2016–17 Ettifaq FC season

Al-Ettifaq

2016–17 season

President

Khalid Al Dabal

Manager

Djamel Belkacem

Stadium

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

2nd

Round of 32

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 2015–16

2017–18 →

All statistics correct as of 30 September 2016.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Ettifaq Football Club's 72nd season in existence and first season back in Pro League after being relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season. Al-Ettifaq is also competing in the Crown Prince Cup and King Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 30 September 2016^[1]^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Osama Al-Hamdan
28	GK	Ahmed Al-Kassar
30	GK	Abdullah Al-Saleh
2	DF	Omar Al-Sonain
3	DF	Aminou Bouba
4	DF	Mohamed Koffi (on loan from El Zamalek)
5	DF	Mortadha Al-Breh
12	DF	Salman Hazazi
13	DF	Hassan Kadesh (Captain)
16	DF	Hamed Al-Sherif (on loan from Al-Ahli)
24	DF	Jamaan Al-Dossari
6	MF	Yahya Otain
7	MF	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi
8	MF	Mohamed Kanno
14	MF	Lutfi Al-Rashedi
15	MF	Nasser Al-Abdeli

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Boubacar Fofana
18	MF	Abdulaziz Al-Nashi
20	MF	Jaber Al-Ziyadi
23	MF	Hassan Al-Habib
25	MF	Saleh Al-Amri (on loan from Al-Ahli)
26	MF	Ali Al-Zaqaan
27	MF	Ahmed Al-Shehri
9	FW	Hazaa Al-Hazaa
10	FW	Leo Alves
11	FW	Mohammed Al-Saiari
19	FW	Marei Al-Moqaadi
21	FW	Turki Sufyani
--	FW	Yousef Al-Salem

Pre-season and friendlies

		v

		v

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	Round 1	—		14 August 2016	—
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	—	Round of 32	27 August 2016	27 August 2016
King Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32		—	—

Last Updated: 4 September 2016

Pro League

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Professional League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Al-Shabab	8	5	2	1	11	6	+5	17
5	Al-Ahli	8	5	1	2	18	7	+11	16
6	Al-Ettifaq	8	4	1	3	10	11	−1	13
7	Al-Raed	8	4	0	4	13	15	−2	12
8	Al-Wehda	8	3	0	5	16	21	−5	9

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2016. Source: slstat.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).^[3]

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
4	3	0	1	6	6	0	9	2	0	1	4	5	−1	1	0	0	2	1	+1

Last updated: 21 September 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	W
Position	13	6	2	2

Last updated: 21 September 2016.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

14 August 2016 1	Al-Ettifaq	1–4	Al-Ahli	Dammam
20:45	Otain 16' Kanno 67', 71' Hazazi 80' Al-Dossari 83'	Report	Al-Somah 45+1', 81' (pen.) Bassas 63' Al-Jassim 85'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,350 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

20 August 2016 2	Al-Ettifaq	1–0	Al-Nassr	Dammam
21:05	Leo 23' Fofana 35' Otain 41' Al-Zaqaan 79'	Report	Hawsawi 52'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 7,450 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

16 September 2016 3	Al-Hilal	1–2	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
20:45	Jahfali 36' Al Abed 57' Al-Shamrani 79'	Report	Al-Hazaa 80' Al-Zaqaan 81'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 7,484 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

21 September 2016 4	Al-Ettifaq	2–1	Al-Batin	Dammam
20:25	Fofana 9' Bouba 44' Al-Kwikbi 76'	Report	W. Al-Enezi 2' Ayyadah 71' Dakheel 83'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 2,246 Referee: Hussain Abu Shaheen

14 October 2016 5	Al-Fateh	v	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Hasa
17:55		Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

21 October 2016 6	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Wehda	Dammam
17:45		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

28 October 2016 7	Al-Raed	v	Al-Ettifaq	Buraidah
18:00		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

5 November 2016 8	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Taawoun	Dammam
17:35		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

19 November 2016 9	Al-Khaleej	v	Al-Ettifaq	Khobar
17:35		Report		Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

24 November 2016 10	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Faisaly	Dammam
17:30		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

2 December 2016 11	Al-Ittihad	v	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
19:40		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City

9 December 2016 12	Al-Ettifaq	v	Al-Qadisiyah	Dammam
17:30		Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

15 December 2016 13	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Ettifaq	Riyadh
17:50		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

14		v

15		v

16		v

17		v

18		v

19		v

20		v

21		v

22		v

23		v

24		v

25		v

26		v

Crown Prince Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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

27 August 2016 Round of 32	Al-Watani	1–0	Al-Ettifaq	Tabuk
19:45	Al-Balawi 90+4'			Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

King Cup

Round of 32		v

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Total
1	7	MF	Mohammed Al-Kwikbi	1	1
	8	MF	Mohamed Kanno	1	1
	9	FW	Hazaa Al-Hazaa	1	1
	10	FW	Leo	1	1
	17	MF	Boubacar Fofana	1	1
	26	MF	Ali Al-Zaqaan	1	1
Total				6	6

Last Updated: 30 September 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	Total
1	28	GK		Ahmed Al-Kassar	1	0	0	1
Total					1	0	0	1

Last Updated: 30 September 2016

References

↑ "Al-Ettifaq information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "الفريق الأول" [First team] (in Arabic). Ettifaq Club. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
↑ "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

2016–17 in Saudi Arabian football

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Domestic leagues	Professional League First Division League Second Division League Third Division League

Domestic cups	King Cup (Final) Crown Prince Cup Super Cup

Other club competitions	AFC Champions League GCC Champions League

Related to national teams

Senior	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Youth	2016 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship

Club seasons

Pro League	Al-Ahli Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Khaleej Al-Nassr Al-Qadisiyah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Wehda

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

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