2017–18 Saudi Pro League

The 2017–18 Saudi Professional League (also known formerly as a Jameel League for sponsorship reasons),^[6] was the 42nd season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 10 August 2017 and concluded on 12 April 2018.^[7]

Professional League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Al-Hilal (15th title)
AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal Al-Ahli Al-Nassr
UAFA Club Championship	Al-Hilal Al-Ahli Al-Nassr Al-Ittihad
Matches played	182
Goals scored	542 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ronnie Fernández (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Ahli 5–0 Al-Batin (12 January 2018)
Biggest away win	Al-Raed 0–5 Al-Nassr (17 November 2017) Al-Fateh 0–5 Al-Faisaly (25 November 2017)
Highest scoring	Al-Ahli 5–3 Al-Raed (30 September 2017)
Longest winning run	5 matches^[1] Al-Ahli
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches^[2] Al-Hilal
Longest winless run	9 matches^[3] Al-Batin
Longest losing run	6 matches^[4] Ohod
Highest attendance	45,913^[5] Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Ahli (4 February 2018)
Lowest attendance	275^[5] Al-Faisaly 3–0 Al-Ettifaq (30 September 2017)
Average attendance	5,726
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 4 May 2018.

Al-Hilal were the defending champions after winning the Pro League last season for the 14th time. Al-Fayha and Ohod have entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 Saudi First Division. Al-Hilal were crowned as league winners for the second season in a row on the 12 April, after defeating Al-Fateh 4–1 on the final day of the season.^[8] No teams were relegated at the end of the season following the decision to increase the number of teams from 14 to 16.^[9] In its place, relegation play-offs were held between the bottom 2 teams of the Pro League and the 3rd and 4th placed teams of the MS League. Both Pro League teams, Al-Raed and Ohod, won their respective matches and secured their top-flight status.^[10]

Al-Fayha's Ronnie Fernández won the Golden Boot with 13 goals.^[11] Al-Ittihad's Carlos Villanueva and Al-Faisaly's Vuk Rašović were named as Player and Manager of the Season respectively.^[12]

Teams

 

 

Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad

 

Al-Batin

 

Al-Ettifaq

 

Al-Faisaly

 

Al-Fayha

 

Al-Fateh

 

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

 

Al-Qadsiah

 

Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun

 

Ohod

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Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Saudi Professional League

Fourteen teams will compete in the league – the top eleven teams from the previous season, the playoff winner and two teams promoted from the First Division.

Teams who were promoted to the Pro League

The first club to be promoted was Al-Fayha, following their 2–1 win at home to Ohod on 29 April 2017. Al-Fayha will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time in their history.^[13] They were crowned champions on 5 May 2017 after drawing Wej 1–1 away from home, coupled with Al-Tai's 0–0 draw against fellow promoted club Ohod.^[14]

The second and final club to be promoted was Ohod, following their 0–0 draw at home to Al-Tai on 5 May 2017. Ohod will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time since 2005.^[15]

Teams who were relegated to the First Division

The first club to be relegated was Al-Wehda, ending their 2-year stay in the Pro League after a 2–1 home defeat to Al-Fateh on 20 April 2017.^[16]

The second and final club to be relegated was Al-Khaleej, ending their 3-year stay in the Pro League following a 2–2 draw to Al-Faisaly on 4 May 2017.^[17]

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^[1]	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-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium^[2]	62,685
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,000
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium ^[3]	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 ^[4]	62,685
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600
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.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Serhii Rebrov	Taisir Al-Jassim	Umbro	Saudia
Al-Batin	Ciprian Panait	Naif Eisa	skillano	Al-Fowzan ProMan, Al Shallal Raya Hotel^1, Al Maali Hospital^2
Al-Ettifaq	Saad Al-Shehri	Ahmed Al-Kassar	Kappa	Al-Majdouie Hyundai, Kanaf, Sahara Net^1, Almana General Hospital^1, Innosoft^2, APSCO Mobil 1^2
Al-Faisaly	Vuk Rasovic	Omar Abdulaziz	Joma	ALDREES, Al Riyadh Travel & Tourism, Roco, Shmagh Albassam^1, Hayat^3, PhysioTrio^3
Al-Fateh	Fathi Al-Jabal	Mohammed Al-Fuhaid	Romai	Al Kifah^1, AlMoosa Hospital^1
Al-Fayha	Gustavo Costas	Sami Al-Khaibari	Macron	Herfy, The Fourth Triangle, Shmagh Al-Bassam^1, Kooz Karak^1, Ghaya^2, Enmaar^2, PhysioTrio^3
Al-Hilal	Juan Brown	Salman Al-Faraj	Nike	Volkswagen, Abdul Samad Al Qurashi^1, Sun & Sand Sports^1, Jawwy from STC^2, APSCO Mobil 1^2
Al-Ittihad	José Sierra	Adnan Fallatah	Joma	Bridgestone, Unionaire^1, APSCO Mobil 1^2
Al-Nassr	Krunoslav Jurčić	Ibrahim Ghaleb	New Balance
Al-Qadsiah	Bandar Basreh	Élton José	Offside	GREE, Almana General Hospital, Al Asasyah^1
Al-Raed	Aleksandar Ilić	Yahya Al-Musalem	Hattrick	Hana, AlMosa Group, Al-Qassim National Hospital^1
Al-Shabab	Marius Șumudică	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Joma
Al-Taawoun	José Gomes	Essam El-Hadary	skillano	Shmagh Al-Bassam^1
Ohod	Maher Kanzari	Abdoh Besisi	ProIcon	Mozn, Al Safeer Thobe^1, FrawLaty^3

• 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	Eelco Schattorie	End of caretaker spell	5 May 2017	Pre-season	Miodrag Ješić	14 June 2017^[18]
Al-Faisaly	Giovanni Solinas	End of contract	5 May 2017		Vuk Rašović	29 May 2017^[19]
Al-Nassr	Patrice Carteron	Sacked	5 May 2017^[20]		Ricardo Gomes	14 June 2017^[21]
Al-Qadsiah	Bandar Basreh	End of caretaker spell	5 May 2017		Nacif Beyaoui	16 June 2017^[22]
Al-Fayha	Al Habeeb bin Ramadan	End of contract	10 May 2017		Constantin Gâlcă	20 May 2017^[23]
Al-Raed	Nacif Beyaoui	Resigned	14 May 2017^[24]		Taoufik Rouabah	4 June 2017^[25]
Al-Batin	Khalid Al-Koroni	End of contract	17 May 2017^[26]		Quim Machado	24 May 2017^[27]
Al-Ahli	Christian Gross	Mutual consent	31 May 2017^[28]		Serhii Rebrov	21 June 2017^[29]
Al-Shabab	Sami Al-Jaber	Sacked	16 September 2017^[30]	9th	Mike Newell (interim)	16 September 2017^[30]
Al-Nassr	Ricardo Gomes		22 September 2017^[31]	4th	Rogério Lourenço (interim)	22 September 2017^[32]
Al-Shabab	Mike Newell	Interim period ended	23 September 2017	6th	José Daniel Carreño	23 September 2017^[33]
Al-Raed	Taoufik Rouabah	Sacked	1 October 2017^[34]	14th	Ciprian Panait	4 October 2017^[35]
Al-Nassr	Rogério Lourenço	Interim period ended	3 October 2017	5th	Gustavo Quinteros	3 October 2017^[36]
Al-Fayha	Constantin Gâlcă	Sacked	1 November 2017^[37]	12th	Gustavo Costas	1 November 2017^[38]
Al-Qadsiah	Nacif Beyaoui	Mutual consent	2 November 2017	7th	Paulo Bonamigo	2 November 2017^[39]
Ohod	Abdulwahab Al-Harbi	Resigned	5 November 2017^[40]	14th	Nabil Neghiz	10 November 2017^[41]
Al-Ettifaq	Miodrag Ješić	Sacked	10 December 2017^[42]	13th	Saad Al-Shehri	10 December 2017^[43]
Al-Nassr	Gustavo Quinteros		31 January 2018^[44]	4th	Krunoslav Jurčić	31 January 2018^[45]
Al-Batin	Quim Machado		4 February 2018^[46]	10th	Ciprian Panait	6 February 2018^[47]
Al-Qadsiah	Paulo Bonamigo		5 February 2018^[48]	12th	Bandar Basreh (interim)	5 February 2018^[48]
Al-Raed	Ciprian Panait		5 February 2018^[49]	14th	Aleksandar Ilić	5 February 2018^[50]
Ohod	Nabil Neghiz		18 February 2018^[51]	13th	Maher Kanzari	23 February 2018^[52]
Al-Hilal	Ramón Díaz		20 February 2018^[53]	1st	Juan Brown (interim)	20 February 2018^[53]
Al-Shabab	José Daniel Carreño	Mutual consent	8 March 2018^[54]	10th	Khalid Al-Koroni	8 March 2018^[54]
Ohod	Maher Kanzari	Sacked	12 April 2018^[55]	14th	Sadio Demba	12 April 2018^[55]
Al-Ahli	Serhii Rebrov		19 April 2018^[56]	2nd	Fathi Al-Jabal (caretaker)	19 April 2018^[56]

Foreign players

The number of foreign players was increased from 4 players to 6 players, and for the first time in the history of the Pro League foreign goalkeepers are allowed.^[57] On January 11, 2018, the Saudi FF increased the number of foreign players from 6 players to 7 players.^[58]

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

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Former Players
Al-Ahli	Mark Milligan	Claudemir	Leonardo	Moamen Zakaria	Giannis Fetfatzidis	Omar Al Somah	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor	Mohamed Abdel Shafy   Godfrey Oboabona
Al-Batin	Guilherme Schettine	Jhonnattann	Jou Silva	Pitty	Tinga	Ousmane Diabaté	Aymen Mathlouthi	Valdo Alhinho   Tarabai   Alaa Mhawi
Al-Ettifaq	Raïs M'Bolhi	Ahmed El Sheikh	Hussein El Sayed	Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf	Liban Abdi	Filip Kiss	Fakhreddine Ben Youssef	Rodrigo Salinas   Fahad Al Hajeri   Juanmi Callejón
Al-Faisaly	Evson	Igor Rossi	Luisinho	Rogerinho	Zé Eduardo	Saleh Gomaa	Khaleem Hyland	Mircea Axente   Tendai Ndoro
Al-Fateh	Ibrahim Chenihi	João Pedro	Sandro Manoel	Mohamed Abdel Shafy	Abdelkader Oueslati	Saith Sakala		Mohamed Ali Yacoubi
Al-Fayha	Jonathan Gómez	Gegé	Ronnie Fernández	Danilo Asprilla	John Jairo Ruiz	Alexandros Tziolis	Emilio Izaguirre
Al-Hilal	Ezequiel Cerutti	Carlos Eduardo	Achraf Bencharki	Ali Al-Habsi	Omar Khribin	Nicolás Milesi	Gelmin Rivas	Matías Britos
Al-Ittihad^[59]	Carlos Villanueva	Kahraba	Fahad Al Ansari	Ahmed Akaïchi
Al-Nassr	Abdelmoumene Djabou	Bruno Uvini	Leonardo	Junior Kabananga	Mohamed Fouzair	Saad Al-Mukhaini	Ferjani Sassi	Hossam Ghaly   William Jebor   Saad Lagrou
Al-Qadsiah	Bismark	Élton	Jorginho	Paulo Sérgio	Mohammed Fatau	Hervé Guy	Stanley Ohawuchi	Mohammad Mothnani
Al-Raed	Daniel Amora	Eli Sabiá	Tarabai	Mohamed Atwa	Shikabala	Ismaël Bangoura	Issam Erraki	Wander Luiz   Kassim Abdallah
Al-Shabab	Djamel Benlamri	Mohamed Benyettou	Sebastián Ubilla	Amr Barakat	Saad Abdul-Amir	Muaid Ellafi	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Marcos Pizzelli   Jonatas Belusso
Al-Taawoun	Cédric Amissi	Emad Moteab	Essam El Hadary	Mostafa Fathi	Ricardo Machado	Adrian Popa	Jehad Al-Hussain	Alhaji Kamara
Ohod	Azzedine Doukha	Mohamed Boulaouidet	Nacereddine Khoualed	Isaac Vorsah	Mamoutou N'Diaye	Mohsin Al-Khaldi	Hichem Essifi	Dudu Figueiredo   Ronaldo   Carolus Andria

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	26	16	8	2	47	23	+24	56	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Ahli	26	16	7	3	59	26	+33	55
3	Al-Nassr	26	12	8	6	47	34	+13	44	Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Ettifaq	26	10	6	10	37	46	−9	36^[a]
5	Al-Fateh	26	9	9	8	34	39	−5	36^[a]
6	Al-Faisaly	26	9	8	9	39	33	+6	35
7	Al-Taawoun	26	9	7	10	43	36	+7	34^[b]
8	Al-Fayha	26	8	10	8	36	40	−4	34^[b]
9	Al-Ittihad	26	8	9	9	34	41	−7	33	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage^[c]
10	Al-Shabab	26	8	7	11	36	36	0	31^[d]
11	Al-Batin	26	8	7	11	35	46	−11	31^[d]
12	Al-Qadsiah	26	6	7	13	28	41	−13	25
13	Al-Raed (O)	26	5	9	12	43	53	−10	24	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	Ohod (O)	26	4	6	16	24	48	−24	18

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2018. 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).^[60]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:

1. Al-Ettifaq finished ahead of Al-Fateh on head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 2–1 Al-Fateh, Al-Fateh 1–1 Al-Ettifaq
2. Al-Taawoun finished ahead of Al-Fayha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha 1–1 Al-Taawoun, Al-Taawoun 4–0 Al-Fayha
3. Al-Ittihad qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 King Cup winners.
4. Al-Shabab finished ahead of Al-Batin on overall goal difference: Al-Shabab 0, Al-Batin –11 (Al-Shabab 1–2 Al-Batin, Al-Batin 0–1 Al-Shabab).

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

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

Source: slstat.com

Results

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

Updated to match(es) played on 12 April 2018. 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	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	W
Al-Batin	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	D
Al-Ettifaq	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W
Al-Faisaly	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	D
Al-Fateh	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	L
Al-Fayha	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	D
Al-Hilal	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W
Al-Ittihad	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	L
Al-Nassr	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	W
Al Qadsiah	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L
Al-Raed	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W
Al-Shabab	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	L	D
Al-Taawoun	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L
Ohod	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L

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

Relegation play-offs

On March 7, 2018, the Saudi Football Federation announced that the number of teams in the Saudi Professional League will be increased from 14 teams to 16 teams. The relegation was removed and in its place, they announced a relegation play-off. The bottom 2 teams will face the 3rd and 4th place team in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Raed	5–1	Al-Kawkab	4–1	1–0
Ohod	7–1	Al-Tai	5–0	2–1

27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)

19:10 UTC+3

Al-Raed	4–1	Al-Kawkab
Bangoura   11' (pen.) Al-Shehri   47' Tarabai   73' Erraki   88' (pen.)	Report	Diouf   64'

King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah

Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Kawkab	0–1	Al-Raed
	Report	Tarabai   68'

Al-Shoulla Club Stadium, Al-Kharj

Referee: Pawel Raczkowski (Poland)

Al-Raed won 5–1 on aggregate.

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26 April 2018 (2018-04-26)

19:25 UTC+3

Ohod	5–0	Al-Tai
Khoualed   2' Essifi   19', 46', 86' Al-Khaldi   61'	Report

Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Medina

Referee: Simon Lee Evans (Wales)

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)

19:25 UTC+3

Al-Tai	1–2	Ohod
Abdoh Jaber   89'	Report	Attiyah   59' Al-Khaldi   66'

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

Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Ohod won 7–1 on aggregate.

Statistics

Top scorers As of 12 April 2018^[61] Rank Player Club Goals 1   Ronnie Fernández Al-Fayha 13 2   Omar Al Somah Al-Ahli 11   Jorge Silva Al-Batin 4   Leonardo Al-Ahli 10   Ahmed Akaïchi Al-Ittihad   Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Al-Nassr   Bismark Al-Qadsiah   Ismaël Bangoura Al-Raed   Leonardo Pereira Al-Nassr 10   Luisinho Al-Faisaly 9   Jhonnattann Al-Batin   Kahraba Al-Ittihad   Giannis Fetfatzidis Al-Ahli   João Pedro Al-Fateh

Top assists As of 12 April 2018^[62] Rank Player Club Assists 1   Jehad Al-Hussain Al-Taawoun 9 2   Luisinho Al-Faisaly 8 3   Carlos Villanueva Al-Ittihad 7 4   Abdulfattah Asiri Al-Ahli 6   Leonardo Al-Ahli   Sultan Al-Sawadi Al-Raed   Yahya Al-Shehri Al-Nassr 8   Jhonnattann Al-Batin 5   Kahraba Al-Ittihad   Mansoor Al-Harbi Al-Ahli   Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab   Omar Kharbin Al-Hilal

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.   Mostafa Fathi Al-Taawoun Al-Fayha 4–0 29 December 2017 ^[63]

Clean sheets As of 12 April 2018^[64] Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1   Ali Al-Mazyadei Al-Fateh 8 2   Mohammed Al-Owais Al-Ahli 7 3   Essam El-Hadary Al-Taawoun 6   Mustafa Malayekah Al-Faisaly 5   Waleed Abdullah Al-Nassr 5   Abdulrahman Dagriri Al-Fayha   Farouk Ben Mustapha Al-Shabab 8   Abdullah Al-Mayouf Al-Hilal 4   Ali Al-Habsi Al-Hilal   Faisel Masrahi Al-Qadsiah   Mazyad Freeh Al-Batin

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[65]
  •   Majed Kanabah (Al-Batin)
  •   Sami Al-Khaibari (Al-Fayha)

• Most red cards: 1^[65]
  • 17 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 60^[65]
  • Al-Ettifaq

• Most red cards: 3^[65]
  • Al-Fateh

Attendances

By round

2017–18 Professional League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	34,900	7	4,986
Round 2	36,791	7	5,256
Round 3	19,341	7	2,763
Round 4	66,932	7	9,562
Round 5	21,239	7	3,034
Round 6	25,431	7	3,633
Round 7	56,556	7	8,079
Round 8	28,010	7	4,001
Round 9	31,203	7	4,458
Round 10	37,546	7	5,364
Round 11	33,441	7	4,777
Round 12	25,655	7	3,665
Round 13	27,335	7	3,905
Round 14	21,611	7	3,087
Round 15	23,898	7	3,414
Round 16	34,767	7	4,967
Round 17	61,441	7	8,777
Round 18	39,973	7	5,710
Round 19	58,770	7	8,396
Round 20	59,291	7	8,470
Round 21	51,047	7	7,292
Round 22	34,328	7	4,904
Round 23	66,973	7	9,568
Round 24	42,595	7	6,085
Round 25	65,232	7	9,319
Round 26	37,765	7	5,395
Total	1,042,071	182	5,726

Source:^[66]

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ahli	216,456	43,794	4,831	16,650	−19.5%^†
2	Al-Ittihad	210,757	45,913	3,470	16,212	−36.2%^†
3	Al-Hilal	158,523	26,602	3,319	12,194	−20.8%^†
4	Ohod	79,325	16,529	991	6,102	n/a^† †
5	Al-Nassr	71,246	17,879	1,166	5,480	−28.2%^†
6	Al-Raed	62,000	17,003	1,864	4,769	−18.4%^†
7	Al-Taawoun	50,385	8,084	1,238	3,876	−22.9%^†
8	Al-Ettifaq	40,175	14,618	503	3,090	−18.0%^†
9	Al-Fateh	38,709	7,924	871	2,978	−12.0%^†
10	Al-Batin	34,952	6,500	832	2,689	+3.1%^†
11	Al-Shabab	27,764	9,511	553	2,136	−23.7%^†
12	Al Qadsiah	26,948	8,443	498	2,073	+20.6%^†
13	Al-Faisaly	12,632	2,316	275	972	+27.9%^†
14	Al-Fayha	12,199	1,781	279	938	n/a^† †
	League total	1,042,071	45,913	275	5,726	−18.0%^†

Updated to games played on 12 April 2018
Source: ^[67][5][68]
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in First Division.

Awards

For the first time in the history of the competition, the Saudi Football Federation announced annual awards for the best player in each position, best young player and the perfect team.

• Manager of the Year: Vuk Rašović (Al-Faisaly)
• Best Goalkeeper: Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Ahli)
• Best defender: Motaz Hawsawi (Al-Ahli)
• Best Full-back: Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal)
• Best Midfielder: Carlos Villanueva (Al-Ittihad)
• Best attacker: Ronnie Fernández (Al-Fayha)
• Player of the Year: Carlos Villanueva (Al-Ittihad)
• Young Player of the Year: Turki Al-Ammar (Al-Shabab)
• Top Scorer: Ronnie Fernández (Al-Fayha)
• Perfect Team: Al-Hilal

^[69]

See also

• 2017–18 Prince Faisal bin Fahd League
• 2017–18 Second Division
• 2018 King Cup
• 2017–18 Crown Prince Cup

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