Ok, we have a top flight thread, what about a dedicated thread to the First Division (2nd level). Teams 1 Al Khaleej Club 2 Hajer Club 3 Hettein Club 4 Al Riyadh SC 5 Dhamak 6 Al Watani 7 Al Adalah 8 Ansar Medina 9 Abha Club 10 Al Rabee'a 11 Al Jeel 12 Al Oruba 13 Al Ta'i 14 Ohud Medina 15 Al Shualah 16 Al Najma
Saudi Second Division The second edition (3rd level) features two groups of ten teams Teams Group A 1 Sdoos Club 2 Al Feiha 3 Al Nahdha 4 Al Akhdood 5 Al Arabi 6 Al Nakheel 7 Al Hait 8 Al Kawkab 9 Al Taqaddum 10 Al A'rdh Group B 1 Al Hamadah 2 Al Jabalain 3 Al Baten 4 Najd Club 5 Al Draih 6 Al Qala'a 7 Al Suqoor 8 Al Ramma 9 Al Zaytoun 10 Al Oyoun
Re: Saudi First Division i hope my city's club (Al Oruba ) make it to the SPL . i will help with this thread ..
Re: Saudi First Division Being in New Zealand, I have a hard time getting First Division news but I hope Uhud and Ansar go down to the second division. My picks are Al Watani and Abha to go back up.
Re: Saudi Second Division BTW Why not merge this thread with the one for the first division. We don't need seperate threads for the lower leagues
Re: Saudi First Division Booo this man! Boo boooo! I support Ohod as my hometown team but I'm pragmatic enough to want Ansar to do well too. Another team I'm looking out for is Rabee3. It would be funny if the joke team of Jeddah make it to the top level, and even beat Ahli hahahahha <- one can dream
Re: Saudi Second Division I mostly cheer for them because my mom was born in Al Kharj and she used to follow them.
Re: Saudi Second Division They once beat Al-Nassr 4-1 in the Majed Abdallah era . Didn't Shay3 el-nifeesa play for Al-Kawkab?
Re: Saudi First Division I'd love to see Al Riyadh back in the top flight. Whats there chances anyone?
Re: Saudi First Division Not good The only reason they stayed up in the First Division last season was because of the league expansion. Al-Riyadh used to thrive on players who couldn't get into Al-Hilal and Al-Nasser but I guess that strategy doesn't work in the professional era. It's sad because there was a period in time when Al-Riyadh were a bona fide top club. They sent more players to the 1994 WC than Al-Hilal, Al-Nasr, and Al-Ittihad (not combined, of course)!
Re: Saudi Second Division When I first started following football, these guys were in the Premier Division.
Re: Saudi First Division I was shocked to find out that these guys are in the First Division. I thought they were like a fourth division club or something.
Re: Saudi First Division I remember they used to call Al Riyadh "The School of Football" I always liked their Ac Milanish color scheme.
Re: Saudi First Division Well if it's just about the color scheme then Al-Raed's is even more AC Milanish.
Re: Saudi First Division They were, but a few years ago Ahmad al-Baadani (the founder of the famous Jeddah amateur team) became their president and the club has been moving up since. They got promoted to the 1st division this year thanks to the increase in the number of clubs (they finished 3rd). The guy is a scary fellow, but he knows his grass roots football. They're coached by Mahfouz Hafez (ex Ittihad player and youth team coach). If anyone is interested, I've found a full link for the game between Abha (one of the promotion contenders) and Rabee3. It's an amateur video though: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njx3wKxwpN8"]YouTube - ???? * ?????? _ ????? ????? _?????1??4‎[/ame]
Re: Saudi First Division i will post all the results that i got 1st div. results : Al Rabee'a 0 - 0 Ansar Al Watani 1 - 1 Al Adalah Dhamak 1 - 1 hajir Al Rabee'a 2 - 4 al najma Al Adalah 1 - 0 Al Shualah Al Riyadh SC 1 - 1 al oruba abha 2 - 0 ohud Hettein 0 - 0 Al Ta'i Ansar 2 - 0 al jeel Al Khaleej 0 - 0 al watani the teams played more matches but these matches are all what i got right now edit: i will try to post the 2nd div results later if i got free time