2018–19 Ettifaq FC season

Al-Taawoun

(24 November 2018)

Average home league attendance	4,911
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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All statistics correct as of 16 May 2019.

The 2018–19 season was

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Players

Squad information

As of 27 September 2018^[5][6]

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 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 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 Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2019) 18 MF  KSA Al-Khaleej until 30 June 2019)

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  KSA 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	Source
21	CB	Ramón Arias	Peñarol	€250,000	19 July 2018	[7]
23	AM	Brahian Alemán	Gimnasia La Plata	€1,300,000	25 July 2018	[8]
12	LB	Hussain Qassem	Al-Hilal	Free	31 July 2018	[9]
25	CB	Saeed Al-Robeai	Al-Ahli	Swap	31 July 2018	[10]
80	LM	Farley	Panetolikos	Free	9 August 2018	[11]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
90	ST	Ahmed Akaïchi	Étoile du Sahel	Free	5 January 2019	[12]
	CB	Ahmed Al Muhaimeed	Al-Taraji	Undisclosed	4 February 2019	[13]
	RB	Saleh Al-Qumaizi	Al-Shabab	Free	19 February 2019	[14]

Loan in

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
19	LM	Cristian Guanca	Colón	16 June 2018	30 June 2019	[15]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
17	CB	Abdullah Al-Hafith	Al-Hilal	1 February 2019	30 June 2019	[16]

Out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
28	GK	Ahmed Al-Kassar	Al-Faisaly	Free	29 May 2018	[17]
23	LM	Liban Abdi	Free Agent	Released	28 June 2018	[18]
36	CM	Khaled Al-Hamdhi	Al-Khaleej	Free	28 June 2018	[19]
16	ST	Yousef Al-Salem	Free Agent	Released	4 July 2018	[20]
20	ST	Jaber Al-Ziyadi	Al-Nojoom	Free	12 July 2018	[21]
6	DM	Yahya Otain	Al-Raed	Free	18 July 2018	[22]
4	CB	Ahmad Ibrahim	Al-Arabi	Free	19 July 2018	[23]
19	ST	Marei Al-Moqaadi	Al-Ansar	Free	21 July 2018	[24]
3	LB	Abdulelah Bokhari	Al-Kawkab	Free	23 July 2018	[25]
12	LB	Mohammed Al-Zubaidi	Al-Ahli	Swap	31 July 2018	[26]
12	RB	Ayman Masrahi	Free Agent	Released	13 August 2018	[27]
14	CM	Lutfi Al-Rashidi	Free Agent	Released	13 August 2018	[28]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
80	LM	Farley Rosa	Free Agent	Released	15 January 2019	[29]

Loan out

Summer

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
18	RM	Fawaz Al-Torais	Al-Khaleej	2 June 2018	30 June 2019	[30]
	AM	Hassan Gazwani	Al-Nahda	3 June 2018	30 June 2019
70	ST	Mohammed Al-Saiari	Al-Hazem	12 June 2018	30 June 2019	[31]
17	ST	Nawaf Bouamer	Al-Khaleej	22 August 2018	30 June 2019	[32]

Winter

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
20	DM	Abdulaziz Majrashi	Al-Batin	1 January 2019	30 June 2019	[33]
4	CB	Faisal Abu Bakr	Al-Jeel	7 January 2019	30 June 2019	[34]
8	DM	Osama Al-Khalaf	Al-Hazem	7 January 2019	30 June 2019	[35]
13	LB	Osama Al-Saleem	Al-Kawkab	9 January 2019	30 June 2019	[36]
22	GK	Abdullah Al Bahri	Abha	19 January 2019	30 June 2019	[37]

Pre-season friendlies

Al-Ettifaq v AVS Sport

17 July 2018 Al-Ettifaq	8–0	AVS Sport	Maurik, Netherlands
18:00 CEST	15' ( Al-Kwikbi 24' Guanca 51', 53', 58', 59' Al-Habib 61', 63'	Report

Al-Ettifaq v Jong Ajax

21 July 2018 Al-Ettifaq	1–1	Jong Ajax	Amsterdam, Netherlands
11:00 CEST	Guanca 61'	Report	Sierhuis 58'	Stadium: Sportpark De Toekomst

Al-Ettifaq v Baniyas

24 July 2018 Al-Ettifaq	2–0	Baniyas	Tiel, Netherlands
17:00 CEST	Al-Habib 25' Ben Youssef 76'	Report		Stadium: Sportpark De Lok

Al-Ettifaq v Helmond Sport

27 July 2018 Al-Ettifaq	2–2	Helmond Sport	Someren, Netherlands
10:40 CEST	Alemán 38' Kiss 41'	Report	Swinnen 25' van Heugten 45+4'	Stadium: Sportpark de Heikampen

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Ahli

14 August 2018 Al-Ettifaq	3–2	Al-Ahli	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:30 CEST	Arias 49' Kiss 65'	Report	45' 90+1'	Stadium: Abdullah Al Dabal Stadium

Al-Riffa

18 August 2018 Al-Riffa	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:30 CEST	Al-Aboud 67'	Report		Stadium: Abdullah Al Dabal Stadium

Al-Ettifaq v Al-Nahda

19 August 2018 Al-Ettifaq	1–1	Al-Nahda	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
18:30 CEST	Al-Habib 43'		Ghazwani 30'	Stadium: Prince Fahad bin Salman Stadium

Results summary

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