Ettifaq FC

Before the establishment of Al-Ettifaq, there were three clubs in Dammam that were founded in 1941. The three clubs were Al-Taawoun, Al-Sha'ab, and Al-Shabab. These clubs began practicing their sporting activities and gathering the people of the region in order to establish a team for these three clubs. In 1945, the presidents of the three clubs met in Faris Al-Hamid's house and decided to merge them into one club. Al-Hamid suggested that the name of the new club be Al-Ettifaq, which meant agreement in Arabic. They also agreed that the new clubs' colors be green and white which eventually changed into green and red afterward.[1]

• Saudi Professional League (level 1): 2
  • Champions: 1982–83, 1986–87
  • Runner-up: 1987–88, 1991–92
• First Division (level 2): 2
  • Champions: 1976–77, 2015–16
• King Cup: 2
  • Champions: 1968, 1985
  • Runner-up: 1965, 1966, 1983, 1988
• Crown Prince Cup: 1
  • Champions: 1965
  • Runner-up: 1963, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2011–12
• Saudi Federation Cup: 3
  • Champions: 1990–91, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • Runner-up: 1986–87, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2004–05
• Arab Club Champions Cup: 2
  • Champions: 1984, 1988
• GCC Champions League: 3
  • Champions: 1983, 1988, 2006
  • Runner-up: 2007

The best team in the eastern region

As of 1 February 2020.[2][3]

No	Position	Player	Nation
2	Defender	Ali Masrahi	Saudi Arabia
4	Defender	Fahad Ghazi	Saudi Arabia
5	Defender	Karol Mets	Estonia
6	Midfielder	Ibrahim Mahnashi	Saudi Arabia
7	Midfielder	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi	Saudi Arabia
8	Midfielder	Hamed Al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia
9	Forward	Hazaa Al-Hazaa	Saudi Arabia
10	Midfielder	Naïm Sliti	Tunisia
11	Midfielder	Ali Hazazi	Saudi Arabia
12	Defender	Sanousi Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia
14	Midfielder	Filip Kiss	Slovakia
15	Midfielder	Ahmed Al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia
16	Midfielder	Faisel Al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia
17	Defender	Saleh Al-Qumaizi	Saudi Arabia
18	Defender	Abdullah Al-Khateeb	Saudi Arabia
19	Forward	Hassan Al Salis	Saudi Arabia
20	Midfielder	Elierce Souza	Brazil
21	Forward	Walid Azaro	Morocco
23	Goalkeeper	Raïs M'Bolhi	Algeria
24	Midfielder	Saad Al-Selouli	Saudi Arabia
25	Defender	Saeed Al-Rubaie	Saudi Arabia
27	Forward	Abdulla Al Salem	Saudi Arabia
29	Midfielder	Fahad Al-Dawsari	Saudi Arabia
30	Goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Saleh	Saudi Arabia
33	Defender	Hamad Al-Sayyaf	Saudi Arabia
35	Goalkeeper	Mohammed Al-Haiti	Saudi Arabia
39	Forward	Souleymane Doukara	Senegal

Out on loan

No	Position	Player	Nation
3	Defender	Ahmed Al Muhaimeed (on loan to Al-Jabalain)	Saudi Arabia
22	Goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Bahri (on loan to Al-Thoqbah)	Saudi Arabia
34	Defender	Ali Al-Khaibari (on loan to Al-Ain)	Saudi Arabia
36	Defender	Hussein Halawani (on loan to Al-Ain)	Saudi Arabia
47	Midfielder	Ahmed Al-Daheem (on loan to Al-Khaleej)	Saudi Arabia
50	Defender	Saad Al Khairi (on loan to Al-Batin)	Saudi Arabia
77	Midfielder	Hassan Gazwani (on loan to Al-Thoqbah)	Saudi Arabia
90	Midfielder	Hisham Al-Farhan (on loan to Hajer)	Saudi Arabia
—	Defender	Oussama Haddadi (on loan to Kasımpaşa)	Tunisia
—	Midfielder	Mohammed Al-Dawsari (on loan to Al-Sahel)	Saudi Arabia
—	Forward	Nawaf Bouamer (on loan to Al-Nojoom)	Saudi Arabia

Note: The table is currently being updated.

1944–69
19??–69	Mohammed Hassan Kheiri
1969–76
1976–78	Khalil Al-Zayani
1979–80
1980–84	Khalil Al-Zayani	Won the 1982–83 Saudi Premier League and the 1983 Gulf Club Champions Cup
1984–86	Chico Formiga	Won the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup and the 1985 King Cup
1986–90	Khalil Al-Zayani	Won 3 titles
1990–91	Procópio Cardoso
1991–93
July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995	Wojciech Łazarek
1994–96	Khalil Al-Zayani
1996–97
1997	João Francisco
1997–99
1999–00	Khalil Al-Zayani
2003–04	Jan Versleijen
Jan 1, 2004 – May 30, 2004	Jorge Habegger
2005–06	Ednaldo Patricio
2006–07	Ammar Al-Suwayeh	2006 Gulf Club Champions Cup (winner)
July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008	Toni	2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup (runner-up)
Jan 8, 2009 – June 8, 2009	Ioan Andone	Achieved club's best performance in the AFC Champions League (round of 16)
Oct 23, 2009 – March 23, 2011	Ion Marin
March 23, 2011 – June 30, 2011	Youssef Zouaoui
July 22, 2011 – April 30, 2012	Branko Ivanković
2012	Ammar Al-Suwayeh
July 1, 2012 – Sept 25, 2012	Alain Geiger
Sept 26, 2012 – June 13, 2013	Maciej Skorża
July 1, 2013 – Oct 1, 2013	Theo Bücker
Sept 30, 2013 – Oct 26, 2013	Eusebiu Tudor
Oct 26, 2013 – Feb 13, 2014	Goran Tufegdžić
Feb 13, 2014–July, 2014	Ioan Andone
July 2014 – Feb 17, 2015	Beñat San José
(2015)	Gheorghe Mulțescu
(2015–16)	Reinhard Stumpf
(2016)	Djamel Belkacem	2015–16 Saudi First Division
(2016)	Eelco Schattorie
(2016–2017)	Juan Carlos Garrido
(2017)	Miodrag Ješić
(2017–2018)	Saad Al-Shehri
(2018)	Leonardo Ramos
(2018–2019)	Sergio Piernas
(2019)	Hélder
(2019– )	Khaled Al-Atwi

• Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
  • Asian Club Championship 1989:

• • Qualifying Round: Al Ettifaq qualified to the Asian Club Championship after winning the GCC Champions League, ending top of the group that consisted of Kazma (Kuwait), Al Sharjah (UAE), Fanja (Oman), and West Riffa (Bahrain).

• • Semi-final (Group Stage): Al Ettifaq finished second in their group after losing their penultimate game against the eventual champions, Qatari side Al-Sadd (2–1) in a highly controversial game. Apart from the two clubs, the group contained April 25 SC (North Korea), Mohammedan SC (Bangladesh), and Pahang (Malaysia).[4]

• AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

• • AFC Champions League 2009:

• • • • Group Stage – Round of 32: Al Ettifaq was arguably one of the best performers in the group stage after finishing top of the group with 12 points. They won 4 games, lost 2, and scored 15 goals in 6 games, recording the third best attacking stats in the continent in that round. Al Ettifaq were placed in Group D along FC Bunyodkor (led by Brazilian ace Rivaldo), Sepahan Isfahan, and Al Shabab (UAE).
      • Round of 16: Al Ettifaq were knocked from the Round of 16 against Pakhtakor (UZB). After leading 1–0 at halftime, they conceded two late goals that ended their hopes in qualifying to the quarter-final.[5]

• • AFC Champions League 2012:

• • • • The draw was held on 6 December 2011 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.[6]
      • Al Ettifaq were placed in the second round of the qualifying stages, playing against the winner of the two Iranian sides: Esteghlal Tehran FC and Zob Ahan Isfahan FC.
      • Al-Ettifaq lost the one-off game played on 18 February 2012 in Iran against Esteghlal Tehran FC and eventually went directly to the group stages of the 2012 AFC Cup.
• AFC Cup: 1 appearance

• • AFC Cup 2012:

• • • • After failing to qualify to the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League, Al-Ettifaq qualified automatically to the 2012 AFC Cup, and were drawn in Group C with Kuwait SC of Kuwait, Al Ahed of Lebanon, and VB Sports Club of the Maldives.
      • Al Ettifaq started the competition as favorites and a strong candidate to win the competition, winning 5–1 in their first group game against Kuwait SC in Kuwait. The second game was frustrating to the Saudis as they drew in their own stadium 0–0 with Al Ahed. They defeated the underdogs of the group VB Sports Club by 6–3 in the Maldives and 2–0 in the reverse fixture. Al Ettifaq sealed their promotion with a 2–2 draw against Kuwait SC before finishing the group with a 3–1 victory in Lebanon against Al Ahed.
      • Al Ettifaq finished off their season with a hard-fought 1–0 victory against Omani side Al-Suwaiq SC in the Round of 16 to progress to the quarter-finals of the tournament.

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Preceded by Al-Arabi	GCC Champions League Runner up: Al-Arabi 1983	Succeeded by Al-Ahli
Preceded by Kazma	GCC Champions League Runner up: Kazma 1988	Succeeded by Fanja SC
Preceded by Qadsia SC	GCC Champions League Runner up: Qadsia SC 2006	Succeeded by Al Jazira