# 2020–21 Ettifaq FC season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Ettifaq's 42nd non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 75th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2021
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 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Faisel Al-Ghamdi |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumaizi |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khateeb |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al Salis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 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 | Abdulla Al Salem |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Dossari |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Saleh |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Bloushi |
| 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 |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Najrani |

### 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 |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 12 | Sanousi Hawsawi | Al-Jabalain | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 36 | Hussein Halawani | Najran | Undisclosed |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 19 | Hassan Al Salis | Al-Taraji | Free |
| 11 October 2020 | DF | 5 | Karol Mets | AIK | $450,000 |
| 16 October 2020 | FW | 21 | Walid Azaro | Al Ahly | $1,200,000 |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 12 | Hussain Qassem | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 26 | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Ahli | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 29 | Mohammad Al-Subaie | Al-Raed | Free |
| 28 September 2020 | MF | 15 | Saleh Al-Amri | Abha | Undisclosed |
| 2 October 2020 | FW | 28 | Maher Sharoma | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 13 October 2020 | DF | 93 | Omar Al-Sonain | | Released |
| 14 October 2020 | MF | 27 | Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Hilal | $1,335,000 |
| 26 October 2020 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Damac | Free |
| 2 February 2021 | DF | 18 | Cédric Yambéré | R.W.D. Molenbeek | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 25 September 2020 | End of season | DF | 3 | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 25 September 2020 | End of season | DF | 50 | Saad Al Khairi | Al-Batin | None |
| 26 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 77 | Hassan Ghazwani | Al-Thoqbah | None |
| 26 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 90 | Hisham Al-Farhan | Hajer | None |
| 26 September 2020 | End of season | FW | – | Nawaf Bouamer | Al-Nojoom | None |
| 27 September 2020 | End of season | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Al-Sahel | None |
| 1 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 47 | Ahmed Al-Dohaim | Al-Khaleej | None |
| 23 October 2020 | End of season | GK | 22 | Abdullah Al-Bahri | Al-Thoqbah | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 34 | Ali Al-Khaibari | Al-Ain | None |
| 7 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 36 | Hussein Halawani | Al-Ain | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 046.67 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 045.16 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 56 | |
| 4 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 50 | 48 | +2 | 47 | |
| 6 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 40 | +13 | 46 | |
| 7 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 42 | |
* ↑ Al-Ittihad cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they did not obtain an AFC license.
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4 pts; Al-Ettifaq 1 pt.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 30 May 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 | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

#### 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 30 May 2021.
| 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 ||||||||||
| 23 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Saleh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ali Masrahi | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | EST | Karol Mets | 23 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Sanousi Hawsawi | 19 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | 26 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khateeb | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Robeai | 18 | 2 | 16+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al-Sayyaf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 19 | 1 | 2+16 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 26 | 8 | 24+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 22 | 2 | 2+19 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Naïm Sliti | 29 | 9 | 24+4 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi | 27 | 2 | 22+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Filip Kiss | 29 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Souza | 30 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli | 17 | 0 | 3+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Dossari | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 16 | 3 | 7+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al Salis | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | MAR | Walid Azaro | 26 | 9 | 21+4 | 9 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem | 22 | 2 | 10+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | KSA | Rayan Al-Bloushi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Doukara | 28 | 2 | 24+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 34 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | KSA | Hussein Halawani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Naïm Sliti | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | 21 | FW | | Walid Azaro | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | | Souza | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 27 | FW | | Abdullah Al Salem | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 39 | FW | | Souleymane Doukara | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 6 | MF | | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Naïm Sliti | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | 39 | FW | | Souleymane Doukara | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | | Souza | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 12 | DF | | Sanousi Hawsawi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Fahad Ghazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 21 | FW | | Walid Azaro | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 30 | 0 | 30 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 35 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Last Updated: 17 April 2021