# 2019–20 Ettifaq FC season

The 2019–20 season was Al-Ettifaq's 41st non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 74th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 9 September 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2020
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 | Ali Masrahi |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Naïm Sliti |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Filip Kiss |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumaizi |
| 18 | DF | CTA | Cédric Yambéré |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Doukara |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Najrani |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Ghamdi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al Bahri |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Robeai |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais |
| 28 | FW | CHA | Maher Sharoma |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Saleh |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Khairi |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khateeb |
| 71 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Souza |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli |
| 92 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi (captain) |
| 93 | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Sonain |
| 95 | FW | MAR | Walid Azaro (on loan from Al Ahly) |

### 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 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed (at Al-Jabalain until 30 June 2020) |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Oussama Haddadi (at Kasımpaşa until 30 June 2020) |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Dohaim (at Al-Jeel until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hisham Al-Farhan (at Al-Thoqbah until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 May 2019 | MF | 10 | Rogerinho | Al-Faisaly | $1,000,000 |
| 29 May 2019 | DF | 5 | Oussama Haddadi | Dijon | Free |
| 18 June 2019 | MF | 20 | Majed Al-Najrani | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 29 June 2019 | DF | 18 | Cédric Yambéré | Dijon | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2019 | MF | 15 | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 11 August 2019 | MF | 13 | Naïm Sliti | Dijon | $5,600,000 |
| 21 August 2019 | DF | 70 | Abdullah Al-Khateeb | Al-Ahli | Free |
| 21 August 2019 | MF | 90 | Hisham Al-Farhan | Al-Rawdhah | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2019 | FW | 19 | Souleymane Doukara | Antalyaspor | Free |
| 12 January 2020 | FW | 28 | Maher Sharoma | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 14 January 2020 | MF | 80 | Souza | Cerezo Osaka | Free |
| 26 January 2020 | FW | 71 | Abdullah Al Salem | Al-Nassr | Free |
| 27 January 2020 | MF | – | Ahmed Al-Ghamdi | Pacific FC | Free |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | 4 | Fahad Ghazi | Al-Shabab | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 22 January 2020 | End of season | FW | 95 | Walid Azaro | Al Ahly | $400,000 | |
| 31 January 2020 | End of season | DF | 26 | Khaled Al-Barakah | Al-Ahli | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 25 June 2019 | DF | 4 | Faisel Abu Bakr | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 28 June 2019 | MF | 66 | Abdulaziz Al-Dawsari | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 3 July 2019 | DF | 72 | Khalifah Masrahi | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | 24 | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | Al-Ittihad | $3,200,000 |
| 15 July 2019 | MF | 10 | Hassan Al-Habib | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 20 July 2019 | FW | – | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Wehda | $535,000 |
| 20 July 2019 | DF | 77 | Ahmed Al-Habib | Abha | Free |
| 31 July 2019 | FW | 90 | Ahmed Akaïchi | Al Ahed | Free |
| 3 August 2019 | MF | 23 | Brahian Alemán | Gimnasia | Free |
| 12 August 2019 | DF | 13 | Osama Al-Saleem | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 27 August 2019 | MF | 8 | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |
| 6 September 2019 | DF | 21 | Ramón Arias | San Lorenzo | $600,000 |
| 2 January 2020 | FW | 99 | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | | Released |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 2 July 2019 | End of season | FW | 17 | Nawaf Bouamer | Al-Nojoom | None |
| 8 July 2019 | End of season | MF | 20 | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Hazem | None |
| 16 August 2019 | 6 January 2020 | MF | 47 | Ahmed Al-Dohaim | Al-Kawkab | None |
| 31 August 2019 | End of season | MF | – | Hassan Ghazwani | Al-Mujazzal | None |
| 13 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 47 | Ahmed Al-Dohaim | Al-Jeel | None |
| 20 January 2020 | End of season | DF | 3 | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | Al-Jabalain | None |
| 21 January 2020 | 30 June 2021 | DF | 5 | Oussama Haddadi | Kasımpaşa | None |
| 9 February 2020 | End of season | MF | 90 | Hisham Al-Farhan | Al-Thoqbah | None |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | 8th | 24 August 2019 | 9 September 2020 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | Quarter-finals | 7 November 2019 | 16 January 2020 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 043.33 |
| King Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 075.00 |
| Total | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 047.06 |
Updated to match played 9 September 2020 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Al-Raed | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 46 |
| 7 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 43 |
| 8 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 42 |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 |
| 10 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 |
* ↑ 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Saleh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | KSA | Ali Masrahi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Fahad Ghazi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | 29 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | CTA | Cédric Yambéré | 30 | 2 | 22+4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Robeai | 21 | 4 | 18+1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Barakah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al Khairi | 14 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Khateeb | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Sonain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 29 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 25 | 5 | 19+3 | 2 | 2+1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 20 | 1 | 7+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Rogerinho | 12 | 2 | 10+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi | 29 | 1 | 14+11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | TUN | Naïm Sliti | 22 | 4 | 15+4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Filip Kiss | 28 | 11 | 24+1 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri | 21 | 3 | 9+9 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Majed Al-Najrani | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Ghamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais | 19 | 1 | 8+8 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Souza | 17 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli | 17 | 3 | 11+4 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 27 | 9 | 8+15 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | SEN | Souleymane Doukara | 32 | 6 | 25+4 | 6 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | CHA | Maher Sharoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | KSA | Abdullah Al Salem | 10 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | TUN | Oussama Haddadi | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Hisham Al-Farhan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 95 | FW | MAR | Walid Azaro | 7 | 3 | 5+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | 19 | FW | | Souleymane Doukara | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 13 | MF | | Naïm Sliti | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 25 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 15 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 88 | MF | | Saad Al-Selouli | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 95 | FW | | Walid Azaro | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | | Rogerinho | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 18 | DF | | Cédric Yambéré | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 71 | FW | | Abdullah Al Salem | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | DF | | Oussama Haddadi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 8 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 17 | DF | | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 27 | MF | | Fawaz Al-Torais | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 80 | MF | | Souza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 16 | 62 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 92 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 35 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Last Updated: 30 August 2020