2006–07 Saudi Premier League

The 2006–07 Saudi Premier League was the 31st Saudi Pro League season and the last to feature the Golden Four format. Al-Shabab were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Wehda in the first stage of the Golden Four. Al-Ittihad, who finished second with a 5-point difference from first place Al-Hilal, went on to win the league 2–1 in Riyadh. Hamad Al-Montashari's header gave Al-Ittihad their 7th league title in the 94th minute of the match.

Saudi Pro League

Season	2006–07
Dates	5 September 2006 – 1 June 2007
Champions	Al-Ittihad (7th title)
Relegated	Al-Faisaly Al-Khaleej
AFC Champions League	Al-Ittihad Al-Ahli
Arab Champions League	Al-Wehda Al-Shabab
Matches played	135
Goals scored	400 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Godwin Attram (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Shabab (14 December 2006)
Biggest away win	Al-Khaleej 2–8 Al-Ittihad (8 March 2007)
Highest scoring	Al-Khaleej 2–8 Al-Ittihad (8 March 2007)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Qualification and prize money

Prize Money:

• First Place: 2.5 million Saudi riyals
• Second Place: 1.5 million Saudi riyals
• Third Place: 1 million Saudi riyals

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Jeddah

Riyadh

Dammam

Ḥaʼil

Khobar

Mecca

Ar Rass

Harmah

Saihat

Locations of teams in the 2006–07 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Nebojša Vučković
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	Ammar Souayah
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Al Majma'ah Sports City	Bernard Simondi
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	Lula Pereira
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Marcos Paquetá
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Dimitri Davidović
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	Lotfi Benzarti
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Julio Asad
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City	Khalid Al-Koroni
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	José Morais
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City	João Carlos
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City	Theo Bücker

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Caio	Darko Anić	Haykel Guemamdia	Khaled Badra	Miodrag Anđelković
Al-Ettifaq	Khalid Souhayli	Radu Neguț	Ousmane N'Doye	Wajih Sghaier	André Neles Yaw Preko
Al-Faisaly	Abdoulaye Cissé	Richard Massolin			Kodjo Afanou
Al-Hazem	Anderson Potty	Geílson	Iranildo		Pape Touré
Al-Hilal	Marcelo Tavares	Rodrigão	Tarik El Taib	Ibrahima Ba	Guarú
Al-Ittihad	Lima	Reinaldo	Wágner	Alhassane Keita	Jared Borgetti Milenko Ačimovič
Al-Khaleej	Sidney Moraes	Lassaad Dridi	Kaies Zouaghi	Owen Mwandabai
Al-Nassr	Adrian Aliaj	Denílson	Mitchell van der Gaag	Massamasso Tchangai	Alberto Blanco Roberto Palacios
Al-Qadsiah	Saraiva	Mohamed Madihi	Toy	Mahmadu Alphajor Bah	Ahmed Essadeq Ely Cissé
Al-Shabab	Amir Azmy	Godwin Attram	Nashat Akram		Henri Antchouet Ousmane N'Doye
Al-Tai	Abdulla Al-Marzooqi	Salaheddine Aqqal	Amadi Cissé	Mandoione Sylla	Chernor Mansaray
Al-Wehda	Vladimir Vujović	Daouda Ndiaye	Hamad Ji	Marouane Bokri

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Hilal	22	17	2	3	38	15	+23	53
2	Al-Ittihad (C)	22	15	3	4	52	25	+27	48
3	Al-Wehda	22	14	5	3	41	25	+16	47
4	Al-Shabab	22	14	2	6	45	27	+18	44
5	Al-Ahli	22	7	8	7	29	33	−4	29
6	Al-Ettifaq	22	6	7	9	34	34	0	25
7	Al-Tai	22	6	5	11	32	37	−5	23
8	Al-Hazem	22	6	3	13	28	38	−10	21
9	Al-Nassr	22	5	6	11	24	37	−13	21
10	Al-Qadsiah	22	5	5	12	22	36	−14	20
11	Al-Faisaly	22	4	6	12	23	42	−19	18
12	Al-Khaleej	22	4	6	12	21	40	−19	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Golden Four Stage 1

18 May 2007

Al-Wehda	2 – 1	Al-Shabab
Talal Al-Khaibari 76' Dawood Anday 80'	Report	Naji Majrashi 48'

King Abdulaziz Sports City, Mecca

Golden Four Stage 2

24 May 2007

Al-Ittihad	3 – 2	Al-Wehda
Redha Tukar 24' Alhassane Keita 46' Alhassane Keita 113'	Report	Alaa Al-Kawkabi 28' Essa Al-Mehyani 85'

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 20,000

Final

1 June 2007

Al-Hilal	1 – 2	Al-Ittihad
Omar Al-Ghamdi 25'	Report	Osama Al-Muwallad 75' Hamad Al-Montashari 90+4'

King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ETT	FSY	HAZ	HIL	ITT	KLJ	NSR	QDS	SHB	TAI	WHD
Al-Ahli		1–1	0–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–5	3–2	2–0
Al-Ettifaq	2–2		4–2	0–3	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–2	0–1
Al-Faisaly	1–1	0–3		4–2	0–1	1–5	1–4	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2
Al-Hazem	2–1	0–1	0–1		2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–2
Al-Hilal	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	3–2	0–0
Al-Ittihad	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–2		2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0
Al-Khaleej	1–1	2–5	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–8		1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–2
Al-Nassr	0–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	0–0		2–1	0–3	1–0	2–3
Al-Qadsiah	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2		1–3	0–2	1–3
Al-Shabab	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0		1–1	3–1
Al-Tai	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–3	4–2		1–4
Al-Wehda	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	2–2	4–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2007. Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Al-Ahli	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D
Al-Ettifaq	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Al-Faisaly	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L
Al-Hazem	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D
Al-Hilal	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Al-Ittihad	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Al-Khaleej	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D
Al-Nassr	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L
Al-Qadsiah	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D
Al-Shabab	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Al-Tai	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W
Al-Wehda	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W

Source: kooora.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals [1]
1	Godwin Attram	Al-Shabab	13
2	Alhassane Keita	Al-Ittihad	12
3	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Wehda	11
4	Jared Borgetti	Al-Ittihad	10
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al-Hilal
	Yousef Al-Salem	Al-Ettifaq