Al-Ittihad 2018–19 football 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.
Players
Squad information
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.
Transfers
In
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
Out
Loans out
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Overview
Updated to match played 21 May 2019 Source: Competitions
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 .
Pro League
League table
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
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
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 27 28 29 30 Ground A H A H A H A H A H H H A H A A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A Result L L L D L D L L L L D L W L L W D W D D L D W W L W W W W L Position 15 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 13 13 13 12 11 10 10
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. 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
King Cup
All times are local, AST (UTC+3 ).
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]
Sheikh Zayed Cup
Round of 32
Statistics
Appearances
Last updated on 21 May 2019.
Goalscorers
Last Updated: 21 May 2019
Assists
Last Updated: 21 May 2019
Clean sheets
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
References
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