2007–08 Saudi Premier League

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Saudi Premier League
Season2007–08
Champions Al-Hilal
Relegated Al-Qadsiah
Al-Tai
AFC Champions League Al-Hilal
Al-Ittihad
Al-Shabab
Al-Ettifaq
Top goalscorer Nasser Al-Shamrani (18 goals)
2008–09

The 2007-08 season of the Saudi Premier League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Saudi Arabia.

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Teams and venues

TeamLocationVenueCapacity
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium 24,000
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 35,000
Al-Hazem Ar Rass Al-Hazem Club Stadium 3,000
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd Sports City 67,000
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City 27,000
Al-Nassr Riyadh King Fahd Sports City/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City 67,000/27,000
Al-Qadsiah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City 10,000
Al-Shabab Riyadh King Fahd Sports City 67,000
Al-Tai Ḥaʼil Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City 10,000
Al-Watani Tabuk Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Wehda Mecca King Abdulaziz Sports City 38,000
Najran Najran Najran Stadium 3,000

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Former players
Al-Ahli Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Flag of Brazil.svg Val Baiano Flag of Brazil.svg Nunes
Flag of Tunisia.svg Khaled Badra
Al-Ettifaq Flag of Ghana.svg Prince Tagoe Flag of Morocco.svg Salaheddine Aqqal Flag of Senegal.svg Mohamed Rebeiz Flag of Romania.svg Radu Neguț
Al-Hazem Flag of Ghana.svg Godwin Attram Flag of Kuwait.svg Fahad Al-Rashidi Flag of Oman.svg Said Suwailim Al-Shoon Flag of Brazil.svg Iranildo
Al-Hilal Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Tavares Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Lelo Mbele Flag of Ghana.svg Baba Adamu Flag of Libya.svg Tarik El Taib Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Agnello
Al-Ittihad Flag of Brazil.svg Magno Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg Tcheco Flag of Guinea.svg Alhassane Keita Flag of Brazil.svg Robert
Al-Nassr Flag of Brazil.svg Élton Arábia Flag of Portugal.svg Hugo Porfírio Flag of Tunisia.svg Abdelkarim Nafti Flag of Tunisia.svg Issam Merdassi
Al-Qadsiah Flag of Brazil.svg Walter Minhoca Flag of Libya.svg Ahmed Zuway Flag of Morocco.svg Younes Gasen
Al-Shabab Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Martínez Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Camacho Flag of Egypt.svg Amir Azmy
Flag of Ghana.svg Godwin Attram
Flag of Nigeria.svg Michael Eneramo
Al-Tai Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Bouizgar
Al-Watani Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Hima Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Ousmane Traoré Flag of France.svg Sylvain Idangar
Al-Wehda Flag of Cameroon.svg Pierre Njanka Flag of Egypt.svg Hassan Mostafa Flag of Ghana.svg Abdullah Quaye Flag of Libya.svg Omar Daoud Flag of Tunisia.svg Marouane Bokri
Najran Flag of Brazil.svg Wilsinho Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Bamba Drissa Flag of Tunisia.svg Moez Alaya

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1 Al-Hilal (C)2214623613+2348 [lower-alpha 1] Champions and qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Al-Ittihad 2214624016+2448 [lower-alpha 1] Qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
3 Al-Shabab 2211923921+1842
4 Al-Ettifaq 2210573425+935
5 Al-Nassr 229673435133
6 Al-Wehda 228592927+229
7 Al-Hazem 227692628227
8 Al-Ahli 2275103031126
9 Al-Watani 2267920321225
10 Najran 22561129441521
11 Al-Tai 22271320381813Relegated
12 Al-Qadsiah 22261417442712
Source: [ citation needed ]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Al-Hilal finished top due to their superior head-to-head record against Al-Ittihad.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals [1] [2]
1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab 18
2 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hasan Al-Yami Najran 16
3 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Essa Al-Mehyani Al-Wehda 14
4 Flag of Ghana.svg Prince Tagoe Al-Ettifaq 10
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Shahrani Al-Nassr
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saad Al-Harthi Al-Nassr
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saleh Bashir Al-Ettifaq
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasser Al-Qahtani Al-Hilal

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References

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