2024–25 Al-Nassr FC season

Al-Nassr
2024–25 season
President	Ibrahim Al-Muhaidib; (until 21 August);
Head coach	Luís Castro
Stadium	Al-Awwal Park
Pro League	5th
King Cup	Round of 32
Super Cup	Runners-up
AFC Champions League Elite	League stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Cristiano Ronaldo ; Talisca; (2 each); All: ; Cristiano Ronaldo (4)
Highest home attendance	8,951
Lowest home attendance	8,951
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Al-Nassr's 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 69th year in existence as a football club.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League Elite, and the Super Cup.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025. This season saw the departure of Abdullah Madu who had been at the club for 17 years.

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 September 2024^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Ghannam (vice-captain)
3	DF	FRA	Mohamed Simakan
4	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Fatil
6	MF	KSA	Mukhtar Ali
7	FW	POR	Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)
8	MF	KSA	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
10	FW	SEN	Sadio Mané
11	MF	CRO	Marcelo Brozović
12	DF	KSA	Nawaf Boushal
16	FW	KSA	Mohammed Maran
17	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Khaibari
19	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Hassan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	BRA	Ângelo
23	MF	KSA	Ayman Yahya
24	GK	BRA	Bento
25	MF	POR	Otávio
27	DF	ESP	Aymeric Laporte
29	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb
36	GK	KSA	Raghed Al-Najjar
44	GK	KSA	Nawaf Al-Aqidi
49	DF	KSA	Awad Aman
50	DF	KSA	Majed Qasheesh
60	FW	KSA	Saad Haqawi
78	DF	KSA	Ali Lajami
80	MF	BRA	Wesley
83	DF	KSA	Salem Al-Najdi
94	FW	BRA	Talisca

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	GK	1	Amin Bukhari	Al-Ettifaq	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	3	Abdullah Madu	Al-Ettifaq	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	13	Ghislain Konan	Al-Fayha	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	20	Hamad Al Mansour	Al-Okhdood	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	42	Mansour Al-Shammari	Al-Jabalain	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	50	Majed Qasheesh	Al-Hazem	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	58	Aser Hawsawi	Jeddah	End of loan
30 June 2024	DF	59	Yousef Haqawi	Al-Fayha	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	6	Seko Fofana	Al-Ettifaq	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	21	Mukhtar Ali	Al-Fateh	End of loan
30 June 2024	FW	56	Fahad Al-Zubaidi	Al-Orobah	End of loan
18 July 2024	GK	24	Bento	Athletico Paranaense	$19,650,000	^[3]
15 August 2024	DF	83	Salem Al-Najdi	Al-Fateh	$4,800,000	^[4]
30 August 2024	FW	80	Wesley	Corinthians	$19,900,000	^[5]
2 September 2024	DF	3	Mohamed Simakan	RB Leipzig	$38,800,000	^[6]
3 September 2024	FW	20	Ângelo Gabriel	Chelsea	$25,500,000	^[7]

Total expenditure: $108.65 million

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2024	DF	22	Aziz Behich	Melbourne City	End of loan
1 July 2024	GK	26	David Ospina	Atlético Nacional	Free	^[8]
8 July 2024	DF	24	Mohammed Qassem	Al-Qadsiah	Free	^[9]
13 July 2024	DF	69	Marzouq Tombakti	Al-Riyadh	Free	^[10]
16 July 2024	GK	33	Waleed Abdullah	Al-Diriyah	Free	^[11]
30 July 2024	DF	3	Abdullah Madu	Al-Ettifaq	Undisclosed	^[12]
2 August 2024	GK	37	Faris Afandy	Al-Zulfi	Free	^[13]
3 August 2024	DF	59	Yousef Haqawi	Al-Ula	Free	^[14]
11 August 2024	MF	31	Mohammed Sahlouli	Al-Riyadh	$133,000	^[15]
3 September 2024	DF	13	Alex Telles	Botafogo	Released	^[16]
7 September 2024	DF	3	Ghislain Konan		Released

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
23 July 2024	End of season	FW	56	Fahad Al-Zubaidi	Al-Orobah	None	^[17]
6 August 2024	End of season	MF	46	Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa	Al-Ettifaq	None	^[18]
17 August 2024	End of season	MF	6	Seko Fofana	Al-Ettifaq	None	^[19]
24 August 2024	End of season	DF	55	Abdulaziz Al-Faraj	Al-Tai	None	^[20]
1 September 2024	End of season	DF	5	Abdulelah Al-Amri	Al-Ittihad	Undisclosed	^[21]
2 September 2024	End of season	FW	30	Meshari Al-Nemer	Damac	None	^[22]
3 September 2024	End of season	GK	1	Amin Bukhari	Damac	None	^[23]
4 September 2024	End of season	MF	_	Rakan Al-Ghamdi	NEC U21	None	^[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

14 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	1–1	Louletano	Albufeira, Portugal
11:00 WEST	Maran 52'	Report	40'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

19 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	1–0	Marítimo	Albufeira, Portugal
20:30 WEST	Telles 22'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

20 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	1–1	Farense	Faro, Portugal
20:00 WEST	Talisca 32'	Report	Barbosa 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio de São Luís

24 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	0–1	Portimonense	Portimão Portugal
20:00 WEST		Report	Varela 90+3'	Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Portimão

28 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	0–4	Porto	Porto, Portugal
18:30 WEST		Report	González 18', 31' Jaime 21' Borges 45+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio do Dragão Attendance: 47,000

30 July 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	0–0	Lusitano	Albufeira, Portugal
19:00 WEST		Report		Stadium: Estádio Municipal de Albufeira

4 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	0–1	Granada	La Línea, Spain
19:30 CEST		Report	Boyé 45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Municipal de La Línea de la Concepción

8 August 2024 Friendly	Al-Nassr	0–3	Almería	Almería, Spain
20:30 CEST		Report	Lajami 35' (o.g.) Suárez 41' Montes 60'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	050.00
King Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League Elite	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Super Cup	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	050.00
Total	4	2	1	1	8	6	+2	050.00

Updated to match played 27 August 2024
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Al-Ittihad	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage
4	Al-Ettifaq	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6
5	Al-Nassr	2	1	1	5	2	+3	4
6	Al-Riyadh	2	1	1	6	4	+2	4
7	Al-Wehda	2	1	1	5	4	+1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2024. 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).^[25]

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
2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	+3

Last updated: 27 August 2024.
Source: Saudi Pro League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	W
Position	10	5

Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2024. Source: Saudi Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

22 August 2024 1	Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Raed	Riyadh
21:00	Ronaldo 34' Brozović 45+6' Laporte 48' Al-Ghannam 90+3'	Report	Al-Rajeh 16' Al-Subaie 20' M. Al-Dossari 27' Fouzair 49' (pen.) Gonzalez 56' Al-Sahli 90+9'	Stadium: Al-Awwal Park Attendance: 8,951 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

27 August 2024 2	Al-Fayha	1–4	Al-Nassr	Buraidah
21:00	R. Kaabi 18' Al-Hussain 30' Sakala 86'	Report	Talisca 5', 90+5' Ronaldo 45+10' Brozović 85'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,195 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

13 September 2024 3	Al-Nassr	v	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Al-Awwal Park

20 September 2024 4	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Nassr	Dammam
21:00				Stadium: Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium

27 September 2024 5	Al-Nassr	v	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
18:20				Stadium: Al-Awwal Park

5 October 2024 6	Al-Nassr	v	Al-Orobah	Riyadh
18:15				Stadium: Al-Awwal Park

18 October 2024 7	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
21:00				Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium

25 October 2024 8	Al-Kholood	v	Al-Nassr	Buraidah
18:05				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

King Cup

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

22 September 2024 Round of 32	Al-Hazem	v	Al-Nassr	Ar Rass
21:00				Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium

Super Cup

14 August 2024 Semi-finals	Al-Taawoun	0–2	Al-Nassr	Abha, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3	Al-Jumayah 3' Al-Ahmed 29' João Pedro 45+2'	Report	Yahya 8' Lajami 26' Ronaldo 57' Brozović 90+1'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 7,213 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

17 August 2024 Final	Al-Nassr	1–4	Al-Hilal	Abha, Saudi Arabia
19:15 UTC+3	Otávio 34' Ronaldo 44' Al-Ghannam 87'	Report	Al-Tombakti 12' Malcom 28', 72' Milinković-Savić 55' Mitrović 63', 69' S. Al-Dawsari 77'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 14,357 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 27 August 2024.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		ACL Elite		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
24	GK	BRA	Bento	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
36	GK	KSA	Raghed Al-Najjar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Ghannam	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Fatil	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF	KSA	Nawaf Boushal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ESP	Aymeric Laporte	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
78	DF	KSA	Ali Lajami	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
83	DF	KSA	Salem Al-Najdi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	KSA	Mukhtar Ali	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
8	MF	KSA	Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	CRO	Marcelo Brozović	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	KSA	Sami Al-Najei	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Khaibari	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	KSA	Ayman Yahya	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
25	MF	POR	Otávio	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	4	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
94	MF	BRA	Talisca	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
Forwards
7	FW	POR	Cristiano Ronaldo	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
10	FW	SEN	Sadio Mané	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	FW	KSA	Mohammed Maran	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
60	FW	KSA	Saad Haqawi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players sent out on loan this season
1	GK	KSA	Amin Bukhari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
13	DF	BRA	Alex Telles	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Pro League	Super Cup	Total
1	7	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	2	2	4
2	94	MF	Talisca	2	0	2
3	11	MF	Marcelo Brozović	1	0	1
3	23	MF	Ayman Yahya	0	1	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Total				5	3	8

Last Updated: 27 August 2024

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Pro League	Super Cup	Total
1	7	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	1	1	2
1	10	FW	Sadio Mané	2	0	2
3	2	DF	Sultan Al-Ghannam	0	1	1
3	29	MF	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	0	1	1
Total				3	3	6

Last Updated: 27 August 2024

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Pro League	King Cup	ACL Elite	Super Cup	Total
1	24	GK		Bento	0	0	0	1	1
Total					0	0	0	1	1

Last Updated: 14 August 2024

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[1] "عن النادي". Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[2] "First team". Al Nassr FC. Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

[3] "النصر يُعلن رسمياً التوقيع مع الحارس البرازيلي بينتو".

[4] "سالم النجدي لاعباً للنصر حتى 2029".

[5] "رسميّا.. النصر يوقع مع جاسوفا".

[6] "النصر يحسم صفقة الفرنسي سيماكان".

[7] "Angelo Gabriel joins Al Nassr".

[8] "Atlético Nacional confirma el regreso de David Ospina con emotivo video". el Colombiano. 15 June 2024.

[9] "القادسية يعلن التعاقد مع محمد قاسم". 8 July 2024.

[10] "#الرياض يوقع مع تمبكتي".

[11] "رسمياً.. وليد عبدالله ينتقل إلى دوري الدرجة الثانية".

[12] "مادو يعزز دفاع الاتفاق 4 مواسم".

[13] "فــارس أفـنـدي #زلــفــاوي".

[14] "يوسف حقوي يُدَعّم خط دفاع النمور العربية".

[15] "صهلولي في الرياض حتى 2027".

[16] "Alex Telles é do fogão!" (in Portuguese). Botafogo. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.

[17] "العروبة يمدد عقد الزبيدي".

[18] "نادي الاتفاق يضم لاعب النصر عبدالعزيز العليوة بنظام الإعارة".

[19] "رسميّا.. الاتفاق يمدد إعارة فوفانا".

[20] "عبدالعزيز الفرج حتماوي".

[21] "الاتحاد يضم مدافع النصر "العمري" على سبيل الإعارة حتى نهاية الموسم".

[22] ""النمر" يدعّم هجوم ضمك".

[23] "النصر يعلن إعارة أمين بخاري لضمك حتى نهاية الموسم".

[24] "N.E.C. huurt Rakan Al-Ghamdi van Al-Nassr".

[regulations-25] "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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