# 2022–23 Saudi Third Division

The 2022–23 Saudi Third Division was the second season of the Saudi Third Division since its inception in 2021. The season started on 3 November 2022 and concluded with the final on 10 March 2023. The group stage draw was held on 8 June 2022.
The final was played on 10 March 2023 between Al-Noor and Mudhar. Mudhar defeated Al-Noor 1–0 to win their first title.

## Overview
### Changes

On 14 April 2022, the Saudi FF announced that the number of teams in the Third Division would increase from 32 to 40 teams. To prepare for this change, only 4 teams would be relegated to the Fourth Division and 14 teams would be promoted to the Third Division. In addition, 6 teams would be promoted to the Second Division and only 4 would be relegated from the Second Division.

## Team changes

A total of 32 teams are contesting the league, including 22 sides from the 2021–22 season, 4 relegated teams from the Second Division, and 6 promoted teams from the Fourth Division.

### To Third Division

Promoted from the Fourth Division
* Al-Khaldi
* Al-Tasamoh
* Al-Sawari
* Al-Waseel
* Al-Tuhami
* Ras Tanura
Relegated from Second Division
* Al-Dahab
* Afif
* Al-Nojoom
* Al-Thoqbah

### From Third Division

Promoted to Second Division
* Al-Suqoor
* Al-Qous
* Jerash
* Sajer
* Qilwah
* Al-Shaeib
Relegated to the Fourth Division
* Al-Fursan
* Kumait
* Al-Entelaq
* Al-Fao

## Teams

;Group A
| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Bateen | Dhurma | Al-Bateen Club Stadium |
| Al-Dahab | Mahd adh Dhahab | Ohod Club Stadium (Medina) |
| Al-Jubail | Jubail | Al-Jubail Club Stadium |
| Al-Omran | Al-Hasa (Al-Omran) | Hajer Club Stadium |
| Al-Selmiyah | Al-Salamiyah | Al-Anwar Club Stadium (Hotat Bani Tamim) |
| Al-Ula | Al-'Ula | Al-Ansar Club Stadium (Medina) |
| Al-Waseel | Al-Uyayna | Irqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh) |
| Al-Watani | Tabuk | King Khalid Sport City Stadium |

### Group B

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Anwar | Hotat Bani Tamim | Al-Anwar Club Stadium |
| Al-Dera'a | Dawadmi | Al-Dera'a Club Stadium |
| Al-Mujazzal | Al Majma'ah | Al-Hamadah Club Stadium (Al-Ghat) |
| Al-Nojoom | Al-Hasa (Al-Shuqaiq) | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Reserve Stadium |
| Al-Noor | Sanabes | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Qatif) |
| Al-Qala | Sakakah | Al-Qala Club Stadium |
| Al-Sawari | Farasan Island | King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) |
| Baish | Baish | Baish Club Stadium |

### Group C

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Al-Houra | Umluj | Al-Houra Club Stadium |
| Al-Khaldi | Al Wajh | Al-Khaldi Club Stadium |
| Al-Qawarah | Al Quwarah | Al-Qawarah Club Stadium |
| Muhayil | Muhayil | Muhayil Club Stadium |
| Al-Thoqbah | Khobar | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Qatif) |
| Mudhar | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
| Ras Tanura | Ras Tanura | Ras Tanura Club Stadium |
| Sharurah | Sharurah | Sharurah Club Stadium |

### Group D

| Club | Location | Stadium |
| Afif | Afif | Al-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi) |
| Al-Amjad | Sabya | King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) |
| Al-Ghottah | Mawqaq | Al-Jabalain Club Stadium (Ha'il) |
| Al-Hejaz | Baljurashi | King Saud Sport City Stadium (Al Bahah) |
| Al-Tasamoh | Al Qunfudhah | Department of Education Stadium |
| Al-Tuhami | Jizan | King Faisal Sport City Stadium |
| Qaryah Al-Ulya | Qaryat al-Ulya | Qaryah Al-Ulya Club Stadium |
| Radwa | Yanbu | Al-Majd Club Stadium |

## Group A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Jubail (P) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 30 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Watani | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 27 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Al-Bateen | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 25 | |
| 4 | Al-Ula | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 21 | |
| 5 | Al-Dahab | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 20 | |
| 6 | Al-Omran | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 16 | |
| 7 | Al-Selmiyah | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 12 | |
| 8 | Al-Waseel (R) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 4 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAT | DAH | JUB | OMR | SEL | ULA | WAS | WAT |
| Al-Bateen | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Dahab | 1–3 | | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Al-Jubail | 0–0 | 3–1 | | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Omran | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Selmiyah | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ula | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Waseel | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | | 1–2 |
| Al-Watani | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |

## Group B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Noor (P) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 30 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Nojoom (P) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 26 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Baish | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 25 | |
| 4 | Al-Qala | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 24 | |
| 5 | Al-Anwar | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 17 | |
| 6 | Al-Dera'a | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 16 | |
| 7 | Al-Mujazzal | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 13 | |
| 8 | Al-Sawari (R) | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 46 | −38 | 2 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | ANW | DER | MUJ | NOJ | NOR | QAL | SAW | BAI |
| Al-Anwar | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Dera'a | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 |
| Al-Mujazzal | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Al-Nojoom | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Noor | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Qala | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 7–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Sawari | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–9 | 1–4 | 1–3 | | 0–1 |
| Baish | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |

## Group C
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Mudhar (C, P) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 30 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Houra (P) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 29 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Sharurah | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 18 | |
| 4 | Muhayil | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 15 | |
| 5 | Al-Khaldi | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 15 | |
| 6 | Al-Qawarah | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 14 | |
| 7 | Al-Thoqbah | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |
| 8 | Ras Tanura (R) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 12 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | HOU | KHA | QAW | THO | MUD | MUH | RAS | SHR |
| Al-Houra | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Al-Khaldi | 0–0 | | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 |
| Al-Qawarah | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Al-Thoqbah | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Mudhar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 |
| Muhayil | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 2–5 |
| Ras Tanura | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 |
| Sharurah | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | |

## Group D
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Afif (P) | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 25 | Promotion to the Second Division and qualification to the Semi-finals |
| 2 | Al-Ghottah | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 24 | Qualification for the promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Al-Tuhami | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 22 | |
| 4 | Qaryah Al-Ulya | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 20 | |
| 5 | Radwa | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | Al-Tasamoh | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 15 | |
| 7 | Al-Amjad | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 8 | Al-Hejaz (R) | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 11 | Relegation to the Fourth Division |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AFI | AMJ | GHO | HEJ | TAS | TUH | QAR | RAD |
| Afif | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Al-Amjad | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ghottah | 2–1 | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 7–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Al-Hejaz | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Al-Tasamoh | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Al-Tuhami | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Qaryah Al-Ulya | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 1–0 |
| Radwa | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

## Play-offs
### Promotion play-offs

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Nojoom | 2–1 | Al-Watani | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Ghottah | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Al-Houra | 2–1 | 0–1 |
Al-Nojoom won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Al-Houra won 4–2 on penalties.

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 10 March 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abdulaziz Al-Merdasi | Afif | 12 |
| 2 | Saud Fallatah | Al-Dera'a | 10 |
| 2 | Emad Al-Kanani | Al-Ula | 10 |
| 4 | Meshal Nowman | Al-Ghotah | 9 |
| 5 | Naif Abdali | Baish | 8 |
| 6 | Abdullah Al-Ghamdi | Muhayil | 7 |
| 6 | Mabrook Al-Najrani | Sharurah | 7 |
| 6 | Nawaf Al-Muslamani | Al-Khaldi | 7 |
| 6 | Basem Al-Enezi | Al-Watani | 7 |
| 6 | Abdulrahman Al-Goufi | Al-Houra | 7 |

#### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Yousef Al-Salem | Al-Jubail | Al-Omran | 5–0 (H) | 4 November 2022 |
| Saud Fallatah | Al-Dera'a | Al-Sawari | 4–1 (H) | 18 November 2022 |
| Abdullah Al-Ghamdi | Muhayil | Ras Tanura | 3–0 (H) | 19 November 2022 |
| Abdulaziz Al-Merdasi | Afif | Al-Tuhami | 6–1 (H) | 9 December 2022 |
| Yahya Asiri | Sharurah | Muhayil | 5–2 (A) | 9 December 2022 |
| Saad Al-Shammari | Al-Ghottah | Al-Tasamoh | 3–2 (A) | 16 December 2022 |
| Abdulaziz Al-Merdasi | Afif | Al-Tasamoh | 4–0 (H) | 21 January 2023 |
| Basem Al-Enezi | Al-Watani | Al-Ula | 3–1 (H) | 4 February 2023 |
| Abdulaziz Al-Shammari | Al-Qawarah | Al-Khaldi | 4–2 (A) | 10 February 2023 |
| Musaab Al-Rashdan | Al-Ghottah | Al-Tasamoh | 7–1 (H) | 17 February 2023 |
| Salamah Al-Omrani | Al-Watani | Al-Waseel | 4–1 (H) | 23 February 2023 |

##### Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

## Number of teams by province

| Rank | Province | Number | Teams |
| 1 | Eastern Province | 8 | Al-Jubail, Al-Nojoom, Al-Noor, Al-Omran, Al-Thoqbah, Mudhar, Qaryah Al-Ulya and Ras Tanura |
| 2 | Riyadh | 7 | Afif, Al-Anwar, Al-Bateen, Al-Dera'a, Al-Mujazzal, Al-Selmiyah and Al-Waseel |
| 3 | Jazan | 4 | Al-Amjad, Al-Sawari, Al-Tuhami and Baish |
| 4 | Medina | 3 | Al-Dahab, Al-Ula and Radwa |
| 4 | Tabuk | 3 | Al-Houra, Al-Khaldi and Al-Watani |
| 6 | Al-Bahah | 1 | Al-Hejaz |
| 6 | Al Jawf | 1 | Al-Qala |
| 6 | Al-Qassim | 1 | Al-Qawarah |
| 6 | Asir | 1 | Muhayil |
| 6 | Ha'il | 1 | Al-Ghottah |
| 6 | Mecca | 1 | Al-Tasamoh |
| 6 | Najran | 1 | Sharurah |