2018–19 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season
| 2018–19 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Majed Al-Nefeai (until 31 December 2018) Abdullah Batterjee (from 1 January 2019) | |||
| Manager |
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| Stadium | King Abdullah Sports City | |||
| Pro League | 4th | |||
| King Cup | Round of 16 (knocked out by Al-Wehda) | |||
| Champions League | Round of 16 | |||
| Arab Club Champions Cup | Semi-finals (knocked out by Al-Hilal) | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Djaniny (20) All: Omar Al Somah (27) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 42,880 vs Al-Ittihad (1 March 2019)[4] | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,605 vs Ohod (11 January 2019) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 18,816 | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 4 December 2018. | ||||
The 2018–19 season was Al-Ahli's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 81st year in existence as a football club.[5] Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the King Cup, Arab Club Champions Cup, and the Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Players[edit]
Squad information[edit]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers[edit]
In[edit]
Summer[edit]
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | AM |  Abdallah Said | Al Ahly | €850,000 | 23 May 2018 | [8] |
| 13 | LB | Mohamed Abdel Shafy |  Al-Fateh | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 20 | RM | Islam Seraj | Al-Faisaly | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 30 | CB | Saeed Al-Robeai | Al-Faisaly | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 35 | DM | Rayan Al-Harbi | Al-Tai | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 40 | RM | Raed Al-Ghamdi | Ohod | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 47 | RM | Mustafa Bassas | Ohod | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 49 | LM | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Fayha | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| 80 | DM | Ryan Al-Mousa | Al-Taawoun | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | |
| CB | Abdullah Al-Khateeb | Al-Khaleej | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | ||
| CB | Hamed Al-Sherif | Hajer | End of loan | 30 May 2018 | ||
| 16 | CM | Nooh Al-Mousa | Al-Fateh | Undisclosed | 18 June 2018 | [9] |
| 4 | CB |  Alexis | Alavés | Free | 20 June 2018 | [10] |
| 10 | LM | José Manuel Jurado | Espanyol | Free | 20 June 2018 | [11] |
| 21 | ST |  Djaniny |  Santos Laguna | €10,250,000 | 18 July 2018 | [12] |
| 27 | LB | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ettifaq | Swap | 31 July 2018 | [13] |
| 77 | DM | Omar Al-Zayni | Al-Entesar | Free | 12 August 2018 | [14] |
| 17 | RB |  Paulo Díaz |  San Lorenzo | €2,630,000 | 15 August 2018 | [15] |
| 6 | DM |  Souza |  Fenerbahçe | €12,000,000 | 23 August 2018 | [16] |
Winter[edit]
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | ST |  Othman Alhaj | Jeddah | Free | 7 January 2019 | [17] |
| 24 | LB | Hussein Abdulghani | Ohod | Free | 14 January 2019 | [18] |
| 15 | AM | Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani | Damac | Undisclosed | 22 January 2019 | [19] |
| 5 | CM | Claudio Baeza | Colo-Colo | €3,200,000 | 23 January 2019 | [20] |
| 75 | CB | Aderlan Santos | Valencia CF | €5,000,000 | 24 January 2019 | [21] |
| 8 | CM | Taisir Al-Jassim | Al-Wehda | Loan return | 26 January 2019 | [22] |
| 71 | AM |  Nicolae Stanciu |  Sparta Prague | €10,000,000 | 28 January 2019 | [23] |
Out[edit]
Summer[edit]
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | DM |  Mohamed Ben Amor | Étoile du Sahel | Loan return | 15 May 2018 | |
| 88 | RM | Moamen Zakaria | Al Ahly | Loan return | 15 May 2018 | |
| 4 | DM | Waleed Bakshween | Al-Wehda | Free | 27 May 2018 | [24] |
| 10 | AM |  Giannis Fetfatzidis | Olympiacos | Free | 30 May 2018 | [25] |
| 20 | ST | Islam Seraj | Ohod | Free | 1 June 2018 | [26] |
| DM | Rayan Al-Harbi | Al-Ain | Free | 13 June 2018 | [27] | |
| 77 | RB | Amiri Kurdi | Panionios | Free | 1 July 2018 | [28] |
| 19 | CM | Claudemir |  Braga | Free | 9 July 2018 | [29] |
| 27 | LB | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | Al-Faisaly | Free | 11 July 2018 | [30] |
| 15 | LM | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Wehda | Free | 13 July 2018 | [31] |
| 31 | LB | Mansoor Al-Harbi | Al-Ittihad | Free | 26 July 2018 | [32] |
| RB | Sanousi Hawsawi | Al-Jabalain | Free | 28 July 2018 | [33] | |
| 44 | GK | Ayman Al-Hussaini | Al-Tai | Free | 29 July 2018 | [34] |
| 30 | CB | Saeed Al-Robeai | Al-Ettifaq | Swap | 31 July 2018 | [35] |
| CB | Hamed Al-Sherif | Al-Orobah | Free | 1 August 2018 | [36] | |
| 80 | DM | Ryan Al-Mousa | Al-Taawoun | Free | 1 August 2018 | [37] |
| 21 | CB | Ageel Balghaith | Al-Faisaly | Free | 3 August 2018 | [38] |
| 42 | LM | Leonardo |  Al Wahda | Free | 6 August 2018 | [39] |
| 26 | LM | Abdulmohsen Al-Subhi | Al-Batin | Free | 15 August 2018 | [40] |
| 5 | DM |  Mark Milligan |  Hibernian | Free | 18 August 2018 | [41] |
| 35 | ST | Mohammed Al-Harthi | Al-Mujazzal | Free | 25 August 2018 | [42] |
| 36 | GK | Raghid Al-Najjar | Al-Shabab | Free | 23 August 2018 | [43] |
| 40 | ST | Raed Al-Ghamdi | Ohod | Free | 25 August 2018 | [44] |
Winter[edit]
| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | AM | Abdallah Said | Pyramids | Free | 4 January 2019 | [45] |
| 41 | ST | Mansour Al-Muwallad | Al-Taawoun | Free | 4 February 2019 | [46] |
| AM |  Ahmed Ba Saeed | Al-Faisaly | Free | 4 February 2019 | [47] |
Loan out[edit]
Summer[edit]
| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | RB | Ali Al-Zubaidi | Al-Raed | 8 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 | [48] |
| CB | Abdullah Al-Khateeb | Al-Khaleej | 16 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | [49] | |
| 49 | LM | Ahmed Al-Zain | Al-Qadsiah | 22 July 2018 | 30 June 2019 | [50] |
| AM | Nasser Al-Daajani | Fátima | 31 July 2018 | 25 January 2019 | [51] | |
| GK | Mohammed Al Rubaie | Al-Batin | 2 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 | [52] | |
| 8 | CM | Taisir Al-Jassim | Al-Wehda | 19 August 2018 | 26 January 2019 | [53] |
| 16 | DM | Maher Othman | Al-Tai | 23 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 | [54] |
| 18 | CM | Ali Al-Asmari | Ohod | 25 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 | [55] |
Winter[edit]
| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | Nasser Al-Daajani | Al-Taawoun | 25 January 2019 | 30 June 2020 | [56] | |
| 70 | CB | Mohammed Bassas | Al-Taawoun | 4 February 2019 | 30 June 2019 | [57] |
| 50 | DM | Abdullah Majrashi | Ohod | 4 February 2019 | 30 June 2019 | [58] |
Pre-season and friendlies[edit]
| 27 July 2018 Friendly | Al-Ahli | 2–1 |  Mattersburg | Mattersburg, Austria |
| 17:00 CEST | Al-Mousa  12'Al-Moasher 43' | Report | 69' |
| 6 August 2018 Friendly | Al-Ahli | 3–3 | Lafnitz | Lafnitz, Austria |
| 18:30 CEST | Al Somah 34' Asiri 65'Al-Mogahwi 85' | 62' 72' 87' |
| 16 August 2018 Friendly | Al-Ahli | 1–0 | Jeddah | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 19:30 AST | Al Somah 55' | Report | Stadium: Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City |
Competitions[edit]
Overview[edit]
| Competition | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Professional League | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 56.67 | — | — | 1 September 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 66.67 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 5 January 2019 | 23 January 2019 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 62.50 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 25 August 2018 | 15 April 2019 |
| Champions League | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 50.00 | Group Stage | In Progress | 5 March 2019 | In Progress |
| Total | 47 | 27 | 7 | 13 | 93 | 54 | +39 | 57.45 | ||||
Updated to match played 20 May 2019
Source: Competitions
Pro League[edit]
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 66 | 33 | +33 | 69 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[a] |
| 3 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 56 | |
| 4 | Al-Ahli | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 54 | Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 6 | Al-Faisaly | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 51 | 47 | +4 | 43 |
Source: spl.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).[59]
Notes:
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).[59]
Notes:
- ^ Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 King Cup winners.
Results summary[edit]
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 23 | +13 |
Last updated: 16 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches
Results by round[edit]
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches[edit]
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 1 September 2018 1 | Al-Ahli | 1–1 | Al-Taawoun | Jeddah |
| 19:20 | Al-Mowalad  36'Al-Mogahwi 49'Souza 50' | Report | Tawamba 24' Al-Mousa 51'Al-Olayan 73'Al-Zubaidi 90+1' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 21,970 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
| 14 September 2018 2 | Ohod | 0–2 | Al-Ahli | Medina |
| 19:05 | Haj Mohamad 29' Attiyah 78'Hazazi 81' | Report | Souza 14' Djaniny 35'Alexis  60'Assiri 72' | Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 18,056 Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales) |
| 21 September 2018 3 | Al-Ahli | 2–0 | Al-Hazem | Jeddah |
| 20:35 | Al-Mogahwi 3' Al Somah 90+4' | Report | Muralha 46' Alemão 75'Al-Qeshtah 80' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 41,315 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
| 29 September 2018 4 | Al-Ahli | 2–0 | Al-Batin | Jeddah |
| 20:35 | Said 15', 34' Al-Mousa 53' | Report | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 13,732 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 5 October 2018 5 | Al-Ahli | 2–0 | Al-Faisaly | Jeddah |
| 18:50 | Al Somah 10' Al-Mowalad 33'Jurado 45+2' | Report | Majrashi 62' Balghaith 64' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 17,466 Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) |
| 20 October 2018 6 | Al-Ettifaq | 6–2 | Al-Ahli | Dammam |
| 17:50 | Al-Robeai 8', 28' Al-Khalaf 32'Guanca 44'El Sayed 45+1', 51'Alemán 63'Al-Kwikbi 67'Al-Habib 79' | Report | Souza 45+5' Al-Mogahwi 55'Al-Mowalad 59'Djaniny 62', 85' | Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,901 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
| 25 October 2018 7 | Al-Ahli | 5–1 | Al-Fateh | Jeddah |
| 18:30 | Djaniny 17', 76' Al Somah 42', 57'Asiri 83' | Report | Toko 70' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 7,602 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) |
| 3 November 2018 8 | Al-Nassr | 0–2 | Al-Ahli | Riyadh |
| 17:55 | Report | Souza 48' Al-Fatil 59'Al-Mousa 74'Al Somah 75'Al-Mowalad 90'Djaniny 90+4' | Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 9 November 2018 9 | Al-Ahli | 0–2 | Al-Qadsiah | Jeddah |
| 18:20 | Al-Owais 79' | Report | Camara 69', 78' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 21,499 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
| 25 November 2018 10 | Al-Ittihad | 1–3 | Al-Ahli | Jeddah |
| 19:45 | Al-Muwallad 7' Al-Saloli 20'Al-Muziel 79'El Ahmadi 89' | Report | Al Somah 21' Asiri 49', 62'Díaz 59'Said 76' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 46,527 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
| 30 November 2018 11 | Al-Ahli | 1–1 | Al-Fayha | Jeddah |
| 18:30 | Al Somah 69' | Report | Al-Barakah 21' Gómez 90+2' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 15,969 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
| 8 December 2018 12 | Al-Raed | 0–0 | Al-Ahli | Buraidah |
| 17:50 | Hammoudan 53' Bangoura 57'Amora 90+5' | Report | Díaz 61' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,953 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) |
| 15 December 2018 13 | Al-Ahli | 0–1 | Al-Shabab | Jeddah |
| 18:25 | Abdel Shafy 11' Jurado 18'Alexis 25'Al-Mowalad 41'Souza 86' | Report | Al-Sulayhem 71' Ghazi 88'Arthur 90+5' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 20,876 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
| 21 December 2018 14 | Al-Hilal | 4–3 | Al-Ahli | Riyadh |
| 15:10 | Al-Bulaihi 40' Gomis 45+3' (pen.)Al-Shahrani 47'Eduardo 66' (pen.)Carrillo 77'Al-Breik 90+3' | Report | Al Somah 7', 81' (pen.), 85', 76' Souza 31'Al-Owais 38'Díaz 65' | Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Attendance: 21,577 Referee: Clément Turpin (France |
| 28 December 2018 15 | Al-Wehda | 2–1 | Al-Ahli | Mecca |
| 18:30 | Otero 5' Bakshween 90+8'Marcos Guilherme 90+9' | Report | Al-Mousa 47' Díaz 62'  89'Jurado 85'Al Somah 90+4' (pen.)Alexis 90+7' | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 5,936 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
| 11 January 2019 16 | Al-Ahli | 5–1 | Ohod | Mecca |
| 18:35 | Djaniny 7', 15', 33', 65', 80' Al-Harbi 45+1'Hindi 85' | Report | Teikeu 27' Otaif 58'Medjani 59' | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 1,605 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy) |
| 28 January 2019 17 | Al-Taawoun | 3–4 | Al-Ahli | Buraidah |
| 20:20 | Al-Zubaidi 56' Al-Hussain 59'Héldon 85' | Report | Asiri 41' Djaniny 64' (pen.), 86'Al Somah 80' (pen.)Al-Fatil 90+1' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 2,724 Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England) |
| 2 February 2019 18 | Al-Batin | 1–2 | Al-Ahli | Hafar al-Batin |
| 18:15 | Jhonnattann 41' Masrahi 78' | Report | Al-Moasher 30' Asiri 54' | Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 3,023 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway) |
| 7 February 2019 19 | Al-Hazem | 2–4 | Al-Ahli | Buraidah |
| 20:15 | Pajoy 14' Al-Saiari 18', 34'Bakhit 31'Al-Qeshtah 45+2'Al-Barakah 55' | Report | Asiri 9', 83' Al-Qeshtah 16' (o.g.)Díaz 35'Djaniny 50'Stanciu 83'Al Somah 90+4' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,589 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
| 12 February 2019 20 | Al-Ahli | 1–2 | Al-Nassr | Jeddah |
| 20:20 | Hindi 23' Al Somah 59' (pen.) | Report | Hamdallah 45+1', 60' Uvini 52'Amrabat 90+2' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 30,335 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) |
| 20 February 2019 21 | Al-Fateh | 2–1 | Al-Ahli | Al-Hasa |
| 18:20 | Al-Majhad 7', 90' Al-Fuhaid 75'Aguirregaray 87' | Report | Assiri 34', 73' Baeza 55'Abdulghani 90+5' | Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand) |
| 1 March 2019 22 | Al-Ahli | 1–1 | Al-Ittihad | Jeddah |
| 20:30 | Baeza 73' Al Somah 78' | Report | Al-Muwallad 3' El Ahmadi 21'Romarinho 70' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 42,880 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) |
| 8 March 2019 23 | Al-Qadsiah | 1–2 | Al-Ahli | Khobar |
| 15:40 | Belal 27' Bismark 31'Belkhiter 76' | Report | Al-Moasher 21' Santos 37'Al Somah 90+4' | Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 3,022 Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands) |
| 28 March 2019 25 | Al-Ahli | 4–5 | Al-Raed | Jeddah |
| 20:40 | Assiri 10', 53', 88' Al-Moasher 20', 31'Al-Jassim 27', 45+3'Hindi 45+3'Asiri 89'Al-Fatil 90+3' | Report | Al-Amri 5', 29' Al-Shehri 6', 62', 68' (pen.), 70'Doukha 80'Amora 90+3' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,146 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic) |
| 1 April 2019 24 | Al-Fayha | 0–2 | Al-Ahli | Al-Majma'ah |
| 18:55 | Gegé 16' Asprilla 51'Al-Sobhi 57'Al-Qahtani 71'Al-Khaibari 74' | Report | Assiri 20' Djaniny 39'Díaz 65'Al-Mogahwi 82', 88' | Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,221 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
| 5 April 2019 26 | Al-Shabab | 0–4 | Al-Ahli | Riyadh |
| 20:45 | Benlamri 61' Boussoufa 72' | Report | Al-Fatil 21', 33' Djaniny 38', 53'Díaz 58'Al-Moasher 63' | Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 5,312 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
| 12 April 2019 27 | Al-Ahli | 0–1 | Al-Hilal | Jeddah |
| 20:45 | Al-Harbi 27' 38' Abdulghani 76' | Report | Al-Breik 20' Botía 43'Al-Dawsari 90' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 33,868 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
| 17 April 2019 28 | Al-Ahli | 3–2 | Al-Wehda | Jeddah |
| 20:45 | Al Somah 17', 47' Abdulghani 38'Stanciu 45+1'Al-Mousa 52'Al-Jassim 90+5' | Report | Anselmo 13' 81' Otero 34', 71' (pen.)Kasongo 73' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,983 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) |
| 11 May 2019 29 | Al-Faisaly | 1–4 | Al-Ahli | Al-Majma'ah |
| 22:30 | Calderón 48' | Report | Stanciu 11' Asiri 31'Baeza 47'Al Fatil 51'Djaniny 59'Alhaj 90+1' | Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 503 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr |
| 16 May 2019 30 | Al-Ahli | 5–0 | Al-Ettifaq | Jeddah |
| 22:30 | Djaniny 38', 50', 84' (pen.) Al Somah 65'Ghareeb 89' | Report | Al-Habib 42' Arias 45+1'Al-Robeai 59' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) |
King Cup[edit]
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
| 5 January 2019 Round of 64 | Al-Ahli | 4–0 | Al-Riyadh | Mecca |
| 19:55 | Asiri 28' Al-Mousa 37'Djaniny 41'Al-Zaqrati 69' | Report | Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish |
| 18 January 2019 Round of 32 | Al-Nojoom | 0–1 | Al-Ahli | Al-Hasa |
| 17:55 | Report | Al-Mowalad 15' Djaniny 27' (pen.)Díaz 80'Al-Harbi 88' | Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi |
| 23 January 2019 Round of 16 | Al-Ahli | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p) | Al-Wehda | Jeddah |
| 20:05 | Al-Harbi 18' Djaniny 40'Abdulghani 55' | Report | Mebarakou 33' Amr 61'Renato Chaves 77'Otero 85'Bakshween 109' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) |
| Penalties | ||||
Djaniny  Al-Mousa  Abdulghani Díaz | Marcos Guilherme Darwish Renato Chaves Otero | |||
Arab Club Champions Cup[edit]
Round of 32[edit]
| 25 August 2018 First leg | Al-Muharraq  | 0–2 | Al-Ahli | Riffa, Bahrain |
| 18:50 AST | Report | Al-Mowalad 66' Al Somah 83' | Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Referee: Yaaqoub Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) |
| 24 September 2018 Second leg | Al-Ahli | 3–0 (5–0 agg.) | Al-Muharraq | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 21:00 AST | Ghareeb 18', 61' Al Somah 56', 89' | Report | Yaser 58' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) |
Round of 16[edit]
| 28 October 2018 First leg | ES Sétif  | 0–1 | Al-Ahli | Sétif, Algeria |
| 21:00 EET | Bakir 45' Banouh 77'Ghacha 78' | Report | Al-Mowalad 50' Ghareeb 57'Souza 78' | Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Noureddine El Jaafari (Morocco) |
| 4 December 2018 Second leg | Al-Ahli | 1–1 (2–1 agg.) | ES Sétif | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 19:30 AST | Al-Fatil 35' Al-Mowalad 49' | Report | Banouh 17' Bedrane 51' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 6,130 Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt) |
Quarter-finals[edit]
| 16 February 2019 First leg | Al-Wasl | 2–2 | Al-Ahli | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 17:30 GST | Jassem 1' Fábio Lima 24'Esmaeel 72'Caio 88' (pen.)Dwubeng 89' | Report | Al-Moasher 29' Stanciu 66'Djaniny 72'Al-Mousa 74' | Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt) |
| 25 February 2019 Second leg | Al-Ahli | 2–1 (4–3 agg.) | Al-Wasl | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 20:45 AST | Díaz 52', 85' Abdel Shafy 66'Al-Mowalad 78'Al-Moasher 90+1' | Report | Saleh 38', 85' Salmeen 44'Jassem 51'Ismail 79' | Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 10,450 Referee: Redouane Jiyed (Morocco) |
Semi-finals[edit]
| 17 March 2019 First leg | Al-Hilal | 1–0 | Al-Ahli | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 18:45 AST | Botía 45+1' Soriano 49' | Report | Al-Mousa 61' Assiri 90+5' | Stadium: King Saud University Stadium Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) |
| 15 April 2019 Second leg | Al-Ahli | 1–0 (1–1 agg.) (2–3 p) | Al-Hilal | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 20:45 AST | Díaz |