Saudi Women's Premier League

The Saudi Women's Premier League (Arabic: الدوري السعودي الممتاز للسيدات) is the top flight of women's association football in Saudi Arabia.[1] The competition is run by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

Saudi Women's Premier League
The official logo
Founded17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
CountrySaudi Arabia
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSaudi Women's First Division League
Current championsAl-Nassr (2nd titles)
(2022–23)
Most championshipsAl Nassr (2nd titles)
TV partnersDAZN
Websitewww.saff.com.sa
Current: 2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League

History
Logo of the league until 2022

The first Saudi women's club were King's United based in Jeddah,[2] and Eastern Flames in Dhahran. Both were formed in 2006. Other women's teams were formed after in Riyadh and Dammam. In 2008, the first Saudi women's tournament was held with the participation of seven teams. In December 2019, the Jeddah Women's Football League was held, which was the first women competition organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation; it was won by Jeddah Eagles.[3]

In February 2020, Saudi Arabia decided to launch a football league[4] for women throughout the country.[5] On 17 November 2020, the national league was launched with 24 teams; it was divided into three regions, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam which represent the Women's Community Football League, and the four best teams qualified to the WFL Champions Cup.[6] Challenge Sports Club won the first edition.[7]

Champions

The list of champions and runners-up:

Year Champions Runners-up
Women's community football League
2020–21 Al Hilal Al-Ittihad
SAFF Women's National Football Championship
2021–22 Al Nassr Al Hilal
Saudi Women's Premier League
2022–23 Al Nassr Al Hilal
2023–24
  • Al Hilal (ex. Challenge SC)
  • Al-Ittihad Jeddah (ex. Jeddah Eagles LFC)

Most successful clubs
RankClubChampionsRunners-upWinning SeasonsRunners-up Seasons
1 Al Nassr 2 0 2021–22, 2022–23
2 Al Hilal 1 2 2020–21 2021–22, 2022–23
3 Al-Ittihad 0 1 2020–21

Clubs

References
  1. Diamond, Drew (29 February 2020). "Saudi Arabia form Women's Football League". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  2. "Saudi female athletes challenge Muslim norms". espn. Barbara Surk. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. "Jeddah Eagles flying high with women's football win". Arab News. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. Naidu, Dr Unnati (3 January 2022). "Saudi Arabia: First women's football league from fan's perspective". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. "Saudi Arabia launches a soccer league for women". CNN. Ivana Kottasová & Chandler Thornton. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. "الدوري السعودي النسائي". saudileague.com. Muhammad Aamer. 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. "Challenge Team First Winner Of The Saudi WFL". sportsforall.com. 18 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
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