2021–22 Saudi Pro League

Professional League

Season	2021–22
Dates	11 August 2021 – 27 June 2022
Champions	Al-Hilal (18th title)
Relegated	Al-Faisaly Al-Ahli Al-Hazem
AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal Al-Fayha
Arab Club Champions Cup	Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr Al-Shabab
Matches played	240
Goals scored	637 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Odion Ighalo (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Ittihad 6–1 Abha (11 September 2021) Al-Hilal 5–0 Al-Shabab (17 February 2022)
Biggest away win	Al-Tai 0–4 Al-Hilal (11 January 2022) Abha 0–4 Al-Ittihad (6 February 2022)
Highest scoring	Al-Fateh 5–5 Damac (25 November 2021)
Longest winning run	Al-Ittihad (10 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Shabab (17 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Hazem (11 matches)
Longest losing run	Al-Hazem (7 matches)
Highest attendance	58,755[1] Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Hilal (23 May 2022)
Lowest attendance	0[2] Al-Ittihad 3–0 Al-Nassr (11 February 2022) 0[3] Al-Nassr 1–0 Al-Fayha (17 March 2022) 0[4] Al-Shabab 1–0 Al-Faisaly (12 May 2022)
Total attendance	1,868,679
Average attendance	7,885
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 27 June 2022.

The 2021–22 Saudi Professional League was the 46th edition of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. Fixtures for the 2021–22 season were announced on 18 July 2021.^[5]

Al-Hilal were the two-time defending champions after winning their 17th title last season.^[6] Al-Fayha, Al-Hazem, and Al-Tai join as the three promoted clubs from the 2020–21 MS League.^[7] They replace Al-Ain, Al-Qadsiah, and Al-Wehda who were relegated to the 2021–22 MS League.

On 27 June, Al-Hilal secured their eighteenth league title in the final matchday following a 2–1 home win against Al-Faisaly.^[8] It was also the club's third consecutive title and fifth in the last six seasons. Al-Hazem were the first team to be relegated following a 5–2 defeat away to Al-Ettifaq on 21 May.^[9] In the final matchday, both Al-Faisaly and Al-Ahli were relegated following a defeat to Al-Hilal and a draw with Al-Shabab respectively.

Overview

Sponsorship

On 8 August 2021, the Saudi Professional League announced that they had signed a sponsorship deal with real estate company Roshn.^[10] On 9 August 2021, the Saudi FF signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese tech company Lenovo to become the official technology partner of all Saudi football competitions.^[11]

Changes

On 8 August 2021, Ministry of Sports announced that they had increased the capacity limit from 40% to 60% in all stadiums. It was also announced that children under 12 wouldn't be allowed to attend matches and that the attendance would be limited to those who are fully vaccinated.^[12]

Teams

Abha

Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad

Al-Batin

Al-Ettifaq

Al-Faisaly

Al-Fateh

Al-Fayha

Al-Hazem

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun

Al-Tai

Damac

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Locations of teams in the 2021–22 Saudi Professional League

Sixteen teams will compete in the league – the top thirteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the MS League.

Teams who were promoted to the Pro League

The first club to be promoted was Al-Hazem, who were promoted following a 4–2 away win against Al-Sahel on 20 April 2021. Al-Hazem will play in the top flight of Saudi football after a season's absence.^[13] Al-Hazem were crowned champions following a 1–0 away win against Hajer on 21 May 2021.^[14]

The second club to be promoted was Al-Fayha, following a 0–0 home draw with Al-Tai on 20 May 2021.^[15] Al-Fayha will play in the top flight of Saudi football after a season's absence.

The third and final club to be promoted was Al-Tai who were promoted on the final matchday following a 2–0 away win over Arar.^[16] Al-Tai will play in the top flight of Saudi football for the first time since the 2007–08 season.

Teams who were relegated to the MS League

The first club to be relegated was Al-Ain, who were relegated after only a year in the top flight following a 2–0 defeat away to Al-Nassr on 14 May 2021.^[17]

In the final matchday, both Al-Qadsiah and Al-Wehda were relegated following a draw with Abha and a loss against Al-Shabab respectively.^[18] Al-Qadsiah were relegated after only a year in the top flight while Al-Wehda were relegated after three years 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[19]
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	62,345 27,000
Al-Batin	Hafar al-Batin	Al-Batin Club Stadium	6,000[20]
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	35,000[21]
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Al Majma'ah Sports City (Al Majma'ah)	7,000
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	26,000[22][23]
Al-Fayha	Al Majma'ah	Al Majma'ah Sports City	7,000
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	8,000[24]
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	62,685 22,500
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	62,345 27,000
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Mrsool Park	25,000
Al-Raed	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	62,685 22,500
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000
Al-Tai	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium	12,000[25]
Damac	Khamis Mushait	Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (Abha)	20,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Abha	Martin Ševela	Karam Barnawi	Offside	Al-Dakheel Oud, Yelo, Mezaj Maghribi^1, Hayat National Hospital^1, The Burger's Origin^2, Furn Al-Dhayaa^2, X Antra^3
Al-Ahli	Robert Siboldi	Yasser Al-Mosailem	Xtep	MG Cars, Boga Super Foods^1, Dorrah for Real Estate^1, Saudi German Hospital^2
Al-Batin	Alen Horvat	Mazyad Freeh	Skillano	Al-Odhaib Company, Traof, AlNadeg^1, ARASCO^2
Al-Ettifaq	Patrice Carteron	Raïs M'Bolhi	adidas	Al-Dakheel Oud, Kammelna^1, Saudi German Hospital^1, 42 Group^2, Shgardi^2, Jana Center^3
Al-Faisaly	Marinos Ouzounidis	Igor Rossi	adidas	ALDREES, Gree Electric, Roco^1, Mr Mandoob^2, UPS^2
Al-Fateh	Giorgos Donis	Mohammed Al-Fuhaid	Offside	Kia Motors, Al-Jabr Finance, Fuschia, Al Kifah Holding^1, Almoosa Hospital^1, B-Care^2
Al-Fayha	Vuk Rašović	Sami Al-Khaibari	Puma	Al-Romaih Investment, Brave, Abdal^1, Aromatic Families^1, Hayat Water^2, Sky Ways^2, Tasooma^3
Al-Hazem	Roel Coumans	Khaled Al-Barakah	S Team	Arabica Star, Point^1, Superano^1, Asal Al-Barri^2, Qaid^2, Two Mark^3
Al-Hilal	Ramón Díaz	Salman Al-Faraj	S Team	EMAAR, Jahez, Tawuniya^1, Floward^2, Shawarmer^2
Al-Ittihad	Cosmin Contra	Marcelo Grohe	Erreà	DARCO, Emkan^1, Bolt^2, Yelo^2
Al-Nassr	Miguel Ángel Russo	Abdullah Madu	Victory	Lebara, Shurfah, ToYou^1, Harrys Pizza^2
Al-Raed	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	Sultan Al-Farhan	Challenge	Shawahe, Yelo, Aldakheel Oud^1, Arabica Star^1, B-Care^2, Qaid^2
Al-Shabab	Marius Șumudică	Éver Banega	Offside	Almozaini, Bolt, Half Million, Prestige^1, Takenda^1, Azom^2, TikTok^2, Veloce^3
Al-Taawoun	Mohammed Al-Abdali	Cássio	Skillano	Fuchs, Nice One, Alsaif Gallery^1, Hayat National Hospital^1, Arabica Star^2, B-Care^2
Al-Tai	José Luis Sierra	Abdulaziz Al-Harabi	Mashar	Al-Adham, Mashar, Abar^1, Al Ahli Medical^1, Qaid^2, Ldonk^2
Damac	Krešimir Režić	Farouk Chafaï	Skillano	ARROW, Bin Thaliba^1, Mustasharak Hospital^1, Qaid^2, X Antra^3

• ¹ On the back of the strip.
• ² On the right sleeve of the strip.
• ³ On the shorts.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Abha	Abderrazek Chebbi	End of contract	31 May 2021	Pre-season	Martin Ševela	1 July 2021[26]
Al-Ahli	Laurențiu Reghecampf				Besnik Hasi	6 June 2021[27]
Al-Batin	Aleksandar Veselinović				Nenad Lalatović	24 June 2021[28]
Al-Faisaly	Péricles Chamusca				Paolo Tramezzani	18 June 2021[29]
Al-Hilal	José Morais				Leonardo Jardim	1 June 2021[30]
Al-Raed	Besnik Hasi				Pablo Machín	19 June 2021[31]
Al-Shabab	Carlos Inarejos				Péricles Chamusca	31 May 2021[32]
Al-Fayha	Al-Habib bin Ramadan		1 June 2021		Vuk Rašović	21 June 2021[33]
Al-Hazem	Mohammed Dahmane				Hélder	7 June 2021[34]
Al-Taawoun	Nestor El Maestro	Sacked	22 August 2021[35]	14th	José Gomes	22 August 2021[35]
Al-Ittihad	Fábio Carille		23 August 2021[36]	6th	Cosmin Contra	29 August 2021[37]
Al-Tai	Mohamed Kouki		28 August 2021[38]	16th	Zoran Manojlović	30 August 2021[39]
Al-Nassr	Mano Menezes		19 September 2021[40]	8th	Pedro Emanuel	1 October 2021[41]
Al-Faisaly	Paolo Tramezzani	Mutual consent	7 October 2021[42]	9th	Daniel Ramos	7 October 2021[43]
Al-Ettifaq	Khaled Al-Atwi		16 October 2021[44]	12th	Vladan Milojević	17 October 2021[45]
Al-Batin	Nenad Lalatović	Sacked	17 October 2021[46]	15th	Alen Horvat	21 October 2021[47]
Al-Tai	Zoran Manojlović		4 November 2021[48]	16th	José Luis Sierra	7 November 2021[49]
Al-Nassr	Pedro Emanuel		10 November 2021[50]	9th	Miguel Ángel Russo	5 December 2021[51]
Al-Hazem	Hélder		27 November 2021[52]	15th	Constantin Gâlcă	6 December 2021[53]
Al-Fateh	Yannick Ferrera	Mutual consent	9 January 2022[54]	12th	Giorgos Donis	16 January 2022[55]
Al-Raed	Pablo Machín	Sacked	26 January 2022[56]	8th	João Pedro Sousa	26 January 2022[56]
Al-Hilal	Leonardo Jardim	Mutual consent	14 February 2022[57]	4th	Ramón Díaz	14 February 2022[58]
Al-Hazem	Constantin Gâlcă		21 February 2022[59]	16th	Roel Coumans	1 March 2022[60]
Al-Faisaly	Daniel Ramos		24 February 2022[61]	13th	Marinos Ouzounidis	27 February 2022[62]
Al-Ettifaq	Vladan Milojević	Sacked	1 March 2022[63]	15th	Patrice Carteron	4 March 2022[64]
Al-Ahli	Besnik Hasi		4 March 2022[65]	11th	Robert Siboldi	5 March 2022[66]
Al-Taawoun	José Gomes	Mutual consent	20 March 2022[67]	13th	John van den Brom	31 March 2022[68]
Al-Shabab	Péricles Chamusca	Sacked	23 March 2022[69]	4th	Marius Șumudică	23 March 2022[70]
Al-Taawoun	John van den Brom		7 May 2022[71]	14th	Mohammed Al-Abdali (caretaker)	7 May 2022
Al-Raed	João Pedro Sousa		24 May 2022[72]	12th	Yousef Al-Ghadeer	6 June 2022[73]

Foreign players

The policy of foreign players remained unchanged. Clubs can register a total of seven foreign players over the course of the season.^[74]

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

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Former Players
Abha	Tayeb Meziani	Amine Atouchi	Abdelali Mhamdi	Uroš Matić	Mitchell te Vrede	Saad Bguir	Bilel Ifa	Prestige Mboungou Dani Suárez
Al-Ahli	Carlos Eduardo	Dankler	Franck Kom	Filip Bradarić	Ezgjan Alioski	Omar Al Somah		Paulinho Alassane Ndao Ljubomir Fejsa Hamdi Nagguez
Al-Batin	Fábio Abreu	Maurício Antônio	Renato Chaves	Youssef El Jebli	Mohamed Rayhi	Martín Campaña		Afriyie Acquah
Al-Ettifaq	Ayoub Abdellaoui	Raïs M'Bolhi	Youssouf Niakaté	Amin Younes	Filip Kiss	Robin Quaison	Naïm Sliti	Souza Walid Azaro
Al-Faisaly	Martin Boyle	Clayson	Igor Rossi	Ismael	Rossi	Júlio Tavares	Hicham Faik	Guilherme Augusto Raphael Silva Romain Amalfitano
Al-Fateh	Sofiane Bendebka	Petros	Ivan Santini	Mourad Batna	Marwane Saâdane	Christian Cueva	Maksym Koval	Gustav Wikheim
Al-Fayha	Ramon Lopes	Ricardo Ryller	Samuel Owusu	Panagiotis Tachtsidis	Amadou Moutari	Aleksandar Trajkovski	Vladimir Stojković	Fernando Andrade Kyriakos Papadopoulos John Boye
Al-Hazem	Alison	Neris	Abdelilah Hafidi	Nawfel Zerhouni	Ola John	Ezekiel Henty	Luka Stojanović	Malik Asselah Ibrahima Tandia Moha Tiago Rodrigues Carlos Strandberg
Al-Hilal	Michael	Matheus Pereira	Gustavo Cuéllar	Moussa Marega	Odion Ighalo	André Carrillo	Jang Hyun-soo	Luciano Vietto Bafétimbi Gomis
Al-Ittihad	Bruno Henrique	Igor Coronado	Marcelo Grohe	Romarinho	Ahmed Hegazi	Abderrazak Hamdallah	André André	Garry Rodrigues Youssouf Niakaté Karim El Ahmadi
Al-Nassr	Pity Martínez	Ramiro Funes Mori	Anselmo	Talisca	Vincent Aboubakar	Jonathan Rodríguez	Jaloliddin Masharipov	Petros Abderrazak Hamdallah
Al-Raed	Eduardo Henrique	René	Christian Atsu	Karim El Berkaoui	Mohamed Fouzair	Éder	Iago Herrerín
Al-Shabab	Éver Banega	Luciano Vietto	Carlos Júnior	Iago Santos	Paulinho	John Mary	Alfred N'Diaye	Sebá Igor Lichnovsky Odion Ighalo
Al-Taawoun	Cássio	Léandre Tawamba	Christian Luyindama	Mostafa Fathi	Aschraf El Mahdioui	Álvaro Medrán	Zé Luís	Iago Santos Sandro Manoel Cédric Amissi Henrique Luvannor Kaku
Al-Tai	Amir Sayoud	Tobías Figueroa	Dener	Marcelo	Collins Fai	Cephas Malele	Knowledge Musona	Lucas Martin Lukov
Damac	Farouk Chafaï	Hillal Soudani	Moustapha Zeghba	Sergio Vittor	Emilio Zelaya	Domagoj Antolić	Nono	Filipe Augusto Mijo Caktaš

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	30	20	7	3	63	28	+35	67	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[75][a]
2	Al-Ittihad	30	20	5	5	62	29	+33	65
3	Al-Nassr	30	19	4	7	58	36	+22	61
4	Al-Shabab	30	15	10	5	52	36	+16	55
5	Damac	30	12	8	10	38	44	−6	44
6	Al-Tai	30	11	4	15	33	45	−12	37
7	Al-Raed	30	10	6	14	35	45	−10	36
8	Al-Fateh	30	9	8	13	45	41	+4	35[b]
9	Abha	30	9	8	13	27	43	−16	35[b]
10	Al-Fayha	30	8	11	11	21	24	−3	35[b]	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[75][a]
11	Al-Ettifaq	30	8	10	12	40	47	−7	34[c]
12	Al-Taawoun	30	7	13	10	43	48	−5	34[c]
13	Al-Batin	30	8	9	13	31	41	−10	33[d]
14	Al-Faisaly (R)	30	7	12	11	28	37	−9	33[d]	Relegation to MS League
15	Al-Ahli (R)	30	6	14	10	38	43	−5	32
16	Al-Hazem (R)	30	4	5	21	23	50	−27	17

Source: spl.com
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).^[76]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League play-off round as 2021–22 King Cup winners.
2. Head-to-head points: Al-Fateh 5, Abha 5, Al-Fayha 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Fateh +1, Abha –1.
3. Head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 3, Al-Taawoun 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ettifaq +2, Al-Taawoun –2.
4. Head-to-head points: Al-Batin 4, Al-Faisaly 1.

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 to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward. If a club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position. In this case, an additional AFC Champions League group stage berth will be given to the 3rd placed team, and the AFC Champions League play-off round spot will be given to 4th.

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
Al-Hilal	4	1	2	4	2	2	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Al-Ittihad	13	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Al-Nassr	1	5	3	7	8	6	3	4	6	7	9	9	7	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Al-Shabab	11	13	15	10	11	10	8	6	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Damac	16	9	11	6	5	4	2	2	1	1	3	1	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Al-Tai	15	16	16	16	16	14	11	12	15	15	16	16	16	10	8	9	11	11	13	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	9	8	9	6
Al-Raed	5	10	5	5	3	3	5	8	10	6	6	5	6	6	7	6	6	8	7	8	8	9	7	9	9	9	12	14	12	7
Al-Fateh	14	15	7	2	4	7	7	5	7	8	10	12	12	8	11	12	12	12	14	15	12	7	8	6	7	8	8	6	6	8
Abha	3	8	9	13	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	11	11	13	9	8	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	9	8	9
Al-Fayha	6	4	1	3	6	5	6	3	5	5	5	6	5	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	6	6	7	7	10
Al-Ettifaq	2	2	6	8	9	11	12	13	12	12	13	10	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	12	14	15	14	14	15	13	11	12	15	11
Al-Taawoun	7	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	12	14	14	15	14	11	13	13	15	11	11	12	12	12	13	14	13	10	10	12
Al-Batin	12	7	10	12	13	13	13	15	14	14	15	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	14	15	13	15	15	14	15	15	15	13	13
Al-Faisaly	10	3	8	11	7	9	9	9	9	10	8	8	10	12	13	14	14	15	11	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	14	13	11	14
Al-Ahli	9	12	12	9	10	12	14	11	8	9	7	7	9	11	12	13	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	14	15
Al-Hazem	8	11	13	15	12	8	10	10	11	11	11	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader and AFC Champions League group stage
	Relegation to MS League

Source: spl.sa

Results

Home \ Away	ABH	AHL	BAT	ETT	FSY	FAT	FAY	HAZ	HIL	ITT	NSR	RAE	SHB	TWN	TAI	DAM
Abha		2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–3
Al-Ahli	1–1		1–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–4	1–2	1–3	3–4	1–1	3–1	1–1
Al-Batin	2–1	2–2		0–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	3–4	2–0	0–3	3–2	0–0	2–1
Al-Ettifaq	1–2	1–0	2–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	5–2	0–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–1
Al-Faisaly	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–0
Al-Fateh	3–0	0–1	2–3	4–0	4–1		1–1	0–1	0–3	4–4	0–1	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–2	5–5
Al-Fayha	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0
Al-Hazem	2–0	2–2	2–3	0–3	0–0	0–1	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–4	2–0	1–2	3–3	0–1	0–1
Al-Hilal	2–0	4–2	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–0		2–1	0–2	3–2	5–0	3–2	1–0	2–0
Al-Ittihad	6–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–3		3–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1
Al-Nassr	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–4	1–3		2–2	4–2	3–1	4–1	4–1
Al-Raed	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–3		0–2	0–3	4–0	0–2
Al-Shabab	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	1–0	3–0		3–1	3–0	2–1
Al-Taawoun	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–5	1–1		1–2	3–0
Al-Tai	0–1	1–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–0	1–3	3–0	0–4	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–1		1–2
Damac	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0

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 27 June 2022

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[77]
1	Odion Ighalo	Al-Shabab/Al-Hilal	24
2	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad	20
	Talisca	Al-Nassr
4	Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	18
5	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr/Al-Ittihad	15
6	Emilio Zelaya	Damac	13
	Karim El Berkaoui	Al-Raed
	Carlos	Al-Shabab
	Moussa Marega	Al-Hilal
10	Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh	11

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Ittihad	Al-Ahli	4–3 (A)	26 February 2022	[78]
Odion Ighalo	Al-Hilal	Al-Ahli	4–2 (H)	18 March 2022	[79]
Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh	Damac	3–0 (A)	29 May 2022	[80]

Notes

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[81]
1	Vladimir Stojković	Al-Fayha	13
2	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	12
3	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	11
4	Maksym Koval	Al-Fateh	9
	Fawaz Al-Qarni	Al-Shabab
6	Moustapha Zeghba	Damac	8
	Martín Campaña	Al-Batin
8	Raïs M'Bolhi	Al-Ettifaq	7
	Abdelali Mhamdi	Abha
	Mustafa Malayekah	Al-Faisaly

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10^[82]
  • Saeed Al-Rubaie (Al-Ettifaq)
  • Ismael (Al-Faisaly)

• Most red cards: 2^[82]
  • Marwane Saâdane (Al-Fateh)
  • Ammar Al-Daheem (Al-Fateh)
  • Abdullah Al-Shammeri (Al-Hazem)
  • Mohammed Al-Khabrani (Al-Ahli)
  • Éver Banega (Al-Shabab)
  • Talisca (Al-Nassr)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 77^[82]
  • Al-Ahli
  • Al-Taawoun

• Most red cards: 8^[82]
  • Al-Ettifaq

Attendances

By round

2021–22 Professional League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	38,554	8	4,820
Round 2	43,357	8	5,420
Round 3	46,759	8	5,845
Round 4	66,838	8	8,355
Round 5	50,724	8	6,341
Round 6	73,053	8	9,132
Round 7	39,761	8	4,971
Round 8	63,970	8	7,997
Round 9	69,559	8	8,695
Round 10	59,643	8	7,456
Round 11	99,764	8	12,471
Round 12	43,070	8	5,384
Round 13	102,742	8	12,843
Round 14	60,736	8	7,592
Round 15[a]	30,641	8	3,831
Round 16[a]	61,124	8	7,641
Round 17[a]	44,604	8	5,576
Round 18[a]	58,788	8	7,349
Round 19[a]	44,528	8	5,566
Round 20[a]	40,133	7[b]	5,734
Round 21[a]	39,750	8	4,969
Round 22[a]	48,731	8	6,092
Round 23[a]	65,566	8	8,196
Round 24	86,528	8	10,816
Round 25	90,813	7[c]	12,974
Round 26	50,955	8	6,370
Round 27	119,916	7[d]	17,131
Round 28	51,816	8	6,477
Round 29	85,769	8	10,722
Round 30	90,487	8	11,311
Total	1,868,679	237	7,885

1. Matches from 29 December (Round 15) until 5 March (Round 23) were played at a maximum of 50% capacity.^[83][84]
2. Al-Ittihad played their home match against Al-Nassr behind closed doors due to disciplinary reasons.^[85]
3. Al-Nassr played their home match against Al-Fayha behind closed doors due to disciplinary reasons.^[86]
4. Al-Shabab played their home match against Al-Faisaly behind closed doors due to disciplinary reasons.^[87]

By team

A match played behind closed doors is not included.

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ittihad	466,283	58,755	0	33,306	n/a^1
2	Al-Ahli	227,018	36,079	7,031	15,135	n/a^†
3	Al-Hilal	193,304	33,963	5,211	12,887	n/a^†
4	Al-Nassr	117,310	16,458	0	8,380	n/a^2
5	Al-Fateh	119,621	17,459	1,392	7,975	n/a^†
6	Al-Ettifaq	100,619	15,670	907	6,708	n/a^†
7	Al-Raed	90,195	20,082	668	6,013	n/a^†
8	Al-Shabab	79,029	11,234	3,099	5,645	n/a^3
9	Al-Tai	79,746	7,762	3,036	5,317	n/a^†
10	Al-Taawoun	78,183	9,780	2,188	5,213	n/a^†
11	Al-Fayha	72,497	6,342	1,527	4,834	n/a^†
12	Al-Faisaly	66,277	6,410	1,764	4,419	n/a^†
13	Damac	63,636	14,790	453	4,243	n/a^†
14	Al-Batin	45,220	4,238	1,102	3,015	n/a^†
15	Abha	43,101	12,243	141	2,874	n/a^†
16	Al-Hazem	26,640	3,940	531	1,776	n/a^†
	League total	1,868,679	58,755	0	7,885	n/a^†

Updated to games played on 27 June 2022
Source: ^[88]
Notes:
1: Al-Ittihad played their home match against Al-Nassr behind closed doors.^[85]
2: Al-Nassr played their home match against Al-Fayha behind closed doors.^[86]
3: Al-Shabab played their home match against Al-Faisaly behind closed doors.^[87]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		Rising Star of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Vuk Rašović	Al-Fayha	Ahmed Hegazi	Al-Ittihad	Vladimir Stojković	Al-Fayha	Moteb Al-Harbi	Al-Shabab	[89]
September	Krešimir Režić	Damac	Igor Coronado	Al-Ittihad	Moustapha Zeghba	Damac	Nawaf Boushal	Al-Fateh	[90]
October	Péricles Chamusca	Al-Shabab	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	Al-Ahli	Fawaz Al-Qarni	Al-Shabab	Moteb Al-Harbi	Al-Shabab	[91]
November	Péricles Chamusca	Al-Shabab	Naïm Sliti	Al-Ettifaq	Ahmed Al-Kassar	Al-Faisaly	Moteb Al-Harbi	Al-Shabab	[92]
January	Miguel Ángel Russo	Al-Nassr	Romarinho	Al-Ittihad	Vladimir Stojković	Al-Fayha	Moteb Al-Harbi	Al-Shabab	[93]
February	Cosmin Contra	Al-Ittihad	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Ittihad	Mustafa Malayekah	Al-Faisaly	Firas Al-Buraikan	Al-Fateh	[94]
March	Ramón Díaz	Al-Hilal	Odion Ighalo	Al-Hilal	Marcelo Grohe	Al-Ittihad	Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti	Al-Ittihad	[95]
May & June	Ramón Díaz	Al-Hilal	Naïm Sliti	Al-Ettifaq	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	Al-Hilal	Nawaf Al-Aqidi	Al-Tai	[96]

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