Competition: | Second Division League |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Dates: | 14 September 2023 – 18 April 2024 |
Promoted: | Neom Al-Jubail Al-Zulfi |
Relegated: | Al-Shaeib Afif Al-Nairyah Al-Noor |
Matches: | 483 |
Total Goals: | 1245 |
League Topscorer: | Carolus Andria Maher Sharoma (18 goals each) |
Biggest Home Win: | (26 March 2024) |
Biggest Away Win: | (24 November 2023) |
Highest Scoring: | (23 March 2024) |
Longest Wins: | Neom (7 matches) |
Longest Unbeaten: | Bisha (21 matches) |
Longest Winless: | Afif (14 matches) |
Longest Losses: | Al-Lewaa (7 matches) |
Updated: | 18 April 2024 |
Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Saudi Second Division League was the third season of the Saudi Second Division League after its rebrand, and the 48th season since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 15 September 2023 and concluded on 18 April 2024 with the final. The group stage draw was held on 12 June 2023.[1]
The final was played on 18 April 2024 between Neom and Al-Jubail. Neom defeated Al-Jubail 3–2 to win their first title.[2]
A total of 32 teams are contesting the league, including 23 sides from the 2022–23 season, 3 relegated teams from the FD League, and 6 promoted teams from the Third Division.[3]
Promoted from the Third Division
Relegated from FD League
Promoted to FD League
Relegated to the Third Division
Club | Location | Stadium |
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Afif | Afif | Al-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi) |
Al-Entesar | Rabigh | Al-Entesar Club Stadium |
Al-Jeel | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium | |
Al-Kawkab | Al-Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
Al-Lewaa | Baqaa | Al-Lewaa Club Stadium |
Al-Nairyah | Al Nairyah | Al-Nairyah Club Stadium |
Al-Nojoom | Al-Hasa | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
Al-Rawdhah | Al-Hasa | Al-Rawdhah Club Stadium |
Al-Rayyan | Haʼil | Al-Jabalain Club Stadium |
Al-Shoulla | Al-Kharj | Al-Shoulla Club Stadium |
Al-Taqadom | Al Mithnab | Al-Taqadom Club Stadium |
Al-Washm | Shaqra | Al-Washm Club Stadium |
Al-Zulfi | Al Zulfi | Al-Zulfi Club Stadium |
Mudhar | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
Najran | Najran | Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium |
Neom | Tabuk | King Khalid Sport City Stadium |
Club | Location | Stadium |
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Al-Ansar | Medina | Al-Ansar Club Stadium |
Al-Diriyah | Diriyah | Al-Diriyah Club Stadium |
Al-Houra | Umluj | Al-Houra Club Stadium |
Al-Jubail | Jubail | Al-Jubail Club Stadium |
Al-Noor | Sanabes | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Qatif) |
Al-Qous | Al Khurmah | Al-Qous Club Stadium |
Al-Sadd | Najaan | Al-Anwar Club Stadium (Hotat Bani Tamim) |
Al-Sahel | Qatif | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium |
Al-Saqer | Al-Taawoun Club Stadium | |
Al-Shaeib | Huraymila | Irqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh) |
Arar | Arar | Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sport City Stadium |
Bisha | Bisha | Bisha University 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 |
On 1 June 2023, the SAFF announced that the number of foreign players was increased from 4 per team to 5 per team.[4]
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Former Players |
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Afif | Zaven Badoyan | Mouhamadou N'Diaye | Maher Nouioui | Aymen Trabelsi | Saith Sakala | Kadyrbek Shaarbekov Maxim Focșa Petrișor Voinea Amara Ferjaoui |
Al-Ansar | Abdelhakim Amokrane | Makram Bediri | Malek Boulaabi | Aymen Jaballah | Éric Kabwe | |
Al-Diriyah | Sid Ahmed Aouadj | Hamid Djaouchi | Rayllan Bruno | Oussema Ben Ayed | Mehdi Bensib | Ahmad Boussaid |
Al-Entesar | Adil Djabout | Lahouari Touil | Lawson Bekui | Oussema Boughanmi | Malek Miladi | Ibrahim Saidani Khalil Semahi Emmanuel Mahop Gozie Ugwu Alassane Diarra Bahaeddine Sellami |
Al-Houra | Essomba Fouda | Oscar Tahi | Mohamed Aouichi | Skander Ben Afia | Iheb Troudi | |
Al-Jeel | Júnior Araújo | Edilson Júnior | Wilfred Bisso'o | Frederick Acheampong | Saidou Barry | Ramon Milton Raphael Wallace Wendson |
Al-Jubail | Harrison Cardoso | Tiago Real | Walmerson | Adnane El Ouardy | Chidiebere Nwakali | Fedi Felhi |
Al-Kawkab | Dudu Figueiredo | Fabrice Onana | Carolus Andriamatsinoro | Tony Edjomariegwe | Olivier Kwizera | |
Al-Lewaa | Ahmed Ammar | Maher Boulabiar | Noureddine Chortani | Fahmi Maâouani | Charlton Mashumba | |
Al-Nairyah | Sid Ali Lakroum | Hichem Mokhtar | Salim Bawa | Emmanuel Uzochukwu | Hamza Mabrouk | Abdou Ouattara Achraf Ben Dhiaf Maher Nouioui |
Al-Nojoom | Aneel Bkaki | Jullen Sandy | Zotsara Randriambololona | Steve Rubanguka | Alaeddine Sekrani | Charles Ikechukwu |
Al-Noor | Christopher Mendouga | Naby Youssouf Soumah | Eric Serge | Camara Yacouba | El Mehdi Dahr | Boris Bissemou Mohamed Sanogo Vieira Mehdi Moulatay |
Al-Qous | Sofiane Khelili | William Opoku | Honoré Kpegba | Riadh Frioui | Aziz Sellami | David Molinga Alaeddine Abbes |
Al-Rawdhah | Babacar Diop | Israel Abia | Zied Ben Salem | Sameh Bouhajeb | Montasser Toumi | |
Al-Rayyan | Tidjani Anaane | Sabri Ameri | Mahmoud Ben Salah | Houssin Messaadi | Youssef Trabelsi | Mouhamadou N'Diaye Rundell Winchester Abdallah Berrabeh |
Al-Sadd | Islam Bouloudene | Abdelhak Sailaa | Emmanuel Mensah | Chamseddine Samti | Blessing Henshaw | |
Al-Sahel | Islam Chahrour | Marcellin Koukpo | Vinícius Boff | Bercy Langa Lesse | Amadou Moutari | Samir Aiboud Fabrice Kah |
Al-Saqer | Venâncio | Alaa Anas | Yaqoub Alhassan | Robert Odu | Bassam Deli | Wahid Mohsen |
Al-Shaeib | Jeferson | Gabriel Correia | Marko Pantić | Bantu Mzwakali | Ali Yahya | Mamadou Lamine Touré Bojan Matić |
Al-Shoulla | Ismail Kouakou | Seifeddine Akremi | Ahmad Boussaid | Ali Frioui | Alaeddine Marzouki | Abdallah Al-Shaafi Abdelghafour Mehri |
Al-Taqadom | Maher Sharoma | Ahmed Fawzy | Khalid Salah | Benjamin Afutu | Fedi Felhi | Hazem Mbarek |
Al-Washm | Arsène Loko | Mohammed Alhaj | Chris Mugalu | Rafa Miranda | Alaeddine Bouslimi | |
Al-Zulfi | Diego | Teco | Vanílson | Abdoulaye Boureima Katkoré | Fares Meskini | Abdelkrim Nemdil |
Arar | Muntadher Abdulsada | Mustafa Ali | Amir Ayad | Fehmi Kacem | Oussama Omrani | Sumaila Abubakari Yukiya Sugita |
Bisha | Mounir Aichi | Glody Kilangalanga | Hassine Ben Chaieb | Nidhal Ben Salem | Elyes Brini | |
Hetten | Lamine Abid | Mouad Chougag | Jamaa Marzougi | Hicham Nouali | Mahmoud Al-Youssef | |
Jerash | Taylon Correa | Gabriel Marques | Cheikh Saadné | Wisdom Kanu | Dennis Sesugh | Téssio |
Mudhar | Samir Aiboud | Michel Batiebo | Jilani Abdessalam | Achraf Ben Dhiaf | Houssem Eddine Lahbibi | Oussema Boughanmi Houssin Messaadi |
Najran | Caio Henrique | Carlos Henrique | Piqueti | Ousmane Diabate | Justin Shonga | Jumaa Saeed Mamadou Cissé |
Neom | Tiago Bezerra | Petros | Mohammad Fouad Abdulhamid | Samuel Owusu | Mohamed Saghraoui | Adil Djabout Aniekpeno Udo Aymen Trabelsi |
Tuwaiq | Mohamed Ameur | Maher Labidi | Othman Saidi | Omar Smari | Hakim Teka | Demba Camara Inters Gui Tongo Doumbia |
Wej | Ahmed Arbaoui | Aziz Fegaâs | Omar Marzouk | Alexander Zis | Khalil Balbouz | Mohand Sediri Othman Saidi |
Both teams that finish second in Groups A and B will face each other in a two-legged match with the winner gaining promotion to the FD League. Al-Zulfi, who finished second in Group A, will face Al-Diriyah, who finished second in Group B. The first leg will be played on 6 April and the second leg on 17 April.[5] Al-Zulfi defeated Al-Diriyah 3–0 on aggregate to secure promotion to the FD League.[6]
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The winners of each group will play a single-legged final on 18 April to decide the champion of the 2023–24 Second Division. As winners of Group A, Neom will face Al-Jubail, the winners of Group B. The match will be held at Neom's home stadium because they finished with more points.[7] Neom defeated Al-Jubail 3–2 to win their first title.[8]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[9] |
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1 | Carolus Andria | Al-Kawkab | 18 |
Maher Sharoma | Al-Taqadom | ||
3 | Aneel Bakaki | Al-Nojoom | 17 |
Adnane El Ouardy | Al-Jubail | ||
5 | Marcellin Koukpo | Al-Sahel | 16 |
6 | Oscar Tahi | Al-Houra | 14 |
Diego Silva | Al-Zulfi | ||
Alaeddine Marzouki | Al-Shoulla | ||
9 | Israel Abia | Al-Rawdhah | 13 |
Motaz Gharwi | Najran | ||
9 | Abdelhakim Amokrane | Al-Ansar | 12 |
11 | Lawson Bekui | Al-Entesar | 9 |
Michel Batiebo | Mudhar | ||
Khalil Balbouz | Wej | ||
Glody Kilangalanga | Bisha | ||
Achraf Ben Dhiaf | Al-Nairyah/Mudhar | ||
Carlos Henrique | Najran--> | ||
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
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4–2 (H) | [10] | ||||
3–1 (A) | [11] | ||||
4–3 (H) | [12] | ||||
6–3 (H) | [13] | ||||
3–3 (H) | [14] | ||||
3–1 (H) | [15] | ||||
3–0 (A) | [16] | ||||
3–1 (H) | [17] | ||||
Vinícius Boff4 | 4–0 (H) | [18] | |||
4–1 (H) | [19] | ||||
6–4 (H) | [20] | ||||
Honoré Kpegba4 | 4–6 (A) | ||||
7–0 (H) | [21] | ||||
4–1 (H) | [22] | ||||
Rank | Province | Number | Teams |
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1 | Riyadh | 9 | Afif, Al-Diriyah, Al-Kawkab, Al-Sadd, Al-Shaeib, Al-Shoulla, Al-Washm, Al-Zulfi, and Tuwaiq |
2 | Eastern Province | 8 | Al-Jeel, Al-Jubail, Al-Nairyah, Al-Nojoom, Al-Noor, Al-Rawdhah, Al-Sahel, and Mudhar |
3 | Mecca | 3 | Al-Entesar, Al-Qous, and Wej |
4 | Al-Qassim | 2 | Al-Saqer and Al-Taqadom |
Asir | Bisha and Jerash | ||
Ha'il | Al-Lewaa and Al-Rayyan | ||
Tabuk | Al-Houra and Neom | ||
8 | Jazan | 1 | Hetten |
Medina | Al-Ansar | ||
Najran | Najran | ||
Northern Borders | Arar | ||