Saudi Arabia 1997/98

Table:

 1.Al-Hilal        22 14  3  5  40-24  45  Qualified for Playoffs
 2.Al-Nijma        22 13  2  7  34-28  41  Qualified for Playoffs
 3.Al-Shabab       22 10  9  3  46-29  39  Qualified for Playoffs
 4.Al-Ahli         22 12  2  8  38-30  38  Qualified for Playoffs
-----------------------------------------
 5.Al-Nasr         22 11  4  7  34-27  37
 6.Al-Ittifaq      22  8  7  7  28-33  31
 7.Al-Ittihad      22  7  7  8  28-32  28
 8.Al-Ta'ee        22  5  9  8  28-38  24
 9.Al-Riyadh       22  6  5 11  41-38  23
10.Al-Wahda        22  5  8  9  28-33  23
-----------------------------------------
11.Al-Sho'ala      22  4  7 11  23-36  19  Relegated
12.Al-Ta'awon      22  3  5 14  17-37  14  Relegated

Round 1 [Oct 15,16]
Riyadh   2-2 Ittifaq
Ta'awon  1-3 Hilal   
Nasr     5-2 Ta'ee    
Wahda    1-1 Ahli      
Ittihad  0-1 Sho'ala    
Nijma    1-3 Shabab      

Round 2 [Oct 19,20]
Shabab   6-0 Ittifaq 
Ahli     2-1 Riyadh  
Wahda    0-1 Nasr     
Ta'ee    1-1 Sho'ala   
Ta'awon  1-2 Ittihad    
Hilal    2-0 Nijma    

Round 3 [Oct 22,23]
Riyadh   0-2 Nasr      
Ahli     1-2 Shabab     
Ta'ee    3-3 Ittihad     
Sho'ala  2-2 Wahda  
Hilal    3-2 Ittifaq 
Nijma    1-0 Ta'awon  

Round 4 [Oct 27,29,30]
Ahli     0-1 Hilal     
Riyadh   1-0 Sho'ala  
Nasr     1-1 Shabab    
Ittihad  1-3 Nijma 
Ittifaq  1-0 Ta'awon
Wahda    0-1 Ta'ee   

Round 5 [Nov 5,7]
Shabab   1-1 Sho'ala  
Ittihad  0-2 Wahda   
Ta'ee    3-3 Riyadh   
Nijma    2-1 Ittifaq  
Hilal    2-0 Nasr     
Ta'awon  4-1 Ahli     [Dec 18]

Round 6 [Nov 13,14,15]
Nijma    3-1 Ahli     [Oct 9]
Shabab   3-3 Ta'ee    
Ittifaq  2-2 Ittihad   
Sho'ala  0-0 Hilal      
Riyadh   3-1 Wahda  
Ta'awon  0-1 Nasr    

Round 7 [Nov 16,19,20]
Nasr     1-2 Nijma    [Oct 27]
Ittifaq  3-2 Ahli     [Nov 3]
Hilal    5-1 Ta'ee        
Ittihad  2-0 Riyadh 
Sho'ala  3-1 Ta'awon 
Wahda    0-2 Shabab   

Round 8 [Nov 26,27]
Hilal    2-0 Wahda    [Nov 10]
Riyadh   0-1 Shabab   
Ta'ee    0-0 Ta'awon   
Ittifaq  2-2 Nasr       
Nijma    3-1 Sho'ala 
Ittihad  2-2 Ahli     [Dec 22]

Round 9 [Nov 30, Dec 1]
Shabab   2-3 Ittihad     
Wahda    0-0 Ta'awon
Nijma    1-1 Ta'ee   
Sho'ala  0-3 Ittifaq   
Hilal    2-1 Riyadh   
Ahli     1-2 Nasr     [Dec 8]

Round 10 [Dec 3,4,5]
Nasr     1-3 Ittihad   
Ta'ee    0-0 Ittifaq    
Ahli     4-2 Sho'ala     
Wahda    5-3 Nijma   
Ta'awon  1-0 Riyadh  
Shabab   1-2 Hilal    

Round 11 [Dec 10,11]
Riyadh   2-3 Nijma    
Ittihad  0-2 Hilal     
Ta'awon  1-1 Shabab  
Ahli     2-0 Ta'ee  
Ittifaq  0-0 Wahda   
Sho'ala  1-5 Nasr     

Round 12 [Dec 25,26]
Shabab   3-0 Nijma     
Ahli     5-1 Wahda      
Ta'ee    1-0 Nasr        
Hilal    2-1 Ta'awon 
Ittifaq  2-1 Riyadh  
Sho'ala  2-0 Ittihad  

Round 13 [Dec 28,29]
Nasr     1-1 Wahda     
Riyadh   1-2 Ahli       
Ittihad  1-1 Ta'awon     
Ittifaq  1-1 Shabab 
Nijma    1-2 Hilal   
Sho'ala  1-1 Ta'ee    

Round 14 [Jan 1,2]
Ittifaq  1-0 Hilal    [Dec 18]
Shabab   3-2 Ahli  
Ittihad  2-1 Ta'ee   
Wahda    1-1 Sho'ala  
Ta'awon  0-1 Nijma     
Nasr     2-4 Riyadh     

Round 15 [Jan 4,5]
Hilal    1-3 Ahli
Ta'ee    2-1 Wahda
Nijma    2-1 Ittihad
Shabab   1-2 Nasr 
Sho'ala  2-0 Riyadh
Ta'awon  1-2 Ittifaq  

Round 16 [Jan 8,9]
Nijma    2-1 Ittifaq
Ahli     2-1 Ta'awon
Ittihad  2-1 Wahda
Riyadh   3-0 Ta'ee
Nasr     2-1 Hilal 
Shabab   1-0 Sho'ala

Round 17 [Jan 12,13]
Nasr     3-1 Ta'awon
Ittihad  2-0 Ittifaq
Wahda    2-2 Riyadh
Hilal    2-1 Sho'ala
Ahli     1-0 Nijma
Ta'ee    1-2 Shabab

Round 18 [Jan 16,17]
Sho'ala  2-2 Ta'awon
Riyadh   4-1 Ittihad
Hilal    2-3 Ta'ee
Nasr     2-0 Nijma
Shabab   3-3 Wahda
Ittifaq  0-1 Ahli

Round 19
Hilal    0-1 Wahda
Ahli     1-0 Ittihad
Ittifaq  2-0 Nasr
Nijma    2-0 Sho'ala
Shabab   3-3 Riyadh
Ta'awon  1-0 Ta'ee

Round 20 [Feb 5,6]
Riyadh   2-3 Hilal    [Dec 23]
Nasr     0-2 Ahli
Ittifaq  2-1 Sho'ala
Nijma    1-0 Ta'ee
Shabab   1-1 Ittihad
Wahda    3-0 Ta'awon

Round 21 
Hilal    3-3 Shabab   [Jan 20]
Nasr     0-0 Ittihad
Ta'awon  1-7 Riyadh
Wahda    0-2 Nijma
Ahli     3-1 Sho'ala
Ittifaq  2-2 Ta'ee

Round 22
Hilal    0-0 Ittihad  [Jan 24]
Shabab   2-0 Ta'awon
Nijma    1-1 Riyadh
Wahda    3-0 Ittifaq  
Ta'ee    2-0 Ahli
Nasr     1-0 Sho'ala

Table:

 1.Al-Hilal        22 14  3  5  40-24  45  Qualified for Playoffs
 2.Al-Nijma        22 13  2  7  34-28  41  Qualified for Playoffs
 3.Al-Shabab       22 10  9  3  46-29  39  Qualified for Playoffs
 4.Al-Ahli         22 12  2  8  38-30  38  Qualified for Playoffs
-----------------------------------------
 5.Al-Nasr         22 11  4  7  34-27  37
 6.Al-Ittifaq      22  8  7  7  28-33  31
 7.Al-Ittihad      22  7  7  8  28-32  28
 8.Al-Ta'ee        22  5  9  8  28-38  24
 9.Al-Riyadh       22  6  5 11  41-38  23
10.Al-Wahda        22  5  8  9  28-33  23
-----------------------------------------
11.Al-Sho'ala      22  4  7 11  23-36  19  Relegated
12.Al-Ta'awon      22  3  5 14  17-37  14  Relegated

Promoted: Hajr and Al-Ansar.

Playoffs:

Semifinals 

First Leg [Mar 16,17]
Ahli     1-1 Hilal
Shabab   4-1 Nijma

Second Leg [Mar 19]
Hilal    2-1 Ahli
Nijma    0-1 Shabab

Third Place Match [Mar 23]
Ahly     2-1 Nijma         [asdet]

Final [Mar 25]
Hilal    3-2 Shabab        [asdet]



CROWN PRINCE CUP 97/98

LAST 16:

31/01   al-Hilal     v   al-Taawon   5-1
15/02   al-Ta'ee     v   al-Oruba    3-2
16/02   al-Okhdud    v   Reyadh      0-2
        al-Ahli      v   al-Ra'ed    3-2
17/02   al-Ittifaq   v   Hajr        0-1
        al-Ittihad   v   al-Shabab   0-2
20/02   al-Nijma     v   al-Shoala   1-2
25/02   al-Wahda     v   al-Nasr     2-3
 
QUARTER-FINAL
26/02   al-Shabab    v   al-Ta'ee    3-1
27/02   al-Shoala    v   Hajr        3-0
01/03   Reyadh       v   al-Nasr     2-1
03/03   al-Ahli      v   al-Hilal    2-1

SEMI-FINAL
05/03   Reyadh       v   al-Shoala   3-1
06/03   al-Shabab    v   al-Ahli     2-3 (asdet)

FINAL
13/03   al-Ahli      v   Reyadh      3-2 (asdet)


Federation Cup

Semifinal
Al-Ittihad      v       Al-Wahda        4-3     (aet-golden goal)

Final [Oct 1]
Al-Nasr         v       Al-Ittihad      2-1
  (Mamadou 3, Hussein Hadi 82; Jabarti Shamrani 19)

[Al-Ittihad were defending champions; it was Al-Nasr's first win in 10 years]


Second Level (Division One)

Final Table:

 1.Hajr            18 12  4  2  35-10  40  Promoted
 2.Al-Ansar        18  9  4  5  27-23  31  Promoted
-----------------------------------------
 3.Al-Qadeseya     18  7  7  4  25-20  28
 4.Al-Rowda        18  6  7  5  20-20  25
 5.Al-Khaleej      18  6  5  7  24-26  23
 6.Ohod            18  5  7  6  20-21  22
 7.Al-Ra'ed        18  6  3  9  33-37  21
 8.Najran          18  5  4  9  24-34  19
-----------------------------------------
 9.Al-Jabalain     18  4  7  7  17-22  19  Relegated
10.Al-Fat'h        18  3  6  9  15-27  15  Relegated

Playoff against relegation:

[Riyadh, Feb 26]
Najran 0-0 Al-Jabalain    [aet, Najran 4-3 on pen]

1996/97

1998/99

list of champions.

list of cup winners.


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