The 2018–19 season was Al-Shabab's 42nd non-consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 72nd year in existence as a football club. This season Al-Shabab participated in the Pro League and King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Players
Squad information
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Pos. Name Previous club Fee Source 30 May 2018 GK Mansour Jawhar Al-Qaisumah End of loan 30 May 2018 DF Faisal Hadadi Al-Qaisumah End of loan 30 May 2018 DF Hassan Raghfawi Al-Mujazzal End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Abdulaziz Al-Bishi Al-Taawoun End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Waleed Al-Enezi Al-Batin End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Faisal Al-Johani Al-Kawkab End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Ali Al-Nemer Numancia End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri Al-Batin End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem Rayo Vallecano End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Abdurahman Khairallah Al-Taawoun End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Jaber Mustafa Villarreal B End of loan 30 May 2018 FW Abdullah Al-Hamdan Sporting Gijón End of loan 19 June 2018 DF Euller Avispa Fukuoka Undisclosed 8 July 2018 DF Valerică Găman FCSB €75,000 12 July 2018 MF Constantin Budescu FCSB €2,500,000 20 July 2018 MF Somália Toulouse €1,500,000 28 July 2018 FW Arthur Caíke Chapecoense €2,000,000 5 August 2018 MF Luiz Antônio Chapecoense €340,000 23 August 2018 GK Raghid Al-Najjar Al-Ahli Free 29 October 2018 FW Hassan Al-Raheb Al-Nassr Free 3 January 2019 MF Mbark Boussoufa Al-Jazira Free 15 January 2019 MF Sebá Olympiacos €300,000 24 January 2019 DF Hassan Muath Al-Ittihad Free 1 February 2019 DF Mohammed Al-Baqawi Al-Hilal Free 2 February 2019 FW Bubacarr Trawally Vejle Undisclosed
Out Date Pos. Name New club Fee Source 11 May 2018 MF Saud KaririRetired 14 May 2018 FW Mohamed Benyettou Al-Fujairah Free 30 May 2018 DF Hassan Muath Al-Fayha End of loan 30 May 2018 MF Amr Barakat Al-Ahly End of loan 8 June 2018 MF Jaber Mustafa Al-Ittihad Undisclosed 8 June 2018 MF Ahmed OtaifRetired 9 June 2018 MF Abdulaziz Al-Bishi Al-Faisaly Free 10 June 2018 DF Abdullah Al-Fahad Al-Raed Free 12 June 2018 MF Abdulwahab Jaafer Al-Hazem Free 1 July 2018 FW Sebastián Ubilla Universidad de Chile Free 17 July 2018 MF Ali Al-Nemer Al-Wehda Undisclosed 19 July 2018 FW Abdullah Al-Meqbas Al-Kawkab Free 20 July 2018 MF Majed Al-Hantoushi Al-Mujazzal Free 23 July 2018 GK Mansour Jawhar Al-Shoulla Free 23 July 2018 MF Talal Al-Enezi Al-Mujazzal Free 30 July 2018 MF Abdurahman Khairallah Al-Washm Free 12 August 2018 MF Saad Abdul-Amir Al-Shorta Free 25 August 2018 FW Ghanem Al-Qahtani Al-Dera'a Free 1 October 2018 GK Rakan Al-Mallah Al-Dera'a Free 15 December 2018 MF Muaid Ellafi USM Alger Free 1 January 2019 DF Euller Released 5 January 2019 FW Rakhi Al-Shammeri Al-Jabalain Free 17 January 2019 MF Abdullah Al-Sobeai Al-Raed Free 17 January 2019 MF Moshari Al-Thamali Released 19 January 2019 GK Raghid Al-Najjar Al-Faisaly Free 1 February 2019 MF Hattan Bahebri Al-Hilal €3,490,000 2 February 2019 MF Abdullah Al-Khaibari Al-Nassr €1,160,000 4 February 2019 MF Faisal Al-Johani Najran Free 19 February 2019 DF Saleh Al-Qumaizi Al-Ettifaq Free 19 February 2019 FW Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Ittihad Free 28 February 2019 MF Mohammed Al-Qarni Al-Wehda Free 3 March 2019 DF Abdulaziz Haroon Al-Khaleej Free
Loans out Date Pos. Name Subsequent club End date Source 11 June 2018 DF Faisal Hadadi Al-Washm End of season 22 July 2018 DF Muaid Moaafa Al-Kawkab End of season 22 August 2018 DF Hassan Raghfawi Damac End of season 23 August 2018 MF Hassan Al-Qeed Al-Khaleej End of season 6 February 2019 FW Arthur Caíke Bahia End of season
Competitions
Overall Competition Current Final Pro League — — 5th 31 August 2018 16 May 2019 King Cup Round of 64 — Round of 16 2 January 2019 23 January 2019 Last Updated: 16 May 2019
Pro League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
King Cup
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Statistics
Squad statistics Last updated on 16 May 2019.
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players sent out on loan this season
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
Goalscorers NamePro LeagueKing CupTotal110MFConstantin Budescu71829FWArthur Caíke60692MFSebá606415FWNasser Al-Shamrani505577MFKhalid Kaabi22488MFLuiz Antônio314729FWBubacarr Trawally30388MFAbdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem20225DFValerică Găman112105DFDjamel Benlamri10127MFHattan Bahebri10133MFSomália10134MFMbark Boussoufa101Own goal101Total 39 5 44 Last Updated: 16 May 2019
Assists NamePro LeagueKing CupTotal110MFConstantin Budescu51628MFAbdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem30315FWNasser Al-Shamrani30388MFLuiz Antônio12359FWArthur Caíke20212DFMohammed Salem20229FWBubacarr Trawally20233MFSomália20292MFSebá202103DFFahad Ghazi1015DFDjamel Benlamri10113DFHassan Muath10116DFEuller10121MFNasser Al-Omran10127MFHattan Bahebri10177MFKhalid Kaabi101Total 29 3 32 Last Updated: 16 May 2019
Clean sheets NamePro LeagueKing CupTotal11GKFarouk Ben Mustapha10111222GKMohammed Awaji112Total 11 2 13 Last Updated: 11 May 2019
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