Ronaldo, who signed for the Riyadh membership in December earlier than scoring 14 objectives in 16 league video games, picked up a muscle damage 4 days beforehand and was rested forward of Portugal’s European Championship qualifiers towards Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland in June.

In the 38-year-old Ronaldo’s absence, Anderson Talisca took middle stage to attain twice. He additionally assisted Mohammed Marwan for a 3rd.

Al-Ittihad, which had already secured the league championship within the penultimate spherical, celebrated a primary title since 2009 with a 2-0 win towards Al-Tai.

Abderazzak Hamdallah of Morocco opened the scoring with a second-half penalty that additionally secured the golden boot along with his twenty first purpose of the season. Former Leeds United and Wolverhampton winger Helder Costa added the second in damage time.

It’s the primary league title received by coach Nuno Santo, simply 18 months after the Portuguese tactician was dismissed by Tottenham Hotspur within the English Premier League.

Al-Hilal, champions final season, completed in third spot with a 3-2 win over Al-Raed .

The league will develop from 16 to 18 groups subsequent season.