# 2019–20 Al-Ittihad Club season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Ittihad's 44th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 93rd year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup, the AFC Champions League and the Arab Club Champions Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2020
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 |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Rakan Al-Najjar |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Sumairi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Muwallad |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Assaf Al-Qarni |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Anice Badri |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Younes Abdulwahed |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Bruno Uvini |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Rie |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Karim El Ahmadi |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Abdulmohsen Fallatah |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fawaz Al-Qarni |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ammar Al-Daheem |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | GK | KSA | Amin Al Bukhari |
| 26 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Harbi |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe |
| 37 | DF | MLI | Ahmed Emad Eldin |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Saud Abdulhamid |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Haroune Camara |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi |
| 80 | FW | CIV | Wilfried Bony |
| 83 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Gil |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Romarinho |
| 99 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Thani (on loan from Al-Faisaly) |

### 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 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Essam Al-Muwallad (at Al-Bukayriyah until 30 June 2020) |
| 30 | DF | KSA | Awn Al-Saluli (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2020) |
| 35 | MF | CIV | Sékou Sanogo (at Red Star Belgrade until 1 January 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 45 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Pešić (at FC Seoul until 30 June 2020) |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Saher Al-Suraihi (at Al-Thoqbah until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | CPV | Garry Rodrigues (at Fenerbahçe until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 12 May 2019 | DF | 27 | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | Al-Faisaly | $3,200,000 |
| 2 July 2019 | MF | 88 | Abdulellah Al-Malki | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | 23 | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | Al-Ettifaq | $3,200,000 |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | 11 | Emiliano Vecchio | Santos | Free |
| 10 July 2019 | MF | 19 | Luis Jiménez | CD Palestino | Free |
| 14 July 2019 | DF | 21 | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | Al-Qadsiah | $800,000 |
| 17 July 2019 | FW | 70 | Haroune Camara | Al-Qadsiah | $5,865,000 |
| 1 January 2020 | MF | 83 | Leonardo Gil | Rosario Central | $1,500,000 |
| 13 January 2020 | DF | 15 | Bruno Uvini | Al-Wakrah | Free |
| 15 January 2020 | MF | 13 | Anice Badri | ES Tunis | $800,000 |
| 28 January 2020 | FW | 80 | Wilfried Bony | Al-Arabi | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 7 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 99 | Mohammed Al-Thani | Al-Faisaly | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 May 2019 | DF | 32 | Omar Al-Muziel | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 1 July 2019 | DF | 13 | Ahmed Assiri | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 6 July 2019 | DF | – | Abdulrahman Al-Rio | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 12 July 2019 | DF | 21 | Mohammed Reeman | Al-Raed | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | 15 | Jamal Bajandouh | Varaždin | Free |
| 22 August 2019 | DF | 5 | Matthew Jurman | | Released |
| 31 August 2019 | MF | 7 | Jaber Mustafa | Al-Wehda | Undisclosed |
| 18 September 2019 | MF | 19 | Luis Jiménez | | Released |
| 15 January 2020 | MF | 10 | Carlos Villanueva | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | 17 | Manuel da Costa | Trabzonspor | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 13 July 2019 | 30 June 2021 | MF | 23 | Garry Rodrigues | Fenerbahçe | None |
| 1 August 2019 | End of season | DF | 30 | Awn Al-Saluli | Al-Fayha | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | MF | 16 | Hussain Al Hajoj | Al-Adalah | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | MF | 55 | Saher Al-Suraihi | Al-Nojoom | None |
| 21 January 2020 | 1 January 2021 | MF | 35 | Sékou Sanogo | Red Star Belgrade | None |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 28 | Essam Al-Muwallad | Al-Bukayriyah | None |

## Competitions
### Overall
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 030.00 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 066.67 |
| AFC Champions League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Total | 43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 039.53 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 |
| 10 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 35 |
| 12 | Al-Taawoun | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 35 |
| 13 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 33 |
* 1 2 3 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Damac: 9 pts; Al-Ittihad: 6 pts; Al-Taawoun: 3 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 September 2020. Source:

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

### King Cup

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

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Round of 32
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Arab Club Champions Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Rakan Al-Najjar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Assaf Al-Qarni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fawaz Al-Qarni | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | KSA | Amin Al Bukhari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 21 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Bruno Uvini | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | 15 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Ammar Al-Daheem | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 38 | 4 | 22+3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Harbi | 30 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | MLI | Ahmed Emad Eldin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Saud Abdulhamid | 33 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Sumairi | 24 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Muwallad | 8 | 4 | 7+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Anice Badri | 11 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Younes Abdulwahed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Rie | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Karim El Ahmadi | 33 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 26 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Aoufi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | KSA | Awadh Al-Nasheri | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 35 | 1 | 16+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 83 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Gil | 15 | 1 | 9+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 38 | 3 | 23+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 99 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Thani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 26 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | 11 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Haroune Camara | 22 | 1 | 6+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 80 | FW | CIV | Wilfried Bony | 11 | 5 | 7+3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Romarinho | 42 | 26 | 30 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | BRA | Jonas | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Prijović | 17 | 4 | 6+4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | CHI | Carlos Villanueva | 18 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Emiliano Vecchio | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAR | Manuel da Costa | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | CHI | Luis Jiménez | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Essam Al-Muwallad | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 90 | FW | | Romarinho | 15 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 2 | 11 | MF | | Emiliano Vecchio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 80 | FW | | Wilfried Bony | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Fahad Al-Muwallad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Aleksandar Prijović | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 27 | DF | | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 14 | DF | | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 88 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 17 | DF | | Manuel da Costa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 15 | DF | | Bruno Uvini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | MF | | Luis Jiménez | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | MF | | Karim El Ahmadi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 49 | FW | | Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 66 | DF | | Saud Abdulhamid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 70 | FW | | Haroune Camara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 83 | MF | | Leonardo Gil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 67 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Champions League | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 34 | GK | | Marcelo Grohe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Fawaz Al-Qarni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 12 | GK | | Assaf Al-Qarni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020