| Season | 2009–10 |
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| Champions | Al-Hilal |
| 2011 AFC Champions League | Al-Hilal, Ittihad Jeddah, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 377 (2.86 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (12) |
| Biggest home win | Ittihad Jeddah 7-1 Al-Qadisiya |
| Biggest away win | Najran SC 0-5 Al-Wahda FC |
| Highest scoring | Ittihad Jeddah 7-1 Al-Qadisiya |
| Longest winning run | Al-Hilal (6) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Al-Hilal (14) |
| Longest losing run | Najran SC (8) |
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The Zain Professional League is the premier league in Saudi Arabia.
In the end of the last Season 2008-09 the league was called Saudi Professional League, but the league name has been renamed to Zain Professional League and the name stands for a mobile telephone provider called Zain which is now become an official sponsor of the premier league.
Al-Ittihad was the last team who won the last season with the old name.
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The Top three teams of the league plus the winner of Champions Cup will qualify for the AFC Asian Champions League.
the 4th and 5th teams will qualify for the Gulf Club Champions Cup .
the 6th and 7th teams will qualify for the Arab Champions League .
The Top six teams will qualify for Champions Cup.
and The bottom two teams in the end of the season will be relegated.
Prize money:
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Date |
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| Al-Nassr | Edgardo Bauza | Contract not renewed [1] | Jorge da Silva | July 2009 |
| Al-Shabab | Enzo Trossero | Contract not renewed [2] | Jaime Pacheco | July 2009 |
| Al-Ahli | Gustavo Alfaro | Sacked [3] | Sergio Farias | December 2009 |
| Al-Ittihad | Gabriel Calderón | Sacked [4] | Enzo Trossero | January 2010 |
| Al-Shabab | Jaime Pacheco | Sacked [5] | Edgar Parreira | April 2010 |
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
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| 1 | Al Hilal (C) | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 56 | 2011 AFC Champions League 1 and 2010 King Cup of Champions |
| 2 | Al-Ittihad | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 30 | +16 | 45 | |
| 3 | Al-Nassr | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 43 | |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 40 | |
| 5 | Al-Wahda | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 28 | 2010 King Cup of Champions |
| 6 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 28 | |
| 7 | Al Hazm | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 24 | |
| 8 | Al-Fateh | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 24 | |
| 9 | Al Ettifaq | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 22 | |
| 10 | Al-Qadasiya | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 20 | |
| 11 | Al Raed | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 35 | −16 | 16 | |
| 12 | Najran SC | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 46 | −24 | 16 |
Updated to games played on 14 March 2010
Source: [1], League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
1Since Al-Ittihad also won the 2010 King Cup of Champions, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2011 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Saudi Professional League 2009-10 Winners |
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| Al-Hilal 12th Title |
| Home \ Away1 | ITT | HIL | AHI | SHB | NAS | ETT | WAH | HZM | NAJ | RAE | FAT | QAD |
| Al-Ittihad | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 7–1 | |
| Al Hilal | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | |
| Al-Ahli | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Al-Shabab | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Al-Nassr | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
| Al Ettifaq | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Al-Wahda | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | |
| Al Hazm | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| Najran SC | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |
| Al Raed | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | |
| Al-Fateh | 1–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | |
| Al-Qadasiya | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Updated to games played on 18 March 2010
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals
Source: [3] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | Al-Hilal | 12 |
| 2 | Thiago Neves | Al-Hilal | 11 |
| Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Al-Nassr | 11 | |
| 4 | Walid Al-Jizani | Al-Hazm | 10 |
| 5 | Yasser Al Qahtani | Al-Hilal | 9 |
| Christian Wilhelmsson | Al-Hilal | 9 | |
| Víctor Figueroa | Al-Nassr | 9 | |
| Nasser Al-Shamrani | Al-Shabab | 9 | |
| Mohanad Aseri | Al-Wehda | 9 | |
| Ahmad Boabeed | Al Fateh | 9 |
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals [6] |
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| 1 | Christian Wilhelmsson | Al-Hilal | 10 |
| 2 | Thiago Neves | Al-Hilal | 7 |
| Camacho | Al-Shabab | 7 | |
| Mohammed Noor | Ittihad | 7 | |
| Manaf Abushgeer | Ittihad | 7 | |
| 6 | Youssef Kaddioui | Al-Wehda | 6 |
| 7 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | Al-Hilal | 5 |
| Moussa Soulaimane | Najran | 5 |
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