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1996–97 Saudi Premier League
Football league season
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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