{"id":102502,"date":"2026-09-03T08:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/?p=102502"},"modified":"2026-09-03T08:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:51:08","slug":"saudi-pro-leagues-capital-derby-moves-to-king-fahd-sports-city-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/saudi-pro-leagues-capital-derby-moves-to-king-fahd-sports-city-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Pro League\u2019s Capital Derby moves to King Fahd Sports City Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: The Saudi Pro League is considering moving the Riyadh Derby between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal \u2014 scheduled for Dec. 11 as part of matchday 17 of the season \u2014 to King Fahd Sports City Stadium, rather than Al-Nassr\u2019s home ground Al-Awwal Park, Arriyadiyah has reported.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium is expected to host the derby on Dec. 11 as an operational test. The facility is set to host four matches \u2014 including the final \u2014 of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, scheduled between Jan. 7 and Feb. 5 next year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the same sources, the Ministry of Sports has directed the SPL to coordinate the staging of the match at King Fahd Sports City Stadium. The aim is to test the facility\u2019s operational readiness \u2014 including the pitch, lighting, scoreboards, crowd flow and management \u2014 as well as the condition of the stands, construction work and other stadium facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The SPL is expected to contact Al-Nassr \u2014 the home side for the fixture \u2014 to make the necessary arrangements for the move, while preserving the club\u2019s home privileges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIYADH: The Saudi Pro League is considering moving the Riyadh Derby between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal \u2014 scheduled for Dec. 11 as part of matchday 17 of the season \u2014 to King Fahd Sports City Stadium, rather than Al-Nassr\u2019s home ground Al-Awwal Park, Arriyadiyah has reported. The stadium is expected to host the derby on Dec. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":102514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102515,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102502\/revisions\/102515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}