2019–20 Saudi Second Division

The 2019–20 Saudi Second Division was the 44th season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1976. Fixtures were released on 5 August 2019 and the opening round of matches was played on 11 October 2019. The league season was scheduled to conclude on 10 April 2020 with the final but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Second Division

Season	2019–20
Dates	11 October 2019 – 12 September 2020
Champions	Hajer (2nd title)
Promoted	Hajer Al-Diriyah Al-Sahel Arar
Relegated	Al-Anwar Al-Jubail Al-Suqoor Al-Dera'a
Matches played	266
Goals scored	643 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Aouichi (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Kholood 4–0 Al-Anwar (13 December 2019) Hajer 4–0 Al-Suqoor (13 February 2020) Hajer 4–0 Afif (12 March 2020) Al-Rawdhah 4–0 Al-Jandal (3 September 2020)
Biggest away win	Al-Sadd 0–5 Hajer (7 February 2020) Afif 0–5 Al-Washm (7 March 2020)
Highest scoring	Al-Orobah 6–3 Al-Kholood (14 February 2020)
Longest winning run	Hajer (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Sahel Hajer (23 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Dera'a Al-Jubail (10 matches)
Longest losing run	Al-Dera'a (6 matches)
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 12 September 2020.

On 7 March 2020, the Ministry of Sports announced that all matches would be played behind closed doors until further notice.^[1] On 14 March 2020, the Ministry suspended all sports competitions indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.^[2] On 11 June 2020, the Ministry of Sports announced the resumption of sports activities with training starting on 21 June and games starting after 4 August 2020 and played behind closed doors.^[3] On 1 July 2020, the schedule for the remaining matches was released. It was announced that the league would resume on 13 August 2020 and end on 12 September 2020.^[4]

On 12 September 2020, Hajer defeated Al-Diriyah 1–0 in the final to win their second title.^[5]

Team changes

A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 16 sides from the 2018–19 season, 4 relegated teams from the MS League, and 4 promoted teams from the 2018–19 Third Division.^[6]

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season

To Second Division

Promoted from the Third Division

• Al-Safa
• Al-Rawdhah
• Al-Entesar
• Al-Anwar

Relegated from MS League

• Al-Qaisumah
• Hajer
• Al-Washm
• Al-Orobah

From Second Division

Promoted to MS League

• Hetten
• Al-Bukayriyah
• Al-Thoqbah
• Al-Taqadom

Relegated to the Third Division

• Al-Hait
• Al-Muzahimiyyah
• Al-Watani
• Al-Ghazwah

Teams

;Group A

Afif

Al-Akhdoud

Al-Entesar

Al-Jandal

Al-Jubail

Al-Rawdhah
Hajer

Al-Sadd

Al-Sahel

Al-Suqoor

Al-Washm

Wej

Locations of teams in the 2019–20 Saudi Second Division Group A

Club	Location	Stadium
Afif	Afif	Al-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi)
Al-Akhdoud	Najran	Al Akhdoud Club Stadium
Al-Entesar	Rabigh	Al-Entesar Club Stadium
Al-Jandal	Dumat al-Jandal	Al-Oruba Club Stadium (Sakakah)
Al-Jubail	Jubail	Al-Jubail Club Stadium
Al-Rawdhah	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Sadd	Najaan	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj)
Al-Sahel	Qatif	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium (Khobar)
Al-Suqoor	Tabuk	King Khalid Sport City Stadium
Al-Washm	Shaqra	Al-Washm Club Stadium
Hajer	Al-Hasa	Hajer Club Stadium
Wej	Ta'if	King Fahd Stadium

Group B

Al-Anwar

Al-Arabi

Al-Dera'a

Al-Diriyah

Al-Hejaz

Al-Kholood

Al-Orobah

Al-Qaisumah

Al-Riyadh

Al-Safa

Al-Sharq

Arar

Locations of teams in the 2018–19 Saudi Second Division Group B

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Anwar	Hotat Bani Tamim	Al-Anwar Club Stadium
Al-Arabi	Unaizah	Al-Najma Club Stadium
Al-Dera'a	Dawadmi	Al-Dera'a Club Stadium
Al-Diriyah	Diriyah	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (Riyadh)
Al-Hejaz	Baljurashi	King Saud Sport City Stadium (Al Bahah)
Al-Kholood	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium
Al-Orobah	Sakakah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium
Al-Qaisumah	Hafar al-Batin	Al-Qaisumah Club Stadium
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Safa	Safwa City	Al-Safa Club Stadium
Al-Sharq	Ad Dilam	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj)
Arar	Arar	Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sport City Stadium

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 2 per team.

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

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Former Players
Afif	Mohamed Kassory [ar]	Sabri Zaidi	Hamza Ben Abda
Al Akhdoud	Emerson Freitas	Lecão	Patrick Carvalho
Al-Anwar	Gatoch Panom	Emmanuel Gomis	Kemekho Cissokho
Al-Arabi	Yassine Lakhal	Mohamed Aouichi	Slim Mezlini
Al-Dera'a	Mohammed Ndiaye	Khalil Zerwi	Haythem Gloulou Sameh Bouguerra
Al-Diriyah	Khaldoun Mansour	Mohamed Ben Ismail
Al-Entesar	Lamine Sylla	Alkhaly Traoré	Shassiri Nahimana Joël Lamah
Al-Hejaz	Marouane Ben Amor	Rabii Hamri	Henri Ndong Afeez Oladipo [ar]
Al Jandal	Mohamad Kdouh	Sheka Fofanah	Mohamed Kassory [ar] Samba Diallo
Al-Jubail	Moïse Zongo	Maher Labidi	Cherif Kechrid
Al-Kholood	Venancio Silva	Souleymane Demba	Manolo Godoy
Al-Orobah	Mignane Diouf	Fehmi Kacem	Jefinho Bilel Tborki
Al-Qaisumah	Aneel Bkaki	Mamut Saine
Al-Rawdhah	Juninho Aguiar	Robert	Ibrahim Mostafa
Al-Riyadh	Chrles Oliveira	Sergio Moreno	Cedric Fein Abdul Aziz Yusif
Al-Sadd	Abdelhamid Sami	Hamada El Ghannam	Ahmed Fawzy
Al-Safa	Hamza Messaadi	Slim Ben Belgacem	Mahmood Al-Ajmi Leo Alves
Al-Sahel	Jone Pinto	Maher Haddad	Talisson Slim Zakar
Al-Sharq	Issouf Ouattara	Ahmad Boussaid	Amr El Shahat [ar]
Al-Suqoor	Amara Ferjaoui	Wassim Zaghdoud	Frank Gyamfi
Al-Washm	Abdel Fadel Suanon	Ghaith Sghaier	Godwin Aguda Sunday Akinbule
Arar	Cedric Fein	Adel Hamani [ar]	Geraldo
Hajer	Adriano Pardal	Rayllan Bruno
Wej	Alaeddine Gmach	Aymen Ezzine	Koffi Adama Lamine Traoré

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hajer (P)	22	16	6	0	42	8	+34	54	Promotion to the MS League and Qualification to the Final
2	Al-Sahel (P)	22	12	10	0	31	15	+16	46	Promotion to MS League
3	Al-Akhdoud	22	11	5	6	29	20	+9	38
4	Al-Jandal	22	10	6	6	26	26	0	36
5	Al-Rawdhah	22	8	5	9	23	24	−1	29
6	Wej	22	7	6	9	21	28	−7	27
7	Al-Washm	22	7	4	11	28	24	+4	25
8	Afif	22	6	5	11	23	36	−13	23[a]
9	Al-Entesar	22	5	8	9	20	30	−10	23[a]
10	Al-Sadd	22	5	8	9	24	32	−8	23[a]
11	Al-Jubail (R)	22	4	8	10	19	26	−7	20	Relegation to the Third Division
12	Al-Suqoor (R)	22	4	3	15	16	33	−17	15

Updated to match(es) played on 3 September 2020. Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goal scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).^[7][8]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Positions determined by head-to-head points: Afif: 8 pts; Al-Entesar: 4 pts; Al-Sadd: 2 pts.

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Diriyah (P)	22	10	11	1	32	20	+12	41	Promotion to the MS League and Qualification to the Final
2	Arar (P)	22	10	10	2	30	17	+13	40	Promotion to MS League
3	Al-Kholood	22	9	10	3	39	30	+9	37
4	Al-Riyadh	22	7	9	6	25	21	+4	30
5	Al-Safa	22	7	8	7	25	26	−1	29[a]
6	Al-Hejaz	22	8	5	9	28	33	−5	29[a]
7	Al-Arabi	22	8	4	10	31	29	+2	28[b]
8	Al-Qaisumah	22	6	10	6	24	23	+1	28[b]
9	Al-Sharq	22	7	6	9	27	33	−6	27
10	Al-Orobah	22	7	5	10	29	27	+2	26
11	Al-Anwar (R)	22	6	4	12	26	38	−12	22	Relegation to the Third Division
12	Al-Dera'a (R)	22	3	6	13	23	42	−19	15

Updated to match(es) played on 4 September 2020. Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goal scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).^[7][8]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Safa finished ahead of Al-Hejaz on head-to-head points: Al-Hejaz 0–0 Al-Safa, Al-Safa 2–1 Al-Hejaz.
2. Al-Arabi finished ahead of Al-Qaisumah on head-to-head points: Al-Qaisumah 1–3 Al-Arabi, Al-Arabi 0–0 Al-Qaisumah.

Third place play-off

Al-Sahel, who finished 2nd in Group A faced Arar who finished 2nd in Group B to decide the third-placed team.^[9]

Al-Sahel	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Arar
Al-Zahrani 56'	Report	Dhaher 42'
Penalties
Jahfali Al-Khamis Awagi	1–4	Sooqi Hamani Dhaher Al-Enezi

11 September 2020 (2020-09-11)

18:25 AST

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Referee: Fahad Al-Hothaili

Final

The winners of each group played a one-legged final to decide the champion of the 2019–20 Second Division. As winners of Group A, Hajer will face Al-Diriyah, the winners of Group B.^[10] Hajer defeated Al-Diriyah to win their second title.^[11]

Hajer	1–0	Al-Diriyah
Pardal 11'	Report

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12)

18:25 AST

Hajer Club Stadium, Al-Hasa

Referee: Bandar Al-Qahtani

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 September 2020^[12]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohamed Aouichi	Al-Arabi	15
2	Mohammed Al-Shammari	Al-Qaisumah	11
	Salem Al-Khaibari	Al-Kholood
4	Rayllan Bruno	Hajer	10
	Mohammed Majhol	Al-Hejaz
	Abdullah Al Yahya	Al-Sadd
	Adriano Pardal	Hajer
8	Ahmad Boussaid	Al-Sharq	9
	Abdullah Al-Qahtani	Afif
10	Patrick Carvalho	Al-Akhdoud	8
	Omar Al-Ruwaili	Al-Orobah

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Patrick Carvalho	Al-Akhdoud	Al-Washm	3–2 (H)	15 November 2019
Malek Al-Abdulmenem	Al-Kholood	Al-Arabi	3–2 (H)	17 January 2020
Mohamed Aouichi	Al-Arabi	Al-Dera'a	4–2 (H)	25 January 2020
Omar Al-Ruwaili	Al-Orobah	Al-Kholood	6–3 (H)	14 February 2020
Juninho Aguiar	Al-Rawdhah	Al-Jandal	4–0 (H)	3 September 2020

See also

• 2019–20 Professional League
• 2019–20 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League