Ittihad FC

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Al-Ittihad
Basic data
Surname	Ittihad Club - نادي الاتحاد
Seat	Jeddah
founding	1927
Colours	Black yellow
president	HatemBaeshen
First soccer team
Head coach	José Luis Sierra
Venue	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium
Places	62.241
league	Saudi Professional League
2018/19	10th place
home Away

al-Ittihad ( Arabic الاتحاد al-Ittiḥād ) is a Saudi Arabian football club from Jeddah . The club, founded in 1927, plays its home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium. The stadium has a capacity of 62,241 seats. The club colors are yellow and black.

The club celebrated its greatest successes in 2004 and 2005 when it won the AFC Champions League . As a representative of the Asian Football Confederation , the club took part in the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in 2005 and reached 4th place. In early 2007, the club management surprisingly announced the commitment of the Portuguese star Luís Figo for the summer; However, the change did not materialize and Figo stayed with Inter Milan . After finishing second in 2008, the club won its eighth championship title in the 2009 season. In the AFC Champions League 2009 al-Ittihad reached the final and had to admit defeat to Pohang Steelers from South Korea .

Club successes

National

• Saudi Arabian Championship :
  • Master (8): 1982, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009
  • Runner-up (7): 1984, 1986, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011

• Saudi Arabian King Cup trophy:
  • Cup winners (8): 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013
  • Cup finalist (7): 1957, 1964, 1979, 1986, 2008, 2009, 2011

• Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Cup:
  • Cup winners (7): 1958, 1959, 1963, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2004
  • Cup finalist (4): 1965, 1993, 2002, 2007

International

• AFC Champions League

Winner 2004, 2005

Finalist 2009

• Cup Winners' Cup of Asia :

1999 winner

• FIFA Club World Cup 2005 : 4th place

Known players

Mahmoud Kahraba Lotfi Mhaissi Ahmed Akaïchi Fahad Al Ansari Carlos Villanueva Hosni Abd-Rabou Milenko Ačimovič Mutiu Adepoju Saad al-Harthi Hamad al-Muntashari Abdullah al-Wakid Ibrahim al-Shahrani Ali Hassan al-Yami Mohammad Amin Haidar al-Aulaqi Tijani Babangida Bebeto Erich Beer Jared Borgetti Theo Bucker

Mario Carevic Amine Chermiti Ahmad Duchi Roberto Donadoni Otmane El Assas Jens Friedemann Mourad Hdiouad Joseph-Désiré job Mohamed Kallon Abdul Kader Keïta Alhassane Keita Saud Kariri Témime Lahzami Luciano Leguizamón

Lima Jameleddine Limam Mazin Modeste M'Bami Patrick M'Boma Mazin Emad Moteab Mohammad Noor Assis Nuno Obina Paulinho Paulo Jorge Reinaldo Robert de Pinho de Souza

Cláudio Pitbull Anas Sharbini Thomas Sjöberg Łukasz Szukała Prince Tagoe Vladimir Iossifowitsch Tatarchuk Rida Tukar Wagner Helix Rob Witschge Jaouad Zairi Mabruk Zayid Abdelmalek Ziaya Didier Ya Konan

Trainer

• Dettmar Cramer (1978–1980)
• Vanderlei Luxemburgo (1984)
• Bob Houghton (1984-1986)
• Roland Andersson (1986–1987, 1993)
• Walter Skocik (1987-1989)
• Heinz Höher (1989–1990)
• Kálmán Mészöly (1991–1992)
• Bob Houghton (1993)
• Osvaldo Ardiles (2001)
•  Antonello Cuccureddu (2002-2003)
• Tomislav Ivić (2003-2004)
• Anghel Iordănescu (2005-2006)
• Bruno Metsu (2006)
• Vahid Halilhodžić (2006-2008)
• Gabriel Calderón (2008-2010)
• Beñat San José (2012-2014)
• Victor Pițurcă (2014–2015, 2015–2016)

Web links

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