2007–08 Saudi Premier League

The 2007-08 season of the Saudi Professional League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Professional League
Season2007–08
ChampionsAl-Hilal
Relegated

Teams and venues edit

Team Location Venue Capacity
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd Stadium 67,000
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Prince Abdullah al-Faisal stadium 27,000
Al-Shabab Riyadh King Fahd Stadium 67,000
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 35,000
Al-Nassr Riyadh King Fahd Stadium/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium 67,000/27,000
Al Wahda Mecca King Abdul Aziz Stadium 38,000
Al-Hazm Ar Rass Al-Hazm Stadium 3,000
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium 24,000
Al-Watani Tabuk Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Najran SC Najran Najran Stadium 3,000
Al-Ta'ee Ha'il Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium 10,000
Al-Qadisiya Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium 10,000

Foreign Players edit

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Former Players
Al-Ahli   Caio   Val Baiano   Djibril Coulibaly   Nunes
  Khaled Badra
Al-Ettifaq   Prince Tagoe   Salaheddine Aqqal   Radu Neguț
Al-Hazm   Godwin Attram   Fahad Al-Rashidi   Said Al-Shoon   Iranildo
Al-Hilal   Marcelo Tavares   Lelo Mbele   Tarik El Taib   Bruno Agnello
Al-Ittihad   Magno Alves   Tcheco   Alhassane Keita   Renan Teixeira
  Robert
Al-Nassr   Élton   Abdelkarim Nafti   Issam Merdassi   Hugo Porfírio
Al-Qadisiya   Walter Minhoca   Ahmed Zuway   Younes Gasen
Al-Shabab   Juan Manuel Martínez   Marcelo Camacho   Amir Azmy
  Marcelo Camacho
  Michael Eneramo
Al-Ta'ee   Hassan Bouizgar   Gauchinho
Al-Wahda   Pierre Njanka   Hassan Mostafa   Abdullah Quaye   Marouane Bokri
Al-Watani   Yacine Hima   Ousmane Traoré   Sylvain Idangar
Najran   Wilsinho

League standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Al-Hilal (C) 22 14 6 2 36 13 +23 48[a] Champions and qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Al-Ittihad 22 14 6 2 40 16 +24 48[a] Qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
3 Al-Shabab 22 11 9 2 39 21 +18 42
4 Al-Ettifaq 22 10 5 7 34 25 +9 35
5 Al-Nassr 22 9 6 7 34 35 −1 33
6 Al-Wahda 22 8 5 9 29 27 +2 29
7 Al Hazm 22 7 6 9 26 28 −2 27
8 Al-Ahli 22 7 5 10 30 31 −1 26
9 Al-Watani 22 6 7 9 20 32 −12 25
10 Najran SC 22 5 6 11 29 44 −15 21
11 Al-Ta'ee 22 2 7 13 20 38 −18 13 Relegated
12 Al-Qadisiya 22 2 6 14 17 44 −27 12
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Al-Hilal finished top due to their superior head-to-head record against Al-Ittihad.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank Scorer Club Goals [1][2]
1   Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab 18
2   Al Hasan Al-Yami Najran 16
3   Essa Al-Mehyani Al-Wehda 14
4   Prince Tagoe Al-Ettifaq 10
  Yasser Al-Qahtani Al-Hilal 10
  Saad Al-Harthi Al-Nassr 10
  Saleh Bashir Al-Ettifaq 10
  Mohammed Al-Shahrani Al-Nassr 10

References edit

  1. ^ "2007–08 Saudi Premier League scorer charts". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.