2018–19_Saudi_Professional_League

2018–19 Saudi Pro League

2018–19 Saudi Pro League

43rd season of Saudi Professional League


The 2018–19 Saudi Professional League was the 43rd edition of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1975. The season started on 30 August 2018 and concluded on 16 May 2019.[4]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Al-Hilal were the defending champions after winning the Pro League last season for the 15th time. Al-Wehda and Al-Hazem have entered as the promoted teams from the 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. Al-Nassr were crowned as league winners for the 8th time on 16 May, after defeating Al-Batin 2–1 on the final day of the season.[5]

Ohod were the first team to be relegated after a 3–1 defeat to Al-Fayha on 12 April 2019.[6] Al-Batin were the second team to be relegated following their 1–0 defeat to an already relegated Ohod.[7] Al-Qadsiah were the third and final team to be relegated after a draw against Al-Hazem on the final day of the season.[8]

Abderrazak Hamdallah from Al-Nassr was the top scorer with 34 goals, and was also named Player of the Season.[9] He also set the record for most goals in a single season. Pedro Emanuel of Al-Taawoun won the Manager of the Season award.[10]

Changes

On 7 March 2018, the Saudi FF announced that the league would be increased from 14 teams to 16 teams.[11] They also announced new rules limiting the club's squad size to 28 players.[12]

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the two play-off winners and two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League.

Teams who were promoted to the Pro League

The first club to be promoted was Al-Wehda, following their 2–2 draw away to Al-Mujazzal on 11 April 2018. Al-Wehda will play in the top flight of Saudi football after a season absence.[13] They were crowned champions on 18 April 2018 after beating Al-Khaleej 1–0 at home.[14]

The second club to be promoted was Al-Hazem, following their 4–1 win at home against Al-Mujazzal on 18 April 2017, coupled with Al-Tai's defeat against Hajer. Al-Hazem will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time since 2010–11.[15]

Teams who were relegated to the MS League

No teams were relegated to the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. Due to an increase in the number of teams, the Saudi FF announced that the relegation was canceled and in its place was a relegation play-off.[11] Both Pro League teams, Al-Raed and Ohod, won the playoffs and secured their top-flight status.

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
More information Team, Location ...

1: ^ Al-Faisaly play their home games in Al-Majma'ah.
2: ^ Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab also use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats) as a home stadium.
3: ^ Al-Hilal also use King Fahd International Stadium (62,685 seats) as a home stadium.

Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...
  • 1 On the back of the strip.
  • 2 On the right sleeve of the strip.
  • 3 On the shorts.

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 7 per team.[75] On June 7, 2018, the Saudi FF increased the number of foreign players from 7 to 8 players.[76]

  • Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players name in italic indicates the player was de-registered or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

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More information Club, Player 1 ...

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: spl.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).[78]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward. If a club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position. In this case, an additional AFC Champions League group stage berth will be given to the 3rd placed team, and the AFC Champions League play-off round spot will be given to 4th.

More information Team ╲ Round, Al-Nassr ...
Leader
2020 AFC Champions League group stage
2020 AFC Champions League play-off round
Qualification to relegation play-off
Relegation to 2019–20 First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: spl.com.sa

Results

More information Home \ Away, AHL ...
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: slstat.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

More information Team ╲ Round, Al-Ahli ...
Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: slstat.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Relegation play-offs

The 13th place team in the Saudi Professional League, Al-Hazem, will face the 4th place team in the MS League, Al-Khaleej, over two legs on a home-and-away basis.[79]

All times are AST (UTC+3).

First leg

More information Al-Hazem, 1–0 ...

Second leg

More information Al-Khaleej, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Al-Khaleej Club Stadium, Saihat

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 16 May 2019
More information Rank, Player ...

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 Player scored 4 goals; 5 Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

As of 16 May 2019
More information Rank, Player ...

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 82[98]
    • Al-Ettifaq
  • Most red cards: 7[98]
    • Al-Hilal

Attendances

By team

More information Pos, Team ...

Updated to games played on 17 May 2019
Source: [99]
Notes:
Teams played previous season in First Division.

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...

Round awards

More information Month, Manager of the Round ...

Annual awards

More information Award, Winner ...

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See also


References

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