Ettifaq FC

Al Ettifaq Football Club (Arabic: نادي الاتفاق لكرة القدم‎) is a professional football club in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. 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.

Al-Ettifaq
Full nameAl-Ettifaq Football Club
Nickname(s)Faris Ad-Dahna (The Knight of Ad-Dahna)
The Commandos
Founded1945 (1945)
GroundPrince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Capacity26,000
ChairmanKhalid Al-Dabal
ManagerKhaled Al-Atwi
LeaguePro League
2018–19Pro League, 11th of 16
WebsiteClub website
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Honours

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 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]
        • 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.

International Competitions

Overview
As of 1 May 2013
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League 18 8 2 8 32 23
AFC Cup 11 7 2 2 24 13
Arab Club Champions Cup 20 10 8 2 35 21
GCC Champions League 33 17 9 7 45 30
TOTAL 82 42 21 19 136 87

Record By Country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Bahrain 7 4 2 1 10 3 +7 057.14
 Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 100.00
 Egypt 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
 Indonesia 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00
 Iran 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 033.33
 Iraq 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Jordan 1 0 1 0 4 4 +0 000.00
 Kuwait 13 6 4 3 24 18 +6 046.15
 Lebanon 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 050.00
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 100.00
 Maldives 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 100.00
 Morocco 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 075.00
 North Korea 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
 Oman 8 7 1 0 15 6 +9 087.50
 Qatar 10 3 3 4 10 11 −1 030.00
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 050.00
 Tunisia 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 United Arab Emirates 11 5 2 4 19 13 +6 045.45
 Uzbekistan 5 2 0 3 8 5 +3 040.00
 Yemen 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 050.00

Asian Record

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1988–89 Asian Club Championship Semi-final League Group B Pahang
4–1
 2nd
Mohammedan Sporting Club
3–1
April 25
1–1
Al-Sadd
1–2
2009 AFC Champions League Group D Bunyodkor 4–0 1−2 1st
Sepahan 2–1 0−3
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 4–1 4−1
Round of 16 Pakhtakor 1–2 – 1–2
2012 AFC Champions League 2Q Sepahan – 1–3 1–3
AFC Cup Group C Al-Kuwait 2–2 5−1 1st
Al-Ahed 0–0 3−1
VB 2–0 6−3
Round of 16 Al-Suwaiq 1–0 – 1–0
Quarter-finals Arema 2–0 2–0 4–0
Semi-finals Al-Kuwait 0–2 1–4 1–6
2013 AFC Champions League Group B Pakhtakor 2–0 0−1 3rd
Lekhwiya 0–0 0−2
Al-Shabab Al-Arabi 4–1 0−1

Arab Record

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1984 Arab Club Champions Cup Final Stage West Riffa
1–1
 1st
Kénitra
1–0
Al Ansar
1–0
1988 Arab Club Champions Cup Group B Sharjah
2–2
 1st
Al-Shabab Baghdad
2–2
Kazma
3–1
KAC Marrakech
1–0
Semi-finals Fanja
3–1
 3–1
Final Club Africain
1–1
 1–1 (4–2 p)
1989 Arab Club Champions Cup Group B Wydad
0–2
 3rd
ES Sahel
1–1
Fanja
2–0
Al Ansar
1–1
2003 Arab Unified Club Championship PO Shaab Ibb 3–0 2−2 5–2
Group A Al-Faisaly
4–4
 1st
Riffa
2–0
Raja
2–0
ENPPI
2–0
Semi-finals Zamalek
1–3
 1–3

Gulf Record

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1983 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group Stage Al-Muharraq 0–0 2−0 1st
Al-Arabi 2–0 0−2
Final Al-Arabi
1–0
 1–0
1988 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group Stage Fanja
1–0
 1st
Sharjah
1–0
West Riffa
3–1
Kazma
1–1
Final Kazma
2–1
 2–1
2005 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group Stage Muscat
2–2
 6th
Al-Qadsia
1–2
Riffa
0–1
Umm Salal
0–0
Al-Wasl
0–2
2006 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group B Qatar
2–0
 2nd
Al Jazira
0–1
Al-Nasr
2–1
Semi-finals Al-Salmiya 3–0 3−3 6–3
Final Al-Qadsia 1–1 1−0 2–1
2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group A Al-Najma
2–0
 2nd
Al-Wakrah
2–1
Al Jazira
1–1
Semi-finals Al-Hilal 1–1 1−0 2–1
Final Al Jazira 2–0 1−3 3–3 (6–7 p)
2009–10 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group C Qatar 1–1 2−3 2nd
Al-Orouba 3–2 1−0

Current squad

As of 1 February 2020.[4][5]

No Position Player Nation
2 Defender Ali Masrahi  Saudi Arabia
4 Defender Fahad Ghazi  Saudi Arabia
6 Midfielder Ibrahim Mahnashi  Saudi Arabia
7 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Kwikbi  Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Hamed Al-Ghamdi  Saudi Arabia
9 Forward Hazaa Al-Hazaa  Saudi Arabia
11 Midfielder Ali Hazazi  Saudi Arabia
12 Defender Hussain Qasim  Saudi Arabia
13 Midfielder Naïm Sliti  Tunisia
14 Midfielder Filip Kiss  Slovakia
15 Forward Saleh Al-Amri  Saudi Arabia
17 Defender Saleh Al-Qumaizi  Saudi Arabia
18 Defender Cédric Yambéré  Central African Republic
19 Forward Souleymane Doukara  Senegal
20 Midfielder Majed Al-Najrani  Saudi Arabia
21 Midfielder Faisel Al-Ghamdi  Saudi Arabia
22 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al Bahri  Saudi Arabia
25 Defender Saeed Al-Robeai  Saudi Arabia
26 Defender Khaled Al-Barakah (on loan from Al-Ahli)  Saudi Arabia
27 Midfielder Fawaz Al-Torais  Saudi Arabia
28 Forward Maher Sharoma  Chad
30 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Saleh  Saudi Arabia
34 Defender Ali Al-Khaibari  Saudi Arabia
35 Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Haiti  Saudi Arabia
50 Defender Saad Al Khairi  Saudi Arabia
70 Defender Abdullah Al-Khateeb  Saudi Arabia
71 Forward Abdulla Al Salem  Saudi Arabia
80 Midfielder Elierce Souza  Brazil
88 Midfielder Saad Al-Selouli  Saudi Arabia
92 Goalkeeper Raïs M'Bolhi  Algeria
93 Defender Omar Al-Sonain  Saudi Arabia
95 Forward Walid Azaro (on loan from Al-Ahly)  Morocco

Other players under contract
No Position Player Nation
10 Midfielder Rogério  Brazil
29 Midfielder Mohammad Al-Subaie  Saudi Arabia
— Midfielder Ahmed Al-Ghamdi  Saudi Arabia

Out on loan
No Position Player Nation
3 Defender Ahmed Al Muhaimeed (on loan to Al-Jabalain)  Saudi Arabia
5 Defender Oussama Haddadi (on loan to Kasımpaşa)  Tunisia
47 Midfielder Ahmed Al-Daheem (on loan to Al-Jeel)  Saudi Arabia
77 Midfielder Hassan Gazwani (on loan to Al-Mujazzal)  Saudi Arabia
90 Midfielder Hisham Al-Farhan (on loan to Al-Thoqbah)  Saudi Arabia
— Midfielder Abdulaziz Majrashi (on loan to Al-Hazem)  Saudi Arabia

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 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
(2016–2017) Juan Carlos Garrido
(2017) Miodrag Ješić
(2017–2018) Saad Ali Al Shehri
(2018) Leonardo Ramos
(2018–2019) Sergio Piernas
(2019) Hélder
(2019– ) Khaled Al-Atwi

References
  1. Asian Club Championship 1989 – Schedule & Results. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. AFC Champions League 2009 – Schedule & Results, Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  3. AFC Champions League 2012 – Draw, Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. "Ettifaq - Squad".
  5. "الفريق الأول".
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
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