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1996–97 Saudi Premier League

Football league season

Field	Value
competition	Saudi Premier League
season	1996–97
winners	Al-Ittihad (2nd title)
relegated	Al-Ansar
Al-Qadsiah
continentalcup1	Asian Club Championship
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Al-Ittihad
league topscorer	Ahmed Bahja (21 goals)
prevseason	1995–96
nextseason	1997–98

Al-Qadsiah Statistics of the 1996–97 Saudi Premier League.

Al-Ittihad won the championship, their second title after 1982.

Clubs

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	BRA Vantuir
Al-Ansar	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	BRA João Francisco
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	BRA Oscar
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	FRY Dimitri Davidović
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	ROM Ilie Balaci
Al-Najma	Unaizah	Al-Najma Club Stadium
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	BRA Zé Mário
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	FRA Jean Fernandez
Al-Tai	Ḥaʼil	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Al-Wehda	Mecca	King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Former players
Al-Ahli	Argentina Marcos Lencina	Kuwait Ali Marwi
Al-Ansar
Al-Ettifaq	Zambia Kenneth Malitoli
Al-Hilal	Colombia John Jairo Tréllez	Morocco Salaheddine Bassir	Nigeria Ricky Owubokiri	Nigeria Samson Siasia	Peru Carlos Flores	Zambia Elijah Litana
Al-Ittihad	Brazil Toninho	Morocco Abdeljalil Hadda	Morocco Ahmed Bahja	Peru Alfonso Yáñez
Al-Najma
Al-Nassr	Albania Hysen Zmijani	Ghana Ohene Kennedy	Ivory Coast Sam Abouo				Ivory Coast Youssouf Fofana
Al-Qadsiah
Al-Riyadh	Iraq Amer Abdul-Wahab Abdul-Hussein	Morocco Abdeljalil El Hajji	Morocco Hussein Ammouta	Syria Mohannad Al Boushi
Al-Shabab	Ghana Ablade Kumah
Al-Tai
Al-Wehda	Egypt Adel Abdel Rahman	Egypt Effat Nssar	Morocco Saïd Rokbi

Final league table

Promoted from First Division: Al-Shoulla and Al-Taawoun.

Playoffs

Semifinals

Fuad Anwar Ahmed Bahja Ahmed Bahja Ahmed Bahja

Mansour Al-Muwain Ohene Kennedy

Meshal Al-Turki Abdullah Al-Shihan

Khamis Al-Owairan
Sami Al-Jaber

Third place match

Final

Jari Al-Qarni

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