2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League

The 2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League was the third edition of the Saudi Women's First Division League, the second tier of women's football league in Saudi Arabia. It was the first season after the restructuring of the two highest levels in Saudi women's football and the introduction of the Second Division League.^[1][2]

Saudi Women's
First Division League

Season	2024–25
Dates	27 September – 25 April
Champions	Neom
Relegated	Al-Bayraq
Matches played	72
Goals scored	546 (7.58 per match)
Best Player	Diana Celis
Top goalscorer	Fanta Camara (42 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Haifa Fahad
Biggest home win	Al-Riyadh 14–0 Jeddah 20 December 2024
Biggest away win	Al-Bayraq 0–40 Al-Riyadh 28 December 2024
Highest scoring	Al-Bayraq 0–40 Al-Riyadh 28 December 2024
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 28 December 2024.

Overview

On 25 September 2024, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation announced that the 2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League matches would be broadcast on television for the first time via the (SAFF+) platform.^[3]

Teams

Ten teams are set to compete in the 2024–25 First Division League season.^[4] This follows a restructuring of the women's game aimed at providing more competitiveness. The number of teams has been reduced from 17 in the first edition and 26 in the second edition to just 10 this season.^[5] The league will feature the nine teams that reached the final stages of the 2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League (finishing 4th-12th) along with Al-Riyadh who got relegated from the Premier League.^[6][7] On 12 June 2024, Chapter 5 acquired United Eagles FC.^[8] On 11 July 2024, SAFF confirmed the ten participating teams. It was also announced that Al-Taqadom did not confirm its participation in the league within the previously specified timeframe by the Competitions Committee. and would be replaced by Al-Wehda who finished 13th in the last season.^[9] On 6 September 2024, the Federation announced that the division would proceed with 9 teams instead of 10, following Al-Wehda's withdrawal from the competition due to logistical reasons.^[10]

Abha

Al-Bayraq

Al-Hmmah

Al-Riyadh

Al-Shoulla

Jeddah

Neom

Phoenix

United Eagles

Locations of the 2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League teams

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2023-24 Season
Abha	Abha	Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Reserve Stadium	15,000	5th
Al-Bayraq	Riyadh	Al Yamamah University Stadium	5,000	12th
Al-Hmmah	Riyadh			7th
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	15,000	PL, 8th
Al-Shoulla	Al Kharj	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium	8,000	10th
Jeddah	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium (A)	10,000	8th
Neom	Tabuk	King Khalid Sport City Stadium	12,000	9th
Phoenix	Taif	King Fahd Sports City Reserve Stadium A	10,000	6th
United Eagles	Khobar	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	26,000	11th

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Abha	Fayza Hider	Sabah Mohammed	Erreà	Yelo
Al-Bayraq	Boujiad Bouchaib			Al Yamamah University
Al-Hmmah	José Luis Rojas			Al Yamamah University, RETRUVIA, World Ocean
Al-Riyadh	Hussin Marzoug	Rita Chikwelu	Black Panther	Science Technology
Al-Shoulla	Amani Boukari	Salwa Elmitwalli
Jeddah	Nabil Al-Gharbi	Abla Bensenouci	Offside	Yelo
Neom	Lassaad Hanini	Maysa Jbarah	Puma
Phoenix	Abdel Fattah Abbas			One Piece Coffee
United Eagles	Rosen Ilkov	Hessa Al-Isa	Offside	THE HUB CO

Foreign players

On 12 June 2024, SAFF implemented detailed changes regarding foreign players and Saudi-born (Al-Mawalled) players in the Women's First Division League for the 2024–2025 season. the main roster size has been reduced from 30 to 25 players. Teams are required to register a Saudi goalkeeper or a Saudi-born (Al-Mawaleed; player born in 2004 or later), and can register up to 2 Saudi-born (Al-Mawalled) players, with one permitted to play on the field. Further, the maximum number of foreign players allowed is 5.^[11]

Club	Foreign players					Former players
	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 1	Player 2
Abha	Eman Hassan	Damaye Camara	Mawa Traoré	Fanta Danda Camara	Mariem Houij
Al-Bayraq	Folly-Abla Adoukoè	Kouglo Bénédite	Aya Jeddi	Chayma Khazri	Atcham Nabo	Chaima El Ayeb	Hazar Soula
Al-Hmmah	Sorelle Metiefang	Natacha Nkonda	Carmen Quiñones	Mariam Camara	Takiyatou Yaya
Al-Riyadh	Omnia Mahmoud	Henriette Akaba	Elizabeth Addo	Rita Chikwelu	Joy Jerry
Al-Shoulla	Kenza Hadjar	Salwa Elmitwalli	Sherouk Sayed	Hiba Raheem	Rania Aouina
Jeddah	Abla Bensenouci	Aniella Uwimana	Stéphanie Gbogou	Cecilia Hagan
NEOM	Priscilla	Diana Celis	Liana Salazar	Maysa Jbarah	Chaima Abbassi
Phoenix	Houria Affak	Fouzia Bakli	Rahma Benaichouche	Wahiba Kadri	Zeyneb Kandouci	Ana Kirvalidze	Soumia Saber
United Eagles	Hessa Al-Isa	Rawan Al-Ali	Leleya Sabkar	Fatou Coulibaly	Ghofrane Soula

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	NEOM (C)	16	16	0	0	117	9	+108	48	Promotion to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League
2	Abha	16	12	2	2	76	34	+42	38
3	Al-Riyadh	16	11	3	2	149	25	+124	36
4	Al-Hmmah	16	10	0	6	65	39	+26	30
5	United Eagles	16	6	1	9	40	55	−15	19
6	Jeddah	16	6	1	9	27	59	−32	19
7	Phoenix[a]	16	5	0	11	32	66	−34	12
8	Al-Shoulla	16	1	1	14	21	92	−71	−2
9	Al Bayraq[b]	16	1	0	15	19	167	−148	−3	Relegation to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Second Division League
10	Al Wehda[c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation after withdrawal to 2025–26 Saudi Women's Second Division.

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Phoenix were deducted three points and fined SAR 125,000 for breaching Article 59-1 of the Disciplinary Code during their match against United Eagles on 8 November 2023.
2. Al Bayraq were deducted six points
3. Al Wehda, who had initially taken Al-Taqadom's spot after the latter was disbanded, also withdrew from the league, reducing the number of teams to 9. Al Wehda's relegation means that only one other team will be relegated, instead of the initial two.

Results

Home \ Away	NEO	RIY	ABH	HMM	UEG	JED	PHX	SHO	BAY
NEOM		2–1	5–0	5–2	4–0	5–1	7–0	13–0	15–0
Al-Riyadh	2–4		2–2	6–0	7–4	14–0	12–1	9–1	15–1
Abha	0–6	5–5		4–1	2–0	9–0	8–3	3–0	8–0
Al-Hmmah	0–5	1–5	1–5		2–0	4–1	5–0	5–2	13–0
United Eagles	0–8	1–12	3–7	4–5		0–1	3–0[a]	5–0	9–1
Jeddah	1–6	2–2	4–5	0–4	1–2		2–4	2–1	4–0
Phoenix	1–9	0–5	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–3		2–0	3–0
Al-Shoulla	0–3	1–12	1–13	1–5	3–3	0–1	1–4		6–5
Al Bayraq	1–20	0–40	1–2	0–13	0–3	2–4	1–8	6–5

Source: SAFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

1. The original fixture on November 8 was suspended with United Eagles leading 4–3 after 31' in the first half and 33' in the second. On November 12, the SAFF Disciplinary Committee ruled that Phoenix Club would forfeit the match, awarding United Eagles a 3–0 victory.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fanta Camara	Abha	43
2	Diana Celis	NEOM	41
3	Elizabeth Addo	Al-Riyadh	31
4	Joy Jerry	Al-Riyadh	28
5	Maysa Jbarah	NEOM	26
6	Takiyatou Yaya	Al-Hmmah	22
7	Abla Bensenouci	Jeddah	19
8	Rita Chikwelu	Al-Riyadh	18
	Meriem Houij	Abha
10	Mariam Camara	Al-Hmmah	17

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rahma Benaichouche	Phoenix	Al-Bayraq	8–1 (A)	27 September 2024
Hessa Al-Isa	Untied Eagles	Al-Riyadh	4–7 (A)	28 September 2024
		Al-Bayraq	9–1 (H)	5 October 2024
Diana Celis	NEOM	Abha	6–0 (A)	4 October 2024
		Al-Bayraq	20–1 (A)	14 December 2024
		Al-Shoulla	13–0 (H)	27 December 2024
		Jeddah	5–1 (H)	1 February 2025
		Al-Bayraq	15–0 (H)	15 March 2025
		Phoenix	7–0 (H)	19 April 2025
Rawan Al-Ali	United Eagles	Al-Bayraq	9–1 (H)	5 October 2024
Abla Bensenouci	Jeddah	Al-Bayraq	4–2 (A)	11 October 2024
		Al-Bayraq	4–0 (H)	24 January 2025
Takiyatou Yaya	Al-Hmmah	Al-Shoulla	5–2 (H)	12 October 2024
		Al-Bayraq	13–0 (H)	21 December 2024
		Jeddah	4–1 (H)	7 March 2025
		Al-Bayraq	13–0 (A)	19 April 2025
Fanta Camara	Abha	Al-Bayraq	8–0 (H)	8 November 2024
		Jeddah	9–0 (H)	15 November 2024
		United Eagles	7–3 (A)	22 November 2024
		Al-Riyadh	5–5 (H)	14 December 2024
		Al-Shoulla	13–1 (A)	21 December 2024
		Al-Hmmah	4–1 (H)	28 December 2024
		Phoenix	8–3 (H)	25 January 2025
		Jeddah	5–4 (A)	8 February 2025
		Al-Hmmah	5–1 (A)	26 April 2025
Mariem Houij	Abha	Al-Bayraq	8–0 (H)	8 November 2024
		Jeddah	9–0 (H)	15 November 2024
		Al-Shoulla	13–1 (A)	21 December 2024
		Phoenix	8–3 (H)	25 January 2025
Joy Jerry	Al-Riyadh	Al-Shoulla	12–1 (A)	9 November 2024
		Jeddah	14–0 (H)	20 December 2024
		Al-Bayraq	40–0 (A)	28 December 2024
		Al-Bayraq	15–1 (H)	26 April 2025
Elizabeth Addo	Al-Riyadh	Phoenix	12–1 (H)	15 November 2024
		Abha	5–5 (A)	14 December 2024
		Jeddah	14–0 (H)	20 December 2024
		Al-Hmmah	6–0 (H)	18 January 2025
		Al-Bayraq	15–1 (H)	26 April 2025
Rita Chikwelu	Al-Riyadh	Phoenix	12–1 (H)	15 November 2024
		Al-Bayraq	40–0 (A)	28 December 2024
		Al-Shoulla	9–1 (H)	1 February 2025
Mariam Camara	Al-Hmmah	Phoenix	5–0 (H)	13 December 2025
		Al-Bayraq	13–0 (H)	21 December 2024
Hiba Raheem	Al-Shoulla	United Eagles	3–3 (H)	13 December 2025
Maysa Jbarah	NEOM	Al-Bayraq	20–1 (A)	14 December 2024
		Phoenix	9–1 (A)	20 December 2024
		Al-Shoulla	13–0 (H)	27 December 2024
		United Eagles	8–0 (A)	25 January 2025
Henriette Akaba	Al-Riyadh	Jeddah	14–0 (H)	20 December 2024
		Al-Bayraq	40–0 (A)	28 December 2024
Liana Salazar	NEOM	Al-Shoulla	13–0 (H)	27 December 2024
Fay Al-Bumaidan	Al-Riyadh	Al-Bayraq	40–0 (A)	28 December 2024
		Al-Shoulla	9–1 (H)	1 February 2025
Dina Huwaydi	Al-Riyadh	Al-Bayraq	40–0 (A)	28 December 2024
Khloud Ahmed	Al-Riyadh	Al-Bayraq	40–0 (A)	28 December 2024
Kouglo Bénédite	Al-Bayraq	Al-Shoulla	7–4 (H)	8 February 2025
Aya Jeddi	Al-Bayraq	Al-Shoulla	7–4 (H)	8 February 2025
Salwa Elmitwalli	Al-Shoulla	Al-Bayraq	7–4 (A)	8 February 2025
Houria Affak	Phoenix	Al-Shoulla	4–1 (A)	8 March 2025
Rania Aouina	Al-Hmmah	Phoenix	4–1 (A)	15 March 2025
Natacha Nkonda	Al-Hmmah	Al-Bayraq	13–0 (A)	19 April 2025