2013–14 Saudi Professional League

Professional League
Season 2013–2014
Champions Al-Nassr (6th title)
Relegated Al-Nahda
Al-Ettifaq
Champions League Al-Nassr
Al-Hilal
Al-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Matches played 182
Goals scored 515 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer Nasser Al-Shamrani
(21 goals)
Biggest home win Al-Shabab 6–0 Al-Nahda
Biggest away win Al-Shabab 1–4 Al-Ittihad
Highest scoring Al-Ittihad 4–4 Al-Nahda
Longest winning run 13 games
Al-Nassr
Longest unbeaten run 22 games
Al-Nassr
Longest losing run 6 games
Al-Shoalah
Highest attendance 52,551
Al-Nassr 1-1 Al-Taawon
Lowest attendance 184
al-NahdaAl-Shoalah
Average attendance 4910

The 2013–14 Saudi Professional League (officially known as the Abdul Latif Jameel League, because of its sponsorship) was the 38th season of Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1976.

Al Fateh were the defending champions for this season, having won the previous 2012–13 season.[1] The season was featured 12 teams from the 2012–13 League and two new teams promoted from the 2012–13 First Division: Al-Oruba and Al-Nahda who replace relegated Hajer and Al-Wahda.

On 28 March 2014, Al-Nassr won the title after a 1–1 away game with Al-Shabab. It was their first league title since 1995 and their sixth league title overall.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of teams in the 2013–14 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 Nassr 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-Oruba FC Sakakah Al-Oruba Club Stadium 5,000
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
Al-Nahda Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 26,000

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Position
Al-Ittihad Egypt Amro Anwar SportOne 7th
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Jaber Nike Mobily 2nd
Al-Ahli Portugal Vítor Pereira Umbro 5th
Al Fateh Tunisia Fathi Al Jebali Lotto Kia 1st
Al-Nahda Tunisia Jalal Qaderi Adidas 2nd In 1st Division
Al-Ettifaq Romania Eusebiu Tudor Puma 6th
Al-Nassr Uruguay José Daniel Carreño NFC 4th
Al-Shoalah Spain José Maqueda Puma 9th
Al Raed Algeria Noureddine Zekri Hattrick 8th
Al-Shabab Belgium Emilio Ferrera Adidas Sanabel Al Salam 3rd
Al-Oruba Tunisia Djamel Belkacem Herfy 1st in 1st Division
Najran Republic of Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski Adidas 10th
Al-Faisaly Belgium Marc Brys Hattrick 11th
Al Taawon Algeria Tawfiq Rawabeh JAKO 12th

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2013-14 campaign.

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Al-Hilal Croatia Zlatko Dalić Contract not renewed Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Jaber [2]
Al-Ahli Serbia Aleksander Ilic Contract not renewed Portugal Vítor Pereira [3]
Ettifaq Poland Maciej Skorza Contract not renewed [4] Germany Theo Bucker
Al Raed Republic of Macedonia Vlatko Kostov Contract not renewed Algeria Noureddine Zekri

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Al-Nahda Romania Ilie Balaci Sacked Tunisia Ayman Makhlouf
Al-Shabab Belgium Michel Preud'homme Resigned [5] Belgium Emilio Ferrera
Al-Ettifaq Germany Theo Bucker Sacked Romania Eusebiu Tudor
Al-Shoalah Tunisia Ahmad Al-Ajlani Sacked Spain José Maqueda
Al-Ittihad Spain Beñat San José Sacked Egypt Amro Anwar
Al-Nahda Tunisia Ayman Makhlouf Caretaker role over Tunisia Jalal Qaderi
Ettifaq Serbia Goran Tufegdžić Sacked Romania Ioan Andone
Al-Raed Algeria Noureddine Zekri Sacked

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per SPL team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Asian Player Non-Visa Foreign1 Former Players2
Al-Ahli Brazil Eric de Oliveira Brazil Mossoró São Tomé and PríncipePortugal Luís Leal South Korea Suk Hyun-Jun United Arab Emirates Majed Al Khaibari Iraq Younis Mahmoud
Al-Faisaly Brazil Reinaldo Brazil Marcelo Nicácio Jordan Khalil Bani Attiah Jordan Yaseen Al-Bakhit None None
Al-Fateh Brazil Élton Democratic Republic of the Congo Doris Salumo Tunisia Ammar Jemal Lebanon Mohamad Haidar None None
Al-Hilal Brazil Thiago Neves Brazil Digao Ecuador Segundo Castillo South Korea Kwak Tae-Hwi None Morocco Adil Hermach
Al Nassr Algeria Mourad Delhoum Brazil Élton Brandão Oman Amad Al Hosni Bahrain Mohamed Husain None Brazil Rafael Bastos
Brazil Everton
Al-Nahda Ghana Saddick Adams Ivory Coast Habib Meïté Tunisia Amine Abbes None None Mali Adama Traoré
Bahrain Ismaeel Abdulatif
Al-Orobah Cameroon Jean Bapidi Fils Cameroon Charles Edoa Egypt Ibrahim Salah Jordan Abdallah Deeb None Mali Eliassou Issiaka
Al-Raed Brazil Bruno Moreno Cameroon Alexis Mondomo Ivory Coast Issoumaila Dao Oman Hussain Al-Hadhri None Equatorial Guinea Lawrence Doe
Al-Taawon Brazil Vinícius Reche Cameroon Paul Alo'o Kenya David Ochieng Jordan Shadi Abu Hash'hash None None
Al Shabab Brazil Rafinha Brazil Fernando Menegazzo Colombia Macnelly Torres SwedenState of Palestine Imad Khalili None None
Al-Shoalah Mali Lassana Fané Mali Mamoudou Kondo Morocco Hassan Taïr Jordan Mohammad Mustafa None None
Ettifaq Brazil Danny Morais Romania Nicolae Grigore Senegal Papa Waigo East Timor Murilo de Almeida None Oman Ahmed Kano
Ittihad Brazil Leandro Bonfim Republic of Macedonia Kiril Ognjevski Uruguay Juan Rodríguez None None Brazil Jóbson
Najran Algeria Farid Cheklam Brazil Jandson Brazil Matheus Gotler Jordan Mossab Al-Laham None Nigeria Waheed Oseni

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Nassr (C) 26 20 5 1 60 21 +39 65 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Hilal 26 20 3 3 60 24 +36 63
3 Al-Ahli 26 12 9 5 48 24 +24 45 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
4 Al-Shabab 26 9 10 7 42 38 +4 37 AFC Champions League group stage1
5 Al-Taawon 26 8 11 7 33 28 +5 35 GCC Champions League group stage
6 Al-Ittihad 26 8 8 10 45 46 1 32
7 Al-Faisaly 26 8 8 10 28 35 7 32 GCC Champions League group stage
8 Al-Orobah 26 5 14 7 24 33 9 29
9 Al-Raed 26 7 8 11 21 33 12 29
10 Al-Fateh 26 7 7 12 33 39 6 28
11 Najran 26 8 4 14 32 43 11 28
12 Al-Shoalah 26 6 8 12 30 42 12 26
13 Ettifaq (R) 26 6 8 12 30 41 11 26 Relegation to 2014–15 First Division
14 Al-Nahda (R) 26 3 7 16 29 68 39 16

Source: thesaff.com (Arabic)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored;
1Al-Shabab are ensured a spot to the 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage as 2014 King Cup of Champions winners.
(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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] AHI ETT FSLFATHILITTNAHNASORORAESHBSHLTWNNAJ
Al-Ahli 21 11 40 11 21 31 00 11 00 11 52 12 32
Ettifaq 20 11 20 13 25 21 12 00 01 01 10 33 00
Al-Faisaly 13 03 21 13 30 21 02 11 32 00 20 00 10
Al-Fateh 03 20 10 01 11 40 12 00 22 21 31 11 52
Al-Hilal 10 51 21 20 52 60 12 30 12 41 20 10 20
Al-Ittihad 00 11 12 42 22 21 03 00 12 11 41 21 32
Al-Nahda 15 20 00 12 12 44 14 22 10 41 22 02 25
Al-Nassr 31 22 40 10 34 31 41 21 30 32 20 21 20
Al-Orobah 04 14 12 21 23 10 11 00 00 11 22 00 11
Al-Raed 01 21 10 21 01 14 00 03 11 00 01 00 10
Al-Shabab 10 00 43 11 10 14 60 11 13 52 13 10 51
Al-Shoalah 11 40 11 22 22 21 00 03 12 11 01 12 12
Al-Taawon 11 22 11 10 12 11 41 11 01 21 33 01 20
Najran 05 10 10 11 01 20 51 23 20 10 11 01 12

Source: thesaff.com (Arabic)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

W Win
D Draw
L Lose
Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Al-Ahli W D D W D D W D W L L W L D L W W L W D W W D D W W
Ettifaq L L W D L L W D D D W W W L L L D D D L L L W L D L
Al-Faisaly L D L W D L W L L W L L D D D L D L W W L W D W D W
Al-Fateh D W L D D W L D L W L D L L W D W L L L W L D W L L
Al-Hilal W W W W D L W W W L D W W W W W D W W W L W W W W W
Al-Ittihad W L W L W D L D D W L L W D D D D D L L W W L L W L
Al-Nahda D L L L D L L L D L D L D D L L L W L W L L W D L L
Al-Nassr W D W W W D W W D W W W W W W W W W W W W W L W D D
Al-Orobah L W D L D D D L D D D W D L D L D W L D D W L D D W
Al-Raed W L L L D W D D W L L D L W W D L L L D L L W D W D
Al-Shabab L W W D D W W L D W W L D D L D L W D D W W L D D L
Al-Shoalah D L L L L L L D D L D W W D W W W L W D L L D L L D
Al-Taawon D D W D L W L W D W W L L W D W D D L L W L D D D D
Najran L W L W W W L W L L W L L L L L L D W D D L D L L W

Source: SL Stats

Prize money

References

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