# 2015–16 Saudi Second Division

The 2015–16 Saudi Second Division was the 20th season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1996.
The season featured 13 teams from the 2014–15 campaign, three new teams relegated from the 2014–15 First Division League: Al-Safa, Abha and Hetten, and four new teams promoted from the 2014–15 Saudi Third Division: Al Jabalain as champion and group A winner, Al-Qaisumah as runner-up and group B winner, Al-Washm as group B runner-up and Al-Qala as group A runner-up. The league began on 8 October 2015 and ended on 27 February 2016.
Al-Qaisumah won the league title after beating Al-Adalh 2–1 on aggregate in the final, both teams promoted to the 2016–17 Saudi First Division, also Wej promoted after defeating Al-Badaya 1–0 on aggregate in the third place play-off. While Al-Oyoon, Al-Akhdoud, Al-Tuhami and Al-Qala were relegated.

## Teams
### Teams relegated from the 2014–15 Saudi First Division

* Al-Safa
* Abha
* Hetten

### Teams promoted from the 2014–15 Saudi Third Division

* Al Jabalain
* Al-Qaisumah
* Al-Washm
* Al-Qala
;Group A
| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Adalh | Al-Hasa | Department for Education Stadium |
| Al Jabalain | Ha'il | Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium |
| Al-Najma | Unaizah | Al-Najma Club Stadium |
| Al-Oyoon | Al-Oyoon | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium (Al-Hasa) |
| Al-Safa | Safwa | Al-Safa Club Stadium |
| Al-Taraji | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
| Al-Tuhami | Jizan | King Faisal Sport City Stadium |
| Al-Washm | Shaqra | Al-Washm Club Stadium |
| Hetten | Samtah | King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) |
| Wej | Ta'if | King Fahd Stadium |

### Group B

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Abha | Abha | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| Al-Akhdoud | Najran | Al Akhdoud Club Stadium |
| Al-Ansar | Medina | Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| Al-Badaya | Al-Badaya | Al-Amal Club Stadium (Al-Bukairiyah) |
| Al-Kawkb | Al-Kharj | Al-Shoalah Club Stadium |
| Al-Muzahimiyyah | Al-Muzahmiyya | Leadership Development Institute Stadium (Riyadh) |
| Al-Qaisumah | Qaisumah | Al-Qaisumah Club Stadium |
| Al-Qala | Sakakah | Al-Oruba Club Stadium |
| Al-Sharq | Dilam | Al-Shoalah Club Stadium (Al-Kharj) |
| Sdoos | Diriyah | Leadership Development Institute Stadium (Riyadh) |

## Group A
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Adalh (P) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 42 | Promotion to 1st Division League and Qualification to the Final |
| 2 | Wej (O, P) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 34 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | Al Jabalain | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 29 | |
| 4 | Hetten | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 26 | |
| 5 | Al-Washm | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 25 | |
| 6 | Al-Taraji | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 23 | |
| 7 | Al-Najma | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 23 | |
| 8 | Al-Safa | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 23 | |
| 9 | Al-Oyoon (R) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 54 | −27 | 12 | Relegation to 2016–17 3rd Division League |
| 10 | Al-Tuhami (R) | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 8 | Relegation to 2016–17 3rd Division League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ADA | JAB | NJM | OYO | SAF | TAR | TUH | WAS | HET | WEJ |
| Al-Adalh | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Al Jabalain | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Al-Najma | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 5–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Al-Oyoon | 0–4 | 2–4 | 5–3 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 3–5 |
| Al-Safa | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Al-Taraji | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Tuhami | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Al-Washm | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| Hetten | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 |
| Wej | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |

## Group B
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Qaisumah (C, P) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 40 | Promotion to 1st Division League and Qualification to the Final |
| 2 | Al-Badaya | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 31 | Qualification to play-offs |
| 3 | Al-Muzahimiyyah | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 29 | |
| 4 | Sdoos | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 23 | +7 | 28 | |
| 5 | Al-Kawkb | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 27 | |
| 6 | Al-Sharq | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 25 | |
| 7 | Abha | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 20 | |
| 8 | Al-Ansar | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 19 | |
| 9 | Al-Akhdoud (R) | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 17 | Relegation to 2016–17 3rd Division League |
| 10 | Al-Qala (R) | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 39 | −29 | 7 | Relegation to 2016–17 3rd Division League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ABH | AKH | ANS | BAD | KAW | MUZ | QAI | QLA | SHA | SDO |
| Abha | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 |
| Al-Akhdoud | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Ansar | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Badaya | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Kawkb | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Muzahimiyyah | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Qaisumah | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Al-Qala | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Sharq | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 3–2 |
| Sdoos | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |

## Third place play-off

Al-Badaya, who finished 2nd in group B faced Wej the 2nd of group A for a two-legged play-off to decide the third promotion team with Al-Adalh and Al-Qaisumah. Wej won 1–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2016–17 Saudi First Division.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Badaya | 0–1 | Wej | 0–0 | 0–1 |

### Second leg

Wej won 1–0 on aggregate.

## Final

The winners of each group played two-legged matches to decide champions of the 2015–16 Saudi Second Division. Al-Qaisumah won 2–1 on aggregate against Al-Adalh.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Qaisumah | 2–1 | Al-Adalh | 1–0 | 1–1 |

### Second leg

Al-Qaisumah won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Champions

* Saudi Second Division 2015–16 winners
* Al-Qaisumah 1st title