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1978–79 Saudi Premier League

Field	Value
competition	Premier League
season	1978–79
winners	Al-Hilal (2nd title)
relegated	Al-Tai
Al-Riyadh
league topscorer	Majed Abdullah (18 goals)
prevseason	1977–78
nextseason	1979–80

Al-Riyadh 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

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	BRA Didi
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	KSA Khalil Al-Zayani
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	BRA Mario Zagallo
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	FRG Dettmar Cramer
Al-Nahda	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	YUG 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	TUN Tarak Dhiab
Al-Ettifaq
Al-Hilal	BRA Rivellino	TUN Ali Kaabi	TUN Néjib Limam
Al-Ittihad	FRG Theo Bücker	TUN Néjib Ghommidh		SWE Thomas Sjöberg
Al-Nahda
Al-Nassr	BRA Jorge Luís
Al-Qadsiah
Al-Riyadh				TUN Mohamed Akid
Al-Tai
Al-Wehda

League table

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

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