1998–99 Saudi Premier League

Statistics of the 1998–99 Saudi Premier League.

Saudi Premier League

Season	1998–99
Champions	Al-Ittihad (3rd title)
Relegated	Hajer Al-Ansar
Asian Club Championship	Al-Ittihad
Top goalscorer	Obeid Al-Dosari (20 goals)
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Clubs

Jeddah

Unaizah

Riyadh

Dammam

Mecca

Ḥaʼil

Medina

Hofuf

Locations of teams in the 1998-99 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	Amin Dabo
Al-Ansar	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	Khalil Al-Zayani
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Lori Sandri
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	Dimitri Davidović
Al-Najma	Unaizah	Department of Education Stadium	Christov Andenov
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Procópio Cardoso
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	Oscar
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium	Khalid Al-Koroni
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	Gaúcho
Hajer	Hofuf	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Former players
Al-Ahli	Gilson de Souza	Mohammed Manga
Al-Ansar
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Hilal	Bashar Abdullah	Precious Monye	Ayadi Hamrouni	Elijah Litana		John Jairo Tréllez Edgar Báez
Al-Ittihad	Marcos Pereira	Dalian Atkinson	Ahmed Bahja	Mourad Hdiouad	Rob Witschge	Mário Tilico Roberto Valenzuela
Al-Najma
Al-Nassr	Álvaro Barco
Al-Riyadh	Mamoun Diop
Al-Shabab	Bader Haji	Yaya Dissa	Rashidi Yekini
Al-Tai
Al-Wehda
Hajer

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Hilal	22	15	3	4	39	22	+17	48
2	Al-Ittihad	22	15	6	1	45	32	+13	48[a]
3	Al-Ahli	22	10	8	4	38	22	+16	38
4	Al-Shabab	22	10	8	4	40	23	+17	38
5	Al-Nassr	22	10	3	9	33	24	+9	33
6	Al-Ettifaq	22	8	6	8	29	30	−1	30
7	Al-Riyadh	22	7	6	9	30	32	−2	27
8	Al-Tai	22	7	4	11	24	40	−16	25
9	Al-Najma	22	6	5	11	26	33	−7	23
10	Al-Wehda	22	6	3	13	32	46	−14	21[b]
11	Al-Ansar	22	5	6	11	20	34	−14	21[b]
12	Hajer	22	2	7	13	21	39	−18	13

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted
2. Al-Wehda defeated Al-Ansar 1-0 in the end of season relegation playoff

Playoffs

Semifinals

Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal

22 April 1999	Al-Ahli	0–1	Al-Hilal	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
			Hamzah Saleh 4' (o.g.)	Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Al-Shabab v Al-Ittihad

25 April 1999	Al-Shabab	2–2	Al-Ittihad	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Salem Suroor 56' Jorgensen 88'		Hamzah Idris 25' Sulaiman Al-Hadaithy 86'	Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid

Al-Hilal v Al-Ahli

29 April 1999	Al-Hilal	1–3	Al-Ahli	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
	Bashar Abdullah 30' (pen.)		Khaled Gahwji 45' Ibrahim Suwayed 49' Andy Abdul 96'	Referee: Daffer Al-Shehri

Al-Ittihad v Al-Shabab

30 April 1999	Al-Ittihad	2–1	Al-Shabab	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Hamzah Idris 81' Ahmed Bahja 93'		Saleh Al-Dawod 36'

Final

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

7 May 1999	Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Ahli	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
	Hamzah Idris 51'			Referee: Mujib Al-Dosari

Saudi Premier League 1998-99 winners
Al-Ittihad 3rd title

External links

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