Al-Ittihad has etched its name in bold letters in the history of the Saudi Professional League after successfully becoming the only club to achieve the feat of keeping a clean sheet in the first four matches of the season multiple times.

The team managed to record this defensive superiority twice in a row, during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons under the guidance of Portuguese coach Nuno Santo, who has established a strong defensive identity for the team.

Statistics show that only three other clubs have managed to achieve this remarkable feat: Al-Ettifaq in the 2011/12 season, Al-Shabab during the 2022/23 season, and Al-Hilal in the same season.

This number highlights Al-Ittihad's value among the league clubs, as it has not only achieved this defensive advantage once but has repeated it in two consecutive seasons, confirming its tactical stability and resilience.

Observers believe that Al-Ittihad's ability to keep a clean sheet reflects the discipline of the backline and the cohesion of the system as a whole, which has provided the team with additional confidence at the beginning of its seasons.

This superiority remains a prominent indicator of Al-Ittihad's status as the most consistently defensively organized club in the history of the Saudi Professional League, reinforcing its position as one of the strongest teams in terms of solidity and ability to control the flow of the game.