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Saudi Pro League
The Saudi Pro League has gained a lot of great popularity as a result of the remarkable development in the level of Saudi sports in the last two decades, which resulted in the transformation of the Saudi Pro League into the first league in the Arab world and the Middle East, and an important station for the most prominent stars wishing to professionalize in the Arab region. This wonderful league enjoys distinguished media coverage and television broadcasts that meet international standards, in addition to the advanced stadiums and sports facilities.
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History of Saudi Pro League
The Saudi Pro League was launched for the first time in the mid-seventies of the last century, specifically in the 1974/1975 season, when Al-Nasr club managed to achieve the first league title, and Al-Hilal club participated in controlling Saudi football in the subsequent fifth seasons until reaching the eighties.
With the beginning of the eighties, the Saudi Pro League witnessed a great competition between the competing clubs to achieve the title. The strong competition between clubs to achieve the league title continued in the nineties, the decade that witnessed the birth of Al Shabab Club, which entered strongly to compete with Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Nasr clubs for the league title in that period.
The modern millennium witnessed almost absolute control by three clubs, namely Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Shabab, and the Saudi Pro League title did not depart from this trio since the beginning of the millennium until the 2011/2012 season, in which Al-Fateh club broke the control of Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Shabab on the league title.
The last ten seasons witnessed the crowning of Al-Nasr with the Saudi Pro League title on three occasions, and Al-Ahly Club succeeded in returning to the podiums led by Syrian striker Omar Al-Somah, but the great control went to Al-Hilal Club, which managed to win the title five times during the last six seasons, including The treble he has achieved in the past three seasons.
The most successful clubs in the Saudi Pro League
As is evident from the quick narration of the history of the winners of the Saudi Pro League title, many clubs did not succeed in winning the title. Only 7 clubs managed to win the Saudi Pro League title during nearly fifty seasons of competition! However, the clubs that won the league title are actually the most prominent Saudi clubs at all, and what distinguishes the major Saudi clubs is that they are always strongly present in the competition in different periods of time.
Ranking | Club | Titles |
|---|---|---|
1 | Al-Hilal | 18 |
2 | Al-Nasr | 9 |
3 | Al-Ittihad | 8 |
4 | Al-Shabab | 6 |
5 | Al-Ahly | 3 |
6 | Al-Ittifaq | 2 |
7 | Al-Fath | 1 |
The best scorers in the history of the Saudi Pro League
Over the course of nearly fifty seasons of competition, many great strikers passed through various Saudi clubs and succeeded in writing history in the history of the first league in the Arab world and were able to score many goals that made them among the top scorers in the history of this league. Who is the historical top scorer for the Saudi Pro League? You can find out the answer through the list of the top 10 scorers in the history of the Saudi Pro League.
Ranking | Player | Goals | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Majed Abdullah | 189 | Al-Nasr |
2 | Nasir Al-Shamrani | 167 | Al-Wehda, Al-Shabab, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad |
3 | Omar Al-Somah | 144 | Al-Ahly |
4 | Fahad Al-Hamdan | 120 | Al-Riyadh |
5 | Yasir Al-Qahtani | 112 | Al-Hilal, Al-Qadisia |
6 | Mohamed Al-Sahlawy | 106 | Al-Qadisia, Al-Nasr, Al-Shabab, Al-Ta’awon |
7 | Sami Al-Jabir | 101 | Al-Hilal |
8 | Hamza Idris | 96 | Ohod, Al-Ittihad |
9 | Obaid Al-Dosari | 93 | Al-Wehda, Al-Ahly |
10 | Abulrazak Hamdallah | 91 | Al-Nasr, Al-Ittihad |
Best Saudi Pro League Clubs
The Saudi Pro League is characterized by the multiplicity of public clubs. Although the Saudi Pro League did not have multiple champions throughout its history, the teams that succeeded in achieving the league title throughout their history are considered great Saudi clubs.
Apart from the local level, Saudi clubs are considered the most successful Arab clubs ever on the level of the Asian continent, as they succeeded in achieving the Asian Champions League title 6 times in their history out of the 8 titles achieved by Arab clubs in total. What are the most prominent clubs in the history of the Saudi Pro League, and what are their most important achievements? Here you find the answer.
Al-Hilal
Al-Hilal club, nicknamed “the leader of Asia”, is the historical champion of the Saudi Pro League, as it succeeded in winning the title 18 times, twice the number achieved by the second most crowned team in the Saudi Pro League title! Al-Hilal Club has maintained its presence continuously since the league was launched for the first time in the mid-seventies to this day, as the leader has not missed the Saudi Pro League titles for long periods of time in any era.
Al Hilal Club is not only the historical champion of the Saudi Pro League, but it is also the historical champion of the entire Asian continent. Al Hilal FC managed to win the AFC Champions League 4 times, a record that no other club on the Asian continent has reached. Al Hilal won its first title at the level of the Asian Championship in 1992, then returned at the turn of the millennium to win its second title in 2000. In 2019 Al Hilal succeeded in equalizing the number of the South Korean Pohang Steelers Club and crowned its third title, before returning last season and breaking the record by collecting His fourth title in the championship competition.
Al-Ittihad
The second largest Saudi club and the third most crowned club in the Saudi Pro League with eight titles is Al-Ittihad Club, nicknamed “The Dean of Asian Football” due to its historical achievements at the level of local and continental championships. Al-Ittihad club achieved eight league titles thanks to the golden period that it lived through at the end of the nineties and the beginning of the modern millennium, as it succeeded in winning the Saudi Pro League title 5 times between 1997 and 2007.
During that same period, Al-Ittihad club succeeded in writing its history on the level of the Asian continent and was able to crown a historic double in the AFC Champions League in 2004 and 2005, to equalize with Al-Hilal in the number of AFC Champions League titles and compete for the title of the Saudi club, the most successful in Saudi football. Continental until Al Hilal broke up that partnership during the past three seasons by winning the title two more times.
Al-Nasr
The second most crowned club in the Saudi Pro League title and the third most important Saudi club ever is the “World” Al-Nasr Club, which, throughout its long history, has won the Saudi Pro League title 9 times, outperforming by one title from Al-Ittihad.
Al-Nasr Club is the team that managed to win the first titles of the Saudi Pro League in the 1974/1975 season. In the eighties, the club managed to achieve the title three more times, and two titles in the nineties to end the twentieth century with six titles. During the modern millennium, Al-Nasr club won the Saudi Pro League title three times, all of which were in the last ten years, the last of which was the title that crowned the world in the 2018/2019 season, and it is the last team that succeeded in winning the league away from Al-Hilal.
The great history that Al-Nasr made at the level of the local league did not succeed in achieving it at the level of continental competitions, and this is what made the difference between it and Al-Ittihad actually. Al-Nasr was not able to achieve the Asian Champions League title any time in its history, and therefore did not contribute to any of the six Saudi club titles that Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad contributed individually with 4 titles for Al-Hilal and 2 for Al-Ittihad.
Other Clubs in Saudi Pro League
The list of major Saudi clubs is not limited to Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr, but there are many other large public clubs in Saudi Arabia, the most important of which is Al-Shabab Club, which was able to compete with Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad strongly for league titles during the end of the nineties and the beginning of the modern millennium. Al-Ahly and Al-Ittifaq, and despite not achieving many league titles, they remain among the elite Saudi clubs.
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FAQs About Qatar Stars League
Who is the club that has won the most Saudi Pro League title?
The club with the most Saudi Pro League title in history is Al Hilal, that managed to win the title 18 times.
Who is the all-time top goal scorer in the Saudi Pro League?
The historical top scorer of the Saudi Pro League is the former Al-Nasr club striker Majed Abdullah, and he managed to score 189 goals.
How many times has Al-Ittihad won the Saudi Pro League title?
Al-Ittihad has won the Saudi Pro League 8 times.
How many times has Al-Nasr crowned the Saudi Pro League title?
Al-Nasr Club has won the Saudi Pro League title 9 times, and is the second most successful club after Al-Hilal, beating Al-Ittihad, the eight title holder, by one title.
How can I follow the Saudi Pro League?
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