia Al-Raed[5]
4 Saudi Arabia LB / CB Abdullah Al-Zori 13 August 1987 (aged 27) Saudi Arabia Al-Nahda[6]
12 Saudi Arabia LB / RB Yasser Al-Shahrani 22 May 1992 (aged 23) Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah[7]
17 Saudi Arabia CB Abdullah Al-Hafith 25 December 1992 (aged 22) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq[8]
23 South Korea CB Kwak Tae-Hwi 8 July 1981 (aged 33) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab[9]
26 Brazil CB Digão 7 May 1988 (aged 27) Brazil Fluminense[10]
33 Saudi Arabia CB Sultan Al-Deayea 8 March 1993 (aged 22) Youth system
35 Saudi Arabia CB Ahmed Sharahily 5 August 1994 (aged 20) Youth system
49 Saudi Arabia LB Abdullah Al-Shamekh 28 May 1993 (aged 22) Youth system
70 Saudi Arabia CB / RB Mohammed Jahfali 24 October 1990 (aged 24) Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly[11]
Midfielders
6 Saudi Arabia DM / CM Mohammed Al-Qarni 24 November 1989 (aged 25) Youth system
7 Brazil CM / AM Thiago Neves 27 February 1985 (aged 30) Brazil Fluminense[12]
9 Saudi Arabia RM Hamed Al-Hamed 26 August 1987 (aged 27) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
10 Saudi Arabia AM / LW Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 8 December 1980 (aged 34) Youth system
11 Saudi Arabia AM / LM Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari 11 October 1988 (aged 26) Youth system
13 Saudi Arabia DM / CM / LB Salman Al-Faraj 8 January 1989 (aged 26) Youth system
14 Saudi Arabia CM Saud Kariri 8 June 1980 (aged 35) Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad[13]
18 Saudi Arabia DM Abdullah Otayf 3 August 1992 (aged 22) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
24 Saudi Arabia LM / RM Nawaf Al-Abed 26 January 1990 (aged 25) Youth system
25 Saudi Arabia CM Faisel Darwish 3 July 1991 (aged 23) Saudi Arabia Al-Raed
29 Saudi Arabia RM Salem Al-Dawsari 19 August 1991 (aged 23) Youth system
36 Saudi Arabia CM Abdullah Al-Ammar 1 March 1994 (aged 21) Youth system
39 Saudi Arabia CM Abdulellah Al-Fadhl 27 March 1992 (aged 23) Youth system
Forwards
15 Saudi Arabia ST / CF Nasser Al-Shamrani 23 November 1983 (aged 31) Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
16 Saudi Arabia ST / CF Yousef Al-Salem 4 May 1985 (aged 30) Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
19 Saudi Arabia RW Khalid Ka'abi 24 May 1992 (aged 23) Youth system
20 Saudi Arabia ST / CF Yasser Al-Qahtani (C) 11 October 1982 (aged 32) Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
77 Greece ST / RW Georgios Samaras 21 February 1985 (aged 30) England West Bromwich Albion

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Pro League 3rd 8 August 2014 15 May 2015
2014 ACL Quarter-Final Runners-up 19 August 2014 1 November 2014
Crown Prince Cup Round of 16 Runners-up 23 December 2014 13 February 2015
2015 ACL Group stage Round of 161 25 February 2015 26 May 2015
King Cup Round of 32 Winners 10 March 2015 5 June 2015
Notes

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 26 16 6 4 46 17 +29 61.54
King Cup 5 4 1 0 18 5 +13 80.00
Crown Prince Cup 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 75.00
2014 ACL 6 2 2 2 5 3 +2 33.33
2015 ACL 8 5 1 2 12 5 +7 62.50
Total 49 30 10 9 91 34 +57 61.22

Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Nassr (C) 26 20 4 2 62 20 +42 64 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Al-Ahli 26 17 9 0 59 22 +37 60
3 Al Hilal 26 16 6 4 46 17 +29 54
4 Al-Ittihad 26 16 4 6 44 33 +11 52 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Al-Shabab 26 11 7 8 37 31 +6 40
Source: FIFA.com (English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4)goal difference; 5) Goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
26 16 6 4 46 17  +29 54 10 1 2 31 8  +23 6 5 2 15 9  +6

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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Result W W D W W W L W D D W L D W L D W W W W W W W D L W
Position 3 1 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3

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

Matches

Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal started the Crown Prince Cup directly in the round of 16, as one of last year's finalists.

King Cup

Main article: 2015 King Cup

2014 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

2015 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HIL SAD FOO LOK
1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 2–0 3–1
2 Qatar Al-Sadd 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 1–0 1–0 6–2
3 Iran Foolad 6 1 3 2 2 4 2 6 0–0 0–0 1–0
4 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent 6 1 1 4 10 13 3 4 1–2 5–0 1–1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League King Cup Crown Prince Cup 2014 ACL 2015 ACL Total
1 15 FW Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani 13 4 3 3 1 24
2 7 MF Brazil Thiago Neves 10 5 3 1 1 20
3 13 MF Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Faraj 2 1 2 1 0 6
4 16 FW Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem 2 0 0 0 3 5
5 29 MF Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari 3 1 0 0 0 4
24 MF Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Abed 2 1 0 0 1 4
26 DF Brazil Digão 1 3 0 0 0 4
8 20 FW Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani 3 0 0 0 0 3
9 10 MF Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 1 0 0 0 1 2
14 MF Saudi Arabia Saud Kariri 1 0 0 0 1 2
4 DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Zori 1 0 0 0 1 2
12 DF Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani 1 0 0 0 1 2
23 DF South Korea Kwak Tae-hwi 1 1 0 0 0 2
77 FW Greece Georgios Samaras 0 1 1 0 0 2
15 25 MF Saudi Arabia Faisel Darwish 1 0 0 0 0 1
19 MF Saudi Arabia Khalid Ka'abi 1 0 0 0 0 1
70 DF Saudi Arabia Mohammed Jahfali 0 1 0 0 0 1
11 MF Saudi Arabia Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 43 18 9 5 11 86

Assists

Rank No. Pos Nat Name League Crown Prince Cup King Cup 2014 CL 2015 CL Total
1 7 MF Brazil Thiago Neves 2 2 4 0 1 9
2 13 MF Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Faraj 3 1 2 0 2 8
29 MF Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari 4 1 1 2 0 8
3 15 FW Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani 4 0 1 2 0 7
4 25 MF Saudi Arabia Faisel Darwish 5 0 0 0 0 5
4 DF Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Zori 2 0 1 1 1 5
10 MF Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 5 0 0 0 0 5
5 8 MF Romania Mehai Pintili 3 1 0 0 0 4
6 24 MF Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Abed 2 0 0 1 0 3
7 12 DF Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani 1 0 0 0 1 2
16 FW Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem 0 0 2 0 0 2
77 FW Greece Georgios Samaras 2 0 0 0 0 2
8 11 MF Saudi Arabia Abdulazez Al Dosari 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 MF Saudi Arabia Saud Karriri 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 34 6 6 8 4 63

References

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