2013–14 Saudi Professional League

The 2013–14 Saudi Professional League (officially known as the Abdul Latif Jameel League, because of its sponsorship) was the 39th season of Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1975.

Professional League
Season2013–2014
ChampionsAl-Nassr (7th title)
RelegatedAl-Nahda
Al-Ettifaq
Champions LeagueAl-Nassr
Al-Hilal
Al-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Matches played182
Goals scored515 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorerNasser Al-Shamrani
(21 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Shabab 6–0 Al-Nahda
Biggest away winAl-Shabab 1–4 Al-Ittihad
Highest scoringAl-Ittihad 4–4 Al-Nahda
Longest winning run13 games
Al-Nassr
Longest unbeaten run22 games
Al-Nassr
Longest losing run6 games
Al-Shoalah
Highest attendance52,551
Al-Nassr 1-1 Al-Taawon
Lowest attendance184
al-Nahda – Al-Shoalah
Average attendance4910

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 seventh 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 Amro Anwar SportOne 7th
Al-Hilal Sami Al-Jaber Nike Mobily 2nd
Al-Ahli Vítor Pereira Umbro 5th
Al Fateh Fathi Al Jebali Lotto Kia 1st
Al-Nahda Jalal Qaderi Adidas 2nd In 1st Division
Al-Ettifaq Eusebiu Tudor Puma — 6th
Al-Nassr José Daniel Carreño NFC 4th
Al-Shoalah José Maqueda Puma 9th
Al Raed Noureddine Zekri Hattrick 8th
Al-Shabab Emilio Ferrera Adidas Sanabel Al Salam 3rd
Al-Oruba Djamel Belkacem Herfy 1st in 1st Division
Najran Gjoko Hadžievski Adidas — 10th
Al-Faisaly Marc Brys Hattrick 11th
Al Taawon 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 Zlatko Dalić Contract not renewed Sami Al-Jaber [2]
Al-Ahli Aleksander Ilic Contract not renewed Vítor Pereira [3]
Ettifaq Maciej Skorza Contract not renewed [4] Theo Bucker
Al Raed Vlatko Kostov Contract not renewed Noureddine Zekri

During the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Al-Nahda Ilie Balaci Sacked Ayman Makhlouf
Al-Shabab Michel Preud'homme Resigned [5] Emilio Ferrera
Al-Ettifaq Theo Bucker Sacked Eusebiu Tudor
Al-Shoalah Ahmad Al-Ajlani Sacked José Maqueda
Al-Ittihad Beñat San José Sacked Amro Anwar
Al-Nahda Ayman Makhlouf Caretaker role over Jalal Qaderi
Ettifaq Goran Tufegdžić Sacked Ioan Andone
Al-Raed 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 Eric de Oliveira Mossoró Luís Leal Suk Hyun-Jun Majed Al Khaibari Younis Mahmoud
Al-Faisaly Reinaldo Marcelo Nicácio Khalil Bani Attiah Yaseen Al-Bakhit None None
Al-Fateh Élton Doris Salumo Ammar Jemal Mohamad Haidar None None
Al-Hilal Thiago Neves Digao Segundo Castillo Kwak Tae-Hwi None Adil Hermach
Al Nassr Mourad Delhoum Élton Brandão Amad Al Hosni Mohamed Husain None Rafael Bastos
Everton
Al-Nahda Saddick Adams Habib Meïté Amine Abbes None None Adama Traoré
Ismaeel Abdulatif
Al-Orobah Jean Bapidi Fils Charles Edoa Ibrahim Salah Abdallah Deeb None Eliassou Issiaka
Al-Raed Bruno Moreno Alexis Mondomo Issoumaila Dao Hussain Al-Hadhri None Lawrence Doe
Al-Taawon Vinícius Reche Paul Alo'o David Ochieng Shadi Abu Hash'hash None None
Al Shabab Rafinha Fernando Menegazzo Macnelly Torres Imad Khalili None None
Al-Shoalah Lassana Fané Mamoudou Kondo Hassan Taïr Mohammad Mustafa None None
Ettifaq Danny Morais Nicolae Grigore Papa Waigo Murilo de Almeida None Ahmed Kano
Ittihad Leandro Bonfim Kiril Ognjevski Juan Rodríguez None None Jóbson
Najran Farid Cheklam Jandson Matheus Gotler Mossab Al-Laham None Waheed Oseni
  • ^1 Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Saudi Arabia Residency.
  • ^2 Foreign players who left their clubs after first half of the season.

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 Qualification for the 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 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Al-Shabab 26 9 10 7 42 38 +4 37 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Al-Taawoun 26 8 11 7 33 28 +5 35 Qualification for the GCC Champions League
6 Al-Faisaly 26 8 8 10 28 35 −7 32[lower-alpha 2]
7 Al-Ittihad 26 8 8 10 45 46 −1 32[lower-alpha 2]
8 Al-Orobah 26 5 14 7 24 33 −9 29[lower-alpha 3]
9 Al-Raed 26 7 8 11 21 33 −12 29[lower-alpha 3]
10 Al-Fateh 26 7 7 12 33 39 −6 28[lower-alpha 4]
11 Najran 26 8 4 14 32 43 −11 28[lower-alpha 4]
12 Al-Shoulla 26 6 8 12 30 42 −12 26[lower-alpha 5]
13 Al-Ettifaq (R) 26 6 8 12 30 41 −11 26[lower-alpha 5] Relegation to the First Division
14 Al-Nahda (R) 26 3 7 16 29 68 −39 16
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2014. Source: SLstat
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).
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Al-Shabab qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2014 King Cup winners.
  2. Al-Faisaly finished ahead of Al-Ittihad on head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly 3–0 Al-Ittihad, Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Faisaly
  3. Al-Orobah finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head away goals scored: Al-Raed 1–1 Al-Orobah, Al-Orobah 0–0 Al-Raed
  4. Al-Fateh finished ahead of Najran on head-to-head points: Al-Fateh 5–2 Najran, Najran 1–1 Al-Fateh
  5. Al-Shoulla finished ahead of Al-Ettifaq on head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ettifaq 1–0 Al-Shoulla, Al-Shoulla 4–0 Al-Ettifaq

Results
Home \ Away AHL ETT FSY FAT HIL ITT NAH NSR ORO RAE SHB SHO TWN NAJ
Al-Ahli 2–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 3–2
Ettifaq 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 2–5 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 0–0
Al-Faisaly 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Al-Fateh 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–2
Al-Hilal 1–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 5–2 6–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
Al-Ittihad 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–2
Al-Nahda 1–5 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 4–4 1–4 2–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 0–2 2–5
Al-Nassr 3–1 2–2 4–0 1–0 3–4 3–1 4–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–0
Al-Orobah 0–4 1–4 1–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–1
Al-Raed 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0
Al-Shabab 1–0 0–0 4–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 6–0 1–1 1–3 5–2 1–3 1–0 5–1
Al-Shoulla 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2
Al-Taawoun 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 2–0
Najran 0–5 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 5–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2014. Source: SLstat.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Hilal 21
2 Mukhtar Fallatah Al-Ittihad 20
3 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Al-Nassr 17
4 Élton Brandão Al-Nassr 16
5 Jandson Najran 14
6 Thiago Neves Najran 13
7 Paul Alo'o Al-Taawoun 12
8 Doris Fuakumputu Al-Fateh 11
9 Hassan Taïr Al-Shoulla 10
10 Élton José Al-Fateh 9
Papa Waigo Al-Ettifaq

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Mukhtar Fallatah4Al-IttihadAl-Shabab4–1 (A)26 August 2013[7]
Mukhtar FallatahAl-IttihadAl-Raed4–1 (A)25 November 2013[8]
Thiago NevesAl-HilalAl-Ettifaq5–1 (H)28 December 2013[9]
JandsonNajranAl-Nahda5–1 (H)25 January 2014[10]
Mohammad Al-SahlawiAl-NassrAl-Faisaly4–0 (H)7 February 2014[11]
Luís LealAl-AhliAl-Fateh4–0 (H)14 February 2014[12]
Élton BrandãoAl-NassrAl-Ittihad3–1 (H)23 March 2014[13]
Nasser Al-Shamrani4Al-HilalAl-Nahda6–0 (H)28 March 2014[14]
Notes

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

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists[15]
1 Hassan Taïr Al-Shoulla 10
Yahya Al-Shehri Al-Nassr
3 Mussab Al-Laham Najran 8
4 Hussein Abdulghani Al-Nassr 7
Vinícius Reche Al-Taawoun
Márcio Mossoró Al-Ahli
Moshari Al-Thamali Al-Faisaly
Nawaf Al-Abed Al-Hilal
9 Thiago Neves Al-Hilal 6
Macnelly Torres Al-Shabab

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[16]
1 Abdullah Al-Enezi Al-Nassr 10
2 Waleed Abdullah Al-Shabab 9
3 Ahmed Al-Kassar Al-Raed 8
4 Abdullah Al-Mayouf Al-Ahli 7
5 Rafea Al-Ruwaili Al-Orobah 6
Mansoor Al-Najai Al-Faisaly
7 Mohammad Sharifi Al-Ettifaq 5
Saeed Al-Harbi Al-Shoulla
Nasser Al-Saiari Najran
Fahad Al-Thunayan Al-Taawoun

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 58[17]
    • Al-Nahda
  • Most red cards: 6[17]
    • Al-Ahli

Attendances

By team
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Al-Nassr 217,286 48,730 3,758 16,714 +321.0%†
2 Al-Hilal 164,015 40,193 2,589 12,617 +113.6%†
3 Al-Ahli 103,472 31,211 0 7,959 +8.4%†
4 Al-Ittihad 98,744 24,177 613 7,596 −14.8%†
5 Al-Taawoun 77,040 52,551 365 5,926 +106.6%†
6 Al-Shabab 46,646 15,348 285 3,588 +40.5%†
7 Al-Ettifaq 37,922 14,132 149 2,917 +7.7%†
8 Al-Orobah 36,437 4,200 1,124 2,803 n/a†

†

9 Al-Fateh 29,148 10,150 527 2,242 −63.5%†
10 Al-Nahda 24,852 10,636 42 1,912 n/a†

†

11 Al-Raed 23,186 7,100 362 1,784 −51.2%†
12 Al-Shoulla 12,855 4,248 107 989 +45.2%†
13 Najran 12,685 3,543 242 976 −9.6%†
14 Al-Faisaly 9,388 2,433 120 722 −32.3%†
League total 893,676 52,551 0 4,910 +38.5%†

Updated to games played on 6 April 2014
Source: [18][19][20]
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in First Division.

References
  1. "Outsiders Al Fath celebrate Saudi success". FIFA.com. fifa.com. Retrieved 28 Apr 2013.
  2. "The club's management named Sami Al Jaber as a head coach of Al-Hilal's First football team". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
  3. Porto’s Pereira to coach Saudi’s Al-Ahli
  4. Bucker leaves Lebanon
  5. Shabab and Preud’homme part company
  6. "Abdullatif Jameel Saudi Professional League 2013/2014 Scorers".
  7. "Al Shabab 1 – 4 Al Ittihad". Archived from the original on 9 January 2017.
  8. "Al Raed 1 – 4 Al Ittihad". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016.
  9. "Al Hilal 5 – 1 Al Ettifaq". Archived from the original on 9 April 2017.
  10. "Najran 5 – 1 Al Nahda". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
  11. "Al Nassr 4 – 0 Al Faisaly". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
  12. "Al Ahli 4 – 0 Al Fateh". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
  13. "Al Nassr 3 – 1 Al Ittihad". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
  14. "Al Hilal 6 – 0 Al Nahda". Archived from the original on 17 April 2017.
  15. "أكثر اللاعبين صناعة للأهداف". Archived from the original on 7 August 2014.
  16. "أكثر الحراس محافظة على شباكه". Archived from the original on 3 April 2014.
  17. "احصائيات كاملة : الكروت". Archived from the original on 10 November 2017.
  18. "أكثر مباراة في عدد الجمهور". Archived from the original on 20 August 2014.
  19. "أكثر فريق حضور جماهيري على أرضه". Archived from the original on 29 August 2014.
  20. "أكثر فريق معدل حضور جماهيري على أرضه". Archived from the original on 5 July 2014.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.