2012–13 Saudi Professional League

Professional League
Season	2012–2013
Champions	Al Fateh (1st title)
Relegated	Hajer Al-Wahda
Champions League	Al Fateh Al-Ittihad Al-Hilal Al-Shabab
Matches played	182
Goals scored	531 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sebastián Tagliabué (19 Goals)
Highest scoring	Al-Faisaly 6–1 Najran
Longest winning run	Al-Hilal 10 Games
Longest unbeaten run	Al Fateh 17 Games
Longest losing run	Al-Wahda 11 Games
Highest attendance	28,188 Al-Ahli 1–1 Al-Ittihad
Lowest attendance	60 Al-Shoalah 1–1 Al-Faisaly
Average attendance	3,544
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Saudi Professional League (officially known as the Zain League, because of its sponsorship) was the 37th season of Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1976.

Al-Shabab were the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 League season. The season featured 12 teams from the 2011–12 and two new teams promoted from the 2011–12 First Division: Al-Shoalah and Al-Wahda who replace relegated Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Ansar.

On 14 April 2013, Al Fateh won the title after a 1–0 home win over Al-Ahli. It was their first ever league title.^[1]

Qualification and Prize money

The Top three teams of the league plus the winner of Champions Cup qualified for the AFC Asian Champions League.

The Top eight teams qualified for Champions Cup.

and The bottom two teams were relegated.

Prize money:

First place: 2.5 million Saudi Riyals
Second place: 1.5 million Saudi Riyals
Third place: 1 million Saudi Riyals

Stadiums and locations

Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	23,000
Al-Shoalah	Al Kharj	Al-Shoalah Club Stadium	8,000
Al Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	27,550
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	67,000
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	26,000
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	23,000
Al-Nasr	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	67,000
Al Raed	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	67,000
Al-Wahda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	38,000
Najran SC	Najran	Al Akhdoud Club Stadium	2,800
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium	7,000
Al Taawon	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Hajer	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	27,550

Members clubs

Team	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Position
Al-Ittihad	Beñat San José	SportOne	STC	5th
Al-Hilal	Zlatko Dalić	Adidas	Mobily	3rd
Al-Ahli	Aleksander Ilic	Umbro	STC	2nd
Al Fateh	Fathi Al Jebali	Lotto	Kia	6th
Hajer	Tareq Yahya	Hattrick	Al-Ghadeer co.	11th
Al-Ettifaq	Maciej Skorza	Puma	—	4th
Al-Nassr	José Daniel Carreño	NFC	STC	7th
Al-Shoalah	Ahmad Alajlani	Puma	Tania Co.	1st In 1st Division
Al Raed	Vlatko Kostov	Hattrick	Al-Remikhani	10th
Al-Shabab	Michel Preud'homme	Adidas	STC	1st
Al-Wahda	Wajdi Esside	Hattrick	—	2nd in 1st Division
Najran	Gjoko Hadžievski	Adidas	—	9th
Al-Faisaly	Marc Brys	Hattrick	Al-Bana'a	8th
Al Taawon	Tawfiq Rawabeh	JAKO	—	12th

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2012–13 campaign.

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Ettifaq	Sameer Hilal	Temporary mandate over	Alain Geiger
Al-Faisaly	Zlatko Dalić	Contract expired	Marc Brys
Al-Hilal	Ivan Hasek		Antoine Kombouaré
Al Taawon	Khalid Kamal	Temporary mandate over	Gjoko Hadžievski
Najran	Gjoko Hadžievski		Miodrag Ješić

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al-Nasr	Francisco Maturana	Sacked	José Daniel Carreño^[2]
Ettifaq	Alain Geiger	Sacked	Maciej Skorza^[3]
Al-Wahda	Basheer Abdulsamad	Resigned	Wajdi Esside
Hajer	Ednaldo Patricio	Sacked	Tareq Yahya
Al-Shoalah	Mohammed Salah	Sacked^[4]	Ahmad Alajlani^[4]
Al-Hilal	Antoine Kombouaré	Sacked^[5]	Zlatko Dalić
Al Raed	Ammar Souayah	Resigned^[6]	Vlatko Kostov
Najran	Miodrag Ješić	Sacked^[7]	AlKhamis Alobidi
Al Taawon	Gjoko Hadžievski	Sacked^[8]	Tawfiq Rawabeh
Al-Ittihad	Raúl Caneda	Sacked^[9]	Beñat San José
Al-Ahli	Karel Jarolím	Sacked^[10]	Aleksander Ilic
Najran	AlKhamis Alobidi	Sacked^[11]	Alhassan Al-Yami
Najran	Alhassan Al-Yami	Temporary mandate over	Gjoko Hadžievski

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Fateh (C)	26	20	4	2	52	23	+29	64	AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Hilal	26	17	5	4	62	26	+36	56
3	Al-Shabab	26	17	5	4	53	36	+17	56
4	Al-Nassr	26	14	8	4	41	24	+17	50
5	Al-Ahli	26	12	8	6	51	33	+18	44
6	Ettifaq	26	9	8	9	33	38	−5	35
7	Al-Ittihad	26	8	9	9	36	36	0	33	AFC Champions League group stage ¹
8	Al-Raed	26	7	11	8	30	41	−11	32
9	Al-Shoalah	26	8	6	12	32	42	−10	30
10	Najran	26	6	7	13	31	52	−21	25
11	Al-Faisaly	26	6	6	14	35	43	−8	24
12	Al-Taawon	26	3	10	13	25	37	−12	19
13	Hajer (R)	26	3	7	16	24	48	−24	16	Relegation to 2013–14 First Division
14	Al-Wahda (R)	26	2	6	18	26	52	−26	12	Relegation to 2013–14 First Division

Source: FIFA.COM، League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Al-Ittihad secured qualification for the 2014 AFC Champions League through winning the 2013 King Cup of Champions
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away^[1]	ITT	HIL	AHI	SHB	NAS	ETT	HJR	WAH	NAJ	RAE	FAT	SHL	TWN	FSL
Al-Ittihad		1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2
Al-Hilal	4–2		4–1	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	6–0	1–2	4–2	0–0	1–0
Al-Ahli	1–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	1–2	3–3	5–0	1–1	2–1
Al-Shabab	2–2	3–2	2–2		2–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–4	2–1	2–1	3–2
Al-Nassr	0–1	1–3	2–2	0–0		2–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	3–2	2–1
Ettifaq	0–0	2–2	1–4	3–1	1–3		3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–4	0–2	2–0	1–1
Hajer	0–2	2–2	1–4	1–2	0–1	2–3		2–0	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–4	0–1	3–3
Al-Wahda	2–1	1–2	1–3	2–5	1–1	0–3	1–2		1–2	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–2
Najran	2–0	0–6	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1		0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1
Al-Raed	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–1		1–3	2–2	1–0	1–0
Al-Fateh	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–2	2–1		2–1	2–1	1–0
Al-Shoalah	1–0	1–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–5	0–0	2–3		1–0	1–1
Al-Taawon	3–3	1–4	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	1–1		2–0
Al-Faisaly	0–2	0–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	2–3	3–0	4–3	6–1	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–1

Updated to games played on 20 April 2013.
Source: FIFA.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[12]
1	Sebastián Tagliabué	Al-Shabab	19
2	Wesley Lopes	Al-Hilal	17
2	Doris Fuakumputu	Al-Fateh	17
4	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al-Hilal	13
5	Victor Simões	Al-Ahli	12
5	Hassan Taïr	Al-Shoalah	12
7	Élton José	Al-Fateh	11
8	Yoo Byung-Soo	Al-Hilal	10
	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Shabab	10
	Hamza Al-Dardour	Najran SC	10
	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	Al Nassr	10
	Yves Diba Ilunga	Al-Raed	10

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2012–13 in Saudi Arabian football

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Domestic leagues	Professional League First Division League Second Division League Third Division League

Domestic cups	King Cup of Champions Crown Prince Cup

Other competitions	AFC Champions League 2012 2013 AFC Cup UAFA Club Cup GCC Champions League

Related to national team	Arab Cup Arabian Gulf Cup

Club seasons

Pro League	Al-Ahli Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Ettifaq Al-Nassr Al-Shoalah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawon Al-Wehda Hajer Najran

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Saudi Professional League

Saudi Professional League clubs

Saudi Professional League	Al-Ahli Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal Al-Khaleej Al-Nassr Al Qadsiyah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Wehda Al-Ittihad Hajer Najran

Saudi First Division	Al-Batin Al-Diriyah Al-Ettifaq Al-Feiha Al-Hazm Al-Jeel Al-Mojzel Al-Nahda Al-Nojoom Al-Orobah Al-Riyadh Al-Shoulla Al-Tai Al-Watani Damac Ohod

Saudi Second Division	Abha Aladalah FC Al-Ansar Al Badayea Al Taraji Al Tuhami Al Hmadah Al Jabalain Al Kawkb Al-Najma Al-Muzahimiyah Al Okhdood Al Oyoon FC Al-Qaisoma Al Qala'a Al Safa FC Al Washm Hetten FC Sdoos Weg Club

Saudi Professional League seasons

1970s	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2012 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2011 2013 »

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '11–'12 '12–'13 Bahrain '11–'12 '12–'13 Bangladesh '12 '12–'13 Bhutan A-Division National League '12–'13 Brunei '12–'13 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei Guam '11–'12 '12–'13 Hong Kong '11–'12 '12–'13 India '11–'12 '12–'13 Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '11–'12 '12–'13 Japan Jordan '11–'12 '12–'13 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '11–'12 '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '11–'12 '12–'13 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '11–'12 '12–'13 Northern Mariana Islands Oman '11–'12 '12–'13 Pakistan '12–'13 Palestine '11–'12 '12–'13 Philippines Qatar '11–'12 '12–'13 Saudi Arabia '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Sri Lanka '11–'12 Syria '11–'12 Tajikistan Thailand '11 (final rounds) '12 Turkmenistan UAE '11–'12 '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '11–'12

Domestic cups	Bahrain Bangladesh '11–'12 '12 Brunei Cambodia '12 '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '11–'12 League Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12 Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 India Fed Cup Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '11–'12 '12–'13 Iraq '12–'13 Japan Emperor's Cup '11 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '12 Jordan FA Cup '11–'12 FA Cup '12–'13 Korea Republic Kuwait Emir Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '11–'12 Elite Cup FA Cup '12–'13 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Stars Cup '11–'12 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup Stars Cup '12–'13 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '11–'12 '12–'13 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup '11 (final rounds) League Cup '11 (final) FA Cup '12 League Cup '12 Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '11–'12 President's Cup '11–'12 Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Regional club competitions	2012 GCC Champions League 2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Arab Nations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

2013 in Asian Football (AFC)

« 2012 2014 »

Domestic leagues	Afghanistan Australia '12–'13 '13–'14 Bahrain '12–'13 '13–'14 Bangladesh '12–'13 '13–'14 Bhutan National League '12–'13 National League '13 Brunei '12–'13 Cambodia China Chinese Taipei East Timor Guam '12–'13 '13–'14 Hong Kong '12–'13 '13–'14 India '12–'13 '13–'14 Indonesia IPL ISL Iran '12–'13 '13–'14 Iraq '12–'13 '13–'14 Japan Jordan '12–'13 '13–'14 Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait '12–'13 '13–'14 Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon '12–'13 '13–'14 Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal '12–'13 '13–'14 Northern Mariana Islands '13 '13–'14 Oman '12–'13 '13–'14 Pakistan '12–13 '13–14 Palestine '12–'13 '13–'14 Philippines Qatar '12–'13 '13–'14 Saudi Arabia '12–'13 '13–'14 Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan UAE '12–'13 '13–'14 Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen '13 '13–'14

Domestic cups	Bahrain Kings Cup FA Cup Bangladesh Fed Cup Brunei Cambodia '12–'13 China Hong Kong Shield '12–'13 FA Cup '12–'13 Season Play-off Shield '13–'14 FA Cup '13–'14 India Shield Durand Cup Indonesia Iran '12–'13 '13–'14 Iraq '12–'13 '13–'14 Japan Emperor's Cup '12 (final) League Cup Emperor's Cup '13 Jordan FA Cup '12–'13 FA Cup '13–'14 Korea Republic Kuwait Crown Prince Cup '12–'13 Fed Cup '12–'13 Emir Cup '13 Crown Prince Cup '13–'14 Emir Cup '13–'14 Kyrgyzstan Lebanon FA Cup '12–'13 Elite Cup FA Cup '13–'14 Macau Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Maldives FA Cup President's Cup Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Fed Cup '12–'13 Sultan Qaboos Cup '12–'13 League Cup Sultan Qaboos Cup '13–'14 Pakistan Palestine '13 '13–'14 Philippines PFF Championship '12–'13 UFL Cup PFF Championship '13 Qatar Stars Cup '12–'13 Crown Prince Cup Emir Cup Sheikh Jassem Cup QNB Cup '13–'14 Saudi Arabia King Cup of Champions CP Cup '12–'13 '13–'14 Singapore Singapore Cup League Cup Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand FA Cup League Cup Turkmenistan UAE Emirates Cup '12–'13 President's Cup '12–'13 League Cup '13–'14 President's Cup '13–'14 Uzbekistan Uzbek Cup PFL Cup Vietnam

Regional club competitions	2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 East Asian Games 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2014 WAFF Championship

National team results	Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan UAE Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

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