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Saudi Pro League
Season	2022–2023
Dates	25 August 2022 – 31 May 2023
Champions	Al-Ittihad (9th title)
Relegated	Al-Adalah Al-Batin
AFC Champions League	Al-Ittihad Al-Hilal Al-Fayha Al-Nassr
FIFA Club World Cup	Al-Ittihad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	648 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abderrazak Hamdallah (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Ittihad 5–0 Al-Adalah (10 February 2023) Al-Raed 5–0 Damac (15 May 2023)
Biggest away win	Al-Batin 0–5 Al-Fateh (8 September 2022) Al-Adalah 0–5 Al-Nassr (5 April 2023)
Highest scoring	Al-Raed 2–4 Al-Fayha (14 January 2023) Al-Batin 2–4 Al-Shabab (9 February 2023) Al-Wehda 3–3 Al-Hilal (2 March 2023) Al-Fateh 1–5 Al-Ittihad (18 March 2023) Al-Fateh 2–4 Al-Adalah (15 May 2023)
Longest winning run	Al-Ittihad Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Nassr (17 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Batin (17 matches)
Longest losing run	Al-Khaleej (6 matches)
Highest attendance	59,892 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Tai (31 May 2023)
Lowest attendance	284 Al-Wehda 0–1 Al-Fayha (31 May 2023)
Total attendance	2,241,254
Average attendance	9,339
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The 2022–23 Saudi Professional League (known as the Roshn Saudi League for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th edition of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. Fixtures for the first half of the 2022–23 season were announced on 4 August 2022.

Al-Hilal were the three-time defending champions after winning their recording extending 18th title last season. Al-Adalah, Al-Khaleej, and Al-Wehda join as the three promoted clubs from the 2021–22 Yelo League. They replaced Al-Ahli, Al-Faisaly, and Al-Hazem who were relegated to the 2022–23 Yelo League. The winner will play in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia as the host club.

On 27 May, Al-Ittihad secured their ninth league title, with one game to spare, following a 3–0 away win against Al-Fayha. Al-Batin were the first team to be relegated following a 1–0 defeat away to Al-Ittihad on 23 May. Al-Adalah were the second and final club to be relegated following a 2–0 home defeat to Al-Ettifaq on the final matchday.

Overview

Changes

On 14 April 2022, the Saudi FF announced that the number of teams in the Pro League 2023–24 season 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.

Name sponsorship

On 23 August 2022, the Saudi Pro League (SPL) announced that they had signed a sponsorship deal with real estate company Roshn. As part of the sponsorship deal, the Saudi Pro League would be known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL) for the next 5 seasons.

Teams

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Damacclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Saudi Professional League

16 teams are competing in the league – the top 13 teams from the previous season and the 3 teams promoted from the FD League.

Teams who were promoted to the Pro League

All 3 teams were promoted on the final day of the season. Al-Khaleej were promoted and crowned champions following a 0–0 away draw with Najran. Al-Khaleej return to the top flight for the first time since getting relegated in the 2016–17 season. Al-Khaleej will play in their 8th season in the top flight.

Al-Adalah were promoted following a 0–0 draw away to Jeddah. Al-Adalah return to the top flight after an absence of two seasons. Al-Adalah will play in their 2nd season in the top flight.

Al-Wehda were promoted following a 3–0 away win against Al-Diriyah. Al-Wehda will play in the top flight of Saudi football after a season's absence. Al-Wehda will play in their 38th season in the top flight.

Teams who were relegated to the FD League

Al-Hazem were the first team to be relegated following a 5–2 defeat away to Al-Ettifaq on 21 May. Al-Hazem were relegated after just one year in the top flight. This was their second relegation in three years.

Both Al-Ahli and Al-Faisaly were relegated following on the final day of the season. Al-Ahli were relegated for the first time in their history following a 0–0 away draw with Al-Shabab. They have previously competed in every edition of the Saudi Pro League since its inception in 1976–77. This is the first edition of the Pro League in which Al-Ahli will not be featured.

Al-Faisaly were relegated following a 2–1 away defeat to Al-Hilal. Al-Faisaly were relegated after 12 consecutive seasons in the top flight.

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Abha	Abha	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	20,000
Al-Adalah	Al-Hasa (Al-Hulaylah)	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	26,000
Al-Batin	Hafar al-Batin	Al-Batin Club Stadium	6,000
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	35,000
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa (Hofuf)	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	26,000
Al-Fayha	Al Majma'ah	Al Majma'ah Sports City	7,000
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	62,685 22,500
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,345
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (Dammam)	35,000
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Al-Awwal Park	25,000
Al-Raed	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	22,500
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Al-Taawoun Club Stadium	25,000 5,961
Al-Tai	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium	12,000
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	38,000
Damac	Khamis Mushait	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (Abha) Damac Club Stadium	20,000 4,500

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Abha	Roel Coumans	Abdullah Al-Zori	Offside	Hayat National Hospital, Tameeni, Yelo, Mezaj Maghribi
Al-Adalah	Martin Ševela	Abdullah Al-Yousef	–	Tameeni, Yelo, Alnadeg
Al-Batin	Zdravko Logarušić	Martín Campaña	Zeus	Tameeni, Almaali Hospital
Al-Ettifaq	Antonio Cazorla (caretaker)	Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi	Offside	Alomar Furniture, Kammelna, Sky Ways, Tameeni, Saudi German Hospital, Shgardi, Tarmeem
Al-Fateh	Giorgos Donis	Mohammed Al-Fuhaid	Offside	Al-Jabr Finance, Fuschia, Tameeni, Al Kifah Holding, Almoosa Hospital
Al-Fayha	Vuk Rašović	Sami Al-Khaibari	Offside	Al-Romaih Investment, Tameeni, Afaq Al Arabya
Al-Hilal	Emiliano Díaz	Salman Al-Faraj	Puma	BLU Store, Jahez, Tawuniya, Floward, Shawarmer
Al-Ittihad	Nuno Espírito Santo	Marcelo Grohe	Nike	Darco, SAL, Emkan, Tameeni, Yelo, Oud Al-Amoudi
Al-Khaleej	Pedro Emanuel	Abdullah Al-Harbi	Laser	Tameeni, Yelo, Locate
Al-Nassr	Luís Castro (interim)	Cristiano Ronaldo	Nike	KAFD, Noug, Aroya Cruises
Al-Raed	Marius Șumudică	Sultan Al-Farhan	Challenge	Alomar Furniture, Azom, Alsaif Gallery, Shawarma King, Tahaluf Capital, B-Care, Qaid
Al-Shabab	Vicente Moreno	Éver Banega	Offside	Almozaini, Half Million, Mekyal, Azom, Bandar Real Estate
Al-Taawoun	Péricles Chamusca	Naldo	Skillano	Mu4hela Cafe, Tameeni, Alnadeg, Hayat National Hospital, Alsaif Gallery
Al-Tai	José Pedro Barreto	Abdulaziz Al-Harabi	RightAway Sport	Mashar, Tameeni, Abar, Qaid
Al-Wehda	José Luis Sierra	Waleed Bakshween	Erreà	FG Sports, Tameeni, Yelo, Al Tazaj, Vveyon, Qaid
Damac	Cosmin Contra	Farouk Chafaï	Skillano	Bin Thaliba, Mustasharak Hospital, Qaid, Lateen

On the back of the strip.
On the right sleeve of the strip.
On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Khaleej	Khaled Al-Marzouq	End of caretaker period	1 June 2022	Pre-season	Pedro Emanuel	3 July 2022
Al-Wehda	Habib Ben Romdhane	End of contract	1 June 2022		Bruno Akrapović	14 June 2022
Abha	Martin Ševela		28 June 2022		Sven Vandenbroeck	16 July 2022
Al-Ittihad	Cosmin Contra				Nuno Espírito Santo	4 July 2022
Al-Nassr	Miguel Ángel Russo				Rudi Garcia	28 June 2022
Al-Raed	Yousef Al-Ghadeer				Marius Șumudică	30 June 2022
Al-Shabab	Marius Șumudică				Vicente Moreno	28 July 2022
Al-Tai	José Luis Sierra				Pepa	19 July 2022
Al-Taawoun	Mohammed Al-Abdali	End of caretaker period			Péricles Chamusca	29 June 2022
Abha	Sven Vandenbroeck	Sacked	8 October 2022	14th	Roel Coumans	30 October 2022
Al-Wehda	Bruno Akrapović	Mutual consent	20 October 2022	12th	José Luis Sierra	20 October 2022
Al-Adalah	Yousef Al Mannai	Sacked	22 October 2022	13th	Martin Ševela	23 October 2022
Al-Tai	Pepa		22 January 2023	9th	Mirel Rădoi	22 January 2023
Al-Batin	Alen Horvat		19 February 2023	16th	Zdravko Logarušić	19 February 2023
Al-Ettifaq	Patrice Carteron	Mutual consent	26 February 2023	12th	Antonio Cazorla (caretaker)	26 February 2023
Damac	Krešimir Režić	Sacked	6 March 2023	9th	Cosmin Contra	6 March 2023
Al-Nassr	Rudi Garcia	Mutual consent	13 April 2023	2nd	Dinko Jeličić (caretaker)	13 April 2023
Al-Hilal	Ramón Díaz	Resigned	14 May 2023	4th	Emiliano Díaz (caretaker)	14 May 2023
Al-Tai	Mirel Rădoi	Sacked	18 May 2023	7th	José Pedro Barreto (caretaker)	18 May 2023

Foreign players

The number of foreign players was increased from 7 to 8. Clubs can register a total of eight foreign players over the course of the season, but only seven could be named in the matchday squad.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Players in italics were out of the squad or left the club within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Former Players
Abha	Tayeb Meziani	Devis Epassy	Felipe Caicedo	Saad Natiq	Amine Atouchi	Dries Saddiki	Uroš Matić	Saad Bguir	Prestige Mboungou Luís Miquissone
Al-Adalah	Edson	Reinaldo Lenis	Milan Mijatović	Christofer Gonzáles	Pedro Eugénio	Boris Godál	David Tijanić	Marcus Antonsson	Lautaro Palacios Anderson Plata Mikael Dyrestam Martin Angha
Al-Batin	Maurício Antônio	Sebastián Pedroza	Andrés Felipe Roa	André Bukia	Thibault Peyre	Salifu Mudasiru	Martín Campaña	Renzo López
Al-Ettifaq	Paulo Victor	Vitinho	Marcel Tisserand	Youssoufou Niakaté	Darko Velkovski	Robin Quaison	Naïm Sliti	Berat Özdemir
Al-Fateh	Sofiane Bendebka	Petros	Tristan Dingomé	Mourad Batna	Marwane Saâdane	Jacob Rinne	Cristian Tello	Fran Vélez	Alex Valera Christian Cueva
Al-Fayha	Paulinho	Ricardo Ryller	Víctor Ruiz	Anthony Nwakaeme	Aleksandar Trajkovski	Milan Pavkov	Vladimir Stojković		Panagiotis Tachtsidis
Al-Hilal	Luciano Vietto	Michael	Gustavo Cuéllar	Moussa Marega	Odion Ighalo	André Carrillo	Jang Hyun-soo		Matheus Pereira
Al-Ittihad	Hélder Costa	Igor Coronado	Marcelo Grohe	Bruno Henrique	Romarinho	Tarek Hamed	Ahmed Hegazi	Abderrazak Hamdallah
Al-Khaleej	Sokol Cikalleshi	Douglas Friedrich	Morato	Lucas Souza	André Biyogo Poko	Izuchuckwu Anthony	Pedro Amaral	Fábio Martins	Djamel Benlamri Brayan Riascos
Al-Nassr	Pity Martínez	Agustín Rossi	Luiz Gustavo	Talisca	Jaloliddin Masharipov	Ghislain Konan	Cristiano Ronaldo	Álvaro González	Vincent Aboubakar David Ospina
Al-Raed	Pablo Santos	Júlio Tavares	Damjan Đoković	Karim El Berkaoui	Mohamed Fouzair	Silviu Lung Jr.	Alexandru Mitriță		René Santos
Al-Shabab	Éver Banega	Cristian Guanca	Carlos	Iago Santos	Aaron Boupendza	Grzegorz Krychowiak	Kim Seung-gyu	Santi Mina
Al-Taawoun	Flávio	Mailson	Naldo	Léandre Tawamba	Aschraf El Mahdioui	Kaku	Álvaro Medrán
Al-Tai	Amir Sayoud	Victor Braga	Dener	Collins Fai	Guy Mbenza	Alfa Semedo	Adrián Martínez	Knowledge Musona
Al-Wehda	Anselmo	Óscar Duarte	Jean-David Beauguel	Karim Yoda	Gerson Rodrigues	Fayçal Fajr	Munir Mohamedi	Alberto Botía
Damac	Abdelkader Bedrane	Farouk Chafaï	Hillal Soudani	Moustapha Zeghba	Bruno Duarte	Domagoj Antolić	Adam Maher	Nono

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ittihad (C, Q)	30	22	6	2	60	13	+47	72	Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage and the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
2	Al-Nassr	30	20	7	3	63	18	+45	67	Qualified for the AFC Champions League play-off round
3	Al-Hilal	30	17	8	5	54	29	+25	59	Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage
4	Al-Shabab	30	17	5	8	57	33	+24	56
5	Al-Taawoun	30	16	7	7	46	34	+12	55
6	Al-Fateh	30	13	4	13	48	43	+5	43
7	Al-Ettifaq	30	10	7	13	28	36	−8	37
8	Damac	30	9	9	12	33	43	−10	36
9	Al-Tai	30	10	4	16	41	49	−8	34
10	Al-Raed	30	9	7	14	41	49	−8	34
11	Al-Fayha	30	8	9	13	31	43	−12	33	Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage
12	Abha	30	10	3	17	33	52	−19	33
13	Al-Wehda	30	8	8	14	26	43	−17	32
14	Al-Khaleej	30	9	4	17	30	44	−14	31
15	Al-Adalah (R)	30	7	7	16	30	56	−26	28	Relegated to the First Division League
16	Al-Batin (R)	30	5	5	20	27	63	−36	20	Relegated to the First Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2023. Source: SPL
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) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2022–23 King Cup winners.
^ Al-Tai finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Tai: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Raed 0–2 Al-Tai, Al-Tai 2–2 Al-Raed).
Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2021–22 King Cup winners.
^ Al-Fayha finished ahead of Abha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha: 4 pts, Abha: 1 pts (Abha 1–1 Al-Fayha, Al-Fayha 2–0 Abha).

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Al-Ittihad	1	6	3	3	3	2	3	3	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Nassr	7	9	6	4	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Hilal	3	2	2	2	2	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Al-Shabab	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Al-Taawoun	4	3	4	6	4	3	6	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Al-Fateh	13	7	9	11	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Al-Ettifaq	10	11	8	9	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	9	10	11	12	10	10	11	12	12	8	9	8	8	10	10	7
Damac	8	4	5	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	6	8	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	9	8	9	11	7	7	8
Al-Tai	5	5	7	5	8	6	4	7	7	9	7	7	9	9	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	9
Al-Raed	9	8	10	8	7	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	12	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	10
Al-Fayha	11	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	12	13	11	11	12	11	8	11	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	11
Abha	6	10	12	10	13	14	12	9	8	7	8	9	6	7	7	8	9	9	11	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	9	11	11	12
Al-Wehda	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Al-Khaleej	14	13	14	14	11	13	14	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Al-Adalah	16	15	15	15	15	11	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Al-Batin	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader, 2023 FIFA Club World Cup and AFC Champions League group stage
	AFC Champions League play-offs
	Relegation to FD League

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2023. Source: spl.sa

Results

Home \ Away	ABH	ADA	BAT	ETT	FAT	FAY	HIL	ITT	KHJ	NSR	RAE	SHB	TWN	TAI	WHD	DAM
Abha		1–0	3–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–4	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–1
Al-Adalah	0–2		1–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	2–0	0–5	0–3	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–2	0–2
Al-Batin	1–3	2–2		1–0	0–5	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	1–2	2–4	0–1	4–3	2–0	2–2
Al-Ettifaq	2–1	3–2	3–0		0–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Al-Fateh	3–0	2–4	2–0	2–0		0–2	0–1	1–5	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	1–1
Al-Fayha	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–3	3–0		0–2	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1
Al-Hilal	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–2	2–0		2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–0	2–2
Al-Ittihad	4–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	0–1		2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	3–0
Al-Khaleej	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–3		0–1	3–0	2–3	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–0
Al-Nassr	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	2–2	0–0	1–1		4–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1
Al-Raed	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–3	2–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–4		2–2	2–3	0–2	1–0	5–0
Al-Shabab	2–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0		0–3	4–0	0–1	2–1
Al-Taawoun	1–3	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–4	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		2–1	2–0	1–1
Al-Tai	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–3		1–2	1–3
Al-Wehda	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–3	1–2	1–4	0–4	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–0		0–2
Damac	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–4	1–2	2–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2023. Source: goalzz.com
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.

Season statistics

As of 31 May 2023

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Ittihad	21
2	Talisca	Al-Nassr	20
3	Odion Ighalo	Al-Hilal	19
4	Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh	17
5	Cristiano Ronaldo	Al-Nassr	14
6	Cristian Guanca	Al-Shabab	13
6	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad	13
8	Carlos	Al-Shabab	12
9	Mohamed Fouzair	Al-Raed	11
9	Aaron Boupendza	Al-Shabab	11

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Knowledge Musona	Al-Tai	Al-Khaleej	3–0 (H)	6 October 2022
Talisca	Al-Nassr	Al-Raed	4–1 (A)	16 December 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo	Al-Nassr	Al-Wehda	4–0 (A)	9 February 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo	Al-Nassr	Damac	3–0 (A)	25 February 2023
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Ittihad	Al-Fateh	5–1 (A)	18 March 2023
Karim El Berkaoui	Al-Raed	Al-Batin	3–1 (H)	2 May 2023
Mohamed Fouzair	Al-Raed	Damac	5–0 (H)	15 May 2023
Aaron Boupendza	Al-Shabab	Damac	4–1 (A)	31 May 2023

Note

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

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	19
2	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	12
3	Kim Seung-gyu	Al-Shabab	11
4	Paulo Victor	Al-Ettifaq	10
5	David Ospina	Al-Nassr	8
	Jacob Rinne	Al-Fateh
	Moustapha Zeghba	Damac
8	Victor Braga	Al-Tai	7
8	Vladimir Stojković	Al-Fayha	7
10	Nawaf Al-Aqidi	Al-Nassr	6
10	Mailson	Al-Taawoun	6

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 9
- Bassam Al-Hurayji (Al-Batin)

Most red cards: 2
- Fahad Al-Harbi (Al-Adalah)
- Sanousi Hawsawi (Al-Ettifaq)

Club

Most yellow cards: 69
- Al-Batin

Most red cards: 5
- Al-Adalah
- Al-Taawoun

Attendances

By round

2022–23 Professional League Attendance
Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	68,851	8	8,606
Round 2	81,053	8	10,132
Round 3	61,568	8	7,696
Round 4	69,264	8	8,658
Round 5	46,341	8	5,793
Round 6	87,515	8	10,939
Round 7	53,182	8	6,648
Round 8	97,330	8	12,166
Round 9	31,208	8	3,901
Round 10	74,917	8	9,365
Round 11	63,815	8	7,977
Round 12	83,926	8	10,491
Round 13	39,356	8	4,920
Round 14	76,291	8	9,536
Round 15	58,047	8	7,256
Round 16	108,962	8	13,620
Round 17	73,027	8	9,128
Round 18	87,064	8	10,883
Round 19	95,271	8	11,909
Round 20	105,196	8	13,150
Round 21	54,975	8	6,872
Round 22	87,747	8	10,968
Round 23	50,441	8	6,305
Round 24	95,356	8	11,920
Round 25	56,457	8	7,057
Round 26	108,922	8	13,615
Round 27	49,987	8	6,248
Round 28	110,428	8	13,804
Round 29	58,492	8	7,312
Round 30	106,265	8	13,283
Total	2,241,254	240	9,339

By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ittihad	606,796	59,892	19,694	40,453	+21.5%
2	Al-Nassr	264,567	23,248	11,721	17,638	+110.5%
3	Al-Adalah	193,681	18,025	7,392	12,912	n/a †
4	Al-Fateh	161,785	17,631	2,929	10,786	+35.2%
5	Al-Hilal	143,110	24,674	3,714	9,541	−26.0%
6	Al-Taawoun	109,642	19,478	2,767	7,310	+40.2%
7	Al-Tai	109,317	9,632	5,584	7,288	+37.1%
8	Al-Wehda	100,673	28,678	284	6,712	n/a †
9	Al-Raed	89,607	19,942	1,423	5,974	−0.6%
10	Al-Khaleej	84,574	15,355	1,000	5,638	n/a †
11	Al-Ettifaq	83,421	17,183	1,225	5,561	−17.1%
12	Al-Shabab	68,867	9,379	767	4,591	−18.7%
13	Damac	62,082	13,434	311	4,139	−2.5%
14	Al-Fayha	57,905	6,291	2,068	3,860	−20.1%
15	Abha	53,953	13,422	386	3,597	+25.2%
16	Al-Batin	51,274	4,096	3,182	3,418	+13.4%
	League total	2,241,254	59,892	284	9,339	+11.8%

Updated to games played on 31 May 2023
Source:
Notes:
Teams played previous season in FD League.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		Rising Star of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Reference
August & September	Vicente Moreno	Al-Shabab	Cristian Guanca	Al-Shabab	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	Nawaf Al-Qumairi	Al-Tai
October	Vicente Moreno	Al-Shabab	Luiz Gustavo	Al-Nassr	David Ospina	Al-Nassr	Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh
December	Vuk Rašović	Al-Fayha	Kaku	Al-Taawoun	Moustapha Zeghba	Damac	Nawaf Al-Sadi	Abha
January	Pedro Emanuel	Al-Khaleej	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	Douglas Friedrich	Al-Khaleej	Moteb Al-Harbi	Al-Shabab
February	Vicente Moreno	Al-Shabab	Cristiano Ronaldo	Al-Nassr	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	Nawaf Al-Sadi	Abha
March	Nuno Espírito Santo	Al-Ittihad	Igor Coronado	Al-Ittihad	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	Saad Al Mousa	Al-Ettifaq
April	Nuno Espírito Santo	Al-Ittihad	Mourad Batna	Al-Fateh	Nawaf Al-Aqidi	Al-Nassr	Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh
May	Péricles Chamusca	Al-Taawoun	Morato	Al-Khaleej	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh

References

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

King Cup (Final)
Super Cup (Final)

International club

Related to
national teams

Senior	2022 FIFA World Cup (Group C) 25th Arabian Gulf Cup 2023 WAFF Championship Hervé Renard
Youth	2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship 2022 Arab Cup U-20 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (qualification, finals) 2022 Arab Cup U-17 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

Club seasons
Pro League	Abha Al-Adalah Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Fateh Al-Fayha Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Khaleej Al-Nassr Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Tai Al-Wehda Damac
FDL	Al-Ahli Al-Faisaly Al-Hazem

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

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Pro League

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Seasons

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Regional club competitions	2022 ASEAN Club Championship 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-offs Group stage Knockout stage Final
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