# 2022–23 Al-Ittihad Club season

The 2022–23 season was Al-Ittihad's 47th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 95th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the Super 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | EGY | Tarek Hamed |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Omar Hawsawi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Moatasem Seddiq |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Abderrazak Hamdallah |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Igor Coronado |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Zakaria Hawsawi (on loan from Ohod) |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Awad Al-Nashri |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shehri |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Maghrabi |
| 17 | MF | ANG | Hélder Costa (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Hegazi (captain) |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Madallah Al-Olayan |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe |
| 36 | MF | KSA | Marwan Al-Sahafi |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Suwailem Al-Menhali |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sulayli |
| 44 | MF | EGY | Noureddine El Bahhar |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Haroune Camara |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari |
| 88 | GK | KSA | Osama Al-Marmash |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Romarinho |
| 95 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Bamsaud |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2023) |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Samiri (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2023) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Sawaan (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2023) |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Saleh Al-Ohaymid (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2023) |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Oufi (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2023) |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Naif Asiri (at Al-Lewaa until 30 June 2023) |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Hazim Al-Zahrani (at Ohod until 30 June 2023) |
| 35 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Eisa (at Hajer until 30 June 2023) |
| 41 | GK | KSA | Raghdan Matri (at Al-Bukiryah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | GK | KSA | Mohammed Abo Asidah (at Wej until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | KSA | Malek Tolah (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | KSA | Aseel Abed (at Al-Okhdood until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Asmari (at Najran until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | KSA | Basil Al-Hedaif (at Al-Bukiryah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Younes Abdulwahed (at Jeddah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi (at Jeddah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Hawsawi (at Jeddah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | KSA | Meshal Sani (at Al-Bukiryah until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Hassani (at Wej until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | GK | 22 | Malek Tolah | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | – | Aseel Abed | UD Melilla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 15 | Mohammed Sawaan | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 28 | Essam Al-Muwallad | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 55 | Saher Al-Suraihi | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 98 | Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani | Al-Okhdood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi | Al-Shoulla | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Ali Al-Rie | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | – | Abdulelah Hawsawi | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | – | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 1 July 2022 | DF | 20 | Ahmed Sharahili | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 24 July 2022 | MF | 3 | Tarek Hamed | Zamalek | Free |
| 24 August 2022 | FW | 80 | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Faisaly | $665,000 |
| 29 August 2022 | GK | 21 | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 29 August 2022 | DF | 95 | Ahmed Bamsaud | Al-Fayha | $1,600,000 |
| 28 January 2023 | DF | 32 | Hazim Al-Zahrani | Al-Khaleej | End of loan |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 6 July 2022 | End of season | DF | 12 | Zakaria Hawsawi | Ohod | $480,000 | |
| 7 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 17 | Hélder Costa | Leeds United | Undisclosed | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | 17 | Abdullah Al-Hafith | Al-Wehda | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 30 | André André | Vitória | End of loan |
| 6 July 2022 | DF | 21 | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | Al-Tai | Free |
| 24 July 2022 | MF | 16 | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen | Al-Batin | Free |
| 21 August 2022 | MF | 98 | Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani | Al-Ain | Free |
| 27 August 2022 | GK | 1 | Rakan Al-Najjar | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 28 August 2022 | MF | 8 | Fahad Al-Muwallad | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 8 September 2022 | FW | – | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | Al-Riyadh | Free |
| 29 January 2023 | MF | – | Ali Al-Rie | Al-Taraji | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | End of season | GK | 22 | Malek Tolah | Al-Kholood | None |
| 1 July 2022 | End of season | MF | 15 | Mohammed Sawaan | Al-Kholood | None |
| 8 July 2022 | End of season | DF | – | Aseel Abed | Al-Okhdood | None |
| 19 July 2022 | End of season | DF | – | Hassan Al-Asmari | Najran | None |
| 30 July 2022 | End of season | MF | – | Meshal Sani | Al-Bukiryah | None |
| 30 July 2022 | 30 January 2023 | FW | – | Abdulaziz Al-Hassani | Al-Bukiryah | None |
| 2 August 2022 | 28 January 2023 | DF | 32 | Hazim Al-Zahrani | Al-Khaleej | None |
| 18 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 23 | Mohammed Al-Oufi | Al-Adalah | $80,000 |
| 20 August 2022 | End of season | MF | – | Abdulelah Hawsawi | Jeddah | None |
| 21 August 2022 | End of season | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi | Jeddah | None |
| 27 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 6 | Khaled Al-Samiri | Al-Khaleej | None |
| 29 August 2022 | End of season | GK | 41 | Raghdan Matri | Al-Bukiryah | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | DF | 4 | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 31 August 2022 | End of season | MF | 35 | Hussain Al-Eisa | Hajer | None |
| 3 September 2022 | 31 January 2023 | DF | 25 | Naif Asiri | Al-Shoulla | None |
| 6 September 2022 | End of season | DF | – | Basil Al-Hedaif | Al-Bukiryah | None |
| 27 September 2022 | End of season | GK | – | Mohammed Abo Asidah | Wej | None |
| 9 January 2023 | End of season | GK | 22 | Saleh Al-Ohaymid | Al-Kholood | None |
| 26 January 2023 | End of season | MF | 29 | Ahmed Bahusayn | Hajer | None |
| 28 January 2023 | End of season | DF | 32 | Hazim Al-Zahrani | Ohod | None |
| 31 January 2023 | End of season | FW | – | Abdulaziz Al-Hassani | Wej | None |
| 2 February 2023 | End of season | DF | 25 | Naif Asiri | Al-Lewaa | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 13 | +47 | 073.33 |
| King Cup | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Super Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 100.00 |
| Total | 35 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 67 | 17 | +50 | 068.57 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Ittihad (C, Q) | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 60 | 13 | +47 | 72 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage and the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup |
| 2 | Al-Nassr | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 18 | +45 | 67 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 3 | Al-Hilal | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 59 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 56 | |
| 5 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 34 | +12 | 55 | |
* ↑ Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2022–23 King Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Super 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 | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 21 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe | 35 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | KSA | Osama Al-Marmash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | KSA | Omar Hawsawi | 22 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Zakaria Hawsawi | 21 | 0 | 8+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 14 | 1 | 8+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili | 27 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Hegazi | 33 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 14 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | KSA | Madallah Al-Olayan | 27 | 0 | 17+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | KSA | Suwailem Al-Menhali | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sulayli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Bamsaud | 23 | 1 | 16+4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | EGY | Tarek Hamed | 28 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Moatasem Seddiq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Igor Coronado | 33 | 6 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 21 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Awad Al-Nashri | 24 | 0 | 6+14 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shehri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulkareem Al-Maghrabi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ANG | Hélder Costa | 20 | 3 | 16+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 25 | 0 | 11+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | KSA | Marwan Al-Sahafi | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | EGY | Noureddine El Bahhar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | MAR | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 31 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Haroune Camara | 21 | 5 | 4+13 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 12 | 1 | 0+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Romarinho | 33 | 14 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 21 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 90 | FW | | Romarinho | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Igor Coronado | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 70 | FW | | Haroune Camara | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 26 | DF | | Ahmed Hegazi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 17 | MF | | Hélder Costa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 13 | DF | | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 27 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 80 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 95 | DF | | Ahmed Bamsaud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 60 | 2 | 5 | 67 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Igor Coronado | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 90 | FW | | Romarinho | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 20 | DF | | Ahmed Sharahili | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | Abderrazak Hamdallah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 11 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 27 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 13 | DF | | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 17 | MF | | Hélder Costa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 26 | DF | | Ahmed Hegazi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 70 | FW | | Haroune Camara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 95 | DF | | Ahmed Bamsaud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 2 | 5 | 45 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Super Cup | Total |
| 1 | 34 | GK | | Marcelo Grohe | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 21 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023