2020–21 Ettifaq FC season

Al-Ettifaq
2020–21 season
President	Khalid Al Dabal
Manager	Khaled Al-Atwi;
Stadium	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	7th
King Cup	Round of 16; (knocked out by Al-Faisaly)
Top goalscorer	League: Naïm Sliti; Filip Kiss (6 goals each); All: Naïm Sliti; Filip Kiss (6 goals each)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of 26 January 2021.

The 2020–21 season is Al-Ettifaq's 42nd non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 75th season in existence.^[1] The club will participate in the Pro League and the King Cup.

The season covers the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Squad information

As of 25 October 2020^[2]^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KSA	Ali Masrahi
4	DF	KSA	Fahad Ghazi
5	DF	EST	Karol Mets
6	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Mahnashi
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi
8	MF	KSA	Hamed Al-Ghamdi
9	FW	KSA	Hazaa Al-Hazaa
10	MF	TUN	Naïm Sliti
11	MF	KSA	Ali Hazazi
12	DF	KSA	Sanousi Hawsawi
14	MF	SVK	Filip Kiss
15	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Ghamdi
17	DF	KSA	Saleh Al-Qumaizi
18	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Khateeb


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	KSA	Hassan Al Salis
20	MF	BRA	Souza
21	FW	MAR	Walid Azaro
23	GK	ALG	Raïs M'Bolhi (captain)
24	MF	KSA	Saad Al-Selouli
25	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Robeai
27	FW	KSA	Abdullah Al Salem
29	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Dawsari
30	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Saleh
33	DF	KSA	Hamad Al-Sayyaf
34	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Khaibari
35	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Haiti
36	DF	KSA	Hussein Halawani
39	FW	SEN	Souleymane Doukara

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KSA	Ahmed Al Muhaimeed (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2021)
16	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dawsari (at Al-Sahel until 30 June 2021)
22	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al Bahri (at Al-Thoqbah until 30 June 2021)
47	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Dohaim (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2021)
50	DF	KSA	Saad Al-Khairi (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
77	MF	KSA	Hassan Ghazwani (at Al-Thoqbah until 30 June 2021)
90	MF	KSA	Hisham Al-Farhan (at Hajer until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	TUN	Oussama Haddadi (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	KSA	Nawaf Bouamer (at Al-Nojoom until 30 June 2021)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
22 September 2020	DF	12	Sanousi Hawsawi	Al-Jabalain	Free	^[4]
22 September 2020	DF	36	Hussein Halawani	Najran	Undisclosed	^[5]
22 September 2020	FW	19	Hassan Al Salis	Al-Taraji	Undisclosed	^[6]
11 October 2020	DF	5	Karol Mets	AIK	$450,000	^[7]
16 October 2020	FW	21	Walid Azaro	Al Ahly	$1,200,000	^[8]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
22 September 2020	DF	12	Hussain Qassem	Al-Faisaly	Free	^[9]
22 September 2020	DF	26	Khaled Al-Barakah	Al-Ahli	End of loan
22 September 2020	MF	29	Mohammad Al-Subaie	Al-Raed	Free	^[10]
28 September 2020	MF	15	Saleh Al-Amri	Abha	Undisclosed	^[11]
2 October 2020	FW	28	Maher Sharoma	Al-Khaleej	Free	^[12]
13 October 2020	DF	93	Omar Al-Sonain		Released	^[13]
14 October 2020	MF	27	Fawaz Al-Torais	Al-Hilal	$1,335,000	^[14]
26 October 2020	MF	–	Abdulaziz Majrashi	Damac	Free	^[15]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
25 September 2020	End of season	DF	3	Ahmed Al Muhaimeed	Al-Jabalain	None	^[16]
25 September 2020	End of season	DF	50	Saad Al Khairi	Al-Batin	None	^[17]
26 September 2020	End of season	MF	77	Hassan Ghazwani	Al-Thoqbah	None	^[18]
26 September 2020	End of season	MF	90	Hisham Al-Farhan	Hajer	None	^[18]
26 September 2020	End of season	FW	–	Nawaf Bouamer	Al-Nojoom	None	^[19]
27 September 2020	End of season	MF	–	Mohammed Al-Dossari	Al-Sahel	None	^[20]
1 October 2020	End of season	MF	47	Ahmed Al-Dohaim	Al-Khaleej	None	^[21]
23 October 2020	End of season	GK	22	Abdullah Al-Bahri	Al-Thoqbah	None	^[22]

Pre-season

2 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Ettifaq	4–1	Al-Thoqbah	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:00 AST	Al Salem Al-Ghamdi Doukara	Report		Stadium: Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium

9 October 2020 Friendly	Al-Ettifaq	1–3	Al-Batin	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:15 AST	Al-Kwikbi 15', 73' Al-Hazaa 68'	Report	Sharahili 62'	Stadium: Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	16	7	3	6	26	25	+1	043.75
King Cup	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Total	17	7	4	6	26	25	+1	041.18

Updated to match played 30 January 2021
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Al-Ittihad^[a]	30	15	11	4	45	29	+16	56
4	Al-Taawoun	30	13	8	9	42	30	+12	47^[b]	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Ettifaq	30	14	5	11	50	48	+2	47^[b]
6	Al-Nassr	30	13	7	10	53	40	+13	46
7	Al-Fateh	30	12	6	12	55	55	0	42

Source: spl.com source=إحصائيات رابطة دوري المحترفين السعودي 2020-2021
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[24]
Notes:

^ Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.^[23]
^ ^a ^b Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	7	3	6	26	25	+1	24	3	1	4	11	14	−3	4	2	2	15	11	+4

Last updated: 30 January 2021.
Source: spl.com.sa

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W
Position	3	1	5	8	11	12	12	10	6	4	7	9	8	6	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: spl.com.sa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Win Draw Loss Postponed

18 October 2020 1	Al-Ittihad	1–2	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Muwallad 60' (pen.) Grohe 79'	Report	Kiss 7', 80' (pen.), 88' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

24 October 2020 2	Al-Ettifaq	2–1	Al-Ain	Dammam
17:40	Sliti 12' M'Bolhi 47' Kiss 58' H. Al-Ghamdi 86' Mahnashi 89'	Report	Taïder 48' (pen.) Moutari 58'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

31 October 2020 3	Abha	3–2	Al-Ettifaq	Abha
18:15	Aouadhi 19' Strandberg 24' Goodwin 39' Tahrat 59' Sharahili 62' 84' Afaneh 72'	Report	Al-Qumaizi 11' M'Bolhi 17' Souza 65' H. Al-Ghamdi 80' Al Salem 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

6 November 2020 4	Al-Ettifaq	0–2	Al-Hilal	Khobar
17:30		Report	Al-Dawsari 25' Carrillo 63'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

24 November 2020 5	Al-Ettifaq	0–4	Al-Fateh	Dammam
19:30	Al-Khateeb 62' Al-Qumaizi 70' Mahnashi 90'	Report	Bendebka 17' (pen.) Boushal 30' Al-Saeed 34' Al-Zaqaan 37', 63' Buhimed 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

29 November 2020 6	Al-Taawoun	1–1	Al-Ettifaq	Buraidah
15:15	Al-Robeai 13' (o.g.) Santos 59' Tawamba 80'	Report	Al-Robeai 26' Kiss 44' (pen.), 67'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

7 December 2020 7	Al-Nassr	2–2	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
19:45	Maicon 45+8' Kim Jin-su 53' Al-Najei 89' Hamdallah 90+10' (pen.)	Report	Al-Khateeb 7' Kiss 45+9' (pen.), 59' Sliti 49', 51' M'Bolhi 90+2' Al-Kwikbi 90+3'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Harbi

12 December 2020 8	Al-Ettifaq	4–2	Damac	Dammam
17:25	Sliti 37', 39' Al-Kwikbi 79' H. Al-Ghamdi 85'	Report	Zelaya 45+1' (pen.), 90+4' Abdullah 90'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Salwi

22 December 2020 9	Al-Faisaly	0–3	Al-Ettifaq	Al Majma'ah
17:50	Qassem 39' Merkel 43' Silva 74' Rossi 90+7' Guilherme 90+7'	Report	Sliti 24' Kiss 69' (pen.) Al-Ghamdi 90' Azaro 90+5'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

27 December 2020 10	Al-Qadsiah	1–2	Al-Ettifaq	Khobar
19:40	Al-Amri 43' (pen.) Al-Yami 50' Al-Muwallad 57' Al-Shangeati 73' Stanley 81'	Report	Doukara 25' Souza 28' Kiss 42' Hazazi 52' Hawsawi 63'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

1 January 2021 11	Al-Ettifaq	1–2	Al-Wehda	Dammam
17:35	Kiss 68' (pen.)	Report	Niakaté 52', 89' Al-Eisa 53' Botía 59' Kariri 75' Al Hejji 90+4' Al-Owaishir 90+6'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

9 January 2021 12	Al-Shabab	1–0	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:55	Guanca 22', 90+2' Bajandouh 64' Salem 66' Al-Qahtani 90+3' Al-Bawardi 90+3' Diop 90+4'	Report	Ghazi 25' Kiss 70'	Stadium: Prince Khalid bin Sultan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

14 January 2021 13	Al-Ettifaq	1–1	Al-Batin	Dammam
17:45	Azaro 38' Kiss 60' Mahnashi 83'	Report	Abreu 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Salwi

19 January 2021 14	Al-Raed	2–3	Al-Ettifaq	Buraidah
15:40	Daoudi 32', 36' Al-Mogren 63', 65' Al-Dossari 82'	Report	Hazazi 61' Kiss 66' Souza 79' Al-Hazaa 87', 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

24 January 2021 15	Al-Ettifaq	1–2	Al-Ahli	Dammam
20:10	Souza 45+2' Sliti 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Al Fatil 58' Al-Owais 90+2' Mendash 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

30 January 2021 16	Al-Ettifaq	2–0	Al-Ittihad	Dammam
18:00	Hazazi 6' Al-Robeai 9' Al-Hazaa 56' Al-Qumaizi 68' Souza 85'	Report	Al-Aboud 45' Al-Sahafi 62'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

4 February 2021 17	Al-Ain	v	Al-Ettifaq	Al Bahah
16:05				Stadium: King Saud Sport City Stadium

11 February 2021 18	Al-Ettifaq	v	Abha	Dammam
18:05				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

18 February 2021 19	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:20				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

23 February 2021 20	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Hasa
18:20				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

27 February 2021 21	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Taawoun	Dammam
18:15				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

5 March 2021 22	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Nassr	Dammam
18:20				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

11 March 2021 23	Damac	v	Al-Ettifaq	Abha
16:10				Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

20 March 2021 24	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Faisaly	Dammam
18:30				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

10 April 2021 25	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Qadsiah	Dammam
20:15				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

17 April 2021 26	Al-Wehda	v	Al-Ettifaq	Mecca
20:10				Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

14 May 2021 27	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Shabab	Dammam
18:50				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

19 May 2021 28	Al-Batin	v	Al-Ettifaq	Hafar Al-Batin
19:20				Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium

25 May 2021 29	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Raed	Dammam
21:00				Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

30 May 2021 30	Al-Ahli	v	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
21:00				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

King Cup

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

17 December 2020 Round of 16	Al-Ettifaq	0–0 (8–9 p)	Al-Faisaly	Dammam
17:25	Doukara 10' Hazazi 34' Ghazi 104'	Report	Guilherme 78' Silva 107'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
	Penalties
	Kiss Souza Sliti Al-Kwikbi Al-Ghamdi Ghazi Azaro Mets Al-Qumaizi Mahnashi		Tavares Guilherme Faik Al-Sharid Al-Saiari Rossi Silva Omar Qassem Al-Kassar

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 30 January 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
23	GK	ALG	Raïs M'Bolhi	10	0	9	0	1	0
30	GK	KSA	Abdullah Al-Saleh	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Haiti	7	0	7	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	KSA	Ali Masrahi	5	0	5	0	0	0
4	DF	KSA	Fahad Ghazi	6	0	5	0	0+1	0
5	DF	EST	Karol Mets	14	0	13	0	1	0
12	DF	KSA	Sanousi Hawsawi	9	0	6+2	0	1	0
17	DF	KSA	Saleh Al-Qumaizi	16	0	15	0	1	0
18	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Khateeb	7	0	4+3	0	0	0
25	DF	KSA	Saeed Al-Robeai	9	1	8+1	1	0	0
33	DF	KSA	Hamad Al-Sayyaf	2	0	2	0	0	0
36	DF	KSA	Hussein Halawani	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Mahnashi	10	1	0+9	1	0+1	0
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi	14	1	12+1	1	1	0
8	MF	KSA	Hamed Al-Ghamdi	14	2	0+13	2	0+1	0
10	MF	TUN	Naïm Sliti	17	6	14+2	6	1	0
11	MF	KSA	Ali Hazazi	14	1	9+4	1	1	0
14	MF	SVK	Filip Kiss	15	6	14	6	1	0
15	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Ghamdi	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	BRA	Souza	17	1	16	1	1	0
24	MF	KSA	Saad Al-Selouli	9	0	1+8	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	KSA	Hazaa Al-Hazaa	13	3	5+8	3	0	0
19	FW	KSA	Hassan Al Salis	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
21	FW	MAR	Walid Azaro	13	2	8+4	2	0+1	0
27	FW	KSA	Abdullah Al Salem	15	1	8+6	1	1	0
39	FW	SEN	Souleymane Doukara	15	1	14	1	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Total
1	10	MF	Naïm Sliti	6	6
1	14	MF	Filip Kiss	6	6
3	9	FW	Hazaa Al-Hazaa	3	3
4	8	MF	Hamed Al-Ghamdi	2	2
4	21	FW	Walid Azaro	2	2
6	6	MF	Ibrahim Mahnashi	1	1
	7	MF	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi	1	1
	11	MF	Ali Hazazi	1	1
	20	MF	Souza	1	1
	25	DF	Saeed Al-Robeai	1	1
	27	FW	Abdullah Al Salem	1	1
	39	FW	Souleymane Doukara	1	1
Own goal				0	0
Total				26	26

Last Updated: 30 January 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Total
1	23	GK	Raïs M'Bolhi	1	1	2
2	35	GK	Mohammed Al-Haiti	1	0	1
Total				2	1	3

Last Updated: 30 January 2021

References

[table_note_ITT0.33530402245713-24] Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.^[23]

[table_hth_TWN0.33530402245713-25] Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

[1] "History". ettifaq.

[2] "الفريق الأول".

[3] "تشكيلة - الاتفاق".

[4] "سنوسي أولى صفقات الاتفاق".

[5] "الاتفاق يدعم خط الدفاع بالحلواني حتى 2023".

[6] "الاتفاق يوقع مع المهاجم السليس.. ويتدرب على فترتين صباحية ومسائية".

[7] "الاتفاق يدعم دفاعه بقائد منتخب إستونيا".

[8] "أزارو اتفاقي حتى 2022".

[9] "الفيصلي يضم حسين قاسم إلى صفوفه".

[10] "الرائد يضم سبيعي الاتفاق".

[11] "صالح العمري" أبهاوي".

[12] "تعاقدت إدارة #نادي_الخليج رسمياً مع المهاجم ماهر محمد".

[13] "أنهت إدارة نادي #الاتفاق عقد اللاعب عمر السنين بالتراضي بين الطرفين".

[14] "الهلال يضم فواز الطريس حتى 2023".

[15] "مجرشي #ضمكاوي".

[16] "الاتفاق يوافق على إعارة لاعبيه لـ "الجبلين والباطن"".

[17] "إدارة النادي تنهي إجراءات التوقيع مع اللاعب سعد آل خيري".

[Sep_26-18] "الاتفاق يُوافق على إعارة "غزواني والفرحان" إلى الثقبة وهجر".

[19] "وافقت إدارة نادي #الاتفاق على إعارة المهاجم نواف بو عامر".

[20] "وافقت إدارة نادي #الاتفاق على إعارة لاعب الوسط محمد سعد الدوسري".

[21] "تعاقدت إدارة #نادي_الخليج رسمياً مع اللاعب أحمد الدحيم - وسط مهاجم- وذلك على سبيل الإعارة من نادي الإتفاق".

[22] "وافقت إدارة نادي #الاتفاق على إعارة حارس المرمى عبدالله البحري إلى نادي الثقبة".

[23] "رسمياً.. عدم منح الاتحاد والنصر الرخصة الآسيوية".

[26] "اللائحة التنظيمية لكأس دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للمحترفين" [Regulations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League Cup] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2019.

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