2021–22 Saudi First Division League

The 2021–22 First Division League (known as the Yelo League for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the Saudi First Division League after its rebrand, and the 45th season of the Saudi First Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 6 September 2021 and concluded on 28 May 2022.^[1][2]

First Division League

Season	2021–22
Dates	6 September 2021 – 28 May 2022
Champions	Al-Khaleej (2nd title)
Promoted	Al-Khaleej Al-Adalah Al-Wehda
Relegated	Al-Jeel Al-Diriyah Al-Nahda Al-Kawkab Bisha
Matches played	380
Goals scored	825 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Carolus Andria (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Sahel 5–0 Al-Khaleej (5 January 2022)
Biggest away win	Al-Qadsiah 0–4 Al-Sahel (5 October 2021) Al-Jeel 1–5 Al-Khaleej (18 January 2022) Al-Kawkab 0–4 Al-Ain (23 May 2022)
Highest scoring	Al-Jeel 3–6 Al-Sahel (14 December 2021)
Longest winning run	Hajer Ohod (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Sahel (10 matches)
Longest winless run	Al-Kawkab (26 matches)
Longest losing run	Bisha (7 matches)
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 28 May 2022.

All three teams were promoted on the final day of the season. Al-Khaleej were promoted and crowned champions following a 0–0 away draw with Najran.^[3] Al-Adalah were promoted following a 0–0 draw away to Jeddah.^[4] Al-Wehda were promoted following a 3–0 away win against Al-Diriyah.^[5]

Bisha were the first team to be relegated on 5 May. They were relegated following a 2–1 defeat away to Al-Adalah.^[6] Al-Kawkab were relegated a day later following a 2–0 home defeat to Al-Jabalain.^[7] Al-Nahda became the third side to be relegated following a 3–0 defeat away to Ohod on 18 May.^[8] On 23 May, Al-Diriyah became the fourth side to be relegated despite a 2–1 away win against Bisha.^[9] On the final matchday, Al-Jeel became the fifth and final side to be relegated despite a 2–1 away win against Al-Nahda.^[10]

Overview

Changes

On 9 October 2020, the Saudi FF announced that the number of teams in the league would be decreased to 18 starting from the 2022–23 season. To prepare for these changes it was announced that 5 teams would be relegated in the 2021–22 season and only 3 teams would be promoted from the 2021–22 Second Division.^[11]

Rebrand

On 26 August 2021, the newly appointed executive director of the FDL, Talal Al-Obaidi, announced a rebrand; beginning with the 2021–22 season, the competition would be known as the First Division League (FDL). As part of the rebranding, a new logo was introduced.^[12][13]

Name sponsorship

On 1 September 2021, the FDL announced a sponsorship with car rental company Yelo. As part of the sponsorship deal, the First Division League would be known as the Yelo League for the next 3 seasons.^[14][15]

Team changes

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

To the First Division League Promoted from Second Division Al-Okhdood Al-Orobah Al-Kholood Bisha Relegated from Pro League Al-Qadsiah Al-Wehda Al-Ain

From the First Division League Promoted to Pro League Al-Hazem Al-Fayha Al-Tai Relegated to Second Division Al-Bukayriyah Al-Thoqbah Arar Al-Nojoom

Teams

A total of 20 teams are contesting the league, including 13 sides from the 2020–21 season, 4 promoted teams from the Second Division and the three relegated sides from the Pro League.

The first club to be relegated to the First Division League was Al-Ain, who were relegated after only a year in the top flight 2–0 defeat away to Al-Nassr on 14 May 2021.^[16] In the final matchday, both Al-Qadsiah and Al-Wehda were relegated following a draw with Abha and a loss against Al-Shabab respectively.^[17] Al-Qadsiah were relegated after only a year in the top flight while Al-Wehda were relegated after three years in the top flight.

The first club to be promoted was Al-Orobah who were promoted despite a 1–0 away defeat to Afif on 27 March 2021.^[18] On 3 April 2021, both Al-Okhdood and Bisha were promoted. Al-Okhdood were promoted following a 1–1 draw with Al-Taqadom while Bisha were promoted following a 2–0 win over Al-Jandal.^[19] The final club to be promoted was Al-Kholood, who were promoted following a 3–1 away win over Al-Dahab in the final matchday.^[20]

Al-Okhdood defeated Al-Orobah 4–2 on penalties (3–3 after extra time) to win their second title and first since 1992.^[21]

Al-Kholood and Bisha will play in the First Division League for the first time in their history. Al-Orobah return after an absence of two seasons and will play in their 13th overall season in the First Division League. Al-Okhdood return to the First Division League for the first time since the 1992–93 season. They will play in their 2nd season in the First Division League.

Stadia and locations

Al-Adalah
Al-Jeel
Hajer

Al-Ain

Al-Diriyah

Al-Jabalain

Al-Kawkab
Al-Shoulla

Al-Khaleej
Al-Sahel

Al-Kholood

Al-Nahda

Al-Okhdood
Najran

Al-Orobah

Al-Qadsiah

Al-Wehda

Bisha

Jeddah

Ohod

Locations of teams in the 2021–22 First Division League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Adalah	Al-Hasa (Al-Hulaylah)	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Hajer Club Stadium	26,000[22] 12,000
Al-Ain	Al Bahah	King Saud Sport City Stadium	10,000[23]
Al-Diriyah	Diriyah	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium (Riyadh)	15,000[24]
Al-Jabalain	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium	12,000[25]
Al-Jeel	Al-Hasa (Hofuf)	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Hajer Club Stadium	26,000 12,000
Al-Kawkab	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium	5,200[26]
Al-Khaleej	Saihat	Al-Khaleej Club Stadium	10,000[27]
Al-Kholood	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium Al-Bukiryah Club Stadium (Al Bukayriyah)	8,000[28] 5,000
Al-Nahda	Dammam	Prince Fahd bin Salman Stadium Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	15,000[29] 35,000
Al-Okhdood	Najran	Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium Najran University Stadium	12,000[30] 10,000[31]
Al-Orobah	Sakakah	Al-Orobah Club Stadium	6,000[32]
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	15,000[33]
Al-Sahel	Anak	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium (Khobar)	15,000
Al-Shoulla	Al-Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium	5,200
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium	38,000
Bisha	Bisha	Bisha University Stadium King Saud Sport City Stadium (Al Bahah)	2,000 10,000
Hajer	Al-Hasa (Hofuf)	Hajer Club Stadium Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	12,000[34] 26,000
Jeddah	Jeddah	Reserve Stadium in King Abdullah Sports City	1,000[35]
Najran	Najran	Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium Najran University Stadium	12,000 10,000
Ohod	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	24,000[36]

Foreign players

On 26 June 2021, the Saudi FF announced that the number of foreign players was increased from 4 players to 5 players.^[37]

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
Al-Adalah	Alan	Nailson	Ibrahima Tandia	Tunde Adeniji	Ogenyi Onazi	Achraf Krir
Al-Ain	Othman Alhaj	Othman Hassan				Reuben Gabriel
Al-Diriyah	Hacène Ogbi	Wesley	Marius Obekop	Joseph Adjei	Mahmoud Al-Youssef	Gelson Ibrahim Salis
Al-Jabalain	Nabil Saâdou	Rogerinho	Teco	Marlon	Ricardo Ribeiro	Jefferson Tiago Orobó
Al-Jeel	Faisal Abu Bakr	Abdulaziz N'Diaye	Abdullah Jenyat	Zied El Bakouch	Aymen Trabelsi	Romarinho Ahmad Al Douni
Al-Kawkab	Franck Julienne	Badreddine Benachour	Falou Samb	Hamza Ben Abda	Oussema Ben Ayed
Al-Khaleej	Diego Miranda	Mamadou Soro	Samuel Sarfo	Miodrag Gemović	Mondher Guesmi
Al-Kholood	Islam Chahrour	Nasreddine Zaâlani	Malek Shalabiya	Aniekpeno Udo	Khemais Maaouani	Sid Ahmed Aouadj Mohamed Salem Prince Obus Aggreh
Al-Nahda	Rachid Nadji	Mohammad Zureiqat	Nabil Aankour	Abdulaziz Noor	Bilel Souissi	Michael Sarpong Ifeanyi Anaemena Fehmi Kacem
Al-Okhdood	Kaká Mendes	Maicon Douglas	Reinaldo Dutra	Issam Al Sabhi	Alaya Brigui	Hugo Cabral Taylon Correa
Al-Orobah	Rayllan Bruno	Dudu	Philipe Maia	Aboubacar Diarra	Abdoulaye Dieng [ar]	Héldon Ramos
Al-Qadsiah	Cédric Amissi	Ibrahim Diomandé [ar]	Ibrahim Amada	Moha Rharsalla	Uroš Vitas	Carlão Leandro Carvalho Muralha
Al-Sahel	Jhonnattann Benites	Uilliam	Victor	Lawson Bekui	Daniel Ajibola
Al-Shoulla	Pitty	Sylla Daouda	Piqueti	Omar Wade	Ovidy Karuru	Mario Budimir
Al-Wehda	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Karim Yoda	Ousmane Barry	Soualio Ouattara	Alberto Botía
Bisha	Sid Ahmed Aouadj	Guillaume Daho	Seydouba Camara	Seifeddine Akremi	Mohamed Ben Tarcha	Kaddour Beldjilali Elvis Rupia Saith Sakala
Hajer	Adriano Pardal	Fernando Gabriel	Lázaro	Ismail Kouakou	Modibo Maïga
Jeddah	Mohammad Fouad	Junior Magbi	Emanuel Novo	Alaeddine Bouslimi	Bilel Khefifi	Breno Halef Pitbull Mohamed Abdelmaguid Ally Niyonzima
Najran	Carlos Henrique	Izaka Aboudou	Kwame Quee	Borhen Hkimi	Oussema Boughanmi	Rafael Costa Seifeddine Jerbi
Ohod	Sofiane Khelili	Goran Zakarić	Carolus Andria	Zakaria Lahlali	Ouday Belhaj	Mourad Hedhli

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Al-Khaleej (C, P)	38	18	12	8	51	36	+15	66[a]	Promotion to the Pro League
2	Al-Adalah (P)	38	18	12	8	42	32	+10	66[a]
3	Al-Wehda (P)	38	17	14	7	51	29	+22	65
4	Hajer	38	18	9	11	44	31	+13	63
5	Al-Jabalain	38	17	10	11	48	39	+9	61
6	Ohod	38	15	14	9	51	42	+9	59
7	Al-Qadsiah	38	14	13	11	40	32	+8	55
8	Al-Kholood	38	14	12	12	40	36	+4	54
9	Al-Orobah	38	13	13	12	45	44	+1	52[b]
10	Najran	38	13	13	12	38	33	+5	52[b]
11	Al-Ain	38	11	16	11	38	41	−3	49[c]
12	Al-Okhdood	38	12	12	14	43	44	−1	48[d]
13	Al-Sahel	38	12	12	14	50	43	+7	48[d]
14	Al-Shoulla	38	10	18	10	40	34	+6	48[d]
15	Jeddah	38	12	11	15	35	39	−4	47[e]
16	Al-Jeel (R)	38	11	14	13	37	51	−14	47[e]	Relegation to the Second Division
17	Al-Diriyah (R)	38	10	12	16	38	56	−18	42
18	Al-Nahda (R)	38	8	14	16	37	52	−15	38
19	Al-Kawkab (R)	38	4	15	19	30	54	−24	27
20	Bisha (R)	38	5	10	23	27	57	−30	25[c]

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2022. Source: goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).^[39]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Khaleej finished ahead of Al-Adalah on overall goal difference: Al-Khaleej +15, Al-Adalah +10 (Al-Khaleej 2–2 Al-Adalah, Al-Adalah 0–0 Al-Khaleej).
2. Al-Orobah finished ahead of Najran on head-to-head points: Al-Orobah: 4, Najran: 1 (Najran 1–2 Al-Orobah, Al-Orobah 0–0 Najran).
3. Bisha were awarded a 3–0 win over Al-Ain due to Al-Ain's inability to hold the fixture.^[38]
4. Al-Okhdood finished ahead of Al-Sahel and Al-Shoulla on head-to-head points: Al-Okhdood: 8 pts; Al-Sahel: 3 pts; Al-Shoulla: 3 pts. Al-Sahel finished ahead of Al-Shoulla on overall goal difference: Al-Sahel +7, Al-Shoulla +6.
5. Jeddah finished ahead of Al-Jeel on head-to-head points: Jeddah: 4, Al-Jeel: 1 (Jeddah 0–0 Al-Jeel, Al-Jeel 1–2 Jeddah).

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Al-Khaleej	7	5	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Adalah	4	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Wehda	2	2	4	8	3	3	3	4	6	7	4	4	6	8	6	5	5	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	4	3
Hajer	1	9	9	12	12	15	8	6	3	2	1	3	3	3	5	6	8	6	4	6	6	4	5	4	5	4	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	3	4
Al-Jabalain	19	18	14	15	13	5	9	7	5	5	6	10	14	13	10	13	10	9	6	4	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5
Ohod	6	4	3	6	6	9	5	9	11	11	11	8	5	4	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	6
Al-Qadsiah	12	15	10	4	10	12	14	17	13	13	12	13	9	9	7	9	7	10	12	12	12	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7
Al-Kholood	20	20	20	17	19	19	20	20	18	19	19	16	16	17	15	12	13	11	11	9	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	9	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Al-Orobah	5	12	11	5	7	4	6	3	7	8	9	14	11	11	11	8	11	12	9	10	9	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9
Najran	11	7	8	13	14	16	16	18	19	16	16	17	17	15	14	11	9	8	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	9	8	7	8	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
Al-Ain	14	16	19	20	18	17	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	16	15	17	15	16	16	15	15	12	11
Al-Okhdood	18	11	16	18	20	20	19	13	8	6	7	9	7	7	8	7	6	5	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Al-Sahel	9	14	17	19	15	8	12	16	16	14	14	12	8	5	4	4	4	3	5	5	7	8	8	10	11	11	12	12	12	14	12	13	13	12	14	13	14	13
Al-Shoulla	8	13	6	2	4	6	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	9	10	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	14	15	14
Jeddah	17	17	15	10	9	14	13	10	12	9	8	6	10	10	12	14	15	16	17	17	15	16	17	15	12	12	13	14	14	13	15	16	15	13	13	12	13	15
Al-Jeel	10	6	7	9	8	10	10	14	17	15	15	15	15	16	18	18	17	18	15	16	17	17	15	18	18	18	16	16	15	17	13	12	12	15	16	16	16	16
Al-Diriyah	3	3	5	11	5	7	11	8	9	10	10	7	12	14	16	17	18	15	16	13	13	15	16	14	15	15	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Al-Nahda	13	8	12	7	11	13	15	15	15	18	17	18	18	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	16	13	14	16	16	16	15	15	18	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Al-Kawkab	16	19	18	14	16	11	7	11	10	12	13	11	13	12	13	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Bisha	15	10	13	16	17	18	18	12	14	17	18	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Leader
	Promotion to the Pro League
	Relegation to the Second Division

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2022. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	ADA	AIN	DIR	JAB	JEL	KAW	KHJ	KHO	NAH	OKH	ORO	QAD	SAH	SHO	WHD	BIS	HJR	JED	NAJ	OHD
Al-Adalah		1–1	3–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1
Al-Ain	2–0		0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–4
Al-Diriyah	0–1	3–1		1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–4	1–2	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Al-Jabalain	1–2	1–0	3–2		2–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–3
Al-Jeel	0–2	2–3	1–0	0–2		0–0	1–5	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	3–6	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	2–2
Al-Kawkab	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–2		3–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–1
Al-Khaleej	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1		1–0	5–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0
Al-Kholood	1–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1
Al-Nahda	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–1		1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	3–0
Al-Okhdood	0–0	4–0	2–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1		2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2
Al-Orobah	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–1		2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–3
Al-Qadsiah	0–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–0		0–4	2–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0
Al-Sahel	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–1		1–1	0–1	2–1	1–4	2–1	0–0	1–2
Al-Shoulla	0–1	1–1	4–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1
Al-Wehda	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	1–1	3–0	0–0		1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–3
Bisha	2–3	3–0[40]	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–1		1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1
Hajer	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0		2–1	0–0	1–1
Jeddah	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–1		1–2	1–1
Najran	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–2		1–1
Ohod	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2022. Source: goalzz.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

As of 28 May 2022

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[41]
1	Carolus Andria	Ohod	25
2	Uilliam	Al-Sahel	19
3	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Al-Wehda	18
4	Mamadou Soro	Al-Khaleej	16
5	Adriano Pardal	Hajer	14
	Modibo Maïga	Hajer
	Rayllan Bruno	Al-Orobah
8	Jhonnattann	Al-Sahel	12
9	Ibrahim Diomandé	Al-Qadsiah	11
	Marlon	Al-Jabalain
	Ibrahima Tandia	Al-Adalah
	Piqueti	Al-Shoulla

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Uilliam	Al-Sahel	Al-Diriyah	4–2 (A)	30 November 2021	[42]
Uilliam4	Al-Sahel	Al-Jeel	6–3 (A)	14 December 2021	[43]
Jassem Al-Hamdan4	Al-Khaleej	Al-Jeel	5–1 (A)	18 January 2022	[44]
Jhonnattann	Al-Sahel	Al-Kawkab	4–1 (H)	17 May 2022	[45]
Ahmed Abdu Jaber4	Al-Wehda	Al-Orobah	5–1 (H)	23 May 2022	[46]

Note

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Mutab Sharahili	Al-Khaleej	17
2	Abdulquddus Atiah	Al-Wehda	16
3	Abduraouf Al-Daqeel	Hajer	15
4	Saad Al-Saleh	Al-Qadsiah	14
5	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari	Najran	13
6	Ricardo Ribeiro	Al-Jabalain	12
	Emanuel Novo	Jeddah
8	Ali Al-Ameri	Al-Adalah	11
	Nasser Al-Saiari	Al-Ain
10	Abdulaziz Al-Mwijed	Al-Jeel	10
	Sultan Al-Ghamdi	Al-Orobah

Awards

Round awards

Round	Player of the Round		Reference
	Player	Club
Round 23	Diego Miranda	Al-Khaleej	[47]
Round 24	Sultan Al-Sawadi	Al-Wehda	[48]
Round 25	Mohammad Fouad	Jeddah	[49]
Round 26	Yahya Al-Najei	Al-Wehda	[50]
Round 27	Ibrahim Diomandé	Al-Qadsiah	[51]
Round 28	Borhen Hkimi	Najran	[52]
Round 29	Ali Al-Ameri	Al-Adalah	[53]
Round 30	Muaiad Al-Tolayhi	Al-Kholood	[54]
Round 31	Waleed Al-Shangeati	Al-Adalah	[55]
Round 32	Omar Wade	Al-Shoulla	[56]
Round 33	Saleh Aboulshamat	Al-Qadsiah	[57]
Round 34	Modibo Maïga	Hajer	[58]
Round 35	Ayman Al-Hujaili	Al-Ain	[59]
Round 36	Jhonnattann	Al-Sahel	[60]
Round 37	Ahmed Abdu Jaber	Al-Wehda	[61]
Round 38	Rayllan Bruno	Al-Orobah	[62]

See also

• 2021–22 Saudi Professional League
• 2021–22 Saudi Second Division
• 2021–22 Saudi Third Division

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