2025–26 Damac FC season
Damac 2025–26 football season
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The 2025–26 season is Damac's 54th year in their history and seventh consecutive season in the Pro League.[1] The club will participate in the Pro League and the King's Cup.
PresidentKhaled Al Masha'at
ManagerArmando Evangelista
| 2025–26 season | |
|---|---|
| President | Khaled Al Masha'at |
| Manager | Armando Evangelista |
| Stadium | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Damac Club Stadium |
| Pro League | Pre-season |
| King Cup | Round of 32 |
| All statistics correct as of 1 July 2025. | |
The season covers the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
Players
Squad information
- As of 1 February 2025[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers and loans
Transfers in
| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2025 | GK | 33 |  Moataz Al-Baqaawi |
Al-Tai |
Free | [3] |
| 26 August 2025 | DF | 5 | Hassan Rabee |
Al-Ain |
Free | [4] |
| 26 August 2025 | MF | 2 |  Morlaye Sylla |
 Arouca |
Free | [5] |
| 26 August 2025 | MF | 8 |  Valentín Vada |
 Rubin Kazan |
Free | [6] |
| 26 August 2025 | MF | 88 | Khaled Al-Samiri |
Al-Khaleej |
Free | [7] |
| 27 August 2025 | GK | 1 |  Kewin |
Moreirense |
Free | [8] |
| 27 August 2025 | DF | 15 |  Jamal Harkass |
Wydad |
$700,000 | [9] |
| 27 August 2025 | MF | 21 | Ahmed Omar |
Ohod |
Free | [10] |
| 27 August 2025 | MF | 77 | David Kaiki |
 Strasbourg |
Free | [11] |
| 27 August 2025 | FW | 10 | Nabil Alioui |
 Adana Demirspor |
Free | [12] |
| 27 August 2025 | FW | 11 |  Yakou Méïté |
 Cardiff City |
Free | [13] |
| 27 August 2025 | FW | 80 | Yahya Al-Najei |
Al-Wehda |
Free | [14] |
| 6 September 2025 | FW | 28 |  Jesús Medina |
Spartak Moscow |
Undisclosed | [15] |
Loans in
| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2025 | End of season | DF | 22 | Abdulrahman Al-Khaibari |
Al-Ula |
None | [16] |
| 2 September 2025 | End of season | MF | 26 | Riyadh Sharahili |
Neom |
None | [17] |
Transfers out
| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2025 | GK | 97 | Amin Bukhari |
Al-Nassr |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2025 | DF | 87 | Mohammed Al-Khaibari |
Al-Khaleej |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2025 | MF | 6 | Faisal Al-Sibyani |
Al-Ahli |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2025 | MF | 95 | Ayman Fallatah |
Al-Ahli |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2025 | FW | 17 | Abdullah Al-Mogren |
Al-Fateh |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2025 | FW | 80 |  Habib Diallo |
Al-Shabab |
End of loan | |
| 30 June 2025 | FW | 94 | Meshari Al-Nemer |
Al-Nassr |
End of loan | |
| 1 July 2025 | MF | 32 |  Nicolae Stanciu |
 Genoa |
Free | [18] |
| 22 July 2025 | GK | 22 | Abdulbasit Hawsawi |
Al-Ettifaq |
Free | [19] |
| 9 August 2025 | MF | 10 |  Georges-Kévin Nkoudou |
Al-Diriyah |
$3,500,000 | [20] |
| 27 August 2025 | DF | 51 | Ramzi Solan |
Al-Kholood |
Free | [21] |
| 6 September 2025 | MF | 8 |  Tarek Hamed |
 Al-Bidda |
Free | |
| 12 September 2025 | FW | 11 | François Kamano |
Sochi |
Free | [22] |
| 20 September 2025 | MF | 18 | Ahmed Harisi |
Al-Jandal |
Free | [23] |
| 12 January 2026 | FW | 28 | Jesús Medina |
Released | [24] | |
Pre-season
| 12 August 2025 Friendly | Damac | 2–2 |  Al-Khaldiya | Derince, Turkey |
| 17:30 TRT | Report | Stadium: Derince Suni Çim Stadı |
| 16 August 2025 Friendly | Damac | 0–0 |  Kazma | Derince, Turkey |
| 17:00 TRT | Report | Stadium: Derince Suni Çim Stadı |
| 22 August 2025 Friendly | Damac | 2–0 | Al-Okhdood | Abha, Saudi Arabia |
| 17:00 AST | Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Pro League | 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 5.56 |
| King's Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0.00 |
| Total | 19 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 5.26 |
Updated to match played 30 January 2026
Source: Competitions
Pro League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Al-Kholood | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 33 | |
| 15 | Al-Riyadh | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 35 | 63 | −28 | 30 | |
| 16 | Damac (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 55 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to FD League |
| 17 | Al-Okhdood (R) | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 70 | −43 | 20 | |
| 18 | Al-Najma (R) | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 76 | −44 | 16 |
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]
(R) Relegated
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]
(R) Relegated
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 |
| 18 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | −13 |
Last updated: 30 January 2026.
Source: Saudi Pro League
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2026. Source: Saudi Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 28 August 2025 1 | Damac | 1–1 | Al-Hazem | Khamis Mushait |
| 19:05 | Méïté  34'Al-Samiri 45+1'Alioui 73'H. Al-Ghamdi 90+5'Harkass  90+8' |
Report | Al-Yami 23' Martins 57' (pen.)Mokwana 89'Al-Harbi 90+9' |
Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 373 Referee: Sami Al-Jires |
| 14 September 2025 2 | Damac | 1–2 | Neom | Khamis Mushait |
| 18:50 | Medina 49' Méïté 63'Harkass 83' |
Report | Lacazette 30', 83' (pen.) Noor 90+3' |
Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 2,015 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharbosh |
| 18 September 2025 3 | Al-Kholood | 2–1 | Damac | Ar Rass |
| 18:40 | Enrique 11' N'Doram 14'Buckley 81' |
Report | Vada 23' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Attendance: 2,468 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi |
| 26 September 2025 4 | Damac | 1–3 | Al-Ettifaq | Khamis Mushait |
| 18:40 | Vada 38' Bedrane 67'Abdullah 69'Medina 72' |
Report | Duda 1' Al-Ghannam 40', 57'Wijnaldum 65'Madu 90'Al-Ghamdi 90+3' |
Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 2,581 Referee: Abdulsamad Bakri |
| 19 October 2025 5 | Al-Taawoun | 6–1 | Damac | Buraidah |
| 18:10 | Al-Ahmed 11' Mandash 13'Harkass  53' (o.g.)Martínez 68'Al-Hurayji 87'Faivre 88' |
Report | Vada 31', 55' H. Al-Ghamdi  40'Kaiki 59' |
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 4,037 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish |
| 25 October 2025 6 | Al-Shabab | 1–1 | Damac | Riyadh |
| 17:55 | Carrasco 45+6' (pen.) |
Report | Bedrane 45+2' Hoedt 45+9' (o.g.)Medina 64'Harkass 90+7' |
Stadium: SHG Arena Attendance: 2,521 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi |
| 30 October 2025 7 | Damac | 1–1 | Al-Fateh | Abha |
| 18:15 | Vada 3' Al-Anazi 19'Saâdane 63' (o.g.) |
Report | Saâdane 45+1' Bendebka 47' |
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium Attendance: 271 Referee: Abdullah Al-Harbi |
| 6 November 2025 8 | Al-Riyadh | 1–1 | Damac | Riyadh |
| 20:30 | Al-Bawardi 3' González 24'Sahlouli 74'Al-Harfi 77' |
Report | Sylla 59' Rabea 60'Al-Anazi 77'Vada 85' (pen.) |
Stadium: SHG Arena Attendance: 550 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush |
| 22 November 2025 9 | Damac | 0–0 | Al-Najma | Khamis Mushait |
| 16:40 | Méïté 53' Al-Qahtani 60'Harkass 71'Alioui 90+2'Al-Anazi 90+7' |
Report | Flores 74' |
Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Attendance: 624 Referee: Fraih Al-Jaloud |
| 27 December 2025 10 | Al-Qadsiah | 1–1 | Damac | Dammam |
| 16:00 | Retegui 45+1' Abu Al-Shamat 57' |
Report | Vada 4', 45+3' Sylla 76'Al-Khaibari 79'Bedrane 86'Kewin 90+3' |
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,106 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
| 30 December 2025 12 | Al-Okhdood | 0–1 | Damac | Najran |
| 20:30 | Borrell 20' Al-Harthi 82'Al Abbas 90+4' |
Report | Vada 5' Bedrane 19' |
Stadium: Prince Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Sports City Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani |
| 4 January 2026 13 | Damac | 0–2 | Al-Hilal | Abha |
| 20:30 | Al-Najei 90+3' |
Report | Al-Yami 16' Núñez 35'Kanno 41'Leonardo 53'Hernández 90+2' |
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium Attendance: 14,873 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium) |
| 9 January 2026 14 | Al-Khaleej | 4–0 | Damac | Dammam |
| 16:10 | Fortounis 1' Masouras 44'King 47'Al-Sultan 80'Rebocho 85' |
Report | Medina 9' Bedrane 24' |
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,753 Referee: Abdulsamad Bakri |
| 13 January 2026 15 | Damac | 1–1 | Al-Ittihad | Abha |
| 20:30 | Al-Qahtani 37' |
Report | Al-Shanqeeti 45', 59' Fabinho 69'  90+8'Bergwijn 90+11' |
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium Attendance: 9,065 Referee: Khalid Al-Turais |
| 17 January 2026 16 | Al-Fayha | 1–1 | Damac | Al Majma'ah |
| 16:35 | Semedo 16' Sakala 26' (pen.)Jason 83' |
Report | Rabea 24' Al-Qahtani 41'Al-Obaid 80' |
Stadium: Al-Majma'ah Sports City Stadium Attendance: 549 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani |
| 21 January 2026 17 | Damac | 1–2 | Al-Nassr | Abha |
| 20:30 | Harkass 68' |
Report | Ghareeb 5', 80' Ronaldo 50'Ângelo 82' |
Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium Attendance: 12,678 Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush |
| 26 January 2026 18 | Al-Hazem | 2–1 | Damac | Ar Rass |
| 18:20 | Al-Shanqiti 57' Kewin 80' (o.g.)Al-Dakheel 87'Al-Shamrani 90+5' |
Report | Al-Anazi 27' Al-Samiri 36'Kewin 37'Al-Khaibari 45+8'Bedrane 49'Méïté 72' |
Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Attendance: 1,114 Referee: Abdullah Zarban |
| 30 January 2026 19 | Neom | 3–0 | Damac | Tabuk |
| 20:30 | Zézé 23' Lacazette 45+1' (pen.)Abdi 78'Koné 86', 90+1' |
Report | Al-Obaid 9' Harkass 30'Sylla 47' |
Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish |
| 19 December 2025 10 | Damac | v | Al-Ahli | Abha |
| 16:45 | Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium |
King's Cup
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
| 23 September 2025 Round of 32 | Al-Najma | 2–1 | Damac | Buraidah |
| 18:35 | K. Al-Shammari 23' A. Al-Shammeri 56'Lázaro 58'Al-Kunaydiri 65'Al Dubais 90+1'Al-Harabi 90+3' |
Report | Harkass 5' Al-Anazi 22'H. Al-Ghamdi 79'Kaiki 81' |
Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Mohammed Al-Dagash |
Statistics
Appearances
- Last updated on 26 January 2026.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Pro League | King's Cup | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | BRA |
Kewin | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | GK | KSA |
Nasser Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 33 | GK | KSA |
Moataz Al-Baqaawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF |  ALG |
Abdelkader Bedrane | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | DF | KSA |
Noor Al-Rashidi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | DF | KSA |
Hassan Rabea | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | DF | KSA |
Sanousi Hawsawi | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | DF | KSA |
Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 | DF | MAR |
Jamal Harkass | 18 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | DF | KSA |
Dhari Al-Anazi | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | DF | KSA |
Abdulrahman Al-Khaibri | 18 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 23 | DF | KSA |
Jawad Al-Hassan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | GUI |
Morlaye Sylla | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA |
Tareq Abdullah | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA |
Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 16 | 2 | 10+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | ARG |
Valentín Vada | 19 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | MF | KSA |
Ahmed Omar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 26 | MF | KSA |
Riyadh Sharahili | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 77 | MF | BRA |
David Kaiki | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 88 | MF | KSA |
Khaled Al-Samiri | 14 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 90 | MF | KSA |
Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 16 | 1 | 10+5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | FRA |
Nabil Alioui | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | FW | CIV |
Yakou Méïté | 7 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 80 | FW | KSA |
Yahya Al-Najei | 16 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 99 | FW | BRA |
Arielson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | FW | PAR |
Jesús Medina | 13 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
Goalscorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | MF | |
Valentín Vada | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | |
Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | |
Jamal Harkass | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | DF | |
Abdelkader Bedrane | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | |
Jesús Medina | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 90 | MF | |
Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 15 | ||||
Last Updated: 26 January 2026
Assists
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | MF | |
Valentín Vada | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | |
Sanousi Hawsawi | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | DF | |
Dhari Al-Anazi | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 2 | MF | |
Morlaye Sylla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | |
Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | DF | |
Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | MF | |
Riyadh Sharahili | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Last Updated: 26 January 2026
Clean sheets
Last Updated: 30 December 2025