1990–91 Saudi Premier League

In December 1990, the Saudi Federation decided to merge all the football League with the King's Cup in one tournament and the addition of the Golden Box. The Golden Box would be an end of season knockout competition played between the top four teams of the regular league season.

Saudi Professional League
Season1990–91
ChampionsAl-Shabab
RelegatedAl-Najma
Al-Arabi
1989-90
1991-92

These teams would play at a semi-final stage to crown the champions of Saudi Arabia.

Al-Shabab came out on top and won their first championship. At the other end of the table, promoted sides Al-Najma and Al-Arabi struggled and were relegated.

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 1990-91 Saudi Premier League
Club Location Stadium
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd Stadium
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Al-Arabi Unaizah Department of Education Stadium
Al-Nassr Riyadh King Fahd Stadium
Al-Qadisiya Al Khubar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Riyadh Riyadh King Fahd Stadium
Al-Shabab Riyadh King Fahd Stadium
Al-Ta'ee Ha'il Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Al-Wahda Mecca King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-Najma Unaizah Al-Najma Club Stadium

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Al-Shabab 22 14 6 2 38 15 +23 34
2 Al-Nassr 22 13 6 3 30 14 +16 32
3 Al-Hilal 22 12 7 3 28 10 +18 31
4 Al-Ettifaq 22 11 6 5 29 18 +11 28
5 Al-Ittihad 22 9 8 5 24 14 +10 26
6 Al-Riyadh 22 10 3 9 28 30 2 23
7 Al-Ahli 22 7 8 7 24 17 +7 22
8 Al-Ta'ee 22 4 11 7 22 29 7 19
9 Al-Qadisiya 22 5 8 9 17 23 6 18
10 Al-Wahda 22 4 9 9 14 26 12 17
11 Al-Najma 22 0 8 14 13 35 22 8
12 Al-Arabi 22 0 6 16 12 48 36 6
Source:

Promoted: Ohud, Al-Nahda.

Semifinals

28 June 1991 Al-Hilal 2–2 Al-Shabab King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Mansour Al-Mowena 33'
Yousef Jazea'a 32'
65' Fahad Al-Mehallel
67' Khaled Al-Dossari
6 July 1991 Al-Nassr 1–1 Al-Ettifaq King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
Majed Abdullah 67' 85' Saleh Nasser Referee: Abdullah Al-Nasser

Third place match

11 July 1991 Al-Hilal 2-1 Al-Ettifaq Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh
38' Khaled Al-Nafisah
84' Mohammed Al-Temyat
Rashid Al-Khalil 67' Referee: Hassan Al-Beheiri

Final

 Saudi Premier League
1990-91 winners 
Al-Shabab
1st title
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