2025–26 Al-Nassr FC season

Al-Nassr
2025–26 season
PresidentAbdullah Al-Majid[1]
Head coachJorge Jesus
StadiumAl-Awwal Park
Pro LeaguePre-season
King's CupRound of 32
AFC Champions League TwoGroup stage
Super CupFinal
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Sadio Mané: 1 João Félix: 1

The 2025–26 season is Al-Nassr's 50th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 70th year in existence as a football club.[2] The club will participate in the Pro League, the King's Cup, the AFC Champions League Two, and the Super Cup.

Overview

On 2 June 2025, Al-Nassr made their first signing when they signed young midfielder Abdulmalik Al-Jaber. Ali Lajami joined rivals Al-Hilal on a free transfer on 27 May. On 6 July 2025, Jhon Durán was loaned to Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.[3]

This season saw the appointment of a new head coach Jorge Jesus on 14 July 2025 after the termination of Stefano Pioli's contract.[4] Al-Nassr signed Nader Al-Sharari on a free transfer on 16 July 2025. Al-Nassr signed João Félix from Chelsea and Iñigo Martínez from Barcelona on 29 July and 9 August respectively.

Players

As of 10 August 2025[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Aqidi
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Sultan Al-Ghannam (vice-captain)
3 DF France FRA Mohamed Simakan
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nader Al-Sharari
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulelah Al-Amri
7 FW Portugal POR Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
10 FW Senegal SEN Sadio Mané
11 MF Croatia CRO Marcelo Brozović
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Boushal
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Sami Al-Najei
16 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Maran
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Khaibari
19 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Hassan
20 MF Brazil BRA Ângelo Gabriel
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW France FRA Kingsley Coman
23 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ayman Yahya
24 GK Brazil BRA Bento
26 DF Spain ESP Iñigo Martínez
29 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Ghareeb
30 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Meshari Al-Nemer
36 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Raghed Al-Najjar
46 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa
50 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Majed Qasheesh
58 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulmalik Al-Jaber
60 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Saad Haqawi
70 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Awad Aman
79 FW Portugal POR João Félix
80 MF Brazil BRA Wesley
83 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Salem Al-Najdi

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF Portugal POR Otávio
27 DF Spain ESP Aymeric Laporte

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Colombia COL Jhon Durán (on loan to Fenerbahçe)

Technical staff

Jorge Jesus was appointed head coach, and he brought in his coaching staff.[6]

Position Name
Head coach Portugal Jorge Jesus
Assistant coach Portugal João de Deus
Portugal Fábio Jesus
Technical director Portugal José Semedo
Goalkeeping coach Spain Tony Mingual
Fitness coach Portugal Márcio Sampaio
Video analyst Portugal Tiago Oliveira
Portugal Gil Henrique
Technical coach Portugal Rodrigo Araujo
Head doctor Portugal Carlos Miguel
Sporting director Portugal Simão Coutinho
Assistant Sporting Director & Head of Scouts Department Spain Adrián Espárraga
Talent scouting Portugal Marcelo Salazar
Chief scout Spain Rafa Gil
Director of football Saudi Arabia Omar Hawsawi
Club advisor Italy Guido Fienga

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 GK 1 Saudi Arabia Amin Bukhari Saudi Arabia Damac End of loan
30 June 2025 GK 44 Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Aqidi Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh End of loan
30 June 2025 DF 5 Saudi Arabia Abdulelah Al-Amri Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad End of loan
30 June 2025 DF 42 Saudi Arabia Mansour Al-Shammari Saudi Arabia Al-Jubail End of loan
30 June 2025 DF 55 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Faraj Saudi Arabia Al-Tai End of loan
30 June 2025 DF 58 Saudi Arabia Aser Hawsawi Saudi Arabia Al-Jubail End of loan
30 June 2025 DF 66 Saudi Arabia Waleed Saber Saudi Arabia Al-Jeel End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 38 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Taleb Saudi Arabia Al-Najma End of loan
30 June 2025 MF 46 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Aliwa Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq End of loan
30 June 2025 MF – Saudi Arabia Rakan Al-Ghamdi Netherlands NEC U21 End of loan
30 June 2025 FW 30 Saudi Arabia Meshari Al-Nemer Saudi Arabia Damac End of loan
30 June 2025 FW 57 Saudi Arabia Muhannad Barrah Saudi Arabia Al-Saqer End of loan
30 June 2025 FW 92 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Zubaidi Saudi Arabia Al-Orobah End of loan
1 July 2025 MF 58 Saudi Arabia Abdulmalik Al-Jaber Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar $1,200,000 [7]
16 July 2025 DF 4 Saudi Arabia Nader Al-Sharari Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Free [8]
29 July 2025 MF 79 Portugal João Félix England Chelsea $34,650,000 [9]
9 August 2025 DF 26 Spain Iñigo Martínez Spain Barcelona Free [10]
16 August 2025 FW 21 France Kingsley Coman Germany Bayern Munich $30,000,000 [11]

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 GK 22 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Rehaili Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq End of loan
1 July 2025 DF 78 Saudi Arabia Ali Lajami Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal $1,066,000 [12]
12 July 2025 MF 58 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Hazazi Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Free [13]

Loans out

Start date End date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
9 July 2025 End of season FW 9 Colombia Jhon Durán Turkey Fenerbahçe None [14]

Pre-season and friendlies

26 July 2025 Friendly Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 5–2 Austria SK St. Johann Saalfelden, Austria
15:30 CEST Mané 25'
Ghareeb 36' (pen.)
Simakan 53'
Al-Sulaiheem 73'
Kos 82' (o.g.)		 Report Seeber 15'
Cissé 86'		 Stadium: 1508 Saalfelden Arena
30 July 2025 Friendly Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 2–1 France Toulouse Grödig, Austria
17:30 CEST Ronaldo 33'
Maran 76'		 Report Gboho 25' Stadium: Untersberg-Arena
7 August 2025 Friendly Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia 4–0 Portugal Rio Ave Algarve, Portugal
21:00 CEST Simakan 15'
Ronaldo 44', 63', 68' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Estádio Algarve
10 August 2025 Friendly UD Almería Spain 3–2 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Almería, Spain
19:00 CEST Arribas 6'
Embarba 43', 61'		 Report Cristiano Ronaldo 17', 39' (pen.) Stadium: UD Almería Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pro League 29 August 2025 2026 Matchday 1 !—
King's Cup 23 September 2025 Round of 32 !—
Champions League Two 17 September 2025 2026 Group Stage !—
Super Cup 19 August 2025 23 August 2025 Semi-finals 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Total 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00

Last updated: 19 August 2025
Source: Competitions

Pro League

Main article: 2025–26 Saudi Pro League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Al-Kholood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Al-Najma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Al-Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Al-Okhdood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Al-Qadsiah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 August 2025. 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).[15]

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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: Saudi Pro League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

King's Cup

Main article: 2025–26 King's Cup (Saudi Arabia)

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

21 September 2025 Round of 32 Jeddah v Al-Nassr Jeddah
21:00 Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City

AFC Champions League Two

Main article: 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two

Group stage

Main article: 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two group stage

Super Cup

Main article: 2025 Saudi Super Cup
19 August 2025 Semi-finals Al-Nassr 2–1 Al-Ittihad So Kon Po, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8 Mané 10', Red card 25'
Félix 61'
Wesley Yellow card 90+2'
Brozović Yellow card 90+6'		 Report Bergwijn 16'
Fabinho Yellow card 45+1'
Al-Shanqeeti Yellow card 53'
F. Al-Ghamdi Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 30,653
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais
23 August 2025 Final Al-Nassr v So Kon Po, Hong Kong
20:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 19 August 2025.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League King's Cup ACL Two Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Aqidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GK Brazil BRA Bento 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Sultan Al-Ghannam 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
3 DF France FRA Mohamed Simakan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulelah Al-Amri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Boushal 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF Spain ESP Iñigo Martínez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
70 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Awad Aman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
83 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Salem Al-Najdi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
11 MF Croatia CRO Marcelo Brozović 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Khaibari 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Hassan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ayman Yahya 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Ghareeb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
79 MF Portugal POR João Félix 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
80 MF Brazil BRA Wesley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
7 FW Portugal POR Cristiano Ronaldo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Senegal SEN Sadio Mané 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
16 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Maran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Brazil BRA Ângelo Gabriel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
21 FW France FRA Kingsley Coman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Meshari Al-Nemer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Saad Haqawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sent out on loan this season
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Pro League King's Cup ACL Two Super Cup Total
1 10 FW Senegal Sadio Mané 0 0 0 1 1
79 MF Portugal João Félix 0 0 0 1 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 2 2

Last Updated: 19 August 2025

Assists

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Player Pro League King's Cup ACL Two Super Cup Total
1 7 FW Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 0 0 0 1 1
11 MF Croatia Marcelo Brozović 0 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 0 2 2

Last Updated: 19 August 2025

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