1998–99 Saudi Premier League
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Saudi Premier League
| season = 1998–99
| winners = Al-Ittihad (3rd title)
| continentalcup1 = Asian Club Championship
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Al-Ittihad
| continentalcup2 =
| continentalcup2 qualifiers =
| league topscorer = Obeid Al-Dosari (20 goals)
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
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| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
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| prevseason = 1997–98
| nextseason = 1999–2000
}}
Statistics of the 1998–99 Saudi Premier League.
Clubs
{{Location map+ |Saudi Arabia |width=400 |float=right |caption=Locations of teams in the 1998-99 Saudi Professional League |places=
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=21.54333 |long=39.17278 |label=Jeddah |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=26.084|long=43.994 |label=Unaizah|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=24.68800|long=46.72243 |label=Riyadh |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=26.40000|long=50.15000 |label=Dammam |position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=21.41667|long=39.81667 |label=Mecca }}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=27.516667 |long=41.683333 |label=Ḥaʼil }}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=24.466667|long=39.6 |label=Medina }}
{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=25.39645 |long=49.60179 |label=Hofuf |position=left}}
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Club
! Location ! Stadium ! Head coach |
|---|
| Al-Ahli
| Jeddah | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium | |
| Al-Ansar
| Medina | Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium | |
| Al-Ettifaq
| Dammam | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium | |
| Al-Hilal
| Riyadh | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lori Sandri |
| Al-Ittihad
| Jeddah | Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium | {{flagicon|BEL}} Dimitri Davidović |
| Al-Najma
| Unaizah | Department of Education Stadium | |
| Al-Nassr
| Riyadh | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucho Nizzo |
| Al-Riyadh
| Riyadh | {{flagicon|KSA}} Khalid Al-Koroni |
| Al-Shabab
| Riyadh | {{flagicon|BRA}} Oscar |
| Al-Tai
| Ḥaʼil | Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium | |
| Al-Wehda
| Mecca | |
| Hajer
| Hofuf | Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium | |
=Foreign players=
| class="wikitable"
! width="175" | Club ! width="175" | Player 1 ! width="175" | Player 2 ! width="175" | Player 3 ! width="175" | Player 4 ! width="175" | Player 5 ! width="175" | Former players |
| Al-Ahli
| {{flagicon|Ecuador}} Gilson de Souza | | | | | |
| Al-Ansar
| | | | | | |
| Al-Ettifaq
| | | | | | |
| Al-Hilal
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Sérgio Ricardo | {{flagicon|Kuwait}} Bashar Abdullah | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Precious Monye | {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Ayadi Hamrouni | {{flagicon|Zambia}} Elijah Tana | {{flagicon|Colombia}} John Jairo Tréllez |
| Al-Ittihad
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Marcos Pereira | {{flagicon|England}} Dalian Atkinson | {{flagicon|Morocco}} Ahmed Bahja | {{flagicon|Morocco}} Mourad Hdiouad | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Rob Witschge | {{flagicon|Brazil}} Mário Tilico |
| Al-Najma
| | | | | | |
| Al-Nassr
| | | | | | |
| Al-Riyadh
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} Mamoun Diop | | | | | |
| Al-Shabab
| {{flagicon|Kuwait}} Bader Al Halabeej | {{flagicon|Mali}} Yaya Dissa | {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Rashidi Yekini | | | |
| Al-Tai
| | | | | | |
| Al-Wehda
| | | | | | |
| Hajer
| | | | | | |
League table
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=HIL|name_HIL=Al-Hilal
|team2=ITT|name_ITT=Al-Ittihad
|team3=AHL|name_AHL=Al-Ahli
|team4=SHB|name_SHB=Al-Shabab
|team5=NSR|name_NSR=Al-Nassr
|team6=ETT|name_ETT=Al-Ettifaq
|team7=RYD|name_RYD=Al-Riyadh
|team8=TAE|name_TAE=Al-Tai
|team9=NJM|name_NJM=Al-Najma
|team10=WHD|name_WHD=Al-Wehda
|team11=ANS|name_ANS=Al-Ansar
|team12=HJR|name_HJR=Hajer
|win_HIL=15|draw_HIL=3|loss_HIL=4|gf_HIL=39|ga_HIL=22
|win_ITT=15|draw_ITT=6|loss_ITT=1|gf_ITT=45|ga_ITT=32
|win_AHL=10|draw_AHL=8|loss_AHL=4|gf_AHL=38|ga_AHL=22
|win_SHB=10|draw_SHB=8|loss_SHB=4|gf_SHB=40|ga_SHB=23
|win_NSR=10|draw_NSR=3|loss_NSR=9|gf_NSR=33|ga_NSR=24
|win_ETT=8|draw_ETT=6|loss_ETT=8|gf_ETT=29|ga_ETT=30
|win_RYD=7|draw_RYD=6|loss_RYD=9|gf_RYD=30|ga_RYD=32
|win_TAE=7|draw_TAE=4|loss_TAE=11|gf_TAE=24|ga_TAE=40
|win_NJM=6|draw_NJM=5|loss_NJM=11|gf_NJM=26|ga_NJM=33
|win_WHD=6|draw_WHD=3|loss_WHD=13|gf_WHD=32|ga_WHD=46
|win_ANS=5|draw_ANS=6|loss_ANS=11|gf_ANS=20|ga_ANS=34
|win_HJR=2|draw_HJR=7|loss_HJR=13|gf_HJR=21|ga_HJR=39
|adjust_points_ITT=-3|hth_ITT=3 points deducted
|hth_WHD=Al-Wehda defeated Al-Ansar 1-0 in the end of season relegation playoff
|hth_ANS=WHD
|col_QC=green1|text_QC=
|result1=QC|result2=QC|result3=QC|result4=QC
|col_RP=red3|text_RP=
|result10=RP|result11=RP
|col_R=red1|text_R=
|result12=R
|update=complete|source=
}}
Playoffs
=Semifinals=
{{football box collapsible
|date=22 April 1999
|time=
|team1=Al-Ahli
|score=0–1
|report=
|team2=Al-Hilal
|goals1=
|goals2=Hamzah Saleh {{goal|4|o.g.}}
|stadium=Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
|attendance=
|referee=Omer Al Mehannah}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=25 April 1999
|time=
|team1=Al-Shabab
|score=2–2
|report=
|team2=Al-Ittihad
|goals1=Salem Suroor {{goal|56}}
Jorgensen {{goal|88}}
|goals2=Hamzah Idris {{goal|25}}
Sulaiman Al-Hadaithy {{goal|86}}
|stadium=King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
|attendance=
|referee=Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=29 April 1999
|time=
|team1=Al-Hilal
|score=1–3
|report=
|team2=Al-Ahli
|goals1=Bashar Abdullah {{goal|30|pen.}}
|goals2=Khaled Gahwji {{goal|45}}
Ibrahim Suwayed {{goal|49}}
Andy Abdul {{goal|96}}
|stadium=King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
|attendance=
|referee=Daffer Al-Shehri}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=30 April 1999
|time=
|team1=Al-Ittihad
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2=Al-Shabab
|goals1=Hamzah Idris {{goal|81}}
Ahmed Bahja {{goal|93}}
|goals2=Saleh Al-Dawod {{goal|36}}
|stadium=Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
|attendance=
|referee=}}
=Final=
{{football box collapsible
|date=7 May 1999
|time=
|team1=Al-Ittihad
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=Al-Ahli
|goals1=Hamzah Idris {{goal|51}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
|attendance=
|referee=Mujib Al-Dosari}}
{{winners||Saudi Premier League
1998-99 winners|Al-Ittihad|3rd}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/sau99.html RSSSF Stats]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081006100356/http://www.saff.com.sa/ Saudi Arabia Football Federation]
- [http://www.slstat.com/english/index.php Saudi League Statistics]
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