In their first meeting with Al-Riyadhi, Ittihad achieved a 3–0 victory. The club achieved a historic first tournament, which was called The Cup of Nishan Nazer, counted as an official tournament at the time.

Al-Ittihad Club, a Saudi professional football club based in Jeddah, was founded on December 26, 1927, after a meeting of football enthusiasts. The club was created to compete with traveling teams and provide entertainment and organized sport for the city's youth.

The periods of 1940 to 1950 remained difficult for Al-Ittihad, as the Football Association was not established until 1956.

Al-Ittihad achieved both the Crown Prince Cup and the King's Cup for two consecutive times.

Ittihad achieved a significant 7–0 victory against their rivals Al-Ahli in the King's Cup, marking the largest victory in the derby. The club became champions for the third consecutive time, completing a series of wins over Al-Wehda in 1958, 1959 and 1960.

After winning the King's Cup in 1967, Al-Ittihad went through its worst period since its founding, with the exception of achieving the Saudi Association Cup in 1974 after defeating Al-Hilal on penalties.

Ittihad won its first league title in its history, which is the first and only club to achieve it.

After an absence for 21 years, Al-Ittihad won the King's Cup after defeating Al Ettifaq.

The mid 1990s marked the beginning of Al-Ittihad's golden age, during which the club achieved numerous titles.

Al-Ittihad delivered a cup treble, winning the Premier League, Crown Prince Cup, and Federation Cup.

Al-Ittihad won the league title for the third time in its history after eliminating rivals Al-Hilal in the final 2–0. The first continental championship was also achieved after winning 3–2 over Jeonnam Dragons with a golden goal, scored by Ahmed Bahja. GCC Champions League was also achieved, as the season ended with winning four trophies.

Al-Ittihad was a runner-up in the Asian Super Cup, after losing 2–3 on aggregate to Júbilo Iwata.

Al-Ittihad achieved the 1999–2000 league season, after a 3–1 win over Al-Ahli in the final, also, Hamza Idris scored an unprecedented 33 goals, a record in that period, which made him the league's top scorer, and the most scored in a single season.

Al-Ittihad won the League for fifth time, and Crown Prince Cup.

Many players have been brought in, such as Tukar, Saud Kariri, Muhammad Al-Khilaiwi, and Tcheco; who is considered as one of the greatest deals in the club's history, while both the League and the Crown Prince Cup were achieved.

Ittihad lost the league final to Al-Hilal 1-2, where the referee was suspended six months after the final - and later apologized, declaring, I am innocent of your defeat, and God bears witness to that.

Ittihad finished the group in first place with only one loss.

Ittihad achieved its first Arab championship, after defeating Tunisian Club Sportif Sfaxien in the final.

Ittihad played the match to determine the third place against the Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa and lost with a 2–3, were two goals scored by Mohamed Kallon and Joseph-Désiré Job—to end the Club World Cup in the 4th place.

Ittihad won the Champions League for the second time in a row, after a 5–3 victory over Al-Ain. Mohammed Kallon, which loaned from AS Monaco, became the top scorer of the tournament with six goals; of which two were in the final—which helped to achieve the second title. Mohammed Noor, was awarded the best player in the tournament.

Ittihad defeated African champions Al-Ahly after Mohamed Noor's only goal, to qualify for the semi-finals.

In a press conference on 9 January 2006, president of the club Mansour Albalawi announced that Sela Sport Co (which is the sponsor of Saudi National Team) will pay 350 million riyals to sponsor Ittihad for 5 seasons.

The Jeddah derby was back on October sixth 2023.

As of January 2025