2019–20 Saudi Professional League

Professional League
Season	2019–20
Dates	22 August 2019 – 9 September 2020
Champions	Al-Hilal (16th title)
Relegated	Al-Fayha; Al-Hazem; Al-Adalah
Champions League	Al-Hilal; Al-Nassr; Al-Ahli
Matches played	240
Goals scored	690 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abderrazak Hamdallah; (29 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Brad Jones (12 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Al-Hilal 7–0 Al-Adalah; (30 December 2019)
Biggest away win	Al-Hazem 0–6 Al-Ettifaq; (15 September 2019)
Highest scoring	Al-Adalah 3–5 Al-Fateh; (18 October 2019)
Longest winning run	Al-Hilal; (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Hilal; (17 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Adalah; (17 matches)
Longest losing run	Damac; (6 matches)
Highest attendance	43,783; Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Hilal; (21 September 2019)
Lowest attendance	0; (7 March 2020 and onwards due to COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia)
Total attendance	1,399,104
Average attendance	8,479
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 9 September 2020.

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The 2019–20 Saudi Professional League was the 44th edition of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 22 August 2019 and concluded on 9 September 2020.^[3]

Al-Nassr were the defending champions. The league was contested by the top 13 teams from the 2018–19 season as well as Abha, Damac, and Al-Adalah, who joined as the three promoted clubs from the 2018–19 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. They replace Ohod, Al-Batin and Al-Qadsiah who were relegated to the 2019–20 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League.^[4]

On 7 March 2020, the Ministry of Sports announced that all matches would be played behind closed doors until further notice.^[2] On 14 March 2020, the Ministry suspended all sports competitions indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.^[5] On 11 June 2020, the Ministry of Sports announced the resumption of sports activities with training starting on 21 June and games starting after 4 August 2020 and played behind closed doors.^[6] On 1 July 2020, the schedule for the remaining matches was released. It was announced that the league would resume on 4 August 2020 and end on 9 September 2020.^[7]

On 29 August 2020, Al-Hilal won the league for a record 16th time with two matches remaining, after defeating Al-Hazem 4–1.^[8] Al-Adalah were the first team to be relegated following a 1–1 home draw with Al-Raed on 29 August 2020.^[9] On 4 September 2020, Al-Hazem were relegated following a 1–0 defeat away to Al-Shabab.^[10] Al-Fayha were the third and final team to be relegated following a 1–0 defeat away to Al-Taawoun in the final matchday.^[11]

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Changes

On June 9, 2019, the Saudi FF announced that the number of foreign players was reduced from 8 players to 7 players.^[12] In addition, they announced that clubs could no longer sign players on amateurs contracts and that the squad size will be increased to 30 players.^[13] On 20 August 2019, the Saudi FF announced that relegation play-off between the 13th placed team of the Pro League and the 4th placed team of the MS League was cancelled.^[14]

Teams

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Locations of teams in the 2019–20 Saudi Professional League

Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season, the play-off winner and the three teams promoted from the MS League.

Teams who were promoted to the Pro League

The first team to be promoted was Abha, following their 2–2 draw away to Al-Nojoom on 30 April 2019. Abha will play in the top flight of Saudi football after a ten-year absence.^[15] Despite losing to Al-Qaisumah, they were crowned champions on 11 May 2019 due to Damac's 1–1 draw with Al-Ain.^[16]

The second team to be promoted was Damac, in spite of their 1–0 defeat away to Al-Tai, on 5 May 2019.^[17] Damac will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time since 1982 when both the Pro League and First Division were merged into one league.^[18]

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.^[19] Al-Adalah will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time in history.

Teams who were relegated to the MS League

The first team to be relegated was Ohod, ending a 2-year stay in the Pro League following a 3–1 home defeat to Al-Fayha on 12 April 2019.^[20]

The second team to be relegated was Al-Batin, ending a 3-year stay in the Pro League following a 1–0 home defeat to an already relegated Ohod side on 11 May 2019.^[21]

The third and final team to be relegated was Al-Qadsiah, who were relegated on the final matchday following a 2–2 home draw with Al-Hazem. Al-Qadsiah were relegated after 4 consecutive seasons in the Pro League.^[22]

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Abha	Abha	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	20,000^[23]
Al-Adalah	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	26,000^[24]^[25]
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,345
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	35,000^[26]
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Al Majma'ah Sports City ^[1]	7,000
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	26,000^[25]
Al-Fayha	Al Majma'ah	Al Majma'ah Sports City	7,000
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	8,000^[27]
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Saud University Stadium	25,000
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,345
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium ^[2]	62,685
Al-Raed	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium ^[3]	62,685
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	38,000
Damac	Khamis Mushait	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium ^[4]	20,000

1: ^ Al-Faisaly play their home games in Al Majma'ah.
2: ^ Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab also use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats) as a home stadium.
3: ^ Damac play their home games in Abha.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Abha	Abderrazek Chebbi	Karim Aouadhi	Offside	Al Wefaq, Saudi German Hospital¹, Areekat Aldeera¹
Al-Adalah	Giovanni Solinas	Carolus Andria	Offside	Al-Ghadeer Group, Hussein Al-Ali Hospital, Al Wefaq¹
Al-Ahli	Vladan Milojević	Hussein Abdulghani	S Team	Saudia, MG Cars, Oud Milano¹, Boga Super Foods²
Al-Ettifaq	Khaled Al-Atwi	Raïs M'Bolhi	Jako	Al Mattar, Dose Cafe, Kammelna¹, Innosoft², Eithar², Twareat Medical Center³
Al-Faisaly	Péricles Chamusca	Igor Rossi	adidas	ALDREES, Gree Electric, Al Wefaq¹, Shmagh Albassam¹, Roco²
Al-Fateh	Yannick Ferrera	Mohammed Al-Fuhaid	Offside	Kia Motors, Fuchsia Bakery, Al Kifah Holding¹, Almoosa Hospital¹
Al-Fayha	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	Sami Al-Khaibari	Skillano	The Fourth Triangle
Al-Hazem	André	Alemão	S Team	Cabrito, RAKAA Holding¹, Alreef Alfarance²
Al-Hilal	Răzvan Lucescu	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	S Team	EMAAR, Jahez, Tawuniya¹, Flyin.com², Sayyar²
Al-Ittihad	Fábio Carille	Karim El Ahmadi	S Team	FAW Group, Ibrahim Al Qurashi¹, Al Wefaq²
Al-Nassr	Rui Vitória	Omar Hawsawi	Victory	Etihad Airways, Nejree¹, Richy², Wssel², Naqi Water³
Al-Raed	Besnik Hasi	Hussain Al-Showaish	Erreà	Al Wefaq, My Pure Water¹
Al-Shabab	Pedro Caixinha	Mohammed Salem	Xtep	Eastgate, Walem, Daffah¹
Al-Taawoun	Abdullah Asiri	Talal Al-Absi	Offside	Al Maghrabi, Al Wefaq¹, Alnadeg¹, Desert One²
Al-Wehda	Essa Al-Mehyani	Waleed Bakshween	Tattweer	Herfy, Lebs.com, Makkah Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Al Qaid Company², Ara Water³, Erwaa³
Damac	Noureddine Zekri	Farouk Chafaï	Skillano	Abu Zaid, Al Msakin Palace, Bin Thaliba¹, Zain Cupcake³

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-Adalah	Redha Al-Janbe	End of caretaker spell	16 May 2019	Pre-season	Skander Kasri	31 May 2019^[28]
Al-Ettifaq	Hélder		17 May 2019		Khaled Al-Atwi	17 June 2019^[29]
Al-Wehda	Juan Brown		17 May 2019		Mario Cvitanović	2 July 2019^[30]
Al-Fayha	Noureddine Zekri	End of contract	17 May 2019		Jorge Simão	8 June 2019^[31]
Al-Shabab	Marius Șumudică	Mutual consent	19 May 2019^[32]		Jorge Almirón	24 June 2019^[33]
Al-Taawoun	Pedro Emanuel	Mutual consent	19 May 2019^[34]		Paulo Sérgio	21 May 2019^[35]
Al-Ahli	Yousef Anbar	End of caretaker spell	21 May 2019		Branko Ivanković	18 June 2019^[36]
Al-Hilal	Péricles Chamusca	End of contract	21 May 2019		Răzvan Lucescu	30 Jun 2019^[37]
Al-Ahli	Branko Ivanković	Sacked	16 September 2019^[38]	9th	Christian Gross	16 October 2019^[39]
Al-Wehda	Mario Cvitanović	Mutual consent	16 September 2019^[40]	12th	José Daniel Carreño	16 September 2019^[41]
Damac	Mohammed Kouki	Sacked	5 October 2019^[42]	15th	Noureddine Zekri	5 October 2019^[43]
Al-Fateh	Fathi Al-Jabal	Mutual consent	14 October 2019^[44]	16th	Yannick Ferrera	14 October 2019^[45]
Al-Ittihad	José Luis Sierra	Sacked	19 October 2019^[46]	8th	Henk ten Cate	4 November 2019^[47]
Al-Adalah	Skander Kasri	Mutual consent	4 November 2019^[48]	14th	Nacif Beyaoui	5 November 2019^[49]
Al-Shabab	Jorge Almirón	Sacked	4 December 2019^[50]	7th	Luis García	12 December 2019^[51]
Al-Taawoun	Paulo Sérgio	Mutual Consent	29 December 2019^[52]	6th	Vítor Campelos	15 January 2020^[53]
Al-Hazem	Daniel Isăilă	Sacked	31 January 2020^[54]	13th	André	31 January 2020^[55]
Al-Ittihad	Henk ten Cate		11 February 2020^[56]	12th	Fábio Carille	17 February 2020^[57]
Al-Ahli	Christian Gross		17 February 2020^[58]	3rd	Vladan Milojević	28 February 2020^[59]
Al-Adalah	Nacif Beyaoui	Resigned	13 June 2020^[60]	16th	Giovanni Solinas	25 June 2020^[61]
Al-Shabab	Luis García	End of contract	18 July 2020^[62]	8th	Pedro Caixinha	20 July 2020^[63]
Al-Wehda	José Daniel Carreño	Mutual consent	19 August 2020^[64]	5th	Essa Al-Mehyani (caretaker)	19 August 2020^[64]
Al-Fayha	Jorge Simão	Sacked	27 August 2020^[65]	13th	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	27 August 2020^[65]
Al-Taawoun	Vítor Campelos	Sacked	30 August 2020^[66]	10th	Abdullah Asiri (caretaker)	6 September 2020^[67]

Foreign players

On June 9, 2019, the Saudi FF announced that the number of foreign players was reduced from 8 players to 7 players.^[68]

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	Mehdi Tahrat	Salim Boukhanchouche	Amine Atouchi	Abdelali Mhamdi	Firas Chaouat	Karim Aouadhi	Saad Bguir	Faneva Andriatsima Reuben Gabriel
Al-Adalah	Medwin Biteghé	Savvas Gentsoglou	Carolus Andria	Adama Traoré	Aliou Cissé	Sy Ass Mandaw		Abdelaziz Ali Guechi John Ogu Aymen Mathlouthi Youssef Fouzai
Al-Ahli	Youcef Belaïli	Lucas Lima	Souza	Elvis Sarić	Marko Marin	Omar Al Somah		Djaniny Danijel Aleksić Ervin Zukanović
Al-Ettifaq	Raïs M'Bolhi	Elierce Souza	Cédric Yambéré	Souleymane Doukara	Filip Kiss	Naïm Sliti		Rogerinho Walid Azaro Oussama Haddadi
Al-Faisaly	Igor Rossi	Guilherme Augusto	Raphael Silva	William Alves	Youssef El Jebli	Khaleem Hyland		Roly Bonevacia Luis Gustavo
Al-Fateh	Sofiane Bendebka	Bashkim Kadrii	Marwane Saâdane	Mitchell te Vrede	Gustav Wikheim	Maksym Koval	Matías Aguirregaray	Michał Janota André Pinto Saša Jovanović Abdelkader Oueslati
Al-Fayha	Ângelo Neto	Carlos Villanueva	Gegé	Samuel Owusu	Faneva Andriatsima	Arsénio		Rafael Assis Ronnie Fernández Amer Shafi
Al-Hazem	Malik Asselah	Alemão	Jonathan Cafú	Muralha	Karim Yoda	Driss Fettouhi	Carlos Strandberg	Ernest Asante Ibrahima Tandia
Al-Hilal	Carlos Eduardo	Gustavo Cuéllar	Bafétimbi Gomis	Sebastian Giovinco	André Carrillo	Jang Hyun-soo	Omar Kharbin
Al-Ittihad	Leonardo Gil	Bruno Uvini	Marcelo Grohe	Romarinho	Wilfried Bony	Karim El Ahmadi	Anice Badri	Emiliano Vecchio Jonas Carlos Villanueva Luis Jiménez Manuel da Costa Aleksandar Prijović
Al-Nassr	Brad Jones	Giuliano	Maicon	Petros	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Nordin Amrabat	Ahmed Musa
Al-Raed	Azzedine Doukha	Arnaud Djoum	Marco Pérez	Jalal Daoudi	Mohamed Fouzair	Jehad Al-Hussain		Ezequiel Palomeque
Al-Shabab	Djamel Benlamri	Cristian Guanca	Sebá	Danilo Asprilla	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Alfred N'Diaye	Makhete Diop	Somália Bubacarr Trawally
Al-Taawoun	Cássio	Nildo Petrolina	Sandro Manoel	Cédric Amissi	Héldon Ramos	Ricardo Machado		Léandre Tawamba
Al-Wehda	Craig Goodwin	Anselmo	Élton José	Luis Gustavo	Renato Chaves	Youssouf Niakaté	Alberto Botía	Moustapha Zeghba Marcos Guilherme Khaled Adénon Emre Çolak
Damac	Ibrahim Chenihi	Farouk Chafaï	Moustapha Zeghba	Emilio Zelaya	Sergio Vittor	Bilel Saidani	Ghazi Ayadi	Chamseddine Rahmani Najib Ammari Jorge Fellipe Rafael Costa Aubin Kouakou Zezinho Mouhcine Iajour Zakaria Hadraf Babacar Sarr

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League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	30	22	6	2	74	26	+48	72	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Nassr	30	19	7	4	60	26	+34	64
3	Al-Ahli	30	15	5	10	49	36	+13	50
4	Al-Wehda	30	16	1	13	45	40	+5	49	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Faisaly	30	14	6	10	41	36	+5	48
6	Al-Raed	30	13	7	10	41	50	−9	46
7	Al-Shabab	30	12	7	11	38	37	+1	43
8	Al-Ettifaq	30	13	3	14	46	38	+8	42
9	Abha	30	11	5	14	41	52	−11	38
10	Damac	30	9	8	13	37	52	−15	35^[a]
11	Al-Ittihad	30	9	8	13	42	41	+1	35^[a]
12	Al-Taawoun	30	10	5	15	33	40	−7	35^[a]
13	Al-Fateh	30	8	9	13	42	49	−7	33
14	Al-Fayha (R)	30	8	8	14	34	44	−10	32	Relegation to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
15	Al-Hazem (R)	30	7	6	17	40	61	−21	27
16	Al-Adalah (R)	30	4	9	17	27	62	−35	21

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2020. Source: spl.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) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[69]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Positions determined by head-to-head points: Damac: 9 pts; Al-Ittihad: 6 pts; Al-Taawoun: 3 pts.

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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 afterward. 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	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Al-Hilal	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	5	7	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Nassr	3	2	2	5	5	8	6	5	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Ahli	7	4	9	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Al-Wehda	15	14	12	8	3	2	2	3	6	5	2	4	2	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Al-Faisaly	10	10	4	2	2	4	4	6	4	6	5	6	8	9	7	8	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	5
Al-Raed	14	16	14	15	14	13	14	13	9	10	8	8	5	4	6	6	7	5	5	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	6
Al-Shabab	5	5	6	7	11	7	5	2	5	7	9	10	9	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	7
Al-Ettifaq	4	8	3	6	9	12	12	10	11	13	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8
Abha	13	9	10	11	7	11	9	8	10	9	7	7	4	7	8	9	9	9	10	11	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Damac	16	15	13	12	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10
Al-Ittihad	2	7	11	14	10	6	8	11	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
Al-Taawoun	6	11	8	10	13	10	11	9	8	4	6	3	6	5	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Al-Fateh	12	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	10	13
Al-Fayha	11	6	5	9	12	14	13	12	12	11	12	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	14
Al-Hazem	8	12	15	13	8	5	7	7	7	8	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	10	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	15	15	15	15
Al-Adalah	9	3	7	3	6	9	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2021 AFC Champions League group stage
	2021 AFC Champions League play-off round
	Relegation to 2020–21 MS League

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2020. Source: spl.com.sa

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Results

Home \ Away	ABH	ADA	AHL	ETT	FSY	FAT	FAY	HAZ	HIL	ITT	NSR	RAE	SHB	TWN	WHD	DAM
Abha		2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–4	3–2
Al-Adalah	2–1		1–1	0–1	0–2	3–5	1–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–4	4–0
Al-Ahli	3–1	1–1		3–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	5–1
Al-Ettifaq	4–1	1–0	1–2		0–1	1–0	3–2	2–3	1–4	1–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–2
Al-Faisaly	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–2		3–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Al-Fateh	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–2		2–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–0
Al-Fayha	0–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	3–1		2–1	0–1	4–1	1–4	3–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0
Al-Hazem	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–6	2–2	3–4	4–2		1–1	1–1	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–2	4–0
Al-Hilal	4–2	7–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–1		1–0	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–0
Al-Ittihad	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–3		1–1	3–1	5–1	3–1	1–2	1–2
Al-Nassr	4–0	6–1	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–4	1–1		4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Al-Raed	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–5	1–1	0–2		2–1	0–3	3–2	3–0
Al-Shabab	1–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	3–4		1–0	2–0	3–2
Al-Taawoun	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–4	1–1	3–1		2–1	0–2
Al-Wehda	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–2	5–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	2–1		3–2
Damac	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–3	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2020. Source: goalzz.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Season statistics

As of 9 September 2020

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[70]
1	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	29
2	Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	27
3	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	19
4	Youssouf Niakaté	Al-Wehda	16
5	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad	15
6	Carlos Strandberg	Al-Hazem	13
6	Emilio Zelaya	Damac	13
8	Carlos Eduardo	Al-Hilal	12
8	Mitchell te Vrede	Al-Fateh	12
10	Giuliano	Al-Nassr	11
	Saad Bguir	Abha
	Cristian Guanca	Al-Shabab

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Ronnie Fernández	Al-Fayha	Al-Ittihad	4–1 (H)	19 December 2019	^[71]
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Fayha	4–1 (A)	28 December 2019	^[72]
Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	Al-Adalah	7–0 (H)	30 December 2019	^[73]
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Shabab	4–2 (A)	14 February 2020	^[74]
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Taawoun	4–1 (A)	20 August 2020	^[75]
Bafétimbi Gomis	Al-Hilal	Al-Hazem	4–1 (H)	29 August 2020	^[76]

Most assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists^[77]
1	Youssef El Jebli	Al-Faisaly	12
2	Nordin Amrabat	Al-Nassr	11
3	Driss Fettouhi	Al-Hazem	10
4	Craig Goodwin	Al-Wehda	9
5	Saad Bguir	Abha	8
6	Sebastian Giovinco	Al-Hilal	7
	Ahmed Musa	Al-Nassr
	Arsénio	Al-Fayha
	Luisinho	Al-Faisaly/Al-Wehda
	Carlos Villanueva	Al-Fayha/Al-Ittihad
	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[78]
1	Brad Jones	Al-Nassr	12
2	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Al-Shabab	10
3	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	9
3	Moustapha Zeghba	Al-Wehda/Damac	9
5	Mustafa Malayekah	Al-Faisaly	8
5	Raïs M'Bolhi	Al-Ettifaq	8
7	Azzedine Doukha	Al-Raed	6
7	Cássio	Al-Taawoun	6
9	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	Al-Wehda	5
10	Mohammed Al-Owais	Al-Ahli	4
	Habib Al-Wotayan	Al-Fateh
	Malik Asselah	Al-Hazem

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 12^[79]
- Alberto Botía (Al-Wehda)
- Khaleem Hyland (Al-Faisaly)

Most red cards: 3^[79]
- Mohammed Al-Saiari (Al-Wehda/Al-Faisaly)
- Karam Barnawi (Abha)

Club

Most yellow cards: 75^[79]
- Al-Wehda

Most red cards: 7^[79]
- Al-Shabab

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Attendances

By round

2019–20 Professional League Attendance
Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	82,409	8	10,301
Round 2	67,420	8	8,428
Round 3	66,994	8	8,374
Round 4	114,245	8	14,281
Round 5	83,713	8	10,464
Round 6	73,691	8	9,211
Round 7	64,943	8	8,118
Round 8	61,136	8	7,642
Round 9	80,904	8	10,113
Round 10	63,207	8	7,901
Round 11	60,629	8	7,579
Round 12	29,098	8	3,637
Round 13	38,511	8	4,814
Round 14	68,427	8	8,553
Round 15	72,370	8	9,046
Round 16	68,354	8	8,544
Round 17	53,456	8	6,682
Round 18	66,577	8	8,322
Round 19	64,639	8	8,080
Round 20	87,907	8	10,988
Round 21^[a]	30,474	5	6,095
Round 22^[a]	0	8	0
Round 23^[a]	0	8	0
Round 24^[a]	0	8	0
Round 25^[a]	0	8	0
Round 26^[a]	0	8	0
Round 27^[a]	0	8	0
Round 28^[a]	0	8	0
Round 29^[a]	0	8	0
Round 30^[a]	0	8	0
Total	1,399,104	165	8,479

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors.

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Hilal	188,229	21,792	15,561	18,823	−3.7%^†
2	Al-Ittihad	175,108	43,783	5,112	17,511	−47.7%^†
3	Al-Nassr	118,221	17,078	10,922	13,136	−19.9%^†
4	Al-Ahli	140,713	30,198	5,018	12,792	−32.0%^†
5	Al-Adalah	103,936	15,304	5,441	10,394	n/a^† †
6	Al-Fateh	92,420	14,000	2,007	10,269	+199.6%^†
7	Al-Shabab	92,872	12,719	1,160	7,739	+125.8%^†
8	Al-Wehda	79,665	10,807	1,146	7,242	+4.8%^†
9	Al-Ettifaq	78,717	13,558	1,704	7,156	+45.7%^†
10	Damac	66,048	14,680	1,320	6,605	n/a^† †
11	Al-Raed	54,508	11,601	1,408	4,955	+32.3%^†
12	Al-Taawoun	46,602	15,650	1,545	4,660	+4.9%^†
13	Al-Faisaly	39,610	5,600	3,664	4,401	+275.8%^†
14	Al-Fayha	45,581	5,752	2,586	4,144	+118.6%^†
15	Al-Hazem	41,605	5,400	3,125	3,782	+84.4%^†
16	Abha	35,269	16,820	581	3,527	n/a^† †
	League total	1,399,104	43,783	581	8,479	+1.5%^†

Updated to games played on 6 March 2020
Source:
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in MS League.

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Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Reference
September	Răzvan Lucescu	Al-Hilal	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad	Brad Jones	Al-Nassr	^[80]^[81]
October	Rui Vitória	Al-Nassr	Carlos Eduardo	Al-Hilal	Brad Jones	Al-Nassr	^[82]^[83]
November & December	Besnik Hasi	Al-Raed	Saad Bguir	Abha	Raïs M'Bolhi	Al-Ettifaq	^[84]^[85]
January	Răzvan Lucescu	Al-Hilal	Sebastian Giovinco	Al-Hilal	Farouk Ben Mustapha	Al-Shabab	^[86]^[87]
February	Răzvan Lucescu	Al-Hilal	Youssef El Jebli	Al-Faisaly	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	^[88]^[89]
March	Abderrazek Chebbi	Abha	Luisinho	Al-Wehda	Raïs M'Bolhi	Al-Ettifaq	^[90]^[91]
August	Rui Vitória	Al-Nassr	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	^[92]

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Number of teams by region

Rank	Region	Number	Teams
1	Riyadh	5	Al-Faisaly, Al-Fayha, Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab
2	Al-Qassim	3	Al-Hazem, Al-Raed and Al-Taawoun
	Eastern Province		Al-Adalah, Al-Ettifaq and Al-Fateh
	Mecca		Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and Al-Wehda
5	Asir	2	Abha and Damac

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