 On 20 October 2016, Al-Najei played his first match of the season against Ittihad replacing Yahya Al-Shehri in the 58' minute, but he got a yellow card in the match.On 21 December 2016, Al-Najei scored his first goal of the season against Al-Fateh in 53rd minute.On 1 January 2017, he played his first match in the starting 11 against Ettifaq FC.