# 2024–25 Saudi Second Division League

The 2024–25 Saudi Second Division League is the fourth season of the Saudi Second Division League after its rebrand, and the 49th season since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 13 September 2024 and is scheduled to conclude on 12 April 2025 with the final. The group stage draw was held on 5 June 2024.

## Team changes

A total of 32 teams are contesting the league, including 25 sides from the 2023–24 season, 3 relegated teams from the FD League, and 4 promoted teams from the Third Division.

### To Second Division

Promoted from the Third Division
* Al-Ula
* Al-Anwar
* Al-Sharq
* Al-Ghottah
Relegated from FD League
* Hajer
* Al-Qaisumah
* Al-Taraji

### From Second Division

Promoted to FD League
* Neom
* Al-Jubail
* Al-Zulfi
Relegated to the Third Division
* Al-Shaeib
* Afif
* Al-Nairyah
* Al-Noor

## Teams
### Group A

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Ansar | Medina | Al-Ansar Club Stadium |
| Al-Ghottah | Mawqaq | Al-Jabalain Club Stadium (Ha'il) |
| Al-Houra | Umluj | Al-Houra Club Stadium |
| Al-Jeel | Al-Hasa (Hofuf) | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Kawkab | Al-Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
| Al-Lewaa | Baqaa | Al-Lewaa Club Stadium |
| Al-Nojoom | Al-Hasa (Al-Shuqaiq) | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| Al-Sahel | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
| Al-Shoulla | Al-Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
| Al-Taraji | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
| Al-Ula | Al-'Ula | Al-Ansar Club Stadium (Medina) |
| Arar | Arar | Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sport City Stadium |
| Bisha | Bisha | Bisha University Stadium |
| Hajer | Al-Hasa (Hofuf) | Hajer Club Stadium |
| Mudhar | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
| Najran | Najran | Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium |

### Group B

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Anwar | Hotat Bani Tamim | Al-Anwar Club Stadium |
| Al-Diriyah | Diriyah | Al-Diriyah Club Stadium |
| Al-Entesar | Rabigh | Al-Entesar Club Stadium |
| Al-Qaisumah | Qaisumah | Al-Batin Club Stadium (Hafar al-Batin) |
| Al-Qous | Al Khurmah | Al-Qous Club Stadium |
| Al-Rawdhah | Al-Hasa (Al-Jeshah) | Al-Rawdhah Club Stadium |
| Al-Rayyan | Haʼil | Al-Jabalain Club Stadium |
| Al-Sadd | Ad-Dilam (Najaan) | Al-Anwar Club Stadium (Hotat Bani Tamim) |
| Al-Saqer | Buraidah (Al-Basr) | Al-Taawoun Club Stadium |
| Al-Sharq | Ad-Dilam | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium (Al-Kharj) |
| Al-Taqadom | Al Mithnab | Al-Taqadom Club Stadium |
| Al-Washm | Shaqra | Al-Washm Club Stadium |
| Hetten | Samtah | King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) |
| Jerash | Ahad Rafidah | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Reserve Stadium (Abha) |
| Tuwaiq | Al Zulfi | Al-Zulfi Club Stadium |
| Wej | Ta'if | King Fahd Stadium |

## Foreign players

On 9 March 2024, the Saudi FF announced that the number of foreign players would be decreased from 5 players to 4 players.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Players name in italics indicates the player is out of squad or has left the club during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former players |
| Al-Ansar | Ahmad Hamdi | | | | |
| Al-Anwar | Alyson Romeu | Guillaume Daho | Louis Abrogoua | Montasser Toumi | |
| Al-Diriyah | Arthur Rezende | Júlio Tavares | Moussa Marega | Agi Dambelley | |
| Al-Entesar | Mohammad Fouad Abdulhamid | Zotsara Randriambololona | Abdoulaye Katkoré | Dennis Sesugh | |
| Al-Ghottah | Hamza Banouh | Ahmed Amara | Omar Lamti | Fahmi Maaouani | Zied Jebali |
| Al-Houra | Abdeldjalil Mancer | Mohamad Abdelwahab | Emmanuel Mensah | Rabii Bouzid | Nader Moussa Mostafa Yousri |
| Al-Jeel | Edilson Júnior | Teco | Alain Akono | Oussema Ben Ayed | Adnane El Ouardy |
| Al-Kawkab | Israel Abia | Olivier Kwizera | Aymen Trabelsi | Mehdi Bensib | |
| Al-Lewaa | Júninho | Sofiane Dia | Mathew Boniface | Raël Lolala | |
| Al-Nojoom | Foudil Idriss | Varel Rozan | Abdoulie Kassama | Steve Rubanguka | |
| Al-Qaisumah | Amar Djabou | Ismail Diakhité | Saïd Sidi Baba | Hakim Teka | |
| Al-Qous | Ibrahim Eisa | Ahmed Turk | Imad Riadi | Owen Atikor | Honoré Kpegba |
| Al-Rawdhah | Lawson Bekui | Sylla Daouda | Carolus Andriamatsinoro | Zakaria Lahlali | |
| Al-Rayyan | Maher Sharoma | Mahmoud Ben Salah | Sabri Ameri | Youssef Trabelsi | |
| Al-Sadd | Mohammed Hanash | Nwangwa Nyima | Mondher Guesmi | Skander Ben Afia | |
| Al-Sahel | Khaled Nèche | Chidiebere Nwakali | Borhane Hakimi | Rafik Kamergi | Júnior Araújo |
| Al-Saqer | Bercy Langa Lesse | Éric Kabwe | Bassam Deli | Omar Smari | |
| Al-Sharq | Pablo Vinicius | Boris Bissemou | Duval Wapiwo | Houssem Chebli | |
| Al-Shoulla | Mohamed Aouichi | | | | Taylon Correa Coutinho Wael Ben Othmane Aziz Chtioui |
| Al-Taqadom | Ahmed Fawzy | Gaber Salem | Khalid Salah | Mahmoud El Ghazaly | |
| Al-Taraji | Árni Vilhjálmsson | Pedro Paz | | | |
| Al-Ula | Eduardo Henrique | Tiago Bezerra | Ismael Mokadem | Khaled Narey | Allan Sousa Ousmane Barry |
| Al-Washm | Redouane El Karoui | Soufiane Yakhlef | Zakaria Maknoun | | Rafa Miranda |
| Arar | Frederick Acheampong | Maher Boulabiar | Mohamed Saghraoui | | Dodô |
| Bisha | Abdelhakim Amokrane | Fabrice Onana | Cheikh Saadné | Jilani Abdessalam | |
| Hajer | Isael | Ibrahim Diomandé | Bakary Coulibaly | Alaeddine Marzouki | |
| Hetten | Roland Zan Bi | Ally Niyonzima | Mahmoud Al-Youssef | | Carlos Coppetti |
| Jerash | Gabriel Marques | Téssio | Adnane El Ouardy | Sameh Bouhajeb | Thoni Brandão |
| Mudhar | Oscar Tahi | Achraf Ben Dhiaf | Fares Meskini | Houssin Messadi | |
| Najran | Aneel Bakaki | Marcellin Koukpo | Samuel Sarfo | Alfa Diané | |
| Tuwaiq | Gabriel Correia | Piqueti | Mourad Zahou | Othman Saidi | |
| Wej | Guilherme Andrade | Glody Kilangalanga | Hicham Nouali | Elyes Brini | |

## Group A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Ula | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 26 | +25 | 59 | Promotion to the First Division and qualification to the final |
| 2 | Al-Jeel | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 17 | +41 | 58 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Al-Shoulla | 28 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 56 | |
| 4 | Najran | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 40 | |
| 5 | Al-Kawkab | 28 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 39 | |
| 6 | Arar | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 39 | |
| 7 | Al-Ghottah | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 37 | |
| 8 | Al-Lewaa | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 37 | |
| 9 | Hajer | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 37 | |
| 10 | Al-Taraji | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 33 | |
| 11 | Al-Sahel | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 56 | −22 | 32 | |
| 12 | Al-Nojoom | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 31 | |
| 13 | Mudhar | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 30 | |
| 14 | Bisha | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 29 | |
| 15 | Al-Houra | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 48 | −25 | 26 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 16 | Al-Ansar | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 47 | −27 | 22 | Relegation to the Third Division |
* 1 2 Al-Nojoom were awarded a 3–0 win over Bisha due to Bisha's inability to hold the fixture. In addition, Bisha were deducted 3 points for the same reason.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANS | GHO | HOU | JEL | KAW | LEW | NOJ | SAH | SHO | TAR | ULA | ARA | BIS | HJR | MUD | NAJ |
| Al-Ansar | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | | | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Ghottah | | | | | 0–2 | 1–1 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Houra | | 0–2 | | 0–1 | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 1–6 | | 0–2 | | 0–2 | | | 0–0 |
| Al-Jeel | 3–0 | 1–0 | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | | | 4–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Kawkab | 1–1 | | 0–0 | | | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | | | | | | 1–1 |
| Al-Lewaa | 0–0 | | | 0–2 | | | | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | |
| Al-Nojoom | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | | | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | |
| Al-Sahel | 3–1 | | | 2–5 | | 0–10 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Al-Shoulla | | | 4–0 | | | 3–2 | | 5–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Taraji | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | | | | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | |
| Al-Ula | 1–0 | 4–0 | | | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 4–2 | | | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Arar | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | | | | | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | |
| Bisha | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | | | | | | 0–3 | | |
| Hajer | | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | | 2–0 | 0–0 | | | | 2–0 | |
| Mudhar | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | 0–2 | | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | | 0–2 |
| Najran | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–0 | | 5–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | |

## Group B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Diriyah (C, P) | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 71 | Promotion to the First Division and qualification to the final |
| 2 | Al-Saqer | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 55 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Jerash | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 53 | |
| 4 | Al-Anwar | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 53 | |
| 5 | Al-Sharq | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 51 | |
| 6 | Al-Rawdhah | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 40 | |
| 7 | Al-Rayyan | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 36 | −2 | 37 | |
| 8 | Wej | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 35 | |
| 9 | Al-Entesar | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 37 | +4 | 34 | |
| 10 | Al-Washm | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 33 | |
| 11 | Al-Qous | 28 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 30 | |
| 12 | Tuwaiq | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 30 | |
| 13 | Al-Sadd | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 29 | |
| 14 | Hetten | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 27 | |
| 15 | Al-Taqadom | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 26 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 16 | Al-Qaisumah (R) | 28 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 63 | −47 | 10 | Relegation to the Third Division |
* 1 2 Al-Washm were awarded a 3–0 win over Al-Sadd due to Al-Sadd's inability to hold the fixture. In addition, Al-Sadd were deducted 3 points for the same reason.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANW | DIR | ENT | QAI | QOU | RAW | RAY | SAD | SAQ | SHR | TAQ | WAS | HET | JER | TUW | WEJ |
| Al-Anwar | | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | |
| Al-Diriyah | | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | | | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
| Al-Entesar | 2–1 | | | | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | |
| Al-Qaisumah | 0–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | | | 0–1 | | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 0–3 | | 1–3 |
| Al-Qous | | 0–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | 1–2 | 1–1 | | | |
| Al-Rawdhah | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Rayyan | | | 3–3 | 1–0 | | | | | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Sadd | 1–2 | | | | | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–3 | | 3–0t |
| Al-Saqer | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | | | | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Al-Sharq | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | 2–1 | | | 2–0 | 0–2 | | | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Taqadom | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | | 0–1 | | | | | | 0–3 |
| Al-Washm | | 1–2 | | | | | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–3 | | | 3–1 | 2–6 | 0–0 |
| Hetten | 1–2 | 0–5 | | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 0–1 | | | 2–1 | 2–2 | | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Jerash | 0–1 | | 3–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 6–1 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | | | 4–1 |
| Tuwaiq | | | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | | | 0–1 | | |
| Wej | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | | 2–1 | |

## Final

The winners of each group will play a single-legged final on 12 April to decide the champion of the 2024–25 Second Division.

## Statistics

    As of 21 December 2024

### Scoring
#### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Jilani Abdessalam | Bisha | 13 |
| 2 | Hassan Al-Solan | Al-Jeel | 12 |
| 3 | Majed Al-Mutairi | Al-Shoulla | 10 |
| 3 | Moussa Marega | Al-Diriyah | 10 |
| 5 | Redouane El Karoui | Al-Washm | 9 |
| 5 | Othman Saidi | Tuwaiq | 9 |
| 5 | Boris Bissemou | Al-Sharq | 9 |
| 5 | Téssio | Jerash | 9 |
| 5 | Bercy Langa Lesse | Al-Saqer | 9 |
| 10 | Éric Kabwe | Al-Jeel | 8 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Raël Lolala | Al-Lewaa | Al-Sahel | 10–0 (A) | 13 September 2024 |
| Saud Al-Baqawi | Al-Lewaa | Al-Sahel | 10–0 (A) | 13 September 2024 |
| Majed Al-Mutairi$^6$ | Al-Shoulla | Al-Houra | 6–1 (A) | 13 September 2024 |
| Majed Al-Mutairi | Al-Shoulla | Al-Sahel | 5–0 (H) | 20 September 2024 |
| Mohammad Fouad | Al-Entesar | Tuwaiq | 6–1 (A) | 21 October 2024 |
| Téssio | Jerash | Wej | 4–1 (H) | 1 November 2024 |
| Abdullah Al-Sulaiti | Al-Ghottah | Al-Sahel | 4–1 (H) | 22 November 2024 |
| Maher Hawsawi | Al-Kawkab | Al-Lewaa | 4–0 (H) | 23 November 2024 |
| Othman Saidi | Tuwaiq | Al-Washm | 6–2 (A) | 5 December 2024 |
| Árni Vilhjálmsson | Al-Taraji | Al-Ghottah | 3–2 (H) | 14 December 2024 |

##### Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away $^6$ Player scored 6 goals

## Number of teams by province

| Rank | Province | Number | Teams |
| 1 | Eastern Province | 8 | Al-Jeel, Al-Nojoom, Al-Qaisumah, Al-Rawdhah, Al-Sahel, Al-Taraji, Hajer and Mudhar |
| 1 | Riyadh | 8 | Al-Anwar, Al-Diriyah, Al-Kawkab, Al-Sadd, Al-Sharq, Al-Shoulla, Al-Washm, and Tuwaiq |
| 3 | Ha'il | 3 | Al-Ghottah, Al-Lewaa and Al-Rayyan |
| 3 | Mecca | 3 | Al-Entesar, Al-Qous, and Wej |
| 5 | Al-Qassim | 2 | Al-Saqer and Al-Taqadom |
| 5 | Asir | 2 | Bisha and Jerash |
| 5 | Medina | 2 | Al-Ansar and Al-Ula |
| 8 | Jazan | 1 | Hetten |
| 8 | Najran | 1 | Najran |
| 8 | Northern Borders | 1 | Arar |
| 8 | Tabuk | 1 | Al-Houra |