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2018–19 Al-Ittihad Club season

The 2018–19 season was Al-Ittihad's 43rd consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 92nd year in existence as a football club.[4] Along with the Pro League, the club competed in the King Cup, the Sheikh Zayed Cup, and the Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Al-Ittihad
2018–19 season
PresidentNawaf Al-Mugairen
(until 26 November 2018)
Loay Nazer
(from 27 November 2018)
Manager
StadiumKing Abdullah Sports City
SPL10th
Super CupRunners-up
(knocked out by Al-Hilal)
King CupRunners-up
(knocked out by Al-Taawoun)
Champions LeagueRound of 16
Sheikh Zayed CupRound of 32
(knocked out by Al-Wasl)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Fahad Al-Muwallad (11)
All:
Romarinho (18)
Highest home attendance52,210 vs Al-Hilal
(21 February 2019)
Lowest home attendance15,905 vs Al-Hazem
(2 December 2018)
Average home league attendance33,482

Players edit

Squad information edit

As of 7 January 2019[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
1 GK   KSA Rakan Al-Najjar
2 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Ammar
3 DF   KSA Tareq Abdullah
5 DF   AUS Matthew Jurman
6 MF   KSA Khaled Al-Sumairi
7 MF   KSA Jaber Mustafa
8 MF   KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad
9 FW   BRA Romarinho
10 MF   CHI Carlos Villanueva
12 GK   KSA Assaf Al-Qarni
13 DF   KSA Ahmed Assiri
14 DF   KSA Ziyad Al-Sahafi
15 MF   KSA Jamal Bajandouh
17 DF   MAR Manuel da Costa
20 MF   MAR Karim El Ahmadi
21 DF   KSA Mohammed Reeman
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   KSA Fawaz Al-Qarni
23 MF   CPV Garry Rodrigues
24 DF   KSA Ammar Al-Daheem
26 FW   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Aryani
27 MF   BRA Jonas
28 MF   KSA Essam Al-Muwallad
30 DF   KSA Awn Al-Saluli
31 DF   KSA Mansour Al-Harbi
33 MF   KSA Omar Al Jadaani
34 GK   BRA Marcelo Grohe
35 MF   CIV Sékou Sanogo
44 GK   KSA Amin Bukhari
45 FW   SRB Aleksandar Pešić
49 FW   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi
66 DF   KSA Saud Abdulhamid
99 FW   SRB Aleksandar Prijović

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos. Name Previous club Fee Source
8 June 2018 MF   Jaber Mustafa   Al-Shabab Undisclosed [7]
9 June 2018 DF   Abdullah Al-Shammari   Al-Taawoun Undisclosed [8]
9 June 2018 DF   Hassan Muath   Al-Fayha Free [9]
8 July 2018 DF   Matthew Jurman   Suwon Samsung Bluewings €1,000,000 [10]
9 July 2018 MF   Jonas   Flamengo €2,000,000 [11]
10 July 2018 MF   Karim El Ahmadi   Feyenoord Free [12]
11 July 2018 FW   Aleksandar Pešić   Red Star Belgrade €4,200,000 [13]
17 July 2018 DF   Thiago Carleto   Athletico Paranaense €2,300,000 [14]
26 July 2018 DF   Mansoor Al-Harbi   Al-Ahli Undisclosed [15]
9 August 2018 FW   Romarinho   Al Jazira €7,000,000 [16]
30 October 2018 MF   Hussain Al Hajoj   Al-Ansar Undisclosed [17]
12 November 2018 MF   Abdulaziz Al-Duwaihi   Al-Najma Undisclosed [18]
21 November 2018 DF   Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti   Ohod Undisclosed [19]
21 December 2018 MF   Sékou Sanogo   Young Boys €7,000,000 [20]
2 January 2019 GK   Marcelo Grohe   Grêmio €2,650,000 [21]
3 January 2019 DF   Abdullah Al-Ammar   Al-Fateh Undisclosed [22]
5 January 2019 DF   Manuel da Costa   Başakşehir €4,500,000 [23]
6 January 2019 MF   Garry Rodrigues   Galatasaray €7,000,000 [24]
10 January 2019 FW   Aleksandar Prijović   PAOK €10,000,000 [25]
24 January 2019 MF   Abdulaziz Al-Bishi   Al-Faisaly €3,000,000 [26]
19 February 2019 FW   Nasser Al-Shamrani   Al-Shabab Free [27]

Loans in edit

Date Pos. Name Parent club End date Source
8 June 2018 MF   Valdívia   Internacional 31 December 2018 [28]
26 July 2018 MF   Ali Al-Zaqaan   Al-Fateh 3 January 2019 [29]
22 January 2019 DF   Yassin Barnawi   Al-Qadsiah End of season [30]

Out edit

Date Pos. Name New club Fee Source
4 June 2018 DF   Turki Al Jalvan Released [31]
4 June 2018 DF   Faisel Al-Kharaa Released [31]
4 June 2018 MF   Fahad Al Ansari   Al-Qadsia End of loan [31]
4 June 2018 MF   Ahmed Al-Aoufi Released [31]
4 June 2018 MF   Turki Al-Khodair Released [31]
4 June 2018 MF   Kahraba   Zamalek End of loan [31]
6 June 2018 DF   Yassin Hamzah   Al-Fateh Free [32]
10 June 2018 MF   Rabee Sufyani   Al-Taawoun Free [33]
11 July 2018 MF   Yahya Khormi   Al-Taawoun Free [34]
22 July 2018 DF   Adnan Fallatah   Al-Qadsiah Free [35]
23 July 2018 GK   Mohammed Al-Zahrani   Al-Jabalain Free [36]
27 July 2018 DF   Majed Al-Khaibari   Al-Shoulla Free [37]
28 July 2018 MF   Ibrahim Al-Shehri   Al-Ain Free
29 July 2018 GK   Ali Al-Ameri   Al-Kawkab Free [38]
29 July 2018 GK   Hani Al-Nahedh   Al-Qaisumah Free [39]
30 July 2018 MF   Omar Asem   Najran Free [40]
9 August 2018 DF   Awadh Khrees   Al-Faisaly Free [41]
14 August 2018 MF   Ahmed Al-Nadhri   Al-Fateh Free [42]
25 August 2018 MF   Ahmed Belkhair   Al-Ain Free [43]
6 September 2018 FW   Ahmed Akaïchi   Étoile du Sahel Free [44]
26 December 2018 DF   Abdullah Al-Shammari   Al-Wehda Free [45]
27 December 2018 DF   Thiago Carleto Released Free [46]
20 January 2019 DF   Bader Al-Nakhli   Al-Batin Free [47]
24 January 2019 DF   Hassan Muath   Al-Shabab Free [48]
4 February 2019 DF   Hussein Halawani   Al-Tai Free [49]

Loans out edit

Date Pos. Name Subsequent club End date Source
6 July 2018 FW   Turki Al Jadaani   Al-Ain End of season
15 July 2018 DF   Hussein Halawani   Al-Orobah 4 February 2019
15 August 2018 FW   Maan Al-Hudifi   Al-Ansar End of season [50]
23 August 2018 DF   Abdulrahman Al-Rio   Al-Hazem End of season [51]
18 January 2019 MF   Ammar Al-Najjar   Al-Fateh End of season [52]
23 January 2019 DF   Omar Al-Muziel   Al-Fayha End of season [53]
23 January 2019 DF   Mohammed Qassem   Al-Fayha End of season [54]
4 February 2019 MF   Hussain Al Hajoj   Al-Fayha End of season [55]
8 February 2019 FW   Aleksandar Pešić   FC Seoul 30 June 2020 [56]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

24 July 2018 Friendly Al-Ittihad   1–1   Krka Austria
17:00 CEST Al-Muwallad   31' Report   58'
27 July 2018 Friendly Al-Ittihad   3–1   Al Wahda Kaprun, Austria
16:00 CEST Carleto   4'
Valdívia   81'
Akaïchi   87'		 Batna   36' Stadium: Stadio Alois Latini
1 August 2018 Friendly Al-Ittihad   3–1   Fujairah Kaprun, Austria
18:00 CEST Assiri   31'
Al-Muwallad   36'
Valdívia   60'		 Benyettou   7' Stadium: Stadio Alois Latini
1 August 2018 Friendly Al-Ittihad   1–1   Al Dhafra Austria
18:00 CEST Carleto   43'   12'

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Professional League 30 9 7 14 44 45 −1 030.00 — — 31 August 2018 16 May 2019
Super Cup 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00 Final 18 August 2018
King Cup 6 5 0 1 17 9 +8 083.33 Round of 64 Runners-up 4 January 2019 2 May 2019
Sheikh Zayed Cup 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0 000.00 Round of 32 23 August 2018 30 September 2018
Champions League 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 050.00 Group Stage In Progress 4 March 2019 In Progress
Total 45 17 11 17 76 66 +10 037.78

Updated to match played 21 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Super Cup edit

Main article: 2018 Saudi Super Cup

As champions of the 2018 King Cup, Al-Ittihad took on the 2017–18 Pro League winners, Al-Hilal, for the season-opening Saudi Super Cup.

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) Final Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad London, United Kingdom
19:30 BST Carlos Eduardo   35'
Botía   44'
Rivas   62'		 Report Jonas   44'
El Ahmadi   67',   90+2'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,300
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Pro League edit

Main article: 2018–19 Saudi Professional League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Al-Raed 30 10 8 12 38 48 −10 38
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
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) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).[57]

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 9 7 14 44 45  −1 34 4 5 6 23 22  +1 5 2 8 21 23  −2

Last updated: 16 May 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHA
ResultLLLDLDLLLLDLWLLWDWDDLDWWLWWWWL
Position151615161616161616161616151515151515151515151413131312111010
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

31 August 2018 1 Al-Shabab 1–0 Al-Ittihad Riyadh
18:55 Al-Shamrani   79' Report Al-Zaqaan   87' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 9,885
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
15 September 2018 2 Al-Ittihad 0–3 Al-Qadsiah Jeddah
20:45 Romarinho   24'
Al-Daheem   52'		 Report Élton   4'
Al-Amri   13'
Barnawi   51'
Jorginho   53',   64'
Guy   55'
Bismark   81'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 23,916
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
20 September 2018 3 Al-Taawoun 5–3 Al-Ittihad Buraidah
18:45 Al-Hussain   18', 65',   73'
Héldon   43'
Tawamba   75'
Al-Mousa   87'
Al-Absi   90+1'
Adam   90+5'		 Report Al-Muwallad   23', 37'
Assiri   50'
Al-Muziel   71'
Al-Aryani   84'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 6,246
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
26 September 2018 4 Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al-Wehda Jeddah
20:35 Al-Sumairi   45'
Al-Aryani   53'
Villanueva   58'
Bajandouh   76'
Jurman   90'		 Report Anselmo   32'
Çolak   34'
Renato Chaves   60'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 35,504
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
4 October 2018 5 Al-Fateh 2–0 Al-Ittihad Al-Hasa
18:05 Naâmani   24'
Oueslati   26'
Al-Fuhaid   34'
Al-Majhad   89'
Al-Nadhri   90+1'
Al-Ammar   90+8'
Hamzi   90+9'		 Report Jurman   53'
Al-Sahafi   63'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 6,323
Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)
19 October 2018 6 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Ohod Jeddah
20:00 Jonas   23'
Valdívia   72'		 Report Ohene   45+1'   53'
Ribamar   68'
Mohamad   75'
Besisi   81'
Abdulghani   85'
Aashor   90+7'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 33,857
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
25 October 2018 7 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad Riyadh
20:30 Kanno   8' (pen.)
Al-Bulaihi   47'
Gomis   74'
Botía   81'
Yasser Al-Shahrani   86'
Carlos Eduardo   90+5' (pen.)		 Report Pešić   19'
Al-Muziel   26'
Jurman   77'
Carleto   85'
Assiri   90+4'		 Stadium: King Saud University Stadium
Attendance: 20,562
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
1 November 2018 8 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Raed Jeddah
19:50 Al-Sumairi   59'
Assiri   77'
Al-Muwallad   90+8'		 Report Belkaroui   45'
Farhan   48'
Al-Shamekh   78'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 20,250
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Portugal)
10 November 2018 9 Al-Fayha 2–1 Al-Ittihad Al-Majma'ah
17:50 Asprilla   16'
Tziolis   53',   59'
Bonilla   82'		 Report Muath   21'
Romarinho   23'
Jonas   69'
El Ahmadi   90+6'		 Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 2,156
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
25 November 2018 10 Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Ahli Jeddah
19:45 Al-Muwallad   7'
Al-Saloli   20'
Al-Muziel   79'
El Ahmadi   89'		 Report Al Somah   21'
Asiri   49',   62'
Díaz   59'
Said   76'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 46,527
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
2 December 2018 11 Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al-Hazem Jeddah
18:15 Villanueva   31'
Romarinho   59'
Pešić   88'
Al-Harbi   90+1'		 Report Al-Ayyaf   3'
Al-Saiari   51'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 15,905
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
6 December 2018 12 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Faisaly Jeddah
19:40 El Ahmadi   47'
Muath   63'
Al-Daheem   90+1'
Al-Muwallad   90+5'		 Report Calderón   11',   88'
Rossi   29',   54'
Al-Shamrani   89'
Al-Qahtani   90+2'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 23,379
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
14 December 2018 13 Al-Batin 1–3 Al-Ittihad Hafar al-Batin
17:45 Al-Johani   68'
Al-Ghamdi   90+3'		 Report Al-Ghamdi   5',   34'
Al-Daheem   30'
Al-Sumairi   43'
Romarinho   53'
Al-Muwallad   72'		 Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Alan Kelly (Republic of Ireland)
21 December 2018 14 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Nassr Jeddah
18:25 Al-Muwallad   28',   49'
Qassem   90+1'		 Report Hamdallah   21' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Uvini   36'
Al-Jebreen   79'
Amrabat   90+8'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 50,376
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
29 December 2018 15 Al-Ettifaq 1–0 Al-Ittihad Dammam
17:35 Hazazi   24'
Al-Kwikbi   26'
El Sayed   64'
Al-Sonain   77'		 Report Al-Jadaani   80'   90'
Al-Daheem   86'		 Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 12,817
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)
10 January 2019 16 Al-Qadsiah 0–1 Al-Ittihad Khobar
19:50 Fatau   42'
Sharahili   70'
Jorge Silva   78'		 Report Romarinho   56'
Jonas   90+3'		 Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 6,856
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)
29 January 2019 17 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Shabab Jeddah
20:20 Sanogo   32'
Abdulhamid   56'		 Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 46,575
Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)
4 February 2019 18 Al-Wehda 0–2 Al-Ittihad Mecca
20:15 Bakshween   83'
Marcos Guilherme   86'
Al-Amri   90+5'		 Report da Costa   22'
Al-Muwallad   56' (pen.)		 Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 15,708
Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)
9 February 2019 19 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Taawoun Jeddah
20:15 Abdulhamid   32'
Al-Sahafi   79'
Al-Muwallad   90+1'		 Report Al-Absi   9'
Al-Zubaidi   40'
Sandro Manoel   66'
Al-Mufarrej   71'
Sufyani   90+2'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 30,785
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
15 February 2019 20 Al-Raed 1–1 Al-Ittihad Buraidah
20:20 Al-Meqren   7' Report Sanogo   56'
Al-Sahafi   88'
Al-Ghamdi   90+1'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 7,449
Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)
21 February 2019 21 Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Hilal Jeddah
20:25 El Ahmadi   70'
Al-Bishi   75'		 Report Gomis   67'
Al-Dawsari   82'
Degenek   90+4'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 52,210
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
1 March 2019 22 Al-Ahli 1–1 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
20:30 Baeza   73'
Al Somah   78'		 Report Al-Muwallad   3'
El Ahmadi   21'
Romarinho   70'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 42,880
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
8 March 2019 23 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Fayha Jeddah
20:30 Prijović   62' (pen.), 90' Report Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 32,162
Referee: Jorge Sousa (Portugal)
16 March 2019 24 Al-Hazem 0–3 Al-Ittihad Ar Rass
16:00 Bakhit   53'
Tsiskaridze   62'		 Report Villanueva   31'
Bajandouh   48'
Al-Muwallad   64',   90+4'
da Costa   68'
El Ahmadi   76'		 Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium
Attendance: 2,292
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
29 March 2019 25 Al-Faisaly 3–2 Al-Ittihad Al Majma'ah
18:55 Igor Rossi   22'
Mendash   42'
Al-Shamrani   69'
Luisinho   90+1'		 Report da Costa   20'
Rodrigues   31'
El Ahmadi   33'		 Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 862
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
5 April 2019 26 Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Batin Jeddah
20:45 Al-Muwallad   8',   23' (pen.)
Bajandouh   30'
Abdulhamid   44'
Romarinho   59'
da Costa   62'
Sanogo   90+3'		 Report Ounalli   29'
Crysan   61'
Baraka   82'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 23,897
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
13 April 2019 27 Al-Nassr 2–3 Al-Ittihad Riyadh
18:50 Uvini   55'
Hamdallah   69', 74' (pen.)		 Report Sanogo   27'
Prijović   32', 43'
Al-Muwallad   51',   88'
Romarinho   61'
Jonas   68'
El Ahmadi   73'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 30,014
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
18 April 2019 28 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Ettifaq Jeddah
20:45 Al-Bishi   31', 38' Report Kiss   64'
Salem   65'   88'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 26,840
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
11 May 2019 29 Al-Ittihad 6–2 Al-Fateh Jeddah
22:30 Prijović   16', 66', 70'
Villanueva   18' (44)
Romarinho   22'		 Report Korzun   5'
Jovanović   8', 63'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 40,047
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)
16 May 2019 30 Ohod 1–0 Al-Ittihad Medina
22:30 Majrashi   9'
Al-Dhaw   78'
Mohamad   82'		 Report Sanogo   61'
Reeman   67'		 Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

King Cup edit

Main article: 2019 King Cup

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

4 January 2019 Round of 64 Al-Jubail 1–3 (a.e.t.) Al-Ittihad Dammam
19:50 Adams   74' (pen.),   102'
Al-Aboud   87'		 Report Romarinho   45', 108'
Al-Sumairi   56'
Assiri   104'		 Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
16 January 2019 Round of 32 Al-Washm 1–2 Al-Ittihad Shaqra
15:30 Saïed   10'
Al-Dawsari   14'		 Report Romarinho   45+2'
Muath   50'
Rodrigues   55'   56'
Mustafa   90+5'		 Stadium: Al-Washm Club Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Dhafer
21 January 2019 Round of 16 Al-Taqadom 0–3 Al-Ittihad Buraidah
18:20 Al-Johaim   79' Report Al-Ammar   2'
Romarinho   35', 42'
Al-Daheem   75'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Referee: Khaled Al-Teris
1 April 2019 Quarter-finals Al-Ittihad 4–3 Al-Batin Jeddah
20:35 Al-Sumairi   36'
Prijović   44' (pen.), 58'
Sanogo   52'
Al-Harbi   69'
Romarinho   72'
Villanueva   82'		 Report Al-Shammari   11'
Crysan   38'
Kanabah   74'
Jhonnattann   75',   82'
Al-Ghamdi   89'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 15,214
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
27 April 2019 Semi-finals Al-Ittihad 4–2 Al-Nassr Jeddah
19:25 El Ahmadi   34'
Prijović   44'
da Costa   45+2'
Al-Muwallad   60',   71'
Assiri   91'
Romarinho   96', 106'		 Report Petros   43'
Hamdallah   66', 89' (pen.),   115'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 43,375
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
2 May 2019 Final Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Taawoun Riyadh
20:45 Prijović   32'
El Ahmadi   71'		 Report Al-Absi   55'
Al-Mousa   60'
Petrolina   61'
Sandro Manoel   76'
Tawamba   90'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 58,223
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina)

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2019 AFC Champions League group stage

The group stage draw was made on 22 November 2018 in Kuala Lumpur. Al-Ittihad were drawn with Al-Wahda, Lokomotiv Tashkent, and Al-Rayyan.[58]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WAH ITH LOK RAY
1   Al-Wahda 6 4 1 1 14 9 +5 13 Advance to knockout stage — 4–1 3–1 4–3
2   Al-Ittihad 6 3 2 1 13 9 +4 11 1–1 — 3–2 5–1
3   Lokomotiv Tashkent 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 2–0 1–1 — 3–2
4   Al-Rayyan 6 1 0 5 9 17 −8 3 1–2 0–2 2–1 —
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
4 March 2019 (2019-03-04) 1 Al-Ittihad   5–1   Al-Rayyan Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:35 UTC+3 Al-Muwallad   45', 78'
Al-Aryani   45+1'
Al-Sahafi   48'
Al-Ghamdi   70' (pen.)		 Live Report
Stats Report		 Viera   23' Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 54
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Note: The Al-Ittihad v Al-Rayyan match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by the AFC.[59]
11 March 2019 (2019-03-11) 2 Al-Wahda   4–1   Al-Ittihad Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UTC+4 Barqesh   16'
Leonardo   52', 90+1'
Matar   80'
Al Ghaferi   85'
Ibrahim   90+4'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 Abdulhamid   1'
Al-Qarni   43'
Jurman   44'
Al-Shamrani   56'
Assiri   68'		 Stadium: Al-Nahyan Stadium
Attendance: 2,779
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 3 Al-Ittihad   3–2   Lokomotiv Tashkent Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:45 UTC+3 Al-Shamrani   48' (pen.)
Al-Muwallad   50', 90+4' (pen.)		 Live Report
Stats Report		 Zoteev   47'
Iskanderov   70'
Rajevac   82'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)
Note: The Al-Ittihad v Lokomotiv Tashkent match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by the AFC.[60]
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 4 Lokomotiv Tashkent   1–1   Al-Ittihad Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+5 Abdukholiqov   36'
Đokić   55'
Tukhtakhodjaev   75'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 Romarinho   12'
Al-Muwallad   45+2'
Sanogo   83'		 Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium
Attendance: 4,267
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
7 May 2019 (2019-05-07) 5 Al-Rayyan   0–2   Al-Ittihad Doha, Qatar
21:30 UTC+3 Live Report
Stats Report		 Al-Shamrani   62'
Romarinho   67'		 Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
21 May 2019 (2019-05-21) 6 Al-Ittihad   1–1   Al-Wahda Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3 Romarinho   68'
Al-Shamrani   75'		 Live Report
Stats Report		 Al-Menhali   71'
Al Ghaferi   73'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 30,166
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Sheikh Zayed Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

Round of 32 edit

24 August 2018 First leg Al-Ittihad   1–1   Al-Wasl Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
21:00 AST El Ahmadi   31',   42'
Qassem   55'   73'		 Report Vinícius Lima   12'
Salmeen   84'		 Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City
Attendance: 34,240
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
30 September 2018 Second leg Al-Wasl   0–0
(1a–1 agg.)		   Al-Ittihad Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 GST Report Stadium: Zabeel Stadium
Attendance: 5,780
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Last updated on 21 May 2019.
No. Pos Nat Player Total Pro League King Cup Sheikh Zayed Cup Champions League Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   KSA Rakan Al-Najjar 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK   KSA Assaf Al-Qarni 11 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
22 GK   KSA Fawaz Al-Qarni 33 0 22 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
28 GK   KSA Amin Bukhari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Ammar 11 1 3+2 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0
3 DF   KSA Tareq Abdullah 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF   KSA Yassin Barnawi 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0
5 DF   AUS Matthew Jurman 18 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5+1 0 1 0
13 DF   KSA Ahmed Assiri 29 1 18 0 4 1 1 0 5 0 1 0
14 DF   KSA Ziyad Al-Sahafi 23 1 14+2 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0
17 DF   MAR Manuel da Costa 16 4 11 4 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   KSA Mohammed Reeman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   KSA Ammar Al-Daheem 8 0 5 0 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF   KSA Awn Al-Saluli 6 0 4+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   KSA Mansour Al-Harbi 31 2 22+2 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
66 DF   KSA Saud Abdulhamid 22 0 13+2 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Midfielders
6 MF   KSA Khaled Al-Sumairi 23 0 6+8 0 1+1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0
7 MF   KSA Jaber Mustafa 9 1 1+4 0 1+3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad 30 16 20+1 11 3 1 0 0 3+2 4 1 0
10 MF   CHI Carlos Villanueva 43 4 25+3 4 5+1 0 2 0 3+3 0 1 0
15 MF   KSA Jamal Bajandouh 28 0 15+4 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 3+1 0 0 0
20 MF   MAR Karim El Ahmadi 32 2 24 0 4+1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1
23 MF   CPV Garry Rodrigues 11 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF   BRA Jonas 24 0 13+6 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
28 MF   KSA Essam Al-Muwallad 4 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1+2 0 0 0
33 MF   KSA Omar Al Jadaani 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF   CIV Sékou Sanogo 21 1 7+4 1 5 0 0 0 4+1 0 0 0
77 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Bishi 15 2 5+5 2 0+1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   BRA Romarinho 41 18 24+3 7 4+2 8 1 0 4+2 3 1 0
25 FW   KSA Nasser Al-Shamrani 7 3 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0
26 FW   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Aryani 13 3 1+7 2 1+1 0 0+1 0 1+1 1 0 0
49 FW   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi 24 3 8+10 2 1 0 2 0 2+1 1 0 0
99 FW   SRB Aleksandar Prijović 15 11 9+2 7 3+1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players sent out on loan this season
16 DF   KSA Mohammed Qassem 3 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF   KSA Omar Al-Muziel 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 MF   KSA Ammar Al-Najjar 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 FW   SRB Aleksandar Pešić 14 1 8+3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club
11 DF   KSA Hassan Muath 11 0 4+1 0 2+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
25 MF   KSA Ali Al-Zaqaan 6 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
29 MF   BRA Valdívia 8 1 3+4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
36 DF   BRA Thiago Carleto 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goalscorers edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League King Cup Sheikh Zayed Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 9 FW   Romarinho 7 8 0 3 0 18
2 8 MF   Fahad Al-Muwallad 11 1 0 4 0 16
3 99 FW   Aleksandar Prijović 7 4 0 0 0 11
4 10 MF   Carlos Villanueva 4 0 0 0 0 4
17 DF   Manuel da Costa 4 0 0 0 0 4
6 25 FW   Nasser Al-Shamrani 0 0 0 3 0 3
26 FW   Abdulaziz Al-Aryani 2 0 0 1 0 3
49 FW   Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi 2 0 0 1 0 3
9 20 MF   Karim El Ahmadi 0 0 1 0 1 2
31 DF   Mansour Al-Harbi 1 1 0 0 0 2
77 MF   Abdulaziz Al-Bishi 2 0 0 0 0 2
12 2 DF   Abdullah Al-Ammar 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 MF   Jaber Mustafa 0 1 0 0 0 1
13 DF   Ahmed Assiri 0 1 0 0 0 1
14 DF   Ziyad Al-Sahafi 0 0 0 1 0 1
23 MF   Garry Rodrigues 1 0 0 0 0 1
29 MF   Valdívia 1 0 0 0 0 1
35 MF   Sékou Sanogo 1 0 0 0 0 1
45 FW   Aleksandar Pešić 1 0 0 0 0 1
Own goal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 44 17 1 13 1 76

Last Updated: 21 May 2019

Assists edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League King Cup Sheikh Zayed Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 10 MF   Carlos Villanueva 4 5 0 1 1 11
2 8 MF   Fahad Al-Muwallad 7 0 0 3 0 10
3 49 FW   Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi 4 0 0 0 0 4
4 6 MF   Khaled Al-Sumairi 1 0 0 2 0 3
9 FW   Romarinho 3 0 0 0 0 3
23 MF   Garry Rodrigues 2 1 0 0 0 3
35 MF   Sékou Sanogo 1 2 0 0 0 3
8 7 MF   Jaber Mustafa 0 2 0 0 0 2
27 MF   Jonas 2 0 0 0 0 2
31 DF   Mansour Al-Harbi 0 1 0 1 0 2
77 MF   Abdulaziz Al-Bishi 2 0 0 0 0 2
99 FW   Aleksandar Prijović 1 1 0 0 0 2
13 3 DF   Tareq Abdullah 1 0 0 0 0 1
11 DF   Hassan Muath 1 0 0 0 0 1
14 DF   Ziyad Al-Sahafi 0 1 0 0 0 1
15 MF   Jamal Bajandouh 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 DF   Manuel da Costa 0 1 0 0 0 1
20 MF   Karim El Ahmadi 1 0 0 0 0 1
26 FW   Abdulaziz Al-Aryani 0 0 0 1 0 1
32 DF   Omar Al-Muziel 1 0 0 0 0 1
45 FW   Aleksandar Pešić 1 0 0 0 0 1
66 DF   Saud Abdulhamid 1 0 0 0 0 1
Total 34 14 0 8 1 57

Last Updated: 21 May 2019

Clean sheets edit

Rank No. Pos Nat Name Pro League King Cup Sheikh Zayed Cup Champions League Super Cup Total
1 22 GK   Fawaz Al-Qarni 7 1 0 1 0 9
2 12 GK   Assaf Al-Qarni 0 0 1 0 0 1
Total 7 1 1 1 0 10

Last Updated: 7 May 2019

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