2016–17 Saudi First Division
# 2016–17 Saudi First Division

2016–17 Saudi First Division was the 40th season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 11 August 2016 and concluded on 5 May 2017.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 season, two relegated from the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and three promoted from the 2015–16 Saudi Second Division. Al-Qaisumah were promoted as champions, while Al-Adalh were promoted as Group B winners. Wej secured the final berth by winning the play-offs.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

### To the First Division

Promoted from Second Division

* Al-Qaisumah
* Al-Adalh
* Wej

Relegated from Professional League

* Najran
* Hajer

### From the First Division

Relegated to Second Division

* Al-Mujazzal
* Al-Riyadh
* Al-Diriyah

Promoted to Professional League

* Al-Ettifaq
* Al-Batin

## Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Al-Adalh | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Fayha | Al Majma'ah | King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium |
| Al-Hazm | Ar Rass | Al Hazm Club Stadium |
| Al-Jeel | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Nahda | Dammam | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium |
| Al-Nojoom | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Orobah | Sakakah | Al-Oruba Club Stadium |
| Al-Qaisumah | Qaisumah | Al-Qaisumah Club Stadium |
| Al-Shoulla | Al Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
| Al-Tai | Ha'il | Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium |
| Al-Watani | Tabuk | King Khalid Sport City Stadium |
| Damac | Khamis Mushait | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| Hajer | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Najran | Najran | Al Akhdoud Club Stadium |
| Ohod | Medina | Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| Wej | Ta'if | King Fahd Stadium |

## Results

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al-Fayha (C, P) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 2 | Ohod (P) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 48 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 3 | Najran | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Al-Orobah | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | |
| 6 | Al-Qaisumah | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 41 | |
| 7 | Al-Shoulla | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Hajer | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Al-Hazem | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 38 | |
| 11 | Al-Watani | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 37 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 37 | |
| 14 | Al-Adalh (R) | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 15 | Al-Jeel (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Wej (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 30 | Relegation to Second Division |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ADA | FAY | HAZ | JEL | NAH | NOJ | ORO | QAI | SHO | TAI | WAT | DAM | HJR | NAJ | OHD | WEG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Adalh | | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Fayha | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Al-Hazem | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Jeel | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Al-Nahda | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Al-Nojoom | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Orobah | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Al-Qaisumah | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Shoulla | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Tai | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Al-Watani | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Damac | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Hajer | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Najran | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Ohod | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 |
| Weg | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | |

### 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Adalh | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D |
| Al-Fayha | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Al-Hazem | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Al-Jeel | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | D |
| Al-Nahda | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D |
| Al-Nojoom | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D |
| Al-Orobah | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W |
| Al-Qaisumah | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Al-Shoulla | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Al-Tai | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Al-Watani | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W |
| Damac | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L |
| Hajer | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L |
| Najran | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Ohod | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D |
| Weg | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | D |

## Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 5 May 2017

Rank

Player

Club

Goals

1

Abdulfattah Adam

Al-Jeel

20

2

Kafoumba Touré

Ohod

18

3

Marco Cortez

Al-Orobah

16

Ahmed Abdu Jaber

Al-Adalh

5

Haron Eisa

Al-Watani

15

6

Yves Ilunga

Al-Shoulla

12

Fahad Al-Shammeri

Al-Qaisumah

Douglas

Al-Jeel

9

Ali Al-Aliany

Damac

10

Naby Soumah

Al-Nahda

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.

Ahmed Al-ZaaqAl-HazmAl-Adalh4–0 (H)2 October 2016

Yves Diba $Ilunga^4Al-ShoullaDamac4–1$ (A)15 October 2016

Abdulfattah AdamAl-JeelDamac4–0 (H)20 October 2016

Bader Al-KhameesAl-NahdaAl-Shoulla3–1 (H)28 October 2016

Saud SalawatiNajranAl-Jeel3–1 (A)25 November 2016

Eissa Al-SaeedAl-NojoomAl-Jeel4–3 (H)24 December 2016

DouglasAl-JeelAl-Watani5–2 (H)30 December 2016

Kafoumba TouréOhodWej5–2 (A)22 April 2017

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of 5 May 2017

Rank

Player

Club

Clean sheets

1

Saeed Al-Harbi

Al-Shoulla

11

2

Dawod Al Saeed

Al-Nahda

9

Abdoh Besisi

Ohod

4

Mohammed Mazyad

Al-Tai

8

5

Mohammed Rabee

Al-Orobah

7

Khalid Radhy

Hajer

Abdullah Al-Jadaani

Damac

8

Amer Al-Bakhit

Al-Nojoom

6

Yahia Al-Shehri

Al-Hazem

Abdulrahman Dagriri

Al-Fayha

References

↑ "صدور جدول دوري أندية الدرجة الأولى 2016-2017" (in Arabic). SAFF. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.↑ "نادي وج يتأهل إلى مصاف أندية الدرجة الأولى" [Wej Club qualified to the First Division League] (in Arabic). SAFF. 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.↑ "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. 1 June 2013.↑ "قائمة الهدافين".

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