The 2023–24 Saudi Second Division League was the third season of the Saudi Second Division League after its rebrand, and the 48th season since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 15 September 2023 and concluded on 18 April 2024 with the final. The group stage draw was held on 12 June 2023.
The final was played on 18 April 2024 between Neom and Al-Jubail. Neom defeated Al-Jubail 3–2 to win their first title.
Team changes A total of 32 teams contested the league, including 23 sides from the 2022–23 season, 3 relegated teams from the FD League, and 6 promoted teams from the Third Division.
The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season
To Second Division
Promoted from the Third Division Mudhar Al-Noor Al-Jubail Afif Al-Houra Al-Nojoom
Relegated from FD League Najran Al-Sahel Al-Shoulla
From Second Division Promoted to FD League Al-Najma Al-Taraji Al-Bukiryah Al-Safa Al-Jandal
Relegated to the Third Division Qilwah Al-Sharq Al-Nahda Sajer
Teams Group A
Club Location Stadium Afif Afif Al-Dera'a Club Stadium (Dawadmi) Al-Entesar Rabigh Al-Entesar Club Stadium Al-Jeel Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Al-Kawkab Al-Kharj Al-Shoulla Club Stadium Al-Lewaa Baqaa Al-Lewaa Club Stadium Al-Nairyah Al Nairyah Al-Nairyah Club Stadium Al-Nojoom Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Al-Rawdhah Al-Hasa Al-Rawdhah Club Stadium Al-Rayyan Haʼil Al-Jabalain Club Stadium Al-Shoulla Al-Kharj Al-Shoulla Club Stadium Al-Taqadom Al Mithnab Al-Taqadom Club Stadium Al-Washm Shaqra Al-Washm Club Stadium Al-Zulfi Al Zulfi Al-Zulfi Club Stadium Mudhar Qatif Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium Najran Najran Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium Neom Tabuk King Khalid Sport City Stadium
Group B
Club Location Stadium Al-Ansar Medina Al-Ansar Club Stadium Al-Diriyah Diriyah Al-Diriyah Club Stadium Al-Houra Umluj Al-Houra Club Stadium Al-Jubail Jubail Al-Jubail Club Stadium Al-Noor Sanabes Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium (Qatif) Al-Qous Al Khurmah Al-Qous Club Stadium Al-Sadd Najaan Al-Anwar Club Stadium (Hotat Bani Tamim) Al-Sahel Qatif Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium Al-Saqer Buraidah Al-Taawoun Club Stadium Al-Shaeib Huraymila Irqah Sports Stadium (Riyadh) Arar Arar Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musa'ed Sport City Stadium Bisha Bisha Bisha University Stadium Hetten Samtah King Faisal Sport City Stadium (Jizan) Jerash Ahad Rafidah Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Reserve Stadium (Abha) Tuwaiq Al Zulfi Al-Zulfi Club Stadium Wej Ta'if King Fahd Stadium
Foreign players On 1 June 2023, the SAFF announced that the number of foreign players was increased from 4 per team to 5 per team.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players Afif Zaven Badoyan Mouhamadou N'Diaye Maher Nouioui Aymen Trabelsi Saith Sakala Kadyrbek Shaarbekov Maxim Focșa Petrișor Voinea Amara Ferjaoui Al-Ansar Abdelhakim Amokrane Makram Bediri Malek Boulaabi Aymen Jaballah Éric Kabwe Al-Diriyah Sid Ahmed Aouadj Hamid Djaouchi Rayllan Bruno Oussema Ben Ayed Mehdi Bensib Ahmad Boussaid Al-Entesar Adil Djabout Lahouari Touil Lawson Bekui Oussema Boughanmi Malek Miladi Ibrahim Saidani Khalil Semahi Emmanuel Mahop Gozie Ugwu Alassane Diarra Bahaeddine Sellami Al-Houra Essomba Fouda Oscar Tahi Mohamed Aouichi Skander Ben Afia Iheb Troudi Al-Jeel Júnior Araújo Edilson Júnior Wilfred Bisso'o Frederick Acheampong Saidou Barry Ramon Milton Raphael Wallace Wendson Al-Jubail Harrison Cardoso Tiago Real Walmerson Adnane El Ouardy Chidiebere Nwakali Fedi Felhi Al-Kawkab Dudu Figueiredo Fabrice Onana Carolus Andriamatsinoro Tony Edjomariegwe Olivier Kwizera Al-Lewaa Ahmed Ammar Maher Boulabiar Noureddine Chortani Fahmi Maâouani Charlton Mashumba Al-Nairyah Sid Ali Lakroum Hichem Mokhtar Salim Bawa Emmanuel Uzochukwu Hamza Mabrouk Abdou Ouattara Achraf Ben Dhiaf Maher Nouioui Al-Nojoom Aneel Bkaki Jullen Sandy Zotsara Randriambololona Steve Rubanguka Alaeddine Sekrani Charles Ikechukwu Al-Noor Christopher Mendouga Naby Youssouf Soumah Eric Serge Camara Yacouba El Mehdi Dahr Boris Bissemou Mohamed Sanogo Vieira Mehdi Moulatay Al-Qous Sofiane Khelili William Opoku Honoré Kpegba Riadh Frioui Aziz Sellami David Molinga Alaeddine Abbes Al-Rawdhah Babacar Diop Israel Abia Zied Ben Salem Sameh Bouhajeb Montasser Toumi Al-Rayyan Tidjani Anaane Sabri Ameri Mahmoud Ben Salah Houssin Messaadi Youssef Trabelsi Mouhamadou N'Diaye Rundell Winchester Abdallah Berrabeh Al-Sadd Islam Bouloudene Abdelhak Sailaa Emmanuel Mensah Chamseddine Samti Blessing Henshaw Al-Sahel Islam Chahrour Marcellin Koukpo Vinícius Boff Bercy Langa Lesse Amadou Moutari Samir Aiboud Fabrice Kah Al-Saqer Venâncio Alaa Anas Yaqoub Alhassan Robert Odu Bassam Deli Wahid Mohsen Al-Shaeib Jeferson Gabriel Correia Marko Pantić Bantu Mzwakali Ali Yahya Mamadou Lamine Touré Bojan Matić Al-Shoulla Ismail Kouakou Seifeddine Akremi Ahmad Boussaid Ali Frioui Alaeddine Marzouki Abdallah Al-Shaafi Abdelghafour Mehri Al-Taqadom Maher Sharoma Ahmed Fawzy Khalid Salah Benjamin Afutu Fedi Felhi Hazem Mbarek Al-Washm Arsène Loko Mohammed Alhaj Chris Mugalu Rafa Miranda Alaeddine Bouslimi Al-Zulfi Diego Teco Vanílson Abdoulaye Boureima Katkoré Fares Meskini Abdelkrim Nemdil Arar Muntadher Abdulsada Mustafa Ali Amir Ayad Fehmi Kacem Oussama Omrani Sumaila Abubakari Yukiya Sugita Bisha Mounir Aichi Glody Kilangalanga Hassine Ben Chaieb Nidhal Ben Salem Elyes Brini Hetten Lamine Abid Mouad Chougag Jamaa Marzougi Hicham Nouali Mahmoud Al-Youssef Jerash Taylon Correa Gabriel Marques Cheikh Saadné Wisdom Kanu Dennis Sesugh Téssio Mudhar Samir Aiboud Michel Batiebo Jilani Abdessalam Achraf Ben Dhiaf Houssem Eddine Lahbibi Oussema Boughanmi Houssin Messaadi Najran Caio Henrique Carlos Henrique Piqueti Ousmane Diabate Justin Shonga Jumaa Saeed Mamadou Cissé Neom Tiago Bezerra Petros Mohammad Fouad Abdulhamid Samuel Owusu Mohamed Saghraoui Adil Djabout Aniekpeno Udo Aymen Trabelsi Tuwaiq Mohamed Ameur Maher Labidi Othman Saidi Omar Smari Hakim Teka Demba Camara Inters Gui Tongo Doumbia Wej Ahmed Arbaoui Aziz Fegaâs Omar Marzouk Alexander Zis Khalil Balbouz Mohand Sediri Othman Saidi
Group A League table
Results
Group B League table
Results
Promotion play-offs Both teams that finish second in Groups A and B will face each other in a two-legged match with the winner gaining promotion to the FD League. Al-Zulfi, who finished second in Group A, will face Al-Diriyah, who finished second in Group B. The first leg will be played on 6 April and the second leg on 17 April. Al-Zulfi defeated Al-Diriyah 3–0 on aggregate to secure promotion to the FD League.
First leg
Second leg
Final The winners of each group will play a single-legged final on 18 April to decide the champion of the 2023–24 Second Division. As winners of Group A, Neom will face Al-Jubail, the winners of Group B. The match will be held at Neom's home stadium because they finished with more points. Neom defeated Al-Jubail 3–2 to win their first title.
Statistics
Scoring Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Carolus AndriaAl-Kawkab18 Maher SharomaAl-Taqadom3 Aneel BakakiAl-Nojoom17 Adnane El OuardyAl-Jubail5 Marcellin KoukpoAl-Sahel166 Oscar TahiAl-Houra14 Diego SilvaAl-Zulfi Alaeddine MarzoukiAl-Shoulla9 Israel AbiaAl-Rawdhah13 Motaz GharwiNajran
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Israel Abia Al-Rawdhah Al-Lewaa 4–2 (H) Michel Batiebo Mudhar Al-Nairyah 3–1 (A) Salim Al-Khebari Al-Nojoom Afif 4–3 (H) Motaz Gharwi Najran Al-Rayyan 6–3 (H) Bercy Langa Lesse Al-Sahel Al-Diriyah 3–3 (H) Adnane El Ouardy Al-Jubail Al-Shaeib 3–1 (H) Othman Saidi Tuwaiq Al-Ansar 3–0 (A) Ahmed Fawzy Al-Taqadom Al-Kawkab 3–1 (H) Vinícius Boff4 Al-Sahel Al-Noor 4–0 (H) Maher Sharoma Al-Taqadom Al-Nairyah 4–1 (H) Dennis Sesugh Jerash Al-Qous 6–4 (H) Honoré Kpegba4 Al-Qous Jerash 4–6 (A) Motaz Gharwi Najran Al-Entesar 7–0 (H) Jassem Al-Hamdan Al-Nairyah Afif 4–1 (H)
Note (H) – Home; (A) – Away4 Player scored 4 goals
Number of teams by province RankProvinceNumberTeams1Riyadh9Afif, Al-Diriyah, Al-Kawkab, Al-Sadd, Al-Shaeib, Al-Shoulla, Al-Washm, Al-Zulfi, and Tuwaiq2Eastern Province8Al-Jeel, Al-Jubail, Al-Nairyah, Al-Nojoom, Al-Noor, Al-Rawdhah, Al-Sahel, and Mudhar3Mecca3Al-Entesar, Al-Qous, and Wej4Al-Qassim2Al-Saqer and Al-TaqadomAsirBisha and JerashHa'ilAl-Lewaa and Al-RayyanTabukAl-Houra and Neom8Jazan1HettenMedinaAl-AnsarNajranNajranNorthern BordersArar
See also 2023–24 Saudi Professional League 2023–24 Saudi First Division League 2023–24 Saudi Third Division
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