2012–13 Saudi Professional League
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| Season | 2012–13 |
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| Champions | Al Fateh |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 531 (2.92 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Sebastián Tagliabué (19 Goals) |
| Highest scoring | Al-Faisaly 6-1 Najran |
| Longest winning run | Al-Hilal 10 Games |
| Longest unbeaten run | Al Fateh 17 Games |
| Longest losing run | Al-Wahda 19 Games |
| Highest attendance | 28,188 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Ahli |
| Lowest attendance | 60 Al-Shoalah 1-1 Al-Faisaly |
| Average attendance | 3544 |
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2013–14 →
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The Zain Professional League is the premier league in Saudi Arabia. Al Fateh wins the league title with the team first ever championship.[1]
In the end of the Season 2008–09 the league was called Saudi Professional League, but the league name has been renamed to Zain Professional League and the name stands for a mobile telephone provider called Zain which is now become an official sponsor of the premier league. The fixture schedule was released on 23 June 2012.[2]
Al-Shabab are the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Zain League season. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2011–12 Zain League and two new teams promoted from the 2011–12 First Division: Al-Shoalah and Al-Wahda who replace relegated Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Ansar.
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Qualification and Prize money [edit]
The Top three teams of the league plus the winner of Champions Cup will qualify for the AFC Asian Champions League.
The Top six teams will qualify for Champions Cup.
and The bottom two teams in the end of the season will be relegated.
Prize money:
- First place: 2.5 million Saudi Riyals
- Second place: 1.5 million Saudi Riyals
- Third place: 1 million Saudi Riyals
Stadiums and locations [edit]
| 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-Nasr | 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-Wahda | Mecca | King Abdul Aziz Stadium | 38,000 |
| 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 |
| Hajer | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium | 27,550 |
Members clubs [edit]
| Team | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ittihad |  Beñat San José |
SportOne | STC | 5th |
| Al-Hilal |  Zlatko Dalić |
Adidas | Mobily | 3rd |
| Al-Ahli |  Aleksander Ilic |
Umbro | STC | 2nd |
| Al Fateh |  Fathi Al Jebali |
Lotto | Kia | 6th |
| Hajer |  Tareq Yahya |
Hattrick | Al-Ghadeer co. | 11th |
| Al-Ettifaq |  Maciej Skorza |
Puma | — | 4th |
| Al-Nassr |  José Daniel Carreño |
NFC | STC | 7th |
| Al-Shoalah | Ahmad Alajlani |
Puma | Tania Co. | 1st In 1st Division |
| Al Raed |  Vlatko Kostov |
Hattrick | Al-Remikhani | 10th |
| Al-Shabab |  Michel Preud'homme |
Adidas | STC | 1st |
| Al-Wahda | Wajdi Esside |
Hattrick | — | 2nd in 1st Division |
| Najran | Gjoko Hadžievski |
Adidas | — | 9th |
| Al-Faisaly | Marc Brys |
Hattrick | Al-Bana'a | 8th |
| Al Taawon |  Tawfiq Rawabeh |
JAKO | — | 12th |
Managerial changes [edit]
Managerial changes during the 2012-13 campaign.
Pre-season [edit]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ettifaq |  Sameer Hilal |
Temporary mandate over |  Alain Geiger |
| Al-Faisaly | Zlatko Dalić |
Contract expired | Marc Brys |
| Al-Hilal |  Ivan Hasek |
 Antoine Kombouaré |
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| Al Taawon | Khalid Kamal |
Temporary mandate over | Gjoko Hadžievski |
| Najran | Gjoko Hadžievski |
Miodrag Ješić |
During the season [edit]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Nasr |  Francisco Maturana |
Sacked | José Daniel Carreño[3] |
| Ettifaq | Alain Geiger |
Sacked | Maciej Skorza[4] |
| Al-Wahda | Basheer Abdulsamad |
Resigned | Wajdi Esside |
| Hajer |  Ednaldo Patricio |
Sacked | Tareq Yahya |
| Al-Shoalah | Mohammed Salah |
Sacked [5] | Ahmad Alajlani [5] |
| Al-Hilal | Antoine Kombouaré |
Sacked [6] | Zlatko Dalić |
| Al Raed | Ammar Souayah |
Resigned [7] | Vlatko Kostov |
| Najran | Miodrag Ješić |
Sacked [8] | AlKhamis Alobidi |
| Al Taawon | Gjoko Hadžievski |
Sacked [9] | Tawfiq Rawabeh |
| Al-Ittihad | Raúl Caneda |
Sacked [10] | Beñat San José |
| Al-Ahli | Karel Jarolím |
Sacked [11] | Aleksander Ilic |
| Najran | AlKhamis Alobidi |
Sacked [12] | Alhassan Al-Yami |
| Najran | Alhassan Al-Yami |
Temporary mandate over | Gjoko Hadžievski |
League table [edit]
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Fateh (C) (Q) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 64 | 2014 AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Al Hilal (Q) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 26 | +36 | 56 | |
| 3 | Al-Shabab (Q) | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 56 | |
| 4 | Al-Nassr | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 50 | |
| 5 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 44 | |
| 6 | Ettifaq FC | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 35 | |
| 7 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 33 | |
| 8 | Al Raed | 26 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 32 | |
| 9 | Al-Shoalah | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 30 | |
| 10 | Najran SC | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 52 | −21 | 25 | |
| 11 | Al-Faisaly | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 24 | |
| 12 | Al-Taawon | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 19 | |
| 13 | Hajer (R) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 48 | −24 | 16 | Relegation to 2013–14 Saudi First Division |
| 14 | Al-Wahda (R) | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 12 |
Updated to games played on 27 April 2013.
Source: FIFA.COM، League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Fixtures and results [edit]
| Home \ Away[1] | ITT | HIL | AHI | SHB | NAS | ETT | HJR | WAH | NAJ | RAE | FAT | SHL | TWN | FSL |
| Al-Ittihad | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Al Hilal | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Ahli | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Shabab | 2–2 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | |
| Al-Nassr | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
| Ettifaq FC | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Hajer | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 3–3 | |
| Al-Wahda | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Najran SC | 2–0 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Al Raed | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Fateh | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Shoalah | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Taawon | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Faisaly | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
Updated to games played on 20 April 2013.
Source: FIFA.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics [edit]
Top scorers [edit]
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals [13] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastián Tagliabué |
Al-Shabab | 19 |
| 2 | Wesley Lopes |
Al-Hilal | 17 |
 Doris Fuakumputu |
Al-Fateh | 17 | |
| 4 | Yasser Al-Qahtani |
Al-Hilal | 13 |
| 5 | Victor Simões |
Al-Ahli | 12 |
 Hassan Taïr |
Al-Shoalah | 12 | |
| 7 | Élton José |
Al-Fateh | 11 |
| 8 |  Yoo Byung-Soo |
Al-Hilal | 10 |
| Nasser Al-Shamrani |
Al-Shabab | 10 | |
 Hamza Al-Dardour |
Najran SC | 10 | |
| Mohammad Al-Sahlawi |
Al Nassr | 10 | |
| Yves Diba Ilunga |
Al-Raed | 10 |
References [edit]
- ^ "Outsiders Al Fath celebrate Saudi success". FIFA.com. fifa.com. Retrieved 28 Apr 2013.
- ^ Zain Fixture Scheudle
- ^ Daniel Carreño coaching alnassr
- ^ New boss for Ettifaq
- ^ a b "الشعلة يستنجد بالعجلاني". alwatan. alwatan.com.sa. Retrieved 31 DEC 2012.
- ^ "Hilal sack Kombouaré, appoint Zlatko". alwatan. The AFC. Retrieved 5 Feb 2013.
- ^ "المقدوني فالوتك يخلف السويح في الرائد". alriyadh. alriyadh.com. Retrieved 9 Feb 2013.
- ^ "مدرب نجران يلحق بركب الراحلين عن الدوري والعبيدي بديلا". alriyadh. alriyadh.com. Retrieved 2 Jan 2013.
- ^ "التعاون يتعاقد رسميا مع المدرب الجزائري روابح". aawsat. Saudi Research and Marketing. Retrieved 26 Feb 2013.
- ^ "الاتحاد يقيل كانيدا ويعين مدرب الأولمبي خلفا له". alyaum. alyaum.com. Retrieved 23 Feb 2013.
- ^ "الأهلي ينهي علاقته بـياروليم و ألكس مدربا". alwatan. alwatan.com.sa. Retrieved 2 Mar 2013.
- ^ "مدرب نجران يلحق بركب الراحلين عن الدوري والعبيدي بديلا". aawsat. Saudi Research and Marketing. Retrieved 3 Mar 2013.
- ^ "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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