Al-Ahli announced that its first football team will play 7 friendly matches during preparations for the new sports season, according to a post on the club's official account on social media platform X on Thursday. The Al-Ahli tests begin with a match against Austrian side FC Pinzgau Saalfelden next Saturday, followed four days later by German side Holstein Kiel, then Portuguese side Rio Ave on July 19, and they face Portuguese side Vitória Guimarães on the 24th of the same month, before playing two matches on the same day, July 28, against Portuguese side Portimonense at 1:00 PM, and English side Fulham at 8:00 PM. After returning from their training camp, which takes place in two phases in Austria and Portugal, Al-Ahli will face counterpart Abha on August 6. It was decided that 6 friendly matches will be broadcast on the 'stc tv' platform, while the match against Portimonense will be played behind closed doors. Al-Ahli continues its external camp, which began last Friday in the Austrian city of Saalfelden, and continues until July 16, before moving to Portugal for the second phase of the preparatory program until the 28th of the same month. Al-Ahli awaits a busy season with commitments, as it competes in the Saudi Roshn League, the King's Cup, the Saudi Super Cup, the AFC Champions League Elite, in addition to the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.