Ettifaq FC

Al-Ettifaq FC

Full name

Al-Ettifaq Football Club

Nickname(s)

Faris Ad-Dahna (The Knight of Ad-Dahna)
The Commandos
Itti Al-Sharqiya (Itti of the Eastern Province, a nod to Al-Ittihad)

Founded

1945

Ground

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Capacity

26,000

Chairman

Khalid Al Dabal

Manager

Miodrag Ješić

League

Saudi Professional League

2016–17

Saudi Professional League, 11th

Website

Club website

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Al-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

Saudi Premier League: 2
- Champions: 1983, 1987
Crown Prince Cup: 1
- Champions: 1965
- Runner-up (4): 1963, 2001, 2008, 2012
King's Cup: 2
- Champions: 1968, 1985
- Runner-up (4): 1965, 1966, 1983, 1988
Saudi Federation cup: 3
- Champions: 1991, 2003, 2004
- Runner-up (4): 1987, 1995, 1996, 2005
Arab Champions League: 2
- Champions: 1984, 1988
Gulf Club Champions Cup: 3
- Champions: 1983, 1988, 2006
- Runner-up (1): 2007

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
- Asian Club Championship 1989:

- Qualifying Round: Al Ettifaq qualified to the Asian Club Championship after winning the GCC Champions League, ending top of the group that consisted of Kazma (Kuwait), Al Sharjah (UAE), Fanja (Oman), and West Riffa (Bahrain).

- 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]

AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

- AFC Champions League 2009:

- - - Group Stage – Round of 32: Al Ettifaq was arguably one of the best performers in the group stage after finishing top of the group with 12 points. They won 4 games, lost 2, and scored 15 goals in 6 games, recording the third best attacking stats in the continent in that round. Al Ettifaq were placed in Group D along FC Bunyodkor (led by Brazilian ace Rivaldo), Sepahan Isfahan, and Al Shabab (UAE).
    - Round of 16: Al Ettifaq were knocked from the Round of 16 against Pakhtakor (UZB). After leading 1–0 at halftime, they conceded two late goals that ended their hopes in qualifying to the quarter-final.^[2]

- AFC Champions League 2012:

- - - The draw was held on 6 December 2011 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.^[3]
    - Al Ettifaq were placed in the second round of the qualifying stages, playing against the winner of the two Iranian sides: Esteghlal Tehran FC and Zob Ahan Isfahan FC.
    - Al-Ettifaq lost the one-off game played on 18 February 2012 in Iran against Esteghlal Tehran FC and eventually went directly to the group stages of the 2012 AFC Cup.
AFC Cup: 1 appearance

- AFC Cup 2012:

- - - After failing to qualify to the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League, Al-Ettifaq qualified automatically to the 2012 AFC Cup, and were drawn in Group C with Kuwait SC of Kuwait, Al Ahed of Lebanon, and VB Sports Club of the Maldives.
    - Al Ettifaq started the competition as favorites and a strong candidate to win the competition, winning 5–1 in their first group game against Kuwait SC in Kuwait. The second game was frustrating to the Saudis as they drew in their own stadium 0–0 with Al Ahed. They defeated the underdogs of the group VB Sports Club by 6–3 in the Maldives and 2–0 in the reverse fixture. Al Ettifaq sealed their promotion with a 2–2 draw against Kuwait SC before finishing the group with a 3–1 victory in Lebanon against Al Ahed.
    - Al Ettifaq finished off their season with a hard-fought 1–0 victory against Omani side Al-Suwaiq SC in the Round of 16 to progress to the quarter-finals of the tournament.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No	Position	Player	Nation
28	Goalkeeper	Ahmed Al-Kassar (Captain)	Saudi Arabia
30	Goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Saleh	Saudi Arabia
32	Goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Bahri	Saudi Arabia

2	Defender	Omar Al-Sonain	Saudi Arabia
4	Defender	Ahmad Ibrahim	Iraq
5	Defender	Fahed Al Hajri (on loan from Kuwait SC)	Kuwait
13	Defender	Osama Al-Selim	Saudi Arabia
31	Defender	Mohammed Al-Zubaidi	Saudi Arabia
33	Defender	Saad Al Khairi	Saudi Arabia
34	Defender	Ali Al-Khaibari	Saudi Arabia
37	Defender	Abdulaziz Waseli	Saudi Arabia
51	Defender	Majed Al-Khaibari (on loan from Al-Ittihad)	Saudi Arabia

6	Midfielder	Yahya Otain	Saudi Arabia
7	Midfielder	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi	Saudi Arabia
10	Midfielder	Hassan Al-Habib	Saudi Arabia
11	Midfielder	Ali Hazazi	Saudi Arabia
14	Midfielder	Lutfi Al-Rashedi	Saudi Arabia
15	Midfielder	Nasser Al-Abdeli	Saudi Arabia
17	Midfielder	Ahmed Al-Shehri	Saudi Arabia
20	Midfielder	Jaber Al-Ziyadi	Saudi Arabia
22	Midfielder	Juanmi Callejón	Spain
24	Midfielder	Abdurahman Al-Aboud	Saudi Arabia
27	Midfielder	Osama Al-Khalaf	Saudi Arabia
29	Midfielder	Mohammed Al-Sobeai	Saudi Arabia
35	Midfielder	Abdulaziz Majrashi	Saudi Arabia

9	Forward	Hazaa Al-Hazaa	Saudi Arabia
16	Forward	Yousef Al-Salem	Saudi Arabia
19	Forward	Marei Al-Moqaadi	Saudi Arabia
21	Forward	Turki Sufyani	Saudi Arabia
70	Forward	Mohammed Al-Saiari	Saudi Arabia

--	Defender	Ayman Masrahi	Saudi Arabia
--	Midfielder	Filip Kiss	Slovakia
--	Midfielder	Khaled Al-Hamdhi	Saudi Arabia
--	Midfielder	Aiedh Al-Sohaimi	Saudi Arabia
--	Midfielder	Hassan Ghazwani	Saudi Arabia
--	Forward	Leonardo Alves	Brazil

Managerial history

Note: The table is currently being updated.

1944–69
19??–69	Mohammed Hassan Kheiri
1969–76
1976–78	Khalil Al-Zayani
1979–80
1980–84	Khalil Al-Zayani	Coincided with the most successful period of the club (4 titles).
1984–86
1986–90	Khalil Al-Zayani	Won 3 titles.
1990–91	Procópio Cardoso
1991–93
July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995	Wojciech Łazarek
1994–96	Khalil Al-Zayani
1996–97
1997	João Francisco
1997–99
1999–00	Khalil Al-Zayani
2003–04	Jan Versleijen
Jan 1, 2004 – May 30, 2004	Jorge Habegger
2005–06	Ednaldo Patricio
2006–07	Ammar Al-Suwayeh	2006 Gulf Club Champions Cup (Winner).
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008	Toni Oliveira	2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup (Runner-up).
Jan 8, 2009 – June 8, 2009	Ioan Andone	Achieved club's best performance in the AFC Champions League (Round of 16).
Oct 23, 2009 – March 23, 2011	Ion Marin
March 23, 2011 – June 30, 2011	Youssef Zouaoui
July 22, 2011 – April 30, 2012	Branko Ivanković
2012	Ammar Al-Suwayeh
July 1, 2012 – Sept 25, 2012	Alain Geiger
Sept 26, 2012 – June 13, 2013	Maciej Skorża
July 1, 2013 – Oct 1, 2013	Theo Bücker
Sept 30, 2013 – Oct 26, 2013	Eusebiu Tudor
Oct 26, 2013 – Feb 13, 2014	Goran Tufegdžić
Feb 13, 2014–July, 2014	Ioan Andone
July 2014 – Feb 17, 2015	Beñat San José
(2015)	Gheorghe Mulțescu
(2015–16)	Reinhard Stumpf
(2016)	Djamel Belkacem	2015–16 Saudi First Division
(2016)	Eelco Schattorie

References

↑ Asian Club Championship 1989 – Schedule & Results. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
↑ AFC Champions League 2009 – Schedule & Results, Retrieved 21 November 2011.
↑ AFC Champions League 2012 – Draw, Retrieved 9 December 2011.

External links

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Preceded by Al-Arabi	GCC Champions League Runner up: Al-Arabi 1983	Succeeded by Al-Ahli
Preceded by Kazma	GCC Champions League Runner up: Kazma 1988	Succeeded by Fanja SC
Preceded by Qadsia SC	GCC Champions League Runner up: Qadsia SC 2006	Succeeded by Al Jazira

Al-Ettifaq FC squad – current squad

2 Al-Sonain
3 Bokhari
4 A.Ibrahim
5 Al-Hajri
6 Y.Otayn
7 Al-Kwikbi
8 Al-Khalaf
9 Al-Hazaa
10 H.Al-Habib
11 Hazazi
13 Al-Selim
14 Kiss
15 Callejón
16 Al-Salem
17 Al-Shehri
18 Al-Trais
20 Majrashi
24 Al-Aboud
27 Waseli
28 Al-Kassar
29 Al-Sobeai
30 Al-Saleh
31 Al-Zubaidi
34 A.Al-Khaibari
35 Al-Haiti
50 Al Khairi
51 M.Al-Khaibari
70 Al-Saiari
77 A.Al-Habib
-- Salinas
Manager: Ješić

Saudi Professional League

Saudi Professional League clubs
Saudi Pro League	Al-Ahli Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Fayha Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr Al-Qadsiah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Ohod
Saudi First Division	Al-Hazm Al-Kawkb Al-Khaleej Al-Mujazzel Al-Nahda Al-Nojoom Al-Orobah Al-Qaisumah Al-Shoulla Al-Ta'ee Al-Watani Al-Wehda Damac Hajer Jeddah Najran
Saudi Second Division	Abha Al-Adalh Al-Ain Al-Ansar Al-Badaya Al-Diriyah Al-Hejaz Al Jabalain Al-Jeel Al-Jubail Al-Kholood Al-Muzahimiyyah Al-Riyadh Al-Sharq Al-Suqoor Al-Taqadom Al-Thoqbah Al-Washm Hetten Weg
Saudi Third Division	Afif Al-Akhdoud Al-Amal Al-Arabi Al-Ardh Al-Asyah Al-Entelaq Al-Forsan Al-Hamadah Al-Hedayah Al-Khuwaildiyah Al-Lewaa Al-Majd Al-Maseef Al-Muheet Al-Najma Al-Nakhil Al-Nariyah Al-Noor Al-Oyoon Al-Qala Al-Qarah Al-Qaws Al-Qotah Al-Rawdhah Al-Sadd Al-Safa Al-Sahel Al-Sarawat Al-Sawab Al-Selmiyah Al-Tadamon Al-Taraji Al-Tasamoh Al-Tuhami Al-Zayton Al-Zulfi Arar Bish Heraa Modher Najd Ras Tanura Sdoos

Saudi Professional League seasons
1970s	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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