2007–08 Saudi Premier League

Saudi Premier League

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

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium	24,000	Nebojša Vučković
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	35,000	Toni
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	3,000	Ammar Souayah
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	67,000	Cosmin Olăroiu
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	27,000	Estevam Soares
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City / Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City	67,000 / 27,000	Ednaldo Patrício
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City	10,000	Carlos Alhinho
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	67,000	Enzo Trossero
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City	10,000	Fernando Suárez
Al-Watani	Tabuk	Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City	38,000	Khalid Al-Koroni
Najran	Najran	Najran Stadium	3,000	Ivica Todorov

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Caio	Leandro	Val Baiano		Nunes Khaled Badra
Al-Ettifaq	Prince Tagoe	Salaheddine Aqqal	Mohamed Rebeiz		Radu Neguț
Al-Hazem	Godwin Attram	Zain Al-Abdeen	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Said Suwailim Al-Shoon	Fábio Iranildo
Al-Hilal	Marcelo Tavares	Lelo Mbele	Tarik El Taib	Marco Vanzini	Bruno Agnello Baba Adamu
Al-Ittihad	Magno Alves	Renan Teixeira	Tcheco	Alhassane Keita	Robert
Al-Nassr	Élton Arábia	Hugo Porfírio	Abdelkarim Nafti	Issam Merdassi
Al-Qadsiah	Samir Amirèche	Walter Minhoca	Ahmed Zuway	Daouda N'Diaye	Walter Ariel Silva Younes Gassen
Al-Shabab	Juan Manuel Martínez	Fernando	Marcelo Camacho		Godwin Attram Michael Eneramo
Al-Tai	Faysal El Idrissi	Hassan Bouizgar	Amadi Cissé
Al-Watani	Yacine Hima	Ousmane Traoré	Sylvain Idangar
Al-Wehda	Pierre Njanka	Hassan Mostafa	Abdullah Quaye	Omar Daoud	Marouane Bokri
Najran	Wilsinho	Abdulfatah Safi	Bamba Drissa	Moez Alaya

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	22	14	6	2	36	13	+23	48 [a]	Champions and qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Ittihad	22	14	6	2	40	16	+24	48 [a]	Qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
3	Al-Shabab	22	11	9	2	39	21	+18	42
4	Al-Ettifaq	22	10	5	7	34	25	+9	35
5	Al-Nassr	22	9	6	7	34	35	−1	33
6	Al-Wehda	22	8	5	9	29	27	+2	29
7	Al-Hazem	22	7	6	9	26	28	−2	27
8	Al-Ahli	22	7	5	10	30	31	−1	26
9	Al-Watani	22	6	7	9	20	32	−12	25
10	Najran	22	5	6	11	29	44	−15	21
11	Al-Tai	22	2	7	13	20	38	−18	13	Relegated
12	Al-Qadsiah	22	2	6	14	17	44	−27	12

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(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Al-Hilal finished top due to their superior head-to-head record against Al-Ittihad.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals [1] [2]
1	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Shabab	18
2	Al-Hasan Al-Yami	Najran	16
3	Essa Al-Mehyani	Al-Wehda	14
4	Prince Tagoe	Al-Ettifaq	10
	Mohammed Al-Shahrani	Al-Nassr
	Saad Al-Harthi	Al-Nassr
	Saleh Bashir	Al-Ettifaq
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al-Hilal

References

1. "2007–08 Saudi Premier League scorer charts". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
2. "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

• "Saudi Arabia League 2007/2008". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
• Benjamin, Zaid (2009-02-26). "Saudi Arabia 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-27.