The Al-Faisaly Courier
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Theo Bongonda scores twice — 8.07
Two goals and a mark of 8.07 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market24 Aug 2026
André-Jordy Ella asks to leave Al-Faisaly
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Theo Bongonda in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al-Faisaly this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
Business is business: Rayan Fallatah goes
Hajer paid $180.0K and Al-Faisaly took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Fernando Pacheco
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Al-Faisaly
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abdoulaye Seck was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad24 Aug 2026
100 appearances for Eid Al-Muwallad
100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al-Riyadh join the queue for Yasser Al-Juhani
Add another name to the list: Al-Riyadh have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Yasser Al-Juhani. The answer from Al-Faisaly has not changed — yet.
Match22 Aug 2026
Al-Faisaly refuse to lose to Al-Fateh
A point taken on 94 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
In brief
- Match Theo Bongonda rescues a point for Al-Faisaly
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Fahad Al-Ghamdi on the draw
- Squad Theo Bongonda is off the mark for Al-Faisaly