# 2017–18 Ettifaq FC season

The 2017–18 season was Al-Ettifaq's 73rd season in existence and their second consecutive in the Pro League. Along with the Pro League, the club also competed in the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 31 January 2018
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 | Omar Al-Sonain |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Bokhari |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Ahmad Ibrahim |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Yahya Otain |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Habib |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Osama Al-Saleem |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Filip Kiss |
| 16 | FW | KSA | Yousef Al-Salem |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Nawaf Bouamer |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais |
| 22 | MF | EGY | Ahmed El Sheikh (on loan from Al Ahly) |
| 23 | MF | SOM | Liban Abdi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Aboud |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Talal Majrashi (on loan from Al-Fayha) |
| 28 | GK | KSA | Ahmed Al-Kassar |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Mohammad Al-Subaie |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Saleh |
| 33 | DF | EGY | Hussein El Sayed (on loan from Al Ahly) |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Dohaim |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Khairi |
| 51 | DF | KSA | Majed Al-Khaibari (on loan from Al-Ittihad) |
| 70 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli |
| 92 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| 99 | MF | TUN | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef |

### 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 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2018) |
| 32 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al Bahri (at Al-Kawkab until 30 June 2018) |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti (at Al-Hazm until 30 June 2018) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | KSA | Jaber Al-Ziyadi (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2018) |
| — | MF | KSA | Hassan Gazwani (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2018) |

## Transfers
### In
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 4 | CB | Ahmed Khalaf | Emirates | Free | 27 June 2017 |
| 11 | AM | Ali Hazazi | Al-Qadsiah | Free | 4 July 2017 |
| 34 | CB | Ali Al-Khaibari | Al-Nassr | Free | 9 July 2017 |
| 14 | CM | Filip Kiss | Haugesund | Undisclosed | 24 July 2017 |
| 3 | LB | Abdulelah Bokhari | Al-Ahli | Free | 30 July 2017 |
| 77 | CB | Ahmed Al-Habib | Al-Raed | Free | 10 August 2017 |
| 19 | ST | Rodrigo Salinas | Chacarita Juniors | Free | 14 August 2017 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 23 | LM | Liban Abdi | Haugesund | Free | 1 January 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Ahmed Abdel-Sattar | Al-Jazeera | Free | 2 January 2018 |
| 92 | GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | Stade Rennais | Free | 18 January 2018 |
| 99 | RM | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | ES Tunis | Free | 30 January 2018 |
| | CB | Faisal Abu Baker | Unattached | Free | 30 January 2018 |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 26 | LM | Ali Al-Zaqaan | Al-Fateh | Free | 5 June 2017 |
| 90 | LM | Khaled Al-Aboud | Hajer | Free | 19 June 2017 |
| 1 | GK | Osama Al-Hamdan | Al-Nahda | Free | 22 June 2017 |
| 24 | CB | Jamaan Al-Dossari | Al-Shabab | Free | 27 June 2017 |
| 3 | CB | Aminou Bouba | | Released | 30 June 2017 |
| 18 | DM | Abdulaziz Al-Nashi | | Released | 30 June 2017 |
| 40 | ST | Michael Eneramo | | Released | 30 June 2017 |
| 13 | LB | Hassan Kadesh | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed | 3 July 2017 |
| 8 | AM | Mohamed Kanno | Al-Hilal | Undisclosed | 3 July 2017 |
| 15 | LM | Nasser Al-Abdeli | | Released | 15 July 2017 |
| 5 | CB | Mortadha Al-Breh | Al-Watani | Free | 15 July 2017 |
| 10 | AM | Aiedh Al-Sohaimi | Al-Nahda | Free | 6 August 2017 |
| 15 | LM | Juanmi Callejón | | Released | 28 December 2017 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 19 | ST | Rodrigo Salinas | Vélez Sarsfield | Free | 16 January 2018 |
| 1 | GK | Ahmed Abdel-Sattar | Al-Jazeera | Free | 17 January 2018 |
| 5 | CB | Fahed Al Hajri | | Released | 31 January 2018 |
| 27 | LB | Abdulaziz Waseli | Al-Nojoom | Free | 24 February 2018 |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| 5 | CB | Fahed Al Hajri | Kuwait | 26 June 2017 | 31 January 2018 | |
| 51 | LB | Majed Al-Khaibari | Al-Ittihad | 13 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End |
| 22 | AM | Ahmed El Sheikh | Al Ahly | 3 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |
| 25 | RM | Talal Majrashi | Al-Fayha | 21 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |
| 33 | LB | Hussein El Sayed | Al Ahly | 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End |
| 20 | ST | Jaber Al-Ziyadi | Al-Nahda | 6 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| | AM | Hassan Gazwani | Al-Nahda | 6 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 |
| 32 | GK | Abdullah Al Bahri | Al-Kawkab | 16 August 2017 | 30 June 2018 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End |
| | AM | Khaled Al-Hamdhi | Al-Khaleej | 15 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |
| 35 | GK | Mohammed Al-Haiti | Al-Hazm | 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |
| 20 | DM | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Fayha | 31 January 2018 | 30 June 2018 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Professional League | — | — | 4th | 11 August 2017 | 12 April 2018 |
| King Cup | Round of 32 | — | Round of 16 | 3 January 2018 | 19 January 2018 |
Last Updated: 12 April 2018

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 55 | Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 44 | Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Al-Ettifaq | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 36 | |
| 5 | Al-Fateh | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 36 | |
| 6 | Al-Faisaly | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 35 | |
* 1 2 Al-Ettifaq finished ahead of Al-Fateh on head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Al-Fateh, Al-Fateh 1–1 Al-Ettifaq

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 April 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

Al-Ettifaq will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

### Crown Prince Cup

Al-Ettifaq will enter the Crown Prince Cup in the Round of 16 alongside the other Pro League teams. On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled.

## Statistics
### Appearances

As of 12 April 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | | Omar Al-Sonain | 10 | 1 | 7+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Abdulelah Bokhari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Ahmed Ibrahim | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Yahya Otain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 26 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Hassan Al-Habib | 7 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 8 | 1 | 6+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Osama Al-Saleem | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 25 | 4 | 22+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | Yousef Al-Salem | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Nawaf Bouamer | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Fawaz Al-Torais | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Ahmed El Sheikh | 10 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Liban Abdi | 13 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Abdurahman Al-Aboud | 23 | 3 | 10+12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | | Talal Majrashi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Ahmed Al-Kassar | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Subaie | 16 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Saleh | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Hussein El Sayed | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | | Ali Al-Khaibari | 13 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Dohaim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | | Saad Al Khairi | 21 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | DF | | Majed Al-Khaibari | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 14 | 3 | 5+7 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 77 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Habib | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 11 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Saad Al-Selouli | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 92 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 8 | 4 | 7+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | | Fahed Al Hajri | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Juanmi Callejón | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Rodrigo Salinas | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | | Abdulaziz Waseli | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 99 | FW | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 70 | FW | | Mohammed Al-Saiari | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 80 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 19 | FW | | Rodrigo Salinas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 23 | MF | | Liban Abdi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 88 | MF | | Saad Al-Selouli | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | DF | | Omar Al-Sonain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 15 | MF | | Juanmi Callejón | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | FW | | Nawaf Bouamer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | MF | | Ahmed El Sheikh | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 34 | DF | | Ali Al-Khaibari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 77 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Habib | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 7 | 44 |
Last Updated: 12 April 2018

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 30 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Saleh | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 92 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Last Updated: 6 March 2018