Saudi Second Division
Season2023–24
Dates14 September 2023 – 18 April 2024
Matches played287
Goals scored693 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcellin Koukpo
(13 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Lewaa 4–0 Al-Zulfi
(18 November 2023)
Al-Shoulla 4–0 Al-Entesar
(4 January 2024)
Biggest away winAl-Sadd 0–5 Bisha
(24 November 2023)
Highest scoringMudhar 4–3 Al-Nojoom
(25 November 2023)
Al-Nojoom 4–3 Afif
(29 December 2023)
Longest winning runNeom
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runNeom
(14 matches)
Longest winless runAfif
(14 matches)
Longest losing runAl-Rayyan
(6 matches)
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 4 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Saudi Second Division is the 47th season of the Saudi Second Division since its establishment in 1976. The season is scheduled to begin on 15 September 2023 and conclude on 18 April 2024 with the final. The group stage draw was held on 12 June 2023.[1]

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.[2]

The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season

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
Club Location Stadium
Afif Afif Al-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi)
Al-Entesar Rabigh Al-Entesar Club Stadium
Al-Jeel Al-Hasa (Hofuf) 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 (Al-Shuqaiq) Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Rawdhah Al-Hasa (Al-Jeshah) 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
Group B
Club Location Stadium
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 Buraidah (Al-Basr) 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

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.[3]

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
Afif Armenia Zaven Badoyan Moldova Maxim Focșa Senegal Mouhamadou N'Diaye Tunisia Maher Nouioui Zambia Saith Sakala Kyrgyzstan Kadyrbek Shaarbekov
Romania Petrișor Voinea
Tunisia Amara Ferjaoui
Tunisia Aymen Trabelsi
Al-Ansar Algeria Abdelhakim Amokrane Democratic Republic of the Congo Éric Kabwe Tunisia Makram Bediri Tunisia Malek Boulaabi Tunisia Aymen Jaballah
Al-Diriyah Algeria Sid Ahmed Aouadj Brazil Rayllan Bruno Tunisia Oussema Ben Ayed Tunisia Mehdi Bensib Tunisia Ahmad Boussaid
Al-Entesar Algeria Adil Djabout England Gozie Ugwu Ghana Lawson Bekui Tunisia Malek Miladi Tunisia Bahaeddine Sellami Algeria Ibrahim Saidani
Algeria Khalil Semahi
Cameroon Emmanuel Mahop
Mali Alassane Diarra
Al-Houra Cameroon Essomba Fouda Ivory Coast Oscar Tahi Tunisia Mohamed Aouichi Tunisia Skander Ben Afia Tunisia Iheb Troudi
Al-Jeel Brazil Júnior Araújo Brazil Edilson Júnior Brazil Milton Raphael Brazil Wendson Mauritania Saidou Barry Brazil Ramon
Brazil Wallace
Al-Jubail Brazil Tiago Real Brazil Walmerson Morocco Adnane El Ouardy Nigeria Chidiebere Nwakali Tunisia Fedi Felhi
Al-Kawkab Brazil Dudu Figueiredo Cameroon Fabrice Onana Madagascar Carolus Andriamatsinoro Nigeria Tony Edjomariegwe Rwanda Olivier Kwizera
Al-Lewaa Tunisia Ahmed Ammar Tunisia Maher Boulabiar Tunisia Noureddine Chortani Tunisia Fahmi Maâouani Zimbabwe Charlton Mashumba
Al-Nairyah Benin Salim Bawa Togo Abdou Ouattara Tunisia Achraf Ben Dhiaf Tunisia Hamza Mabrouk Tunisia Maher Nouioui
Al-Nojoom Angola Aneel Bkaki Madagascar Zotsara Randriambololona Nigeria Charles Ikechukwu Rwanda Steve Rubanguka Tunisia Alaeddine Sekrani
Al-Noor Cameroon Christopher Mendouga Guinea Naby Soumah Ivory Coast Eric Serge Ivory Coast Camara Yacouba Morocco El Mehdi Dahr Cameroon Boris Bissemou
Ivory Coast Mohamed Sanogo Vieira
Morocco Mehdi Moulatay
Al-Qous Algeria Sofiane Khelili Democratic Republic of the Congo David Molinga Tunisia Alaeddine Abbes Tunisia Riadh Frioui Tunisia Aziz Sellami
Al-Rawdhah Mauritania Babacar Diop Nigeria Israel Abia Tunisia Zied Ben Salem Tunisia Sameh Bouhajeb Tunisia Montasser Toumi
Al-Rayyan Benin Tidjani Anaane Trinidad and Tobago Rundell Winchester Tunisia Sabri Ameri Tunisia Abdallah Berrabeh Tunisia Youssef Trabelsi Senegal Mouhamadou N'Diaye
Al-Sadd Algeria Abdelhak Sailaa Algeria Islam Bouloudene Ghana Emmanuel Mensah Nigeria Blessing Henshaw Tunisia Chamseddine Samti
Al-Sahel Algeria Samir Aiboud Algeria Islam Chahrour Benin Marcellin Koukpo Republic of the Congo Bercy Langa Lesse Niger Amadou Moutari Cameroon Fabrice Kah
Al-Saqer Brazil Venâncio Egypt Alaa Anas Mali Yaqoub Alhassan Tunisia Bassam Deli Egypt Wahid Mohsen
Al-Shaeib Brazil Jeferson Brazil Gabriel Correia Serbia Bojan Matić Serbia Marko Pantić Yemen Ali Yahya Senegal Lamine Touré
Al-Shoulla Ivory Coast Ismail Kouakou Libya Abdallah Al-Shaafi Tunisia Seifeddine Akremi Tunisia Alaeddine Marzouki Morocco Abdelghafour Mehri
Al-Taqadom Chad Maher Sharoma Egypt Ahmed Fawzy Egypt Khalid Salah Ghana Benjamin Afutu Tunisia Hazem Mbarek
Al-Washm Benin Arsène Loko Chad Mohammed Alhaj Democratic Republic of the Congo Chris Mugalu Portugal Rafa Miranda Tunisia Alaeddine Bouslimi
Al-Zulfi Algeria Abdelkrim Nemdil Brazil Diego Brazil Teco Brazil Vanílson Tunisia Fares Meskini
Arar Ghana Sumaila Abubakari Iraq Muntadher Abdulsada Tunisia Fehmi Kacem Tunisia Oussama Omrani Japan Yukiya Sugita
Bisha Algeria Mounir Aichi Democratic Republic of the Congo Glody Kilangalanga Tunisia Hassine Ben Chaieb Tunisia Nidhal Ben Salem Tunisia Elyes Brini
Hetten Algeria Lamine Abid Morocco Mouad Chougag Morocco Jamaa Marzougi Morocco Hicham Nouali Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef
Jerash Brazil Taylon Correa Brazil Gabriel Marques Mauritania Cheikh Saadné Nigeria Wisdom Kanu Nigeria Dennis Sesugh Brazil Téssio
Mudhar Burkina Faso Michel Batiebo Tunisia Jilani Abdessalam Tunisia Oussema Boughanmi Tunisia Houssem Eddine Lahbibi Tunisia Houssin Messaadi
Najran Brazil Caio Henrique Brazil Carlos Henrique Guinea-Bissau Piqueti Ivory Coast Jumaa Saeed Niger Ousmane Diabate Mali Mamadou Cissé
Neom Brazil Petros Egypt Mohammad Fouad Ghana Samuel Owusu Nigeria Aniekpeno Udo Tunisia Mohamed Saghraoui Algeria Adil Djabout
Tunisia Aymen Trabelsi
Tuwaiq Guinea Demba Camara Ivory Coast Inters Gui Mali Tongo Doumbia
Tunisia Hakim Teka		 Tunisia Maher Labidi
Tunisia Othman Saidi		 Tunisia Omar Smari
Tunisia Mohamed Ameur Belghith
Wej Algeria Ahmed Arbaoui Algeria Aziz Fegaâs Algeria Mhend Sedery Tunisia Khalil Balbouz Tunisia Othman Saidi

Group A

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Neom 18 13 3 2 37 16 +21 42 Promotion to the First Division and qualification to the final
2 Al-Zulfi 18 12 2 4 33 20 +13 38 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Al-Jeel 18 8 7 3 30 22 +8 31
4 Mudhar 18 9 4 5 27 20 +7 31
5 Al-Rawdhah 18 8 6 4 22 19 +3 30
6 Al-Lewaa 18 8 5 5 20 14 +6 29
7 Al-Shoulla 18 7 5 6 21 20 +1 26
8 Al-Kawkab 18 7 3 8 21 27 −6 24
9 Al-Taqadom 18 6 5 7 21 23 −2 23
10 Al-Entesar 18 6 5 7 24 29 −5 23
11 Al-Washm 18 6 4 8 20 23 −3 22
12 Najran 18 5 6 7 24 24 0 21
13 Al-Nojoom 18 4 7 7 21 25 −4 19
14 Afif 18 2 7 9 19 30 −11 13
15 Al-Rayyan 18 2 6 10 20 32 −12 12 Relegation to the Third Division
16 Al-Nairyah 18 1 5 12 20 36 −16 8
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2024. Source: saff.com.sa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).[4]

Results

Home \ Away AFI ENT JEL KAW LEW NAI NOJ RAW RAY SHO TAQ WAS ZUL MUD NAJ NEO
Afif 1–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2
Al-Entesar 1–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 3–2 3–0 1–2 2–1
Al-Jeel 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 0–1 2–3
Al-Kawkab 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–3 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–4
Al-Lewaa 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1
Al-Nairyah 1–2 1–2 2–4 4–2 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–4
Al-Nojoom 4–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Al-Rawdhah 1–3 2–1 4–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 0–0
Al-Rayyan 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–4
Al-Shoulla 4–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 3–3
Al-Taqadom 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–1
Al-Washm 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 0–2 1–2
Al-Zulfi 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1
Mudhar 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 0–0 3–2 1–0 1–2
Najran 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 2–2
Neom 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 January 2024. Source: saff.com.sa
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group B

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Al-Jubail 18 13 3 2 28 12 +16 42 Promotion to the First Division and qualification to the final
2 Jerash 17 9 6 2 25 13 +12 33 Qualification for the promotion play-offs
3 Al-Sahel 18 9 5 4 27 19 +8 32
4 Al-Diriyah 18 8 6 4 21 14 +7 30
5 Bisha 18 8 5 5 31 19 +12 29
6 Al-Saqer 18 8 5 5 18 16 +2 29
7 Hetten 18 7 4 7 20 18 +2 25
8 Al-Ansar 18 5 8 5 24 23 +1 23
9 Al-Qous 18 6 5 7 13 14 −1 23
10 Arar 17 5 7 5 17 21 −4 22
11 Al-Houra 18 6 3 9 20 23 −3 21
12 Al-Sadd 18 5 6 7 18 27 −9 21
13 Wej 18 4 6 8 16 25 −9 18
14 Tuwaiq 18 4 2 12 12 25 −13 14
15 Al-Shaeib 18 2 7 9 11 19 −8 13 Relegation to the Third Division
16 Al-Noor 18 2 6 10 12 25 −13 12
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2024. Source: saff.com.sa
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Play-off (only for deciding champion, promotion and relegation).[4]

Results

Home \ Away ANS DIR HOU JUB NOR QOU SAD SAH SAQ SHA ARA BIS HET JER TUW WEJ
Al-Ansar 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–2
Al-Diriyah 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1
Al-Houra 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–2
Al-Jubail 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–2 2–0
Al-Noor 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–1
Al-Qous 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0
Al-Sadd 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–5 1–1 1–2 2–1
Al-Sahel 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–2
Al-Saqer 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–0
Al-Shaeib 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1
Arar 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Bisha 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 4–1
Hetten 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0
Jerash 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0
Tuwaiq 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1
Wej 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2024. Source: saff.com.sa
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

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.

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.

Statistics

As of 4 January 2024

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[5]
1 Benin Marcellin Koukpo Al-Sahel 13
2 Madagascar Carolus Andria Al-Kawkab 12
3 Ivory Coast Oscar Tahi Al-Houra 10
4 Brazil Diego Silva Al-Zulfi 9
Ghana Lawson Bekui Al-Entesar
Morocco Adnane El Ouardy Al-Jubail
7 Nigeria Aniekpeno Udo Neom 8
Nigeria Israel Abia Al-Rawdhah
Angola Aneel Bakaki Al-Nojoom
Brazil Carlos Henrique Najran
Democratic Republic of the Congo Chris Mugalu Al-Washm
Democratic Republic of the Congo Éric Kabwe Al-Ansar
Algeria Abdelhakim Amokrane Al-Ansar

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Nigeria Israel AbiaAl-RawdhahAl-Lewaa4–2 (H)21 October 2023[6]
Burkina Faso Michel BatieboMudharAl-Nairyah3–1 (A)21 October 2023[7]
Saudi Arabia Salim Al-KhebariAl-NojoomAfif4–3 (H)29 December 2023[8]
Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Number of teams by province

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "نتائج قرعة دوري الدرجة الثانية السعودي 2023-2024". 12 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "تعرف على توزيع الفرق والمستويات".
  3. ↑ "الاتحاد السعودي يعتمد زيادة اللاعبين غير السعوديين في دوري يلو ودوري الثانية".
  4. 1 2 "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). SAFF. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "Saudi League 2nd Division 2023/2024 Scorers".
  6. ↑ "رحـبـوا بـصـاحـب الـهـاتـريـك ايبا ايفاني @alrawdahclub".
  7. ↑ "رحـبـوا بـصـاحـب الـهـاتـريـك ميشيل باتيبو @mudharclub".
  8. ↑ "بعد تأخره بثلاثية نظيفة.. النجوم يرفض الخسارة على ملعبه ويسجل رباعية على ضيفه عفيف".
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