# 2018–19 Ettifaq FC season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Ettifaq's 74th season in existence and their third consecutive season in the Pro League. Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 27 September 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 |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Hamed Al-Ghamdi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hazaa Al-Hazaa |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Habib |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Hazazi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Hussain Qassem |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Filip Kiss |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Hafith (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Cristian Guanca (on loan from Colón) |
| 21 | DF | URU | Ramon Arias |
| 23 | MF | URU | Brahian Alemán |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdurahman Al-Aboud |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al-Robeai |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Mohammad Al-Subaie |
| 30 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Saleh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | DF | EGY | Hussein El Sayed (on loan from Al Ahly) |
| 34 | DF | KSA | Ali Al-Khaibari |
| 35 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Haiti |
| 40 | MF | KSA | Ibrahim Mahnashi |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Dohaim |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Saad Al-Khairi |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Dawsari |
| 70 | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Sonain |
| 72 | DF | KSA | Khalifah Masrahi |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli |
| 90 | FW | TUN | Ahmed Akaïchi |
| 92 | GK | ALG | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| 99 | FW | 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 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Faisel Abu Bakr (at Al-Jeel until 30 June 2019) |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Osama Al-Khalaf (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2019) |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Osama Al-Saleem (at Al-Kawkab until 30 June 2019) |
| 17 | FW | KSA | Nawaf Bouamer (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2019) |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais (at Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2019) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Majrashi (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2019) |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al Bahri (at Abha until 30 June 2019) |
| — | MF | KSA | Hassan Gazwani (at Al-Nahda until 30 June 2019) |
| — | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Saiari (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2019) |

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

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 21 | CB | Ramón Arias | Peñarol | €250,000 | 19 July 2018 |
| 23 | AM | Brahian Alemán | Gimnasia La Plata | €1,300,000 | 25 July 2018 |
| 12 | LB | Hussain Qassem | Al-Hilal | Free | 31 July 2018 |
| 25 | CB | Saeed Al-Robeai | Al-Ahli | Swap | 31 July 2018 |
| 80 | LM | Farley | Panetolikos | Free | 9 August 2018 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 90 | ST | Ahmed Akaïchi | Étoile du Sahel | Free | 5 January 2019 |
| | CB | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | Al-Taraji | Undisclosed | 4 February 2019 |
| | RB | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | Al-Shabab | Free | 19 February 2019 |

### Loan in
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| 19 | LM | Cristian Guanca | Colón | 16 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 | |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| 17 | CB | Abdullah Al-Hafith | Al-Hilal | 1 February 2019 | 30 June 2019 | |

### Out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 28 | GK | Ahmed Al-Kassar | Al-Faisaly | Free | 29 May 2018 |
| 23 | LM | Liban Abdi | Free Agent | Released | 28 June 2018 |
| 36 | CM | Khaled Al-Hamdhi | Al-Khaleej | Free | 28 June 2018 |
| 16 | ST | Yousef Al-Salem | Free Agent | Released | 4 July 2018 |
| 20 | ST | Jaber Al-Ziyadi | Al-Nojoom | Free | 12 July 2018 |
| 6 | DM | Yahya Otain | Al-Raed | Free | 18 July 2018 |
| 4 | CB | Ahmad Ibrahim | Al-Arabi | Free | 19 July 2018 |
| 19 | ST | Marei Al-Moqaadi | Al-Ansar | Free | 21 July 2018 |
| 3 | LB | Abdulelah Bokhari | Al-Kawkab | Free | 23 July 2018 |
| 12 | LB | Mohammed Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | Swap | 31 July 2018 |
| 12 | RB | Ayman Masrahi | Free Agent | Released | 13 August 2018 |
| 14 | CM | Lutfi Al-Rashidi | Free Agent | Released | 13 August 2018 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date | Source |
| 80 | LM | Farley Rosa | Free Agent | Released | 15 January 2019 | |

### Loan out
#### Summer

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End |
| 18 | RM | Fawaz Al-Torais | Al-Khaleej | 2 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| | AM | Hassan Gazwani | Al-Nahda | 3 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| 70 | ST | Mohammed Al-Saiari | Al-Hazem | 12 June 2018 | 30 June 2019 |
| 17 | ST | Nawaf Bouamer | Al-Khaleej | 22 August 2018 | 30 June 2019 |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned To | Start | End |
| 20 | DM | Abdulaziz Majrashi | Al-Batin | 1 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| 4 | CB | Faisal Abu Bakr | Al-Jeel | 7 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| 8 | DM | Osama Al-Khalaf | Al-Hazem | 7 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| 13 | LB | Osama Al-Saleem | Al-Kawkab | 9 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |
| 22 | GK | Abdullah Al Bahri | Abha | 19 January 2019 | 30 June 2019 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Professional League | — | — | 11th | 30 August 2018 | 16 May 2019 |
| King Cup | Round of 64 | — | Quarter-finals | 5 January 2019 | 1 April 2019 |
Last Updated: 16 May 2019

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 35 | |
| 10 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 34 | Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 11 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 33 | |
| 12 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −16 | 32 | |
| 13 | Al-Hazem (O) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 31 | Qualification for Relegation play-offs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 16 May 2019. 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

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

### King Cup

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

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 16 May 2019.
| 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 | | Abdullah Al-Saleh | 10 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | | Mohammed Al-Haiti | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | | Abdulkareem Al-Jayaan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | | Ahmed Al Muhaimeed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Hussain Qassem | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Hafith | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | | Ramon Arias | 29 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 19 | 2 | 16+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Saleh Al-Qumaizi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | | Hussein El Sayed | 26 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 34 | DF | | Ali Al-Khaibari | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | | Saad Al Khairi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | | Omar Al-Sonain | 22 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | | Khalifah Masrahi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Habib | 16 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | | Hamed Al-Ghamdi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 27 | 8 | 24+1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | Hassan Al-Habib | 20 | 3 | 7+11 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Ali Hazazi | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 26 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 32 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 0+3 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | | Brahian Alemán | 28 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | | Abdurahman Al-Aboud | 26 | 1 | 9+13 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Subaie | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 14 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Dohaim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | | Abdulaziz Al-Dawsari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | | Saad Al-Selouli | 5 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 19 | 7 | 6+9 | 2 | 3+1 | 5 |
| 90 | FW | | Ahmed Akaïchi | 17 | 5 | 9+5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 99 | FW | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 21 | 3 | 14+5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 8 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Osama Al-Saleem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Abdulaziz Majrashi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | | Abdullah Al Bahri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 80 | MF | | Farley | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 19 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | 90 | FW | | Ahmed Akaïchi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 23 | MF | | Brahian Alemán | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | MF | | Hassan Al-Habib | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 33 | DF | | Hussein El Sayed | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 99 | FW | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 25 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | DF | | Ramon Arias | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 40 | MF | | Ibrahim Mahnashi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 88 | MF | | Saad Al-Selouli | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 18 | 58 |
Last Updated: 6 April 2019

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 23 | MF | | Brahian Alemán | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 19 | MF | | Cristian Guanca | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Hassan Al-Habib | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Filip Kiss | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | DF | | Ramon Arias | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 24 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 33 | DF | | Hussein El Sayed | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 99 | FW | | Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Mohammed Al-Kwikbi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | | Hazaa Al-Hazaa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 90 | FW | | Ahmed Akaïchi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | | Osama Al-Khalaf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 25 | DF | | Saeed Al-Robeai | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 50 | DF | | Saad Al Khairi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 77 | DF | | Ahmed Al-Habib | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 12 | 38 |
Last Updated: 28 March 2019

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 92 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Saleh | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Last Updated: 11 April 2019