2017–18 Saudi Second Division

The 2017–18 Saudi Second Division was the 42nd season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1976.

Saudi Second Division

Season	2017–18
Champions	Al-Washm (1st title)
Promoted	Al-Washm Al-Jabalain Al-Jeel Al-Ansar Al-Ain Al-Adalh Abha
Relegated	Al-Badaya
Matches played	184
Goals scored	465 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hossam Al-Shadhli (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Jabalain 6–1 Al-Diriyah (17 November 2017) Hetten 6–1 Al-Adalah (9 February 2018)
Biggest away win	Al-Jabalain 0–3 Hetten (8 December 2017) Al-Riyadh 0–3 Al-Jubail (19 January 2018) Al-Kholood 0–3 Al-Jabalain (19 January 2018) Al-Sharq 0–3 Al-Taqadom (2 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Al-Diriyah 4–4 Al-Badaya (2 March 2018)
Longest winning run	Al-Ansar (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Jabalain (9 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Sharq (9 matches)
Longest losing run	Al-Diriyah Wej (5 matches)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The season featured 13 teams from the 2016–17 campaign, three new teams relegated from the 2016–17 First Division: Al-Adalh, Al-Jeel and Wej, and four new teams promoted from the 2016–17 Third Division: Al-Kholood as champions, Al-Hejaz as runners-up, Al-Taqadom as third place and Al-Jubail as fourth place. The league began on 19 October 2017 and ended on 17 March 2018.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To Second Division Promoted from 2016–17 Third Division Al-Kholood Al-Hejaz Al-Taqadom Al-Jubail Relegated from 2016–17 First Division Al-Adalh Al-Jeel Wej

From Second Division Promoted to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League Al-Kawkab Jeddah Al-Mujazzal Relegated to 2017–18 Third Division Sdoos Al-Najma Al-Safa Al-Taraji

Teams

;Group A

Abha

Al-Adalh

Al-Ansar

Al-Badaya

Al-Diriyah

Al-Jabalain

Al-Jubail

Al-Kholood

Al-Riyadh

Hetten

Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Saudi Second Division Group A

Club	Location	Stadium
Abha	Abha	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Adalh	Al-Hasa	Reserve Stadium in Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Ansar	Medina	Al-Ansar Club Stadium
Al-Badaya	Al Bukayriyah	Al-Amal Club Stadium
Al-Diriyah	Diriyah	Reserve Stadium in Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (Riyadh)
Al-Jabalain	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Al-Jubail	Jubail	Al-Jubail Club Stadium
Al-Kholood	Ar Rass	Al Hazm Club Stadium
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Hetten	Samtah	Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City (Jeddah)

Group B

Al-Ain

Al-Hejaz

Al-Jeel

Al-Muzahimiyyah

Al-Sharq

Al-Suqoor

Al-Taqadom

Al-Thoqbah

Al-Washm

Wej

Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Saudi Second Division Group B

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Ain	Al Atawilah	King Saud Sport City Stadium (Al Bahah)
Al-Hejaz	Baljurashi	King Saud Sport City Stadium (Al Bahah)
Al-Jeel	Al-Hasa	Reserve Stadium in Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Muzahimiyyah	Al-Muzahmiyya	Ergah Stadium
Al-Sharq	Ad Dilam	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj)
Al-Suqoor	Tabuk	King Khalid Sport City Stadium
Al-Taqadom	Al Mithnab	Al-Najma Club Stadium (Unaizah)
Al-Thoqbah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Washm	Shaqra	Al-Washm Club Stadium
Wej	Ta'if	King Fahd Stadium

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Jabalain (P)	18	11	3	4	24	11	+13	36	Promotion to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League and Qualification to the Final
2	Al-Ansar (P)	18	11	2	5	26	15	+11	35	Promotion to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
3	Al-Adalh (P)	18	9	3	6	26	27	−1	30
4	Abha (O, P)	18	7	6	5	20	22	−2	27	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
5	Hetten	18	7	5	6	36	25	+11	26
6	Al-Kholood	18	6	7	5	18	16	+2	25
7	Al-Jubail	18	5	4	9	19	20	−1	19
8	Al-Riyadh	18	4	5	9	16	25	−9	17
9	Al-Badaya (R)	18	3	7	8	16	27	−11	16	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10	Al-Diriyah (O)	18	3	6	9	18	31	−13	15

Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Head-to-Head points; 4) Head-to-Head goal difference; 5) Head-to-Head goal scored; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).^[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Washm (C, P)	18	10	5	3	29	19	+10	35	Promotion to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League and Qualification to the Final
2	Al-Jeel (P)	18	9	4	5	25	17	+8	31[a]	Promotion to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
3	Al-Ain (P)	18	8	7	3	28	22	+6	31[a]
4	Al-Taqadom	18	7	7	4	23	16	+7	28	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
5	Al-Muzahimiyyah	18	7	6	5	23	16	+7	27
6	Al-Hejaz	18	6	6	6	24	29	−5	24
7	Al-Suqoor	18	5	5	8	21	26	−5	20
8	Al-Sharq	18	3	7	8	20	27	−7	16[b]
9	Al-Thoqbah (O)	18	3	7	8	22	30	−8	16[b]	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
10	Wej (O)	18	3	4	11	20	33	−13	13

Source: Kooora
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Head-to-Head points; 4) Head-to-Head goal difference; 5) Head-to-Head goal scored; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Al-Jeel finished ahead of Al-Ain on overall goal difference: Al-Jeel +8, Al-Ain +6 (Al-Ain 1–1 Al-Jeel, Al-Jeel 1–1 Al-Ain).
2. Al-Sharq finished ahead of Al-Thoqbah on head-to-head points: Al-Sharq 2–0 Al-Thoqbah, Al-Thoqbah 1–1 Al-Sharq.

Final

The winners of each group will play a two-legged final to decide the champion of the 2017–18 Second Division. The first leg is scheduled to be played on 9 March and the second leg on 17 March.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Washm	3–2	Al-Jabalain	2–1	1–1

First leg

Al-Washm	2–1	Al-Jabalain
Dagriri 60' Sufyani 82'	Report	Al-Ruwaili 43'

9 March 2018

16:00

Al-Washm Club Stadium, Shaqra

Second leg

Al-Jabalain	1–1	Al-Washm
Al-Sowaidi 10'	Report	Al-Mogren 45'

17 March 2018

20:25

Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium, Ha'il

Third place play-off

Al-Jeel, who finished 2nd in Group B will face Al-Ansar who finished 2nd in Group A for a two-legged play-off to decide the third-placed team.^[4] Al-Jeel defeated Al-Ansar 5–1 on aggregate to finish in third place.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Jeel	5–1	Al-Ansar	2–1	3–0

First leg

Al-Jeel	2–1	Al-Ansar
Al-Khamis 19' Al-Dossari 45+1'	Report	Al-Muwallad 40'

9 March 2018

15:40

Reserve Stadium in Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Al-Hasa

Second leg

Al-Ansar	0–3	Al-Jeel
	Report	Shengeeti 19', 57' Al-Hamdan 40'

15 March 2018

16:20

Al-Ansar Club Stadium, Medina

Relegation play-offs

On March 7, 2018, the Saudi Football Federation announced that the number of teams in the Second Division was increased from 20 teams to 24 teams. The relegation was removed and in its place, they announced a relegation play-off. The bottom 2 teams in each group will face the top 4 teams outside the Quarter-finals in the Saudi Third Division.^[5]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Thoqbah	1–1 (a)	Al-Nakhil	0–0	1–1
Al-Badaya	2–4	Afif	2–2	0–2
Al-Diriyah	2–1	Al-Oyoon	2–1	0–0
Wej	5–1	Al-Tuhami	3–1	2–0

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Al-Badaya	2–2	Afif
Al-Shamrani 68' Al-Muhaimeed 88' (pen.)		Saadi 37' Eid 86'

29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)

16:00

Al-Amal Club Stadium, Al Bukayriyah

Referee: Mishari Al-Balawi

Afif	2–0	Al-Badaya
Saadi 3' Al-Otaibi 38' (pen.)

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)

16:00

Al-Dera'a Club Stadium, Dawadmi

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Al-Thoqbah	0–0	Al-Nakhil

30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)

15:35

Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium, Khobar

Referee: Mohammed Al-Amri

Al-Nakhil	1–1	Al-Thoqbah
Al-Bishi 60'		Al-Enezi 75'

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)

16:15

Al-Nakhil Club Stadium, Bisha

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Al-Diriyah	2–1	Al-Oyoon
Al-Shwier 45+2' Awadh 90+3'		Al-Ibrahim 90+4'

30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)

15:45

Leadership Development Institute Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Abdullah Al-Kharboush

Al-Oyoon	0–0	Al-Diriyah

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)

15:35

Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, Al-Hasa

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Wej	3–1	Al-Tuhami
Al-Harthi 42' (pen.) Al-Dossari 47' Al-Nofeai 82'	Report	Ghashim 26'

30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)

16:20

King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if

Referee: Mohammed Al-Buraidi

Al-Tuhami	0–2	Wej
		Al-Dossari 26' Al-Malki 47'

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)

16:20

King Faisal Sport City Stadium, Jizan

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Statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 March 2018^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hossam Al-Shadhli	Hetten	19
2	Abdullah Al-Khethiri	Al-Suqoor	11
3	Mohammed Al-Shammari	Al-Hejaz	10
4	Sami Al-Enezi	Al-Thoqbah	9
	Abdullah Al-Mogren	Al-Washm
6	Turki Sufyani	Al-Washm	8
7	Hussain Al-Khalifah	Al-Adalh	7
	Sajer Al-Shammeri	Al-Taqadom
	Ammar Bilal	Al-Ain
	Sami Matri	Hetten

Clean sheets

As of 4 March 2018^[7]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mohammed Al-Bokhaitan	Al-Jabalain	10
2	Mohammed Al Qassem	Al-Wehda	9
	Fayez Al-Khaibari	Al-Ansar
4	Hamzah Al-Khalaf	Al-Washm	8
5	Saad Al-Saleh	Al-Muzahimiyyah	7

See also

• 2017–18 Professional League
• 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
• 2018 King Cup
• 2017–18 Crown Prince Cup