# 2024–25 Saudi Third Division

The 2024–25 Saudi Third Division is the fourth season of the Saudi Third Division since its inception in 2021. The season is scheduled to start on 25 October 2024 and conclude with the final on 15 March 2025. The group stage draw was held on 21 May 2024.

## Team changes

A total of 40 teams are contesting the league, including 32 sides from the 2023–24 season, 4 relegated teams from the Second Division, and 4 promoted teams from the Fourth Division.

### To Third Division

Promoted from the Fourth Division
* Al-Nakhal
* Al-Hedaya
* Al-Fadhl
* Al-Yarmouk
Relegated from Second Division
* Al-Shaeib
* Afif
* Al-Nairyah
* Al-Noor

### From Third Division

Promoted to Second Division
* Al-Ula
* Al-Anwar
* Al-Sharq
* Al-Ghottah
Relegated to the Fourth Division
* Al-Mujazzal
* Al-Tasamoh
* Al-Thoqbah
* Khaybar

## Teams
### Group A

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Hada | Tarout Island | Al-Safa Club Stadium (Safwa City) |
| Al-Hedaya | Aljish | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
| Al-Hilaliyah | Al Bukayriyah | Department of Education Stadium (Unaizah) |
| Al-Muzahimiyyah | Al-Muzahmiyya | Irqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh) |
| Al-Nahda | Dammam | Prince Fahd bin Salman Stadium |
| Al-Shaeib | Huraymila | Irqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh) |
| Jubbah | Jubbah | Al-Jabalain Club Stadium (Ha'il) |
| Muhayil | Muhayil | Muhayil Club Stadium |
| Munief | Turubah | Okaz Club Stadium (Ta'if) |
| Radwa | Yanbu | Al-Majd Club Stadium |

### Group B

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Afif | Afif | Al-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi) |
| Al-Amjad | Sabya | King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) |
| Al-Asyah | Asyah | Al-Bukiryah Club Stadium (Al Bukayriyah) |
| Al-Bateen | Dhurma | Al-Bateen Club Stadium |
| Al-Fadhl | Al-Hasa (Al Fodhool) | Al-Rawdhah Club Stadium |
| Al-Qwarah | Al Qwarah | Al-Qwarah Club Stadium |
| Al-Selmiyah | Al-Salamiyah | Al-Anwar Club Stadium (Hotat Bani Tamim) |
| Baish | Baish | Baish Club Stadium |
| Qaryah Al-Ulya | Qaryat al-Ulya | Qaryah Al-Ulya Club Stadium |
| Sajer | Sajir | Al-Washm Club Stadium (Shaqraa) |

### Group C

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Dahab | Mahd adh Dhahab | Ohod Club Stadium (Medina) |
| Al-Dera'a | Dawadmi | Al-Dera'a Club Stadium |
| Al-Fao | Wadi ad-Dawasir | Prince Nasser bin Abdul Aziz Sports City |
| Al-Noor | Sanabes | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Qatif) |
| Al-Qala | Sakakah | Al-Qala Club Stadium |
| Al-Salam | Al-Awamiyah | Al-Safa Club Stadium (Safwa City) |
| Al-Tuhami | Jizan | King Faisal Sport City Stadium |
| Al-Watani | Tabuk | King Khalid Sport City Stadium |
| Al-Yarmouk | Abu ʽArish | King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) |
| Qilwah | Qilwah | Qilwah Club Stadium |

### Group D

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Eetemad | Raudat Sudair | Najd Club Stadium (H̨awţah Sudayr) |
| Al-Ghazwa | Badr | Al-Ghazwa Club Stadium |
| Al-Khaldi | Al Wajh | Al-Khaldi Club Stadium |
| Al-Mehmal | Thadig | Al-Hamadah Club Stadium (Al-Ghat) |
| Al-Nairyah | Al Nairyah | Al-Nairyah Club Stadium |
| Al-Nakhal | Yanbu | Al-Majd Club Stadium |
| Al-Omran | Al-Hasa (Al-Omran) | Hajer Club Stadium |
| Al-Taraf | Al-Hasa (Al-Taraf) | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Reserve Stadium |
| Haql | Haql | Haql Club Stadium |
| Sharurah | Sharurah | Sharurah Club Stadium |

### Foreign players

On 9 March 2024, the Saudi FF announced that the number of foreign players would be increased from 2 players to 3 players.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Former players |
| Afif | Zaven Badoyan | Julius Ufuoma | Ahmad Boussaid | |
| Al-Amjad | Abdallah Khater | Hassan Mutwakil | Sami Hammami | |
| Al-Asyah | Venâncio | Alaa Anas | | Mohamed Nagy |
| Al-Bateen | Ahmad El Safty | Ahmed Balkheir | | Amr Marey |
| Al-Dahab | Abou Sy | Mohamed Vall El Kory | | Mohamed El Beshbeshi |
| Al-Dera'a | Baba Cissé | Alaa Ben Romdhane | Belhassen Mejri | |
| Al-Eetemad | Fody Traoré | Skander Amor | Slim Mezlini | |
| Al-Fadhl | Taher Mahamat | Moussa Sidiya | | |
| Al-Fao | Abdallah Abdelrazakh | Faisal Youssef | Dominique Da Sylva | |
| Al-Ghazwa | Abdallah El Sanghawy | Hesham Shaaban | Mohamed Fawzi Gaber | |
| Al-Hada | Sid Ahmed Aouadj | Vanílson | Mouad Chougag | |
| Al-Hedaya | Ravel Djoumekou | Prince Owusu | Houssem Eddine Tabboubi | |
| Al-Hilaliyah | Abdullah Barnawi | Mame Balla Diop | Saleh Badhris | |
| Al-Khaldi | Daniel Aryeetey | Robert Saba | Hamad Salmeen | |
| Al-Mehmal | Hiroto Kaneka | Ryosuke Nakajima | Yamato Kline | |
| Al-Muzahimiyyah | Adam Dembélé | Yves Mugunga | Rayan Fourgi | |
| Al-Nahda | Carlos Henrique | Fehmi Kacem | | Patrick Carvalho |
| Al-Nairyah | Wilfried Bisso'o | Mohamed Almamy Camara | Seifeddine Akremi | |
| Al-Nakhal | Firas Makni | Hassan Chelli | | |
| Al-Noor | Samuel Ofori | Houssem Bedbabis | Mohamed Amine Tayari | |
| Al-Omran | Mahamadou Traoré | Azer Ghali | Mohamed Jaballah | |
| Al-Qala | Rayllan Bruno | Mohamed Salem Dianos | Sabri Zaidi | |
| Al-Qawarah | Mahmoud Bassalah | Mohamed Fathy Saad | Yaqoub Alhassan | |
| Al-Salam | Abderrahim Makran | Raphael Osaluwe | | Marlle Habila |
| Al-Selmiyah | Mohamed M'Bareck | Houssem Lahbibi | | Anouar El Azizi |
| Al-Shaeib | Robinson Blandón | Babou Cham | | Bantu Mzwakali |
| Al-Taraf | Mamoudou Hassana | Angenor Gnapi | Guessan Bi Germain | |
| Al-Tuhami | Maxwell Abbey Quaye | Rubben Boateng | | Abasa Aremeyaw |
| Al-Watani | Alaeddine Bouslimi | Zied Ben Salem | | Akram Zuway |
| Al-Yarmouk | Lavissa Monyuytaah | Konan Ahuie | Moussa Sow | |
| Baish | Mustapha Kheiraoui | Ahmed Afifi | Omar Bassam | |
| Haql | Mahmoud Abd El Azeem | Mohamad Awadh | Mohamad Sameh | |
| Jubbah | Gerônimo | Bobby Clement | Maher Labidi | |
| Muhayil | Hassan Trika | Hesham Noah | Karim Samir | |
| Munief | Sofiane Khelili | Bahaeddine Brahmi | Louay Ben Dahnous | |
| Qaryat Al-Ulya | Wesley Simeão | Blessing Henshaw | Daniel Nosike | |
| Qilwah | Bernard Arthur | Mohamed Vieira Sanogo | Oussama Omrani | |
| Radwa | Bruno Grassi | Nader Sahal | Saith Sakala | |
| Sajer | Salah Khattab | Haroun Ayari | | Mouhab Touati |
| Sharurah | Mohammed Aba Yazid | Abdullah Al-Saadi | | Ahmed Turk |

## Group A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Jubbah | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 12 | +14 | 34 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Radwa | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 29 | |
| 3 | Al-Nahda | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 28 | |
| 4 | Al-Hada | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 27 | |
| 5 | Al-Hilaliyah | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Munief | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 23 | |
| 7 | Muhayil | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 16 | |
| 8 | Al-Muzahimiyyah | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 16 | |
| 9 | Al-Shaeib | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 15 | |
| 10 | Al-Hedaya (R) | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 29 | −23 | 3 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | HAD | HED | HIL | MUZ | NAH | SHA | JUB | MUH | MUN | RAD |
| Al-Hada | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Hedaya | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Al-Hilaliyah | 4–3 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | |
| Al-Muzahimiyyah | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | | 0–2 |
| Al-Nahda | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Shaeib | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | | | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Jubbah | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 2–3 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Muhayil | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | | 3–4 | 0–0 |
| Munief | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 |
| Radwa | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | |

## Group B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Afif (P) | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 36 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Baish | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 30 | |
| 3 | Al-Selmiyah | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 29 | |
| 4 | Sajer | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 27 | |
| 5 | Al-Asyah | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 23 | |
| 6 | Al-Qwarah | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Al-Fadhl | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 19 | |
| 8 | Qaryah Al-Ulya | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 19 | |
| 9 | Al-Bateen | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 15 | |
| 10 | Al-Amjad (R) | 16 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 34 | −24 | 3 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AFI | AMJ | ASY | BAT | FAD | QAW | SEL | BAI | QAR | SAJ |
| Afif | | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Amjad | 1–2 | | | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Al-Asyah | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Bateen | | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Fadhl | 1–2 | 8–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Qwarah | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Selmiyah | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Baish | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Qaryah Al-Ulya | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–1 |
| Sajer | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | |

## Group C
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Qala | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 35 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Yarmouk | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 30 | |
| 3 | Al-Tuhami | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 29 | |
| 4 | Al-Watani | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 27 | |
| 5 | Qilwah | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 25 | |
| 6 | Al-Fao | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 31 | −14 | 22 | |
| 7 | Al-Noor | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 | 18 | |
| 8 | Al-Dera'a | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 16 | |
| 9 | Al-Dahab | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 15 | |
| 10 | Al-Salam (R) | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 39 | −31 | 6 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DAH | DER | FAO | NOR | QAL | SAL | TUH | WAT | YAR | QIL |
| Al-Dahab | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Al-Dera'a | 3–0 | | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Fao | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Al-Noor | | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 5–0 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Qala | 4–1 | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 |
| Al-Salam | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–7 | 1–0 |
| Al-Tuhami | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 7–1 | | 1–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Al-Watani | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | |
| Al-Yarmouk | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | | | 2–2 |
| Qilwah | 5–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |

## Group D
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Haql | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 36 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Nairyah | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 36 | |
| 3 | Al-Nakhal | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 32 | |
| 4 | Sharurah | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 21 | |
| 5 | Al-Ghazwa | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 20 | |
| 6 | Al-Omran | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 19 | −3 | 19 | |
| 7 | Al-Mehmal | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 17 | |
| 8 | Al-Khaldi | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 16 | |
| 9 | Al-Eetemad | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 15 | |
| 10 | Al-Taraf | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 31 | −17 | 10 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | EET | GHA | KHA | MEH | NAI | NAK | OMR | TAR | HAQ | SHA |
| Al-Eetemad | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ghazwa | | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Al-Khaldi | 1–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Mehmal | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Nairyah | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Nakhal | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Al-Omran | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | | 0–1 |
| Al-Taraf | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Haql | 5–1 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | | 2–1 |
| Sharurah | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 15 February 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Maxwell Quaye | Al-Tuhami | 16 |
| 2 | Mohamad Awadh | Haql | 15 |
| 3 | Rayllan Bruno | Al-Qala | 13 |
| 4 | Radwan Hawsawi | Al-Fao/Qilwah | 11 |
| 4 | Bobby Clement | Jubbah | 11 |
| 6 | Louay Ben Dahnous | Munief | 10 |
| 6 | Jawad Al-Luwaim | Al-Fadhl | 10 |
| 8 | Mohamed Vieira Sanogo | Qilwah | 9 |
| 8 | Mohamed Camara | Al-Nairyah | 9 |
| 8 | Moussa Sow | Al-Yarmouk/Al-Asyah | 9 |
| 8 | Fody Traoré | Al-Eetemad | 9 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Maxwell Quaye | Al-Tuhami | Al-Salam | 7–1 (H) | 2 November 2024 |
| Ahmed Qohmi | Al-Tuhami | Al-Salam | 7–1 (H) | 2 November 2024 |
| Abdullah Abalkhail | Al-Hilaliyah | Al-Hada | 4–3 (H) | 21 November 2024 |
| Louay Ben Dahnous | Munief | Al-Muzahimiyyah | 4–0 (H) | 14 December 2024 |
| Vanílson | Al-Hada | Al-Hedaya | 3–1 (H) | 15 December 2024 |
| Maxwell Quaye | Al-Tuhami | Al-Qala | 3–0 (H) | 20 December 2024 |
| Louay Ben Dahnous | Munief | Muhayil | 4–3 (A) | 10 January 2025 |
| Jawad Al-Luwaim$^5$ | Al-Fadhl | Al-Amjad | 8–0 (H) | 8 February 2025 |
| Maxwell Quaye | Al-Tuhami | Al-Noor | 6–3 (A) | 14 February 2025 |
| Fody Traoré | Al-Eetemad | Al-Khaldi | 3–0 (H) | 14 February 2025 |

##### Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away $^4$ Player scored 4 goals; $^5$ Player scored 5 goals

## Number of teams by province

| Rank | Province | Number | Teams |
| 1 | Eastern Province | 10 | Al-Fadhl, Al-Hada, Al-Hedaya, Al-Nahda, Al-Nairyah, Al-Noor, Al-Omran, Al-Salam, Al-Taraf and Qaryah Al-Ulya |
| 1 | Riyadh | 10 | Afif, Al-Bateen, Al-Dera'a, Al-Eetemad, Al-Fao, Al-Mehmal, Al-Muzahimiyyah, Al-Selmiyah, Al-Shaeib and Sajer |
| 3 | Jazan | 4 | Al-Amjad, Al-Tuhami, Al-Yarmouk and Baish |
| 3 | Medina | 4 | Al-Dahab, Al-Ghazwa, Al-Nakhal and Radwa |
| 5 | Al-Qassim | 3 | Al-Asyah, Al-Hilaliyah and Al-Qwarah |
| 5 | Tabuk | 3 | Al-Khaldi, Al-Watani and Haql |
| 7 | Al-Bahah | 1 | Qilwah |
| 7 | Al-Jawf | 1 | Al-Qala |
| 7 | Asir | 1 | Muhayil |
| 7 | Ha'il | 1 | Jubbah |
| 7 | Mecca | 1 | Munief |
| 7 | Najran | 1 | Sharurah |