Ettifaq FC

Ettifaq FC
Full name Ettifaq Football Club
Nickname(s) Faris Ad-Dahna (The Knight of Ad-Dahna)
The Commandos
Founded 1945
Ground Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Ground Capacity 26,000
Chairman Khalid Aldabal
Manager Djamel Belkacem
League Saudi First Division
2014–15 Saudi First Division, 4th

Ettifaq Football Club (Arabic: نادي الاتفاق لكرة القدم) also known as Al-Ettifaq is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Dammam. 'Ittifaq' is Arabic for cooperation. Al Ettifaq was established after the merging of three clubs in the City of Dammam at the year 1944. Al Ettifaq is the first Saudi team to win an international title – the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup. Al Ettifaq is also the first team to win the Saudi Premier League without any defeat. Al Ettifaq is also the first side from Saudi Arabia to win the Gulf Champions Cup. Al Ettifaq have a total of 13 different titles to their name.

Achievements

Performance in AFC competitions

    • Semi-final (Group Stage): Al Ettifaq finished second in their group after losing their penultimate game against the eventual champions, Qatari side Al-Sadd (2–1) in a highly controversial game. Apart from the two clubs, the group contained April 25 SC (North Korea), Mohammedan SC (Bangladesh), and Pahang (Malaysia).[1]

Players

As of Saudi First Division:

No Position Player Nation
22 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Bahri      Saudi Arabia
28 Goalkeeper Ahmed Al-Kassar      Saudi Arabia
30 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Saleh      Saudi Arabia
2 Defender Abdurahman Al-Hassan (on loan from Al-Nassr FC)     Saudi Arabia
3 Defender Ali Daba      Saudi Arabia
4 Defender Mubarak Wajdi      Saudi Arabia
5 Defender Mortadha Al-Breh      Saudi Arabia
12 Defender Aymen Masrahi      Saudi Arabia
13 Defender Hassan Kadesh      Saudi Arabia
24 Defender Abdulaziz Al-Mansor (on loan from Al Wehda)     Saudi Arabia
25 Defender Saeed Al-Robeai (on loan from Al Ahli)     Saudi Arabia
45 Defender Fawaz Al-Tomaihi      Saudi Arabia
51 Defender Abdullah Omar      Bahrain
70 Defender Omar Al-Sonain      Saudi Arabia
6 Midfielder Yahya Otain      Saudi Arabia
7 Midfielder Hassan Ghazwani      Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Mohamed Kanno      Saudi Arabia
No Position Player Nation
10 Midfielder Aiedh Al-Sohaimi      Saudi Arabia
14 Midfielder Abdoh Hakami (Captain)     Saudi Arabia
16 Midfielder Khaled Al-Hamdhi      Saudi Arabia
17 Midfielder Ahmed Al-Shehri      Saudi Arabia
18 Midfielder Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim      Saudi Arabia
20 Midfielder Jaber Al-Ziyadi      Saudi Arabia
23 Midfielder Hassan Al-Habib      Saudi Arabia
33 Midfielder Mohammad Al-Haik (on loan from Al Khaleej)     Saudi Arabia
85 Midfielder Ricardinho      Brazil
88 Midfielder Al Baraa Ba Adheem      Saudi Arabia
9 Forward Hazaa Al-Hazaa      Saudi Arabia
15 Forward Turki Sufyani      Saudi Arabia
55 Forward Marei Moqaadi      Saudi Arabia
60 Forward Faisel Al-Jamaan (on loan from Al-Fateh SC)     Saudi Arabia
90 Forward Khaled Al-Aboud      Saudi Arabia
99 Forward Mahmoud Al-Sayeg      Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation
-- Defender Saoud Fallatah (at Al-Nojoom FC)     Saudi Arabia
-- Midfielder Ali Al-Zaqaan (at Al Wehda)     Saudi Arabia
No Position Player Nation
-- Forward Zamil Al-Sulim (at Al Wehda)     Saudi Arabia

Managerial history

Note: The table is currently being updated.

1944–69
19??–69 Sudan Mohammed Hassan Kheiri
1969–76
1976–78 Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani
1979–80
1980–84 Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani Coincided with the most successful period of the club (4 titles).
1984–86
1986–90 Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani Won 3 titles.
1990–91 Brazil Procópio Cardoso
1991–93
July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995 Poland Wojciech Łazarek
1994–96 Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani
1996–97
1997 Brazil João Francisco
1997–99
1999–00 Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani
2003–04 Netherlands Jan Versleijen
Jan 1, 2004 – May 30, 2004 Argentina Jorge Habegger
2005–06 Brazil Ednaldo Patricio
2006–07 Tunisia Ammar Al-Suwayeh 2006 Gulf Club Champions Cup (Winner).
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 Portugal Toni Oliveira 2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup (Runner-up).
Jan 8, 2009 – June 8, 2009 Romania Ioan Andone Achieved club's best performance in the AFC Champions League (Round of 16).
Oct 23, 2009 – March 23, 2011 Romania Ion Marin
March 23, 2011 – June 30, 2011 Tunisia Youssef Zouaoui
July 22, 2011 – April 30, 2012 Croatia Branko Ivanković
2012 Tunisia Ammar Al-Suwayeh
July 1, 2012 – Sept 25, 2012 Switzerland Alain Geiger
Sept 26, 2012 – June 13, 2013 Poland Maciej Skorża
July 1, 2013 – Oct 1, 2013 Germany Theo Bücker
Sept 30, 2013 – Oct 26, 2013 Romania Eusebiu Tudor
Oct 26, 2013 – Feb 13, 2014 Serbia Goran Tufegdžić
Feb 13, 2014–July, 2014 Romania Ioan Andone
July 2014 – Feb 17, 2015 Spain Beñat San José
(2015) Romania Gheorghe Mulțescu
(2015–16) Germany Reinhard Stumpf

References

External links

Preceded by
Al-Arabi
Kuwait
GCC Champions League
Runner up: Al-Arabi

1983
Succeeded by
Al-Ahli
Saudi Arabia
Preceded by
Kazma
Kuwait
GCC Champions League
Runner up: Kazma

1988
Succeeded by
Fanja SC
Oman
Preceded by
Qadsia SC
Kuwait
GCC Champions League
Runner up: Qadsia SC

2006
Succeeded by
Al Jazira
United Arab Emirates
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