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The 2024–25 season is Al-Riyadh's 72nd year in existence and their 25th non-consecutive season in the Pro League. 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

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 1 GK  KSA Rakan Al-Najjar 2 DF  KSA Amiri Kurdi 4 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Shwirekh 7 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Aqel 8 DF  KSA Abdulelah Al-Khaibari 9 FW  JAM Andre Gray 11 MF  ZIM Knowledge Musona 12 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Dossari 14 FW  KSA Saleh Al Abbas 16 MF  KSA Saleh Al-Saeed 18 MF  KSA Mohammed Al Aqeel 19 DF  KSA Saud Al-Bawardi 20 MF  GAB Didier Ndong 22 GK  KSA Zaid Al-Bawardi

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 GK  URU Martín Campaña 26 MF  KSA Ali Al-Zaqaan 27 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Nowaiqi 28 MF  KSA Badr Al-Mutairi 29 DF  KSA Ahmed Assiri 36 DF  BEL Dino Arslanagić 40 GK  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shammari 60 MF  MLI Birama Touré 66 MF  KSA Majed Al-Qahtani 77 MF  KSA Moayed Al-Houti 80 MF  KSA Fahad Al-Rashidi 88 MF  KSA Yahya Al-Shehri 99 FW  KSA Mutaz Hibah

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
13 July 2024	DF	–	Suwailem Al-Menhali	Al-Ittihad	Free
13 July 2024	DF	87	Marzouq Tombakti	Al-Nassr	Free
13 July 2024	FW	24	Rayan Al-Bloushi	Al-Safa	Free
18 July 2024	MF	50	Nawaf Hawsawi	Al-Wehda	Free
22 July 2024	MF	10	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Qadsiah	Free
24 July 2024	GK	–	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi	Al-Okhdood	Free
29 July 2024	DF	–	Yazeed Al-Bakr	Al-Hazem	Free
2 August 2024	DF	14	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	Abha	Free
11 August 2024	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Nassr	$133,000
18 August 2024	MF	11	Ibrahim Bayesh	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Undisclosed
18 August 2024	MF	17	Faïz Selemani	Al-Hazem	Undisclosed
19 August 2024	MF	20	Tozé	Al-Hazem	Free
19 August 2024	MF	21	Lucas Kal	Atlético Goianiense	Free
20 August 2024	MF	43	Bernard Mensah	Al-Tai	Undisclosed
21 August 2024	GK	82	Milan Borjan	Red Star Belgrade	Free
21 August 2024	FW	13	Mohamed Konaté	Akhmat Grozny	Free
26 August 2024	DF	5	Yoann Barbet	Bordeaux	Free
2 September 2024	DF	–	Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri	Al-Wehda	Free
2 September 2024	MF	–	Nasser Al-Bishi	Al-Shabab	Free
3 September 2024	GK	1	Vincent Angelini	Brentford B	Free
3 September 2024	DF	–	Enzo Roco	Al-Tai	Free

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
8 January 2025	End of season	FW	85	Talal Haji	Al-Ittihad	None

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	6	Alin Toșca	Benevento	End of loan
1 July 2024	MF	15	Abdulhadi Al-Harajin	Al-Fayha	Free
15 July 2024	DF	5	Khalid Al-Shuwayyi	Al-Bukiryah	Free
2 August 2024	DF	12	Abdullah Al-Dossari	Al-Faisaly	Free
3 August 2024	GK	1	Rakan Al-Najjar	Al-Okhdood	Free
6 August 2024	MF	80	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Al-Orobah	Free
9 August 2024	MF	20	Didier Ndong	Esteghlal	Free
11 August 2024	MF	11	Knowledge Musona	Al-Okhdood	Free
12 August 2024	FW	14	Saleh Al Abbas	Al-Okhdood	Free
2 September 2024	DF	4	Mohammed Al-Shuwayrikh	Al-Shabab	$2,131,000
11 September 2024	MF	60	Birama Touré	Montpellier	Free
13 September 2024	MF	74	Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani	Al-Safa	Free
16 September 2024	DF	36	Dino Arslanagić	Macarthur	Free
20 September 2024	DF	99	Mutaz Ayash	Al-Washm	Free
21 September 2024	MF	16	Saleh Al-Saeed	Al-Sadd	Free
4 October 2024	FW	9	Andre Gray	Plymouth Argyle	Free
12 January 2025	MF	26	Ali Al-Zaqaan	Al-Arabi	Free

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
2 September 2024	End of season	GK	–	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi	Al-Qadsiah	None
2 September 2024	End of season	MF	–	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Jabalain	None

Pre-season and friendlies

30 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	0–2	Al-Ahli	Seekirchen am Wallersee, Austria
18:30 CEST		Report	Demiral 21' Mahrez 37'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Aug

6 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	1–1	Ertl Glas Amstetten	Amstetten, Austria
17:00 CEST	Al-Bloushi			Stadium: Union-Platz

14 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Riyadh	2–2	Al-Arabi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
19:00 AST			Quioto	Stadium: Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Updated to match played 9 January 2025
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 9 January 2025.
Source: Saudi Pro League

Results by round

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

22 August 2024 1	Al-Wehda	3–3	Al-Riyadh	Mecca
21:00	Goodwin 40', 62' Al-Hafith  83' Khodari 90+4' Noor  90+13'	Report	Mensah 51' Al-Nowaiqi  59' Tozé  71' Al-Aqel  79' Bayesh 85' Kal 90+7'	Stadium: King Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 670 Referee: Mohammed Al-Ismail

29 August 2024 2	Al-Riyadh	3–1	Al-Kholood	Riyadh
18:55	Jahfali 21' (o.g.) Al-Bakr  30' Bayesh 75' Al-Aqel 90+4'	Report	Hawsawi  28' Al-Shamrani  45+12' Collado 50'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 604 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

14 September 2024 3	Al-Riyadh	0–3	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
21:00	Kal  30' Al-Khaibari  57' Assiri  83'	Report	Koulibaly  24' S. Al-Dawsari 53' Cancelo  59' Barbet 80' (o.g.) Mitrović 90+10'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 8,914 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

21 September 2024 4	Al-Raed	1–2	Al-Riyadh	Buraidah
18:40	M. Al-Dossari  23' Gonzalez  27' Sayoud 71'	Report	Al-Menhali  70' Selemani 80' Konaté 90+5' Al-Aqel  90+9'	Stadium: Al-Raed Club Stadium Attendance: 1,658 Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri

29 September 2024 5	Al-Fayha	2–0	Al-Riyadh	Al Majma'ah
18:30	Abdi  19' Sakala 20' López 35' Shukurov  75'	Report	Assiri  19' Al-Menhali  26'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 390 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

4 October 2024 6	Al-Riyadh	2–1	Al-Qadsiah	Riyadh
18:15	Kal 24',  69' Bayesh 59' Tozé  88'	Report	Nández  57' Al-Othman 79'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

20 October 2024 7	Al-Okhdood	0–1	Al-Riyadh	Najran
18:20	Koné  45+1' Al-Muwallad  48' Ferreira  50' Khamis  55'	Report	Mensah  15' Al-Khaibari  45+1' Tozé 53' Bayesh  90+7'	Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 447 Referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan

24 October 2024 8	Al-Riyadh	0–1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
21:00	Al-Sahafi  28' Al-Khaibari  45+1' Assiri  66'	Report	Kanté 45+2' Mitaj  48' Aouar  69' Al-Amri  84'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 7,853 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

1 November 2024 9	Damac	2–2	Al-Riyadh	Khamis Mushait
18:15	Stanciu  5' Abdullah  17' Diallo 42' Al-Anazi  61' Nkoudou 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Mensah 23' Tambakti  45+2' Assiri  46' Selemani 68'	Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 2,576 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

8 November 2024 10	Al-Riyadh	0–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:00	Bayesh  38' Al-Khaibari  51'	Report	Mané 41' Haqawi  90+1'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Attendance: 6,822 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

24 November 2024 11	Al-Riyadh	0–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:40	Kal  38'	Report	Medrán  56'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahad Sports City Attendance: 448 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

28 November 2024 12	Al-Fateh	1–2	Al-Riyadh	Al-Hasa
20:00	Al-Zaid  29' Bendebka 45+3' Al-Abdulwahed  45+9' Saâdane  89'	Report	Al-Khaibari  2' Assiri  45+1', 61' Borjan  45+8' Mensah 81'	Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium Attendance: 6,022 Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari

6 December 2024 13	Al-Orobah	0–1	Al-Riyadh	Sakakah
17:55	Muhar  39' Al-Qarni  57'	Report	Assiri  29' Tozé 80' Borjan  90+2'	Stadium: Al Jouf University Stadium Attendance: 428 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush

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

King Cup

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

25 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Safa	1–3	Al-Riyadh	Safwa
21:00	Asprilla 59' Albu  70' Fabinho  79'	Report	Selemani 19' Hawsawi  25' Al-Aqel 29', 66'	Stadium: Al-Safa Club Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Ahmari

28 October 2024 Round of 16	Al-Riyadh	0–2	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
17:50	Barbet  81' Al-Khaibari  88'	Report	Camara 37' Kanabah  68' Bonaventura 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium Referee: Khalid Al-Teris

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 9 January 2025.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	SCO	Vincent Angelini	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari	1	0	0	0	1	0
82	GK	CAN	Milan Borjan	15	0	14	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Yazeed Al-Bakr	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Yoann Barbet	14	1	10+2	1	2	0
8	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Khaibari	14	0	13	0	1	0
14	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	6	0	2+2	0	1+1	0
25	DF	KSA	Suwailem Al-Menhali	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
27	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Nowaiqi	10	0	7+2	0	1	0
29	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri	13	1	12	1	1	0
50	DF	KSA	Nawaf Hawsawi	5	0	1+3	0	1	0
66	DF	KSA	Majed Al-Qahtani	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	DF	KSA	Marzouq Tombakti	12	0	9+1	0	1+1	0
Midfielders
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Aqel	15	3	4+9	1	2	2
10	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Abed	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
11	MF	IRQ	Ibrahim Bayesh	15	3	13+1	3	1	0
15	MF	KSA	Nasser Al-Bishi	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	KSA	Akram Yousef	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	COM	Faïz Selemani	15	3	12+1	2	2	1
18	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al Aqeel	8	0	0+6	0	1+1	0
20	MF	POR	Tozé	16	3	14	3	1+1	0
21	MF	BRA	Lucas Kal	15	2	14	2	1	0
28	MF	KSA	Bader Al-Mutairi	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
43	MF	GHA	Bernard Mensah	15	3	11+3	3	0+1	0
88	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri	11	0	7+3	0	1	0
Forwards
13	FW	BFA	Mohamed Konaté	14	1	8+4	1	2	0
24	FW	KSA	Rayan Al-Bloushi	7	0	0+5	0	0+2	0
85	FW	KSA	Talal Haji	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	7	MF		Mohammed Al-Aqel	1	2	3
	11	MF		Ibrahim Bayesh	3	0	3
	17	MF		Faïz Selemani	2	1	3
	20	MF		Tozé	3	0	3
	43	MF		Bernard Mensah	3	0	3
6	21	MF		Lucas Kal	2	0	2
7	5	DF		Yoann Barbet	1	0	1
	13	FW		Mohamed Konaté	1	0	1
	29	DF		Ahmed Assiri	1	0	1
Own goal					1	0	1
Total					18	3	21

Last Updated: 9 January 2025

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	43	MF		Bernard Mensah	4	0	4
2	17	MF		Faïz Selemani	3	0	3
	20	MF		Tozé	3	0	3
4	5	DF		Yoann Barbet	1	0	1
	13	FW		Mohamed Konaté	0	1	1
	21	MF		Lucas Kal	1	0	1
Total					12	1	13

Last Updated: 9 January 2025

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	82	GK		Milan Borjan	3	0	3
Total					3	0	3

Last Updated: 6 December 2024

References

1. "تاريخ نادي الرياض".
2. "الفريق الأول".
3. "الرياض - Al Riyadh".
4. "المنهالي.. أول صفقات الرياض".
5. "#الرياض يوقع مع تمبكتي".
6. "#الرياض يُنهي اجراءات التعاقد مع ريان البلوشي".
7. "نواف هوساوي في #الرياض".
8. "رسميًا.. الرياض يُعلن تعاقده مع نواف العابد".
9. "الرياض يدعم صفوفه بالحارس عبدالعزيز العويرضي".
10. ""البكـر" يحط الرحـال بالعاصمـة".
11. "نادي الرياض يعلن التعاقد مع المدافع زياد الصحفي".
12. "صهلولي في الرياض حتى 2027".
13. "الرياض يدعم صفوفه بالعراقي إبراهيم بايش".
14. "أعلن نادي الرياض عن تعاقده مع اللاعب فايز سليماني قادمًا من نادي الحزم".
15. "الرياض يتعاقد مع البرتغالي توزي".
16. "الرياض يُعلن التعاقد مع البرازيلي لوكاس كال".
17. "الرياض يتسلح بـ «مينساه»".
18. "الرياض يتعاقد مع قائد منتخب كندا".
19. "الرياض يدعم هجومه بكوناتي".
20. "باربيت رابع الفرنسيين في صيف روشن".
21. "نادي #الرياض يعلن التعاقد مع اللاعب عبدالرحمن الهاجري".
22. "نادي #الرياض تعاقده مع اللاعب ناصر البيشي".
23. "الرياض يتعاقد مع الحارس الإسكتلندي إنجيليني".
24. "أنزو روكو يوقع للرياض «صيفاً» ويمثله «شتاءً»".
25. "نادي الرياض يتعاقد مع مهاجم الاتحاد طلال حاجي".
26. "الفيحاء يضم الحراجين لمدة 3 مواسم".
27. "المدافع خالد الشويع ينضم للبنفسجي قادمًا من نادي الرياض".
28. "عبداللـه الدوسـري ينضـم لـ #فخر_سدير".
29. "#الأخدود يوقع عقداً احترافياً مع اللاعب راكان النجار حتى 2025".
30. "العروبة يتعاقد مع فهد الرشيدي".
31. "Knowledge Musona completes Al Akhdoud move".
32. "الأخدود يضم آل عباس موسمين".
33. "رسميًا .. محمد الشويرخ شبابيًا".
34. "Birama Touré rejoint le MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
35. "Belgian centre-back Dino Arslanagić signs with the Bulls!". Macarthur FC. 16 September 2024.
36. "معتز عياش ينضم للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي".
37. "صالح السعيد ، سـداوي".
38. "Andre Gray signs for Argyle". Plymouth Argyle FC. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
39. "علي الزقعان عـرباوي حتى نهاية الموسم".
40. "نادي #القادسية يتعاقد مع الحارس عبدالعزيز العويرضي".
41. "صهلولي.. نجم جديد ينضم لصفوف الفارس".
42. "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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