2021–22 Al-Ittihad Club season

Al-Ittihad
2021–22 season
President	Anmar Al-Hailiy
Manager	Fábio Carille (until 23 August)[1]; Cosmin Contra (from 29 August)[2];
Stadium	King Abdullah Sports City
SPL	10th
King Cup	Round of 16
Arab Club Champions Cup	Final
	All statistics correct as of 1 July 2021.

The 2021–22 season is Al-Ittihad's 46th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 94th year in existence as a football club. The club will participate in the Pro League, the King Cup, and the Arab Club Champions Cup. The club will not compete in the 2022 AFC Champions League after failing to obtain an AFC license.[3]

The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Players

Squad information

As of 1 September 2021[4][5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Rakan Al-Najjar
3	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Yami
4	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi
5	DF	KSA	Omar Hawsawi
6	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Samiri
8	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Muwallad
9	FW	FRA	Youssouf Niakaté
11	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi
12	GK	KSA	Mohammed Abo Asidah
13	DF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti
14	MF	KSA	Awad Al-Nashri
15	MF	KSA	Omar Al-Jadani
16	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hafith (on loan from Al-Wehda)
19	MF	BRA	Bruno Henrique


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	MAR	Karim El Ahmadi
21	DF	KSA	Abdulmohsen Fallatah
22	GK	KSA	Saleh Al-Ohaymid
23	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Oufi
24	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Aboud
26	DF	EGY	Ahmed Hegazi
27	DF	KSA	Hamdan Al-Shamrani
29	MF	KSA	Ahmed Bahusayn
32	DF	KSA	Hazim Al-Zahrani
34	GK	BRA	Marcelo Grohe
66	DF	KSA	Saud Abdulhamid
70	FW	KSA	Haroune Camara
77	MF	BRA	Igor Coronado
88	MF	KSA	Abdulellah Al-Malki
90	FW	BRA	Romarinho

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
28	MF	KSA	Essam Al-Muwallad (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2022)
55	MF	KSA	Saher Al-Suraihi (at Al-Kawkab until 30 June 2022)
98	MF	KSA	Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani (at Jeddah until 30 June 2022)
—	GK	KSA	Malek Tolah (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2022)
—	DF	KSA	Aseel Abed (at Melilla until 30 June 2022)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Rie (at Al-Ain until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi (at Al-Shoulla until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	KSA	Abdulelah Hawsawi (at Jeddah until 30 June 2022)
—	MF	KSA	Mohammed Sawaan (at Al-Kholood until 30 June 2022)
—	FW	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Aryani (at Al-Batin until 30 June 2022)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	DF	30	Awn Al-Saluli	Al-Nahda	End of loan
30 June 2021	DF	–	Tareq Abdullah	Damac	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	6	Khaled Al-Samiri	Al-Faisaly	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	28	Essam Al-Muwallad	Al-Hazem	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	55	Saher Al-Suraihi	Jeddah	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	98	Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani	Ohod	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	–	Younes Abdulwahed	Jeddah	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	–	Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi	Al-Fayha	End of loan
30 June 2021	MF	–	Ali Al-Rie	Jeddah	End of loan
30 June 2021	FW	–	Abdulaziz Al-Aryani	Damac	End of loan
1 July 2021	DF	26	Ahmed Hegazi	West Bromwich Albion	$590,000	[6]
7 July 2021	MF	77	Igor Coronado	Sharjah	$12,000,000	[7]
18 July 2021	GK	35	Osama Al-Mermesh	Al-Taawoun	Free	[8]
1 September 2021	GK	22	Saleh Al-Ohaymid	Al-Nassr	Free	[9]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
18 August 2021	End of season	DF	17	Abdullah Al-Hafith	Al-Wehda	Undisclosed	[10]
30 August 2021	End of season	FW	9	Youssouf Niakaté	Al-Wehda	Undisclosed	[11]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	DF	28	Hamad Al Mansour	Al-Nassr	End of loan
4 July 2021	DF	–	Tareq Abdullah	Al-Taawoun	Free	[12]
24 July 2021	GK	22	Fawaz Al-Qarni	Al-Shabab	$1,000,000	[13]
7 August 2021	MF	7	Abdulmajeed Al-Swat	Al-Faisaly	$533,000	[14]
9 August 2021	DF	30	Awn Al-Saluli	Al-Taawoun	Free	[15]
12 August 2021	MF	–	Ahmed Sindi	Afif	Free	[16]
18 September 2021	MF	10	Garry Rodrigues	Olympiacos	Free	[17]
15 October 2021	FW	9	Aleksandar Prijović	Western United	Free	[18]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
18 July 2021	End of season	MF	98	Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani	Jeddah	None	[19]
20 July 2021	End of season	DF	–	Aseel Abed	UD Melilla	None	[20]
22 July 2021	End of season	MF	–	Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi	Al-Shoulla	None	[21]
22 July 2021	End of season	FW	–	Abdulaziz Al-Aryani	Al-Batin	None	[22]
17 August 2021	End of season	MF	55	Saher Al-Suraihi	Al-Kawkab	None	[23]
1 September 2021	End of season	GK	22	Malek Tolah	Al-Kholood	None	[24]
1 September 2021	End of season	MF	15	Mohammed Sawaan	Al-Kholood	None	[24]
1 September 2021	End of season	MF	28	Essam Al-Muwallad	Al-Kholood	None	[24]
1 September 2021	End of season	MF	–	Abdulelah Hawsawi	Jeddah	None	[24]
6 September 2021	End of season	MF	–	Ali Al-Rie	Al-Ain	None	[25]

Pre-season

31 July 2021 Friendly	Al-Ittihad	9–0	Gersthofer SV	Austria
11:00 CEST	Camara 4', 26', 32', 54' Al-Bishi 21', 68' (pen.) Sawaan 37' Bahusayn 59' Al-Yami 88'	Report

31 July 2021 Friendly	Al-Ittihad	3–2	Grazer AK	Austria
15:30 CEST	Romarinho 61' Al-Muwallad 87', 90+2'	Report

4 August 2021 Friendly	Al-Ittihad	3–0	Varaždin	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria
17:30 CEST	Rodrigues 68' Romarinho 71' Coronado 78'	Report		Stadium: Thermenstadion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Pro League	12	8	2	2	23	8	+15	066.67
King Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Arab Club Champions Cup	1	0	1	0	4	4	+0	000.00
Total	13	8	3	2	27	12	+15	061.54

Updated to match played 27 November 2021
Source: Competitions

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ittihad	12	8	2	2	23	8	+15	26	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Shabab	13	7	4	2	23	11	+12	25	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Damac	13	7	4	2	20	15	+5	25	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Hilal	11	5	6	0	16	10	+6	21
5	Al-Fayha	13	5	4	4	13	11	+2	19

Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2021. Source: spl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).[26]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
12	8	2	2	23	8	+15	26	5	1	1	16	4	+12	3	1	1	7	4	+3

Last updated: 27 November 2021.
Source: spl.com.sa

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	W		W
Position	13	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2021. Source: spl.com.sa
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

11 August 2021 1	Al-Fayha	1–0	Al-Ittihad	Al Majma'ah
19:15	Owusu 21' Tachtsidis 35' Al-Safri 43' Stojković 89'	Report		Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 1,527 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

16 August 2021 2	Al-Ittihad	3–0	Al-Raed	Jeddah
20:50	Al-Muwallad 7' (pen.) Hegazi 15' Romarinho 42'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,199 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

27 August 2021 3	Al-Faisaly	1–2	Al-Ittihad	Al Majma'ah
19:00	Ismael 24', 41' Al-Qumayzi 53' Rossi 58' Silva 66' Qassem 68'	Report	Hegazi 3' Coronado 45+1' Al-Aboud 50' Al-Shamrani 66' Al-Bishi 90' Abdulhamid 90+3'	Stadium: Al Majma'ah Sports City Attendance: 1,764 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

11 September 2021 4	Al-Ittihad	6–1	Abha	Jeddah
20:35	Abdulhamid 14' Coronado 21' Romarinho 40', 80' Al-Shamrani 44' El Ahmadi 74' Al-Muwallad 89' Camara 90+1'	Report	Bguir 42'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

18 September 2021 5	Al-Nassr	1–3	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:30	Al-Amri 14' 88' S. Al-Ghanam 37'	Report	Al-Aboud 11' Al-Malki 48' Coronado 64' Grohe 69' Abdulhamid 72' Al-Shamrani 80' Henrique 89'	Stadium: Mrsool Park Attendance: 14,619 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

24 September 2021 6	Al-Ittihad	1–1	Al-Taawoun	Jeddah
20:25	Al-Shamrani 9' Romarinho 27' (pen.) Al-Malki 57'	Report	Balobaid 5' Santos 26', 74' Abousaban 31' Al-Bakr 37' Sandro 49' Al-Rashidi 90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 34,547 Referee: Sami Al-Jires

1 October 2021 7	Al-Ittihad	2–0	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
20:20	Al-Shamrani 12', 50' Abdulhamid 57' Hegazi 80' Henrique 83' Niakaté 90+1'	Report	Alioski 28' Bradarić 44' Al-Johani 90+1'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Attendance: 14,208 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

17 October 2021 8	Damac	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Abha
18:25	Zelaya 54' Majrashi 64' Augusto 83'	Report	Romarinho 23'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 14,790 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

22 October 2021 9	Al-Ittihad	0–2	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Shamrani 50' El Ahmadi 70' Romarinho 70' Al-Aboud 72' Abdulhamid 73'	Report	Ighalo 22', 68' Sharahili 39' Banega 48'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Attendance: 19,558 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

28 October 2021 10	Al-Hazem	0–1	Al-Ittihad	Ar Rass
18:05	Abdulelah S. 50' Rodrigues 71' Al-Obaid 84' Al-Harajin 90+4' Al-Dakheel 90+5'	Report	El Ahmadi 34' Al-Zahrani 42' Al-Malki 43' Al-Bishi 59' Romarinho 66'	Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Attendance: 3,260 Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri

4 November 2021 11	Al-Ittihad	3–0	Al-Fateh	Jeddah
19:45	Romarinho 35' (pen.), 70' Coronado 37' Al-Sahafi 77'	Report	Saâdane 26' 49' Kanabah 45+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 41,395 Referee: Ahmed Al-Rumaikhani

21 November 2021 12	Al-Hilal	v	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
19:40				Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

27 November 2021 13	Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Tai	Jeddah
19:40	Romarinho 27' Coronado 90+7'	Report	Al-Harabi 50' Al-Qahtani 85' Sayoud 90+1'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 49,206 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

26 December 2021 14	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
19:45				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

31 December 2021 15	Al-Batin	v	Al-Ittihad	Hafar Al-Batin
15:10				Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium

7 January 2022 16	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Fayha	Jeddah
19:55				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

14 January 2022 17	Al-Raed	v	Al-Ittihad	Buraidah
15:35				Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

21 January 2022 18	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
20:10				Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

King Cup

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

20 December 2021 Round of 16	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Ittihad	Al-Hasa
17:35				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

Arab Club Champions Cup

Final

21 August 2021 Final	Al-Ittihad	4–4 (3–4 p)	Raja Casablanca	Rabat, Morocco
21:00 WAT	Henrique 4' Romarinho 28' (pen.), 53', 64' (pen.) Abdulhamid 41' Hawsawi 49' El Ahmadi 66'	Report	Haddad 5', 85' Benhalib 13' Hafidi 18' Zniti 27' El Wardi 37', 55' Rahimi 50', 51'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)
	Penalties
	Henrique Romarinho Coronado Al-Muwallad Al-Malki		Rahimi Zrida Madkour Hafidi Arjoune

Statistics

Appearances

Last updated on 27 November 2021.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Pro League		King Cup		Champions League		Arab Club Champions Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	KSA	Rakan Al-Najjar	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	KSA	Mohammed Abo Asidah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	KSA	Saleh Al-Ohaymid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	GK	BRA	Marcelo Grohe	11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
4	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	KSA	Omar Hawsawi	6	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti	13	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Hafith	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	KSA	Abdulmohsen Fallatah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	EGY	Ahmed Hegazi	12	3	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	KSA	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	11	2	10	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	KSA	Hazim Al-Zahrani	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF	KSA	Saud Abdulhamid	9	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
6	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Samiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Muwallad	11	2	5+5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	MF	CPV	Garry Rodrigues	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi	11	1	7+3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	KSA	Awad Al-Nashri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	BRA	Bruno Henrique	13	2	3+9	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
20	MF	MAR	Karim El Ahmadi	13	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Aboud	12	1	10+1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	KSA	Ahmed Bahusayn	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	BRA	Igor Coronado	11	4	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
88	MF	KSA	Abdulellah Al-Malki	13	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
3	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	FRA	Youssouf Niakaté	7	0	1+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	FW	KSA	Haroune Camara	7	1	0+7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	FW	BRA	Romarinho	13	11	12	8	0	0	0	0	1	3

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	90	FW	Romarinho	8	3	11
2	77	MF	Igor Coronado	4	0	4
3	26	DF	Ahmed Hegazi	3	0	3
4	8	MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	2	0	2
	19	MF	Bruno Henrique	1	1	2
	27	DF	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	2	0	2
7	11	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi	1	0	1
	24	MF	Abdulrahman Al-Aboud	1	0	1
	70	FW	Haroune Camara	1	0	1
Own goal				0	0	0
Total				23	4	27

Last Updated: 27 November 2021

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	Pro League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	77	MF	Igor Coronado	8	1	9
2	24	MF	Abdulrahman Al-Aboud	2	0	2
3	3	FW	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	1	0	1
	8	MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	1	0	1
	9	FW	Youssouf Niakaté	1	0	1
	10	MF	Garry Rodrigues	1	0	1
	19	MF	Bruno Henrique	1	0	1
	27	DF	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	1	0	1
	66	DF	Saud Abdulhamid	0	1	1
	88	MF	Abdulellah Al-Malki	1	0	1
	90	FW	Romarinho	1	0	1
Total				18	2	20

Last Updated: 27 November 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Pro League	King Cup	Champions League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	34	GK		Marcelo Grohe	5	0	0	0	5
Total					5	0	0	0	5

Last Updated: 27 November 2021

References

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[1] "الاتحاد يقيل مدربه البرازيلي كاريلي".

[2] "الروماني كوزمين كونترا يتولى تدريب اتحاد جدة".

[3] "رسمياً.. عدم منح الاتحاد والنصر الرخصة الآسيوية".

[4] "الاتحاد - Al Ittihad".

[5] "الفريق الاول لكرة القدم". 2 October 2018.

[6] "الاتحاد السعودي يفعّل بند شراء حجازي".

[7] "كورنادو اتحاديا بـ 20 مليونا".

[8] "لاتحاد يتعاقد مع حارس المنتخب السعودي للشباب".

[9] "صالح الوحيمد.. حامياً لعرين «العميد» لـ3 مواسم".

[10] "الحافظ يعزز دفاع الاتحاد".

[11] "الاتحاد يعلن التعاقد رسمياً مع يوسف نياكاتي".

[12] "التعاون يعلن التعاقد مع طارق عبدالله لمدة 3 مواسم".

[13] "فواز القرني حارساً لمرمى الشباب".

[14] "السواط يمثل الفيصلي 3 أعوام".

[15] "عون البيشي يدعم دفاع التعاون".

[16] "مرحباً بك "أحمد سندي "".

[17] "Ολυμπιακός: Ανακοίνωσε τον Γκάρι Ροντρίγκες!". www.gazzetta.gr. 18 September 2021.

[18] "Western United sign Serbian striker Aleksandar Prijovic". www.a-league.com.au. 15 October 2021.

[19] "#جدة نجح في استعارة خدمات لاعب نادي #الاتحاد عبدالمجيد الزهراني".

[20] "El central saudí Abed llega cedido por una campaña".

[21] "عبدالعزيز الضويحي ، شعلاوي".

[22] "الباطن يستعير العرياني من الاتحاد".

[23] "النمر الشرس ساهر السريحي بالإعارة من عميد الأندية السعودية".

[1_Sep-24] "هكذا تمت #صيفية_العميد".

[25] "ادارة #الاتحاد توافق على إعارة اللاعب على الراعي لنادي العين".

[regulations-26] "اللائحة التنظيمية لكأس دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للمحترفين" [Regulations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman Professional League Cup] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2019.