The Saudi Arabian Professional League has announcedSchedule of matches of the first roundFor the 2022-2023 season competitions starting on August 25th.
Al-Hilal, the defending champion, will start his career with the newly promoted Arabian Gulf Cup in the first round, which will also be witnessed on the first day of the Al-Faihaa vs. Damak showdown.
It continues with 3 matches where Al-Ittifaq host their guest Al-Thai, Al-Ittihad face newly promoted Al-Adala, Al-Shabab host their colleague Al-Bateen, and a day later, round-robin competitions are completed. with 3 matches, the first between Al Fateh and Al Taawon, the second between Abha and Al Raed and finally Al Nasr and Al Wehda recently promoted.
The first summit of the new season will bring Al-Nasr and Al-Ittihad together in the fifth round, scheduled for the second of October, and five days later, Al-Hilal and Al-Shabaab will meet in the seventh round of the summit, scheduled for the tenth of the same month and Al-Ittihad on 17 on the ninth and second rounds of the same month between Al-Hilal Al-Nasr, scheduled for the 26th of the tenth round, provided that the matches of the summits during the first round will end with two matches in January, the first on the seventh of which between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad in the 12th round and the second on the 14th of the same month, it will be between Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr in the 13th round.
The league will stop for three periods in the first round, which will take place after the completion of the fourth round on September 17, due to FIFA days and will last 13 days. With the participation of the Saudi Arabian national football team in the 2022 World Cup.
While the third and final 10-day break will be between the 14th and 15th rounds between January 22nd and February 1st next year due to the Saudi Arabian Super Cup which has 4 teams for the first time. tournament history.
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Source: El Iktisad