2014–15 Saudi Pro League
Appearance
The 2014–15 Saudi Professional League (known as the Al-Ettifaq and Al-Nahda who were relegated to the 2014–15 First Division.
On 10 May,
Al-Taawoun.[5]
Runners-up Al-Ahli ended the season without a single defeat becoming the third team to ever do so in a 26-game league season and the fourth team overall. They became the first team to end the season unbeaten and not be crowned champions.
Both
Al-Raed.[7]
Teams
Fourteen teams competed in the league – the twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the
Al-Ettifaq (ending their thirty-seven-year top-flight spell) and Al-Nahda
(who were relegated after one season in the top flight).
Stadiums and locations
Al-Shoulla
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Al-Ahli | Jeddah | King Abdullah Sports City | 62,345 |
Al-Faisaly | Harmah | Prince Salman Sport City Stadium
|
5,200[8] |
Al-Fateh | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium | 19,096[9] |
Al-Hilal | Riyadh | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
|
62,685[10] 22,500[11] |
Al-Ittihad | Jeddah | King Abdullah Sports City | 62,345 |
Al-Khaleej | Saihat | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (Dammam) | 21,701[12] |
Al-Nassr | Riyadh | King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium |
62,685[10] 22,500[11] |
Al-Orobah | Sakakah | Al-Orobah Club Stadium
|
6,000[13] |
Al-Raed | Buraidah | King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
|
23,600[14] |
Al-Shabab | Riyadh | King Fahd International Stadium Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium |
62,685[10] 22,500[11] |
Al-Shoulla | Al-Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium | 8,000[15] |
Al-Taawoun | Buraidah | King Abdullah Sport City Stadium | 23,600[14] |
Hajer | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium | 19,096 |
Najran | Najran | Al Akhdoud Club Stadium
|
3,200[16] |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Ahli | Christian Gross | Taisir Al-Jassim | Umbro | Qatar Airways |
Al-Faisaly | Toni Conceição | Omar Abdulaziz | Macron | Roco1 |
Al-Fateh | Nacif Beyaoui | Hamdan Al-Hamdan | Lotto | Hyundai, Al Kifah1, AlMoosa Hospital1 |
Al-Hilal | Giorgos Donis
|
Salman Al-Faraj | Nike | Volkswagen, Mobily, Abdul Samad Al Qurashi1, Tasnee1, ExxonMobil2 |
Al-Ittihad | Victor Pițurcă | Mohammed Noor | Erreà | ExxonMobil2 |
Al-Khaleej | Jalel Kadri | Hussain Al-Turki | Uhlsport | Hyundai, Ghassan Property Group2 |
Al-Nassr | Jorge da Silva | Hussein Abdulghani | Sporta | Mobily, Ugine2 |
Al-Orobah | Amro Anwar | Musaed Neda | Erreà | Herfy |
Al-Raed | Ammar Souayah | Meshal Al-Enezi
|
Hattrick | Hana Water |
Al-Shabab | Adel Abdel Rahman | Ahmed Otaif | Adidas | Al-Sanabel Wheats1 |
Al-Shoulla | Eusebiu Tudor | Burj Maodah
|
Hattrick | |
Al-Taawoun | José Manuel Gomes
|
Adnan Fallatah | Erreà | Kudu, Al Saif Gallery1, Al Abaqra Co.2 |
Hajer | Nebojša Jovović | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim | Erreà | Al-Ajmi Co., Almulhim Auto |
Najran | Fouad Bouali | Hamad Al-Rubaie | Hattrick | Polystar |
- 1 On the back of the strip.
- 2 On the right sleeve of the strip.
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Khaleej | Sameer Hilal | End of contract | 6 April 2014 | Pre-season | Jalel Kadri | 29 April 2014[17] |
Al-Faisaly | Giovanni Solinas | 1 May 2014 | Stéphane Demol | 21 May 2014 | ||
Al-Nassr | José Daniel Carreño | 1 May 2014 | Raúl Caneda | 3 May 2014[18] | ||
Al-Orobah | Jameel Qassem
|
1 May 2014 | Laurent Banide | 25 May 2014[19] | ||
Al-Raed | Marc Brys | 1 May 2014 | Vlatko Kostov | 31 May 2014[20] | ||
Al-Shoulla | Juan José Maqueda | 1 May 2014 | Hans van der Pluijm | 9 May 2014[21] | ||
Najran | Nizar Mahrous | 1 May 2014 | Denis Lavagne | 8 June 2014[22] | ||
Al-Ahli | Vítor Pereira | Resigned | 5 May 2014[23] | Christian Gross | 16 June 2014[24] | |
Al-Shabab | Ammar Souayah | End of contract | 15 May 2014 | José Morais | 3 June 2014[25] | |
Al-Hilal | Sami Al-Jaber | Sacked | 26 May 2014[26] | Laurențiu Reghecampf | 26 May 2014[27] | |
Al-Fateh | Fathi Al-Jabal | End of contract | 27 May 2014 | Juan José Maqueda | 27 May 2014[28] | |
Al-Shoulla | Hans van der Pluijm | Sacked | 26 July 2014[29] | Eusebiu Tudor | 26 July 2014[29] | |
Najran | Denis Lavagne | Resigned | 25 August 2014[30] | 11th | Marc Brys | 25 August 2014[30] |
Al-Ittihad | Khalid Al-Koroni | Sacked | 28 August 2014[31] | 4th | Amro Anwar (caretaker) | 28 August 2014 |
Al-Raed | Vlatko Kostov | 1 September 2014[32] | 13th | Emad Al-Sulami (caretaker) | 1 September 2014 | |
Al-Taawoun | Taoufik Rouabah | 2 September 2014[33] | 10th | José Manuel Gomes
|
4 September 2014[34] | |
Hajer | Nacif Beyaoui | Resigned | 20 September 2014[35] | 8th | Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) | 20 September 2014 |
Najran | Marc Brys | 24 September 2014[36] | 11th | Abdelhay Atiri (caretaker)
|
24 September 2014 | |
Al-Fateh | Juan José Maqueda | Sacked | 25 September 2014[37] | 10th | Nacif Beyaoui | 1 October 2014[38] |
Hajer | Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) | End of caretaker period | 27 September 2014 | 8th | Nebojša Jovović | 27 September 2014[39] |
Al-Shabab | José Morais | Mutual consent | 6 October 2014[40] | 4th | Reinhard Stumpf | 7 October 2014[41] |
Al-Raed | Emad Al-Sulami (caretaker) | End of caretaker period | 7 October 2014 | 13th | Marc Brys | 7 October 2014[42] |
Najran | Abdelhay Atiri (caretaker)
|
8 October 2014 | 11th | Fouad Bouali | 8 October 2014[43] | |
Al-Ittihad | Amro Anwar (caretaker) | 16 October 2014 | 3rd | Victor Pițurcă | 16 October 2014[44] | |
Al-Nassr | Raúl Caneda | Sacked | 1 November 2014[45] | 1st | Jorge da Silva | 2 November 2014[46] |
Al-Orobah | Laurent Banide | Mutual consent | 17 December 2014[47] | 12th | Sofiane Kassabi (caretaker) | 17 December 2014 |
Al-Shabab | Reinhard Stumpf | Sacked | 21 December 2014[48] | 3rd | Jaime Pacheco | 8 January 2015[49] |
Al-Orobah | Sofiane Kassabi (caretaker) | End of caretaker period | 2 January 2015 | 11th | Valeriu Tița | 2 January 2015[50] |
Al Hilal | Laurențiu Reghecampf | Sacked | 15 February 2015[51] | 3rd | Ciprian Panait (caretaker) | 15 February 2015 |
Ciprian Panait (caretaker) | End of caretaker period | 28 February 2015 | 4th | Giorgos Donis
|
28 February 2015[52] | |
Al-Faisaly | Stéphane Demol | Sacked | 14 March 2015[53] | 6th | Toni Conceição | 14 March 2015[53] |
Al-Raed | Marc Brys | 24 March 2015[54] | 11th | Ammar Souayah | 24 March 2015[54] | |
Al-Shabab | Jaime Pacheco | 27 March 2015[55] | 5th | Adel Abdel Rahman | 28 March 2015[56] | |
Al-Orobah | Valeriu Tița | 7 April 2015[57] | 13th | Amro Anwar | 7 April 2015[57] |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.[58]
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
- ^1 Orestes has East Timorese passport and was counted as Asian player.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Nassr (C)
|
26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 20 | +42 | 64 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 60 | |
3 | Al-Hilal
|
26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 17 | +29 | 54 | |
4 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round[a] |
5 | Al-Shabab
|
26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 40 | |
6 | Al-Fateh
|
26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 33 | Qualification for the GCC Champions League
|
7 | Al-Faisaly
|
26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 30 | |
8 | Al-Khaleej
|
26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 29 | |
9 | Al-Taawoun
|
26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 28[b] | |
10 | Hajer | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 56 | −27 | 28[b] | |
11 | Al-Raed
|
26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 26 | |
12 | Najran | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 24 | |
13 | Al-Shoulla (R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 21 | Relegation to the First Division |
14 | Al-Orobah (R) | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 17 |
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2015. Source: SLstat
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ As winners of the 2015 King Cup, Al-Hilal, qualified for AFC Champions League group stage thus the spot for the third-placed team (AFC Champions League play-off round) is passed down to the fourth-placed team.
- ^ a b Al-Taawoun finished ahead of Hajer on overall goal difference: Al-Tawoun –4, Hajer –27 (Hajer 2–0 Al-Taawoun, Al-Taawoun 3–1 Hajer).
Results
Season progress
Source: ALJ Stats
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose