The 2017–18 season was Al-Ettifaq's 73rd season in existence and their second consecutive in the Pro League. Along with the Pro League, the club also competed in the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Players
Squad information
Out on loan
Transfers
In Summer PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource4 EmiratesFree11 Al-QadsiahFree34 Al-NassrFree14 HaugesundUndisclosed3 Al-AhliFree77 Al-RaedFree19 Chacarita JuniorsFree
Winter PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource23 HaugesundFree1 Al-JazeeraFree92 Stade RennaisFree99 ES TunisFree UnattachedFree
Out Summer PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource26 Al-FatehFree90 HajerFree1 Al-NahdaFree24 Al-ShababFree3 Released18 Released40 Released13 Al-HilalUndisclosed8 Al-HilalUndisclosed15 Released5 Al-WataniFree10 Al-NahdaFree15 Released
Winter PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource19 Vélez SarsfieldFree1 Al-JazeeraFree5 Released27 Al-NojoomFree
Loan in
Summer
PlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource5 Kuwait51 Al-Ittihad
Winter
PlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource22 Al Ahly25 Al-Fayha33 Al Ahly
Loan out
Summer PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource20 Al-Nahda Al-Nahda32 Al-Kawkab
Winter PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource Al-Khaleej35 Al-Hazm20 Al-Fayha
Pre-season friendlies
Competitions
Overall Competition Current Final First match Professional League — — 4th 11 August 2017 12 April 2018 King Cup Round of 32 — Round of 16 3 January 2018 19 January 2018 Last Updated: 12 April 2018
Pro League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
King Cup Al-Ettifaq will enter the King Cup in the Round of 32 alongside the other Pro League teams. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Crown Prince Cup Al-Ettifaq will enter the Crown Prince Cup in the Round of 16 alongside the other Pro League teams. On 19 September 2017, it was announced that the tournament was cancelled.
Statistics Appearances As of 12 April 2018.
!colspan=14|Players who left during the season
Goalscorers NamePro LeagueKing CupTotal19FWHazaa Al-Hazaa70727MFMohammed Al-Kwikbi505314MFFilip Kiss31499FWFakhreddine Ben Youssef404524MFAbdulrahman Al-Aboud30370FWMohammed Al-Saiari03380MFHamed Al-Ghamdi303819FWRodrigo Salinas20223MFLiban Abdi20288MFSaad Al-Selouli022112DFOmar Al-Sonain01111MFAli Hazazi10115MFJuanmi Callejón10117FWNawaf Bouamer10122MFAhmed El Sheikh10134DFAli Al-Khaibari10177DFAhmed Al-Habib101Own goal202Total 37 7 44 Last Updated: 12 April 2018
Clean sheets NamePro LeagueKing CupTotal130GKAbdullah Al-Saleh11292GKRaïs M'Bolhi202Total 3 1 4 Last Updated: 6 March 2018
References