Al Hilal SFC

This article is about the Saudi Arabian football club. For other uses, see Al-Hilal (disambiguation) § Football.

Al-Hilal SFC

Full name	Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
Founded	16 October 1957; 63 years ago (1957-10-16), as Al-Olempy Club
Ground	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium[1]
Capacity	68,752
President	Fahad Al Otaibi
Manager	José Morais
League	Saudi Professional League
2019–20	Pro League, 1st of 16 (champions)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Al Hilal( Al Hilal Saudi Football Club) Saudi Football Club or simply Al Hilal (Arabic: نادي الهلال السعودي القدم‎ is a Saudi professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh. The football team competes in the Saudi Professional League.

Founded on 15 October 1957, Al Hilal are one of four teams to have participated in all seasons of the Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1976.

Overall, Al Hilal have won 61 official titles on the national and international stage, and 99 counting friendly trophies. In domestic competitions, they have won a record 16 Professional League titles, a record 13 Crown Prince Cup titles, a record seven Saudi Federation Cup titles, nine King Cup titles, a record two Super Cup titles, and also the Saudi Founder's Cup.

Internationally, Al Hilal has a record seven Asian Football Confederation trophies – the AFC Champions League in 1991, 2000 and 2019, the Asian Cup Winners Cup in 1997 and 2002, and the Asian Super Cup in 1997, 2000. In September 2009, Al Hilal was awarded Best Asian Club of the 20th Century by the IFFHS.^[2]

History

Roberto Rivelino (left) and Najeeb Al Imam (right) playing for Al Hilal in 1979 meo

Al Hilal Club was originally known as the Olympic Club during its founding by Abdul Rahman bin Saad bin Saeed on 15 October 1957 in Riyadh. The club's name lasted for only one year before it was changed to its current name on 3 December 1958 by King Saud. He changed the name after he attended a tournament that was contested between the Olympic Club, Al Nassr, Al Riyadh and El Kawkab clubs. As soon as the club's establishment, Al Hilal enjoyed not only grassroots support but also royal attention.^[3]

After spending their formative years building a squad, the club made their first mark by lifting the King's Cup trophy in 1961. That began a period in which the club won 50 official competitions. Al Hilal recaptured the King's Cup in 1964, with a penalty shootout victory over two-time Asian champions Al-Ittihad.

Al-Mayouf

Jang

Al Bulaihi

Al-Breik

Yasser

Otayf

Al-Faraj (C)

Carrillo

Salem

Gomis

Giovinco

2019 AFC Champions League Final starting lineup

The club were the inaugural winners when the Saudi Premier League came into existence in the 1976–77 season. Al Hilal won the title another 14 times and finished runners-up on 12 occasions in the space of 32 years. Al Hilal also have nine King's Cup, twelve Crown Prince Cup and eight Saudi Federation Cup titles.^[4]

With the success, a number of players and coaches from outside Saudi Arabia joined the club in the 1970s, including Brazilian legends Mario Zagallo and Roberto Rivelino.

In 1991, they won the first Asian title, Asian Club Championship, beating Iranian club Esteghlal F.C. in penalties in the final. They won it again in 1999–2000, when they scored an equaliser in the 89th minute and won the match against Júbilo Iwata in the extra-time. Lastly, they won again in 2019. In the final, they played against the Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds, to whom they lost in the final 2 years before. They successfully took a revenge and won 3–0 in two legs.

Al Hilal were also the runners-up for four times. They were second after the round-robin in the final round in 1986. They reached the final in 1987, but Yomiuri FC were crown the champion automatically as Al-Hilal were unable to field a team for the final due to nine of the starting players being chosen for the Saudi team's preparation camp that clashed with the date fixed for the first leg. Al Hilal reached the final of AFC Champions League in 2014, 14 years after their last appearance in the final. This time they faced Western Sydney Wanderers. The Australian club won 1–0 on aggregate.^[5] Al Hilal reached the final again in 2017 but they lost to the Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds.

Six titles in a season 2000^{[6][circular reference]}

In 1997 they captured the Asian Cup Winners Cup and the Asian Super Cup of that year, which they lifted again in 2002.

Stadiums

Al Hilal currently plays their home games at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, stadium that was constructed in 1987 with a capacity of 67,000 supporters. The club's reserve team stadium, Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, was used in 2011–12 when King Fahd Stadium was under renovation. When prince Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad became the President of the club in 2008, there was some serious idea of making Al-Hilal home avenue but it was shortly declined.

Rivalries

Main article: Saudi El Clasico

Al Hilal has a long-standing rivalry with Al-Ittihad. From the start of national competition the clubs were seen as representatives of two rival cities: Riyadh and Jeddah. Matches between the two are often called 'El Clasico's. While Al Hilal have won three Asian Club Championship in years 1991, 1999–2000 and 2019, Al Ittihad has won AFC Champions League two times in a row, in 2004 and 2005. Al Hilal won the clasico 62 times, while Al-Ittihad has won it 50 times and two sides have drawn 35 times. The biggest win was when Al Hilal defeated Al-Ittihad 5–0 in 2009–2010.^[7]

Another rivalry is with their neighbors Al-Nassr, which is called Riyadh's Derby. They have met 148 times, Al Hilal has won 59 times, and lost 48 times, while 41 games have ended in a draw.^[8] The biggest win is for Al Hilal when they defeated Al-Nassr 5–1 in 2016–17. The rivalry with Al-Nasser is violent between them more than the rivalry with Al-Ittihad. As an example, when Al Hilal reached the 2014 AFC Champions League Final, in 2nd leg Al-Nassr fans awaited Western Sydney Wanderers arrival at the airport to spur them on against Al Hilal and tried to sabotage Al Hilal's ticket plan.^[9]

Finance and sponsorship

Sponsorship

Mobily was the main sponsor of Al Hilal, and as part of the sponsorship deal, their logo was displayed on the front of the club's shirts and a plethora of other merchandise. The Mobily deal was announced by the club's previous President Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad on 14 October 2008, and is worth a Saudi record SAR 517 million, to be paid over six years (SAR 69.1 million per year).

Also, the previous president Prince Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad made a contract with Omar Almady, CEO of Volkswagen Group in Saudi Arabia. the contract period is 6 years and was signed on 18 September 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
2004–2006	Adidas	None
2006–2007		STC
2007–2013		Mobily
2013–2014	Nike
2014–2017		Mobily / Volkswagen / ABDUL SAMAD Al QURASHI / TASNEE / APSCO Mobil 1 / Bupa Arabia
2017–2019		Kingdom Holding Company / Volkswagen / ABDUL SAMAD Al QURASHI / Sun & Sand Sports / Jawwy from STC / APSCO Mobil 1
2019–2020	S Team	Kingdom Holding Company / Emaar / Tawuniya / Flyin / Jahez / Tamkeen Technologies / Sayyar Shemagh / National Medical Care

Television match broadcasting rights

Al Hilal receives SR 4.5 million per year (US$1.2 million/year) from the Saudi Arabia Football Federation as the federation sell the complete matches' right in one package and all the clubs in the Saudi Professional League share the revenue equally. The income may increase dramatically in near future as clubs will have the rights to sell their own matches' broadcasting rights.

Other income sources

The club's president and other board members pay any extra money required to run the club as the total expenses of the club in recent seasons surpassed SR 140 million (US$38 million). This increase in expenses is due to the high level foreign and national players the club signed with such as Andre Carrillo, Bafétimbi Gomis, Gustavo Cuellar, Sebastian Giovinco and others.

Charity and philanthropy

Special seats have been allocated for the disabled to watch the training. Twenty-five percent of the income of tickets sold goes to charities. Players and board members arrange and attend social activities for charities during Eid and other holidays.

Club facilities

In 2009, the club opened a new camp in Riyadh. It contains 25 rooms, meeting rooms, smart room for lectures, library, eating room, living rooms, a big salon and a medical clinic. It also has entertainment corners for video games, table tennis, billiards, table football and many others. There are two training fields for the senior team.

Players

As of 1 April 2021

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Saudi Arabia
2	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	Saudi Arabia
5	DF	Ali Al Bulaihi	Saudi Arabia
6	MF	Gustavo Cuéllar	Colombia
7	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	Saudi Arabia
8	MF	Abdullah Otayf	Saudi Arabia
9	MF	Sebastian Giovinco	Italy
10	FW	Luciano Vietto	Argentina
11	FW	Saleh Al-Shehri	Saudi Arabia
12	DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	Saudi Arabia
14	FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	Saudi Arabia
16	MF	Nasser Al-Dawsari	Saudi Arabia
18	FW	Bafétimbi Gomis	France
19	MF	André Carrillo	Peru
20	DF	Jang Hyun-soo	South Korea
22	DF	Amiri Kurdi	Saudi Arabia
23	DF	Madallah Al-Olayan	Saudi Arabia
26	MF	Fawaz Al-Torais	Saudi Arabia
27	MF	Hattan Bahebri	Saudi Arabia
28	MF	Mohamed Kanno	Saudi Arabia
29	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	Saudi Arabia
31	GK	Habib Al-Wotayan	Saudi Arabia
32	DF	Muteb Al-Mufarrij	Saudi Arabia
33	GK	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	Saudi Arabia
34	FW	Turki Al-Mutairi	Saudi Arabia
39	DF	Nawaf Al-Mufarrij	Saudi Arabia
40	GK	Nawaf Al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia
43	MF	Musab Al-Juwayr	Saudi Arabia
44	MF	Saad Al Nasser	Saudi Arabia
46	DF	Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel	Saudi Arabia
49	FW	Abdullah Rudaif	Saudi Arabia
50	GK	Abdullah Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia
55	MF	Hamad Al-Abdan	Saudi Arabia
70	DF	Mohammed Jahfali	Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation 30 GK Mohammed Al-Waked (on loan to Al-Qadsiah)  Saudi Arabia 35 MF Mansor Al-Beshe (on loan to Al-Raed)  Saudi Arabia 38 FW Khalid Al Jubaya (on loan to Al-Shoulla)  Saudi Arabia 41 MF Thaar Al-Otaibi (on loan to Abha)  Saudi Arabia 54 DF Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri (on loan to Al-Adalah)  Saudi Arabia — DF Mohammed Al-Nasser (on loan to Al-Bukayriyah)  Saudi Arabia — MF Nawaf Sharahili (on loan to Al-Diriyah)  Saudi Arabia — FW Riyadh Al-Ghamdi (on loan to Najran)  Saudi Arabia Personnel Coaching staff See also: List of Al-Hilal FC managers Position Name Head coach José Morais Assistant coach Longo Diego Assistant coach Cristiano Bacci Fitness coach Matteo Spatafora Assistant fitness coach Milan Snjaric Analyst Vedran Attias Goalkeeping coach Miralem Ibrahimovic Doctor Juan David Peña Duque Team B coach Rodolfo Miguens Director of Football Saud Kariri Management President Fahad bin Nafil Alotaibi Vice President Ahmed Al Khames Secretary General Sami Abu Khudair Treasurer Thamer Al-Tasan Director of Fans Supplies Rashid Al-Anzan Director of Legal Affairs Thamer Al-Jasser Director of Facilities Development and Maintenance Badr Al-Mayouf Director of Other Sports Ibraheem Al-Youssef Director of Youth Football Abdullateef Al-Hosainy Director of Investments Area Abdullah Al-Abduljabbar board member Abdullah Al-Jarbou This is a list of Al Hilal SFC presidents and chairmen from its foundation in 1957.[10] Name From To Championships (official) Abdul Rahman bin Saeed 1957 1965 3 Abdulrahman Al Hamdan 1965 1966 × Abdul Rahman bin Saeed 1966 1970 × Faisal Al Shehail 1970 1972 × Abdullah bin Nasser 1972 1976 × Hazloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1976 1978 1 Abdullah bin Nasser 1978 1982 2 Hazloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1982 1983 1 Abdullah bin Saad 1983 1990 9 Abdul Rahman bin Saeed 1990 1992 1 Mohammed Mufti 1992 1993 1 Abdullah bin Saeed 1993 1994 × Khalid bin Mohammed 1994 1996 4 Bandar bin Mohammad 1997 2000 9 Saud bin Turki 2000 2003 6 Abdullah bin Musa'ad 2003 2004 1 Mohammed bin Faisal 2004 2008 7 Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad 2008 2015 7 Mohammad Al Homaidani (caretaker) 2015 2015 1 Nawaf bin Sa'ad 2015 2018 4 Sami Al-Jaber 2018 2018 1 Mohammed bin Faisal 2018 2019 × Abdullah Al-Jarbou (caretaker) 2019 2019 × Fahad bin Nafil Alotaibi 2019 Present 3 Honours The club holds 61 official titles. Domestic Saudi Arabian competitions Titles Runners-up Professional League (16/15) 1976–77*, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 (Record) 1979–80, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19 King Cup[11][12] (9/7) 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2019–20 1963, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1987, 2010 Crown Prince Cup (13/4) 1963–64, 1994–95, 1999–00, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16 (Record) 1956–57, 1998–99, 2013–14, 2014–15 Super Cup (2/2) 2015, 2018 (Record) 2016, 2020 Federation Cup (7/5) 1986–87, 1989–90, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2004–05, 2005–06 (Record) 1985–86, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2009–2010 Saudi Founder's Cup (1/0) 2000 (Record) Confederation Asian competitions Titles Runners-up AFC Champions League (3/4) 1991, 2000, 2019 (Shared Record) 1986, 1987, 2014, 2017 (Record) Asian Cup Winners Cup (2/0) 1997, 2002 (Shared Record) Asian Super Cup (2/1) 1997, 2000 (Shared Record) 2002 Worldwide Intercontinental Competition Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place FIFA Club World Cup 0/0 2019 Afro-Asian Cup 0/1 1992 Regional Arabian competitions Titles Runners-up Arab Club Champions Cup (2/2) 1994, 1995 1989, 2018–19 (Record) Arab Cup Winners' Cup (1/0) 2000 Arab Super Cup (1/2) 2001 1992, 1995 (Record) Gulf Club Champions Cup (2/3) 1986, 1998 1987, 1992, 2000 (Record) Others Interfederations competition Titles Runners-up Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup (King of Saudi Arabia Cup) (1/0) 2001[13] Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup (President of Egypt Cup) (0/1) 2018 Recent seasons The table below chronicles the achievements of Al Hilal in various competitions since 1999. Key Pld = Games played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position W = Champion RU = Final (Runner-up) SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16/R32 = Round of 16, round of 32, etc. GS = Group stage QS = Qualifying stage Champions Runners-up 3rd Place, 4th Place or Losing semi-finalists Season Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos King Cup Crown Prince Cup Competition Result Competition Result League AFC Competitions Other 1999–2000 Premier League 22 11 6 5 39 19 39 5th Not held W Asian Club Championship W Federation Cup GCC Champions League Founder's Cup W RU W 2000–01 Premier League 22 14 5 3 36 16 44 4th SF Asian Super Cup Asian Club Championship W QF Federation Cup Arab Cup Winners' Cup Arab Super Cup Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup QS W W W 2001–02 Premier League 22 14 7 1 54 17 49 1st R16 Asian Cup Winners Cup W Federation Cup Arab Cup Winners' Cup RU SF 2002–03 Premier League 22 11 8 3 28 18 41 5th W Asian Super Cup AFC Champions League RU QF Federation Cup GCC Champions League QS 3rd 2003–04 Premier League 22 12 4 6 40 18 40 4th SF AFC Champions League QS Federation Cup Arab Champions League RU 4th 2004–05 Premier League 22 13 6 3 41 21 45 1st W — — Federation Cup Arab Champions League W 3rd 2005–06 Premier League 22 13 5 4 41 21 44 2nd W AFC Champions League QS Federation Cup W 2006–07 Premier League 22 17 2 3 38 15 53 2nd SF AFC Champions League QF Federation Cup GCC Champions League QS QS 2007–08 Premier League 22 14 6 2 36 13 48 1st SF W — — Federation Cup GCC Champions League RU SF 2008–09 Pro League 22 15 5 2 41 9 50 2nd SF W AFC Champions League R16 Federation Cup SF 2009–10 Pro League 22 18 2 2 56 18 56 1st RU W AFC Champions League SF Federation Cup RU 2010–11 Pro League 26 19 7 0 52 18 64 1st SF W AFC Champions League R16 — — 2011–12 Pro League 26 18 6 2 58 22 60 3rd SF W AFC Champions League QF — — 2012–13 Pro League 26 17 5 4 62 26 56 2nd QF W AFC Champions League R16 — — 2013–14 Pro League 26 20 3 3 60 24 63 2nd QF RU AFC Champions League RU — — 2014–15 Pro League 26 16 6 4 46 17 54 3rd W RU AFC Champions League SF — — 2015–16 Pro League 26 17 4 5 52 23 55 2nd SF W AFC Champions League R16 Saudi Super Cup W 2016–17 Pro League 26 21 3 2 63 16 66 1st W SF AFC Champions League RU Saudi Super Cup RU 2017–18 Pro League 26 16 8 2 47 23 56 1st R16 Cancelled AFC Champions League GS — — 2018–19 Pro League 30 21 6 3 66 33 69 2nd SF Not held AFC Champions League W Saudi Super Cup Arab Club Champions Cup FIFA Club World Cup W RU 4th 2019–20 Pro League 30 22 6 2 74 26 72 1st W Not held AFC Champions League GS — — Records Asian Record Overview As of 24 April 2021 Competition Pld W D L GF GA Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League 179 91 48 40 290 177 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 17 12 3 2 42 9 Asian Super Cup 6 3 2 1 6 4 TOTAL 202 106 53 43 338 190 Record by country Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%  Australia 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 000.00  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 100.00  China 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00  Iraq 7 6 1 0 13 5 +8 085.71  Iran 43 16 12 15 48 40 +8 037.21  Japan 9 5 2 2 16 11 +5 055.56  Kazakhstan 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 050.00  Kuwait 10 5 4 1 17 5 +12 050.00  Lebanon 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00  North Korea 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100.00  Oman 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 100.00  Palestine 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 100.00  Qatar 35 19 10 6 66 40 +26 054.29  Saudi Arabia 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 033.33  South Korea 9 4 1 4 6 9 −3 044.44  South Yemen 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00  Syria 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 050.00  Tajikistan 4 3 0 1 9 5 +4 075.00  Thailand 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00  Turkmenistan 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 100.00  United Arab Emirates 38 18 12 8 59 39 +20 047.37  Uzbekistan 19 12 5 2 39 14 +25 063.16  Yemen 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 050.00 Matches Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1986 Asian Club Championship 2R Al-Shorta 2–0 5–0 1st Final Round Furukawa Electric 3–4 2nd Liaoning 2–1 Al-Talaba 2–1 1987 Asian Club Championship Group A Al-Rasheed 2–1 1st Bangkok Bank 4–0 Final Yomiuri – Withdrew 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2R Mohammedan 7−0 2–1 9–1 SF Persepolis 0−0 0−1 0–1 1991 Asian Club Championship 1R Al-Jahra 2–0 2–0 4–0 Group B April 25 2–0 1st Esteghlal 1–0 SF Al-Shabab 1–0 1–0 Final Esteghlal 1–1 (4–3 p) 1–1 (4–3 p) 1996–97 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1R Al-Qadisiya – w/o[A] 2R Al-Arabi 6–0 0–1 6–1 QF Al-Nasr 5–0 –[B] w/o SF Esteghlal 0–0 (5–4 p) 0–0 (5–4 p) Final Nagoya Grampus Eight 3–1 3–1 1997 Asian Super Cup Final Pohang Steelers 1–0 1–1 2−1 1997–98 Asian Club Championship 2R Al-Rayyan 3–2 0–0 3–2 QF Persepolis 0–1 2nd Navbahor Namangan 3–1 Al-Ansar 3–1 SF Pohang Steelers 0–1 0–1 Third place Persepolis 4–1 4–1 1998–99 Asian Club Championship 1R Al-Salmiya 3–2 0–0 3–2 2R Al-Wehda 4–0 2–2 6–2 QF Esteghlal 1–2 3rd Köpetdag Aşgabat 4–2 Al-Ain 0–1 1999–2000 Asian Club Championship 2R Al-Sadd 2–1 1–0 3–1 QF Irtysh 2–0 1st Al-Shorta 1–0 Persepolis 0–0 SF Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 1–0 Final Júbilo Iwata 3–2 (asdet) 3–2 (asdet) 2000 Asian Super Cup Final Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 2–1 3−2 2000–01 Asian Club Championship 1R Al-Karamah 2–1 0–0 2–1 2R Al-Salmiya 3–1 0–0 3–1 QF Irtysh 0–0 4th Al-Ittihad 0–2 Persepolis 1–3 2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1R Tishreen 1–1 3–2 4–3 2R Al-Aqsa 5–0 2–1 7–1 QF Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda 3–0 2–0 5–0 SF Al-Sadd 1–0 1–0 Final Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2–1 (asdet) 2–1 (asdet) 2002 Asian Super Cup Final Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–0 0–1 1–1 (2–4 p) 2002–03 AFC Champions League Group C Al-Ain 0–1 4th Esteghlal 3–2 Al-Al Sadd SC 1–3 2004 AFC Champions League Group C Sharjah 0–0 2–5 2nd Al-Shorta 2−0 2−1 2006 AFC Champions League Group B Al-Ain 2–1 0–2 2nd Al-Mina'a 3−1 1−1 Mash'al 5−0 1−2 2007 AFC Champions League Group B Kuwait 1–1 0–0 1st Pakhtakor 2−0 2−0 QF Al-Wahda 1−1 0−0 1–1 (a) 2009 AFC Champions League Group A Saba Qom 1–1 1–0 1st Pakhtakor 2−0 1−1 Al-Ahli 2−1 3−1 R16 Umm Salal 0–0 (3–4 p) – 0–0 (3–4 p) 2010 AFC Champions League Group D Al-Sadd 0–0 3–0 1st Mes Kerman 3−1 1−3 Al-Ahli 1−1 3−2 R16 Bunyodkor 3–0 – 3–0 QF Al-Gharafa 3–0 2–4 5–4 (a.e.t.) SF Zob Ahan 0–1 0–1 0–2 2011 AFC Champions League Group A Sepahan 1–2 1–1 2nd Al-Gharafa 2–0 1–0 Al-Jazira 3−1 3–2 R16 Al-Ittihad – 1–3 1–3 2012 AFC Champions League Group D Persepolis 1–1 1–0 1st Al-Gharafa 2–1 3–3 Al-Shabab 2−1 1–1 R16 Baniyas 7–1 – 7–1 QF Ulsan Hyundai 0–4 0–1 0–5 2013 AFC Champions League Group D Al-Ain 2–0 1–3 2nd Al-Rayyan 3–1 2–0 Esteghlal 1–2 1–0 R16 Lekhwiya 0–1 2–2 2–3 2014 AFC Champions League Group D Al-Ahli 2–2 0–0 1st Sepahan 1–0 2–3 Al-Sadd 5–0 2–2 R16 Bunyodkor 3–0 1–0 4–0 QF Al-Sadd 1–0 0–0 1–0 SF Al-Ain 3–0 1–2 4–2 Final Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 0–1 0–1 2015 AFC Champions League Group C Lokomotiv Tashkent 3–1 2–1 1st Al-Sadd 2–1 0–1 Foolad 2–0 0–0 R16 Persepolis 3–0 0–1 3–1 QF Lekhwiya 4–1 2–2 6–3 SF Al-Ahli 1–1 2–3 3–4 2016 AFC Champions League Group C Pakhtakor 4–1 2–2 2nd Al-Jazira 1−0 1–1 Tractor Sazi 0−2 2–1 R16 Lokomotiv Tashkent 0–0 1–2 1–2 2017 AFC Champions League Group D Persepolis 0–0 1–1 1st Al-Rayyan 2–1 4–3 Al-Wahda 1–0 2–2 R16 Esteghlal Khuzestan 2–1 2–1 4–2 QF Al-Ain 3–0 0–0 3–0 SF Persepolis 4–0 2–2 6–2 Final Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 0–1 1–2 2018 AFC Champions League Group D Al-Ain 0–0 1–2 4th Esteghlal 0–1 0–1 Al-Rayyan 1–1 1–2 2019 AFC Champions League Group C Al-Ain 2–0 1–0 1st Al-Duhail 3–1 2–2 Esteghlal 1–0 1–2 R16 Al-Ahli 0–1 4–2 4–3 QF Al-Ittihad 3–1 0–0 3–1 SF Al-Sadd 2–4 4–1 6–5 Final Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 2–0 3–0 2020 AFC Champions League Group B Shahr Khodro 2–0 0–0 Withdrew[C] Shabab Al-Ahli – 2–1 Pakhtakor 2–1 0–0 2021 AFC Champions League Group A AGMK 2–2 Shabab Al-Ahli 2–0 Istiklol 3–1 1–4 Key: PO – Play-off round; 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final; Notes Al-Qadisiya withdrew. 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