1978–79 Saudi Premier League

The 1978–79 season was the third season of the Saudi Premier League.

Overview

Al-Tai and Al-Riyadh were relegated just one season after being promoted.

This season was the first to involve professional foreign players.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Jeddah

Riyadh

Dammam

Ha'il

Khobar

Mecca

Locations of teams in the 1978–79 Saudi Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	Didi
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	Khalil Al-Zayani
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	Mario Zagallo
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	Dettmar Cramer
Al-Nahda	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	Ljubiša Broćić
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	Al-Sayegh Stadium
Al-Tai	Ha'il	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former players
Al-Ahli	Tarak Dhiab
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Hilal	Rivellino	Ali Kaabi	Néjib Limam
Al-Ittihad	Theo Bücker	Néjib Ghommidh		Thomas Sjöberg
Al-Nahda
Al-Nassr	Jorge Luís
Al-Qadsiah
Al-Riyadh				Mohamed Akid
Al-Tai
Al-Wehda

League table

• Promoted: Al-Shabab, Ohod.
• Full records are not known at this time

External links

• RSSSF Stats
• Saudi Arabia Football Federation
• Saudi League Statistics
• Article writer for Saleh Al-Hoireny - Al-Jazirah newspaper 13-08-2010