2015–16 Saudi Professional League

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Professional League
Season 2015–2016
Champions Al-Ahli (3rd title)
Relegated Najran
Hajer
AFC Champions League Al-Ahli
Al-Hilal
Al-Ittihad
Al-Taawoun
2017 GCC Champions League Al-Shabab
Al-Khaleej
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]

The 2015–16 Saudi Professional League - officially known as the Abdul Latif Jameel League, because of its sponsorship - was the 40th season of the Saudi Professional League, since its inception in 1976.

Al-Nassr were once again the defending champions for this season, having won the previous two editions in 2013–14 and 2014–15, their 7th title in total.[7] The League comprised 14 teams, 12 from the 2014–15 campaign and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 First Division, champions Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Wehda who replaced relegated Al-Orobah and Al-Shoulla. The League started on 19 August 2015 and concluded on 14 May 2016.

On 24 April 2016, Al-Ahli won the league title after defeating Al-Hilal 3–1 in a home match. It was their first title since 1984 and their third overall.[8] Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad all secured a berth for the 2017 AFC Champions League via league position. At the bottom, Najran and Hajer were relegated to the First Division.

Teams

First Division champions Al-Qadisiyah return for the first time since being relegated in the 2011–12 campaign and were joined by Al-Wehda who return after relegation in 2012–13 campaign. They replaced relegated sides Al-Orobah and Al-Shoulla. This brings top flight football back to Makkah and Khobar.

Stadiums and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Al-Ahli Jeddah King Abdullah Sports City 62,000[9]
Al-Faisaly Harmah King Salman Sport City (Al Majma'ah) 5,200[10]
Al-Fateh Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi 19,096[11]
Al-Hilal[A] Riyadh King Fahd International 62,685[12]
Al-Ittihad Jeddah King Abdullah Sports City 62,000[9]
Al-Khaleej Saihat Prince Saud bin Jalawi (Khobar) 11,000[13]
Al-Nassr[A] Riyadh King Fahd International 62,685[12]
Al-Qadisiyah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi 11,000[13]
Al-Raed Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 23,600[14]
Al-Shabab[A] Riyadh King Fahd International 62,685[12]
Al-Taawoun Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 23,600[14]
Al-Wehda Makkah King Abdul Aziz 33,195[15]
Hajer Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi 19,096[11]
Najran[B] Najran Al-Akhdoud Club 3,200[16]
Notes
  1. ^ Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab also use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats)[17] as home stadium.
  2. ^ Najran played all home matches this season at Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City (1,000 seats),[18] in Jeddah, due to security reasons.[19]

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Switzerland Christian Gross Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Faisaly Romania Liviu Ciobotariu Saudi Arabia Omar Abdulaziz Erreà Aldrees
Al-Fateh Tunisia Nacif Beyaoui Saudi Arabia Hamdan Al-Hamdan Jako Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Hilal Greece Giorgos Donis Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani Nike Mobily
Al-Ittihad Romania Victor Pițurcă Saudi Arabia Hamad Montashari Adidas
Al-Khaleej Tunisia Jalal Qaderi Saudi Arabia Hussain Al-Turki Erreà Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Nassr Spain Raúl Caneda Saudi Arabia Hussein Abdulghani Saudi Sporta Mobily
Al-Qadisiyah Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Dossari Saudi Arabia Naif Hazazi Lotto
Al-Raed Serbia Aleksandar Ilić Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Madkhali Hattrick Hana Water Company
Al-Shabab Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal Saudi Arabia Ahmed Otaif Romai
Al-Taawoun Portugal José Gomes Syria Jehad Al-Hussain Erreà Herfy
Al-Wehda Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui Saudi Arabia Majed Al-Hazzani Erreà
Hajer Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi Saudi Arabia Mustafa Malayekah Erreà
Najran Brazil Hélio dos Anjos Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Hamsal Adidas Star Plastic Industries

Foreign players

The number of foreign players was limited to 4 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.[20]

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Al-Ahli Brazil Marquinho Egypt Mohamed Abdel-Shafy Greece Giannis Fetfatzidis Syria Omar Al-Somah
Al-Faisaly Brazil Adriano Pardal Equatorial Guinea Javier Balboa Portugal Abel Camará Togo Sadat Ouro-Akoriko
Al-Fateh Brazil Élton Venezuela Juan Falcón Ivory Coast Patrick Gbala Iraq Salam Shaker
Al-Hilal Brazil Aílton Almeida Brazil Carlos Eduardo Brazil Digão South Korea Kwak Tae-Hwi
Al-Ittihad Ghana Sulley Muntari Romania Lucian Sânmărtean Venezuela Gelmin Rivas
Al-Khaleej Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Koffi Cameroon Aminou Bouba Guinea Aboubacar Sylla Jordan Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh
Al-Nassr Bahrain Mohamed Husain Brazil Marquinhos Gabriel Mali Modibo Maïga Poland Adrian Mierzejewski
Al-Qadisiyah Brazil Gilberto Macena Brazil Jandson Brazil Vitor Júnior Iraq Saad Abdul-Amir
Al-Raed Armenia Marcos Pizzelli France Boubacar Kébé Guinea Ismaël Bangoura Oman Eid Al-Farsi
Al-Shabab Algeria Mohamed Benyettou Brazil Fernando Farias Brazil Rafinha Uruguay Diego Arismendi
Al-Taawoun Brazil Sandro Manoel Cameroon Paul Efoulou Portugal Ricardo Machado Syria Jehad Al-Hussain
Al-Wehda Brazil Anderson de Oliveira Cameroon Ernest Nfor Syria Jehad Al-Baour Uruguay Adolfo Lima
Hajer Brazil Bruno Lopes Cameroon André Ndame State of Palestine Ashraf Nu'man Senegal Adama François
Najran Brazil Adriano Alves Brazil Bismark Ferreira Brazil Eric Pereira Brazil Tozin

Managerial Changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Raed Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 28 August 2015[21] Sacked 13th Greece Takis Lemonis 3 September 2015[22]
Al-Nassr Uruguay Jorge da Silva 23 October 2015[23] Sacked 7th Colombia René Higuita (interim) 24 October 2015[24]
Al-Nassr Colombia René Higuita 26 October 2015 Temporary mandate over 6th Italy Fabio Cannavaro[1] 26 October 2015[25]
Al-Wehda Uruguay Juan Rodriguez 29 October 2015[26] Sacked 13th Egypt Badreldin Hamed (interim) 30 October 2015[27]
Al-Qadisiyah Tunisia Djamel Belkacem 30 October 2015[28] Sacked 9th Brazil Alexandre Gallo 30 October 2015[28]
Hajer Montenegro Nebojša Jovović 30 October 2015[28] Sacked 11th Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (interim) 30 October 2015[28]
Hajer Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi 4 November 2015 Temporary mandate over 12th Belgium Stéphane Demol 4 November 2015[29]
Al-Wehda Egypt Badreldin Hamed 9 November 2015 Temporary mandate over 11th Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui[2] 9 November 2015[30]
Al-Ittihad Romania László Bölöni 24 November 2015[31] Mutual consent 4th Egypt Adel Abdulrahman (interim) 24 November 2015
Al-Ittihad Egypt Adel Abdulrahman 15 December 2015 Temporary mandate over 4th Romania Victor Pițurcă 15 December 2015[32]
Najran Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal 16 December 2015[33] Mutual consent 13th Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami (interim) 16 December 2015[33]
Najran Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami 25 December 2015 Temporary mandate over 13th Brazil Hélio dos Anjos 25 December 2015[34]
Al-Shabab Uruguay Alvaro Gutierrez 3 January 2016 Sacked 6th Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal 3 January 2016[35]
Al-Qadisiyah Brazil Alexandre Gallo 30 January 2016[36] Sacked 11th Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Dossari (interim) 30 January 2016[36]
Al-Raed Greece Takis Lemonis 1 February 2016[37] Mutual consent 12th Morocco Reda Hakam (interim) 1 February 2016[37]
Al-Raed Morocco Reda Hakam 5 February 2016[38] Temporary mandate over 12th Serbia Aleksandar Ilić 5 February 2016[38]
Al-Nassr Italy Fabio Cannavaro 11 February 2016[39] Mutual consent 6th Colombia René Higuita (interim) 12 February 2016[40]
Al-Nassr Colombia René Higuita 18 February 2016 Temporary mandate over 7th Spain Raúl Caneda 18 February 2016[41]
Hajer Belgium Stéphane Demol 8 March 2016[42] Mutual consent 14th Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi 8 March 2016[42]
Notes
  1. ^ Fabio Cannavaro took charge of his first Al-Nassr game on 2 November 2015 against Al-Faisaly (Round 6).
  2. ^ Kheïreddine Madoui took charge of his first Al-Wehda game on 25 November 2015 against Al-Raed (Round 9).

League table

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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 Qadisiyah 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

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: slstat.com

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

Results

Home ╲ Away AHL FSY FAT HIL ITT KHJ NSR QDS 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 Qadisiyah 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 games played on 14 May 2016.
Source: slstat.com
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
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 Qadisiyah 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

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: slstat.com

Relegation play-offs

Al-Raed which finished 12th will play against Al-Batin, 3rd of 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.[43] Al-Raed won 5–3 on aggregate and secured their place in the next season.[44]

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

First leg

Second leg

Statistics

Clean sheets

As of 14 May 2016[47]
Rank Player Club G.P. Clean Sheets
1 Saudi Arabia Khalid Sharhili Al-Hilal 20 10
Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Mosailem Al-Ahli 22
3 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Owais Al-Shabab 22 8
4 Saudi Arabia Faisel Masrahi Al-Qadisiyah 26 7
5 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Owaishir Al-Fateh 19 6
6 Saudi Arabia Assaf Al-Qarni Al-Ittihad 15 5
Saudi Arabia Mansoor Al-Najai Al-Faisaly 20
Saudi Arabia Moslem Al Freej Al-Khaleej 22
Saudi Arabia Fayz Al-Sabiay Al-Taawoun 22

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Venezuela Gelmin Rivas Al-Ittihad Al-Qadisiyah 3–1 17 October 2015 [48]
Syria Omar Al-Somah Al-Ahli Al-Nassr 4–2 18 October 2015 [49]
Venezuela Gelmin Rivas Al-Ittihad Hajer 5–0 10 December 2015 [50]
Syria Omar Al-Somah Al-Ahli Al-Raed 3–1 14 December 2015 [51]
Syria Omar Al-Somah4 Al-Ahli Al-Raed 5–2 8 May 2016 [52]
Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani4 Al-Hilal Hajer 4–1 8 May 2016 [52]

4 Player scored four goals

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:[53]

See also

References

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