2015–16 Saudi Professional League

The 2015–16 Saudi Professional League - officially known as the Abdul Latif Jameel League, because of its sponsorship - was the 40th season of the Saudi Professional League, since its inception in 1976.

Professional League

Season	2015–2016
Champions	Al-Ahli (3rd title)
Relegated	Najran Hajer
AFC Champions League	Al-Ahli Al-Hilal Al-Taawoun Al-Fateh
Arab Club Championship	Al-Hilal Al-Nassr
Matches played	182
Goals scored	508 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Al-Somah (27 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Hilal 7–0 Al-Khaleej (21 November 2015)
Biggest away win	Hajer 0–5 Al-Ittihad (24 April 2016) Al-Ittihad 0–5 Al-Nassr (8 May 2016)
Highest scoring	Al-Ittihad 6–2 Al-Raed (4 February 2016)
Longest winning run	Al-Ahli (8 games)[1]
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Ahli (17 games)[2]
Longest winless run	Hajer (15 games)[3]
Longest losing run	Hajer (9 games)[4]
Highest attendance	60,051[5] Al-Ahli 3–2 Al-Fateh (13 May 2016)
Lowest attendance	46[5] Najran 2–0 Hajer (20 November 2015)
Average attendance	6,906[6]
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Al-Nassr were once again the defending champions for this season, having won the previous two editions in 2013–14 and 2014–15, their 7th title in total.[7] The League comprised 14 teams, 12 from the 2014–15 campaign and two new teams promoted from the 2014–15 First Division, champions Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Wehda who replaced relegated Al-Orobah and Al-Shoulla. The League started on 19 August 2015 and concluded on 14 May 2016.

On 24 April 2016, Al-Ahli won the league title after defeating Al-Hilal 3–1 in a home match. It was their first title since 1984 and their third overall.[8] Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal and Al-Taawoun all secured a berth for the 2017 AFC Champions League via league position. At the bottom, Najran and Hajer were relegated to the First Division.

Teams

First Division champions Al-Qadisiyah return for the first time since being relegated in the 2011–12 campaign and were joined by Al-Wehda who return after relegation in 2012–13 campaign. They replaced relegated sides Al-Orobah and Al-Shoulla. This brings top flight football back to Makkah and Khobar.

Stadiums and locations

Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad

Al-Fateh
Hajer

Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab

Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun

Najran

Al-Faisaly

Al-Qadisiyah

Al-Wehda

Al-Khaleej

Locations of teams in the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,000[9]
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	King Salman Sport City (Al Majma'ah)	5,200[10]
Al-Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi	19,096[11]
Al-Hilal^[A]	Riyadh	King Fahd International	62,685[12]
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City	62,000[9]
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Prince Saud bin Jalawi (Khobar)	11,000[13]
Al-Nassr^[A]	Riyadh	King Fahd International	62,685[12]
Al-Qadisiyah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi	11,000[13]
Al-Raed	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600[14]
Al-Shabab^[A]	Riyadh	King Fahd International	62,685[12]
Al-Taawoun	Buraidah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	23,600[14]
Al-Wehda	Makkah	King Abdul Aziz	33,195[15]
Hajer	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi	19,096[11]
Najran^[B]	Najran	Al-Akhdoud Club	3,200[16]

Notes

1. ^
   Al-Hilal, Al-Nassr and Al-Shabab also use Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (22,500 seats)[17] as home stadium.
2. ^
   Najran played all home matches this season at Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City (1,000 seats),[18] in Jeddah, due to security reasons.[19]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Christian Gross	Taisir Al-Jassim	Puma	Qatar Airways
Al-Faisaly	Liviu Ciobotariu	Omar Abdulaziz	Erreà	Aldrees
Al-Fateh	Nacif Beyaoui	Hamdan Al-Hamdan	Jako	Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Hilal	Giorgos Donis	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Nike	Mobily
Al-Ittihad	Victor Pițurcă	Hamad Montashari	Adidas
Al-Khaleej	Jalal Qaderi	Hussain Al-Turki	Erreà	Al-Majdouie Hyundai
Al-Nassr	Raúl Caneda	Hussein Abdulghani	Saudi Sporta	Mobily
Al-Qadisiyah	Hamad Al-Dossari	Naif Hazazi	Lotto
Al-Raed	Aleksandar Ilić	Ibrahim Madkhali	Hattrick	Hana Water Company
Al-Shabab	Fathi Al-Jabal	Ahmed Otaif	Romai
Al-Taawoun	José Gomes	Jehad Al-Hussain	Erreà	Herfy
Al-Wehda	Kheïreddine Madoui	Majed Al-Hazzani	Erreà
Hajer	Abdullah Al-Janoubi	Mustafa Malayekah	Erreà
Najran	Hélio dos Anjos	Abdulaziz Hamsal	Adidas	Star Plastic Industries

Foreign players

The number of foreign players was limited to 4 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.[20]

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Al-Ahli	Marquinho	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	Giannis Fetfatzidis	Omar Al-Somah
Al-Faisaly	Adriano Pardal	Javier Balboa	Abel Camará	Sadat Ouro-Akoriko
Al-Fateh	Élton	Juan Falcón	Patrick Gbala	Salam Shaker
Al-Hilal	Aílton Almeida	Carlos Eduardo	Digão	Kwak Tae-Hwi
Al-Ittihad	Sulley Muntari	Lucian Sânmărtean	Gelmin Rivas
Al-Khaleej	Abdoulaye Koffi	Aminou Bouba	Aboubacar Sylla	Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh
Al-Nassr	Mohamed Husain	Marquinhos Gabriel	Modibo Maïga	Adrian Mierzejewski
Al-Qadisiyah	Gilberto Macena	Jandson	Vitor Júnior	Saad Abdul-Amir
Al-Raed	Marcos Pizzelli	Boubacar Kébé	Ismaël Bangoura	Eid Al-Farsi
Al-Shabab	Mohamed Benyettou	Fernando Farias	Rafinha	Diego Arismendi
Al-Taawoun	Sandro Manoel	Paul Efoulou	Ricardo Machado	Jehad Al-Hussain
Al-Wehda	Anderson de Oliveira	Ernest Nfor	Jehad Al-Baour	Adolfo Lima
Hajer	Bruno Lopes	André Ndame	Ashraf Nu'man	Adama François
Najran	Adriano Alves	Bismark Ferreira	Eric Pereira	Tozin

Managerial Changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Pos.	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Raed	Abdelkader Amrani	28 August 2015[21]	Sacked	13th	Takis Lemonis	3 September 2015[22]
Al-Nassr	Jorge da Silva	23 October 2015[23]	Sacked	7th	René Higuita (interim)	24 October 2015[24]
Al-Nassr	René Higuita	26 October 2015	Temporary mandate over	6th	Fabio Cannavaro^[1]	26 October 2015[25]
Al-Wehda	Juan Rodriguez	29 October 2015[26]	Sacked	13th	Badreldin Hamed (interim)	30 October 2015[27]
Al-Qadisiyah	Djamel Belkacem	30 October 2015[28]	Sacked	9th	Alexandre Gallo	30 October 2015[28]
Hajer	Nebojša Jovović	30 October 2015[28]	Sacked	11th	Abdullah Al-Janoubi (interim)	30 October 2015[28]
Hajer	Abdullah Al-Janoubi	4 November 2015	Temporary mandate over	12th	Stéphane Demol	4 November 2015[29]
Al-Wehda	Badreldin Hamed	9 November 2015	Temporary mandate over	11th	Kheïreddine Madoui^[2]	9 November 2015[30]
Al-Ittihad	László Bölöni	24 November 2015[31]	Mutual consent	4th	Adel Abdulrahman (interim)	24 November 2015
Al-Ittihad	Adel Abdulrahman	15 December 2015	Temporary mandate over	4th	Victor Pițurcă	15 December 2015[32]
Najran	Fathi Al-Jabal	16 December 2015[33]	Mutual consent	13th	Al Hasan Al-Yami (interim)	16 December 2015[33]
Najran	Al Hasan Al-Yami	25 December 2015	Temporary mandate over	13th	Hélio dos Anjos	25 December 2015[34]
Al-Shabab	Alvaro Gutierrez	3 January 2016	Sacked	6th	Fathi Al-Jabal	3 January 2016[35]
Al-Qadisiyah	Alexandre Gallo	30 January 2016[36]	Sacked	11th	Hamad Al-Dossari (interim)	30 January 2016[36]
Al-Raed	Takis Lemonis	1 February 2016[37]	Mutual consent	12th	Reda Hakam (interim)	1 February 2016[37]
Al-Raed	Reda Hakam	5 February 2016[38]	Temporary mandate over	12th	Aleksandar Ilić	5 February 2016[38]
Al-Nassr	Fabio Cannavaro	11 February 2016[39]	Mutual consent	6th	René Higuita (interim)	12 February 2016[40]
Al-Nassr	René Higuita	18 February 2016	Temporary mandate over	7th	Raúl Caneda	18 February 2016[41]
Hajer	Stéphane Demol	8 March 2016[42]	Mutual consent	14th	Abdullah Al-Janoubi	8 March 2016[42]

Notes

1. ^
   Fabio Cannavaro took charge of his first Al-Nassr game on 2 November 2015 against Al-Faisaly (Round 6).
2. ^
   Kheïreddine Madoui took charge of his first Al-Wehda game on 25 November 2015 against Al-Raed (Round 9).

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Ahli (C)	26	19	6	1	55	21	+34	63	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2	Al-Hilal	26	17	4	5	52	23	+29	55	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage and Arab Club Championship group stage[lower-alpha 1]
3	Al-Ittihad[lower-alpha 2]	26	15	4	7	54	37	+17	49
4	Al-Taawoun	26	13	6	7	54	35	+19	45	Qualification to AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5	Al-Fateh	26	11	8	7	35	28	+7	41	Qualification to AFC Champions League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
6	Al-Shabab	26	11	6	9	27	28	−1	39
7	Al-Khaleej	26	8	9	9	27	43	−16	33
8	Al-Nassr	26	7	11	8	39	33	+6	32	Qualification to Arab Club Championship group stage[lower-alpha 3]
9	Al-Wehda	26	8	7	11	30	37	−7	31
10	Al-Faisaly	26	7	8	11	28	37	−9	29
11	Al-Qadisiyah	26	6	10	10	26	32	−6	28
12	Al-Raed (O)	26	6	6	14	30	45	−15	24	Qualification to relegation play-off
13	Najran (R)	26	5	6	15	36	53	−17	21	Relegation to First Division
14	Hajer (R)	26	2	3	21	15	56	−41	9

Source: slstat.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) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).[44]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Since winners of the 2016 King Cup, Al-Ahli, qualified for AFC Champions League group stage based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (2017 AFC Champions League group stage) is passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (AFC Champions League play-off round) is passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Al-Ittihad did not obtain an AFC license. Therefore, even if they earn the right to play in Asian competitions based on league position, they will not be able to participate.[43]
3. Al-Nassr earned a place in the Arab Club Championship by virtue of being the 2016 King Cup runners-up.

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 afterwards. 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
Al-Ahli	6	4	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Hilal	3	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Ittihad	4	3	5	4	2	3	4	5	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Al-Taawoun	8	6	3	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Al-Fateh	2	7	7	6	8	9	7	9	8	9	7	9	5	7	7	7	6	8	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	5
Al-Shabab	1	1	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	7	9	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Al-Khaleej	13	14	13	10	10	8	6	7	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Al-Nassr	7	8	6	7	6	6	8	6	7	6	5	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Al-Wehda	14	11	12	12	13	10	11	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Al-Faisaly	11	12	9	9	7	7	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	10
Al Qadsiah	5	5	8	8	9	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	11	12	12	11	11
Al-Raed	12	13	14	14	12	13	13	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	12
Najran	10	9	11	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13
Hajer	9	10	10	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Leader
	2017 AFC Champions League group stage
	2017 AFC Champions League play-off round
	Qualified for relegation play-off
	Relegation to 2016–17 First Division

Source: slstat.com

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	FSY	FAT	HIL	ITT	KHJ	NSR	QAD	RAE	SHB	WHD	TWN	HJR	NAJ
Al-Ahli		1–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2
Al-Faisaly	1–2		1–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–2
Al-Fateh	0–2	2–1		1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Al-Hilal	1–2	0–0	3–3		0–1	7–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0
Al-Ittihad	0–3	1–2	0–0	4–3		4–1	0–5	1–1	6–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	5–0	1–0
Al-Khaleej	0–4	2–1	0–2	0–3	2–2		1–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	3–1
Al-Nassr	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–1		0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0
Al Qadsiah	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–2		1–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–2
Al-Raed	2–5	5–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1		0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–3
Al-Shabab	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–1		1–1	0–1	3–1	3–2
Al-Wehda	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–1		2–1	1–0	1–1
Al-Taawoun	0–0	3–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	3–3	5–1	2–0	4–0	4–2		4–0	4–1
Hajer	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–5	0–5	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–4		1–2
Najran	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	2–3	4–3	1–1	3–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: slstat.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	23	24	25	26
Al-Ahli	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Al-Faisaly	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	D
Al-Fateh	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L
Al-Hilal	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	D
Al-Ittihad	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L
Al-Khaleej	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L
Al-Nassr	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L
Al Qadsiah	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W
Al-Raed	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D
Al-Shabab	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	W
Al-Wehda	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W
Al-Taawoun	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W
Hajer	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Najran	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D

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

Relegation play-offs

Al-Raed which finished 12th will play against Al-Batin, 3rd of the 2015–16 Saudi First Division for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score will take part in the 2016–17 Saudi Professional League.[44] Al-Raed won 5–3 on aggregate and secured their place in the next season.[45]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Batin	3–5	Al-Raed	2–1	1–4

First leg

19 May 2016

20:45 AST
(UTC+3)

Al-Batin	2–1	Al-Raed
Al-Yami  15' (o.g.) Metlaq  58'	Report	Bangoura  50'

Al-Batin Club Stadium, Hafar Al-Batin

Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish

Second leg

26 May 2016

20:45 AST
(UTC+3)

Al-Raed	4–1	Al-Batin
Pizzelli  3' (pen.) Al-Shehri  30' Al-Sawadi  81' Bangoura  90+4' (pen.)	Report	Jadoua  84'

King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah

Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush

Statistics

Top scorers As of 14 May 2016[46] Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Omar Al-Somah Al-Ahli 27 2 Gelmin Rivas Al-Ittihad 19 3 Carlos Eduardo Al-Hilal 14 4 Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili Al-Taawoun 13 5 Élton Al-Fateh 12 6 Ali Awagi Al-Wehda 11 7 Paul Efoulou Al-Taawoun 10 Adrian Mierzejewski Al-Nassr

Top assists As of 14 May 2016[47] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Jehad Al-Hussain Al-Taawoun 10 2 Salman Al-Moasher Al-Ahli 9 3 Fahad Al-Muwallad Al-Ittihad 8 4 Eric Pereira Najran 7 Paul Efoulou Al-Taawoun 6 Adrian Mierzejewski Al-Nassr 6 Élton Al-Fateh Gelmin Rivas Al-Ittihad Giannis Fetfatzidis Al-Ahli Marcos Pizzelli Al-Raed Nawaf Al-Abed Al-Hilal Taisir Al-Jassim Al-Ahli

Clean sheets

As of 14 May 2016[48]

Rank	Player	Club	G.P.	Clean Sheets
1	Khalid Sharhili	Al-Hilal	20	10
	Yasser Al-Mosailem	Al-Ahli	22
3	Mohammed Al-Owais	Al-Shabab	22	8
4	Faisel Masrahi	Al-Qadisiyah	26	7
5	Abdullah Al-Owaishir	Al-Fateh	19	6
6	Assaf Al-Qarni	Al-Ittihad	15	5
	Mansoor Al-Najai	Al-Faisaly	20
	Moslem Al Freej	Al-Khaleej	22
	Fayz Al-Sabiay	Al-Taawoun	22

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Gelmin Rivas	Al-Ittihad	Al-Qadisiyah	3–1	17 October 2015	[49]
Omar Al-Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Nassr	4–2	18 October 2015	[50]
Gelmin Rivas	Al-Ittihad	Hajer	5–0	10 December 2015	[51]
Omar Al-Somah	Al-Ahli	Al-Raed	3–1	14 December 2015	[52]
Omar Al-Somah^4	Al-Ahli	Al-Raed	5–2	8 May 2016	[53]
Yasser Al-Qahtani^4	Al-Hilal	Hajer	4–1	8 May 2016	[53]

⁴ Player scored four goals

Attendances

By round

2015–16 Professional League Attendance

Round	Total	GP.	Avg. Per Game
Round 1	32,122	7	4,589
Round 2	29,840	7	4,263
Round 3	93,882	7	13,412
Round 4	53,701	7	7,672
Round 5	69,084	7	9,869
Round 6	39,156	7	5,594
Round 7	48,285	7	6,898
Round 8	57,644	7	8,235
Round 9	44,462	7	6,352
Round 10	72,727	7	10,390
Round 11	47,422	7	6,775
Round 12	43,783	7	6,255
Round 13	30,295	7	4,328
Round 14	63,279	7	9,040
Round 15	52,709	7	7,530
Round 16	28,518	7	4,074
Round 17	55,137	7	7,877
Round 18	38,551	7	5,507
Round 19	53,191	7	7,599
Round 20	56,595	7	8,085
Round 21	45,342	7	6,477
Round 22	18,184	7	2,598
Round 23	34,391	7	4,913
Round 24	67,870	7	9,696
Round 25	14,018	7	2,003
Round 26	66,622	7	9,517
Total	1,256,810	182	6,906

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By team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Al-Ahli	360,312	60,051	7,144	27,716	−18.7%^†
2	Al-Ittihad	295,465	59,037	1,787	22,728	−46.4%^†
3	Al-Hilal	154,338	26,653	2,371	11,872	−8.7%^†
4	Al-Nassr	82,193	21,716	1,074	6,323	−60.9%^†
5	Al-Taawoun	72,910	12,507	1,274	5,608	+108.9%^†
6	Al-Raed	61,520	12,324	1,474	4,732	+42.9%^†
7	Al-Shabab	38,201	14,850	392	2,939	−10.7%^†
8	Al-Wehda	37,990	10,939	310	2,922	n/a^† ^†
9	Al-Fateh	37,184	11,688	282	2,860	+3.0%^†
10	Al Qadsiah	35,022	12,050	182	2,694	n/a^† ^†
11	Najran	34,761	18,777	46	2,674	+181.8%^†
12	Hajer	22,211	6,754	106	1,709	+5.4%^†
13	Al-Khaleej	18,445	6,714	93	1,419	−47.2%^†
14	Al-Faisaly	6,258	1,750	63	481	−15.6%^†
	League total	1,256,810	60,051	46	6,906	−24.5%^†

Updated to games played on 14 May 2016
Source: [55][5][56]
Notes:
^† Teams played previous season in First Division.

See also

• 2015–16 1st Division League
• 2015–16 2nd Division League
• 2016 King Cup
• 2015–16 Crown Prince Cup
• 2015 Super Cup

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External links

• Saudi Pro League Statistics 2015/2016