Polsat wins Polish rights to Saudi Pro League

Poland’s pay TV provider Polsat has acquired the rights to the Saudi Pro League in the country which kicked off on Friday with Al-Nassr featuring Cristiano Ronaldo against Al-Taawoun

Polsat’s sports channels will show live three matches from the league, with the 2023/2024 season running through to May.

The 18 clubs will compete for the championship title. The record holder in terms of the number of titles won is Al-Hilal, which has won the trophy 18 times, and has been runner-up 15 times. Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr have 9 titles each.

Saudi Pro League has garnered increasing attention, following the US$200m deal Cristiano Ronaldo to play football in Saudi Arabia who made his debut for Al-Nassr in January.  IMG, DAZN and Canal+ has since secured rights to the football league.

Polsat said,”The Saudis’ love of soccer was evident during last year’s World Cup in neighboring Qatar. Cheered on by a large crowd of fans, the country’s national team faced, among others, the Poles in the group. The Green Falcons also caused one of the biggest sensations of that tournament, defeating the later world champions, the Argentines, in the group stage.

“Shortly after the World Cup ended, five-time UEFA Champions League triumpher and one of the world’s most famous and iconic soccer players, Cristiano Ronaldo, was linked with Al-Nassr. The move set in motion a veritable avalanche of transfers involving world soccer stars. The league’s authorities have a long-term development plan written out.

“All this is expected to bring the Roshn Saudi League into the ranks of the world’s top 5 soccer leagues.”

Polsat’s sports channels can also be viewed via the streaming platform Polsat Box Go.