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2017–18 Saudi Second Division
The 2017–18 Saudi Second Division was the 42nd season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1976. The season featured 13 teams from the 2016–17 campaign, three new teams relegated from the 2016–17 First Division: Al-Adalh, Al-Jeel and Wej, and four new teams promoted from the 2016–17 Third Division: Al-Kholood as champions, Al-Hejaz as runners-up, Al-Taqadom as third place and Al-Jubail as fourth place. The league began on 19 October 2017 and ended on 17 March 2018. Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season. To Second Division Promoted from 2016–17 Third Division * Al-Kholood * Al-Hejaz * Al-Taqadom * Al-Jubail Relegated from 2016–17 First Division * Al-Adalh * Al-Jeel * Wej From Second Division Promoted to Prince Mohammad bin Salman League * Al-Kawkab * Jeddah Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabi ...
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Saudi Second Division
The Saudi Second Division League, also known as the Second Division League (SDL), is a football league that is the third tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system. The league consists of 32 teams divided into two groups. Competition format Season The top 3 teams are promoted to the First Division League. The first two teams of each group will advance directly to the First Division League, and the second two teams of each group will compete in two round-trip matches, and the winning team will advance to the First Division League as the third team. The bottom two clubs of each group are relegated to the Third Division League. The first two teams of each group will compete in a game (hosted by the team with the highest score) and the winner of the game will be declared the champion. Each club can have a maximum of 25 players and a minimum of 16. The list can include up to 3 foreign players and 1 player born in Saudi Arabia, with the remaining players being all Saudi. A ...
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Al-Sharq Club
Al-Sharq Club of Dilam () is a Saudi Arabian football team in Dilam, south of Riyadh, playing at the Saudi Second Division. Current squad ''As of Saudi Second Division:'' See also * List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia This is a list of association football clubs in Saudi Arabia. List *Saudi Arabia has up to 172 clubs. {{Portal, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Football Clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Club (magazine), ''Club'' (ma ... References Football clubs in Saudi Arabia Football clubs in Riyadh Province Association football clubs established in 1962 1962 establishments in Saudi Arabia {{SaudiArabia-footyclub-stub ...
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Al-Mujazzal Club
Al-Mujazzal Club () is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Al Majma'ah that is currently playing in the Saudi Third Division. Their home stadium is Al Majma'ah Sports City. On 23 April 2016, Al-Mujazzal won its first league title winning the 2015–16 Saudi First Division and achieved their first promotion to the top flight league. However, on 21 July 2016, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation decided to strip them off their title and promotion due to a match fixing In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, rigging, hippodroming, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, v ... scandal and demoted them to last place in the 2015–16 Saudi First Division thus getting relegated to the Second Division. See also * List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia References Football clubs in Saudi Arabia Football clubs in Al Majma'ah 19 ...
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Jeddah Club
Jeddah Sports Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah. Founded in 1968, the club competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier in the Saudi Arabian football league system. It has a women's section. History The club was founded in 1968 under the name of Al-Bahri Club as a merger of five clubs; Radwa, Al-Salam, Al-Tasami, Al-Taleb, and Al-Hilal Al-Bahri. They changed their name to Al-Thagher Club before changing it once again to Al-Rabee Club in 1973. On 25 September 2016, the club once again changed their name this time to Jeddah Sports Club. The club's current president is Faisal Al-Saifi, who has been serving as its president since October 2020. Club management Current squad See also * List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia References Jeddah Jeddah ( ), alternatively transliterated as Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; , ), is a List of governorates of Saudi Arabia, governorate a ...
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Al-Kawkab FC
Al-Kawkab Football Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Kharj that plays in the Saudi Second Division League, the third tier of Saudi football. Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in the Saudi Pro League twice and have been relegated in each season. Al-Kawkab have won the Second Division once and finished runners-up once as well. The club last competed in the Professional League in the 1987–88 season when they were relegated to the First Division. The club play their home games at Al-Shoulla Club Stadium in Al-Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Shoulla, with whom they contest the Al-Kharj derby. Honours *Saudi First Division League **Winners (1): 1986–87 **Runners-up (1): 1984–85 *Saudi Second Division League **Winners (3): 1978–79, 2004–05, 2016–17 Current squad Managerial history * Fahad Al-Yaeesh (1967 – 1971) * ...
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2017–18 Prince Mohammad Bin Salman League
The 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League was the first season of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League under its current name, and 41st season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 12 September 2017 and concluded on 18 April 2018. Overview First Division rebranding On 19 September 2017, the General Sports Authority announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2017–18 season, the competition was known as the Prince Faisal bin Fahd League. As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced. On 9 February 2018, the General Sports Authority once again announced a rebrand; starting from the current season, the competition will be known as the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League. Rule changes On 11 September 2017, the SAFF announced that the numbers of foreign players were increased from 2 players to 3 players. They also announced that the allowed number of substitutions per match was increased from 3 to 5. Teams A total of 16 teams ar ...
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Saudi Arabian Football Federation
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF; ) is the association football, football Sport governing body, governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, It's responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The founder of the federation is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud (1923–2007), Abdullah bin Faisal. History The SAFF was formally established in 1956 and the same year it joined the FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation in 1974, to begin the process of organizing his local championships in addition to his external contributions during which he achieved many great achievements. The SAFF organizes local football competitions, in addition to organizing the participation of Saudi national teams and clubs internationally, as it effectively supervises 153 clubs participating in football competitions. Premier, First, Second, and Third) – The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Champions – U-23 Championship (for the First and First Class) ...
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Al-Hejaz Club
Al-Hejaz Club () is a Saudi Arabian football team in Baljurashi City playing at the Saudi Third Division. Current squad ''As of Saudi Third Division:'' See also * List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia References External links Al Hejaz Clubat Kooora.com Hejaz Hejaz Hejaz Hejaz Hejaz is a Historical region, historical region of the Arabian Peninsula that includes the majority of the western region of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Al Bahah, Al-B ...
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Saudi Third Division
The Saudi Third Division league (TDL), is a football league, the fourth tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system. History The Saudi FF created a new league called the Third Division League, consisting of 32 teams, and divided into four regional groups, starting from the 2021–22 season. Finally, at the level of local competitions affiliated with the Saudi Football Association, the federation announced the change of the third division to the fourth division league. Al-Suqoor, now known as Neom Neom (styled NEOM; , ) is an arcology and planned city being built by Saudi Arabia in Tabuk Province. Launched in 2017 by crown prince Mohammad bin Salman, the site is at the northern tip of the Red Sea, due east of Egypt across the Gulf of A ..., were the first champions. Teams that took part in the first edition Competition format The 4 group winners would get promoted to the Saudi Second Division. In addition, the 4 best runners-up would face each other in the promoti ...
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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 FC, Al-Qaisumah were promoted as champions, while Al-Adalh FC, Al-Adalh were promoted as Group B winners. Wej SC, 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 2015–16 Saudi Second Division, Second Division * Al-Qaisumah FC, Al-Qaisumah * Al-Adalh FC, Al-Adalh * Wej SC, Wej Relegated from 2015–16 Saudi Professional League, Professional League * Najran SC, Najran * Hajer Club, Hajer From the First Division Relegated to 2016–17 Saudi Second Di ...
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2018–19 Saudi Second Division
The 2018–19 Saudi Second Division was the 43rd season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1996. Fixtures were released on 4 September 2018 and the opening round of matches was played on 19 October 2018. The league season ended on 13 April 2019 with the final. On 13 April 2019, Hetten FC, Hetten defeated Al-Bukayriyah FC, Al-Bukayriyah 1–0 in the final to win their first title. Overview Changes On 7 March 2018, the Saudi FF announced that the league would be increased from 20 teams to 24 teams, divided into 2 groups of 12 teams. Team changes A total of 24 teams are contesting the league, including 9 sides from the 2017–18 Saudi Second Division, 2017–18 season, 1 relegated team from the 2017–18 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, MS League, 10 promoted teams from the 2017–18 Third Division, and four winners from the 2017–18 Saudi Second Division#Relegation play-offs, 2017–18 relegation playoffs. The following teams have changed division since th ...
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