2011–12 Saudi Pro League

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Professional League
Season2011–2012
Dates9 September 2011 – 18 April 2012
Champions Al-Shabab (6th title)
Relegated Al-Qadsiah
Al-Ansar
AFC Champions League Al-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Al-Hilal
Al-Ettifaq
UAFA Club Cup Al-Fateh
Al-Nassr
GCC Champions League Al-Faisaly
Najran
Matches played182
Goals scored537 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer Victor Simões
Nasser Al-Shamrani
(21 goals each)
Biggest home win Al-Ittihad 7–0 Hajer
(16 December 2011)
Biggest away win Al-Qadsiah 0–8 Al-Ittihad
(2 November 2011)
Highest scoring Al-Qadsiah 4–5 Al-Hilal
(20 October 2011)
Longest winning run9 games [1]
Al-Hilal
Longest unbeaten run26 games [1]
Al-Shabab
Longest winless run18 games [1]
Al-Ansar
Longest losing run17 games [1]
Al-Ansar
Highest attendance22,996 [2]
Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Ahli
(29 September 2011)
Lowest attendance28 [3]
Al-Qadsiah 2–2 Al-Faisaly
(30 November 2011)
Average attendance4,374
2012–13

The 2011–12 Saudi Professional League (known as the Zain Professional League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 9 September 2011, and ended on 18 April 2012. [4] Al-Hilal were the defending champions. [5] The league was contested by the 12 teams from the 2010–11 season as well as Al-Ansar and Hajer, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2010–11 First Division. They replace Al-Hazem and Al-Wehda who were relegated to the 2011–12 First Division.

Contents

On 14 April, Al-Shabab won their sixth League title on the final matchday after a 1–1 draw away to runners-up Al-Ahli. [6] Al-Shabab ended the season without a single defeat becoming the second team to ever do so in a 26-game league season and the third team overall.

Al-Ansar were the first team to be relegated following a 1–0 home defeat against Al-Raed on 31 March. [7] Al-Qadsiah became the second and final team to be relegated following a 3–2 defeat away to Al-Nassr on 13 April. [8]

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Al-Ansar (returning after an absence of six years) and Hajer (returning after an absence of twelve years). They replaced Al-Hazem (ending their six-year top-flight spell) and Al-Wehda (ending their eight-year top-flight spell).

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium 25,000 [9]
Al-Ansar Medina Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium 24,000 [10]
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 21,701 [11]
Al-Faisaly Harmah Prince Salman Sport City Stadium 5,200 [12]
Al-Fateh Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium 19,096 [13]
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
62,685 [14]
22,500 [15]
Al-Ittihad JeddahPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium25,000 [9]
Al-Nassr RiyadhKing Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
62,685 [14]
22,500 [15]
Al-Qadsiah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium 11,000 [16]
Al-Raed Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 23,600 [17]
Al-Shabab RiyadhKing Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
62,685 [14]
22,500 [15]
Al-Taawoun BuraidahKing Abdullah Sport City Stadium23,600 [17]
Hajer Al-HasaPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium19,096 [13]
Najran Najran Al Akhdoud Club Stadium 3,200 [18]

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Jarolím Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammad Massad Adidas STC
Al-Ansar Flag of Tunisia.svg Jalel Kadri Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdoh Besisi Adidas
Al-Ettifaq Flag of Croatia.svg Branko Ivanković Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Sayaf Al-Bishi Hattrick
Al-Faisaly Flag of Croatia.svg Zlatko Dalić Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Omar Abdulaziz Hattrick
Al-Fateh Flag of Tunisia.svg Fathi Al-Jabal Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Jaber Hagawi Lotto Fuchsia1
Al-Hilal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Hašek Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Osama Hawsawi Adidas Mobily
Al-Ittihad Flag of Spain.svg Raúl Caneda Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Noor Nike STC
Al-Nassr Flag of Colombia.svg Francisco Maturana Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hussein Abdulghani NikeSTC
Al-Qadsiah Flag of Portugal.svg Mariano Barreto Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Al-Shehri Hattrick
Al-Raed Flag of Tunisia.svg Ammar Souayah Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Khojali HattrickAl-Remeikhany
Al-Shabab Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michel Preud'homme Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ahmed Otaif AdidasSTC
Al-Taawoun Flag of Egypt.svg Khalid Kamal Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ahmed Al-Harbi Jako
Hajer Flag of Brazil.svg Ednaldo Patricio Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Khaled Al-Rejaib HattrickAl-Ghadeer
Najran Flag of North Macedonia.svg Gjoko Hadžievski Flag of Syria.svg Jehad Al-Hussain Hattrick

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure
Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
Al-Ansar Flag of Tunisia.svg Djamel Belkacem End of contract18 May 2011 [19] Pre-season Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Blaž Slišković 30 May 2011 [20]
Al-Nassr Flag of Croatia.svg Dragan Skočić Sacked26 May 2011 [21] Flag of Portugal.svg Eurico Gomes (caretaker)26 May 2011 [21]
Al-Qadsiah Flag of Bulgaria.svg Dimitar Dimitrov End of contract1 June 2011 Flag of Portugal.svg Mariano Barreto 12 June 2011 [22]
Hajer Flag of Tunisia.svg Zuhair Al-Louati 1 June 2011 Flag of Brazil.svg Ednaldo Patricio 27 June 2011 [23]
Najran Flag of Portugal.svg José Rachão 1 June 2011 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Gjoko Hadžievski 1 July 2011 [24]
Al-Shabab Flag of Argentina.svg Enzo Trossero 12 June 2011 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michel Preud'homme 14 June 2011 [25]
Al-Hilal Flag of Argentina.svg Gabriel Calderón Sacked18 June 2011 [26] Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Doll 20 July 2011 [27]
Al-Ahli Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Ilić End of contract30 June 2011 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karel Jarolím 5 August 2011 [28]
Al-Ettifaq Flag of Tunisia.svg Youssef Zouaoui 30 June 2011 Flag of Croatia.svg Branko Ivanković 22 July 2011 [29]
Al-Nassr Flag of Portugal.svg Eurico Gomes (caretaker)End of caretaker period30 June 2011 Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Costas 18 July 2011 [30]
Al-Raed Flag of Portugal.svg Eurico Gomes Sacked17 October 2011 [31] 13th Flag of Tunisia.svg Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker)17 October 2011 [31]
Al-Ansar Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Blaž Slišković 26 October 2011 [32] 14th Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ayoub Ghulam (caretaker)26 October 2011 [32]
Al-Raed Flag of Tunisia.svg Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker)End of caretaker period28 October 201113th Flag of Tunisia.svg Ammar Souayah 28 October 2011 [33]
Al-Ansar Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ayoub Ghulam (caretaker)10 November 201114th Flag of Tunisia.svg Jalel Kadri 10 November 2011 [34]
Al-Ittihad Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dimitri Davidović Sacked28 November 2011 [35] 5th Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)28 November 2011 [35]
Al--Nassr Flag of Argentina.svg Gustavo Costas 30 November 2011 [36] 6th Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Komaikh (caretaker)30 November 2011 [36]
Al-Nassr Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Komaikh (caretaker)End of caretaker period4 December 20116th Flag of Colombia.svg Francisco Maturana 4 December 2011 [37]
Al-Ittihad Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)16 December 20116th Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Kek 16 December 2011 [38]
Al-Taawoun Flag of Romania.svg Florin Motroc Resigned29 December 2011 [39] 13th Flag of Croatia.svg Srećko Juričić 30 December 2011 [39]
Al-Taawoun Flag of Croatia.svg Srećko Juričić Sacked20 January 2012 [40] 12th Flag of Romania.svg Grigore Sichitiu 20 January 2012 [40]
Al-Hilal Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Doll 22 January 2012 [41] 4th Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ivan Hašek 22 January 2012 [42]
Al-Ittihad Flag of Slovenia.svg Matjaž Kek 8 February 2012 [43] 6th Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)8 February 2012 [43]
Al-Ittihad Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)End of caretaker period27 February 20127th Flag of Spain.svg Raúl Caneda 27 February 2012 [44]
Al-Taawoun Flag of Romania.svg Grigore Sichitiu Sacked2 April 2012 [45] 12th Flag of Egypt.svg Khalid Kamal (caretaker)2 April 2012 [45]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. [46]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 AFC playerFormer players
Al-Ahli Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Camacho Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões Flag of Colombia.svg Jairo Palomino Flag of Oman.svg Amad Al-Hosni
Al-Ansar Flag of Ghana.svg Sadick Adams Flag of Senegal.svg Diakite Lamine Flag of Tunisia.svg Radhouane Ben Ouanès Flag of Syria.svg Mohammad Istanbuli Flag of Brazil.svg Tatá
Flag of Jordan.svg Mohammad Muneer
Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Injac
Flag of Serbia.svg Despot Višković
Al-Ettifaq Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Tagliabúe Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Lazaroni Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Santos Flag of Oman.svg Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Won-young
Al-Faisaly Flag of Croatia.svg Leon Benko Flag of Croatia.svg Dario Jertec Flag of Jordan.svg Amer Deeb Flag of Syria.svg Wael Ayan Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Asim Šehić
Flag of Croatia.svg Pero Pejić
Al-Fateh Flag of Brazil.svg Élton Arábia Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Doris Fuakumputu Flag of Senegal.svg Kemekho Cissokho Flag of Jordan.svg Shadi Abu Hash'hash
Al-Hilal Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef El-Arabi Flag of Morocco.svg Adil Hermach Flag of Sweden.svg Christian Wilhelmsson Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Byung-soo Flag of Cameroon.svg Achille Emaná
Al-Ittihad Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Fabrice Ondama Flag of Egypt.svg Hosny Abd Rabo Flag of Morocco.svg Faouzi Abdelghani Flag of Bahrain.svg Abdullah Omar Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelmalek Ziaya
Flag of Brazil.svg Wendel
Flag of Kuwait.svg Fahad Al Enezi
Flag of Portugal.svg Paulo Jorge
Al-Nassr Flag of Algeria.svg Hadj Bouguèche Flag of Brazil.svg Wagner Querino Flag of Brazil.svg Vinícius Reche Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Byung-suk Flag of Algeria.svg Antar Yahia
Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Mercier
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Pino
Al-Qadsiah Flag of Algeria.svg Saïd Bouchouk Flag of North Macedonia.svg Zoran Baldovaliev Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba Flag of Bahrain.svg Abdulwahab Al-Safi Flag of Algeria.svg Hadj Bouguèche
Flag of Ghana.svg William Kwabena Tiero
Al-Raed Flag of Brazil.svg Leandrinho Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Yves Diba Ilunga Flag of Morocco.svg Issam Erraki Flag of Oman.svg Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini Flag of Brazil.svg Reinaldo
Al-Shabab Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Menegazzo Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Tavares Flag of Brazil.svg Wendel Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Server Djeparov Flag of Guinea.svg Ibrahim Yattara
Al-Taawoun Flag of Albania.svg Migen Memelli Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Vianney Mabidé Flag of Morocco.svg Salaheddine Aqqal Flag of Jordan.svg Yaseen Al-Bakhit Flag of North Macedonia.svg Šakir Redžepi
Flag of Syria.svg Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain
Hajer Flag of Brazil.svg Rico Flag of Cameroon.svg Moustapha Moctar Belbi Flag of Jordan.svg Hazem Jawdat Flag of Palestine.svg Abdelatif Bahdari Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Barbosa
Flag of Nigeria.svg Franklin Ayodele
Najran Flag of Algeria.svg Ramzi Bourakba Flag of Algeria.svg Farid Cheklam Flag of Algeria.svg Reda Benhadj Djillali Flag of Syria.svg Jehad Al-Hussain Flag of North Macedonia.svg Zoran Baldovaliev
Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Đokić

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Al-Shabab (C)2619705016+3464Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage [lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Ahli 2619526022+3862
3 Al-Hilal 2618625822+3660
4 Al-Ettifaq 2613854126+1547
5 Al-Ittihad 2610794935+1437
6 Al-Fateh 2610793741437Qualification for the UAFA Club Cup
7 Al-Nassr 26105114037+335
8 Al-Faisaly 2679103641530Qualification for the GCC Champions League
9 Najran 26791034491530
10 Al-Raed 26841428391128
11 Hajer 26671323452225
12 Al-Taawoun 26471528522419
13 Al-Qadsiah (R)26461634521818Relegation to the First Division
14 Al-Ansar (R)26312219604110
Source: SLstat
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Total goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the King Cup of Champions, Al-Ahli, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the King Cup of Champions winners (Champions League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away AHL ANS ETT FSY FAT HIL ITT NSR QAD RAE SHB TWN HJR NAJ
Al-Ahli 5–10–02–03–31–0 0–1 2–02–11–01–14–24–34–0
Al-Ansar 0–10–22–12–10–21–30–20–30–10–22–10–21–2
Al-Ettifaq 0–41–11–21–02–21–02–03–21–10–05–10–03–3
Al-Faisaly 0–12–11–41–00–20–11–12–22–11–31–12–24–1
Al-Fateh 2–23–02–12–10–53–20–11–60–00–10–01–02–2
Al-Hilal 4–06–13–32–13–2 1–1 1–03–02–00–21–13–12–1
Al-Ittihad 1–3 3–20–14–21–2 0–2 1–11–01–10–25–37–02–2
Al-Nassr 1–34–11–31–11–20–31–33–21–01–25–00–03–2
Al-Qadsiah 0–32–10–12–21–24–50–82–10–11–21–11–10–2
Al-Raed 1–53–21–21–41–21–12–01–41–01–22–01–20–1
Al-Shabab 1–13–01–01–11–00–02–22–21–03–21–06–14–0
Al-Taawoun 0–22–01–01–23–30–12–11–22–20–21–22–11–4
Hajer 0–21–00–11–12–41–20–00–31–00–20–12–11–0
Najran 0–42–10–31–10–00–21–12–12–23–11–41–11–1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2012. Source: SLstat.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [47]
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões Al-Ahli21
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab
3 Flag of Oman.svg Amad Al-Hosni Al-Ahli15
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Al-Nassr
5 Flag of Algeria.svg Hadj Bouguèche Al-Qadsiah / Al-Nassr12
Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef El-Arabi Al-Hilal
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Bader Al-Kharashi Al-Faisaly
8 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yousef Al-Salem Al-Ettifaq11
9 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Doris Fuakumputu Al-Fateh10
10 Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Tagliabué Al-Ettifaq9
Flag of Brazil.svg Wendel Al-Ittihad / Al-Shabab
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hamdan Al-Hamdan Al-Fateh
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Taisir Al-Jassim Al-Ahli
Flag of Syria.svg Jehad Al-Hussain Najran

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Flag of Algeria.svg Hadj Bouguèche Al-QadsiahAl-Fateh6–1 (A)14 October 2011 [48]
Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões Al-AhliAl-Taawoun4–2 (H)15 October 2011 [49]
Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef El-Arabi Al-HilalAl-Qadsiah5–4 (A)20 October 2011 [50]
Flag of Brazil.svg Wendel Al-IttihadAl-Qadsiah8–0 (A)2 November 2011 [51]
Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões Al-AhliAl-Ansar5–1 (H)29 December 2011 [52]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-ShababAl-Ansar3–0 (H)8 April 2012 [53]
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets [54]
1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Waleed Abdullah Al-Shabab13
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasser Al-Mosailem Al-Ahli
3 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Fayz Al-Sabiay Al-Ettifaq11
4 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Khalid Sharahili Al-Hilal7
5 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hassan Al-Otaibi Al-Hilal6
6 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Al-Khojali Al-Raed5
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammad Sharifi Al-Fateh
8 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdullah Al-Enezi Al-Nassr4
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ali Al-Mazyadi Al-Ittihad
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mustafa Malayekah Hajer

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 69 [56]
    • Al-Ittihad
  • Most red cards: 6 [57]
    • Al-Ahli

Attendances

By team

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Al-Ahli 143,48617,2004,11011,037+46.7%
2 Al-Hilal 97,11222,9963527,470−14.5%
3 Al-Raed 92,90322,5231,8317,146+4.0%
4 Al-Ittihad 91,31816,1952,6207,024−6.9%
5 Al-Taawoun 90,67219,6582,0586,975+4.2%
6 Al-Ansar 56,66918,400334,359n/a

7 Al-Nassr 53,74817,9455884,134−35.1%
8 Al-Ettifaq 52,65318,0162034,050−7.8%
9 Al-Shabab 35,2488,1237252,711+56.8%
10 Al-Qadsiah 19,0266,711281,464−28.2%
11 Al-Fateh 18,5844,6721641,430−31.5%
12 Hajer 17,9214,2252471,379n/a

13 Al-Faisaly 15,6573,2233951,204−8.9%
14 Najran 11,1612,330271859−17.7%
League total796,15822,996284,374+4.0%

Updated to games played on 18 April 2012
Source: [58] [59] [60]
Notes:
Teams played previous season in First Division.

Awards

Arriyadiyah Awards for Sports Excellence

After a partnership of five years, it was announced that Mobily would no longer sponsor the award. [61] The Arriyadiyah Awards for Sports Excellence were awarded for the sixth time since its inception in 2007. The awards were sponsored by Saudi newspaper Arriyadiyah and Saudi marketing company RPM. The awards were presented on 16 December 2012. [62]

AwardWinnerClub
Player of the SeasonGold medal icon.svg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Taisir Al-Jassim
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nasser Al-Shamrani
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Oman.svg Amad Al-Hosni
Al-Ahli
Al-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Young Player of the SeasonGold medal icon.svg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Yasser Al-Fahmi
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Abdulellah Al-Nassar
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ayman Fadel
Al-Ahli
Al-Nassr
Al-Ittihad
Golden Boot Flag of Brazil.svg Victor Simões
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Nasser Al-Shamrani
Al-Ahli
Al-Shabab

Al-Riyadiya Awards

The Al-Riyadiya Awards were awarded for the third time since its inception in 2010. The awards were presented on 13 May 2012. [63]

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  8. "القادسية يلحق بالأنصار إلى دوري الأولى". Archived from the original on 2017-09-29.
  9. 1 2 "استاد الأمير عبدالله الفيصل".
  10. "ملعب مدينة الأمير محمد بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية". Archived from the original on 2016-04-11.
  11. "استاد الأمير محمد بن فهد". Archived from the original on 2016-04-07.
  12. "ملعب مدينة الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية". Archived from the original on 2016-04-07.
  13. 1 2 "ملعب مدينة الأمير عبدالله بن جلوي الرياضية". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10.
  14. 1 2 3 "استاد الملك فهد الدولي". Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
  15. 1 2 3 "استاد الأمير فيصل بن فهد". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10.
  16. "ملعب مدينة الأمير سعود بن جلوي الرياضية". Archived from the original on 2016-04-11.
  17. 1 2 "استاد مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية". Archived from the original on 2016-04-07.
  18. "ملعب نادي الأخدود". Archived from the original on 2016-04-07.
  19. "الأنصار يقيل مدربه ويعير عبدالقادر للاتحاد" (in Arabic).
  20. "البوسني بلاز يدرب الأنصار ب 800 ألف ريال" (in Arabic).
  21. 1 2 "النصر يقيل دراغان.. ويعين مدرب الرائد".
  22. "القادسية ينهي صفقة المدرب ماريتو غدا".
  23. "البرازيلي بارتسيو يدرب هجر".
  24. "جوكيكا يقود تدريبات نجران غدا.. وكويتي يدخل اهتمامات الإدارة".
  25. "البلجيكي بودروم مدرباً للشباب ثلاثة أعوام".
  26. "اعفاء كالديرون وتكليف الجابر بتدريب الهلال".
  27. "الالماني توماس يوقع عقده لتدريب بطل الدوري والكأس لمدة عامين".
  28. "الأهلي يتعاقد مع المدرب جاروليم رسميًا" (in Arabic).
  29. "لكرواتي برانكو مدرباً للاتفاق".
  30. "رسميا .. الأرجنتيني جوستافو كوستاس مدربا للنصر".
  31. 1 2 "التونسي حافظ الهواربي يقود تدريبات الفريق الأول بحضور رئيس المكتب التنفيذي الأستاذ عبدالعزيز التويجري".
  32. 1 2 "الأنصار يستغني عن المدرب والأجانب.. والبديل غلام" (in Arabic).
  33. "تأكيداً لتميز (دنيا الرياضة) الرائد يعلن رسمياً عن تعاقده مع السويح".
  34. "التونسي جلال القادري مدرباً للانصار" (in Arabic).
  35. 1 2 "الإتحاد يقيل ديمتري ويعين غراب مدربا للفريق".
  36. 1 2 "إدارة النصر تقيل المدرب "خوستافو"".
  37. "ماتورانا مدرب النصر الجديد.. والحارثي يختفي".
  38. "السلوفيني ماتياس كيك مدربا للاتحاد.. رسميا".
  39. 1 2 "الكرواتي يوري مدرباً للتعاون".
  40. 1 2 "في أسرع قرار إقالة.. التعاون يفك الارتباط مع الكرواتي سترشكو".
  41. "إدارة الهلال تقيل الألماني توماس دول".
  42. "الهلال يقيل توماس دول رسميا ويتعاقد مع التشيكي إيفان هاسيك".
  43. 1 2 "الرائد يطيح بكيك.. والتشيكي فانيس وشحاته على طاولة الاختيار".
  44. "الاتحاد يتجاوز الأزمة.. ويوقع رسمياً مع كانيدا".
  45. 1 2 "خماسية النصر تطيح بمدرب التعاون".
  46. "عدد اللاعبين الأجانب". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  47. "أكثر اللاعبين تسجيلاً للأهداف" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  48. "الفتح 1 - 6 القادسية" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  49. "الأهلي 4 - 2 التعاون" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  50. "القادسية 4 - 5 الهلال" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  51. "القادسية 0 - 8 الاتحاد" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  52. "الأهلي 5 - 1 الأنصار" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  53. "الشباب 3 - 0 الأنصار" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
  54. "أكثر الحراس محافظة على شباكه" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  55. 1 2 "عدد الكروت الملونة التي أبرزت". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.
  56. "أكثر فريق حصل على كروت صفراء". Archived from the original on 9 May 2016.
  57. "أكثر فريق حصل على كروت حمراء". Archived from the original on 8 May 2016.
  58. "أكثر فريق معدل حضور جماهيري على أرضه". Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  59. "أكثر فريق حضور جماهيري على أرضه". Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  60. "أكثر مباراة في عدد الجمهور". Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  61. "الرياضية و موبايلي يتفقان على عدم تجديد رعاية الجائزة".
  62. "في جائزة الرياضية للتميز الرياضي: آل سعيد أفضل رياضي.. الفهمي أفضل واعد .. وتيسير أفضل لاعب قدم.. وجائزة الهداف مناصفة بين فيكتور والشمراني".
  63. "ناصر الشمراني يخطف جائزة "القناة الرياضية" لأفضل لاعب في الموسم".