2018–19 Saudi Pro League

The 2018–19 Saudi Pro League was the 44th edition of the top-tier Saudi football league, established in 1974, and the 11th edition since it was rebranded as the Saudi Pro League in 2008. the season started on 30 August 2018 and concluded on 16 May 2019.^[4]

Saudi Pro League

Season	2018–19
Dates	30 August 2018 – 16 May 2019
Champions	Al-Nassr (9th title)
Relegated	Al-Qadsiah Al-Batin Ohod
AFC Champions League	Al-Nassr Al-Hilal Al-Taawoun Al-Ahli
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Shabab Al-Ittihad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	706 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abderrazak Hamdallah (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Nassr 5–0 Al-Fateh (18 April 2019) Al-Ahli 5–0 Al-Ettifaq (16 May 2019)
Biggest away win	Al-Batin 0–5 Al-Taawoun (26 October 2018) Al-Raed 0–5 Al-Nassr (4 April 2019)
Highest scoring	Al-Ahli 4–5 Al-Raed (28 March 2019)
Longest winning run	9 matches[1] Al-Hilal
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches Al-Hilal
Longest winless run	12 matches[2] Al-Ittihad
Longest losing run	8 matches[1] Ohod
Highest attendance	59,174[3] Al-Nassr 2–1 Al-Batin (16 May 2019)
Lowest attendance	420 Al-Qadsiah 4–2 Ohod (5 April 2019)
Average attendance	8,355
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 16 May 2019.

Al-Hilal were the defending champions after winning the Pro League last season for the 15th time. Al-Wehda and Al-Hazem have entered as the promoted teams from the 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. Al-Nassr were crowned as league winners for the 8th time on 16 May, after defeating Al-Batin 2–1 on the final day of the season.^[5]

Ohod were the first team to be relegated after a 3–1 defeat to Al-Fayha on 12 April 2019.^[6] Al-Batin were the second team to be relegated following their 1–0 defeat to an already relegated Ohod.^[7] Al-Qadsiah were the third and final team to be relegated after a draw against Al-Hazem on the final day of the season.^[8]

Abderrazak Hamdallah from Al-Nassr was the top scorer with 34 goals, and was also named Player of the Season.^[9] Pedro Emanuel of Al-Taawoun won the Manager of the Season award.^[10]

Changes

On 7 March 2018, the Saudi FF announced that the league would be increased from 14 teams to 16 teams.^[11] They also announced new rules limiting the club's squad size to 28 players.^[12]

Teams

Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad

Al-Batin

Al-Ettifaq

Al-Faisaly

Al-Fayha

Al-Fateh

Al-Hazem

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Al-Qadsiah

Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun

Al-Wehda

Ohod

Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Saudi Professional League

Sixteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the two play-off winners and two teams promoted from the 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League.

Teams who were promoted to the Pro League

The first club to be promoted was Al-Wehda, following their 2–2 draw away to Al-Mujazzal on 11 April 2018. Al-Wehda will play in the top flight of Saudi football after a season absence.^[13] They were crowned champions on 18 April 2018 after beating Al-Khaleej 1–0 at home.^[14]

The second club to be promoted was Al-Hazem, following their 4–1 win at home against Al-Mujazzal on 18 April 2017, coupled with Al-Tai's defeat against Hajer. Al-Hazem will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time since 2010–11.^[15]

Teams who were relegated to the MS League

No teams were relegated to the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. Due to an increase in the number of teams, the Saudi FF announced that the relegation was canceled and in its place was a relegation play-off.^[11] Both Pro League teams, Al-Raed and Ohod, won the playoffs and secured their top-flight status.

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	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	5,200
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	19,096
Al-Fayha	Al Majma'ah	King Salman Sport City Stadium	5,200
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	2,800
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Saud University Stadium	25,000
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,000
Al-Nassr	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	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium	62,685
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	33,195
Ohod	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	24,000

1: ^ Al-Faisaly play their home games in Al-Majma'ah.
2: ^ Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab also use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats) as a home stadium.
3: ^ Al-Hilal also use King Fahd International Stadium (62,685 seats) as a home stadium.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Yousef Anbar (caretaker)	Hussein Abdulghani	Umbro	Saudia, Almosafer1, BOGA3
Al-Batin	Ciprian Panait	Mohanna Waqes	Givova	Gree Electric, Al Asasyah1, Rayat Al Shalal Hotel1, Al-Maali Hospital2
Al-Ettifaq	Hélder (caretaker)	Filip Kiss	Jako	Almana General Hospital, Al-Majdouie Hyundai, Goodyear1, Yaumi1, Innosoft2, APSCO Mobil 12, Kanaf3
Al-Faisaly	Al-Homaidy Al-Otaibi (caretaker)	Omar Abdulaziz	Adidas	ALDREES, Roco, Al Riyadh Travel & Tourism1, Shmagh Albassam1, Al Wefaq2, Al Tazaj3
Al-Fateh	Fathi Al-Jabal	Mohammed Al-Fuhaid	Offside	Al Kifah1, AlMoosa Hospital1
Al-Fayha	Noureddine Zekri	Sami Al-Khaibari	Skillano	Shawarmer, The Fourth Triangle
Al-Hazem	Daniel Isăilă	Khaled Al-Barakah	ProIcon	Cabrito, RAKAA Holding1
Al-Hilal	Péricles Chamusca (caretaker)	Salman Al-Faraj	Nike	Kingdom Holding Company, Abdul Samad Al Qurashi1, Sun & Sand Sports1, Jawwy from STC2, APSCO Mobil 12
Al-Ittihad	José Luis Sierra	Karim El Ahmadi	Joma	Noon, APSCO Mobil 12
Al-Nassr	Rui Vitória	Ibrahim Ghaleb	Sporta	Etihad Airways
Al-Qadsiah	Nacif Beyaoui	Élton Arábia	Offside	Almana General Hospital, Al Yamama, Zamil Industrial, Tamimi Group1, Aljomaih Holding Company1, Al Hokair Group2, Al Wefaq2
Al-Raed	Besnik Hasi	Yahya Al-Musalem	Erreà	Naqi Water1
Al-Shabab	Marius Șumudică	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Xtep	Moya, Al Saif Gallery1, Boudl Hotels1, Al Wefaq2, Physio Trio3
Al-Taawoun	Pedro Emanuel	Jehad Al-Hussain	Mafro	Almosafer, Naqi Water1, Shmagh Albassam1, Al Wefaq2
Al-Wehda	Juan Brown	Osama Hawsawi	Adidas	Abdul Samad Al Qurashi1
Ohod	Ammar Souayah	Abdoh Besisi	Erreà	Mozn, Saudi German Hospital1, Al Tazaj3

• ¹ On the back of the strip.
• ² On the right sleeve of the strip.
• ³ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Ettifaq	Saad Al-Shehri	Signed by Saudi Arabia U23	13 April 2018[16]	Pre-season	Leonardo Ramos	23 May 2018[17]
Al-Nassr	Krunoslav Jurčić	End of contract	13 April 2018		José Daniel Carreño	14 April 2018[18]
Al-Hilal	Juan Brown	Interim period ended	13 April 2018		Jorge Jesus	5 June 2018[19]
Al-Qadsiah	Bandar Basreh		13 April 2018		Aleksandar Stanojević	23 May 2018[20]
Al-Shabab	Khalid Al-Koroni		13 April 2018		Marius Șumudică	14 June 2018[21]
Al-Taawoun	José Manuel Gomes	Resigned	2 May 2018[22]		Pedro Emanuel	7 May 2018[23]
Al-Faisaly	Vuk Rašović	Signed by Al Dhafra[24]	3 May 2018		Mircea Rednic	2 July 2018[25]
Ohod	Sadio Demba	End of contract	4 May 2018		Francisco Arce	9 June 2018[26]
Al-Hazem	Abdulwahab Al-Harbi		5 May 2018		Daniel Isăilă	8 June 2018[27]
Al-Wehda	Djamel Belkacem		5 May 2018		Fábio Carille	22 May 2018[28]
Al-Ahli	Fathi Al-Jabal	End of caretaker spell	15 May 2018[29]		Pablo Guede	15 May 2018[30]
Al-Ittihad	José Luis Sierra	End of contract	21 May 2018[31]		Ramón Díaz	22 May 2018[32]
Al-Batin	Ciprian Panait		31 May 2018		Franky Vercauteren	26 July 2018[33]
Al-Raed	Aleksandar Ilić		31 May 2018		Besnik Hasi	26 July 2018[34]
Al-Ittihad	Ramón Díaz	Sacked	15 September 2018[35]	16th	Slaven Bilić	27 September 2018[36]
Al-Faisaly	Mircea Rednic		8 October 2018[37]	11th	Péricles Chamusca	14 October 2018[38]
Al-Fayha	Gustavo Costas		15 October 2018[39]	14th	Slavoljub Muslin	15 October 2018[40]
Al-Batin	Franky Vercauteren		1 November 2018[41]	14th	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	10 November 2018[42]
Al-Qadsiah	Aleksandar Stanojević		4 November 2018[43]	15th	Ivaylo Petev	11 November 2018[44]
Al-Nassr	José Daniel Carreño		10 November 2018[45]	2nd	Rui Vitória	10 January 2019[46]
Ohod	Francisco Arce		23 November 2018[47]	15th	Paulo Alves	27 November 2018[48]
Al-Ettifaq	Leonardo Ramos		27 November 2018[49]	7th	Sergio Piernas	1 December 2018[50]
Al-Wehda	Fábio Carille	Signed by Corinthians	13 December 2018[51]	5th	Mido	5 January 2019[52]
Ohod	Paulo Alves	Sacked	14 January 2019[53]	16th	Ammar Souayah	19 January 2019[54]
Al-Hilal	Jorge Jesus		30 January 2019[55]	1st	Zoran Mamić	30 January 2019[55]
Al-Fayha	Slavoljub Muslin		2 February 2019[56]	14th	Noureddine Zekri	5 February 2019[57]
Al-Ahli	Pablo Guede		5 February 2019[58]	4th	Jorge Fossati	8 February 2019[59]
Al-Batin	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	Mutual consent	17 February 2019[60]	13th	Ciprian Panait	17 February 2019[61]
Al-Ittihad	Slaven Bilić	Sacked	24 February 2019[62]	15th	José Luis Sierra	24 February 2019[63]
Al-Qadsiah	Ivaylo Petev		10 March 2019[64]	11th	Bandar Basreh	10 March 2019[65]
Al-Wehda	Mido		19 March 2019[66]	6th	Juan Brown	20 March 2019[67]
Al-Ahli	Jorge Fossati		17 April 2019[68]	5th	Yousef Anbar (caretaker)	17 April 2019[68]
Al-Ettifaq	Sergio Piernas		19 April 2019[69]	10th	Hélder (caretaker)	19 April 2019[70]
Al-Qadsiah	Bandar Basreh	Mutual consent	22 April 2019[71]	14th	Nacif Beyaoui	22 April 2019[72]
Al-Faisaly	Péricles Chamusca	Loaned to Al-Hilal	27 April 2019[73]	6th	Al-Homaidy Al-Otaibi (caretaker)	27 April 2019[73]
Al-Hilal	Zoran Mamić	Sacked	27 April 2019[74]	2nd	Péricles Chamusca (caretaker)	27 April 2019[74]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 7 per team.^[75] On June 7, 2018, the Saudi FF increased the number of foreign players from 7 to 8 players.^[76]

• Players name in bold indicates the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
• Players name in italic indicates the player was de-registered or left their respective clubs during the mid-season transfer window.

^[77]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Former players
Al-Ahli	Aderllan	Djaniny	Claudio Baeza	Paulo Díaz	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	Nicolae Stanciu	Omar Al Somah		Souza Abdallah El Said Alexis José Manuel Jurado
Al-Batin	Osama Malik	Adriano Facchini	Baraka	Cryzan	Jhonnattann	Lucas Tagliapietra	Ismaël Bangoura	Zied Ounalli	João Gabriel Johan Arango Misael Riascos Aziz Bouhaddouz
Al-Ettifaq	Raïs M'Bolhi	Cristian Guanca	Hussein El Sayed	Filip Kiss	Ahmed Akaïchi	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	Brahian Alemán	Ramón Arias	Farley Rosa
Al-Faisaly	Denílson	Igor Rossi	Luisinho	Rogerinho	Diego Calderón	Ante Puljić	Fahad Al Ansari	Khaleem Hyland	Joseph Akpala
Al-Fateh	Ibrahim Chenihi	Mohamed Naâmani	Nikita Korzun	João Pedro	Saša Jovanović	Abdelkader Oueslati	Maksym Koval	Matías Aguirregaray	Nzuzi Toko Alkhaly Bangoura
Al-Fayha	Iury	Gegé	Danilo Asprilla	Alexandros Tziolis	Amer Shafi	Nahir Besara	Amine Chermiti	Rami Bedoui	Jonathan Gómez Naldo Ronnie Fernández Cristian Bonilla John Jairo Ruiz Seidu Yahaya
Al-Hazem	Malik Asselah	Alemão	Muralha	Rodolfo	Jhon Pajoy	Zurab Tsiskaridze	Kennedy Igboananike	Diogo Salomão	Gilbert Álvarez Carlos Feraud Youssef Kalfa
Al-Hilal	Miloš Degenek	Carlos Eduardo	Bafétimbi Gomis	Sebastian Giovinco	Ali Al-Habsi	André Carrillo	Alberto Botía	Jonathan Soriano	Achraf Bencharki Omar Khribin Omar Abdulrahman Gelmin Rivas
Al-Ittihad	Jonas	Romarinho	Garry Rodrigues	Carlos Villanueva	Sékou Sanogo	Karim El Ahmadi	Manuel da Costa	Aleksandar Prijović	Matthew Jurman Marcelo Grohe Thiago Carleto Valdívia Aleksandar Pešić
Al-Nassr	Brad Jones	Bruno Uvini	Giuliano	Maicon	Petros	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Nordin Amrabat	Ahmed Musa	Christian Ramos
Al-Qadsiah	Mokhtar Belkhiter	Jack Duncan	Rhys Williams	Bismark	Élton Arábia	Jou Silva	Mohammed Fatau	Youssef Kalfa	Jorginho Yago Aboubakar Oumarou Hervé Guy
Al-Raed	Azzedine Doukha	Hicham Belkaroui	Ilombe Mboyo	Daniel Amora	Kanu	Mohamed Atwa	Ahmed Hammoudan	Ferhan Hasani	Yassine El Ghanassy Ismaël Bangoura
Al-Shabab	Djamel Benlamri	Luiz Antônio	Sebá	Bubacarr Trawally	Mbark Boussoufa	Constantin Budescu	Valerică Găman	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Arthur Caíke Euller Somália
Al-Taawoun	Cássio	Nildo Petrolina	Sandro Manoel	Cédric Amissi	Léandre Tawamba	Héldon Ramos	Ricardo Machado	Jehad Al-Hussain	Jhonnattann
Al-Wehda	Zidane Mebarakou	Anselmo	Marcos Guilherme	Renato Chaves	Kabongo Kasongo	Mohamed Awad	Issam Jebali	Rómulo Otero	Fernandão Emre Çolak
Ohod	Carl Medjani	Adolphe Teikeu	Mohamed Fouzair	Moussa Maâzou	Tamer Haj Mohamad	Aymen Belaïd	Ghazi Abderrazzak	Ignatiy Nesterov	Enes Sipović Apodi Bruno Michel Ribamar Ahmed Gomaa Moamen Zakaria Carlos Ohene Zouhair Laaroubi

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Nassr (C)	30	22	4	4	69	27	+42	70	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Al-Hilal	30	21	6	3	66	33	+33	69
3	Al-Taawoun	30	16	8	6	61	31	+30	56
4	Al-Ahli	30	17	4	9	68	41	+27	55	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Shabab	30	15	9	6	39	25	+14	54	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
6	Al-Faisaly	30	12	7	11	51	47	+4	43
7	Al-Wehda	30	12	6	12	41	41	0	42
8	Al-Raed	30	10	8	12	38	48	−10	38
9	Al-Fateh	30	8	11	11	32	45	−13	35
10	Al-Ittihad	30	9	7	14	44	45	−1	34	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
11	Al-Ettifaq	30	8	9	13	40	55	−15	33
12	Al-Fayha	30	9	5	16	36	52	−16	32
13	Al-Hazem (O)	30	7	10	13	33	50	−17	31	Qualification for Relegation play-offs
14	Al-Qadsiah (R)	30	8	4	18	34	51	−17	28	Relegation to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
15	Al-Batin (R)	30	7	4	19	29	53	−24	25
16	Ohod (R)	30	5	6	19	25	62	−37	21

Source: spl.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).^[78]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2019 King Cup winners.

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 afterward. 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	27	28	29	30
Al-Nassr	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Al-Hilal	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
Al-Taawoun	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	6	5	4	3	4	4	6	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Al-Ahli	7	5	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Al-Shabab	3	2	4	5	5	8	7	5	4	5	6	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5
Al-Faisaly	4	12	8	9	11	12	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	6
Al-Wehda	13	10	6	6	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7	7
Al-Raed	9	13	13	13	9	10	11	10	12	13	12	11	12	12	9	9	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8
Al-Fateh	10	9	10	11	8	7	8	9	9	8	9	7	8	10	11	11	9	11	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Al-Ittihad	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	10	10
Al-Ettifaq	6	6	3	4	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	9	7	9	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11
Al-Fayha	16	14	16	12	14	14	13	12	10	10	10	12	13	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12
Al-Hazem	12	8	11	8	10	9	9	11	11	12	13	13	11	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	13
Al-Qadsiah	11	4	9	10	12	11	12	15	14	11	11	10	10	8	10	10	11	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	14	14	14	14
Al-Batin	5	11	12	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Ohod	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2020 AFC Champions League group stage
	2020 AFC Champions League play-off round
	Qualification to relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2019–20 First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: spl.com.sa

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. 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	27	28	29	30
Al-Ahli	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W
Al-Batin	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
Al-Ettifaq	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L
Al-Faisaly	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L
Al-Fateh	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L
Al-Fayha	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	D	W
Al-Hazem	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D
Al-Hilal	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W
Al-Ittihad	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L
Al-Nassr	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W
Al-Qadsiah	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D
Al-Raed	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	D	W
Al-Shabab	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L
Al-Taawoun	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W
Al-Wehda	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L
Ohod	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2019. Source: slstat.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Relegation play-offs

The 13th place team in the Saudi Professional League, Al-Hazem, will face the 4th place team in the MS League, Al-Khaleej, over two legs on a home-and-away basis.^[79]

All times are AST (UTC+3).

First leg

20 May 2019 (2019-05-20)

22:30

Al-Hazem	1–0	Al-Khaleej
Pajoy 20' (pen.) Al-Hamdan  50'	Report	Al-Nashi  14' Diaby  18' Al-Qeed  84' Bangoura  90+3'

Al-Hazem Club Stadium, Ar Rass

Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Second leg

24 May 2019 (2019-05-24)

22:30

Al-Khaleej	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hazem
Al-Sheikh  33' Al-Khateeb  49' Bernardo  53' Diaby 64', 120+1',  120+1'	Report	Al-Rio  59' Bakhit  88' Al-Saiari 93' (pen.),  105+1'
Penalties
Al-Motawaa Al-Enezi Al-Khateeb Al-Sheikh Lajami	2–3	Alemão Al-Saiari Bakhit Rodolfo

Al-Khaleej Club Stadium, Saihat

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 16 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[80]
1	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	34
2	Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	21
	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal
4	Djaniny	Al-Ahli	20
5	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	19
6	Saleh Al-Shehri	Al-Raed	16
7	Danilo Asprilla	Al-Fayha	15
8	Cristian Guanca	Al-Ettifaq	14
9	Abdulfattah Adam	Al-Taawoun	12
10	Fahad Al-Muwallad	Al-Ittihad	11

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Ahmed Musa	Al-Nassr	Al-Qadsiah	3–0 (A)	19 September 2018	[81]
Cristian Guanca	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Fayha	3–0 (H)	21 September 2018	[82]
Mohammed Al-Saiari	Al-Hazem	Ohod	3–3 (A)	8 November 2018	[83]
Abderrazak Hamdallah4	Al-Nassr	Al-Raed	4–0 (H)	14 December 2018	[84]
Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	Al-Fayha	3–0 (H)	14 December 2018	[85]
Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Hilal	3–4 (A)	21 December 2018	[86]
Djaniny5	Al-Ahli	Ohod	5–1 (H)	11 January 2019	[87]
Abdulfattah Adam	Al-Taawoun	Ohod	4–0 (H)	14 February 2019	[88]
Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	Al-Ettifaq	4–1 (H)	28 February 2019	[89]
Abderrazak Hamdallah4	Al-Nassr	Al-Wehda	4–0 (A)	16 March 2019	[90]
Saleh Al-Shehri4	Al-Raed	Al-Ahli	5–4 (A)	28 March 2019	[91]
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Raed	5–0 (A)	4 April 2019	[92]
Saleh Al-Shehri	Al-Raed	Ohod	5–1 (H)	19 April 2019	[93]
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Hazem	3–0 (A)	11 May 2019	[94]
Aleksandar Prijović	Al-Ittihad	Al-Fateh	6–2 (H)	11 May 2019	[95]
Djaniny	Al-Ahli	Al-Ettifaq	5–0 (H)	16 May 2019	[96]

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
⁴ Player scored 4 goals; ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

As of 16 May 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[97]
1	Brad Jones	Al-Nassr	11
	Maksym Koval	Al-Fateh
3	Cássio	Al-Taawoun	10
	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Al-Shabab
5	Mohammed Al-Owais	Al-Ahli	9
6	Azzedine Doukha	Al-Raed	8
7	Adriano Facchini	Al-Batin	7
	Fawaz Al-Qarni	Al-Ittihad
	Mustafa Malayekah	Al-Faisaly
10	Raïs M'Bolhi	Al-Ettifaq	6
	Jack Duncan	Al-Qadsiah
	Mohamed Awad	Al-Wehda
	Ali Al-Habsi	Al-Hilal

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[98]
  • Saeed Al-Rubaie (Al-Ettifaq)

• Most red cards: 2^[98]
  • Paulo Díaz (Al-Ahli)
  • Hassan Muath (Al-Shabab)
  • Masoud Bakheet (Al-Hazem)
  • Brahian Alemán (Al-Ettifaq)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 82^[98]
  • Al-Ettifaq

• Most red cards: 7^[98]
  • Al-Hilal

Attendances

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ittihad	502,230	52,210	15,905	33,482	+106.5%†
2	Al-Hilal	293,271	23,047	10,112	19,551	+60.3%†
3	Al-Ahli	282,246	42,880	14,629	18,816	+13.0%†
4	Al-Nassr	246,115	59,174	3,039	16,408	+199.4%†
5	Ohod	106,118	20,207	1,680	7,075	+15.9%†
6	Al-Wehda	103,668	32,567	437	6,911	n/a† †
7	Al-Ettifaq	73,660	12,817	1,273	4,911	+58.9%†
8	Al-Taawoun	66,657	14,893	1,473	4,444	+14.7%†
9	Al-Raed	56,196	11,735	1,360	3,746	−21.5%†
10	Al-Batin	52,142	6,000	1,436	3,476	+29.3%†
11	Al-Shabab	51,413	14,530	594	3,428	+60.5%†
12	Al-Fateh	51,411	9,050	250	3,427	+15.1%†
13	Al Qadsiah	43,237	10,420	420	2,883	+39.1%†
14	Al-Hazem	30,768	6,200	802	2,051	n/a† †
15	Al-Fayha	28,437	4,307	732	1,896	+102.1%†
16	Al-Faisaly	17,568	3,498	503	1,171	+20.5%†
	League total	2,005,137	59,174	250	8,355	+45.9%†

Updated to games played on 17 May 2019
Source: ^[99]
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in First Division.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
September	Jorge Jesus	Al-Hilal	Raïs M'Bolhi	Al-Ettifaq	[100][101]
October	Fábio Carille	Al-Wehda	Rómulo Otero	Al-Wehda	[102][103]
November	Slavoljub Muslin	Al-Fayha	Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	[104][105]
December	Marius Șumudică	Al-Shabab	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	[106][107]
January	Slaven Bilić	Al-Ittihad	Djaniny	Al-Ahli	[108]
February	Fathi Al-Jabal	Al-Fateh	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	[109]
March	Rui Vitória	Al-Nassr	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	[110]
April	José Luis Sierra	Al-Ittihad	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	[111]

Round awards

Month	Manager of the Round		Player of the Round		Fans of the Round	Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Club
Round 2	Aleksandar Stanojević	Al-Qadsiah	Élton Arábia	Al-Qadsiah	Al-Ittihad	[112][113]
Round 3	José Daniel Carreño	Al-Nassr	Ahmed Musa	Al-Nassr	Al-Ahli	[114]
Round 4	Daniel Isăilă	Al-Hazem	Abdulla Al Salem	Al-Fayha	Al-Ittihad	[115]
Round 5	José Daniel Carreño	Al-Nassr	Nordin Amrabat	Al-Nassr	Al-Nassr	[116]
Round 6	Leonardo Ramos	Al-Ettifaq	Brahian Alemán	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Wehda	[117]
Round 7	Slavoljub Muslin	Al-Fayha	Djaniny	Al-Ahli	Al-Ittihad	[118]
Round 8	Pablo Guede	Al-Ahli	Djaniny	Al-Ahli	Al-Hilal	[119]
Round 9	Abdulaziz Al-Bishi	Al-Qadsiah	Haroune Camara	Al-Qadsiah	Al-Hilal	[120]
Round 10	Pedro Emanuel	Al-Taawoun	Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	Al-Ahli	[121]
Round 11	Fábio Carille	Al-Wehda	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Al-Wehda	Al-Ittihad	[122]
Round 12	Hélder	Al-Nassr	Nordin Amrabat	Al-Nassr	Al-Hilal	[123]
Round 13	Daniel Isăilă	Al-Hazem	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Taawoun	[124]
Round 14	Ivaylo Petev	Al-Qadsiah	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Ittihad	[125]
Round 15	Mido	Al-Wehda	Rómulo Otero	Al-Wehda	Al-Wehda	[126]
Round 16	Marius Șumudică	Al-Shabab	Djaniny	Al-Ahli	Al-Ittihad	[127]
Round 17	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	Al-Batin	Carlos Eduardo	Al-Hilal	Al-Ittihad	[128]
Round 18	Pedro Emanuel	Al-Taawoun	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	Al-Hilal	[129]
Round 19	Ammar Souayah	Ohod	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	Al-Ittihad	[130]
Round 20	Péricles Chamusca	Al-Faisaly	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Hilal	[131]
Round 21	Zoran Mamić	Al-Hilal	Mohammed Al-Majhad	Al-Fateh	Al-Hilal	[132]
Round 22	Pedro Emanuel	Al-Taawoun	Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	Al-Ahli	[133]
Round 23	Mido	Al-Wehda	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Ittihad	[134]
Round 24	Rui Vitória	Al-Nassr	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Nassr	[135]
Round 25	Rui Vitória	Al-Nassr	Bruno Uvini	Al-Nassr	Al-Shabab	[136]
Round 26	Jorge Fossati	Al-Ahli	Danilo Asprilla	Al-Fayha	Al-Ittihad	[137]
Round 27	José Luis Sierra	Al-Ittihad	Fahad Al-Muwallad	Al-Ittihad	Al-Nassr	[138]
Round 28	Pedro Emanuel	Al-Taawoun	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Ittihad	[139]
Round 29	José Luis Sierra	Al-Ittihad	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Ittihad	[140]

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	Pedro Emanuel[141]	Al-Taawoun
Player of the Season	Abderrazak Hamdallah[142]	Al-Nassr
Saudi Player of the Season	Mohamed Kanno[143]	Al-Hilal
Young Player of the Season	Muteb Al-Mufarrij[144]	Al-Taawoun
Golden Glove	Farouk Ben Mustapha[145]	Al-Shabab
Golden Boot	Abderrazak Hamdallah[146]	Al-Nassr

^[147]

See also

• 2018–19 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
• 2018–19 Second Division
• 2019 King Cup
• 2018 Super Cup