2001–02 Saudi Premier League

Saudi Premier League

Season	2001–02
Champions	Al-Hilal (9th title)
Relegated	Al-Ansar Al-Wehda
AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal Al-Ahli
Top goalscorer	Sérgio Ricardo (16 goals)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

Statistics of the 2001–02 Saudi Premier League.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Jeddah

Unaizah

Riyadh

Dammam

Mecca

Medina

Ḥaʼil

Al-Kharj

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Locations of teams in the 2001-02 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Luka Peruzović
Al-Ansar	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Francisco Maturana
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Oscar
Al-Najma	Unaizah	Department of Education Stadium	Dobromir Zhechev
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Jorge Habegger
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Arthur Bernardes
Al-Shoulla	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium	Khalid Al-Koroni
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City	Palhinha
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City	Luis Carlos

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Mohamed Husain	Mohammad Cham			Reda Seeka
Al-Ansar
Al-Ettifaq	Hamid Bahloul	Gilson de Souza	Samir Kamouna	Makhète N'Diaye
Al-Hilal	Edmilson	Macedo	Túlio		Ricardo Pérez Ioan Lupescu
Al-Ittihad	Lindomar	Luizinho Vieira	Sérgio Ricardo
Al-Najma	Célio Lúcio	Wagner	Isaac Kwakye
Al-Nassr	Julio César Baldivieso	Fadel Keïta	Solaymane Konaté	Jorge Delgado
Al-Riyadh	Diéne Faye	Mamoun Diop	Oumar Traoré
Al-Shabab	Anderson	Jackson	Alhassane Koivogui	Moussa Traoré
Al-Shoulla	André Oliveira	Cláudio Prates	Claudio Núñez	Akef Ataa
Al-Tai	Celso Costa	Boubacar Soumaré	Hamad Ji
Al-Wehda	Paulo Silva	Mamadou Keïta	Tchagafo Agoro

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Hilal	22	14	7	1	54	17	+37	49
2	Al-Ittihad	22	15	4	3	59	25	+34	49
3	Al-Nassr	22	13	5	4	40	19	+21	44
4	Al-Ahli	22	12	4	6	39	26	+13	40
5	Al-Riyadh	22	8	7	7	39	44	−5	31
6	Al-Shoulla	22	7	7	8	21	25	−4	28
7	Al-Najma	22	7	4	11	33	46	−13	25
8	Al-Ettifaq	21	6	5	10	23	38	−15	23
9	Al-Shabab	21	5	7	9	23	28	−5	22
10	Al-Tai	22	5	4	13	26	42	−16	19
11	Al-Wehda	22	3	6	13	23	41	−18	15
12	Al-Ansar	22	3	6	13	27	56	−29	15

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Championship playoff

Fourth place game

Al-Nassr v Al-Ahli

14 April 2002	Al-Nassr	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Al-Ahli	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh
				Referee: Ibrahim Al-Nfisa
	Penalties
	Ali Yazid Fadel Keïta Abdullah Al-Janoubi Julio César Baldivieso		Mohammed Sheliah Khalid Al-Shanif Hussein Abdulghani Fouzi Al-Shehri

Third place game

Al-Ittihad v Al-Nassr

19 April 2002	Al-Ittihad	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nassr	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
	Lindomar 85' (pen.) Al-Hasan Al-Yami 89'		54' Ahmad Jahawi	Referee: Mohammed Al-Marwani

Final

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

1 May 2002	Al-Hilal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ittihad	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
	Abdullah Al-Jumaan Al-Dosari 80' Abdullah Al-Jumaan Al-Dosari 87'		90' Al-Hasan Al-Yami	Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Daffer Al Shehri

Saudi Premier League 2001–02 winners
Al-Hilal 9th title

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Sérgio Ricardo	Al-Ittihad	16
2	Edmilson	Al-Hilal	15
3	Hussein Al-Ali	Al-Hilal	13
	Diéne Faye	Al-Riyadh

External links

• RSSSF Stats
• Saudi Arabia Football Federation
• Saudi League Statistics