Ettifaq FC
Al Ettifaq Football Club is a professional football club in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Al-Ettifaq was established after the merging of three clubs in the city of Dammam at the year 1944. Al Ettifaq is the first Saudi team to win an international title – the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup. Al Ettifaq is also the first team to win the Saudi Premier League without any defeat. Al Ettifaq is also the first side from Saudi Arabia to win the Gulf Champions Cup. Al Ettifaq have a total of 13 different titles to their name.
Honours
- Saudi Professional League : 2
- *Champions: 1982–83, 1986–87
- *Runner-up: 1987–88, 1991–92
- First Division : 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
Performance in AFC competitions
- Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance
- * Asian Club Championship 1989:
- AFC Champions League: 2 appearances
- *** 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, Sepahan Isfahan, and Al Shabab.
- *** Round of 16: Al Ettifaq were knocked from the Round of 16 against Pakhtakor. After leading 1–0 at halftime, they conceded two late goals that ended their hopes in qualifying to the quarter-final.
- *** The draw was held on 6 December 2011 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
- *** 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
- *** 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.
International Competitions
Overview
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 23 |
| AFC Cup | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 13 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 21 |
| GCC Champions League | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 30 |
| TOTAL | 82 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 136 | 87 |
Record By Country
Asian Record
Matches
Arab Record
Matches
Gulf Record
Matches
Current squad
As of 1 February 2020.| No | Position | Player | Nation |
Other players under contract
| No | Position | Player | Nation |
Out on loan
| No | Position | Player | Nation |
Managerial history
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 |
| July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008 |  Toni | 2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup |
| Jan 8, 2009 – June 8, 2009 |  Ioan Andone | Achieved club's best performance in the AFC Champions League |
| 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 | |
| Gheorghe Mulțescu | ||
| Reinhard Stumpf | ||
| Djamel Belkacem | 2015–16 Saudi First Division | |
| Eelco Schattorie | ||
| Juan Carlos Garrido | ||
| Miodrag Ješić | ||
| Saad Ali Al Shehri | ||
 Leonardo Ramos | ||
| Sergio Piernas | ||
| Hélder | ||
| Khaled Al-Atwi |