| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 30 October 2020 – 19 April 2021 |
| Champions | Al-Akhdoud(2nd title) |
| Promoted | Al-Akhdoud Al-Orobah Al-Kholood Bisha |
| Relegated | Al-Hejaz Al-Mujazzal Al-Selmiyah Kumait |
| Matches | 366 |
| Goals | 947 (2.59 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Elhadji Malick Mohammed Salem (22 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Al-Dahab 5–0Al-Najma (12 February 2021) Al-Jandal 5–0Al-Hejaz (26 February 2021) |
| Biggest away win | Hetten 0–5Al-Washm (11 December 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Afif 3–5Al-Washm (31 October 2020) Wej 6–2Al-Selmiyah (14 January 2021) |
| Longest winning run | Al-Washm (6 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Al-Sadd (14 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Al-Arabi Al-Hejaz (11 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Al-Hejaz Al-Mujazzal (6 matches) |
2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 19 April 2021. | |
The2020–21 Saudi Second Division was the 45th season of theSaudi Second Division since its establishment in 1976. The season started on 30 October 2020 as a consequence of the postponement of the previous season's conclusion due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] The group stage draw was held on 22 September 2020.[2] The final was played on 19 April 2021 betweenAl-Akhdoud andAl-Orobah. Al-Akhdoud defeated Al-Orobah 4–2 on penalties (3–3 after extra time) to win their second title and first since 1992.[3]
As a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic, all football competitions in Saudi Arabia were suspended until further notice on 14 March 2020.[4] On 11 June 2020, the Saudi Football Federation announced that the Third Division would be abandoned at the quarter-finals stage and that the remaining 8 teams would be promoted to the Second Division. They also announced that the number of teams in the Second Division would be increased from 24 teams to 28 teams.[5]
A total of 28 teams are contesting the league, including 16 sides from the2019–20 season, 4 relegated teams from theMS League, and 8 promoted teams from the 2019–20 Third Division.[6]
Promoted from theThird Division
Relegated fromMS League
Promoted toMS League
Relegated to theThird Division
The number of foreign players is limited to 2 per team.[7]
Players name inbold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Akhdoud(C, P) | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 53 | Promotion to theMS League and Qualification to theFinal |
| 2 | Bisha(P) | 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 19 | +21 | 49 | Promotion toMS League |
| 3 | Al-Jandal | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 48 | |
| 4 | Al-Qaisumah | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 45 | |
| 5 | Al-Safa | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 34 | |
| 6 | Al-Entesar | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 33[a] | |
| 7 | Al-Sadd | 26 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 33[a] | |
| 8 | Al-Ansar | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 27 | −3 | 31[b] | |
| 9 | Al-Zulfi | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 31[b] | |
| 10 | Al-Arabi | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 27[c] | |
| 11 | Al-Lewa | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 27[c] | |
| 12 | Al-Taqadom | 26 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 25[d] | |
| 13 | Al-Hejaz(R) | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 25[d] | Relegation to theThird Division |
| 14 | Kumait(R) | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 20 |
| Home \ Away | AKH | ANS | ARB | ENT | HEJ | JAN | LEW | QAI | SAD | SAF | TAQ | ZUL | BIS | KUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Akhdoud | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Ansar | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Arabi | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | |
| Al-Entesar | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | |
| Al-Hejaz | 1–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Jandal | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| Al-Lewa | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Al-Qaisumah | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | |
| Al-Sadd | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | |
| Al-Safa | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Taqadom | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | |
| Al-Zulfi | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| Bisha | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Kumait | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Orobah(P) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 28 | +23 | 54 | Promotion to theMS League and Qualification to theFinal |
| 2 | Al-Kholood(P) | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 48 | Promotion toMS League |
| 3 | Al-Washm | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 45 | |
| 4 | Al-Riyadh | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 44 | |
| 5 | Al-Rawdhah | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 38 | |
| 6 | Al-Najma | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 35[a] | |
| 7 | Al-Taraji | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 35[a] | |
| 8 | Al-Sharq | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 34[b] | |
| 9 | Wej | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 34[b] | |
| 10 | Hetten | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 33 | |
| 11 | Afif | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 31 | |
| 12 | Al-Dahab | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 25 | |
| 13 | Al-Mujazzal(R) | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 24 | Relegation to theThird Division |
| 14 | Al-Selmiyah(R) | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 47 | −23 | 22 |
| Home \ Away | AFI | DAH | KHO | MUJ | NAJ | ORO | RAW | RIY | SEL | SHR | TAR | WAS | HET | WEJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afif | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 3–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Al-Dahab | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | |
| Al-Kholood | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Mujazzal | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Najma | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Al-Orobah | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Rawdhah | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Al-Riyadh | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | |
| Al-Selmiyah | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | |
| Al-Sharq | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | |
| Al-Taraji | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
| Al-Washm | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | |
| Hetten | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 4–0 | |
| Wej | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
Bisha, who finished 2nd in Group A will faceAl-Kholood who finished 2nd in Group B to decide the third-placed team.[9]
| Bisha | 1–4 | Al-Kholood |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Bishi | Report | Al-Ruwailli Kharmi Salem Al-Khaibari |
The winners of each group will play a one-legged final to decide the champion of the 2020–21 Second Division. As winners of Group A,Al-Akhdoud will faceAl-Orobah, the winners of Group B.[10] Al-Akhdoud defeated Al-Orobah 4–2 on penalties to win their second title.[11]
| Al-Orobah | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Al-Akhdoud |
|---|---|---|
| Rayllan Al-Enezi M. Al-Shammari | Report | Taylon |
| Penalties | ||
| M. Al-Shammari Rayllan Bensib Mansour | 2–4 | |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Riyadh | 22 | |
| Al-Kholood | |||
| 3 | Al-Qaisumah | 18 | |
| 4 | Al-Orobah | 16 | |
| 5 | Al-Taraji | 15 | |
| Al-Zulfi / Al-Arabi | |||
| Al-Washm | |||
| 8 | Al-Safa | 13 | |
| 9 | Afif | 12 | |
| 10 | Al-Lewa | 11 | |
| Al-Rawdhah | |||
| Al-Jandal | |||
| Al-Akhdoud |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Riyadh | Al-Taraji | 4–3 (A) | 19 December 2020 | ||
| Wej | Al-Selmiyah | 6–2 (H) | 14 January 2021 | ||
| Al-Taraji | Al-Mujazzal | 3–1 (A) | 26 January 2021 | ||
| Al-Safa | Al-Lewaa | 4–0 (H) | 26 February 2021 | ||
| Al-Jandal | Al-Safa | 4–0 (A) | 4 March 2021 | ||
| Al-Entesar | Al-Ansar | 3–1 (H) | 4 March 2021 | ||
| Al-Jandal | Kumait | 4–1 (H) | 9 April 2021 | ||
| Al-Akhdoud | Al-Orobah | 3–3 (A) | 19 April 2021 |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away