2005–06 Saudi Premier League

Statistics of the 2005–06 Saudi Premier League.

Saudi Premier League

Season	2005–06
Champions	Al-Shabab (5th title)
Relegated	Abha Al-Ansar
AFC Champions League	Al-Shabab Al-Hilal
Top goalscorer	Essa Al-Mehyani (16 goals)
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Clubs

Stadia and locations

Jeddah

Riyadh

Dammam

Ḥaʼil

Khobar

Mecca

Medina

Ar Rass

Abha

Locations of teams in the 2005–06 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Abha	Abha	Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City	Saad Al-Beshri
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Nebojša Vučković
Al-Ansar	Medina	Prince Mohamed bin Abdulaziz Stadium	Adnan Hamad
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	Ednaldo Patricio
Al-Hazem	Ar Rass	Al-Hazem Club Stadium	Mondher Ladhari
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	José Kléber
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City	Bruno Metsu
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Jorge Habegger
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Sports City	Ahmad Al-Ajlani
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sports City	Ammar Souayah
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdulaziz Sports City	Lotfi Benzarti

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Former players
Abha	Flamarion	Drissa Coulibaly
Al-Ahli	Abdelhaq Ait Laarif	Jaouad Akaddar	Dejan Damjanović			Rogério Paulista Youssef Rabeh
Al-Ansar	Celso Costa	Djibril Mandefu
Al-Ettifaq	André Neles	Luís Alberto	Yaw Preko	Hamid Nater	Rabii Laafoui	Abdellatif Jrindou Hassen Riahi
Al-Hazem	Qusay Munir	Salaheddine Aqqal	Toy			Zé Augusto
Al-Hilal	Giovanni	Marcelo Camacho	Marcelo Tavares	Franck Atsou		Joelson
Al-Ittihad	Joseph-Désiré Job	Mohamed Gouda	Prince Tagoe	Jaouad Zairi	Mohamed Kallon	Cláudio Pitbull Lima Pedrinho Tcheco Sergio Herrera
Al-Nassr	Adriano Chuva	Jerri	Joetex Asamoah Frimpong	Musaed Neda	Alberto Blanco	Daniel Coleman
Al-Qadsiah	Paulo Silva	Lindomar	Mohammad Kassas	Salahiddine Khlifi	Mahmadu Alphajor Bah	Mohamed El Mrini
Al-Shabab	Rogério Paulista	Godwin Attram	Nashat Akram			Túlio Maravilha
Al-Tai	Diene Faye	Hamad Ji				Drissa Coulibaly
Al-Wehda	Jerry Adriano	Patrick Kazadi	Sayed Abdel Hafeez	Khalid Zouine

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Shabab	22	13	6	3	47	22	+25	45
2	Al-Hilal	22	13	5	4	41	21	+20	44
3	Al-Ittihad	22	11	9	2	47	28	+19	42
4	Al-Ahli	22	9	9	4	45	23	+22	36
5	Al-Ettifaq	22	9	6	7	31	25	+6	33
6	Al-Nassr	22	7	9	6	32	32	0	30
7	Al-Hazem	22	7	8	7	33	37	−4	29
8	Al-Qadsiah	22	8	5	9	23	32	−9	29
9	Al-Wehda	22	7	7	8	35	37	−2	28
10	Al-Tai	22	4	6	12	24	37	−13	18
11	Abha	22	3	4	15	23	57	−34	13
12	Al-Ansar	22	1	6	15	16	46	−30	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship playoffs

Match against fourth place

Al-Ittihad v Al-Ahli

12 April 2006	Al-Ittihad	3-0	Al-Ahli	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City, Jeddah
	Mohamed Kallon 32' Prince Tagoe 71' Prince Tagoe 79'	(Report)		Referee: Athanasios Briacos

Match against third place

Al-Hilal v Al-Ittihad

16 April 2006	Al-Hilal	2-1	Al-Ittihad	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh
	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 94' Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 103'	(Report)	109' Mohammed Noor	Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo

Final

Al-Shabab v Al-Hilal

21 April 2006	Al-Shabab	3-0	Al-Hilal	King Fahd Sports City, Riyadh
	Abdulmohsen Al-Dosari 48' (pen.) Abdoh Otaif 50' Nasser Al-Shamrani 82'	(Report)		Referee: Massimo Busacca

Saudi Premier League 2005–06 winners
Al-Shabab 5th title

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals [1][2]
1	Essa Al-Mehyani	Al-Wehda	16
2	Saleh Bashir	Al-Ettifaq	15
3	Hamad Ji	Al-Tai	12
4	Mohamed Kallon	Al-Ittihad	11
5	Marcelo Camacho	Al-Hilal	9
6	Malek Mouath	Al-Ahli	8
7	Prince Tagoe	Al-Ittihad	6
8	Abdelhaq Ait Laarif	Al-Ahli	5