2025–26 Al Hilal SFC season

Al-Hilal
2025–26 season
PresidentNawaf bin Saad
Head coach
StadiumKingdom Arena
Pro LeaguePre-season
King's CupRound of 32
ACL EliteLeague stage

The 2025–26 season is Al Hilal's 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 68th year in existence as a football club.[1] The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the AFC Champions League Elite.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.

Players

Squad information

As of 9 August 2025[2][3]

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
3 DF Senegal SEN Kalidou Koulibaly
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Khalifah Al-Dawsari
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Bulaihi
6 DF Brazil BRA Renan Lodi
7 FW Uruguay URU Darwin Núñez
8 MF Portugal POR Ruben Neves
9 FW Serbia SRB Aleksandar Mitrović
11 FW Brazil BRA Marcos Leonardo
15 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Qahtani
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Dawsari
17 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Rubaie
19 DF France FRA Théo Hernandez
20 DF Portugal POR João Cancelo
22 MF Serbia SRB Sergej Milinković-Savić
24 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Moteb Al-Harbi
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF Brazil BRA Kaio César
28 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohamed Kanno
29 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Salem Al-Dawsari
33 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Muhaysh
34 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Saleh Barnawi
37 GK Morocco MAR Yassine Bounou
38 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Turki Al-Ghumail
39 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Hadhood
40 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Abu Rasen
45 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulkarim Darisi
50 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulelah Al-Ghamdi
77 FW Brazil BRA Malcom
87 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al-Tambakti
88 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hamad Al-Yami
99 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Hamdan

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 DF 58 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Barnawi Saudi Arabia Al-Orobah End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 18 Saudi Arabia Musab Al-Juwayr Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 26 Saudi Arabia Abdulellah Al-Malki Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 33 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Zaid Saudi Arabia Neom End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 39 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Zaid Saudi Arabia Al-Bukiryah End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 44 Saudi Arabia Suhayb Al-Zaid Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh End of loan
30 June 2025 FW 20 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Radif Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq End of loan
1 July 2025 MF 45 Saudi Arabia Abdulkarim Darisi Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli Free [4]
10 July 2025 DF 19 France Théo Hernandez Italy AC Milan $29,300,000 [5]
9 August 2025 FW 7 Uruguay Darwin Núñez England Liverpool $61,750,000 [6]

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
1 July 2025 GK 21 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Owais Saudi Arabia Al-Ula Free [7]
1 July 2025 DF 58 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Barnawi Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Free [8]
5 July 2025 MF 7 Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Ghannam Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq End of loan
5 July 2025 FW 10 Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab End of loan
28 July 2025 DF 12 Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Shahrani Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah Free [9]
3 August 2025 MF 18 Saudi Arabia Musab Al-Juwayr Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah $13,330,000 [10]

Pre-season and friendlies

6 August 2025 Friendly Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 6–1 Germany TSG Balingen Balingen, Austria
18:30 CEST Milinković-Savić 22'
S. Al-Dawsari 31'
Al-Hamdan 33'
Al-Harbi 66'
Radif 69'
César 86'
Report Moutassime 53' Stadium: Bizerba Arena
10 August 2025 Friendly Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 6–0 Switzerland Aarau Aarau, Switzerland
17:30 CEST Petit 21'
Milinković-Savić 25'
Fofana 39' (o.g.)
Kanno 51', 66'
Núñez 88'
Report Stadium: Stadion Brügglifeld
14 August 2025 Friendly Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–2 Germany Waldhof Mannheim Balingen, Austria
18:00 CEST Hernández 21'
Cancelo 25'
Núñez 33'
Report Okpala 7'
Michel 36'
Stadium: Bizerba Arena

Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
King's Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
ACL Elite 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !

Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Al-Fayha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al-Hazem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al-Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al-Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Al-Khaleej 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 August 2025. 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).[11]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

King's Cup

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

AFC Champions League Elite

League stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Qatar Al-Duhail 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to round of 16
3 Qatar Al-Gharafa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Saudi Arabia Al Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Qatar Al Sadd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 15 September 2025. Source: Asian Football Confederation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) penalty shoot-out if only two teams remain tied and played each other on the final matchday 6) fair play ranking; 7) drawing of lots

Statistics

Appearances

References

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  10. ^ "رسميّا.. الجوير يرتدي قميص القادسية".
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