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Ittihad [United] Football Club, aka Ittihad Jeddah or Al-Ittihad, was founded in 1929 in Jeddah. The oldest surviving football club in Saudi Arabia, Al-Ittihad won eight times the national Premier League and twice (2004 and 2005) the Asia Champions League.
In the round of 16 of the 2011 Asia Champions League, Al-Ittihad defeated on 24
May 2011 another club from Saudi Arabia, Al-Hilal (3-1).
Ivan Sache, 26 May 2011
![[flag]](../images/s/sa@f-ifc0.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 2 June 2026
Sources:
https://www.spl.com.sa/ar/news
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/al-ittihad
![[flag]](../images/s/sa@f-ifc1.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 2 June 2026
Source:
![[flag]](../images/s/sa@f-ifc2.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 2 June 2026
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
![[Ittihad Football Club (Saudi Arabia)]](../images/s/sa@ifc.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 26 May 2011
The supporters of Al-Ittihad used a flag checkered black and yellow, 2 x 4. Another flag was also seen, although used in lesser
numbers, made of very thin horizontal black and yellow stripes.
Ivan Sache, 26 May 2011