# 2016–17 Saudi First Division

2016–17 Saudi First Division was the 40th season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 11 August 2016 and concluded on 5 May 2017.

## Teams

A total of 16 teams are contesting the league, including 11 sides from the 2015–16 season, two relegated from the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and three promoted from the 2015–16 Saudi Second Division. Al-Qaisumah were promoted as champions, while Al-Adalh were promoted as Group B winners. Wej secured the final berth by winning the play-offs.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015–16 season.

### To the First Division

Promoted from Second Division
* Al-Qaisumah
* Al-Adalh
* Wej
Relegated from Professional League
* Najran
* Hajer

### From the First Division

Relegated to Second Division
* Al-Mujazzal
* Al-Riyadh
* Al-Diriyah
Promoted to Professional League
* Al-Ettifaq
* Al-Batin

## Stadia and locations

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Adalh | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Fayha | Al Majma'ah | King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium |
| Al-Hazm | Ar Rass | Al Hazm Club Stadium |
| Al-Jeel | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Nahda | Dammam | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium |
| Al-Nojoom | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Orobah | Sakakah | Al-Oruba Club Stadium |
| Al-Qaisumah | Qaisumah | Al-Qaisumah Club Stadium |
| Al-Shoulla | Al Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
| Al-Tai | Ha'il | Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium |
| Al-Watani | Tabuk | King Khalid Sport City Stadium |
| Damac | Khamis Mushait | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| Hajer | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Najran | Najran | Al Akhdoud Club Stadium |
| Ohod | Medina | Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium |
| Wej | Ta'if | King Fahd Stadium |

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Former Players |
| Al-Adalh | Bryan Jones | – | Seydou Palo |
| Al-Fayha | Mechac Koffi | Saeed Mustafa | Pedrinho |
| Al-Hazm | Robert Gladiador | Kevin Kimani | – |
| Al-Jeel | Dodô | – | – |
| Al-Nahda | Naby Soumah | – | Bryan Jones |
| Al-Nojoom | Amir Dridi | – | – |
| Al-Orobah | Abubaker Khabir | – | – |
| Al-Qaisumah | Ahmad Maiga | Albaye Papa Diop | – |
| Al-Shoulla | Omran Saeed | – | Yves Diba Ilunga |
| Al-Tai | Leo | Issa Husamal dean | Lucas Galán |
| Al-Watani | Francis Coffie | – | Peter Kolawole |
| Damac | Moussa Tigana | Peter Kolawole | Abdel Fadel Suanon |
| Hajer | Hervé Tchami | – | Naby Soumah Yousef Al-Thodan |
| Najran | Mussab Al-Laham | – | – |
| Ohod | Kafoumba Touré | – | – |
| Wej | Petrișor Voinea | – | – |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Fayha (C, P) | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 50 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 2 | Ohod (P) | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 48 | Promotion to Professional League |
| 3 | Najran | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 46 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Al-Nahda | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 45 | |
| 5 | Al-Orobah | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 41 | |
| 6 | Al-Qaisumah | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 50 | −6 | 41 | |
| 7 | Al-Shoulla | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 40 | |
| 9 | Hajer | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 40 | |
| 10 | Al-Hazem | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 38 | |
| 11 | Al-Watani | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 37 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 37 | |
| 13 | Al-Tai | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 37 | |
| 14 | Al-Adalh (R) | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 36 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 15 | Al-Jeel (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 35 | Relegation to Second Division |
| 16 | Wej (R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 30 | Relegation to Second Division |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | ADA | FAY | HAZ | JEL | NAH | NOJ | ORO | QAI | SHO | TAI | WAT | DAM | HJR | NAJ | OHD | WEG |
| Al-Adalh | | 2–5 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Fayha | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Al-Hazem | 4–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Jeel | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| Al-Nahda | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Al-Nojoom | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Orobah | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Al-Qaisumah | 4–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Shoulla | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Al-Tai | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Al-Watani | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Damac | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Hajer | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Najran | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Ohod | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 |
| Weg | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | |

### 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Al-Adalh | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D |
| Al-Fayha | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D |
| Al-Hazem | L | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W |
| Al-Jeel | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | L | L | D | D |
| Al-Nahda | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | L | D |
| Al-Nojoom | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | D |
| Al-Orobah | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | L | W |
| Al-Qaisumah | D | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L |
| Al-Shoulla | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Al-Tai | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D |
| Al-Watani | D | L | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | W | D | W | W |
| Damac | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | L |
| Hajer | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | W | L |
| Najran | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W |
| Ohod | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | D |
| Weg | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | D | W | L | L | L | D |

## Statistics
### Scoring
#### Top scorers

    As of 5 May 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Jeel | 20 |
| 2 | Kafoumba Touré | Ohod | 18 |
| 3 | Marco Cortez | Al-Orobah | 16 |
| 3 | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Adalh | 16 |
| 5 | Haron Eisa | Al-Watani | 15 |
| 6 | Yves Ilunga | Al-Shoulla | 12 |
| 6 | Fahad Al-Shammeri | Al-Qaisumah | 12 |
| 6 | Douglas | Al-Jeel | 12 |
| 9 | Ali Al-Aliany | Damac | 10 |
| 9 | Naby Soumah | Al-Nahda | 10 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ahmed Al-Zaaq | Al-Hazm | Al-Adalh | 4–0 (H) | 2 October 2016 |
| Yves Diba Ilunga$^4$ | Al-Shoulla | Damac | 4–1 (A) | 15 October 2016 |
| Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Jeel | Damac | 4–0 (H) | 20 October 2016 |
| Bader Al-Khamees | Al-Nahda | Al-Shoulla | 3–1 (H) | 28 October 2016 |
| Saud Salawati | Najran | Al-Jeel | 3–1 (A) | 25 November 2016 |
| Eissa Al-Saeed | Al-Nojoom | Al-Jeel | 4–3 (H) | 24 December 2016 |
| Douglas | Al-Jeel | Al-Watani | 5–2 (H) | 30 December 2016 |
| Kafoumba Touré | Ohod | Wej | 5–2 (A) | 22 April 2017 |

##### Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Clean sheets

    As of 5 May 2017
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Saeed Al-Harbi | Al-Shoulla | 11 |
| 2 | Dawod Al Saeed | Al-Nahda | 9 |
| 2 | Abdoh Besisi | Ohod | 9 |
| 4 | Mohammed Mazyad | Al-Tai | 8 |
| 5 | Mohammed Rabee | Al-Orobah | 7 |
| 5 | Khalid Radhy | Hajer | 7 |
| 5 | Abdullah Al-Jadaani | Damac | 7 |
| 8 | Amer Al-Bakhit | Al-Nojoom | 6 |
| 8 | Yahia Al-Shehri | Al-Hazem | 6 |
| 8 | Abdulrahman Dagriri | Al-Fayha | 6 |