2015–16 Saudi Pro League

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Professional League

| season = 2015–2016

| dates = {{nowrap|19 August 2015 – 14 May 2016}}

| winners = Al-Ahli (3rd title)

| relegated = Najran
Hajer

| continentalcup1 = AFC Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Al-Ahli
Al-Hilal
Al-Taawoun
Al-Fateh

| continentalcup2 = Arab Club Championship

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr

| league topscorer = Omar Al Somah
(27 goals)

| league assist =

| biggest home win = {{nowrap|Al-Hilal 7–0 Al-Khaleej}}
(21 November 2015)

| biggest away win = {{nowrap|Hajer 0–5 Al-Ittihad}}
(24 April 2016)
{{nowrap|Al-Ittihad 0–5 Al-Nassr}}
(8 May 2016)

| highest scoring = {{nowrap|Al-Ittihad 6–2 Al-Raed}}
(4 February 2016)

| matches = 182

| total goals = 508

| longest wins = Al-Ahli (8 games){{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=202|title=The Most Successive Winning Teams|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=20 February 2016}}

| longest unbeaten = Al-Ahli (17 games){{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=205|title=The Most Successive Without Losing Teams|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=20 February 2016}}

| longest winless = Hajer (15 games){{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=206|title=The Most Successive Without Winning Teams|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=20 February 2016}}

| longest losses = Hajer (9 games){{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=203|title=The Most Successive Losing Teams|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=20 February 2016}}

| highest attendance = 60,051{{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=283|title=The Most Attendance Match|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics |access-date=29 October 2015}}
Al-Ahli 3–2 Al-Fateh
(13 May 2016)

| lowest attendance = 46
Najran 2–0 Hajer
(20 November 2015)

| average attendance = 6,906{{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/allstat.php?id=11|title=Attendance|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics |access-date=29 October 2015}}

| prevseason = 2014–15

| nextseason = 2016–17

}}

The 2015–16 Saudi Professional League (known as the Abdul Latif Jameel Professional League for sponsorship reasons) was the 40th season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 19 August 2015 and ended on 14 May 2016.{{cite web |title=جدول الدوري |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/champtable.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702031743/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/champtable.php |archive-date=2 July 2016 |url-status=dead}} Al-Nassr were the two time defending champions having won their eighth title last season.{{cite web |title=النصر بطلاً لدوري جميل 2014 |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/922240}} The league was contested by the 12 teams from the 2014–15 season as well as Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Wehda, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2014–15 First Division. They replace Al-Orobah and Al-Shoulla who were relegated to the 2015–16 First Division.

On 24 April, Al-Ahli secured their third league title and first since 1984 with two games to spare after defeating second-placed Al-Hilal 3–1 at home.{{cite web |title=الأهلي بطلا للدوري السعودي للمرة الأولى منذ 32 عاما |url=https://arabic.cnn.com/sport/2016/04/25/alahli-alhilal-saudi}}

Hajer were the first team to be relegated following a 1–0 home defeat to Al-Ahli Al-Orobah on 17 April.{{cite web |title="ضربة جزاء" مثيرة أبقت الأهلي في الصدارة وأكدت هبوط هجر |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2016/20160417/sp22.htm}} Najran became the second and final team to be relegated following a 3–3 draw with Al-Raed on the final matchday.{{cite web |title=هبوط نجران وفوز الوحدة في الدوري السعودي|url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a/386315/%d9%87%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b7-%d9%86%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%88%d9%81%d9%88%d8%b2-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%ad%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a}}

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Al-Qadisiyah (returning to the top flight after three years) and Al-Wehda (returning to the top flight after two years). They replaced Al-Orobah (ending their two-year top-flight spell) and Al-Shoulla (ending their three-year top-flight spell).

=Stadiums and locations=

{{Location map+ |Saudi Arabia |width=440 |float=right |caption=Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Saudi Professional League |places=

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=21.54333 |long=39.17278 |label=Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad
|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=25.995687|long=45.316519|label=Al-Faisaly |position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=25.39645 |long=49.60179 |label=Al-Fateh
Hajer
|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=24.68800 |long=46.72243 |label=Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
Al-Shabab
|position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=26.475 |long=50.041667 |label=Al-Khaleej |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=26.70150 |long=50.15000 |label=Al-Qadisiyah |position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=26.33333 |long=43.96667 |label=Al-Raed
Al-Taawoun
|position=top}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=21.41667 |long=39.81667 |label=Al-Wehda}}

{{Location map~ |Saudi Arabia |lat=17.4967 |long=44.13222 |label=Najran|position=top}}

}}

:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Location

! Stadium

! Capacity

Al-Ahli

| Jeddah

| King Abdullah Sports City

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|62,345}}{{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/stadium.php?id=22|title=King Abdullah Sports City|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=12 March 2016}}

Al-Faisaly

| Harmah

| Prince Salman Sport City Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|5,200}}{{cite web |title=ملعب مدينة الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407105840/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=11 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-07 }}

Al-Fateh

| Al-Hasa

| Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|19,096}}{{cite web |title=ملعب مدينة الأمير عبدالله بن جلوي الرياضية |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410191046/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-10 }}

Al-Hilal

| Riyadh

| King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|62,685}}{{cite web |title=استاد الملك فهد الدولي |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323102717/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-23 }}
{{Nts|22,500}}{{cite web |title=استاد الأمير فيصل بن فهد |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410072046/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-10 }}

Al-Ittihad

| Jeddah

| King Abdullah Sports City

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|62,345}}

Al-Khaleej

| Saihat

| Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium (Dammam)

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|21,701}}{{cite web |title=استاد الأمير محمد بن فهد |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407101843/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-07 }}

Al-Nassr

| Riyadh

| King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|62,685}}
{{Nts|22,500}}

Al-Qadisiyah

| Khobar

| Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|11,000}}{{cite web |title=ملعب مدينة الأمير سعود بن جلوي الرياضية |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411140246/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-11 }}

Al-Raed

| Buraidah

| King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|23,600}}{{cite web |title=استاد مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية |url=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407180557/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/stadium.php?id=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-07 }}

Al-Shabab

| Riyadh

| King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|62,685}}
{{Nts|22,500}}

Al-Taawoun

| Buraidah

| King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|23,600}}

Al-Wehda

| Mecca

| King Abdul Aziz Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|33,195}}{{cite web |title=King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium|url=http://slstat.com/spl2012-2013en/stadium.php?id=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506022015/http://slstat.com/spl2012-2013en/stadium.php?id=10 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-05-06 }}

Hajer

| Al-Hasa

| Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|19,096}}

Najran

| Najran

| King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium (Jeddah){{efn|name=AC|Najran played at the King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium due to the ongoing war in Yemen.}}

| style="text-align:center"|{{Nts|1,000}}

{{notelist}}

= Personnel and kits =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left; font-size:100%"
Team

! Manager

! Captain

! Kit manufacturer

! Shirt sponsor

{{nowrap|Al-Ahli}}

| {{sort|Gross, Christian|{{flagicon|SUI}} {{nowrap|Christian Gross}}}}

| {{sort|Al-Jassim, Taisir|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Taisir Al-Jassim}}}}

| {{nowrap|Umbro}}

| {{nowrap|Qatar Airways, Almosafer1}}

{{nowrap|Al-Faisaly}}

| {{sort|Ciobotariu, Liviu|{{flagicon|ROM}} {{nowrap|Liviu Ciobotariu}}}}

| {{sort|Abdulaziz, Omar|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Omar Abdulaziz}}}}

| {{nowrap|Erreà}}

| {{nowrap|ALDREES, Roco1}}

{{nowrap|Al-Fateh}}

| {{sort|Beyaoui, Nacif|{{flagicon|TUN}} {{nowrap|Nacif Beyaoui}}}}

| {{sort|Al-Hamdan, Hamdan|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Hamdan Al-Hamdan}}}}

| {{nowrap|Jako}}

| {{nowrap|Hyundai, Al Kifah1, AlMoosa Hospital1}}

{{nowrap|Al-Hilal}}

| {{sort|Donis, Giorgos|{{flagicon|GRE}} {{nowrap|Giorgos Donis}}}}

| {{sort|Al-Qahtani, Yasser|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Salman Al-Faraj}}}}

| {{nowrap|Nike}}

| {{nowrap|Volkswagen, Mobily, Abdul Samad Al Qurashi1, Tasnee1, Bupa2, ExxonMobil2}}

{{nowrap|Al-Ittihad}}

| {{sort|Pițurcă, Victor|{{flagicon|ROM}} {{nowrap|Victor Pițurcă}}}}

| {{sort|Noor, Mohammed|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Mohammed Noor}}}}

| {{nowrap|Adidas}}

| {{nowrap|Bupa2, ExxonMobil2}}

{{nowrap|Al-Khaleej}}

| {{sort|Kadri, Jalel|{{flagicon|TUN}} {{nowrap|Jalel Kadri}}}}

| {{sort|Al-Turki, Hussain|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Hussain Al-Turki}}}}

| {{nowrap|Erreà}}

| {{nowrap|Hyundai}}

{{nowrap|Al-Nassr}}

| {{sort|Caneda, Raúl|{{flagicon|ESP}} {{nowrap|Raúl Caneda}}}}

| {{sort|Abdulghani, Hussein|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Hussein Abdulghani}}}}

| {{nowrap|Sporta}}

| {{nowrap|Mobily}}

{{nowrap|Al-Qadisiyah}}

| {{sort|Al-Dossari, Hamad|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Hamad Al-Dossari}}}}

| {{sort|Hazazi, Naif|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Naif Hazazi}}}}

| {{nowrap|Lotto}}

| {{nowrap|eXtra}}

{{nowrap|Al-Raed}}

| {{sort|Ilić, Aleksandar|{{flagicon|SRB}} {{nowrap|Aleksandar Ilić}}}}

| {{sort|Madkhali, Ibrahim|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Ibrahim Madkhali}}}}

| {{nowrap|Hattrick}}

| {{nowrap|Hana Water}}

{{nowrap|Al-Shabab}}

| {{sort|Al-Jabal, Fathi|{{flagicon|TUN}} {{nowrap|Fathi Al-Jabal}}}}

| {{sort|Otaif, Ahmed|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Ahmed Otaif}}}}

| {{nowrap|Romai}}

| {{nowrap

}

|-

| {{nowrap|Al-Taawoun}}

| {{sort|Gomes, José Manuel|{{flagicon|POR}} {{nowrap|José Manuel Gomes}}}}

| {{sort|Fallatah, Adnan|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Adnan Fallatah}}}}

| {{nowrap|Erreà}}

| {{nowrap|Herfy, Al Qassim Corner1}}

|-

| {{nowrap|Al-Wehda}}

| {{sort|Madoui, Kheïreddine|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{nowrap|Kheïreddine Madoui}}}}

| {{sort|Al-Hazzani, Majed|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Majed Al-Hazzani}}}}

| {{nowrap|Erreà}}

| {{nowrap|Nagoor Group}}

|-

| {{nowrap|Hajer}}

| {{sort|Al-Janoubi, Abdullah|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Abdullah Al-Janoubi}}}}

| {{sort|Malayekah, Mustafa|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Mustafa Malayekah}}}}

| {{nowrap|Erreà}}

| {{nowrap|Al-Ajmi Co., Almulhim Auto}}

|-

| {{nowrap|Najran}}

| {{sort|dos Anjos, Hélio|{{flagicon|BRA}} {{nowrap|Hélio dos Anjos}}}}

| {{sort|Hamsal, Abdulaziz|{{flagicon|KSA}} {{nowrap|Abdulaziz Hamsal}}}}

| {{nowrap|Uhlsport}}

| {{nowrap|Polystar}}

|-

|}

  • 1 On the back of the strip.
  • 2 On the right sleeve of the strip.

=Managerial changes=

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

!Outgoing manager

!Manner of
departure

!Date of vacancy

!Position in table

!Incoming manager

!Date of
appointment

Al-Shabab

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Adel Abdel Rahman

| rowspan=3|End of contract

| 15 May 2015

| rowspan=5 align=center| Pre-season

| {{flagicon|URU}} Álvaro Gutiérrez

| 21 May 2015{{cite web |title=لمدة موسمين .. الشباب يوقع مع الفارو غوتيريز لقيادة الفريق الأول |url=https://sabq.org/e07gde}}

Al-Raed

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Ammar Souayah

| 19 May 2015

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdelkader Amrani

| 8 June 2015{{cite web |title=الجزائري عمراني مدربًا للرائد|url=https://aawsat.com/home/article/378656/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF}}

Najran

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Fouad Bouali

| 19 May 2015

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Fathi Al-Jabal

| 27 June 2015{{cite web |title=نجران يعيد فتحي الجبال إلى الدوري السعودي |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1060495}}

Al-Faisaly

| {{flagicon|POR}} Toni Conceição

| rowspan=4|Sacked

| 22 May 2015{{cite web |title=الفيصلي يلغي عقد مدربه البرتغالي "أنتونيو أوليفيرا" |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2015/20150522/sp31.htm}}

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Liviu Ciobotariu

| 6 June 2015{{cite web |title=الروماني ليفيو مدرباً للفيصلي |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2015/20150606/sp49.htm}}

Al-Ittihad

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Victor Pițurcă

| 11 June 2015{{cite web |title=الاتحاد يقرر إقالة بيتوركا وتسريح الأجانب والتجديد لنور |url=https://www.eremnews.com/sports/football/arab/ksa/295377}}

| {{flagicon|ROM}} László Bölöni

| 22 July 2015{{cite web |title=الاتحاد يعلن رسميًّا تعيين بولوني مديرًا فنيًّا |url=https://www.al-madina.com/article/392668}}

Al-Raed

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdelkader Amrani

| 29 August 2015{{cite web |title=الرائد يقيل مدربه عمراني ويدرس 4 ملفات بديلة |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2015/20150829/sp33.htm}}

| 13th

| {{flagicon|GRE}} Takis Lemonis

| 3 September 2015{{cite web |title=الرائد يعين اليوناني تاكيس مدربا جديدا له |url=https://www.aleqt.com/2015/09/03/article_988034.html}}

rowspan=2|Al-Nassr

| {{flagicon|URU}} Jorge da Silva

| 24 October 2015{{cite web |title=النصر يقيل "داسيلفا" بعد خروجه من كأس ولي العهد |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1093965}}

| 7th

| {{flagicon|COL}} René Higuita (caretaker)

| 24 October 2015

{{flagicon|COL}} René Higuita (caretaker)

| End of caretaker period

| 28 October 2015

| 6th

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Cannavaro

| 28 October 2015{{cite web |title=رسميا.. كانافارو مدربا للنصر السعودي |url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/sport/785903-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A}}

Al-Qadisiyah

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Jameel Qassem

| rowspan=3|Sacked

| 30 October 2015{{cite web |title=مدرب القادسية يلحق بضحايا الدوري |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1096028}}

| 9th

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alexandre Gallo

| 30 October 2015{{cite web |title=جالو بديلا لقاسم في القادسية |url=https://makkahnewspaper.com/article/105598}}

Al-Wehda

| {{flagicon|URU}} Juan Jacinto Rodríguez

| 30 October 2015{{cite web |title=الوحدة يقيل مدربه "خوان رودريغيز " بعد الهزيمة الثالثة في الدوري |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1095629}}

| 13th

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Badreldin Hamed (caretaker)

| 30 October 2015

rowspan=2|Hajer

| {{flagicon|MNE}} Nebojša Jovović

| 30 October 2015{{cite web |title=رسميا.. هجر يعلن إقالة مدربه نيبوشا |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/sport/saudi-sport/2015/10/30/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A5%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4}}

| 11th

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker)

| 30 October 2015

{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker)

| rowspan=2|End of caretaker period

| 5 November 2015

| 12th

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Stéphane Demol

| 5 November 2015{{cite web |title=البلجيكي ستيفان ديمول مدرباً للهجر |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1097399}}

Al-Wehda

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Badreldin Hamed (caretaker)

| 6 November 2015

| 10th

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Kheïreddine Madoui

| 6 November 2015{{cite web |title=الوحدة يتفق مع الجزائري مضوي لخلافة رودريجيز |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1097755}}

rowspan=2|Al-Ittihad

| {{flagicon|ROM}} László Bölöni

| Sacked

| 24 November 2015{{cite web |title=عاجل ورسمياً.. إقالة بولوني من تدريب نادي الاتحاد |url=https://sa.hihi2.com/2015/11/24/p41811.html}}

| 3rd

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Adel Abdel Rahman (caretaker)

| 24 November 2015

{{flagicon|EGY}} Adel Abdel Rahman (caretaker)

| End of caretaker period

| 9 December 2015

| 3rd

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Victor Pițurcă

| 9 December 2015{{cite web |title=الاتحاد يتعاقد مع بيتوركا.. ويقبل استقالة حامد البلوي |url=https://sabq.org/QiOgde}}

rowspan=2|Najran

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Fathi Al-Jabal

| Sacked

| 17 December 2015{{cite web |title=إقالة الجبال من تدريب نجران.. واليامي لخلافته |url=https://www.dawriplus.com/news/20875-%D8%A5%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87.html}}

| 13th

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker)

| 17 December 2015

{{flagicon|KSA}} Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker)

| End of caretaker period

| 25 December 2015

| 13th

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Hélio dos Anjos

| 25 December 2015{{cite web |title=رسمياً.. "انجوس" مدرباً لفريق نجران حتى نهاية الموسم |url=https://sabq.org/OAPgde}}

Al-Shabab

| {{flagicon|URU}} Álvaro Gutiérrez

| Sacked

| 3 January 2016{{cite web |title=الشباب يعين فتحي الجبال مدربا بعد إقالة الفارو جوتيريز|url=https://www.aleqt.com/2016/01/03/article_1018917.html}}

| 6th

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Fathi Al-Jabal

| 3 January 2016

Al-Qadisiyah

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alexandre Gallo

| Mutual consent

| 29 January 2016{{cite web |title=بالتراضي.. القادسية ينهي عقد مدربه جالو |url=https://sabq.org/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88}}

| 11th

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Hamad Al-Dossari

| 30 January 2016{{cite web |title=القادسية يقيل البرازيلي جالو والدوسري بديلا|url=https://www.alyaum.com/articles/1055549/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9/%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A}}

rowspan=2|Al-Raed

| {{flagicon|GRE}} Takis Lemonis

| Sacked

| 1 February 2016{{cite web |title=رسمياً: الرائد يقيل مدربه اليوناني ليمونيس |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1124719}}

| 12th

| {{flagicon|MAR}} Reda Hakam (caretaker)

| 1 February 2016

{{flagicon|MAR}} Reda Hakam (caretaker)

| End of caretaker period

| 4 February 2016

| 12th

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Ilić

| 4 February 2016{{cite web |title=الصربي الكسندر أليكس يقود الرائد |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/1125419}}

rowspan=2|Al-Nassr

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabio Cannavaro

| Sacked

| 12 February 2016{{cite web |title=النصر يقيل مدربه كانافارو |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/sport/2016/02/12/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88}}

| 6th

| {{flagicon|COL}} René Higuita (caretaker)

| 12 February 2016

{{flagicon|COL}} René Higuita (caretaker)

| End of caretaker period

| 19 February 2016

| 7th

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl Caneda

| 19 February 2016{{cite web |title=رسمياً.. كانيدا يعود لقيادة النصر |url=https://www.dawriplus.com/news/21646-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1.html}}

Hajer

| {{flagicon|BEL}} Stéphane Demol

| Sacked

| 8 March 2016{{cite web |title=إدارة هجر تفسخ عقد ديمول وتعين الجنوبي مديرا فنيا |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2016/20160308/sp27.htm}}

| 14th

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Janoubi

| 8 March 2016

=Foreign players=

The number of foreign players is limited to 4 per team, and should not be a goalkeeper.{{cite web |title=عدد اللاعبين الأجانب |url=http://slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/statdet.php?id=103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502133312/http://slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/statdet.php?id=103 |archive-date=2 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: left; font-size:90%"
width="120" | Club

! width="220" | Player 1

! width="220" | Player 2

! width="220" | Player 3

! width="220" | Player 4

! width="240" | Former players

Al-Ahli

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marquinho

| {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Abdel Shafy

| {{flagicon|GRE}} Giannis Fetfatzidis

| {{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Omar Al Somah

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Nabil Bahoui

Al-Faisaly

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Adriano Pardal

| {{flagicon|EQG}} Javi Balboa

| {{flagicon|GNB}} Abel Camará

| {{flagicon|TGO}} Sadat Ouro-Akoriko

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Fernando Gabriel
{{flagicon|CMR}} André Ndame Ndame
{{flagicon|JOR}} Hamza Al-Dardour
{{flagicon|NGA}} Ifeanyi Onyilo

Al-Fateh

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Élton Arábia

| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Salam Shaker

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Patrick Gbala

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Juan Falcón

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Josimar
{{flagicon|SRB}} Marko Stanojević

Al-Hilal

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Aílton

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Eduardo

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Digão

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kwak Tae-hwi

|

Al-Ittihad

| {{flagicon|GHA}} Sulley Muntari

| {{flagicon|ROM}} Lucian Sânmărtean

| {{flagicon|VEN}} Gelmin Rivas

|

| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Troisi

Al-Khaleej

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Aminou Bouba

| {{flagicon|GUI}} Aboubacar Sylla

| {{flagicon|CIV}} Abdoulaye Koffi

| {{flagicon|JOR}} Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh

| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Marwan Hussein

Al-Nassr

| {{flagicon|BHR}} Mohamed Husain

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Marquinhos Gabriel

| {{flagicon|MLI}} Modibo Maïga

| {{flagicon|POL}} Adrian Mierzejewski

| {{flagicon|MAR}} Youness Mokhtar
{{flagicon|URU}} Fabián Estoyanoff

Al-Qadisiyah

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Gilberto Macena

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Jandson

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Vitor Júnior

| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Saad Abdul-Amir

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Farid Mellouli
{{flagicon|BRA}} Diego Maurício
{{flagicon|BRA}} Jhon Cley
{{flagicon|BRA}} Rubinho
{{flagicon|PUR}} Héctor Ramos

Al-Raed

| {{flagicon|ARM}} Marcos Pizzelli

| {{flagicon|BFA}} Boubacar Kébé

| {{flagicon|GUI}} Ismaël Bangoura

| {{flagicon|OMN}} Eid Al-Farsi

| {{flagicon|GUI}} Kamil Zayatte
{{flagicon|IRQ}} Amjad Radhi
{{flagicon|TUN}} Oussama Darragi

Al-Shabab

| {{flagicon|ALG}} Mohamed Benyettou

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Camilo

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafinha

| {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Arismendi

| {{flagicon|KUW}} Saif Al Hashan
{{flagicon|URU}} Mauricio Affonso

Al-Taawoun

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Sandro Manoel

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Paul Alo'o

| {{flagicon|POR}} Ricardo Machado

| {{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Jehad Al-Hussain

|

Al-Wehda

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Anderson

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Ernest Webnje Nfor

| {{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Jehad Al Baour

| {{flagicon|URU}} Adolfo Lima

| {{flagicon|POL}} Łukasz Gikiewicz
{{flagicon|TUN}} Zouheir Dhaouadi

Hajer

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Lopes

| {{flagicon|CMR}} André Ndame Ndame

| {{flagicon|PLE}} Ashraf Nu'man

| {{flagicon|SEN}} Adama François Sene

| {{flagicon|BOL}} Gualberto Mojica
{{flagicon|IRQ}} Saif Salman
{{flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Ćeran
{{flagicon|SRB}} Nemanja Tubić

Najran

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Adriano Alves

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Bismark

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Eric

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Tozin

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mamadou Wagué
{{flagicon|GHA}} Winful Cobbinah
{{flagicon|KUW}} Faisal Zayid
{{flagicon|MLI}} Aboubacar Tambadou
{{flagicon|SEN}} Malick Mané
{{flagicon|SLE}} David Simbo

League table

{{2015–16 Saudi Professional League table}}

=Positions by round=

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. If a club from the Saudi Professional League wins the King Cup, they will qualify for the AFC Champions League, unless they have already qualified for it through their league position. In this case, an additional AFC Champions League group stage berth will be given to the 3rd placed team, and the AFC Champions League play-off round spot will be given to 4th.

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|sortable = y|legendpos = br

| team1 = Al-Ahli

| pos1 = 6/ 4/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1

| team2 = Al-Hilal

| pos2 = 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2

| team3 = Al-Ittihad

| pos3 = 4/ 3/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3

| team4 = Al-Taawoun

| pos4 = 8/ 6/ 3/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4

| team5 = Al-Fateh

| pos5 = 2/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 8/ 9/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 7/ 9/ 5/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 8/ 9/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5

| team6 = Al-Shabab

| pos6 = 1/ 1/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 7/ 9/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6

| team7 = Al-Khaleej

| pos7 = 13/14/13/10/10/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7

| team8 = Al-Nassr

| pos8 = 7/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 5/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8

| team9 = Al-Wehda

| pos9 = 14/11/12/12/13/10/11/13/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/11/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/ 9

| team10 = Al-Faisaly

| pos10 = 11/12/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 7/ 9/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/10

| team11 = Al-Qadsiah

| pos11 = 5/ 5/ 8/ 8/ 9/11/10/11/12/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/13/12/13/13/11/12/12/11/11

| team12 = Al-Raed

| pos12 = 12/13/14/14/12/13/13/10/11/12/12/13/12/12/12/13/13/12/13/12/12/13/11/11/12/12

| team13 = Najran

| pos13 = 10/ 9/11/13/14/14/12/12/13/13/13/12/13/13/13/12/12/10/11/11/11/12/13/13/13/13

| team14 = Hajer

| pos14 = 9/10/10/11/11/12/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14

| color_1 = #FFD700|text_1 = Leader

| color_2 = #BBF3BB|text_2 = 2017 AFC Champions League group stage

| color_3 = #DDFCDD|text_3 = 2017 AFC Champions League play-off round

| color_12 = #FFDDDD|text_12 = Qualified for relegation play-off

| color_13- = #FFBBBB|text_13- = Relegation to 2016–17 First Division

| updated = complete

| source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160710093527/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/alltable.php SLstat.com]

| date = December 2015

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=AHL|team2=FSY|team3=FAT|team4=HIL|team5=ITT

|team6=KHJ|team7=NSR|team8=QAD|team9=RAE|team10=SHB

|team11=WHD|team12=TWN|team13=HJR|team14=NAJ

|name_AHL=Al-Ahli

|match_AHL_FSY=1–1

|match_AHL_FAT=3–2

|match_AHL_HIL=3–1

|match_AHL_ITT=4–2

|match_AHL_KHJ=1–1

|match_AHL_NSR=4–2

|match_AHL_QAD=2–0

|match_AHL_RAE=3–1

|match_AHL_SHB=3–1

|match_AHL_WHD=2–0

|match_AHL_TWN=2–2

|match_AHL_HJR=1–0

|match_AHL_NAJ=1–2

|name_FSY=Al-Faisaly

|match_FSY_AHL=1–2

|match_FSY_FAT=1–2

|match_FSY_HIL=0–1

|match_FSY_ITT=1–3

|match_FSY_KHJ=1–2

|match_FSY_NSR=2–2

|match_FSY_QAD=1–0

|match_FSY_RAE=2–2

|match_FSY_SHB=0–0

|match_FSY_WHD=2–1

|match_FSY_TWN=1–2

|match_FSY_HJR=3–1

|match_FSY_NAJ=2–2

|name_FAT=Al-Fateh

|match_FAT_AHL=0–2

|match_FAT_FSY=2–1

|match_FAT_HIL=1–2

|match_FAT_ITT=1–1

|match_FAT_KHJ=0–0

|match_FAT_NSR=2–1

|match_FAT_QAD=2–2

|match_FAT_RAE=1–0

|match_FAT_SHB=0–0

|match_FAT_WHD=2–0

|match_FAT_TWN=1–0

|match_FAT_HJR=1–1

|match_FAT_NAJ=3–1

|name_HIL=Al-Hilal

|match_HIL_AHL=1–2

|match_HIL_FSY=0–0

|match_HIL_FAT=3–3

|match_HIL_ITT=0–1

|match_HIL_KHJ=7–0

|match_HIL_NSR=2–0

|match_HIL_QAD=1–0

|match_HIL_RAE=1–0

|match_HIL_SHB=1–1

|match_HIL_WHD=2–0

|match_HIL_TWN=3–1

|match_HIL_HJR=4–1

|match_HIL_NAJ=2–0

|name_ITT=Al-Ittihad

|match_ITT_AHL=0–3

|match_ITT_FSY=1–2

|match_ITT_FAT=0–0

|match_ITT_HIL=4–3

|match_ITT_KHJ=4–1

|match_ITT_NSR=0–5

|match_ITT_QAD=1–1

|match_ITT_RAE=6–2

|match_ITT_SHB=2–1

|match_ITT_WHD=0–2

|match_ITT_TWN=4–1

|match_ITT_HJR=5–0

|match_ITT_NAJ=1–0

|name_KHJ=Al-Khaleej

|match_KHJ_AHL=0–4

|match_KHJ_FSY=2–1

|match_KHJ_FAT=0–2

|match_KHJ_HIL=0–3

|match_KHJ_ITT=2–2

|match_KHJ_NSR=1–1

|match_KHJ_QAD=0–0

|match_KHJ_RAE=1–0

|match_KHJ_SHB=1–2

|match_KHJ_WHD=1–4

|match_KHJ_TWN=1–1

|match_KHJ_HJR=0–1

|match_KHJ_NAJ=3–1

|name_NSR=Al-Nassr

|match_NSR_AHL=1–1

|match_NSR_FSY=0–0

|match_NSR_FAT=3–1

|match_NSR_HIL=1–2

|match_NSR_ITT=3–0

|match_NSR_KHJ=1–1

|match_NSR_QAD=0–0

|match_NSR_RAE=1–2

|match_NSR_SHB=1–2

|match_NSR_WHD=1–1

|match_NSR_TWN=3–2

|match_NSR_HJR=0–0

|match_NSR_NAJ=2–0

|name_QAD=Al-Qadsiah

|match_QAD_AHL=0–2

|match_QAD_FSY=1–0

|match_QAD_FAT=2–1

|match_QAD_HIL=0–0

|match_QAD_ITT=1–3

|match_QAD_KHJ=2–0

|match_QAD_NSR=2–2

|match_QAD_RAE=1–1

|match_QAD_SHB=0–1

|match_QAD_WHD=1–1

|match_QAD_TWN=1–2

|match_QAD_HJR=1–1

|match_QAD_NAJ=4–2

|name_RAE=Al-Raed

|match_RAE_AHL=2–5

|match_RAE_FSY=5–0

|match_RAE_FAT=0–0

|match_RAE_HIL=0–1

|match_RAE_ITT=0–2

|match_RAE_KHJ=0–2

|match_RAE_NSR=0–0

|match_RAE_QAD=2–1

|match_RAE_SHB=0–1

|match_RAE_WHD=1–0

|match_RAE_TWN=1–1

|match_RAE_HJR=2–1

|match_RAE_NAJ=2–3

|name_SHB=Al-Shabab

|match_SHB_AHL=1–1

|match_SHB_FSY=0–1

|match_SHB_FAT=1–0

|match_SHB_HIL=0–1

|match_SHB_ITT=1–2

|match_SHB_KHJ=0–0

|match_SHB_NSR=1–0

|match_SHB_QAD=0–2

|match_SHB_RAE=3–1

|match_SHB_WHD=1–1

|match_SHB_TWN=0–1

|match_SHB_HJR=3–1

|match_SHB_NAJ=3–2

|name_WHD=Al-Wehda

|match_WHD_AHL=0–1

|match_WHD_FSY=2–2

|match_WHD_FAT=1–3

|match_WHD_HIL=1–3

|match_WHD_ITT=0–2

|match_WHD_KHJ=0–0

|match_WHD_NSR=0–2

|match_WHD_QAD=1–0

|match_WHD_RAE=3–1

|match_WHD_SHB=2–1

|match_WHD_TWN=2–1

|match_WHD_HJR=1–0

|match_WHD_NAJ=1–1

|name_TWN=Al-Taawoun

|match_TWN_AHL=0–0

|match_TWN_FSY=3–1

|match_TWN_FAT=1–2

|match_TWN_HIL=1–0

|match_TWN_ITT=2–1

|match_TWN_KHJ=2–3

|match_TWN_NSR=3–3

|match_TWN_QAD=5–1

|match_TWN_RAE=2–0

|match_TWN_SHB=4–0

|match_TWN_WHD=4–2

|match_TWN_HJR=4–0

|match_TWN_NAJ=4–1

|name_HJR=Hajer

|match_HJR_AHL=0–1

|match_HJR_FSY=0–1

|match_HJR_FAT=1–0

|match_HJR_HIL=1–5

|match_HJR_ITT=0–5

|match_HJR_KHJ=1–2

|match_HJR_NSR=0–1

|match_HJR_QAD=0–2

|match_HJR_RAE=1–2

|match_HJR_SHB=1–2

|match_HJR_WHD=1–2

|match_HJR_TWN=1–4

|match_HJR_NAJ=1–2

|name_NAJ=Najran

|match_NAJ_AHL=0–1

|match_NAJ_FSY=0–1

|match_NAJ_FAT=1–3

|match_NAJ_HIL=2–3

|match_NAJ_ITT=1–2

|match_NAJ_KHJ=2–3

|match_NAJ_NSR=4–3

|match_NAJ_QAD=1–1

|match_NAJ_RAE=3–3

|match_NAJ_SHB=0–1

|match_NAJ_WHD=2–2

|match_NAJ_TWN=1–1

|match_NAJ_HJR=2–0

|update=14 May 2016

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160702031743/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/champtable.php SLstat.com]

}}

=Season progress=

{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b

|team1= Al-Ahli

|pos1= D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ D/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W

|team2= Al-Faisaly

|pos2= L/ L/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ W/ L/ W/ L/ L/ W/ W/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ D/ D

|team3= Al-Fateh

|pos3= W/ L/ D/ D/ D/ D/ W/ W/ L/ W/ L/ W/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L

|team4= Al-Hilal

|pos4= W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ L/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ D

|team5= Al-Ittihad

|pos5= W/ W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ L/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L

|team6= Al-Khaleej

|pos6= L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ D/ D/ D/ D/ D/ L/ L/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L

|team7= Al-Nassr

|pos7= D/ D/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ D/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ D/ W/ L

|team8= Al-Qadsiah

|pos8= W/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ W/ D/ D/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W

|team9= Al-Raed

|pos9= L/ L/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ W/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D

|team10= Al-Shabab

|pos10= W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ D/ D/ W

|team11= Al-Wehda

|pos11= L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ W/ W/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ L/ D/ W/ W/ L/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W

|team12= Al-Taawoun

|pos12= D/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ W

|team13= Hajer

|pos13= D/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ W/ W/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L

|team14= Najran

|pos14= L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ D/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ D/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ D/ L/ D

|color_W=blue2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Lose

|updated=complete

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160702031743/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/champtable.php SLstat.com]

|date=August 2015

}}

Relegation play-offs

Al-Raed who finished 12th faced Al-Batin who finished 3rd in the 2015–16 Saudi First Division for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score will take part in the 2016–17 Saudi Professional League. Al-Raed won 5–3 on aggregate and secured their place in the next season.{{cite news|url=http://www.alriyadh.com/1506598|title=الرائد برباعية في مرمى الباطن يضمن بقاءه في دوري جميل|publisher=Al-Riyadh|language=ar|date=26 May 2016|access-date=28 May 2016}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Al-Batin||3–5|Al-Raed||2–1|1–4}}

{{end}}

=First leg=

{{Football box

|id = "Al-Batin v Al-Raed"

|date = 19 May 2016

|time = 20:45 AST
(UTC+3)

|team1 = Al-Batin

|score = 2–1

|team2 = Al-Raed

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/19/saudi-arabia/play-offs-12/al-baten/al-raed-buraidah/2234547/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Report]

|goals1 = Al-Yami {{goal|15|o.g.}}
Metlaq {{goal|58}}

|goals2 = Bangoura {{goal|50}}

|stadium = Al-Batin Club Stadium, Hafar al-Batin

|attendance =

|referee = Mohammed Al-Hoaish

}}

=Second leg=

{{Football box

|id = "Al-Raed v Al-Batin"

|date = 26 May 2016

|time = 20:45 AST
(UTC+3)

|team1 = Al-Raed

|score = 4–1

|team2 = Al-Batin

|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/05/26/saudi-arabia/play-offs-12/al-raed-buraidah/al-baten/2234548/?ICID=PL_MS_02 Report]

|goals1 = Pizzelli {{goal|3|pen.}}
Al-Shehri {{goal|30}}
Al-Sawadi {{goal|81}}
Bangoura {{goal|90+4|pen.}}

|goals2 = Jadoua {{goal|84}}

|stadium = King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah

|attendance =

|referee = Shukri Al-Hanfoush

}}

Season statistics

= Scoring =

== Top scorers ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

! Player

! Club

! Goals{{cite web |title=Abdullatif Jameel Saudi Professional League 2015/2016 Scorers |url=https://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7717&scorers=true}}

1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Omar Al Somah

|align="left"|Al-Ahli

|27

2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|VEN}} Gelmin Rivas

|align="left"|Al-Ittihad

|19

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Eduardo

|align="left"|Al-Hilal

|14

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili

|align="left"|Al-Taawoun

|13

5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Élton Arábia

|align="left"|Al-Fateh

|12

6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Ali Awaji

|align="left"|Al-Wehda

|11

rowspan=2|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|CMR}} Paul Alo'o

|align="left"|Al-Taawoun

|rowspan=2|10

align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Adrian Mierzejewski

|align="left"|Al-Nassr

rowspan=2|9

|align="left"|{{flagicon|EQG}} Javi Balboa

|align="left"|Al-Faisaly

|rowspan=2|8

align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Hamad Al-Juhaim

|align="left"|Al-Fateh

== Hat-tricks ==

class="wikitable"
PlayerForAgainststyle="text-align:center"| ResultDateRef
{{flagicon|VEN}} Gelmin RivasAl-IttihadAl-Qadsiah3–1 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2015|10|17}}{{cite web |title=Al Qadisiyah 1 – 3 Al Ittihad |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502225740/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=25 |archive-date=2 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}
{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Omar Al SomahAl-AhliAl-Nassr4–2 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2015|10|18}}{{cite web |title=Al Ahli 4 – 2 Al Nassr |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502225413/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=28 |archive-date=2 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}
{{flagicon|VEN}} Gelmin RivasAl-IttihadHajer5–0 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|10}}{{cite web |title=Al Ittihad 5 – 0 Hajer |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=73 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502225539/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=73 |archive-date=2 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}
{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Omar Al SomahAl-AhliAl-Raed3–1 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2015|12|14}}{{cite web |title=Al Ahli 3 – 1 Al Raed |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=80 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702031743/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/matchdet.php?id=80 |archive-date=2 July 2016 |url-status=dead}}
{{flagicon|KSA}} Yasser Al-Qahtani4Al-HilalHajer4–1 (H){{dts|format=dmy|2016|05|08}}{{cite web |title=Al Hilal 4 – 1 Hajer |url=https://www.kooora.com/?m=1214208&stats=true}}
{{flagicon|Ba'athist Syria}} Omar Al SomahAl-AhliAl-Raed5–2 (A){{dts|format=dmy|2016|05|08}}{{cite web |title=Al Raed 2 – 5 Al Ahli |url=https://www.kooora.com/?m=1214210&stats=true}}

;Notes

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
4 Player scored 4 goals

= Clean sheets =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Clean
sheets{{cite web |title=2015-2016 Saudi Professional League Goalkeeper Stats |url=https://fbref.com/en/comps/70/1483/keepers/2015-2016-Saudi-Professional-League-Stats}}

rowspan=2|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Khalid Sharahili

|align="left"|Al-Hilal

|rowspan=2|10

align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Yasser Al-Mosailem

|align="left"|Al-Ahli

3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Owais

|align="left"|Al-Shabab

|8

4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Faisel Masrahi

|align="left"|Al-Shabab

|7

5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Owaishir

|align="left"|Al-Fateh

|6

rowspan=4|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Assaf Al-Qarni

|align="left"|Al-Ittihad

|rowspan=4|5

align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Fayz Al-Sabiay

|align="left"|Al-Taawoun

align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Mansoor Al-Najai

|align="left"|Al-Faisaly

align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Moslem Al Freej

|align="left"|Al-Khaleej

rowspan=2|10

|align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Fahad Al-Shammari

|align="left"|Al-Raed

|rowspan=2|4

align="left"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Mutab Sharahili

|align="left"|Al-Nassr

= Discipline =

== Player ==

  • Most yellow cards: 9{{cite web |title=احصائيات كاملة : الكروت |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/allstat.php?id=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715005641/http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016ar/allstat.php?id=7 |archive-date=15 July 2016 |url-status=dead}}
  • {{flagicon|KSA}} Adnan Fallatah (Al-Taawoun)
  • {{flagicon|KSA}} Salman Hazazi (Al-Khaleej)
  • Most red cards: 2
  • {{flagicon|CMR}} Aminou Bouba (Al-Khaleej)
  • {{flagicon|KSA}} Mahmoud Muaaz (Al-Taawoun)
  • {{flagicon|FRA}} Mamadou Wagué (Najran)

== Club ==

  • Most yellow cards: 61
  • Al-Khaleej
  • Most red cards: 7
  • Najran

Attendances

=By round=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ 2015–16 Professional League Attendance

Round

!Total

!{{Tooltip|GP.|Games played}}

!Avg. Per Game

scope='row' | Round 1

| 32,122 || 7 || 4,589

scope='row' | Round 2

| 29,840 || 7 || 4,263

scope='row' | Round 3

| 93,882 || 7 || 13,412

scope='row' | Round 4

| 53,701 || 7 || 7,672

scope='row' | Round 5

| 69,084 || 7 || 9,869

scope='row' | Round 6

| 39,156 || 7 || 5,594

scope='row' | Round 7

| 48,285 || 7 || 6,898

scope='row' | Round 8

| 57,644 || 7 || 8,235

scope='row' | Round 9

| 44,462 || 7 || 6,352

scope='row' | Round 10

| 72,727 || 7 || 10,390

scope='row' | Round 11

| 47,422 || 7 || 6,775

scope='row' | Round 12

| 43,783 || 7 || 6,255

scope='row' | Round 13

| 30,295 || 7 || 4,328

scope='row' | Round 14

| 63,279 || 7 || 9,040

scope='row' | Round 15

| 52,709 || 7 || 7,530

scope='row' | Round 16

| 28,518 || 7 || 4,074

scope='row' | Round 17

| 55,137 || 7 || 7,877

scope='row' | Round 18

| 38,551 || 7 || 5,507

scope='row' | Round 19

| 53,191 || 7 || 7,599

scope='row' | Round 20

| 56,595 || 7 || 8,085

scope='row' | Round 21

| 45,342 || 7 || 6,477

scope='row' | Round 22

| 18,184 || 7 || 2,598

scope='row' | Round 23

| 34,391 || 7 || 4,913

scope='row' | Round 24

| 67,870 || 7 || 9,696

scope='row' | Round 25

| 14,018 || 7 || 2,003

scope='row' | Round 26

| 66,622 || 7 || 9,517

style="background:#f4faff;"

| Total

| {{center|1,256,810}}

| 182

| 6,906

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/attendance.php|title=Attendance According to Rounds|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics |access-date=29 October 2015}}

=By team=

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{{fb a2 team|p=2 |t=Al-Ittihad|s=295465|h=59037|l=1787|a=22728|pr=42371}}

{{fb a2 team|p=3 |t=Al-Hilal|s=154338|h=26653|l=2371|a=11872|pr=13007}}

{{fb a2 team|p=4 |t=Al-Nassr|s=82193|h=21716|l=1074|a=6323|pr=16186}}

{{fb a2 team|p=5 |t=Al-Taawoun|s=72910|h=12507|l=1274|a=5608|pr=2685}}

{{fb a2 team|p=6 |t=Al-Raed|s=61520|h=12324|l=1474|a=4732|pr=3311}}

{{fb a2 team|p=7 |t=Al-Shabab|s=38201|h=14850|l=392|a=2939|pr=3290}}

{{fb a2 team|p=8 |t=Al-Wehda|s=37990|h=10939|l=310|a=2922|pr=}}

{{fb a2 team|p=9 |t=Al-Fateh|s=37184|h=11688|l=282|a=2860|pr=2777}}

{{fb a2 team|p=10|t=Al-Qadisiyah|s=35022|h=12050|l=182|a=2694|pr=}}

{{fb a2 team|p=11|t=Najran|s=34761|h=18777|l=46|a=2674|pr=949}}

{{fb a2 team|p=12|t=Hajer|s=22211|h=6754|l=106|a=1709|pr=1622}}

{{fb a2 team|p=13|t=Al-Khaleej|s=18445|h=6714|l=93|a=1419|pr=2685}}

{{fb a2 team|p=14|t=Al-Faisaly|s=6258|h=1750|l=63|a=481|pr=570}}

{{fb a footer|s=1256810|h=60051|l=46|a=6906|pr=9146|u=14 May 2016 |source={{cite web|url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=308|title=The Most Home Matches Attendance Teams|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=15 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/statdet.php?id=311|title=The Most Home Matches Attendance Average Teams|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics|access-date=15 August 2016}}|notes= Teams played previous season in First Division.|date=August 2016}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}