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Saudi Pro League
Season	2006–07
Dates	5 September 2006 – 1 June 2007
Champions	Al-Ittihad (7th title)
Relegated	Al-Faisaly; Al-Khaleej
AFC Champions League	Al-Ittihad; Al-Ahli
Arab Champions League	Al-Wehda; Al-Shabab
Matches played	135
Goals scored	400 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Godwin Attram (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Shabab (14 December 2006)
Biggest away win	Al-Khaleej 2–8 Al-Ittihad (8 March 2007)
Highest scoring	Al-Khaleej 2–8 Al-Ittihad (8 March 2007)
	← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Saudi Premier League was the 31st Saudi Pro League season and the last to feature the Golden Four format. Al-Shabab were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Wehda in the first stage of the Golden Four. Al-Ittihad, who finished second with a 5-point difference from first place Al-Hilal, went on to win the league 2–1 in Riyadh. Hamad Al-Montashari's header gave Al-Ittihad their 7th league title in the 94th minute of the match.

Qualification and Prize Money

Prize Money:

First Place: 2.5 million Saudi riyals
Second Place: 1.5 million Saudi riyals
Third Place: 1 million Saudi riyals

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2006–07 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Al Majma'ah Sports City
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Caio	Darko Anić	Haykel Guemamdia	Khaled Badra	Miodrag Anđelković
Al-Ettifaq	André Neles	Radu Neguț	Ousmane N'Doye	Wajih Sghaier	Khalid Souhayli Yaw Preko
Al-Faisaly	Abdoulaye Cissé	Richard Massolin			Kodjo Afanou
Al-Hazem	Geílson	Iranildo			Pape Touré
Al-Hilal	Marcelo Tavares	Rodrigão	Tarik El Taib		Guarú
Al-Ittihad	Lima	Reinaldo	Wágner	Alhassane Keita	Jared Borgetti Milenko Ačimovič
Al-Khaleej	Sidney Moraes	Kaies Zouaghi
Al-Nassr	Denílson	Mitchell van der Gaag	Roberto Palacios	Massamasso Tchangai	Alberto Blanco
Al-Qadsiah	Mohamed Madihi	Toy			Ahmed Essadeq Ely Cissé Mahmadu Alphajor Bah
Al-Shabab	Amir Azmy	Godwin Attram	Nashat Akram		Henri Antchouet Ousmane N'Doye
Al-Tai	Abdulla Al-Marzooqi	Salaheddine Aqqal	Mandoione Sylla		Chernor Mansaray
Al-Wehda	Vladimir Vujović	Daouda Ndiaye	Hamad Ji	Marouane Bokri

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Hilal	22	17	2	3	38	15	+23	53
2	Al-Ittihad (C)	22	15	3	4	52	25	+27	48
3	Al-Wehda	22	14	5	3	41	25	+16	47
4	Al-Shabab	22	14	2	6	45	27	+18	44
5	Al-Ahli	22	7	8	7	29	33	−4	29
6	Al-Ettifaq	22	6	7	9	34	34	0	25
7	Al-Tai	22	6	5	11	32	37	−5	23
8	Al-Hazem	22	6	3	13	28	38	−10	21
9	Al-Nassr	22	5	6	11	24	37	−13	21
10	Al-Qadsiah	22	5	5	12	22	36	−14	20
11	Al-Faisaly	22	4	6	12	23	42	−19	18
12	Al-Khaleej	22	4	6	12	21	40	−19	18

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

Golden Four Stage 1

18 May 2007

Al-Wehda	2 – 1	Al-Shabab
Talal Al-Khaibari 76' Dawood Anday 80'	Report	Naji Majrashi 48'

King Abdulaziz Sports City, Mecca

Golden Four Stage 2

24 May 2007

Al-Ittihad	3 – 2	Al-Wehda
Redha Tukar 24' Alhassane Keita 46' Alhassane Keita 113'	Report	Alaa Al-Kawkabi 28' Essa Al-Mehyani 85'

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 20,000

Final

1 June 2007

Al-Hilal	1 – 2	Al-Ittihad
Omar Al-Ghamdi 25'	Report	Osama Al-Muwallad 75' Hamad Al-Montashari 90+4'

King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh

Attendance: 56,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ETT	FSY	HAZ	HIL	ITT	KLJ	NSR	QDS	SHB	TAI	WHD
Al-Ahli		1–1	0–0	3–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–5	3–2	2–0
Al-Ettifaq	2–2		4–2	0–3	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–2	0–1
Al-Faisaly	1–1	0–3		4–2	0–1	1–5	1–4	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2
Al-Hazem	2–1	0–1	0–1		2–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–3	2–1	2–2
Al-Hilal	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	4–0	3–2	0–0
Al-Ittihad	3–0	1–1	5–2	2–0	1–2		2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0
Al-Khaleej	1–1	2–5	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–8		1–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	0–2
Al-Nassr	0–3	3–3	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–3	0–0		2–1	0–3	1–0	2–3
Al-Qadsiah	0–1	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2		1–3	0–2	1–3
Al-Shabab	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0		1–1	3–1
Al-Tai	4–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–3	4–2		1–4
Al-Wehda	1–0	2–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	2–2	4–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2007. Source: rsssf.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season progress

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Al-Ahli	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	D
Al-Ettifaq	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Al-Faisaly	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L
Al-Hazem	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	D
Al-Hilal	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Al-Ittihad	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Al-Khaleej	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D
Al-Nassr	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	L	D	L
Al-Qadsiah	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D
Al-Shabab	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W
Al-Tai	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W
Al-Wehda	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	D	W

Source: kooora.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals ^[1]
1	Godwin Attram	Al-Shabab	13
2	Alhassane Keita	Al-Ittihad	12
3	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Wehda	11
4	Jared Borgetti	Al-Ittihad	10
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al-Hilal
	Yousef Al-Salem	Al-Ettifaq