Ittihad FC

Al -Ittihad (Arabic الاتحاد al -Ittihad ) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Jeddah. The club was established in 1928 plays its home games at the Prince Abdullah Al- Faisal Stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 27,000 seats. The club colors are yellow and black. Club owner is Mansur al - Balawi.

The greatest success al -Ittihad in the years 2004 and 2005 by winning the AFC Champions League. As representatives of the Asian Football Confederation, the club took part in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in 2005 and reached the fourth place. In early 2007 announced the club management surprisingly, the obligation of the Portuguese Luis Figo Stars for summer; However, the change did not materialize and Figo stayed with Inter Milan. After the second place in 2008, the club won its eighth overall championship title in the 2009 season. In the AFC Champions League 2009 al -Ittihad reached the final and had to be there Pohang Steelers of South Korea defeated.

  • 2.1 Former notable players
  • 2.2 Former coach

Honours

National

  • Saudi Arabian league title: 1982, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009

Internationally

  • AFC Champions League
  • Cup Winners' Cup Asia:
  • FIFA Club World Cup 2005: 4th place

Players and coaches

Former notable players

  • Slovenia Milenko Ačimovič
  • Nigeria Mutiu Adepoju
  • Saudi Arabia Saad al - Harthi
  • Saudi Arabia Hamad al - Muntaschari
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah al - Wakid
  • Saudi Arabia Ibrahim al - Schahrani
  • Saudi Arabia Ali Hassan al - Yami
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammad Amin Haidar al - Aulaqi
  • Tijani Babangida Nigeria
  • Bebeto Brazil
  • Germany Erich Beer
  • Mexico Jared Borgetti
  • Germany Theo Bücker
  • Brazil Cláudio Pitbull
  • Croatia Anas Sharbini
  • Sweden Thomas Sjöberg
  • Prince Tagoe Ghana
  • Russia Vladimir Iosifovich Tatartschuk
  • Saudi Arabia Rida Tukar
  • Brazil Wágner
  • Brazil spiral
  • Netherlands Rob Witschge
  • Morocco Jaouad Zairi
  • Saudi Arabia Mabruk Zayid
  • Algeria Abdelmalek Ziaya

Former coach

  • Osvaldo Ardiles Argentina
  • Argentina Gabriel Calderon
  • Dettmar Cramer Germany
  • Italy Antonello Cuccureddu
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
  • Germany Heinz Higher
  • Romania Anghel Iordănescu
  • Croatia Tomislav Ivić
  • Vanderlei Luxemburgo Brazil
  • France Bruno Metsu
2005 FIFA Club World Championship Luís Figo 2009 AFC Champions League Al Hasan Al-Yami Mohammed Ameen Emad Moteab Paulo Jorge Vieira Alves Reinaldo Elias da Costa Wágner Wendel Ettifaq FC Al-Hilal FC Al Nassr FC Al-Qadisiyah FC Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) Al-Wehda Club (Mecca) Najran SC
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