2007–08 Saudi Premier League

The 2007-08 season of the Saudi Premier League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Premier League
Season2007–08
ChampionsAl-Hilal
RelegatedAl-Qadsiah
Al-Tai
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Hilal
Al-Ittihad
Al-Shabab
Al-Ettifaq
Top goalscorerNasser Al-Shamrani (18 goals)

Teams and venues

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Team Location Venue Capacity
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium 24,000
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 35,000
Al-Hazem Ar Rass Al-Hazem Club Stadium 3,000
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd Sports City 67,000
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City 27,000
Al-Nassr Riyadh King Fahd Sports City/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City 67,000/27,000
Al-Qadsiah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City 10,000
Al-Shabab Riyadh King Fahd Sports City 67,000
Al-Tai Ḥaʼil Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City 10,000
Al-Watani Tabuk Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Wehda Mecca King Abdulaziz Sports City 38,000
Najran Najran Najran Stadium 3,000

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Former players
Al-Ahli   Caio   Leandro   Val Baiano   Nunes
  Khaled Badra
Al-Ettifaq   Prince Tagoe   Salaheddine Aqqal   Mohamed Rebeiz   Radu Neguț
Al-Hazem   Godwin Attram   Fahad Al-Rashidi   Said Suwailim Al-Shoon   Iranildo
Al-Hilal   Marcelo Tavares   Lelo Mbele   Baba Adamu   Tarik El Taib   Bruno Agnello
Al-Ittihad   Magno Alves   Renan Teixeira   Tcheco   Alhassane Keita   Robert
Al-Nassr   Élton Arábia   Hugo Porfírio   Abdelkarim Nafti   Issam Merdassi
Al-Qadsiah   Walter Minhoca   Ahmed Zuway   Younes Gasen
Al-Shabab   Juan Manuel Martínez   Fernando   Marcelo Camacho   Amir Azmy
  Godwin Attram
  Michael Eneramo
Al-Tai   Hassan Bouizgar
Al-Watani   Yacine Hima   Ousmane Traoré   Sylvain Idangar
Al-Wehda   Pierre Njanka   Hassan Mostafa   Abdullah Quaye   Omar Daoud   Marouane Bokri
Najran   Wilsinho   Bamba Drissa   Moez Alaya

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Al-Hilal (C) 22 14 6 2 36 13 +23 48[a] Champions and qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
2 Al-Ittihad 22 14 6 2 40 16 +24 48[a] Qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
3 Al-Shabab 22 11 9 2 39 21 +18 42
4 Al-Ettifaq 22 10 5 7 34 25 +9 35
5 Al-Nassr 22 9 6 7 34 35 −1 33
6 Al-Wehda 22 8 5 9 29 27 +2 29
7 Al-Hazem 22 7 6 9 26 28 −2 27
8 Al-Ahli 22 7 5 10 30 31 −1 26
9 Al-Watani 22 6 7 9 20 32 −12 25
10 Najran 22 5 6 11 29 44 −15 21
11 Al-Tai 22 2 7 13 20 38 −18 13 Relegated
12 Al-Qadsiah 22 2 6 14 17 44 −27 12
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Al-Hilal finished top due to their superior head-to-head record against Al-Ittihad.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Scorer Club Goals [1][2]
1   Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab 18
2   Al-Hasan Al-Yami Najran 16
3   Essa Al-Mehyani Al-Wehda 14
4   Prince Tagoe Al-Ettifaq 10
  Mohammed Al-Shahrani Al-Nassr
  Saad Al-Harthi Al-Nassr
  Saleh Bashir Al-Ettifaq
  Yasser Al-Qahtani Al-Hilal

References

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  1. ^ "2007–08 Saudi Premier League scorer charts". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.