2016–17 Saudi Pro League

The 2016–17 Saudi Professional League (also known as the Jameel League for sponsorship reasons) was the 41st season of Saudi Pro League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its inception in 1976. The season started on 11 August 2016 and concluded on 4 May 2017.^[7]

Professional League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Al-Hilal
Relegated	Al-Khaleej Al-Wehda
AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal Al-Ahli
Matches played	182
Goals scored	549 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Al Somah (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Hilal 6–0 Al-Wehda (8 December 2016)
Biggest away win	Al-Khaleej 1–6 Al-Hilal (20 October 2016)
Highest scoring	Al-Faisaly 3–6 Al-Ahli (1 December 2016)
Longest winning run	7 games[1] Al-Ahli
Longest unbeaten run	19 games[2] Al-Hilal
Longest winless run	11 games[3] Al-Ettifaq
Longest losing run	6 games[4] Al-Wehda
Highest attendance	59,174[5] Al-Hilal 5–1 Al-Nassr (4 May 2017)
Lowest attendance	63[5] Al-Qadsiah 1–1 Al-Batin (18 February 2017)
Average attendance	6,980[6]
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 4 May 2017.

Al-Hilal won their fourteenth league title, and first since the 2010–11 season, with two matches to spare following a 2–1 win over Al-Shabab on 20 April.^[8] The defending champions were Al-Ahli^[9] who finished as runners-up.

Al-Ettifaq and Al-Batin entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Saudi First Division.

Teams

The league comprises 14 teams, 11 from the 2015–16 campaign, as well as two teams promoted from the 2015–16 First Division and the relegation play-off winners.

On the final day of the season Al-Mojzel won the First Division title and their first-ever promotion to the top flight after a 3–2 win against Al-Jeel.^[10] Al-Ettifaq were also promoted after they finished in 2nd place,^[10] it would be their first participation in the Pro League since the 2013–14 season. The two promoted teams replaced Najran and Hajer. Al-Raed were relegation play-off winners.^[11]

On 3 August 2016, Al-Mojzel were stripped of their title and instead got relegated to the Second Division due to a match fixing scandal. The SAFF decided to promote Al-Batin instead.^[12][13]

Stadiums and locations

Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad

Al-Batin

Al-Ettifaq

Al-Faisaly

Al-Fateh

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Al-Khaleej

Al-Qadisiyah

Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun

Al-Wehda

Locations of teams in the 2016–17 Saudi Professional League

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,000
Al-Batin	Hafar al-Batin	Al-Batin Club Stadium	6,000
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	21,701
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	King Salman Sport City Stadium (Al Majma'ah)	5,200
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	19,096
Al-Hilal[A]	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium	62,685
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,000
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium (Khobar)	11,000
Al-Nassr[A]	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium	62,685
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	11,000
Al-Raed	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600
Al-Shabab[A]	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium	62,685
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600
Al-Wehda	Makkah	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	33,195

Notes

1. ^
   Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats) as home stadium.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Christian Gross	Taisir Al-Jassim	Puma
Al-Batin	Khalid Al Koroni	Naif Eisa	skillano
Al-Ettifaq	Eelco Schattorie	Hassan Kadesh	Kappa	Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Faisaly	Giovanni Solinas	Omar Abdulaziz	Erreà	Aldrees
Al-Fateh	Fathi Al-Jabal	Hamdan Al-Hamdan	Romai	Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Hilal	Ramón Díaz	Salman Al-Faraj	Nike	Mobily
Al-Ittihad	José Luis Sierra	Adnan Fallatah	Joma
Al-Khaleej	Jalel Kadri	Abdulla Al Salem	Joma	Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Nassr	Patrice Carteron	Hussein Abdulghani	Saudi Sporta	Mobily
Al-Qadisiyah	Bandar Basreh (interim)	Naif Hazazi	Lotto	Hokail Dental Clinic
Al-Raed	Nacif Beyaoui	Jufain Al-Bishi	Hattrick
Al-Shabab	Sami Al-Jaber	Ahmed Otaif	Romai
Al-Taawoun	José Manuel Gomes	Jehad Al-Hussain	Joma	Herfy
Al-Wehda	Adel Abdel Rahman	Waleed Mahboob	Erreà

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Faisaly	Liviu Ciobotariu	17 May 2016[14]	Sacked	Pre-season	Hélio dos Anjos	23 May 2016[15]
Al-Hilal	Giorgos Donis	18 May 2016[16]			Abdullatif Al-Hussaini (interim)	18 May 2016[16]
Al-Fateh	Nacif Beyaoui	29 May 2016[17]	End of contract		Ricardo Sá Pinto	29 May 2016[17]
Al-Taawoun	José Manuel Gomes	29 May 2016[18]	Signed by Al-Ahli		Darije Kalezić	2 June 2016[19]
Al-Ahli	Christian Gross	30 May 2016[20]	End of contract		José Manuel Gomes	31 May 2016[21]
Al-Khaleej	Jalel Kadri	30 May 2016			Patrick De Wilde	9 June 2016[22]
Al-Nassr	Raúl Caneda	21 June 2016	Sacked		Zoran Mamić	21 June 2016
Al-Hilal	Abdullatif Al-Hussaini (interim)	12 June 2016[23]	Interim period ended		Gustavo Matosas	12 June 2016[23]
Al-Raed	Aleksandar Ilić	16 June 2016[24]	End of contract		Nacif Beyaoui	12 June 2016[24]
Al-Shabab	Fathi Al-Jabal	22 June 2016	Resigned		Sami Al-Jaber	22 June 2016
Al-Ittihad	Victor Pițurcă	28 July 2016			José Luis Sierra	28 July 2016
Al-Khaleej	Patrick De Wilde	30 August 2016[25]	Mutual consent	12th	Jalel Kadri	30 August 2016[25]
Al-Hilal	Gustavo Matosas	22 September 2016[26]	Sacked	3rd	Ciprian Panait (interim)	22 September 2016[26]
Al-Fateh	Ricardo Sá Pinto	23 September 2016[27]	Mutual consent	14th	Fathi Al-Jabal	11 October 2016[28]
Al-Ahli	José Manuel Gomes	30 September 2016[29]	Sacked	5th	Christian Gross	3 October 2016[29]
Al-Hilal	Ciprian Panait	15 October 2016	Interim period ended	2nd	Ramón Díaz	15 October 2016
Al-Taawoun	Darije Kalezić	16 October 2016[30]	Sacked	11th	Constantin Gâlcă	18 October 2016[30]
Al-Qadisiyah	Hamad Al-Dossari	29 October 2016[31]	Resigned	13th	Riadh Belkhir (interim)	29 October 2016[31]
Al-Ettifaq	Djamel Belkacem	29 October 2016[32]	Sacked	7th	Eelco Schattorie (interim)	29 October 2016[32]
Al-Batin	Adel Abdel Rahman	6 November 2016 [33]	Resigned	9th	Khalid Al Koroni	6 November 2016 [34]
Al-Qadisiyah	Riadh Belkhir (interim)	9 November 2016 [35]	Interim period ended	13th	Hélio dos Anjos	9 November 2016
Al-Faisaly	Hélio dos Anjos	9 November 2016	Signed by Al-Qadisiyah	10th	Fahd Elouarga (interim)	9 November 2016
Al-Ettifaq	Eelco Schattorie (interim)	10 November 2016 [36]	Interim period ended	6th	Juan Carlos Garrido	10 November 2016
Al-Faisaly	Fahd Elouarga (interim)	19 November 2016 [37]	Interim period ended	9th	Tomislav Ivković	19 November 2016
Al-Wehda	Kheïreddine Madoui	9 December 2016 [38]	Sacked	11th	Badreldin Hamed (interim)	9 December 2016
Al-Wehda	Badreldin Hamed (interim)	15 December 2016 [39]	Interim period ended	13th	Adel Abdel Rahman	15 December 2016
Al-Nassr	Zoran Mamić	28 January 2017 [40]	Resigned	4th	Patrice Carteron	31 January 2017 [41]
Al-Ettifaq	Juan Carlos Garrido	18 February 2017[42]	Mutual consent	8th	Eelco Schattorie	18 February 2017
Al-Faisaly	Tomislav Ivković	19 February 2017 [43]	Sacked	11th	Giovanni Solinas	20 February 2017 [44]
Al-Taawoun	Constantin Gâlcă	20 March 2017 [45]	Resigned	5th	José Manuel Gomes	21 March 2017 [46]
Al-Qadisiyah	Hélio dos Anjos	22 April 2017 [47]	Sacked	12th	Bandar Basreh (interim)	22 April 2017

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 4 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.^[48]

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	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	Giannis Fetfatzidis	Saad Abdul-Amir	Omar Al Somah	Luíz Carlos
Al-Batin	Jhonnattann	Jou Silva	Tarabai	William Alves	Ahmed Hamoudi Lassana Fané
Al-Ettifaq	Mohamed Koffi	Aminou Bouba	Michael Eneramo	Juanmi Callejón	Leo Boubacar Fofana
Al-Faisaly	Igor Rossi	Luisinho	Martin Maloča	Mircea Axente	Gonzalo Cabrera Everaldo Rafael Alemão
Al-Fateh	Sandro Manoel	Ukra	Abdelkader Oueslati	Lamjed Chehoudi	João Guilherme Nathan Júnior Luís Leal
Al-Hilal	Carlos Eduardo	Léo Bonatini	Omar Khribin	Nicolás Milesi	Tiago Alves
Al-Ittihad	Carlos Villanueva	Mahmoud Kahraba	Fahad Al Ansari	Ahmed Akaïchi
Al-Khaleej	Jandson	Boubacar Fofana	Ismail Diakhité	Adama François	Alexander López Sadat Ouro-Akoriko
Al-Nassr	Bruno Uvini	Ivan Tomečak	Marin Tomasov	Víctor Ayala
Al-Qadisiyah	Bismark	Élton Arábia	Ahmed Al-Dhefiri	Patrick Friday Eze	Saad Abdul-Amir
Al-Raed	Adriano	Daniel Amora	Wander Luiz	Ismaël Bangoura	Gilmar
Al-Shabab	Djamel Benlamri	Mohamed Benyettou	Saif Al Hashan		Heberty
Al-Taawoun	Alassane N'Diaye	Ricardo Machado	Lucian Sânmărtean	Jehad Al-Hussain	Sandro Manoel Mounir El Hamdaoui
Al-Wehda	Ahmed Magdy	Sherif Hazem	Torric Jebrin	Adolfo Lima	Felipe Adão Eudes Dagoulou Jehad Al Baour

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	26	21	3	2	63	16	+47	66	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55
3	Al-Nassr	26	16	4	6	44	25	+19	52[a]
4	Al-Ittihad[b]	26	17	4	5	57	37	+20	52[a]
5	Al-Raed	26	11	2	13	37	47	−10	35
6	Al-Shabab	26	8	9	9	28	32	−4	33
7	Al-Taawoun	26	9	4	13	33	40	−7	31
8	Al-Fateh	26	7	8	11	33	39	−6	29
9	Al-Faisaly	26	6	10	10	30	41	−11	28[c]
10	Al-Qadisiyah	26	6	10	10	38	38	0	28[c]
11	Al-Ettifaq	26	7	6	13	31	45	−14	27
12	Al-Batin (O)	26	6	8	12	31	43	−12	26	Qualification to relegation play-off
13	Al-Khaleej (R)	26	5	8	13	32	51	−19	23	Relegation to First Division
14	Al-Wehda (R)	26	5	2	19	35	65	−30	17

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. 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).^[50]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Nassr finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Nassr, Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ittihad
2. Al-Ittihad were docked 3 points for failing to pay over debts.^[49]
3. Al-Faisaly finished ahead of Al-Qadisiyah on head-to-head points: Al-Qadisiyah 1–1 Al-Faisaly, Al-Faisaly 3–2 Al-Qadisiyah

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-Hilal	4	2	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Ahli	1	1	3	5	3	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2
Al-Nassr	2	8	5	6	5	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Al-Ittihad	5	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	4	2	2	2	1	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	4	4
Al-Raed	9	5	9	7	9	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	9	6	7	6	7	7	6	5	5	5
Al-Shabab	8	11	8	8	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	7	6
Al-Taawoun	10	13	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	8	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	8	6	8	5	6	7	7	6	7
Al-Fateh	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	13	14	12	11	10	10	8
Al-Faisaly	3	4	6	4	7	9	11	10	9	11	11	13	12	12	9	11	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9
Al-Qadsiah	7	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	10	9	10	9	11	9	9	7	8	10	10	12	11	10
Al-Ettifaq	13	6	2	2	4	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	11
Al-Batin	12	7	7	10	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	10	13	10	8	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	12	12
Al-Khaleej	11	12	13	9	10	12	12	12	13	12	14	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13
Al-Wehda	6	9	11	12	12	10	8	8	8	9	9	11	13	13	12	13	14	14	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader
	2018 AFC Champions League group stage
	2018 AFC Champions League play-off round
	Qualified for relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2017–18 First Division

Source: slstat.com

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2017. 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	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W
Al-Batin	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D
Al-Ettifaq	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L
Al-Faisaly	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	D
Al-Fateh	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W
Al-Hilal	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Al-Ittihad	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L
Al-Khaleej	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L
Al-Nassr	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L
Al-Qadisiyah	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W
Al-Raed	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W
Al-Shabab	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W
Al-Taawoun	L	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L
Al-Wehda	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L

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

Relegation play-offs

Al-Batin which finished 12th will face Najran, the 3rd-placed 2016–17 Saudi First Division side for a two-legged play-off. Al-Batin beat Najran 3–2 on aggregate.^[51]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Najran	2–3	Al-Batin	0–1	2–2

First leg

Najran	0–1	Al-Batin
	Report	Tarabai 16'

11 May 2017

19:15 AST
(UTC+3)

Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha

Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Second leg

Al-Batin	2–2	Najran
Jorge Santos 39' Dakheel 55'	Report	Al-Mansor 51' Al-Robeai 52'

16 May 2017

19:20 AST
(UTC+3)

Al-Batin Club Stadium, Hafar al-Batin

Referee: Turki Al-Khudair

Statistics

Top scorers As of 4 May 2017[52] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Omar Al Somah Al-Ahli 24 2 Ismaël Bangoura Al-Raed 18 3 Mahmoud Kahraba Al-Ittihad 16 Mukhtar Fallatah Al-Wehda 5 Carlos Eduardo Al-Hilal 12 Jandson Al-Khaleej Jou Silva Al-Batin Léo Bonatini Al-Hilal 9 Fahad Al-Muwallad Al-Ittihad 11 10 Mohamed Benyettou Al-Shabab 10

Top assists As of 4 May 2017[53] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Carlos Villanueva Al-Ittihad 11 2 Sultan Al-Sawadi Al-Raed 8 3 Luisinho Al-Faisaly 6 Giannis Fetfatzidis Al-Ahli Abdurahman Al-Obaid Al-Qadsiah Yahya Al-Shehri Al-Nassr Ahmed Akaïchi Al-Ittihad 8 Carlos Eduardo Al-Hilal 5 Ivan Tomečak Al-Nassr Patrick Friday Eze Al-Qadsiah Adnan Fallatah Al-Ittihad Fahad Al-Muwallad Al-Ittihad Jehad Al-Hussain Al-Taawoun

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Mansor Hamzi	Al-Faisaly	Al-Khaleej	3–1	12 August 2016	[54]
Mahmoud Kahraba4	Al-Ittihad	Al-Wehda	5–3	18 September 2016	[55]
Mohamed Benyettou	Al-Shabab	Al-Ahli	3–2	18 September 2016	[55]
Mukhtar Fallatah	Al-Wehda	Al-Batin	5–1	29 October 2016	[56]
Omar Al Somah4	Al-Ahli	Al-Khaleej	4–1	29 October 2016	[56]
Jandson	Al-Khaleej	Al-Wehda	4–2	14 April 2017
Omar Khribin	Al-Hilal	Al-Nassr	5–1	4 May 2017

⁴ Player scored four goals

Clean sheets

As of 4 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	13
2	Fahad Al-Shammari	Al-Taawoun	7
	Waleed Abdullah	Al-Nassr
4	Mazyad Freeh	Al-Batin	6
5	Hussain Shae'an	Al-Nassr	5
6	Ahmed Al-Rehaili	Al-Ahli	4
	Mustafa Malayekah	Al-Faisaly

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[57]
  • Yassin Barnawi (Al-Qadsiah)

• Most red cards: 2^[57]
  • Hatim Belal (Al-Wehda)
  • Adama François Sene (Al-Khaleej)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 59^[57]
  • Al-Raed

• Most red cards: 5^[57]
  • Al-Khaleej
  • Al-Wehda

Attendances

By round

2016–17 Professional League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	42,303	7	6,043
Round 2	33,135	7	4,734
Round 3	20,361	7	2,909
Round 4	66,445	7	9,492
Round 5	45,460	7	6,494
Round 6	61,352	7	8,765
Round 7	48,886	7	6,984
Round 8	50,102	7	7,157
Round 9	36,805	7	5,258
Round 10	67,399	7	9,628
Round 11	51,322	7	7,332
Round 12	37,001	7	5,286
Round 13	59,460	7	8,494
Round 14	59,107	7	8,444
Round 15	37,047	7	5,292
Round 16	88,613	7	12,659
Round 17	75,441	7	10,777
Round 18	25,890	7	3,699
Round 19	51,509	7	7,358
Round 20	82,696	7	11,814
Round 21	32,435	7	4,634
Round 22	28,931	7	4,133
Round 23	27,060	7	3,866
Round 24	38,754	7	5,536
Round 25	30,719	7	4,388
Round 26	72,199	7	10,314
Total	1,270,432	182	6,949

Source:^[58]

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ittihad	330,291	53,661	6,686	25,407	+11.8%†
2	Al-Ahli	268,951	51,659	2,241	20,689	−25.4%†
3	Al-Hilal	200,037	59,174	3,921	15,387	+29.6%†
4	Al-Nassr	99,258	27,181	1,422	7,635	+20.7%†
5	Al-Raed	75,953	15,192	1,723	5,843	+23.5%†
6	Al-Taawoun	65,329	11,966	2,404	5,025	−10.4%†
7	Al-Ettifaq	48,976	14,640	506	3,767	n/a† †
8	Al-Fateh	43,989	8,071	1,097	3,384	+18.3%†
9	Al-Shabab	36,407	12,815	525	2,801	−4.7%†
10	Al-Batin	33,921	5,222	473	2,609	n/a† †
11	Al-Qadsiah	22,341	5,820	63	1,719	−36.2%†
12	Al-Wehda	20,284	5,006	276	1,560	−46.6%†
13	Al-Khaleej	14,813	5,242	103	1,139	−19.7%†
14	Al-Faisaly	9,882	2,506	204	760	+58.0%†
	League total	1,270,432	59,174	63	6,980	+1.1%†

Updated to games played on 4 May 2017
Source: ^[59][5][60]
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in First Division.

See also

• 2016–17 Saudi First Division
• 2017 King Cup
• 2016–17 Crown Prince Cup
• 2016 Super Cup