2023–24 Saudi Second Division League Explained

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]

Team changes

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]

To Second Division

Promoted from the Third Division

Relegated from FD League

From Second Division

Promoted to FD League

Relegated to the Third Division

Teams

Group A
ClubLocationStadium
AfifAfifAl-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi)
Al-EntesarRabighAl-Entesar Club Stadium
Al-JeelPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-KawkabAl-KharjAl-Shoulla Club Stadium
Al-LewaaBaqaaAl-Lewaa Club Stadium
Al-NairyahAl NairyahAl-Nairyah Club Stadium
Al-NojoomAl-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-RawdhahAl-Hasa Al-Rawdhah Club Stadium
Al-RayyanHaʼilAl-Jabalain Club Stadium
Al-ShoullaAl-KharjAl-Shoulla Club Stadium
Al-TaqadomAl MithnabAl-Taqadom Club Stadium
Al-WashmShaqraAl-Washm Club Stadium
Al-ZulfiAl ZulfiAl-Zulfi Club Stadium
MudharQatifPrince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium
NajranNajranPrince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium
NeomTabukKing Khalid Sport City Stadium
Group B
ClubLocationStadium
Al-AnsarMedinaAl-Ansar Club Stadium
Al-DiriyahDiriyahAl-Diriyah Club Stadium
Al-HouraUmlujAl-Houra Club Stadium
Al-JubailJubailAl-Jubail Club Stadium
Al-NoorSanabesPrince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Qatif)
Al-QousAl KhurmahAl-Qous Club Stadium
Al-SaddNajaanAl-Anwar Club Stadium (Hotat Bani Tamim)
Al-SahelQatifPrince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Al-SaqerAl-Taawoun Club Stadium
Al-ShaeibHuraymilaIrqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh)
ArarArarPrince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sport City Stadium
BishaBishaBisha University Stadium
HettenSamtahKing Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan)
JerashAhad RafidahPrince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Reserve Stadium (Abha)
TuwaiqAl ZulfiAl-Zulfi Club Stadium
WejTa'ifKing Fahd Stadium

Foreign players

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.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Former Players
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

Group A

Results

Group B

Results

Promotion play-offs

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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First leg
Second leg

Final

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]

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[9]
1 Carolus AndriaAl-Kawkab18
Maher SharomaAl-Taqadom
3 Aneel BakakiAl-Nojoom17
Adnane El OuardyAl-Jubail
5 Marcellin KoukpoAl-Sahel16
6 Oscar TahiAl-Houra14
Diego SilvaAl-Zulfi
Alaeddine MarzoukiAl-Shoulla
9 Israel AbiaAl-Rawdhah13
Motaz GharwiNajran
9 Abdelhakim AmokraneAl-Ansar12
11 Lawson BekuiAl-Entesar9
Michel BatieboMudhar
Khalil BalbouzWej
Glody KilangalangaBisha
Achraf Ben DhiafAl-Nairyah/Mudhar
Carlos HenriqueNajran-->

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
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]
Note(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 Player scored 4 goals

Number of teams by province

RankProvinceNumberTeams
1Riyadh9Afif, Al-Diriyah, Al-Kawkab, Al-Sadd, Al-Shaeib, Al-Shoulla, Al-Washm, Al-Zulfi, and Tuwaiq
2Eastern Province8Al-Jeel, Al-Jubail, Al-Nairyah, Al-Nojoom, Al-Noor, Al-Rawdhah, Al-Sahel, and Mudhar
3Mecca3Al-Entesar, Al-Qous, and Wej
4Al-Qassim2Al-Saqer and Al-Taqadom
AsirBisha and Jerash
Ha'ilAl-Lewaa and Al-Rayyan
TabukAl-Houra and Neom
8Jazan1Hetten
MedinaAl-Ansar
NajranNajran
Northern BordersArar

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: نتائج قرعة دوري الدرجة الثانية السعودي 2023-2024 . 12 June 2023 .
  2. Web site: تتويج نادي نيوم بكأس دوري الدرجة الثانية لموسم 2023-2024 .
  3. Web site: تعرف على توزيع الفرق والمستويات .
  4. Web site: الاتحاد السعودي يعتمد زيادة اللاعبين غير السعوديين في دوري يلو ودوري الثانية .
  5. Web site: مُلحق دورينا - @club_zulfi vs @diraiyah منافسة على الصعود لـ @FDL_KSA .
  6. Web site: صعود الزلفي «طواحين نجد» إلى دوري الدرجة الأولى «يلو» .
  7. Web site: الــمـــبــــاراة الــنــهــائـــيــــة .
  8. Web site: نيوم يتوج بلقب دوري الثانية .
  9. Web site: Saudi League 2nd Division 2023/2024 Scorers .
  10. Web site: رحـبـوا بـصـاحـب الـهـاتـريـك ايبا ايفاني @alrawdahclub .
  11. Web site: رحـبـوا بـصـاحـب الـهـاتـريـك ميشيل باتيبو @mudharclub .
  12. Web site: بعد تأخره بثلاثية نظيفة.. النجوم يرفض الخسارة على ملعبه ويسجل رباعية على ضيفه عفيف .
  13. Web site: نهاية المباراة سداسية تمنح نجران النقاط الثلاث امام الريان..
  14. Web site: نهاية المباراة مواجهة الـ6 أهداف.. الساحل والدرعية يتقاسمان بها النقاط. .
  15. Web site: رحبوا بصاحب الهاتريك عدنان الوردي @Jubailclub يتألق .
  16. Web site: رحبوا بصاحب الهاتريك عثمان السعيدي يتألق .
  17. Web site: أحمد فوزي لاعب @altaqadumfc يستلم كرة الهاتريك .
  18. Web site: ســوبــــر هـاتـريـــــك فينيسيوس @clubsahel يتألق .
  19. Web site: نهاية المباراة - التقدم يُحقق النقاط الثلاث بعد فوزه على النعيرية .
  20. Web site: نهاية المباراة - مواجهة الـ10 أهداف.. يحقق معها جرش الفوز أمام القوس .
  21. Web site: نجران يحقق الفوز على ضيفه الانتصار بسبعة أهداف دون رد .
  22. Web site: النعيرية يختم المشوار بالفوز على عفيف برباعية .