2000–01 Saudi Premier League

Statistics of the 2000–01 Saudi Premier League.

Saudi Premier League

Season	2000–01
Champions	Al-Ittihad (5th title)
Relegated	Al-Qadsiah Sdoos
Asian Club Championship	Al-Ittihad
Top goalscorer	Paulo Silva (13 goals)
← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Clubs

Jeddah

Unaizah

Riyadh

Dammam

Mecca

Medina

Khobar

Locations of teams in the 2000-01 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Luka Peruzović
Al-Ansar	Medina	Prince Mohamed bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Safet Sušić
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Oscar
Al-Najma	Unaizah	Department of Education Stadium	Dudu Georgescu
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Artur Jorge
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City	Cabralzinho
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Ivica Todorov
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City	Adel Latrach
Sdoos	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Ahmad Al Subaih	Mahamadou Sidibé	Diéne Faye	Maher Kanzari	Raúl Gordillo
Al-Ansar
Al-Ettifaq	Paulo Silva	Sadio Traoré			Faraj Laheeb
Al-Hilal	Rôni	Túlio	Ricardo Pérez	Christopher Wreh	Sérgio Ricardo Ayuba Mbwas Mangut Diéne Faye
Al-Ittihad	Marcelo Gómez	Sérgio Ricardo	Michele Gelsi	Mutiu Adepoju	Gerson
Al-Najma	Isaac Kwakye
Al-Nassr	Moussa Saïb	Doriva	Reinaldo	Mehdi Ben Slimane	Neizinho
Al-Qadsiah	Anderson	Wellington
Al-Riyadh	Marcio Róbson	Oumar Traoré
Al-Shabab	Moussa Traoré	Yaya Dissa	Mustapha Bidoudane	Riadh Jelassi	Salah Sibouih
Al-Wehda	Hassen Ghoula	Ahmed Abdelzaher			Nei Bala
Sdoos	Mohammed Manga

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Ahli	22	15	6	1	50	19	+31	51
2	Al-Hilal	22	14	5	3	36	16	+20	44[a]
3	Al-Nassr	22	12	5	5	34	19	+15	41
4	Al-Ittihad	22	11	5	6	35	23	+12	38
5	Al-Riyadh	22	8	6	8	23	24	−1	30
6	Al-Ansar	22	7	7	8	29	34	−5	28
7	Al-Shabab	22	7	6	9	28	29	−1	27
8	Al-Ettifaq	22	6	7	9	31	30	+1	25
9	Al-Wehda	22	6	4	12	25	44	−19	22
10	Al-Najma	22	5	5	12	12	30	−18	20
11	Al-Qadsiah	22	3	9	10	26	40	−14	18
12	Sdoos	22	4	3	15	16	37	−21	15

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. 3 points deducted.

Final four

Semifinals

First legs

Al-Ahli v Al-Ittihad

18 April 2001	Al-Ahli	0–0	Al-Ittihad	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
				Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid

Al-Nassr v Al-Hilal

19 April 2001	Al-Nassr	1–0	Al-Hilal	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh
	Doriva 76' (pen.)			Referee: Yousef Al-Aqeely

Second legs

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

25 April 2001	Al-Ittihad	4–2	Al-Ahli	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
	Sérgio Ricardo 20' Sérgio Ricardo 41' Mohammed Noor 36' Sérgio Ricardo 95'		54' Obeid Al-Dosari 87' Talal Al-Meshal	Referee: Ibrahim Al-Omar

Al-Hilal v Al-Nassr

26 April 2001	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Nassr	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh
				Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Final

Al-Nassr v Al-Ittihad

9 May 2001	Al-Nassr	0–1	Al-Ittihad	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh
			83' Hamzah Idris	Referee: Yousef Al-Aqeely

Saudi Premier League 2000–01 winners
Al-Ittihad 5th title

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals [1]
1	Paulo Silva	Al-Ettifaq	13
2	Ibrahim Suwayed	Al-Ahli	12
	Riadh Jelassi	Al-Shabab