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- ↑ "تتويج الهدى بكأس بطولة المملكة لأندية الدرجة الرابعة" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabia Football Federation. 7 April 2023.
- ↑ "The Football Association creates a "third" league and changes the name of the third division to the fourth division league". aawsat. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
