1997–98 Saudi Premier League

Statistics of the 1997–98 Saudi Premier League.

Saudi Premier League

Season	1997–98
Champions	Al-Hilal (8th title)
Relegated	Al-Shoulla Al-Taawoun
Asian Club Championship	Al-Hilal
Top goalscorer	Sulaiman Al-Hadaithy (15 goals)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Clubs

Jeddah

Unaizah

Riyadh

Dammam

Buraidah

Mecca

Ḥaʼil

Al-Kharj

Locations of teams in the 1997–98 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	Cabralzinho
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Ilie Balaci
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	Dezső Novák
Al-Najma	Unaizah	Department of Education Stadium	Christov Andenov
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Jean Fernandez
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Khalid Al-Koroni
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Oscar
Al-Shoulla	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium
Al-Taawoun	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Sérgio Ricardo	Mohammed Manga	Zane Moosa
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Hilal	John Jairo Tréllez	Gilson de Souza	George Timiș	Elijah Litana	Carlos Flores
Al-Ittihad	Mário Tilico	Toninho	Dalian Atkinson	Ahmed Bahja
Al-Najma
Al-Nassr	Hristo Stoichkov	Philippe Vercruysse	Sam Abouo	Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	Ohene Kennedy
Al-Riyadh					Abdeljalil El Hajji
Al-Shabab	Emirson Ferrera	Bader Haji			Flávio Galvão
Al-Shoulla
Al-Taawoun
Al-Tai
Al-Wehda

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal	22	14	3	5	40	24	+16	45	Golden 4
2	Al-Najma	22	13	2	7	34	28	+6	41
3	Al-Shabab	22	10	9	3	46	29	+17	39
4	Al-Ahli	22	12	2	8	38	30	+8	38
5	Al-Nassr	22	11	4	7	34	27	+7	37
6	Al-Ettifaq	22	8	7	7	28	33	−5	31
7	Al-Ittihad	22	7	7	8	28	32	−4	28
8	Al-Tai	22	5	9	8	28	38	−10	24
9	Al-Riyadh	22	6	5	11	41	38	+3	23
10	Al-Wehda	22	5	8	9	28	33	−5	23
11	Al-Shoulla	22	4	7	11	23	36	−13	19	Relegate to Saudi First Division League
12	Al-Taawoun	22	3	5	14	18	38	−20	14

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Playoffs

Semifinals

Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

16 March 1998	Al-Ahli	1–1	Al-Hilal	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Talal Al-Meshal 35'		Yousuf Al-Thunayan 20'	Referee: Yousef Al-Aqeely

Al-Shabab v Al-Najma

17 March 1998	Al-Shabab	4–1	Al-Najma	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Emirson Ferrera 24' Abdullah Al-Waked 27' Abdullah Al-Waked 40' Marzouk Al-Otaibi 43'		Sulaiman Al-Hadaithy 35' (pen.)	Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

19 March 1998	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ahli	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Nawaf Al-Temyat 83' Khalid Al-Temawi 87'		Hamzah Saleh 58'	Referee: Abdulaziz Al-Dakhil

Al-Najma v Al-Shabab

20 March 1998	Al-Najma	0–1	Al-Shabab	Department of Education Stadium, Unaizah
			Saeed Al-Owairan 92' (pen.)	Referee: Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiman

Third place match

Al-Najma v Al-Ahli

23 March 1998	Al-Najma	1–2 (a.e.t)	Al-Ahli	Department of Education Stadium, Unaizah
	Mohammed Al-Munif 18'		Talal Al-Meshal 11' (pen.) Bandar Al-Rais 95'	Referee: Zafer Abu Zenada

Final

Al-Hilal v Al-Shabab

25 March 1998	Al-Hilal	3–2 (a.e.t)	Al-Shabab	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Sami Al-Jaber 67' (pen.) Sami Al-Jaber 90' Abdullah Al-Jumaan Al-Dosari 116'		Fahad Al-Mehallel 30' Fahad Al-Mehallel 37'	Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Saudi Premier League 1997–98 winners
Al-Hilal 8th title

External links

• RSSSF Stats
• Saudi Arabia Football Federation
• Saudi League Statistics
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