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Saudi Premier League
Season	2007–08
Champions	Al-Hilal
Relegated	Al-Qadsiah; Al-Tai
AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal; Al-Ittihad; Al-Shabab; Al-Ettifaq
Top goalscorer	Nasser Al-Shamrani (18 goals)
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The 2007-08 season of the Saudi Premier League was the 32nd season of top-tier football in Saudi Arabia.

Teams and venues

Team	Location	Venue	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium	24,000
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	35,000
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	3,000
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	67,000
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	27,000
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City/Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City	67,000/27,000
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City	10,000
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	67,000
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City	10,000
Al-Watani	Tabuk	Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City	38,000
Najran	Najran	Najran Stadium	3,000

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former players
Al-Ahli	Caio	Leandro	Val Baiano		Nunes Khaled Badra
Al-Ettifaq	Prince Tagoe	Salaheddine Aqqal	Mohamed Rebeiz		Radu Neguț
Al-Hazem	Godwin Attram	Fahad Al-Rashidi	Said Suwailim Al-Shoon		Iranildo
Al-Hilal	Marcelo Tavares	Lelo Mbele	Baba Adamu	Tarik El Taib	Bruno Agnello
Al-Ittihad	Magno Alves	Renan Teixeira	Tcheco	Alhassane Keita	Robert
Al-Nassr	Élton Arábia	Hugo Porfírio	Abdelkarim Nafti	Issam Merdassi
Al-Qadsiah	Walter Minhoca	Ahmed Zuway	Younes Gasen
Al-Shabab	Juan Manuel Martínez	Fernando	Marcelo Camacho		Amir Azmy Godwin Attram Michael Eneramo
Al-Tai	Hassan Bouizgar
Al-Watani	Yacine Hima	Ousmane Traoré	Sylvain Idangar
Al-Wehda	Pierre Njanka	Hassan Mostafa	Abdullah Quaye	Omar Daoud	Marouane Bokri
Najran	Wilsinho	Bamba Drissa	Moez Alaya

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al-Hilal (C)	22	14	6	2	36	13	+23	48^[a]	Champions and qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
2	Al-Ittihad	22	14	6	2	40	16	+24	48^[a]	Qualified for 2009 AFC Champions League
3	Al-Shabab	22	11	9	2	39	21	+18	42
4	Al-Ettifaq	22	10	5	7	34	25	+9	35
5	Al-Nassr	22	9	6	7	34	35	−1	33
6	Al-Wehda	22	8	5	9	29	27	+2	29
7	Al-Hazem	22	7	6	9	26	28	−2	27
8	Al-Ahli	22	7	5	10	30	31	−1	26
9	Al-Watani	22	6	7	9	20	32	−12	25
10	Najran	22	5	6	11	29	44	−15	21
11	Al-Tai	22	2	7	13	20	38	−18	13	Relegated
12	Al-Qadsiah	22	2	6	14	17	44	−27	12	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Al-Hilal finished top due to their superior head-to-head record against Al-Ittihad.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals ^[1]^[2]
1	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Shabab	18
2	Al-Hasan Al-Yami	Najran	16
3	Essa Al-Mehyani	Al-Wehda	14
4	Prince Tagoe	Al-Ettifaq	10
	Mohammed Al-Shahrani	Al-Nassr
	Saad Al-Harthi	Al-Nassr
	Saleh Bashir	Al-Ettifaq
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al-Hilal

References

^ "2007–08 Saudi Premier League scorer charts". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
^ "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

"Saudi Arabia League 2007/2008". Soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
Benjamin, Zaid (2009-02-26). "Saudi Arabia 2007/08". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

[table_hth_HIL0.052244558489064-1] Al-Hilal finished top due to their superior head-to-head record against Al-Ittihad.

[2] "2007–08 Saudi Premier League scorer charts". www.goalzz.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2021-06-01.

[blstats-3] "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2010.

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-| competition        = [[Saudi Pro League]]
+| competition        = [[Saudi Pro League|Saudi Premier League]]
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 | winners            = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
-| relegated          = {{ubl|[[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]] | [[Al-Tai FC|Al-Tai]]}}
+| relegated          = [[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]]<br>[[Al-Tai FC|Al-Tai]]
-| continentalcup1    =
+| continentalcup1    = [[AFC Champions League Elite|AFC Champions League]]
+| continentalcup1 qualifiers = [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]<br>[[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]]<br>[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]]<br>[[Al-Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]]
-| continentalcup1 qualifiers =
 | continentalcup2    =
 | continentalcup2 qualifiers =
-| league topscorer   =
+| league topscorer   = [[Nasser Al-Shamrani]] (18 goals)
 | biggest home win   =
 | biggest away win   =
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 | average attendance =
 | prevseason = [[2006–07 Saudi Premier League|2006–07]]
-| nextseason = [[2008–09 Saudi Pro League|2008–09]]
+| nextseason = [[2008–09 Saudi Pro League|Pro League 2008–09]]
 }}
-The '''2007-08 season''' of the '''[[Saudi Pro League]]''' was the 32nd season of top-tier football in [[Saudi Arabia]].
+The '''2007-08 season''' of the '''[[Saudi Pro League|Saudi Premier League]]''' was the 32nd season of top-tier football in [[Saudi Arabia]].
 ==Teams and venues==
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 ! Venue
 ! Capacity
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+| [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]
+| [[Jeddah]]
+| [[Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium]]
+| 24,000
+|-
+| [[Al-Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]]
+| [[Dammam]]
+| [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]]
+| 35,000
+|-
+| [[Al-Hazem F.C.|Al-Hazem]]
+| [[Ar Rass]]
+| [[Al-Hazem Club Stadium]]
+| 3,000
 |-
 | [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]
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 |-
 | [[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]]
-| [[Jeddah]]
+| Jeddah
 | [[Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City]]
 | 27,000
-|-
-| [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]]
-| [[Riyadh]]
-| [[King Fahd Sports City]]
-| 67,000
-|-
-| [[Al-Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]]
-| [[Dammam]]
-| [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]]
-| 35,000
 |-
 | [[Al Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]
-| [[Riyadh]]
+| Riyadh
 | [[King Fahd Sports City]]/[[Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City]]
 | 67,000/27,000
 |-
-| [[Al Wehda FC|Al-Wehda]]
+| [[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]]
-| [[Mecca]]
+| [[Khobar]]
-| [[King Abdulaziz Sports City]]
+| [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City]]
-| 38,000
+| 10,000
 |-
-| [[Al-Hazem F.C.|Al-Hazem]]
+| [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]]
+| Riyadh
-| [[Ar Rass]]
-| [[Al-Hazem Club Stadium]]
+| [[King Fahd Sports City]]
-| 3,000
+| 67,000
 |-
-| [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]
+| [[Al-Tai FC|Al-Tai]]
-| [[Jeddah]]
+| [[Ḥaʼil]]
-| [[Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium]]
+| [[Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City]]
-| 24,000
+| 10,000
 |-
 | [[Al-Watani Club|Al-Watani]]
@@ Line 73: / Line 78: @@
 | [[Khalid bin Abdul Aziz Stadium]]
 |
+|-
+| [[Al Wehda FC|Al-Wehda]]
+| [[Mecca]]
+| [[King Abdulaziz Sports City]]
+| 38,000
 |-
 | [[Najran SC|Najran]]
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 | [[Najran Stadium]]
 | 3,000
-|-
-| [[Al-Tai FC|Al-Tai]]
-| [[Ḥaʼil]]
-| [[Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City]]
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-| [[Khobar]]
-| [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City]]
-| 10,000
-|-
 |}
@@ Line 130: / Line 129: @@
 | [[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]]
 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Magno Alves]]'''
+| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Renan Teixeira]]
 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Tcheco]]'''
 | {{flagicon|Guinea}} [[Alhassane Keita]]
+| {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Robert (footballer, born 1981)|Robert]]''
-|
-| {{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Renan Teixeira]]''<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}} ''[[Robert (footballer, born 1981)|Robert]]''
 |-
 | [[Al Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]
 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Élton Arábia]]
+| {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Hugo Porfírio]]
 | {{flagicon|Tunisia}} '''[[Abdelkarim Nafti]]'''
 | {{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Issam Merdassi]]
 |
-| {{flagicon|Portugal}} ''[[Hugo Porfírio]]''
 |-
-| [[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadisiyah]]
+| [[Al Qadsiah FC|Al-Qadsiah]]
 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Walter Minhoca]]'''
 | {{flagicon|Libya}} '''[[Ahmed Zuway]]'''
@@ Line 162: / Line 161: @@
 |
 |
-|-
-| [[Al Wehda FC|Al-Wehda]]
-| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Pierre Njanka]]'''
-| {{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Hassan Mostafa]]'''
-| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Abdullah Quaye]]
-| {{flagicon|Libya}} '''[[Omar Daoud]]'''
-| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} ''[[Marouane Bokri]]''
 |-
 | [[Al-Watani Club|Al-Watani]]
@@ Line 176: / Line 168: @@
 |
 |
+|-
+| [[Al Wehda FC|Al-Wehda]]
+| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''[[Pierre Njanka]]'''
+| {{flagicon|Egypt}} '''[[Hassan Mostafa]]'''
+| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Abdullah Quaye]]
+| {{flagicon|Libya}} '''[[Omar Daoud]]'''
+| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} ''[[Marouane Bokri]]''
 |-
 | [[Najran SC|Najran]]
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 |16
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 |align="left"|[[Al-Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]]
 |rowspan=5|10
+|-
+|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Shahrani (footballer, born 1982)|Mohammed Al-Shahrani]]
+|align="left"|[[Al Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]
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 |-
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-|-
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-|align="left"|[[Al Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]
-|-
-|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Saad Al-Harthi]]
-|align="left"|[[Al Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]
 |}

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