# 2024–25 Al-Ittihad Club season

The 2024–25 season is Al-Ittihad's 49th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 97th year in existence as a football club. The club will participate in the Pro League and the King's Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of As 2024–25
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 | SRB | Predrag Rajković |
| 2 | DM | POR | Danilo Pereira |
| 4 | CB | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Amri (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 6 | CB | KSA | Saad Al Mousa |
| 7 | CM | FRA | N'Golo Kanté |
| 8 | DM | BRA | Fabinho |
| 9 | CF | FRA | Karim Benzema (Captain) |
| 10 | CM | ALG | Houssem Aouar |
| 11 | LW | KSA | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi |
| 12 | LB | ALB | Mario Mitaj |
| 13 | RB | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti |
| 14 | DM | KSA | Awad Al-Nashri |
| 15 | LB | KSA | Hassan Kadesh |
| 20 | CB | KSA | Ahmed Sharahili |
| 21 | CF | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri |
| 23 | RW | KSA | Suhaib Hawsawi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | RW | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud |
| 27 | RB | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor |
| 30 | CM | KSA | Ali Al-Fahmi |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh |
| 34 | RW | NED | Steven Bergwijn |
| 41 | DM | KSA | Mohammed Fallatah |
| 42 | LB | KSA | Muath Faqeehi |
| 47 | GK | KSA | Hamed Al-Shanqiti |
| 77 | CM | KSA | Abdulelah Hawsawi |
| 80 | CM | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 87 | CB | KSA | Yasin Jaber |
| 88 | GK | KSA | Osama Al-Mermesh |
| 90 | CF | KSA | Talal Haji |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | 41 | Raghdan Matri | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | – | Saleh Al-Ohaymid | Al-Taawoun | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | – | Hassan Al-Asmari | Al-Batin | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | – | Basil Al-Hedaif | Jeddah | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | – | Abdulelah Al-Shehri | Mudhar | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | 24 | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Damac | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | – | Hussain Al-Eisa | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | – | Omar Al-Jadani | Al-Ain | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | — | Abdulelah Hawsawi | Al-Khaleej | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | – | Al Mutasim Seddiq | Al-Kholood | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | 70 | Haroune Camara | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | – | Abdulaziz Al-Hassani | Al-Entesar | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | 60 | Hamed Al-Shanqiti | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | 25 | Saad Al Mousa | Al-Ettifaq | $5,320,000 |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | 27 | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | Al-Ettifaq | $8,000,000 |
| 16 July 2024 | MF | 10 | Houssem Aouar | Roma | $13,000,000 |
| 21 July 2024 | DF | 42 | Muath Faqeehi | Al-Hilal | $2,600,000 |
| 22 July 2024 | FW | 21 | Saleh Al-Shehri | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 24 July 2024 | FW | 19 | Moussa Diaby | Aston Villa | $65,000,000 |
| 5 August 2024 | GK | 1 | Predrag Rajković | Mallorca | $12,000,000 |
| 30 August 2024 | MF | – | Bryant Ortega | Caracas | Undisclosed |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | 2 | Danilo Pereira | Paris Saint-Germain | $5,600,000 |
| 3 September 2024 | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Humaidi | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2024 | FW | 34 | Steven Bergwijn | Ajax | $23,300,000 |
| 8 September 2024 | FW | – | Ricardo Caraballo | Barranquilla | $500,000 |
| 14 September 2024 | DF | – | Isaías Rodríguez | Boca Juniors | Free |
| 30 January 2025 | MF | – | Unai Hernández | Barcelona Atlètic | $4,700,000 |
| 31 January 2025 | DF | 12 | Mario Mitaj | Lokomotiv Moscow | $4,150,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | End of season | MF | 80 | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | Al-Ettifaq | None |
| 1 September 2024 | End of season | DF | – | Abdulelah Al-Amri | Al-Nassr | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2024 | 30 January 2025 | DF | 12 | Mario Mitaj | Lokomotiv Moscow | $1,300,000 |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | 30 | Saad Al Mousa | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | 27 | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | 80 | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | Al-Ettifaq | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | GK | 34 | Marcelo Grohe | Al-Kholood | Free |
| 1 July 2024 | DF | 4 | Omar Hawsawi | | Retired |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | 90 | Romarinho | Neom | Free |
| 7 July 2024 | DF | 33 | Madallah Al-Olayan | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 10 July 2024 | DF | 19 | Turki Al-Jaadi | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 13 July 2024 | DF | 25 | Suwailem Al-Menhali | Al-Riyadh | $164,000 |
| 17 July 2024 | FW | 70 | Haroune Camara | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 19 July 2024 | MF | — | Hussain Al-Eisa | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 21 July 2024 | DF | 26 | Ahmed Hegazi | Neom | Free |
| 23 July 2024 | FW | 99 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 9 August 2024 | DF | — | Basil Al-Hedaif | Jeddah | Free |
| 13 August 2024 | DF | 12 | Zakaria Hawsawi | Al-Raed | Undisclosed |
| 16 August 2024 | MF | — | Khalid Medad | Al-Ain | Free |
| 19 August 2024 | GK | 21 | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Abha | Free |
| 25 August 2024 | GK | – | Saleh Al-Ohaymid | Al-Raed | Free |
| 30 August 2024 | FW | 11 | Jota | Rennes | $8,850,000 |
| 1 September 2024 | GK | 1 | Abdullah Al-Mayouf | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 2 September 2024 | DF | – | Hassan Al-Asmari | Al-Kholood | Free |
| 10 September 2024 | MF | – | Al Mutasim Seddiq | Al-Ain | Free |
| 13 September 2024 | FW | – | Baraa Softah | Al-Safa | Free |
| 7 January 2025 | DF | 5 | Luiz Felipe | Marseille | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 17 July 2024 | End of season | MF | 6 | Sultan Al-Farhan | Al-Taawoun | None |
| 28 July 2024 | End of season | GK | 41 | Raghdan Matri | Al-Rayyan | None |
| 13 August 2024 | End of season | MF | 77 | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Raed | None |
| 23 August 2024 | End of season | MF | 22 | Hammam Al-Hammami | Al-Kholood | None |
| 30 August 2024 | End of season | MF | – | Bryant Ortega | Jeddah | None |
| 31 August 2024 | End of season | MF | 29 | Farhah Al-Shamrani | Al-Kholood | None |
| 1 September 2024 | End of season | MF | 16 | Faisal Al-Ghamdi | Beerschot | None |
| 1 September 2024 | End of season | MF | 17 | Marwan Al-Sahafi | Beerschot | None |
| 8 September 2024 | End of season | FW | – | Ricardo Caraballo | Jeddah | None |
| 11 September 2024 | End of season | DF | – | Abdulrahman Al-Obaid | Al-Najma | None |
| 12 September 2024 | End of season | DF | – | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | Al-Batin | None |
| 14 September 2024 | End of season | DF | – | Isaías Rodríguez | Jeddah | None |
| 8 January 2025 | End of season | FW | 90 | Talal Haji | Al-Riyadh | None |
| 12 January 2025 | End of season | DF | 28 | Ahmed Bamsaud | Al-Ettifaq | None |
| 30 January 2025 | End of season | MF | 11 | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | Neom | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 24 August 2024 | May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 20 | +34 | 085.71 |
| King's Cup | 24 September 2024 | | Round of 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 083.33 |
Last updated: 22 February 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Ittihad | 24 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 23 | +34 | 58 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 28 | +42 | 54 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Al-Qadsiah | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 51 | Qualification for AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 4 | Al-Nassr | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 48 | |
| 5 | Al-Ahli | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 23 | +24 | 48 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 February 2025. Source: Saudi Pro League

#### 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

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

### King's Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 6 February 2025.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King's Cup | King's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | SRB | Predrag Rajković | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Mahasneh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | KSA | Osama Al-Mermesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Danilo Pereira | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Amri | 11 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Saad Al Mousa | 17 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ALB | Mario Mitaj | 16 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 20 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Hassan Kadesh | 19 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 15 | 2 | 4+9 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | KSA | Muath Faqeehi | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | KSA | Yaseen Al-Jaber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | FRA | N'Golo Kanté | 19 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Fabinho | 22 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ALG | Houssem Aouar | 19 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Awad Al-Nashri | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 8 | 1 | 1+4 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 19 | 5 | 6+10 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 41 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Fallatah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | ARG | Mateo Borrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Hawsawi | 10 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 11 | 1 | 1+8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Karim Benzema | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 19 | FW | FRA | Moussa Diaby | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al-Shehri | 14 | 5 | 3+9 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | KSA | Nawaf Al-Jadaani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | NED | Steven Bergwijn | 20 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 1+2 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ITA | Luiz Felipe | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Karim Benzema | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 34 | FW | | Steven Bergwijn | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | 21 | FW | | Saleh Al-Shehri | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | MF | | N'Golo Kanté | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Fabinho | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | DF | | Hassan Kadesh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 27 | DF | | Fawaz Al-Sqoor | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 12 | DF | | Mario Mitaj | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 13 | DF | | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 19 | FW | | Moussa Diaby | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 22 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 80 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 7 | 61 |
Last Updated: 22 February 2025

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
| 1 | 19 | FW | | Moussa Diaby | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Karim Benzema | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 34 | FW | | Steven Bergwijn | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 13 | DF | | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 10 | MF | | Houssem Aouar | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | N'Golo Kanté | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 12 | DF | | Mario Mitaj | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 42 | DF | | Muath Faqeehi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 22 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 77 | MF | | Abdulelah Hawsawi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 80 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 6 | 49 |
Last Updated: 22 February 2025

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King's Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Predrag Rajković | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Last Updated: 30 January 2025