2015–16 Saudi Pro League

The 2015–16 Saudi Professional League (known as the Abdul Latif Jameel Professional League for sponsorship reasons) was the 40th season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 19 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.^[7] Al-Nassr were the two time defending champions having won their eighth title last season.^[8] The league was contested by the 12 teams from the 2014–15 season as well as Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Wehda, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2014–15 First Division. They replace Al-Orobah and Al-Shoulla who were relegated to the 2015–16 First Division.

Professional League

Season	2015–2016
Dates	19 August 2015 – 14 May 2016
Champions	Al-Ahli (3rd title)
Relegated	Najran Hajer
AFC Champions League	Al-Ahli Al-Hilal Al-Taawoun Al-Fateh
Arab Club Championship	Al-Hilal Al-Nassr
Matches played	182
Goals scored	508 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Al Somah (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Hilal 7–0 Al-Khaleej (21 November 2015)
Biggest away win	Hajer 0–5 Al-Ittihad (24 April 2016) Al-Ittihad 0–5 Al-Nassr (8 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Al-Ittihad 6–2 Al-Raed (4 February 2016)
Longest winning run	Al-Ahli (8 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Ahli (17 games)[2]
Longest winless run	Hajer (15 games)[3]
Longest losing run	Hajer (9 games)[4]
Highest attendance	60,051[5] Al-Ahli 3–2 Al-Fateh (13 May 2016)
Lowest attendance	46[5] Najran 2–0 Hajer (20 November 2015)
Average attendance	6,906[6]
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

On 24 April, Al-Ahli secured their third league title and first since 1984 with two games to spare after defeating second-placed Al-Hilal 3–1 at home.^[9]

Hajer were the first team to be relegated following a 1–0 home defeat to Al-Ahli Al-Orobah on 17 April.^[10] Najran became the second and final team to be relegated following a 3–3 draw with Al-Raed on the final matchday.^[11]

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Al-Qadisiyah (returning to the top flight after three years) and Al-Wehda (returning to the top flight after two years). They replaced Al-Orobah (ending their two-year top-flight spell) and Al-Shoulla (ending their three-year top-flight spell).

Stadiums and locations

Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad

Al-Faisaly

Al-Fateh
Hajer

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Al-Khaleej

Al-Qadisiyah

Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun

Al-Wehda

Najran

Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Saudi Professional League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,345[12]
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Prince Salman Sport City Stadium	5,200[13]
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	19,096[14]
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	62,685[15] 22,500[16]
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,345[12]
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (Dammam)	21,701[17]
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	62,685[15] 22,500[16]
Al-Qadisiyah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	11,000[18]
Al-Raed	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600[19]
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	62,685[15] 22,500[16]
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600[19]
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	33,195[20]
Hajer	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	19,096
Najran	Najran	King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium (Jeddah)[a]	1,000

1. Najran played at the King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium due to the ongoing war in Yemen.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Christian Gross	Taisir Al-Jassim	Umbro	Qatar Airways, Almosafer1
Al-Faisaly	Liviu Ciobotariu	Omar Abdulaziz	Erreà	ALDREES, Roco1
Al-Fateh	Nacif Beyaoui	Hamdan Al-Hamdan	Jako	Hyundai, Al Kifah1, AlMoosa Hospital1
Al-Hilal	Giorgos Donis	Salman Al-Faraj	Nike	Volkswagen, Mobily, Abdul Samad Al Qurashi1, Tasnee1, Bupa2, ExxonMobil2
Al-Ittihad	Victor Pițurcă	Mohammed Noor	Adidas	Bupa2, ExxonMobil2
Al-Khaleej	Jalel Kadri	Hussain Al-Turki	Erreà	Hyundai
Al-Nassr	Raúl Caneda	Hussein Abdulghani	Sporta	Mobily
Al-Qadisiyah	Hamad Al-Dossari	Naif Hazazi	Lotto	eXtra
Al-Raed	Aleksandar Ilić	Ibrahim Madkhali	Hattrick	Hana Water
Al-Shabab	Fathi Al-Jabal	Ahmed Otaif	Romai
Al-Taawoun	José Manuel Gomes	Adnan Fallatah	Erreà	Herfy, Al Qassim Corner1
Al-Wehda	Kheïreddine Madoui	Majed Al-Hazzani	Erreà	Nagoor Group
Hajer	Abdullah Al-Janoubi	Mustafa Malayekah	Erreà	Al-Ajmi Co., Almulhim Auto
Najran	Hélio dos Anjos	Abdulaziz Hamsal	Uhlsport	Polystar

• ¹ On the back of the strip.
• ² On the right sleeve of the strip.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Shabab	Adel Abdel Rahman	End of contract	15 May 2015	Pre-season	Álvaro Gutiérrez	21 May 2015[21]
Al-Raed	Ammar Souayah		19 May 2015		Abdelkader Amrani	8 June 2015[22]
Najran	Fouad Bouali		19 May 2015		Fathi Al-Jabal	27 June 2015[23]
Al-Faisaly	Toni Conceição	Sacked	22 May 2015[24]		Liviu Ciobotariu	6 June 2015[25]
Al-Ittihad	Victor Pițurcă		11 June 2015[26]		László Bölöni	22 July 2015[27]
Al-Raed	Abdelkader Amrani		29 August 2015[28]	13th	Takis Lemonis	3 September 2015[29]
Al-Nassr	Jorge da Silva		24 October 2015[30]	7th	René Higuita (caretaker)	24 October 2015
	René Higuita (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	28 October 2015	6th	Fabio Cannavaro	28 October 2015[31]
Al-Qadisiyah	Jameel Qassem	Sacked	30 October 2015[32]	9th	Alexandre Gallo	30 October 2015[33]
Al-Wehda	Juan Jacinto Rodríguez		30 October 2015[34]	13th	Badreldin Hamed (caretaker)	30 October 2015
Hajer	Nebojša Jovović		30 October 2015[35]	11th	Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker)	30 October 2015
	Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	5 November 2015	12th	Stéphane Demol	5 November 2015[36]
Al-Wehda	Badreldin Hamed (caretaker)		6 November 2015	10th	Kheïreddine Madoui	6 November 2015[37]
Al-Ittihad	László Bölöni	Sacked	24 November 2015[38]	3rd	Adel Abdel Rahman (caretaker)	24 November 2015
	Adel Abdel Rahman (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	9 December 2015	3rd	Victor Pițurcă	9 December 2015[39]
Najran	Fathi Al-Jabal	Sacked	17 December 2015[40]	13th	Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker)	17 December 2015
	Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	25 December 2015	13th	Hélio dos Anjos	25 December 2015[41]
Al-Shabab	Álvaro Gutiérrez	Sacked	3 January 2016[42]	6th	Fathi Al-Jabal	3 January 2016[42]
Al-Qadisiyah	Alexandre Gallo	Mutual consent	29 January 2016[43]	11th	Hamad Al-Dossari	30 January 2016[44]
Al-Raed	Takis Lemonis	Sacked	1 February 2016[45]	12th	Reda Hakam (caretaker)	1 February 2016
	Reda Hakam (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	4 February 2016	12th	Aleksandar Ilić	4 February 2016[46]
Al-Nassr	Fabio Cannavaro	Sacked	12 February 2016[47]	6th	René Higuita (caretaker)	12 February 2016
	René Higuita (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	19 February 2016	7th	Raúl Caneda	19 February 2016[48]
Hajer	Stéphane Demol	Sacked	8 March 2016[49]	14th	Abdullah Al-Janoubi	8 March 2016

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 4 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.^[50]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Marquinho	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	Giannis Fetfatzidis	Omar Al Somah	Nabil Bahoui
Al-Faisaly	Adriano Pardal	Javi Balboa	Abel Camará	Sadat Ouro-Akoriko	Fernando Gabriel André Ndame Ndame Hamza Al-Dardour Ifeanyi Onyilo
Al-Fateh	Élton Arábia	Salam Shaker	Patrick Gbala	Juan Falcón	Josimar Marko Stanojević
Al-Hilal	Aílton	Carlos Eduardo	Digão	Kwak Tae-hwi
Al-Ittihad	Sulley Muntari	Lucian Sânmărtean	Gelmin Rivas		James Troisi
Al-Khaleej	Aminou Bouba	Aboubacar Sylla	Abdoulaye Koffi	Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh	Marwan Hussein
Al-Nassr	Mohamed Husain	Marquinhos Gabriel	Modibo Maïga	Adrian Mierzejewski	Youness Mokhtar Fabián Estoyanoff
Al-Qadisiyah	Gilberto Macena	Jandson	Vitor Júnior	Saad Abdul-Amir	Farid Mellouli Diego Maurício Jhon Cley Rubinho Héctor Ramos
Al-Raed	Marcos Pizzelli	Boubacar Kébé	Ismaël Bangoura	Eid Al-Farsi	Kamil Zayatte Amjad Radhi Oussama Darragi
Al-Shabab	Mohamed Benyettou	Camilo	Rafinha	Diego Arismendi	Saif Al Hashan Mauricio Affonso
Al-Taawoun	Sandro Manoel	Paul Alo'o	Ricardo Machado	Jehad Al-Hussain
Al-Wehda	Anderson	Ernest Webnje Nfor	Jehad Al Baour	Adolfo Lima	Łukasz Gikiewicz Zouheir Dhaouadi
Hajer	Bruno Lopes	André Ndame Ndame	Ashraf Nu'man	Adama François Sene	Gualberto Mojica Saif Salman Dragan Ćeran Nemanja Tubić
Najran	Adriano Alves	Bismark	Eric	Tozin	Mamadou Wagué Winful Cobbinah Faisal Zayid Aboubacar Tambadou Malick Mané David Simbo

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahli (C)	26	19	6	1	55	21	+34	63	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Al-Hilal	26	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage and Arab Club Championship group stage[a]
3	Al-Ittihad[b]	26	15	4	7	54	37	+17	49
4	Al-Taawoun	26	13	6	7	54	35	+19	45	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[a]
5	Al-Fateh	26	11	8	7	35	28	+7	41	Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
6	Al-Shabab	26	11	6	9	27	28	−1	39
7	Al-Khaleej	26	8	9	9	27	43	−16	33
8	Al-Nassr	26	7	11	8	39	33	+6	32	Qualification for the Arab Club Championship group stage[c]
9	Al-Wehda	26	8	7	11	30	37	−7	31
10	Al-Faisaly	26	7	8	11	28	37	−9	29
11	Al-Qadisiyah	26	6	10	10	26	32	−6	28
12	Al-Raed (O)	26	6	6	14	30	45	−15	24	Qualification to relegation play-offs
13	Najran (R)	26	5	6	15	36	53	−17	21	Relegation to the First Division
14	Hajer (R)	26	2	3	21	15	56	−41	9

Source: SLstat.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).^[52]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2016 King Cup, Al-Ahli, qualified for AFC Champions League group stage based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (2017 AFC Champions League group stage) is passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (AFC Champions League play-off round) is passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Al-Ittihad did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.^[51]
3. Al-Nassr earned a place in the Arab Club Championship by virtue of being the 2016 King Cup runners-up.

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. If a club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position. In this case, an additional AFC Champions League group stage berth will be given to the 3rd placed team, and the AFC Champions League play-off round spot will be given to 4th.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Al-Ahli	6	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Hilal	3	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Ittihad	4	3	5	4	2	3	4	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Al-Taawoun	8	6	3	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Al-Fateh	2	7	7	6	8	9	7	9	8	9	7	9	5	7	7	7	6	8	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Al-Shabab	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	7	9	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Al-Khaleej	13	14	13	10	10	8	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Al-Nassr	7	8	6	7	6	6	8	6	7	6	5	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Al-Wehda	14	11	12	12	13	10	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Al-Faisaly	11	12	9	9	7	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10
Al-Qadsiah	5	5	8	8	9	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	11	12	12	11	11
Al-Raed	12	13	14	14	12	13	13	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	12
Najran	10	9	11	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13
Hajer	9	10	10	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader
	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
	2017 AFC Champions League play-off round
	Qualified for relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2016–17 First Division

Source: SLstat.com

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	FSY	FAT	HIL	ITT	KHJ	NSR	QAD	RAE	SHB	WHD	TWN	HJR	NAJ
Al-Ahli		1–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2
Al-Faisaly	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–2
Al-Fateh	0–2	2–1		1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Al-Hilal	1–2	0–0	3–3		0–1	7–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0
Al-Ittihad	0–3	1–2	0–0	4–3		4–1	0–5	1–1	6–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	5–0	1–0
Al-Khaleej	0–4	2–1	0–2	0–3	2–2		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	3–1
Al-Nassr	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0
Al-Qadsiah	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–2		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–2
Al-Raed	2–5	5–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1		0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3
Al-Shabab	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–1		1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2
Al-Wehda	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–1
Al-Taawoun	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–3	5–1	2–0	4–0	4–2		4–0	4–1
Hajer	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–5	0–5	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–4		1–2
Najran	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	2–3	4–3	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: SLstat.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	23	24	25	26
Al-Ahli	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Al-Faisaly	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D
Al-Fateh	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L
Al-Hilal	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D
Al-Ittihad	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L
Al-Khaleej	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L
Al-Nassr	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L
Al-Qadsiah	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W
Al-Raed	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D
Al-Shabab	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W
Al-Wehda	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W
Al-Taawoun	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W
Hajer	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Najran	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D

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

Relegation play-offs

Al-Raed who finished 12th faced Al-Batin who finished 3rd in the 2015–16 Saudi First Division for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score will take part in the 2016–17 Saudi Professional League.^[52] Al-Raed won 5–3 on aggregate and secured their place in the next season.^[53]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Batin	3–5	Al-Raed	2–1	1–4

First leg

Al-Batin	2–1	Al-Raed
Al-Yami 15' (o.g.) Metlaq 58'	Report	Bangoura 50'

19 May 2016

20:45 AST
(UTC+3)

Al-Batin Club Stadium, Hafar al-Batin

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Second leg

Al-Raed	4–1	Al-Batin
Pizzelli 3' (pen.) Al-Shehri 30' Al-Sawadi 81' Bangoura 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Jadoua 84'

26 May 2016

20:45 AST
(UTC+3)

King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah

Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[54]
1	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	27
2	Gelmin Rivas	Al-Ittihad	19
3	Carlos Eduardo	Al-Hilal	14
4	Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili	Al-Taawoun	13
5	Élton Arábia	Al-Fateh	12
6	Ali Awaji	Al-Wehda	11
7	Paul Alo'o	Al-Taawoun	10
	Adrian Mierzejewski	Al-Nassr
9	Javi Balboa	Al-Faisaly	8
	Hamad Al-Juhaim	Al-Fateh

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Gelmin Rivas	Al-Ittihad	Al-Qadsiah	3–1 (A)	17 October 2015	[55]
Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Nassr	4–2 (H)	18 October 2015	[56]
Gelmin Rivas	Al-Ittihad	Hajer	5–0 (H)	10 December 2015	[57]
Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Raed	3–1 (H)	14 December 2015	[58]
Yasser Al-Qahtani4	Al-Hilal	Hajer	4–1 (H)	8 May 2016	[59]
Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Raed	5–2 (A)	8 May 2016	[60]

Notes

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[61]
1	Khalid Sharahili	Al-Hilal	10
	Yasser Al-Mosailem	Al-Ahli
3	Mohammed Al-Owais	Al-Shabab	8
4	Faisel Masrahi	Al-Shabab	7
5	Abdullah Al-Owaishir	Al-Fateh	6
6	Assaf Al-Qarni	Al-Ittihad	5
	Fayz Al-Sabiay	Al-Taawoun
	Mansoor Al-Najai	Al-Faisaly
	Moslem Al Freej	Al-Khaleej
10	Fahad Al-Shammari	Al-Raed	4
	Mutab Sharahili	Al-Nassr

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 9^[62]
  • Adnan Fallatah (Al-Taawoun)
  • Salman Hazazi (Al-Khaleej)
• Most red cards: 2^[62]
  • Aminou Bouba (Al-Khaleej)
  • Mahmoud Muaaz (Al-Taawoun)
  • Mamadou Wagué (Najran)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 61^[62]
  • Al-Khaleej
• Most red cards: 7^[62]
  • Najran

Attendances

By round

2015–16 Professional League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	32,122	7	4,589
Round 2	29,840	7	4,263
Round 3	93,882	7	13,412
Round 4	53,701	7	7,672
Round 5	69,084	7	9,869
Round 6	39,156	7	5,594
Round 7	48,285	7	6,898
Round 8	57,644	7	8,235
Round 9	44,462	7	6,352
Round 10	72,727	7	10,390
Round 11	47,422	7	6,775
Round 12	43,783	7	6,255
Round 13	30,295	7	4,328
Round 14	63,279	7	9,040
Round 15	52,709	7	7,530
Round 16	28,518	7	4,074
Round 17	55,137	7	7,877
Round 18	38,551	7	5,507
Round 19	53,191	7	7,599
Round 20	56,595	7	8,085
Round 21	45,342	7	6,477
Round 22	18,184	7	2,598
Round 23	34,391	7	4,913
Round 24	67,870	7	9,696
Round 25	14,018	7	2,003
Round 26	66,622	7	9,517
Total	1,256,810	182	6,906

Source:^[63]

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ahli	360,312	60,051	7,144	27,716	−18.7%†
2	Al-Ittihad	295,465	59,037	1,787	22,728	−46.4%†
3	Al-Hilal	154,338	26,653	2,371	11,872	−8.7%†
4	Al-Nassr	82,193	21,716	1,074	6,323	−60.9%†
5	Al-Taawoun	72,910	12,507	1,274	5,608	+108.9%†
6	Al-Raed	61,520	12,324	1,474	4,732	+42.9%†
7	Al-Shabab	38,201	14,850	392	2,939	−10.7%†
8	Al-Wehda	37,990	10,939	310	2,922	n/a† †
9	Al-Fateh	37,184	11,688	282	2,860	+3.0%†
10	Al-Qadisiyah	35,022	12,050	182	2,694	n/a† †
11	Najran	34,761	18,777	46	2,674	+181.8%†
12	Hajer	22,211	6,754	106	1,709	+5.4%†
13	Al-Khaleej	18,445	6,714	93	1,419	−47.2%†
14	Al-Faisaly	6,258	1,750	63	481	−15.6%†
	League total	1,256,810	60,051	46	6,906	−24.5%†

Updated to games played on 14 May 2016
Source: ^[64][5][65]
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in First Division.

See also

• 2015–16 Saudi First Division
• 2015–16 Saudi Second Division
• 2016 King Cup
• 2015–16 Crown Prince Cup
• 2015 Super Cup