2018–19 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League

The 2018–19 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League was the 2nd season of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League under its current name, and 42nd season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 28 August 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019.^[1] Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 25 July 2018.

Prince Mohammad bin Salman League

Season	2018–19
Dates	28 August 2018 – 15 May 2019
Champions	Abha
Promoted	Abha Damac Al-Adalah
Relegated	Al-Qaisumah Hajer Al-Washm Al-Orobah
Matches played	380
Goals scored	875 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carolus Andria (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Mujazzal 4–0 Al-Ain (10 October 2018)
Biggest away win	Al-Qaisumah 1–5 Al-Nojoom (17 October 2018) Al-Shoulla 0–4 Al-Ansar (19 December 2018) Al-Washm 0–4 Al-Nahda (25 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Al-Orobah 3–4 Al-Jabalain (6 May 2019)
Longest winning run	6 matches Al-Shoulla
Longest unbeaten run	21 matches Jeddah
Longest winless run	23 matches Al-Orobah
Longest losing run	8 matches Al-Orobah
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019.

The first team to be promoted was Abha, following their 2–2 draw away to Al-Nojoom on 30 April 2019.^[2] Despite losing to Al-Qaisumah, Abha were crowned champions on 11 May 2019 following Damac's 1–1 draw with Al-Ain.^[3] The second team to be promoted was Damac, in spite of their 1–0 defeat away to Al-Tai, on 5 May 2019.^[4] The third and final team to be promoted was Al-Adalah, who were promoted on the final matchday following their 2–0 win at home against Damac on 15 May 2019.^[5]

Overview

First Division rebranding

On 7 March 2018, the Saudi FF announced that the league would be increased from 16 teams to 20 teams.^[6] The competition will be known as the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League for the second season.^[7]

Rule changes

On 7 March 2018, the SAFF announced that the numbers of foreign players were increased from 3 players to 7 players. They also increased the prize money to SAR 10 million.^[8]

Teams

A total of 20 teams are contesting the league, including 9 sides from the 2017–18 season, 6 promoted teams from the Second Division, the two playoff losers from the 2017–18 Pro League playoffs, and three winners from the 2017–18 relegation playoffs.

No teams were relegated from the Pro 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.^[6] Both Pro League teams, Al-Raed and Ohod, won the playoffs and secured their top-flight status.

Al-Washm were promoted as the winners of the Second Division and Al-Jabalain were promoted as the runners-up. Al-Jeel defeated Al-Ansar in the third place playoffs. Both teams were promoted after the increase of teams. The 4 teams were joined by the third-placed teams of both groups, Al-Adalah and Al-Ain. Abha defeated Al-Watani in the relegation playoffs and became the only Second Division side to win their relegation playoff match.

Al-Washm and Al-Ain will play in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League for the first time in their history. Al-Jabalain return to the MS League for the first time since the 2007–08 season. Abha return to the MS League for the first time since the 2014–15 season. Al-Ansar return to the MS League for the first time since the 2013–14 season. Al-Adalah and Al-Jeel return to the MS League after only a season's absence.

On 4 May 2018 Al-Watani became the only club to be relegated to the Second Division following their 1–0 defeat to Abha.^[9]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.

To Prince Mohammad bin Salman League Promoted from Second Division Al-Washm Al-Jabalain Al-Jeel Al-Ansar Al-Ain Al-Adalah Abha From Prince Mohammad bin Salman League Promoted to Pro League Al-Wehda Al-Hazem Relegated to Second Division Al-Watani

Stadia and locations

 

 

Abha

 

Al-Adalah
Al-Jeel
Al-Nojoom
Hajer

 

Al-Ain

 

Al-Ansar

 

Al-Jabalain
Al-Tai

 

Al-Kawkab
Al-Shoulla

 

Al-Khaleej

 

Al-Mujazzal

 

Al-Nahda

 

Al-Orobah

 

Al-Qaisumah

 

Al-Washm

 

Damac

 

Jeddah

 

Najran

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Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Saudi First Division

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Abha	Abha	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	20,000^[10]
Al-Adalah	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium ^[1]	19,096^[11]
Al-Ain	Al-Atawilah	King Saud Sport City Stadium (Al Bahah)	10,000^[12]
Al-Ansar	Medina	Al-Ansar Club Stadium	5,000^[13]
Al-Jabalain	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium	12,000^[14]
Al-Jeel	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium ^[2]	19,096^[11]
Al-Kawkab	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium	5,200^[15]
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium	10,000^[16]
Al-Mujazzal	Al-Majma'ah	Al-Majma'ah City Stadium	5,200^[17]
Al-Nahda	Dammam	Prince Fahd bin Salman Stadium	21,701^[18]
Al-Nojoom	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium ^[3]	19,096^[11]
Al-Orobah	Sakakah	Al-Oruba Club Stadium	7,000^[19]
Al-Qaisumah	Qaisumah	Al-Batin Club Stadium	6,000^[20]
Al-Shoulla	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium	5,200^[15]
Al-Tai	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium	12,000^[14]
Al-Washm	Shaqraa	Al-Washm Club Stadium	3,670^[21]
Damac	Khamis Mushait	Damac Club Stadium	3,556^[22]
Hajer	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium ^[4]	19,096^[11]
Jeddah	Jeddah	Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City	1,000^[23]
Najran	Najran	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium ^[5]	20,000^[10]

1: ^ Najran will play at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium due to the ongoing war in Yemen
2: ^ Al-Adalah, Al-Jeel, Al-Nojoom and Hajer also use Al-Fateh Club Stadium (7,000 seats) as a home stadium.

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 7 per team.^[24]

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
Abha	Gilles Ngomo	Ibrahima Camara	Ousmane Pato	Souleymane Demba	Marouane Fakhr	Mohamed Houssem Slimène	Houssem Tabboubi	Cédric Tchoumbé   Daouda Camarra
Al-Adalah	Selemani Ndikumana	Carolus Andria	Martial Yao	Moctar Fall	Bilel Souissi	Yassine Boufalgha	Youssef Fouzai	Leo Alves
Al-Ain	Bruno Silva	Diego Assis	Soualio Ouattara	Moctar Cissé	Moses Ogbu	Faiz Al-Rushaidi	Abdoulaye Dieng^[ar]	Rennan Oliveira   Masahudu Alhassan   Azeez Shobola   Sy Ass Mandaw   Hichem Essifi
Al-Ansar	Ley Matampi	Dieudonné Nkoume	Mohamed Awal	Abdallah Deeb	David Ifeanyi	Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain	—	—
Al-Jabalain	Sedjro Counou	Yuri Messias	Senosi Al Hadi	Peter Nworah	Hugo López	José Galán	Mahmoud Al-Youssef	Harmony Ikande   Isah Eliakwu   Alfred Sankoh
Al-Jeel	Francisco Pereira^[ar]	Gugu Vieira	José Anderson	Kadu Fernandes	Sidevaldo Pereira^[ar]	Valdinei	Jean Zirignon	Leandro Tanaka
Al-Kawkab	Mohamed Koffi	Torric Jebrin	Jose Fajardo	Emmanuel Gomis	Mignane Diouf	Ali Ayari	Chaker Rguiî	Rafael Donato   Chiheb Jebali
Al-Khaleej	Bernardo Souza	Nicolas Ondama^[ar]	Alsény Bangoura	Daouda Bangoura	Lassina Diaby	Abdullah Al-Zubi	Alioune Ndiaye	—
Al-Mujazzal	Ailton Machado	Allan Machado	João Paulo	Shassiri Nahimana	Dmitri Stajila	Miloš Krstić	Nicholas Dillon	David Batista   Carlos Ross   Draško Đorđević   Lester Peltier
Al-Nahda	Fodé Camara	Yamodou Touré	Hortalin Zadi	Idrissa Coulibaly	Cheibane Traoré	Alaeddine Abbès	Zied Ziadi	Michaïlou Dramé   Jean Zirignon   Abdou Traoré
Al-Nojoom	Gabriel Macedo	Aboubacar Sawadogo	Hermann Kouao	Paul Onobi	—	—	—	Mohammad Al-Dmeiri   Saith Sakala
Al-Orobah	Eydison	Felipe Félix	Jefinho	Elhadji Ndoye	Mohamed Daf	Daneil Cyrus	Lester Peltier	Dija Baiano   Pedro Rosa   Ismaël Yanogo^[ar]   Maxime Feudjou   Frank Elvis^[ar]   Ousmane Barry
Al-Qaisumah	Ali Lakroum	Mohamed Hammouche	Youcef Chibane	Arthur Silva	Mamut Saine	Gbolahan Salami	Montassar Khemir	Diego Barboza   Ante Hrakac   Kofi Boakye   Souleymane Demba   Nikola Ašćerić
Al-Shoulla	Tarabai	Cheick Moukoro	Sylla Daouda	Emmanuel Banahene	Piqueti	Wilson Akakpo	Ziyo Tembo	Anye Fru   Julien Ebah   Béranger Itoua   Mahmoud Shika
Al-Tai	Dudu	Pitty	Christopher Mendouga	Aboubacar Sylla	Mamadou Barry	Moussa Sarr	Saith Sakala	Said Al-Ruzaiqi   Bouba Sall   Malick Sambou   Kemo Soumare
Al-Washm	Hamza Aït Ouamar	Constantin Bakaki	Ahmed Khaled	Kafoumba Touré	Ugonna Uzochukwu	Vasco Coelho	Nidhal Saïed	Rodolfo Mol   Razak Nuhu   Mohamed Diabagate
Damac	Hacène Ogbi	Abdel Fadel Suanon	Aubin Kouakou	Gbagbo Junior Magbi	Ahmed Al Ahmed	Khaled Haj Othman	Mahmoud Ben Salah	Harouna Samake   Alegbe Victor   Christian Pyagbara
Hajer	Diego Barboza	Rayllan Bruno	Noor Sabri	Alassane Diop	Gege Soriola	Łukasz Gikiewicz	Mohamed N'Doye	Robert Ghansah   Ahmed Hosni
Jeddah	Felipe Nunes	Thiago Furtuoso	Oumarou Kaina	Alain Zoe	Patrick Gbala	Ousmane Diabaté	Okiemute Odah	Abami Giovani   Reda El-Weshi   Gilles N'Guessan
Najran	Guy Toindouba	Mohammad Zureiqat	Marco Tagbajumi	Reuben Gabriel	Mehdi Ressaissi	Omar Zekri	Wassim Naouara	Esquerdinha   Felipe Almeida   Mosquito   Moïse Zongo   Mohamed Doumouya

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Abha (C, P)	38	19	12	7	52	38	+14	69	Promotion to Pro League
2	Damac (P)	38	16	16	6	52	31	+21	64
3	Al-Adalah (P)	38	18	9	11	49	39	+10	63
4	Al-Khaleej (Q)	38	15	15	8	49	39	+10	60	Qualification for the Promotion play-offs
5	Al-Jeel	38	16	9	13	52	44	+8	57^[a]
6	Al-Tai	38	15	12	11	39	34	+5	57^[a]
7	Najran	38	13	13	12	47	43	+4	52
8	Jeddah	38	11	17	10	46	43	+3	50^[b]
9	Al-Nojoom	38	11	17	10	46	44	+2	50^[b]
10	Al-Nahda	38	14	7	17	41	42	−1	49^[c]
11	Al-Ain	38	12	13	13	43	45	−2	49^[c]
12	Al-Shoulla	38	13	9	16	42	46	−4	48^[d]
13	Al-Kawkab	38	13	9	16	45	52	−7	48^[d]
14	Al-Mujazzal	38	12	12	14	41	45	−4	48^[d]
15	Al-Jabalain	38	11	15	12	35	40	−5	48^[d]
16	Al-Ansar	38	12	11	15	39	41	−2	47^[e]
17	Al-Qaisumah (R)	38	13	8	17	46	53	−7	47^[e]	Relegation to the Second Division
18	Hajer (R)	38	11	14	13	39	42	−3	47^[e]
19	Al-Washm (R)	38	12	7	19	35	51	−16	43
20	Al-Orobah (R)	38	5	11	22	37	63	−26	26

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2019. Source: kooora.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, promotion and relegation).^[25]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Jeel finished ahead of Al-Tai on head-to-head goal difference: Al-Jeel 2–0 Al-Tai, Al-Tai 1–0 Al-Jeel.
2. Jeddah finished ahead of Al-Nojoom on overall goal difference: Jeddah +3, Al-Nojoom +2 (Jeddah 1–1 Al-Nojoom, Al-Nojoom 2–2 Jeddah).
3. Al-Nahda finished ahead of Al-Ain on overall goal difference: Al-Nahda −1, Al-Ain −2 (Al-Nahda 2–1 Al-Ain, Al-Ain 2–1 Al-Nahda).
4. Head-to-head points: Al-Shoulla 13, Al-Kawkab 12, Al-Mujazzal 7, Al-Jabalain 2 (Al-Shoulla 2–1 Al-Kawkab, Al-Kawkab 3–2 Al-Shoulla, Al-Shoulla 2–0 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 1–2 Al-Shoulla, Al-Shoulla 0–0 Al-Jabalain, Al-Jabalain 1–3 Al-Shoulla, Al-Kawkab 2–1 Al-Mujazzal, Al-Mujazzal 2–1 Al-Kawkab, Al-Kawkab 1–0 Al-Jabalain, Al-Jabalain 1–2 Al-Kawkab, Al-Mujazzal 1–0 Al-Jabalain, Al-Jabalain 0–0 Al-Mujazzal).
5. Head-to-head points: Al-Ansar 8, Al-Qaisumah 4, Hajer 3 (Al-Ansar 4–1 Al-Qaisumah, Al-Qaisumah 0–2 Al-Ansar, Al-Ansar 1–1 Hajer, Hajer 2–2 Al-Ansar, Al-Qaisumah 2–1 Hajer, Hajer 0–0 Al-Qaisumah).

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Abha	4	12	7	11	11	8	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Damac	17	11	4	5	3	1	3	4	4	5	5	3	3	5	3	3	4	5	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Adalah	7	5	3	3	7	11	13	16	17	12	14	11	13	8	9	6	5	2	5	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Al-Khaleej	10	3	8	13	17	13	15	17	16	11	9	10	12	7	8	10	11	12	9	7	7	5	5	5	6	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Al-Jeel	11	15	18	18	10	7	6	9	13	17	13	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	10	14	14	10	8	13	12	14	10	12	9	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Al-Tai	9	13	17	16	18	14	16	11	10	14	16	16	17	15	17	11	13	14	12	13	13	14	14	12	14	13	13	9	10	8	10	10	8	7	7	6	6	6
Najran	2	2	6	10	12	9	10	6	5	7	8	8	9	12	7	9	10	10	13	11	11	12	13	11	13	7	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	6	6	7	7	7
Jeddah	3	10	5	4	4	2	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	7	7	8	8	9	8	8
Al-Nojoom	5	8	12	12	15	17	18	15	14	13	15	15	15	14	14	17	12	13	11	8	8	8	6	9	7	8	7	7	8	12	12	13	11	9	9	11	11	9
Al-Nahda	6	7	11	15	9	16	17	18	18	18	19	18	14	17	19	19	19	17	14	12	12	13	9	6	5	6	9	11	13	11	8	8	10	13	16	13	15	10
Al-Ain	1	1	1	2	2	5	9	5	7	6	6	6	7	9	12	15	15	15	16	18	18	15	16	18	17	17	17	17	16	14	13	9	9	11	12	8	9	11
Al-Shoulla	15	14	9	6	5	6	11	12	11	15	17	17	18	16	15	14	17	18	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	12
Al-Kawkab	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	17	15	15	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	17	16	16	14	15	10	13
Al-Mujazzal	13	17	19	19	19	19	18	14	15	10	11	12	10	13	11	12	14	8	7	9	9	9	7	10	8	9	8	8	11	13	15	11	14	12	11	14	12	14
Al-Jabalain	19	16	14	8	8	12	8	8	9	8	7	7	8	11	10	13	9	9	8	10	10	11	12	8	10	10	11	13	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	10	13	15
Al-Ansar	14	9	13	7	6	3	5	7	6	3	3	5	5	2	4	4	3	4	6	6	6	7	10	7	9	11	14	10	7	9	11	14	12	10	10	12	14	16
Al-Qaisumah	12	6	10	14	14	18	14	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	17	18	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	17
Hajer	8	4	2	1	1	4	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	4	5	5	6	11	14	11	12	12	15	12	10	9	12	13	14	15	16	18	18
Al-Washm	18	19	16	17	16	10	7	10	8	9	12	13	11	10	13	8	8	11	15	16	16	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19
Al-Orobah	16	18	15	9	13	15	12	13	12	16	10	14	16	19	16	16	18	19	18	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader
	Promotion to 2019–20 Saudi Professional League
	Qualification to promotion play-off
	Relegation to 2019–20 Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2018. Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ABH	ADA	AIN	ANS	JAB	JEL	KAW	KHJ	MUJ	NAH	NOJ	ORO	QAI	SHO	TAI	WAS	DAM	HJR	JED	NAJ
Abha		1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1
Al-Adalah	0–2		2–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0
Al-Ain	0–0	1–1		1–0	3–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–1
Al-Ansar	0–1	2–1	2–3		1–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2
Al-Jabalain	0–1	3–2	1–0	1–0		1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1
Al-Jeel	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1		2–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	3–3	0–3	3–0	2–2
Al-Kawkab	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2		2–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–2
Al-Khaleej	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0		3–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–0
Al-Mujazzal	2–3	2–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–2		0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	4–0	0–0	1–1
Al-Nahda	0–2	0–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–0		1–0	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–0
Al-Nojoom	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–3		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Al-Orobah	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–4	1–2	3–2	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–1		3–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–1
Al-Qaisumah	3–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–5	3–1		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–2
Al-Shoulla	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–4	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–0		1–2	3–1	0–3	0–2	3–1	3–1
Al-Tai	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0
Al-Washm	2–3	2–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–0		0–2	1–1	4–1	1–3
Damac	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		2–1	1–1	1–1
Hajer	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–2		0–3	1–0
Jeddah	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1		1–0
Najran	0–0	1–3	2–0	3–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	4–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2019. Source:^{[citation needed]}
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	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Abha	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	D
Al-Adalah	D	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W
Al-Ain	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	L
Al-Ansar	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D
Al-Jabalain	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D
Al-Jeel	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D
Al-Kawkab	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L
Al-Khaleej	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	D
Al-Mujazzal	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	D
Al-Nahda	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W
Al-Nojoom	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W
Al-Orobah	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Al-Qaisumah	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D
Al-Shoulla	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Al-Tai	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W
Al-Washm	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	L
Damac	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L
Hajer	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W
Jeddah	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	L
Najran	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2019. Source:^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Statistics

Scoring Top scorers As of 15 May 2019^[26] Rank Player Club Goals 1   Carolus Andria Al-Adalah 22 2   José Fajardo Al-Kawkab 18 3   Saleh Al Abbas Najran 17 4   Hermann Kouao Al-Nojoom 15 5   Saith Sakala Al-Tai 14   Lester Peltier Al-Orobah   Cheibane Traoré Al-Nahda   Ousmane Pato Abha 9   Emmanuel Banahene Al-Shoulla 13 10   Yousef Omar Al-Jeel 12   Faisel Al-Jamaan Hajer Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref.   Lester Peltier Al-Mujazzal Al-Ain 4–0 (H) 10 October 2018 ^[27]   José Fajardo Al-Kawkab Al-Shoulla 3–2 (H) 16 October 2018 ^[28]   Saith Sakala Al-Nojoom Al-Qaisumah 5–1 (A) 17 October 2018 ^[29]   Carolus Andria Al-Adalah Al-Kawkab 4–2 (H) 15 January 2019 ^[30]   Carolus Andria Al-Adalah Najran 3–1 (A) 1 May 2019 ^[31]   Sultan Al-Shammeri Al-Tai Al-Kawkab 3–2 (H) 15 May 2019 Clean sheets As of 15 May 2019 Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1   Khaled Haj Othman Damac 14   Hortalin Zadi Al-Nahda   Bilel Souissi Al-Adalah 4   Mahmoud Al-Youssef Al-Jabalain 13 5   Okemute Odah Jeddah 12   Dmitri Stajila Al-Mujazzal   Francisco Pereira Al-Jeel 8   Noor Sabri Hajer 11   Abdullah Al-Zubi Al-Khaleej 10   Ley Matampi Al-Ansar 10 See also 2018–19 Saudi Professional League 2018–19 Second Division 2019 King Cup 2018 Super Cup References "المسابقات تعلن عن جدول دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان". 25 July 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018. "أبها يعود إلى دوري المحترفين بعد غياب 10 أعوام". 30 April 2019. "أبها بطلا لدوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان للدرجة الأولى". 11 May 2019. . Archived from the original on 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-06-07. "العدالة يكمل عقد المتأهلين إلى دوري المحترفين". "تنفيذاً لقرار مجلس ادارة الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم بزيادة عدد الأندية في الموسم المقبل" (in Arabic). SAFF. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018. "إطلاق اسم سيدي ولي العهد على دوري الدرجة الأولى ليصبح". Twitter.com. gsa. 9 February 2018. "10 ملايين و7 أجانب في دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان". 24 February 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018. "فريق أبها يصعد لدوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان". 4 May 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018. "استاد مدينة الأمير سلطان بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية (المحالة)". kooora.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "www.slstat.com/spl2016-2017en/stadium.php?id=7". slstat.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "استاد مدينة الملك سعود الرياضية". kooora.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "ملعب نادي الأنصار". kooora.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "استاد الأمير عبدالعزيز بن مساعد بن جلوي". kooora.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "www.slstat.com/spl2014-2015en/stadium.php?id=19". slstat.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". "www.slstat.com/spl2016-2017en/stadium.php?id=11". slstat.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "استاد الأمير محمد بن فهد". kooora.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "www.slstat.com/spl2013-2014en/stadium.php?id=20". slstat.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "www.slstat.com/spl2016-2017en/stadium.php?id=25". slstat.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "ملعب نادي الوشم". kooora.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. https://sabq.org/بالصور-عبدالله-بن-مساعد-يفتتح-منشأة-نادي-ضمك-بتكلفة-مليون-ريال "www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/stadium.php?id=24". slstat.com. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "Total of Foreign Players". Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2018. "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. 1 June 2013. "ترتيب هدافو #دوري_الأمير_محمد_بن_سلمان للدرجة الأولى بعد ختام منافسات الدوري". "دوري الأولى: 3 انتصارات في ختام الجولة السابعة". "هداف الدوري البنمي جوزيه نيلسون لاعب نادي #الكوكب وكرة الهاتريك". "لاعب نادي #النجوم مع كرة الهاتريك". "المدغشقري تشارلز أندريا لاعب نادي #العدالة مع كرة الهاتريك". "رياضي / العدالة يفوز بثلاثية على نجران في الجولة الـ 35 من دوري الأمير محمد بن سلمان لأندية الأولى".