2016–17 Ittihad FC season

Al-Ittihad
2016–17 season
President	Anmar abdalla Hailae; (from 4 June 2017)
Manager	José Luis Sierra
Stadium	King Abdullah Sports City
SPL	1st
Crown Prince Cup	Final
King Cup	Round of 32
AFC Champions League	2017: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kahraba (5); All: ; Kahraba (5)
Average home league attendance	25,407
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 September 2016.

The 2016–17 season is the Al-Ittihad Club of Jeddah's 90th in existence and 41st consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club also competed in the AFC Champions League, Crown Prince Cup and the King Cup.

Players

Squad information

As of 23 September 2016^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Ali Al-Ameri
12	GK	KSA	Assaf Al-Qarni
22	GK	KSA	Fawaz Al-Qarni
25	GK	KSA	Hani Al-Nahedh
2	DF	KSA	Abdurahman Al-Rio
3	DF	KSA	Mansor Namazi
4	DF	KSA	Bader Al-Nakhli
6	DF	KSA	Basem Al-Montashari
13	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri (Vice-captain)
16	DF	KSA	Mohammed Qassem
17	DF	KSA	Turki Al Jalvan
19	DF	KSA	Adnan Fallatah (captain)
24	DF	KSA	Ammar Al-Daheem
27	DF	KSA	Awadh Khrees
30	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi
32	DF	KSA	Omar Al-Muziel
33	DF	KSA	Yassin Hamzah


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
45	DF	KSA	Abdullah Shuhail
51	DF	KSA	Majed Al-Khaibari
8	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Muwallad
10	MF	EGY	Mahmoud Kahraba (on loan from Zamalek SC)
11	MF	KUW	Fahad Al Ansari (on loan from Al-Qadsia)
14	MF	KSA	Moataz Tombakti
15	MF	KSA	Jamal Bajandouh
20	MF	KSA	Turki Al-Khodair
21	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Aoufi
23	MF	CHI	Carlos Villanueva
29	MF	KSA	Sultan Mendash
35	MF	KSA	Yahya Khormi
50	MF	KSA	Qusai Al-Khaibari
9	FW	TUN	Ahmed Akaïchi
26	FW	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Aryani
49	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi

Transfers

In

Out

On loan

Pre-season and friendlies

v

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Professional League	Round 1	—	—	11 August 2016	—
Crown Prince Cup	Round of 32	Quarter-finals	—	15 August 2016	—
King Cup	Round of 32	Round of 32	—	—	—
2017 Champions League	Group stage	Group stage	—	20/21 February 2017	—

Last Updated: 28 September 2016

Pro League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Al-Ahli	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Nassr	26	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52^[a]
4	Al-Ittihad^[b]	26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	52^[a]
5	Al-Raed	26	11	2	13	37	47	−10	35
6	Al-Shabab	26	8	9	9	28	32	−4	33

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. 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).^[4]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
^ Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[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
26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	55	7	2	4	25	20	+5	10	2	1	32	17	+15

Last updated: 4 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L
Position	5	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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

Win Draw Loss Postponed

11 August 2016 1	Al-Raed	2–3	Al-Ittihad	Buraidah
21:05	S. Al-Bishi 16', 81' Al-Sherif 60' Gilmar 89'	Report	F. Al-Muwallad 54', 65' Kahraba 73'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 7,017 Referee: Khaled Salwi

20 August 2016 2	Al-Khaleej	2–3	Al-Ittihad	Khobar
21:05	López 18' (pen.) Al Salem 47' Sami 68'	Report	Villanueva 10', 62' 90+4' Al-Aryani 67' Al-Daheem 79' Al-Nakhli 86'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 3,027 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

18 September 2016 3	Al-Wehda	3–5	Al-Ittihad	Makkah
20:45	Madkhali 23' (pen.) Mahboob 28' Al-Musa 45' Al-Mor 69' Dagoulou 86' Al-Harbi 90+5'	Report	Kahraba 15', 45+1', 62', 81' Akaïchi 65' Al-Daheem 66' Khrees 73' Mendash 75' Bajandouh 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 3,270 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

23 September 2016 4	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Ittihad	Jeddah
20:45	Bassas 3' Al-Nakhli 74' (o.g.)	Report	Kahraba 14' F. Al-Muwallad 78'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 49,732 Referee: Khaled Salwi

14 October 2016 5	Al-Ittihad	3-1	Al-Taawoun	Jeddah
20:15	Fallatah 18' Al-Muwallad 53' 74' (pen.) Qassem 61' Kahraba 90+4'	Report	Al-Absi 17' Kanno 44' Sandro Manoel 62' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 17,571 Referee: Khaled Al Teris

20 October 2016 6	Al-Ittihad	0-1	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
20:15	Fallatah 80'	Report	Benyettou 36' Bahebri 38' Al Asta 54' Heberty 87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 32,196 Referee: Abdulrahman Al Sultan

28 October 2016 7	Al-Hilal	0-2	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Shalhoub 90'	Report	Al-Nakhli 50' Assiri 56' Al-Aryani 78' 86'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 35,033 Referee: Cüneyt Çakιr

3 November 2016 8	Al-Ittihad	2-0	Al-Batin	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Sumairi 60' Fallatah 72' Al-Muwallad 80'	Report	Al-Enezi 2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 16,898 Referee: Fahad Al Mirdasi

20 November 2016 9	Al-Ittihad	0-1	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
19:55	Al-Aryani 43' Assiri 88' Al-Sumairi 90+4'	Report	Ayala 13' Al-Najei 90+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 23,038 Referee: Damir Skomina

26 November 2016 10	Al-Qadisiyah	0-3	Al-Ittihad	Dammam
19:50	Bismark Ferreira 85'	Report	Al-Muwallad 6' Kahraba 34' (pen.) Al Ansari 44' Akaïchi 74'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 3,733 Referee: Khaled Salwi

2 December 2016 11	Al-Ittihad	4-1	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
19:40	Kahraba 2' 2' 90+3' Villanueva 27' Al-Muwallad 54' Al-Dossari 63' (o.g.) Al-Muziel 64'	Report	Kadesh 24' Otain 38' Bouba 45+1' Kanno 77'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 28,532 Referee: Turki Al Khudair

10 December 2016 12	Al-Faisaly	2-4	Al-Ittihad	Al Majma'ah
19:45	Luis Gustavo Da Silva 11' Al-Sowayed 66' Cabrera 70' Hamzi 81' Fallatah 87'	Report	Al-Muwallad 20' 26' Kahraba 38' Akaïchi 64' Al Ansari 64'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 1,402 Referee: Shukri Al Hanfosh

16 December 2016 13	Al-Ittihad	3-2	Al-Fateh	Jeddah
19:45	Kahraba 11' Khrees 38' Assiri 45' Al Ansari 65' 90+2' Akaïchi 90+6'	Report	Ukra 6' (pen.) 21' Al-Fuhaid 12' Buhimed 63'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 22,094 Referee: Khaled Al Sinany

23 December 2016 14	Al-Ittihad	3-2	Al-Raed FC	Jeddah
19:45	Al-Muwallad 21' (pen.) Kahraba 62' Villanueva 68' Al Ansari 81' 90+2'	Summary	Al Mowalad 36' 51' Al-Habib 47' Al-Showaish 60'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 32,800 Referee: Khaled Al Teris

3 January 2017 15	Al-Ittihad	1-1	Khaleej FC	Jeddah
19:50	Fahad Al-Muwallad 36' Villanueva 40'	Report	Faisel Al-Kharaa 39' Abdulla Al Salem 69' Talal Majrashi 74' Shafi Al-Dossari 77'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 15,179 Referee: Abdulrahman Al Shehri

28 January 2017 16	Al-Ittihad	1-0	Al-Wehda	Jeddah
20:15	Rabee Sufyani 43'	Report	Hatem Belal 46' Mansor Al-Najar 88'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 18,197 Referee: Saleh Al Hathlool

3 February 2017 17	Al-Ittihad	1-4	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
19:20	Adnan Fallatah 2' Bader Al-Nakhli 6' Fahad Al-Muwallad 42' Awadh Khrees 50' Fahad Al Ansari 78'	Report	Salman Al-Moasher 6' Fetfatzidis 41' 59' Muhannad Assiri 48' Taisir Al-Jassim 52' Abdulfattah Asiri 62' Saeed Al Mowalad 87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 52,909 Referee: Kevin Blom

11 February 2017 18	Al-Taawoun	1-2	Al-Ittihad	Buraidah
19:15	Mohammed Al-Saiari 41' Naif Al-Mousa 58' Saeed Al-Dossari 64' Abdulrahman Al-Barakah 74' Mohammed Abousaban 80' 80' Ahmed Al-Zein 90+2'	Report	Fahad Al Ansari 56' Villanueva 59'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 11,515 Referee: Shukri Al Hanfosh

18 February 2017 19	Al-Shabab	0-2	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
19:25	Benlamri 73' Abdullah Al-Fahad 73' Saud Kariri 80'	Report	Omar Al-Muziel 51' Adnan Fallatah 61' Kahraba 73'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 4,938 Referee: Turki Al Khudair

5 March 2017 20	Al-Ittihad	1-3	Al Hilal	Jeddah
19:30	Fahad Al Ansari 22' Akaïchi 38' 61' Adnan Fallatah 61' Omar Al-Muziel 72' Kahraba 90' Fahad Al-Muwallad 90'	Report	Osama Hawsawi 22' Carlos Eduardo 56' Mohammed Al-Breik 61' Omar Kharbin 61' 83' Nawaf Al Abed 90+2' 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 53,661 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (referee)

14 March 2017 21	Al-Batin	0-1	Al-Ittihad	Hafar al-Batin
17:40	Tarabai 15' Maan Khodari 90+4'	Report	Mohammed Qassem 17' Akaïchi 59' Ammar Al-Najar 90'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Mohammed Al Qarni

7 April 2017 22	Al-Nassr	1-1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:40	Ibrahim Ghaleb 52' Ayala 66' Bruno Uvini 83' Waleed Abdullah 83' Hassan Al-Raheb 90' 90+3'	Report	Kahraba 18' Fahad Al Ansari 38'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Mohammed Al Hoaish

14 April 2017 23	Al-Ittihad	4-2	Al-Qadisiyah	Jeddah
20:45	Akaïchi 4' 59' Omar Al-Muziel 16' Fawaz Al-Qarni 45+1' Kahraba 45+2' Ammar Al-Najar 90+4'	Report	Bismark Ferreira 35' 64' Wesam Wahib 73' Yassin Barnawi 90+2'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 6,686 Referee: Shukri Al Hanfosh

21 April 2017 24	Al-Ettifaq FC	1-4	Al-Ittihad	Dammam
20:45	Hazaa Al-Hazaa 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Villanueva 42' Kahraba 61' Mohammed Qassem 70' Akaïchi 85'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 6,068 Referee: Khaled Salwi

29 April 2017 25	Al-Ittihad	2-2	Al-Faisaly	Jeddah
20:50	Jamal Bajandouh 27' Ammar Al-Najar 31' Rabee Sufyani 75' Kahraba 90'	Report	Mustafa Malayekah 31' Axente 43' Mansor Hamzi 63' Ahmad Abbas 90+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 10,530 Referee: Turki Al Khudair

4 May 2017 26	Al-Fateh	4-1	Al-Ittihad	Al-Hasa
20:50	Nooh Al-Mousa 11' Hamad Al-Juahaim 14' Sandro Manoel 32' Tawfiq Buhumaid 40' Ali Al Bulaihi 65' Chehoudi 73' 90+1'	Report	Villanueva 45+2' Ammar Al-Najar 62' Omar Al-Muziel 87'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 8,022 Referee: Saleh Al Hathlool

Crown Prince Cup

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

15 August 2016 Round of 32	Al-Ittihad	3–2	Al-Jeel	Makkah
20:55	F. Al-Muwallad 13' (pen.) Villanueva 68' Al-Daheem 88'		Douglas Cruz 3' (pen.) Adam 51'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Senani

28 September 2016 Round of 16	Al-Ittihad	1–1 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p)	Al-Qadisiyah	Jeddah
20:15	Villanueva 42' Kahraba 51' Tombakti 56' Assiri 90+4'		N. Hazazi 12' Abdul-Amir 38' Barnawi 45+4'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari
	Penalties
	Akaïchi Al Ansari Al-Muwallad Villanueva Al-Daheem Al-Nakhli Al-Muziel Bajandouh Al-Qarni		Bezerra N. Hazazi Al-Shoeil Fallatah Abdul-Amir Al-Khabrani Abo Shararah Al-Najrani Masrahi

24 October 2016 Quarter-finals	Al-Batin	0-1	Al-Ittihad	Hafar al-Batin
18:00	Nasser 13' Freeh 57'	Summary	Al-Muwallad 58' (pen.) Al-Muziel 65' Assiri 67' Villanueva 83' Al-Qarni 90+3'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Referee: Shukri Al Hanfosh

27 December 2016 Semi-finals	Al-Ittihad	3-2	Al-Ahli	Jeddah
19:50	Ahmed Akaïchi 28' Kahraba 38' Bajandouh 62' Al-Muwallad 81' 90' Al-Nakhli 84'	Summary	Waleed Bakshween 43' Al Somah 72' 77' (pen.) Hamad 81' Ageel Balghaith 89'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Mohammed Al Hoaish

10 March 2017 Final	Al-Nassr	0-1	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20.35	Omar Hawsawi 67' Bruno Uvini 90+5'	Report	Kahraba 16' Adnan Fallatah 56' Awadh Khrees 74' Akaïchi 90+4'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Mark Clattenburg

King Cup

20 January 2017 Round of 32	Al-Ta'ee	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	Ittihad FC	Ha'il
15:50		Report		Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	Total
1	10	MF	Kahraba	5	0	5
2	8	MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	3	1	4
3	23	MF	Carlos Villanueva	1	2	3
4	24	DF	Ammar Al-Daheem	1	1	2
5	9	FW	Ahmed Akaïchi	1	0	1
5	26	FW	Abdulaziz Al-Aryani	1	0	1
Total				12	4	16

Last Updated: 28 September 2016

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	League	Crown Prince Cup	King Cup	2017 CL	Total
Total					0	0	0	0	0

Last Updated: 31 August 2016

References

^ "Stats 2016–2017". Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "Al-Ittihad information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
^ "Iرسميا.. الاتحاد السعودي يوجه لجنة المسابقات بخصم 3 نقاط" (in Arabic). akhbaar24. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
^ "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

[table_hth_NSR0.64823227638762-3] Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad

[table_note_ITT0.64823227638762-5] Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[3]

[1] "Stats 2016–2017". Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[2] "Al-Ittihad information for 2016–2017 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

[4] "Iرسميا.. الاتحاد السعودي يوجه لجنة المسابقات بخصم 3 نقاط" (in Arabic). akhbaar24. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

[regulations-6] "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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