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After the end of the 1974–75 Saudi Categorization League, the first season of the Saudi Premier League was the 1976–77 season. [1] The league operated as a round-robin tournament from its inaugural season until the 1989–90 season. After that, the Saudi Federation decided to merge the football league with the King's Cup into one tournament ...
The tournament was supposed to feature the winners and runners-up of the 2023–24 King Cup and 2023–24 Saudi Pro League. However, since Al-Hilal were the Pro League and King Cup winners and Al-Nassr were the Pro League and King Cup runners-up, the extra two spots were awarded to the Pro League third-placed and fourth-placed teams. [5]
The idea of having a super cup tournament in Saudi Arabia dates back to 1979 when a two-legged match was held between the 1978–79 Saudi Premier League winners, Al-Hilal, and the 1979 King Cup winners, Al-Ahli. The first leg, which was played in Jeddah, ended in 2–2 draw and the second leg, held in Riyadh, ended in a 4–1 win for Al-Hilal.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could resume their longstanding rivalry in a tournament being staged in Saudi Arabia in February. Organizers of the Riyadh Season Cup said Tuesday that Messi’s ...
The Saudi Pro League is the highest level of competition in the country. until the 1970s, football was organized on a regional basis across Saudi Arabia. [3]In the 1976 Saudi Professional League season, with the improvement of transportation links and local football, the league was launched on a national basis.
The 2024–25 Saudi Pro League (known as the Roshn Saudi League for sponsorship reasons) is the 50th edition of the top-tier Saudi football league, established in 1974, and the 17th edition since it was rebranded as the Saudi Pro League in 2008.
This was the first time the tournament was hosted in Abha. The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City was built and opened in 1984. [6] The stadium was used as a venue for the 2022 Arab Cup U-20 and the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup, and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It is used by Abha and Damac as a home stadium.
Association football in Saudi Arabia The tables below show the current makeup of the Saudi Arabian Football League system. The Saudi Pro League sits at the top of the pyramid and currently three teams get promoted/relegated between the Pro League and the First Division League .