2025–26 Saudi First Division League

The 2025–26 First Division League (known as the Yelo League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Saudi First Division League after its rebrand, and the 69th season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1957. The season began on 11 September 2025 and concluded with the play-off finals on 23 May 2026.^[1]

Season2025–26

Dates11 September 2025 – 23 May 2026

ChampionsAbha (3rd title)

PromotedAbha
Al-Faisaly
Al-Diriyah

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First Division League
Season	2025–26
Dates	11 September 2025 – 23 May 2026
Champions	Abha (3rd title)
Promoted	Abha Al-Faisaly Al-Diriyah
Relegated	Al-Batin Al-Arabi Al-Jubail
Matches	297
Goals	872 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sylla Sow (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Diriyah 5–0 Al-Wehda (4 February 2026)
Biggest away win	Al-Wehda 0–5 Al-Ula (13 September 2025) Jeddah 0–5 Al-Diriyah (25 February 2026) Al-Adalah 1–6 Al-Faisaly (2 March 2026)
Highest scoring	Al-Raed 6–3 Al-Adalah (22 January 2026)
Longest winning run	Al-Faisaly (7 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Faisaly (14 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Batin (18 matches)
Longest losing run	Al-Arabi Al-Jubail (8 matches)
Highest attendance	7,543 Al-Ula 1–2 Abha (9 April 2026)
Lowest attendance	10 Jeddah 0–2 Al-Raed (8 April 2026)
Average attendance	590
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2026.

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Overview

Changes

On 29 May 2024, the SAFF announced that foreign goalkeepers would not be allowed to play in the First Division League starting from the 2025–26 season.^[2]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2024–25 season.

To the First Division League

Promoted from Second Division

Relegated from Pro League

From the First Division League

Promoted to Pro League

Relegated to Second Division

Teams

A total of 18 teams will be contesting the league, including 12 sides from the 2024–25 season, the three promoted teams from the Second Division and the three relegated sides from the Saudi Pro League.

Al-Raed were the first team to be relegated following a 1–0 defeat away to Damac on 11 May 2025.^[3] Al-Raed were relegated after 17 consecutive seasons in the flight. On 25 May 2025, Al-Orobah became the second team to be relegated after they were docked three points for fielding an ineligible player against Al-Nassr.^[4] Al-Orobah were relegated after one season in the top flight. Al-Wehda were the third and final club to be relegated, following a 2–1 away defeat to Al-Ettifaq on the final matchday.^[5] Al-Wehda were relegated after three seasons in the top flight. Al-Raed will play in their 17th season in the FD League, while Al-Orobah will play in their 16th season and Al-Wehda in their 10th season.

The first club to be promoted was Al-Diriyah who did so after a 1–0 away win against Jerash on 10 February 2025.^[6] On 14 March 2025, Al-Ula became the second club to be promoted following a 6–0 away win against Bisha.^[7] The third and final club to be promoted was Al-Anwar, who did so after defeating Al-Jeel 3–1 on penalties (1–1 after extra time) in the promotion play-off final.^[8]

Al-Diriyah were crowned champions for the second time after defeating Al-Ula 1–0 in the final.^[9]

Al-Diriyah return to the First Division League after an absence of three years. They return to the league for the first time since the 2021–22 season and will play in their 6th overall season. Both Al-Anwar and Al-Ula were promoted to the First Division League for the first time in history.

Stadium and locations

Locations of teams in the 2025–26 First Division League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Abha	Abha	Al-Mahalah Stadium Damac Club Stadium (Khamis Mushait)	20,000^[10] 5,000
Al-Adalah	Al-Ahsa	Hofuf stadium Hajer Club Stadium	26,000^[11] 12,000
Al-Anwar	Hotat Bani Tamim	Al-Anwar Club Stadium Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj)	8,000^[12] 8,000
Al-Arabi	Unaizah	Department of Education Stadium	10,000^[13]
Al-Batin	Hafar al-Batin	Al-Batin Club Stadium	6,000^[14]
Al-Bukiryah	Al-Bukiryah	Al-Bukiryah Club Stadium	5,000^[15]
Al-Diriyah	Diriyah	Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Riyadh)	15,000^[16]
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Al-Majma'ah Sports City Stadium (Al-Majma'ah)	7,000
Al-Jabalain	Hail	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City Stadium	12,250^[17]
Al-Jandal	Dumat al-Jandal	Al-Jawf University Stadium (Sakakah)	8,500^[18]
Al-Jubail	Jubail	Prince Nayef Sports City Stadium (Qatif) Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium (Khobar)	12,000^[19] 15,000^[20]
Al-Orobah	Sakakah	Al-Jawf University Stadium Al-Orobah Club Stadium	8,500 7,000^[21]
Al-Raed	Buraidah	Al-Raed Club Stadium King Abdullah Sports City Stadium Buraidah	5,000 25,000
Al-Tai	Hail	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City Stadium	12,000
Al-Ula	al-Ula	Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Sports City (Medina)	24,000^[22]
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City Stadium	38,000
Al-Zulfi	Al-Zulfi	Al-Zulfi Club Stadium	3,080^[23]
Jeddah	Jeddah	Al-Faisal Stadium Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City	27,000 1,000

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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Abha	Damir Burić	Zakaria Sami	Offside	Yelo
Al-Adalah	Didier Gomes Da Rosa	Abdullah Al-Yousef	Al-Adalah	Yelo
Al-Anwar	Mohammed Adnan Ayoub	Faisal Al-Mujalli	Terio	Yelo
Al-Arabi	Ghazi Ghrairi	Wesam Wahib	RightAway Sport	Naqi Water, Yelo
Al-Batin	Paulo Alves	Mazyad Freeh	Hattrick	Yelo, Almaali Hospital²
Al-Bukiryah	Leonardo Ramos	Hicham Faik	RightAway Sport	Yelo, Rassin
Al-Diriyah	Alfred Schreuder	Waleed Abdullah	Macron	Yelo, Rassin
Al-Faisaly	Giovanni Solinas	Yassin Barnawi	Adidas	Aldrees, Yelo
Al-Jabalain	Ricardo Chéu	Abdullah Al-Harbi	Offside	Abar, Yelo
Al-Jandal	Abderrazek Chebbi	Hammad Al-Shartan	Skillano	Yelo
Al-Jubail	Khalid Al-Nuaimi	Salman Al-Moasher	RightAway Sport	Yelo
Al-Orobah	Slavche Vojneski	Rafea Al-Ruwaili	Offside	Yelo
Al-Raed	Jorge Mendonça	Oumar Gonzalez	Challenge	Yelo
Al-Tai	Amin Zubair (caretaker)	Ibrahim Al-Nakhli	Duneus	Abar, Yelo
Al-Ula	José Peseiro	Mohammed Al-Owais	Kappa
Al-Wehda	Rusmir Cviko	Waleed Bakshween	Offside	Yelo
Al-Zulfi	Habib Ben Romdhane	Salman Al-Saeed	Skillano	Yelo
Jeddah	Robertinho	Faisal Othman	Skillano	Yelo

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

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Abha	Abderrazek Chebbi	End of contract	1 June 2025	Pre-season	Damir Burić	1 August 2025^[24]
Al-Adalah	Martin Ševela				Mohamed Ayari	3 August 2025^[25]
Al-Batin	Khalil Al-Masri				Grégory Dufrennes	3 August 2025^[26]
Al-Diriyah	Fabiano Flora				Sabri Lamouchi	20 July 2025^[27]
Al-Faisaly	Pablo Franco				Giovanni Solinas	27 July 2025^[28]
Al-Jabalain	Jorge Mendonça				Ricardo Chéu	11 August 2025^[29]
Al-Jandal	Ziyad Al-Afar				Zoran Milinković	5 August 2025^[30]
Al-Jubail	Khalid Al-Nuaimi				Pedro Rodrigues	10 August 2025^[31]
Al-Orobah	Antonio Cazorla				Slavche Vojneski	1 August 2025^[32]
Al-Raed	Krešimir Režić				Jorge Mendonça	4 September 2025^[33]
Al-Tai	Zdravko Logarušić				Carlos Inarejos	14 July 2025^[34]
Al-Wehda	José Daniel Carreño				José Luis Sierra	1 September 2025
Jeddah	Iván Carrasco				Robertinho	13 August 2025^[35]
Al-Anwar	Sultan Khamis	Resigned	25 July 2025^[36]		David Patrício	25 July 2025^[37]
Al-Tai	Carlos Inarejos	Resigned	6 October 2025^[38]	15th	Khalil Al-Masri	8 October 2025^[39]
Al-Adalah	Mohamed Ayari	Sacked	29 October 2025	15th	Abdulhadi Al-Abdullah (caretaker)	29 October 2025
Al-Wehda	José Luis Sierra	Mutual consent	6 November 2025	17th	Mahmoud Abbas (caretaker)	6 November 2025
Al-Adalah	Abdulhadi Al-Abdullah (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	18 November 2025	15th	Didier Gomes Da Rosa	18 November 2025^[40]
Al-Anwar	David Patrício	Sacked	24 November 2025	14th	Abdullah Mohammed Al-Dawsari (caretaker)	24 November 2025
Al-Batin	Grégory Dufrennes	Mutual consent	27 November 2025	17th	Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker)	27 November 2025^[41]
Al-Batin	Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	1 December 2025	17th	Paulo Alves	1 December 2025^[42]
Al-Zulfi	Khalid Al-Koroni	Mutual consent	2 December 2025^[43]	13th	Habib Ben Romdhane	6 December 2025^[44]
Al-Jubail	Pedro Rodrigues	Sacked	4 December 2025	18th	Khalid Al-Nuaimi	4 December 2025^[45]
Al-Arabi	Kiko López		5 December 2025	14th	Ghazi Ghrairi	11 December 2025^[46]
Al-Diriyah	Sabri Lamouchi		6 December 2025^[47]	4th	Alfred Schreuder	6 December 2025^[48]
Al-Anwar	Abdullah Mohammed Al-Dawsari (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	11 December 2025	12th	Mohammed Adnan Ayoub	11 December 2025
Al-Wehda	Mahmoud Abbas (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	15 December 2025	15th	Rusmir Cviko	15 December 2025^[49]
Al-Jandal	Zoran Milinković	Mutual consent	29 December 2025^[50]	12th	Abderrazek Chebbi	29 December 2025^[51]
Al-Ula	Youssef Mannai	Sacked	3 January 2026^[52]	4th	José Peseiro	3 January 2026^[53]
Al-Tai	Khalil Al-Masri	Resigned	8 January 2026	11th	Amine Zoubir (caretaker)	8 January 2026
Al-Batin	Paulo Alves	Sacked	20 January 2026^[54]	18th	Henry Makinwa (caretaker)	20 January 2026^[55]
Al-Raed	Jorge Mendonça	Sacked	5 February 2026	8th	Rami El Hassan (caretaker)	5 February 2026
Al-Raed	Rami El Hassan (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	18 February 2026	8th	Nacif Beyaoui	18 February 2026^[56]
Al-Bukiryah	Leonardo Ramos	Sacked	23 February 2026^[57]	8th	Fabiano Flora	23 February 2026^[58]
Al-Arabi	Ghazi Ghrairi		26 February 2026	16th	Laurent Hagist	2 March 2026^[59]
Al-Adalah	Didier Gomes Da Rosa		18 March 2026^[60]	15th	Mohamed Mkacher	25 March 2026^[61]
Al-Batin	Henry Makinwa (caretaker)	End of caretaker period	26 April 2026	16th	Maher Al-Shammari	26 April 2026^[62]

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Foreign players

The number of foreign players is limited to 5 players per team, in addition to two slots for U21 players (born in 2004 or after).

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.

More information Club, Player 1 ...

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	U21 player1(s)	U21 player2(s)	U21 player3(s)	Former/unregistered players
Abha	Muralha	Juriën Gaari	Sylla Sow	Afonso Taira	Agi Dambelley	Kamil Boumedmed	Suleiman Bello		Ahmed Jafeli
Al-Adalah	Achraf Boudrama	Koffi Kouamé	André Bukia	Ranga Chivaviro	Joshua Mutale				Lucas Cunha Lucas Turci Kenneth Semakula
Al-Anwar	Rédha Bensayah	Marlon	Raykar	Tiago Bezerra	Appolinaire Kack	Ricardo Caraballo
Al-Arabi	Solomon Udo	Gislain Ahoudo	Gatoch Panom	Kwadwo Frimpong	Amadou Ciss	Abdul Karim Konate	Bakary Touray		Sheldon Vinícius Araújo Néicer Acosta
Al-Batin	Youssouf M'Changama	Paul-José M'Poku	Omar El Manssouri	Simon Falette	Abdoulay Diaby	Isaías Rodríguez	Samuel Sackey	Ayman Berouas
Al-Bukiryah	Fernando Piñero	Connor Pain	Jonathan Moya	Ousmane Barry	Hicham Faik	Amin Abu Khalifa	Aremu Owolabi
Al-Diriyah	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou	Gaëtan Laborde	Omar Colley	Moussa Marega	Óscar Rodríguez	Clayton Diandy
Al-Faisaly	Eduardo Henrique	Morato	Raphael Silva	Romell Quioto	Henrique Luvannor	Mohamed Absi			Ibrahima Ndiaye
Al-Jabalain	Eraldo Cinari	Megue	Cheikh Touré	Diogo Queirós	João Novais				Mateus Tiago Guerra
Al-Jandal	Thibault Peyre	Samba Camara	Ayoub Lakhdar	Anthony Okpotu	Aitor López				Kwame Bonsu
Al-Jubail	Roberto Dias	Fayçal Fajr	Zakaria Lahlali	Ousseynou Thioune		Wissem Chaouali			Ença Fati
Al-Orobah	Aboubacar Doumbia	Anass Najah	Simy	Darwin González		Ahmed Hlila	Abdulaziz Masnoum
Al-Raed	Yousri Bouzok	Oumar Gonzalez	Juanjo Narváez	Karim Yoda	Zinho Gano	Pedro Brito	Karim Ashraf	Solomon Tweh
Al-Tai	Luis Haquín	Jonata Machado	Dino Halilović	Törles Knöll	Omar El Hanoudi
Al-Ula	Cristian Guanca	Danilo Barbosa	Michael	Efthymis Koulouris	Matija Nastasić	Salem Ayyash			Adama Traoré
Al-Wehda	Farouk Chafaï	Mehdi Boudjemaa	Ali Adnan Kadhim	Demba Diallo	Bjørn Maars Johnsen	Hazem Ismail			Augustine Oladapo Ablaye Mbengue Agi Dambelley
Al-Zulfi	Diego Miranda	Léo Tilica	Housseine Zakouani	Ben Malango	Hamza Barry	Anthony Gomez	Sulayman Jawla		Abdeljalil Medioub Eric Johana Omondi Lanre Kehinde
Jeddah	Walmerson	Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana	Giorgi Aburjania	Kennedy Amutenya	Faisal Othman	Moamed Rajeh

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League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Abha (C, P)	34	24	5	5	64	35	+29	77	Promotion to the Pro League
2	Al-Faisaly (P)	34	21	10	3	76	32	+44	73	Promotion to the Pro League
3	Al-Diriyah (O, P)	34	22	6	6	79	39	+40	72	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
4	Al-Ula	34	21	8	5	72	33	+39	71
5	Al-Orobah	34	20	5	9	56	38	+18	65
6	Al-Jabalain	34	17	8	9	59	38	+21	59
7	Al-Raed	34	14	10	10	64	46	+18	52
8	Al-Zulfi	34	11	12	11	46	45	+1	45
9	Al-Tai	34	12	8	14	48	52	−4	44
10	Al-Wehda	34	12	7	15	52	58	−6	43^[a]
11	Al-Bukiryah	34	12	7	15	36	48	−12	43^[a]
12	Al-Anwar	34	10	11	13	53	54	−1	41
13	Jeddah	34	9	12	13	34	51	−17	39
14	Al-Adalah	34	8	9	17	44	70	−26	33
15	Al-Jandal	34	8	8	18	34	60	−26	32
16	Al-Batin (R)	34	5	7	22	39	69	−30	22	Relegation to the Second Division
17	Al-Arabi (R)	34	5	6	23	24	67	−43	21
18	Al-Jubail (R)	34	3	5	26	28	73	−45	14

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Source: saff.com.sa
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).^[63]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
Head-to-head points: Al-Wehda 3 (+2), Al-Bukiryah 3 (–2).

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve 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.

More information Team ╲ Round, Abha ...

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	31	32	33	34
Team ╲ Round
Abha	8	4	9	6	5	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Diriyah	13	5	2	2	4	6	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Al-Ula	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Al-Faisaly	9	11	11	12	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Al-Orobah	16	8	7	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	2	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5
Al-Jabalain	3	9	5	3	3	5	8	8	6	7	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6
Al-Raed	6	6	3	5	7	7	5	5	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Al-Zulfi	14	7	6	8	11	12	13	12	12	13	12	14	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	10	12	10	12	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Al-Bukiryah	5	10	12	14	12	8	7	6	5	5	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	10	11
Al-Tai	12	14	15	15	13	14	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	11	9	11	10	10	9	10	12	10	9	9
Al-Wehda	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	15	16	15	13	10	10	10	11	12	13	10	13	13	13	9	11	10	11	12	13	11	10	11	11	10
Al-Anwar	11	13	14	10	14	13	14	14	14	12	13	15	14	15	13	13	13	12	13	12	10	12	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12
Jeddah	2	2	8	9	6	4	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	7	9	9	9	11	10	12	12	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Al-Jandal	4	3	4	7	9	10	11	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Al-Batin	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	16	17	16	16
Al-Adalah	7	15	10	13	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	14
Al-Arabi	10	12	13	11	8	9	12	10	13	14	14	12	13	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17
Al-Jubail	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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	Promotion to the Pro League
	Qualification for the promotion play-offs
	Relegation to the Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2026. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

More information Home \ Away, ABH ...

Home \ Away	ABH	ADA	ANW	ARB	BAT	BUK	DIR	FSY	JAB	JAN	JUB	ORO	RAE	TAI	ULA	WHD	ZUL	JED
Abha		0–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Al-Adalah	1–2		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–6	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–4	4–4	1–3	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–2
Al-Anwar	0–2	4–1		3–0	2–2	1–2	4–2	1–3	2–3	0–1	4–3	2–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	5–1	2–0	2–1
Al-Arabi	1–3	2–1	1–1		1–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–2	2–3	4–3	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–1
Al-Batin	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–1		0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	4–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–4
Al-Bukiryah	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	5–1		0–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–1	1–3	1–1
Al-Diriyah	2–0	3–1	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–2		1–1	3–0	3–0	5–2	3–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	5–0	2–1	1–0
Al-Faisaly	3–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	1–2	2–2		2–0	4–2	2–1	0–0	5–3	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	0–0
Al-Jabalain	1–3	1–2	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–1	3–0	2–1		4–2	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	4–1
Al-Jandal	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–1		1–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2
Al-Jubail	0–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–3		2–3	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–3
Al-Orobah	1–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1		0–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–3
Al-Raed	5–1	6–3	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–1		1–1	3–2	2–1	1–2	0–0
Al-Tai	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	5–1	2–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–2		1–5	1–2	1–1	1–2
Al-Ula	1–2	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	5–1	3–0	3–1	2–1	3–0		0–3	4–2	1–1
Al-Wehda	2–3	4–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–1	0–5		1–1	2–1
Al-Zulfi	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–0		1–2
Jeddah	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–5	0–4	1–3	0–0	1–1	0–4	0–2	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–1

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Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2026. Source: saff.com.sa
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

3	Al-Diriyah	3

6	Al-Jabalain	0
			3	Al-Diriyah	2

			4	Al-Ula	1
4	Al-Ula (a.e.t.)	2

5	Al-Orobah	1

Semi-finals

18 May 2026

19:05

More information Al-Diriyah, 3–0 ...

Al-Diriyah	3–0	Al-Jabalain
Diandy 17', 70' Al-Dossari 86'

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Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium, Riyadh

18 May 2026

21:00

More information Al-Ula, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...

Al-Ula	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Orobah
Barbosa 90+5' Adam 105+5'		Simy 90+1'

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Prince Mohamed bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Medina

Final

23 May 2026

19:10

More information Al-Diriyah, 2–1 (a.e.t.) ...

Al-Diriyah	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ula
Al-Hussain 65' (o.g.) Laborde 94'		Guanca 29'

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Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium, Riyadh

Statistics

As of 14 May 2026

Scoring

Top scorers

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sylla Sow	Abha	27
1	Simy	Al-Orobah	27
3	Gaëtan Laborde	Al-Diriyah	26
4	Zinho Gano	Al-Raed	24
5	Efthymis Koulouris	Al-Ula	22
6	Henrique Luvannor	Al-Faisaly	21
7	Moussa Marega	Al-Diriyah	19
7	Cheikh Touré	Al-Jabalain	19
9	Törles Knöll	Al-Tai	17
10	Cristian Guanca	Al-Ula	14
10	João Novais	Al-Jabalain	14

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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Zinho Gano	Al-Raed	Al-Adalah	4–4 (A)	12 September 2025	^[64]
Gaëtan Laborde	Al-Diriyah	Al-Adalah	3–1 (H)	17 September 2025	^[65]
Simy	Al-Orobah	Al-Adalah	4–1 (A)	20 October 2025	^[66]
Simy	Al-Orobah	Al-Diriyah	3–3 (H)	28 October 2025	^[67]
Efthymis Koulouris	Al-Ula	Al-Jandal	5–1 (H)	21 December 2025
Tiago Bezerra	Al-Anwar	Al-Adalah	4–1 (H)	5 January 2026
Jonathan Moya	Al-Bukiryah	Al-Batin	5–1 (H)	6 January 2026
Zinho Gano	Al-Raed	Al-Adalah	6–3 (H)	22 January 2026
Simy	Al-Orobah	Al-Tai	3–1 (A)	28 January 2026
Gaëtan Laborde	Al-Diriyah	Jeddah	5–0 (A)	25 February 2026
Ben Malango	Al-Zulfi	Al-Arabi	4–1 (A)	7 April 2026
Zinho Gano	Al-Raed	Abha	5-1 (H)	13 May 2026

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Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mohammed Al-Hassawi	Al-Faisaly	13
2	Mohammed Al-Owais	Al-Ula	12
3	Abdullah Al-Jadaani	Abha	11
3	Mohammed Al-Waked	Al-Jabalain
5	Waleed Abdullah	Al-Diriyah	8
5	Jassem Al-Ashban	Al-Orobah	8
7	Saad Al-Saleh	Al-Zulfi	7
8	Abdulrahman Dagriri	Al-Tai	6
9	Bader Al-Enezi	Al-Bukiryah	5
	Yasser Al-Mosailem	Jeddah
	Saleh Al-Ohaymid	Al-Raed

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Number of teams by province

More information Rank, Province ...

Rank	Province	Number	Teams
1	Riyadh	4	Al-Anwar, Al-Diriyah, Al-Faisaly, and Al-Zulfi
2	Al-Qassim	3	Al-Arabi, Al-Bukiryah, and Al-Raed
2	Eastern Province	3	Al-Adalah, Al-Batin, and Al-Jubail
4	Al-Jawf	2	Al-Jandal and Al-Orobah
	Ha'il		Al-Jabalain and Al-Tai
	Mecca		Al-Wehda and Jeddah
7	Asir	1	Abha
7	Medina	1	Al-Ula

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2025–26 Saudi First Division League

Overview

Changes

Team changes

To the First Division League

From the First Division League

Teams

Stadium and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Positions by round

Results

Promotion play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Number of teams by province

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

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