The Al-Ettifaq Sentinel
Match22 Aug 2026
Al-Ettifaq tear Al-Saudi Al-Watani apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 7‑0 against Al-Saudi Al-Watani, and it could have been more.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Both of them Georginio Wijnaldum's — 8.49
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.49, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A day Jordan Larsson will not forget
3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.
Market24 Aug 2026
Abdullah Al-Dossary puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al-Ettifaq, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Al-Ettifaq turn down Al-Njoom for Awad Dahal
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Mohammed Al-Ghanem
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Al-Ettifaq have done the hard part with Al-Khaleej, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Match22 Aug 2026
7 goals as Al-Ettifaq and Al-Saudi Al-Watani go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 7 goals between Al-Ettifaq and Al-Saudi Al-Watani, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Al-Ettifaq
Abdulbasit Hindi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Álvaro Medrán at his very best
Marked 8.42. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Al-Ettifaq.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Moussa Dembélé at his very best
- Player ratings Khalid Al-Ghannam was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad 7 new faces, and Al-Ettifaq are still learning each other