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Season | 2012–13 |
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Top goalscorer | Mosa Madakhali (22 goals) |
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The RAKAA Professional League is the First Division in Saudi Arabia.
At the end of the 2012–13 season the league was called Saudi First Division, but the league has been renamed to RAKAA Professional League and the name stands for a Holding provider called RAKAA which has now become an official sponsor of the First Division.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Al-Orubah | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 59 | Promotion to the Saudi Professional League |
2 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | Play off |
3 | Al-Khaleej | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | |
4 | Al-Riyadh | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 55 | |
5 | Al-Qadisiya | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | |
6 | Hetten | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | |
7 | Al-Ta'ee | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 42 | |
8 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | |
9 | Al-Ansar | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | |
10 | Al-Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | |
11 | Al-Watani | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | |
12 | Al-Hazm | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 35 | |
13 | Al-Jeel | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | |
14 | Sdoos | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | Relegation to Saudi Second Division |
15 | Al-Najma | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 29 | |
16 | Al-Rabee | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 |
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