# 2022–23 Ettifaq FC season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Ettifaq's 44th non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 77th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Oaisher |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Mowalad |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Mousa |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Naïm Sliti |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sanousi Hawsawi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 14 | DF | MKD | Darko Velkovski |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Ghamdi |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssouf Niakaté |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Bloushi |
| 23 | FW | KSA | Jaber Qarradi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hazazi |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Vitinho |
| 32 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Sayyaf |
| 48 | GK | BRA | Paulo Victor |
| 49 | DF | CHA | Abdulrahman Oumar |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khateeb |
| 76 | GK | KSA | Bilal Al-Dawaa |
| 92 | GK | KSA | Turki Baljoush |
| 98 | MF | TUR | Berat Özdemir |
| 99 | FW | SWE | Robin Quaison |

### 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 |
| 20 | MF | GER | Amin Younes (at FC Utrecht until 30 June 2023) |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Dossari (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 42 | MF | KSA | Salem Al-Maqadi (at Al-Sahel until 30 June 2023) |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Mahrazi (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 44 | Hamad Al-Sayyaf | Al-Sahel | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | Al-Jabalain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 88 | Hassan Ghazwani | Al-Sahel | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 90 | Hisham Al-Farhan | Al-Nojoom | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 9 | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | 27 | Rayan Al-Bloushi | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 8 July 2022 | GK | 48 | Paulo Victor | Marítimo | Free |
| 9 August 2022 | MF | 98 | Berat Özdemir | Trabzonspor | $2,500,000 |
| 21 August 2022 | DF | 32 | Marcel Tisserand | Fenerbahçe | $3,000,000 |
| 29 August 2022 | MF | 27 | Vitinho | Flamengo | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | DF | 14 | Darko Velkovski | Rijeka | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | DF | 3 | Mohammed Al-Dawsari | Al-Hilal | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 July 2022 | End of season | DF | 13 | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | Al-Hilal | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 25 | Saeed Al-Rubaie | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 1 July 2022 | MF | 14 | Filip Kiss | Al-Ittihad Kalba | Free |
| 5 July 2022 | MF | 24 | Saad Al-Selouli | Abha | Free |
| 12 July 2022 | DF | 5 | Ayoub Abdellaoui | MC Alger | Free |
| 31 July 2022 | FW | 19 | Hassan Al Salis | Al-Fateh | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2022 | GK | 30 | Abdullah Al-Saleh | | Released |
| 1 August 2022 | MF | 88 | Hassan Ghazwani | Al-Batin | Free |
| 27 August 2022 | DF | – | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | 9 | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | Al-Tai | $532,000 |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | 50 | Saad Al Khayri | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 9 September 2022 | GK | 23 | Raïs M'Bolhi | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 23 September 2022 | GK | – | Osama Jahaf | Al-Nairyah | Free |
| 1 January 2023 | MF | 40 | Majed Al-Najrani | Al-Kholood | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 25 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 90 | Mohammed Mahrazi | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 20 | Amin Younes | Utrecht | None |
| 1 September 2022 | End of season | MF | 42 | Salem Al-Maqadi | Al-Sahel | None |
| 28 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 29 | Fahad Al-Dossari | Al-Kholood | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 033.33 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 032.26 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 55 |
| 6 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | +5 | 43 |
| 7 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 37 |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 36 |
| 9 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 |
* ↑ Al-Tai finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Tai: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Raed 0–2 Al-Tai, Al-Tai 2–2 Al-Raed).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 May 2023. 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 31 May 2023.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Oaisher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | GK | BRA | Paulo Victor | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 76 | GK | KSA | Bilal Al-Dawaa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | KSA | Turki Baljoush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Mowalad | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Dawsari | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Mousa | 20 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sanousi Hawsawi | 24 | 2 | 17+6 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MKD | Darko Velkovski | 15 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand | 28 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Sayyaf | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | DF | CHA | Abdulrahman Oumar | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | KSA | Meshal Al-Alaeli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khateeb | 23 | 0 | 17+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 23 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi | 24 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 20 | 2 | 5+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Naïm Sliti | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi | 24 | 1 | 20+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | 25 | 0 | 7+17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Ghamdi | 24 | 0 | 14+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Hazazi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Vitinho | 28 | 3 | 21+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Rakan Al-Kaabi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | TUR | Berat Özdemir | 27 | 1 | 23+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem | 21 | 1 | 3+18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | FRA | Youssouf Niakaté | 25 | 8 | 13+12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Bloushi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | KSA | Jaber Qarradi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SWE | Robin Quaison | 27 | 6 | 19+7 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 29 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Dossari | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | FW | | Youssouf Niakaté | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 99 | FW | | Robin Quaison | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Vitinho | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 12 | DF | | Sanousi Hawsawi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 10 | MF | | Naïm Sliti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 17 | FW | | Abdullah Al Salem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 98 | MF | | Berat Özdemir | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 0 | 28 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 2 | DF | | Saeed Al Mowalad | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 27 | MF | | Vitinho | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 99 | FW | | Robin Quaison | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 8 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 13 | DF | | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 16 | MF | | Faisal Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 17 | FW | | Abdullah Al Salem | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 18 | FW | | Youssouf Niakaté | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 32 | DF | | Marcel Tisserand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 48 | GK | | Paulo Victor | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023