2022–23 Saudi Second Division League

Second Division League
Season	2022–23
Dates	30 September 2022 – 30 April 2023
Champions	Al-Najma (3rd title)
Promoted	Al-Najma; Al-Taraji; Al-Bukiryah; Al-Safa; Al-Jandal
Relegated	Qilwah; Al-Sharq; Al-Nahda; Sajer
Matches played	483
Goals scored	1,153 (2.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aniekpeno Udo; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Qous 5–0 Al-Lewaa; (16 December 2022)
Biggest away win	Al-Sharq 0–6 Al-Washm; (17 December 2022); Sajer 0–6 Al-Suqoor; (7 February 2023)
Highest scoring	Al-Suqoor 2–5 Al-Najma; (3 December 2022); Jerash 5–2 Tuwaiq; (26 February 2023); Al-Taraji 4–3 Al-Jandal; (5 March 2023)
Longest winning run	Al-Najma; (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Safa; (18 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Sharq; (16 matches)
Longest losing run	Al-Ansar; (7 matches)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2023.

The 2022–23 Saudi Second Division League was the second season of the Saudi Second Division League after its rebrand, and the 47th season since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 30 September 2022 and concluded on 30 April 2023 with the final. The group stage draw was held on 9 June 2022.^[1] Fixtures for the 2022–23 season were announced on 25 August 2022.^[2]

The final was played on 30 April 2023 between Al-Najma and Al-Taraji. Al-Najma defeated Al-Taraji 2–1 to win their third title and first since 2010.^[3]

Overview

Changes

On 9 October 2020, the Saudi FF announced that the number of teams in the league would be increased to 32, with each group consisting of 16 teams, starting from the 2022–23 season. To prepare for these changes it was announced that only 3 teams would be promoted to the MS League and 5 teams would be relegated from the MS League in the 2021–22 season.^[4]

On 14 April 2022, the Saudi FF announced that the number of teams in the Pro League would be increased from 16 to 18 teams. To prepare for this change, only 2 teams would be relegated to the First Division League and 4 teams would be promoted to the Pro League. This meant that 5 teams would be promoted from the Second Division to the First Division instead of the usual 3.^[5]

Team changes

A total of 32 teams are contesting the league, including 21 sides from the 2020–21 season, 5 relegated teams from the FD League, and 6 promoted teams from the Third Division.^[6]

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season

To Second Division

Promoted from the Third Division

Relegated from FD League

From Second Division

Promoted to FD League

Relegated to the Third Division

Teams

Group A

Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Saudi Second Division Group A

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Bukiryah	Al Bukayriyah	Al-Bukiryah Club Stadium
Al-Diriyah	Diriyah	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (Riyadh)
Al-Entesar	Rabigh	Al-Entesar Club Stadium
Al-Jandal	Dumat al-Jandal	Al-Orobah Club Stadium (Sakakah)
Al-Lewaa	Baqaa	Al-Jabalain Club Stadium (Ha'il)
Al-Nahda	Dammam	Prince Fahd bin Salman Stadium
Al-Qous	Al Khurmah	Al-Qous Club Stadium
Al-Sadd	Najaan	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj)
Al-Saqer	Buraidah (Al-Basr)	Al-Taawoun Club Stadium
Al-Taqadom	Al Mithnab	Al-Najma Club Stadium (Unaizah)
Al-Taraji	Qatif	Al-Khaleej Club Stadium
Arar	Arar	Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sport City Stadium
Hetten	Samtah	King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan)
Jerash	Ahad Rafidah	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Reserve Stadium (Abha)
Qilwah	Qilwah	Qilwah Club Stadium
Tuwaiq	Al Zulfi	Al-Zulfi Club Stadium

Group B

Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Saudi Second Division Group B

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Ansar	Medina	Al-Ansar Club Stadium
Al-Jeel	Al-Hasa (Hofuf)	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Kawkab	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium
Al-Nairyah	Al Nairyah	Al-Ettifaq Club Stadium
Al-Najma	Unaizah	Al-Najma Club Stadium
Al-Rawdhah	Al-Hasa (Al-Jeshah)	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Rayyan	Haʼil	Al-Jabalain Club Stadium
Al-Safa	Safwa City	Al-Safa Club Stadium
Al-Shaeib	Huraymila	Irqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh)
Al-Sharq	Ad-Dilam	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj)
Al-Suqoor	Tabuk	King Khalid Sport City Stadium
Al-Washm	Shaqra	Al-Washm Club Stadium
Al-Zulfi	Al Zulfi	Al-Zulfi Club Stadium
Bisha	Bisha	Bisha University Stadium
Sajer	Sajir	Al-Washm Club Stadium (Shaqra)
Wej	Ta'if	King Fahd Stadium

Foreign players

The number of foreign players was increased from 3 players per team to 4 players per team.^[7]

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players
Al-Ansar	Soumahoro Bangaly	Chevaughn Walsh	Chaker Rguiî		Sid Ahmed Aouadj Amar Djabou
Al-Bukiryah	Nemanja Kojčić	Izaldin Al Awad	Alaeddine Marzouki	Youssef Trabelsi	Bubacarr Sumareh
Al-Diriyah	Ferraz Kamel	Aboubacar Diarra	Oussema Ben Ayed	Mehdi Bensib	Bladimir Díaz Nassim Chachia Yassine Salhi
Al-Entesar	Ahmed Gagaâ	Maher Sharoma	Lawson Bekui	Karim El Oualadi	Konan Ahuie Houssem Bnina Amine Khalloufi Anis Khedher
Al-Jandal	Njiva Rakotoharimalala	Aniekpeno Udo	Rafik Mednini	Sabri Zaidi
Al-Jeel	Edilson	Bruno Matos	Gelson Mello	Modibo Maïga	Sidevaldo Pereira^[ar] Alphonse Kouamé Mohamed Al Hasanat Hamza Goudali
Al-Kawkab	Jerome Mpacko-Etame	Olivier Kwizera	Pape Mamadou Sow	Ghazi Ayadi	Abdoul Razak Coulibaly Cyril Olisema
Al-Lewaa	Maycon Santana	Muath Afaneh	Imran Ilyas Bakur	Saith Sakala	Victory Omodiagbe
Al-Nahda	Ricardo Verza	Khalid Salah	Idrissa Traoré	Yassine Dahbi	Sid Ali Lakroum Guillaume Daho Kenneth Ikechukwu
Al-Nairyah	Zoubir Motrani	Fabrice Onana	Mohammad Al-Kloub	Achraf Ben Dhiaf	Ahmad Boussaid Omar Lamti
Al-Najma	Hichem Mokhtar	Rafa Miranda	Abdoulaye Dieng	Seifeddine Akremi
Al-Qous	Ahmad Hamdy	Johann Lengoualama	Jamaa Marzougi	Houssem Eddine Lahbibi	Ibrahim Eisa Pape Camara
Al-Rawdhah	Soufyan Ahannach	Israel Abia	Amine Mhadhebi	Selim Rebai	Didier Pepe Houssem Tabboubi
Al-Rayyan	Mohamed Abu Arqoub	Abdallah Berrabeh	Semah Bouhajeb	Alaeddine Sekrani	Junior Lokosa
Al-Sadd	Abdessamed Bounoua	Abdelhak Sailaa	Aneel Bkaki	Mohamed Salem	Akrem Demane Kaddour Beldjilali
Al-Safa	Adnane El Ouardy	Jilani Abdessalam	Mohamed Aouichi	Malek Miladi
Al-Saqer	Franco Romero	Alaa Anas	Lassina Diaby	Pape Babacar	Mame Balla Diop Abdou Samb
Al-Shaeib	Araújo	Jeferson	Stanley Ohawuchi	Ali Yahya	Jordan Nkololo
Al-Sharq	Oussama Aggar	Billel Bensaha	Sofiane Khelili	Harouna Samake	Mohamed Salem Wajdi Mejri Edem Rjaïbi
Al-Suqoor	Mohamed Benyahia	Adil Djabout	Hamed Touré	Mohamed M'Bareck	Mehdi Benaldjia Grace Tanda
Al-Taqadom	Mahmoud El Ghazaly	Benjamin Afutu	Bernard Arthur	Kwabena Nyanteh
Al-Taraji	Abdou Aziz Ndiaye	Mohammed Ben Abdessalem	Mahmoud Ben Salah	Houssine Messadi
Al-Washm	Amir Karaoui	Mohammed Alhaj	Yousef Omar	Alaeddine Bouslimi	Fody Traoré^[ar] Stanley Ohawuchi
Al-Zulfi	Sid Ahmed Aouadj	Skander Ben Afia	Ahmad Boussaid	Fehmi Kacem	Emmanuel Banahene Amir Omrani
Arar	Guillaume Daho	Salaheddine Bahi	Khaled Gharsellaoui	Oussama Omrani	Adel Hmani Chiheb Jbeli Othman Saidi
Bisha	Samuel Nlend	Oscar Tahi	Pape Camara	Sabri Ameri	Tarik Kada Rabii Bouzid
Hetten	Carlos Coppetti	Patrick Ngoula	Kerfala Kouyaté	Mahmoud Al-Youssef	Raël Lolala
Jerash	Anderson Paraíba	Vanílson	Cheikh Saadné	Sami Hammami	Haythem Mhamdi
Qilwah	Blaise Ngoh	Charles Ikechukwu	Daniel Nosike	Maher Labidi	Harrison Cardoso Robert Odu Khaled Haj Othman Anis Khedher
Sajer	Cléber Prado	Ahmed Amri	Lassaad Jaziri	Nizar Touil	Riad Gharrich Wesley Simeão Valdo Bacabal
Tuwaiq	Anouar El Azizi	Chidiebere Nwakali	Wajdi Mejri	Omar Smari	Mohamed Said Karchoud
Wej	Islam Bouloudene	Akrem Demane	Chamseddine Harrag	Hazem Mbarek	Thales Lima Josue Mohy Patrick Gbala

Group A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Taraji (P)	30	16	8	6	48	32	+16	56	Promotion to the First Division and qualification to the Final
2	Al-Bukiryah (P)	30	15	10	5	41	27	+14	55	Promotion to the First Division
3	Al-Jandal (P)	30	14	8	8	58	44	+14	50	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Tuwaiq	30	14	7	9	43	36	+7	49
5	Al-Saqer	30	11	14	5	36	27	+9	47
6	Jerash	30	12	8	10	44	40	+4	44
7	Arar	30	11	9	10	35	31	+4	42
8	Al-Sadd	30	9	12	9	41	36	+5	39
9	Al-Entesar	30	10	8	12	32	38	−6	38^[a]
10	Al-Diriyah	30	8	14	8	28	31	−3	38^[a]
11	Al-Taqadom	30	8	11	11	29	36	−7	35
12	Hetten	30	7	11	12	32	39	−7	32^[b]
13	Al-Lewaa	30	7	11	12	28	38	−10	32^[b]
14	Al-Qous	30	8	8	14	28	37	−9	32^[b]
15	Qilwah (R)	30	8	7	15	27	39	−12	31	Relegation to the Third Division
16	Al-Nahda (R)	30	5	8	17	25	44	−19	23	Relegation to the Third Division

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2023. Source: saff.com.sa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).^[8]
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Entesar finished ahead of Al-Diriyah on head-to-head points: Al-Entesar: 6 pts, Al-Diriyah: 0 pts (Al-Entesar 3–0 Al-Diriyah, Al-Diriyah 1–2 Al-Entesar).
^ ^a ^b ^c Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hetten: 7 pts and +1 GD; Al-Lewaa: 7 pts and –1 GD; Al-Qous: 3 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	BUK	DIR	ENT	JAN	LEW	NAH	QOU	SAD	SAQ	TAQ	TAR	ARA	HET	JER	QIL	TUW
Al-Bukiryah		1–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Al-Diriyah	1–0		1–2	3–2	2–1	4–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	1–1
Al-Entesar	0–0	3–0		2–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–2
Al-Jandal	0–1	2–2	0–0		2–0	2–1	2–3	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	4–1	1–2
Al-Lewaa	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	0–3	2–2
Al-Nahda	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		0–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–2
Al-Qous	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–3	5–0	0–0		2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–2
Al-Sadd	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		0–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–0
Al-Saqer	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0
Al-Taqadom	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–3		0–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	0–2
Al-Taraji	0–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	3–1		1–0	1–0	3–2	5–1	1–2
Arar	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–0		2–1	3–0	0–0	0–1
Hetten	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–2		0–3	0–1	2–3
Jerash	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–1		1–0	5–2
Qilwah	0–1	0–0	3–2	2–4	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1		1–2
Tuwaiq	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	3–3	0–0	0–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 April 2023. Source: saff.com.sa
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Najma (C, P)	30	19	7	4	46	22	+24	64	Promotion to the First Division and qualification to the Final
2	Al-Safa (P)	30	16	10	4	41	20	+21	58	Promotion to the First Division
3	Bisha	30	15	10	5	41	21	+20	55	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Al-Kawkab	30	15	8	7	31	24	+7	53
5	Al-Nairyah	30	12	11	7	42	32	+10	47
6	Al-Zulfi	30	11	13	6	47	33	+14	46
7	Al-Rawdhah	30	10	14	6	43	29	+14	44
8	Al-Jeel	30	11	9	10	31	31	0	42
9	Wej	30	10	6	14	38	46	−8	36^[a]
10	Al-Rayyan	30	9	9	12	32	35	−3	36^[a]
11	Al-Ansar	30	7	10	13	32	46	−14	31
12	Al-Washm	30	6	12	12	37	40	−3	30
13	Al-Shaeib	30	7	7	16	27	46	−19	28
14	Al-Suqoor	30	5	12	13	34	46	−12	27
15	Al-Sharq (R)	30	5	11	14	26	46	−20	26	Relegation to the Third Division
16	Sajer (R)	30	3	9	18	21	52	−31	18	Relegation to the Third Division

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: saff.com.sa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).^[8]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Wej finished ahead of Al-Rayyan on head-to-head goal difference: Wej +1 GD, Al-Rayyan –1 GD (Wej 3–1 Al-Rayyan, Al-Rayyan 2–1 Wej).

Results

Home \ Away	ANS	JEL	KAW	NAI	NAJ	RAW	RAY	SAF	SHA	SHR	SUQ	WAS	ZUL	BIS	SAJ	WEJ
Al-Ansar		1–1	1–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1
Al-Jeel	3–2		0–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Al-Kawkab	1–0	1–0		0–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	1–2
Al-Nairyah	4–1	2–2	0–0		0–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	5–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–2
Al-Najma	4–0	3–2	1–1	2–1		1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–2
Al-Rawdhah	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–1		1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–1	4–0	2–0
Al-Rayyan	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–2		0–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–1
Al-Safa	2–1	4–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1		3–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1
Al-Shaeib	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0		3–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–3
Al-Sharq	1–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3		1–1	0–6	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0
Al-Suqoor	0–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–5	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–0		0–3	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1
Al-Washm	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–1	0–3	2–0	2–2
Al-Zulfi	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	3–2	2–2	3–0		1–1	3–2	5–1
Bisha	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–0		2–1	2–1
Sajer	0–1	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	0–6	1–1	1–3	0–2		0–2
Wej	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	3–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 8 April 2023. Source: saff.com.sa
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Promotion play-offs

Both teams that finish third in Groups A and B will face each other in a two-legged match with the winner gaining promotion to the FD League. Al-Jandal, who finished third in Group A, faced Bisha, who finished third in Group B.^[9] The first leg was played on 24 April and the second leg on 29 April.^[10] Al-Jandal defeated Bisha 4–2 on aggregate to secure promotion to the FD League.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Jandal	4–2	Bisha	2–1	2–1

First leg

24 April 2023

16:10

Al-Jandal	2–1	Bisha
Udo 43' Zaidi 90+1'	Report	Nlend 19'

Al-Orobah Club Stadium, Sakakah

Referee: Abdulsamad Bakri

Second leg

29 April 2023

16:10

Bisha	1–2	Al-Jandal
Tahi 40'	Report	Udo 30', 86'

Bisha University Stadium, Bisha

Referee: Mohammed Al-Buraidi

Final

The winners of each group will play a single-legged final on 30 April to decide the champion of the 2022–23 Second Division. As winners of Group A, Al-Taraji will face Al-Najma, the winners of Group B. The match was held at Al-Najma's home stadium due to them finishing with more points.^[12] Al-Najma defeated Al-Taraji 2–1 to win their third title and first since 2010.

30 April 2023

19:15 AST

Al-Najma	2–1	Al-Taraji
Miranda 50' Mokhtar 54'	Report	Ben Abdessalem 65'

Al-Najma Club Stadium, Unaizah

Referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan

Statistics

As of 30 April 2023

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[13]
1	Aniekpeno Udo	Al-Jandal	23
2	Adnane El Ouardy	Al-Safa	19
3	Abdou Aziz Ndiaye	Al-Taraji	17
4	Vanílson	Jerash	15
4	Israel Abia	Al-Rawdhah	15
6	Jassem Al-Hamdan	Al-Nairyah	12
	Mohamed Abbas	Al-Ansar
	Mohammed Ben Abdessalem	Al-Taraji
	Njiva Rakotoharimalala	Al-Jandal
10	Aneel Bkaki	Al-Sadd	11
	Maher Sharoma	Al-Entesar
	Sabri Zaidi	Al-Jandal
	Oscar Tahi	Bisha

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Mohammed Ben Abdessalem	Al-Taraji	Qilwah	5–1 (H)	30 September 2022	^[14]
Aniekpeno Udo	Al-Jandal	Al-Qous	3–3 (A)	22 October 2022	^[15]
Bubacarr Sumareh⁴	Al-Bukiryah	Hetten	4–1 (H)	29 October 2022	^[16]
Faisal Al-Mutairi	Al-Najma	Al-Jeel	3–2 (H)	17 December 2022	^[17]
Vanílson	Jerash	Al-Taqadom	3–1 (H)	23 December 2022	^[18]
Jassem Al-Hamdan	Al-Nairyah	Al-Shaeib	5–1 (H)	13 January 2023	^[19]
Aniekpeno Udo	Al-Jandal	Qilwah	4–2 (A)	21 January 2023	^[20]
Akrem Demane	Wej	Al-Suqoor	3–2 (H)	2 February 2023	^[21]
Abdullah Al-Saihani	Tuwaiq	Al-Sadd	3–3 (H)	4 March 2023	^[22]
Abdou Aziz Ndiaye	Al-Taraji	Al-Jandal	4–3 (H)	5 March 2023	^[23]
Mesned Al-Enezi	Al-Zulfi	Sajer	3–1 (A)	5 April 2023	^[24]

Note

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

Number of teams by province

Rank	Province	Number	Teams
1	Riyadh	9	Al-Diriyah, Al-Kawkab, Al-Sadd, Al-Shaeib, Al-Sharq, Al-Washm, Al-Zulfi, Sajer and Tuwaiq
2	Eastern Province	6	Al-Jeel, Al-Nahda, Al-Nairyah, Al-Rawdhah, Al-Safa and Al-Taraji
3	Al-Qassim	4	Al-Bukiryah, Al-Najma, Al-Saqer and Al-Taqadom
4	Mecca	3	Al-Entesar, Al-Qous and Wej
5	Asir	2	Bisha and Jerash
5	Ha'il	2	Al-Lewaa and Al-Rayyan
7	Al-Bahah	1	Qilwah
	Al Jawf		Al-Jandal
	Jazan		Hetten
	Medina		Al-Ansar
	Northern Borders		Arar
	Tabuk		Al-Suqoor

References

[table_hth_ENT0.61709629726461-8] Al-Entesar finished ahead of Al-Diriyah on head-to-head points: Al-Entesar: 6 pts, Al-Diriyah: 0 pts (Al-Entesar 3–0 Al-Diriyah, Al-Diriyah 1–2 Al-Entesar).

[table_hth_HET0.61709629726461-9] Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hetten: 7 pts and +1 GD; Al-Lewaa: 7 pts and –1 GD; Al-Qous: 3 pts.

[table_hth_WEJ0.15612446477456-11] Wej finished ahead of Al-Rayyan on head-to-head goal difference: Wej +1 GD, Al-Rayyan –1 GD (Wej 3–1 Al-Rayyan, Al-Rayyan 2–1 Wej).

[1] "نتائج قرعة منافسات دوري الدرجة الثانية لموسم 2022/2023".

[2] "رياضي / المسابقات تصدر جدول دوري الدرجة الثانية وسط تطورات كبيرة تشهدها المسابقة".

[3] "رسميًا.. النجمة بطلًا لدوري الدرجة الثانية السعودي".

[4] "تقليص أندية دوري الأولى إلى 18 نادٍ ..و استحداث دوري الثالثة..و استبدال دوري المناطق بالدرجة الرابعة". 9 October 2020.

[5] "رسمياً.. زيادة عدد أندية الدوري السعودي والأجانب".

[6] "ترقبوا غدًا.. قرعة دورينا".

[7] "نتائج اجتماع مجلس إدارة الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم".

[regulations-10] "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[12] "رسمياً.. "نادي بيشة" يتأهل إلى ملحق الصعود للدرجة الأولى".

[13] "لمقعد الأخير للصعود".

[14] "الجندل.. خامس الصاعدين إلى "يلو"".

[15] "اختتام مجموعتي الدرجة الثانية بصعود أربع فرق والملحق ينتظر الصاعد الخامس".

[16] "Saudi League 2nd Division 2022/2023 Scorers".

[17] "رحـبـوا مـعـنـا بصاحب أول "هاتريك" في دورينا هذا الموسم".

[18] "صاحب الهتاريك في الجولة".

[19] "رحبوا بصاحب السوبر هاتريك".

[20] "رجل الهاتريك ⚽️⚽️⚽️ فيصل المطيري يسعد جماهير @alnajmahfc".

[21] "صاحـب الـهـاتـريـك 😍! دي ليما مـن @JERASH_FC تـوج فريقـه بنقاط المبارة".

[22] "سجل هـاتريك 🔝 ساهم في منح @Nairea_club نقاط المباراة 🏹 رحـبـو معنا باللاعب جاسم الحمدان".

[23] "صـاحـب الـهـاتـريـك 🌟 كرستوفـر.. يمنح فريقه @aljandalclub1 النقاط الثلاث".

[24] "أكرم دمان بـ 3 زيارات لشباك المنافس".

[25] "عبدالله السيحاني بحضور متألق يسجل هاتريك ويرفض الخسارة لفريقه".

[26] "هـاتـريـك + هـدف سـيـنـمـائـي عبدالعزيز نـداي @altarajiclub يـتـألـق".

[27] "مسند العنزي يختتم موسمه بـ الهاتريك".

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2022–23 Saudi Second Division League

Contents

Overview

Changes

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season

To Second Division

From Second Division

Teams

Foreign players

Group A

League table

Results

Group B

League table

Results

Promotion play-offs

Final

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Number of teams by province

See also

References