# 2020–21 Al-Ittihad Club season

The 2020–21 season was Al-Ittihad's 45th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 94th year in existence as a football club. The club participated in the Pro League, the King Cup and the Arab Club Champions Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 12 February 2021
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 |
| 3 | FW | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Yami |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Omar Hawsawi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Muwallad |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Prijović |
| 10 | MF | CPV | Garry Rodrigues |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Abo Asidah |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Awad Al-Nashri |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen |
| 17 | DF | MLI | Ahmed Emad Eldin |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Karim El Ahmadi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Abdulmohsen Fallatah |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fawaz Al-Qarni |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Oufi |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Hassan Al-Asmari |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Hegazi (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansor (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Bahusayn |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Saud Abdulhamid |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Haroune Camara |
| 76 | DF | KSA | Hazim Al-Zahrani |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Romarinho |

### 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 |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Samiri (at Al-Faisaly until 30 June 2021) |
| 26 | FW | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani (at Damac until 30 June 2021) |
| 28 | MF | KSA | Essam Al-Muwallad (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2021) |
| 30 | DF | KSA | Awn Al-Saluli (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2021) |
| 35 | MF | CIV | Sékou Sanogo (at Red Star Belgrade until 1 January 2021) |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Saher Al-Suraihi (at Jeddah until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 83 | MF | ARG | Leonardo Gil (at Vasco da Gama until 30 June 2021) |
| 98 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani (at Ohod until 30 June 2021) |
| — | DF | KSA | Tareq Abdullah (at Damac until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Younes Abdulwahed (at Jeddah until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Rie (at Jeddah until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 30 | Awn Al-Saluli | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 28 | Essam Al-Muwallad | Al-Bukayriyah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 55 | Saher Al-Suraihi | Al-Thoqbah | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 45 | Aleksandar Pešić | FC Seoul | End of loan |
| 23 September 2020 | FW | 3 | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 27 September 2020 | MF | 7 | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 12 October 2020 | MF | 19 | Bruno Henrique | Palmeiras | $5,000,000 |
| 18 October 2020 | DF | 5 | Omar Hawsawi | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 19 October 2020 | MF | 10 | Garry Rodrigues | Fenerbahçe | End of loan |
| 21 October 2020 | MF | 16 | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen | Al-Nassr | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 22 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 28 | Hamad Al Mansor | Al-Nassr | None | |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 26 | Ahmed Hegazi | West Bromwich Albion | $587,400 | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 12 | Assaf Al-Qarni | | Released |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 28 | Amin Al Bukhari | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 99 | Mohammed Al-Thani | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Hamad Al-Ghamdi | Al-Shabab | $186,000 |
| 27 September 2020 | DF | 2 | Abdullah Al-Ammar | Damac | Free |
| 30 September 2020 | DF | 24 | Ammar Al-Daheem | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 4 October 2020 | FW | 45 | Aleksandar Pešić | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Free |
| 9 October 2020 | FW | 49 | Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 1 November 2020 | FW | 80 | Wilfried Bony | | Released |
| 6 January 2021 | DF | 31 | Mansoor Al-Harbi | Al-Raed | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 27 September 2020 | End of season | MF | 14 | Younes Abdulwahed | Jeddah | None |
| 27 September 2020 | End of season | FW | 26 | Abdulaziz Al-Aryani | Damac | None |
| 9 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 28 | Essam Al-Muwallad | Al-Hazem | None |
| 10 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 83 | Leonardo Gil | Vasco da Gama | None |
| 11 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 16 | Ali Al-Rie | Jeddah | None |
| 11 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 55 | Saher Al-Suraihi | Jeddah | None |
| 14 October 2020 | End of season | DF | 3 | Tareq Abdullah | Damac | None |
| 16 January 2021 | End of season | MF | – | Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi | Al-Fayha | None |
| 27 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 6 | Khaled Al-Sumairi | Al-Faisaly | None |
| 29 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 98 | Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani | Ohod | None |
| 12 February 2021 | End of season | DF | 30 | Awn Al-Saluli | Al-Nahda | None |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 050.00 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 34 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 050.00 |
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 |
| 1 | Al-Hilal (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 61 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 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 | |
* ↑ 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 30 May 2021.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Rakan Al-Najjar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Abo Asidah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Fawaz Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | BRA | Marcelo Grohe | 33 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 23 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Omar Hawsawi | 19 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti | 28 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MLI | Ahmed Emad Eldin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | KSA | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Ahmed Hegazi | 30 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Hamdan Al-Shamrani | 18 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | KSA | Hamad Al Mansor | 13 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Saud Abdulhamid | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | KSA | Hazim Al-Zahrani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Swat | 14 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Muwallad | 25 | 4 | 15+8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CPV | Garry Rodrigues | 19 | 5 | 14+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 28 | 1 | 21+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Awad Al-Nashri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen | 14 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Bruno Henrique | 18 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Karim El Ahmadi | 27 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Oufi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 26 | 3 | 14+9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Asmari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Bahusayn | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 27 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 3 | FW | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Yami | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Prijović | 31 | 10 | 21+7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Haroune Camara | 26 | 2 | 3+19 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | BRA | Romarinho | 34 | 18 | 29+1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Sumairi | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 15 | DF | BRA | Bruno Uvini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 90 | FW | | Romarinho | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Aleksandar Prijović | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Garry Rodrigues | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Fahad Al-Muwallad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | DF | | Ahmed Hegazi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 70 | FW | | Haroune Camara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 19 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 21 | DF | | Abdulmohsen Fallatah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 66 | DF | | Saud Abdulhamid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 77 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 4 | 4 | 53 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | MF | | Fahad Al-Muwallad | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Garry Rodrigues | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 1 | 77 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 66 | DF | | Saud Abdulhamid | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | Bruno Henrique | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 90 | FW | | Romarinho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 9 | FW | | Aleksandar Prijović | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 70 | FW | | Haroune Camara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | DF | | Omar Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | DF | | Hamad Al Mansor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Abdulellah Al-Malki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 2 | 2 | 33 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | 34 | GK | | Marcelo Grohe | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 22 | GK | | Fawaz Al-Qarni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Last Updated: 25 May 2021