Al Hilal SFC (women)

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Al Hilal SFC.

Al Hilal Saudi Women Football Club, commonly known as Al Hilal Ladies (Arabic: سيدات الهلال), is a Saudi professional women's football club based in the capital Riyadh.^[1] The club is currently playing in the top division of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Women's Premier League. The club won the first women's football competition, the Kingdom Women's Community Football League in 2020.^[2]

Al Hilal SFC Women

Full name	Al Hilal Saudi Women Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Za'eem (The Boss) The Blue Waves
Founded	2007; 18 years ago (2007) (as Challenge SC) 2022; 3 years ago (2022) (as Al Hilal)
Ground	Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium, Riyadh
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Public Investment Fund (75%) Al Hilal Non-Profit Foundation (25%)
President	Fahad bin Nafel
Head coach	Darko Stojanović
League	Saudi Women's Premier League
2023–24	SWPL, 5th of 8
Website	alhilal.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Founded in 2007 as Challenge Women's Football Club. The team was the second-ever women's team in the country after Eastern Flames FC. In 2022 the team joined Al Hilal SFC.^[3]

The first season under the new name was in 2022–23 which ended with Al Hilal finishing second to Al Nassr, scoring 76 goals the most goals in the season, with Al Hilal's Iraqi Shokhan Salihi finishing as the top scores with 42 goals in total.^[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 12 October 2024^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KSA Nawal Al-Gelaish 2 DF  KSA Mohrah Mutlaq 3 DF  KSA Al Jawharah Saud 4 DF  KSA Nouf Saud 5 MF  PAN Aldrith Quintero 6 MF  KSA Lulu Al-Obaid 8 FW  KSA Al Bandari Al-Hwsawi 9 FW  PAR Jessica Martínez 10 FW  IRQ Shokhan Salihi 12 MF  MAR Maryam Benkirane 13 GK  BRA Aline 14 FW  GHA Mavis Owusu 16 FW  KSA Manar Al-Enezi

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  CMR Claudia Dabda (captain) 18 DF  KSA Majd Al-Otaibi 19 MF  KSA Manal Al-Saud 20 FW  KSA Areej Al-Anzi 21 FW  KSA Joori Al-Johani 22 DF  KSA Shuruq Al-Hwsawi 25 GK  KSA Al Hanouf Al-Fulayj 57 DF  KSA Ghadeer Al-Balawi 77 MF  KSA Raghad Saleh — DF  KSA Maha Makbashi — MF  KSA Noura Al-Hamli — MF  EGY Lamar Abousamra — MF  JOR Joury Hashem

Notable Former players

Anastasiya Linnik Mayara Gonçalves Eman Hassan Elizabeth Addo

Cynthia Konlan Direen Mulla Bakr Dima Al Kasti Lineth Cedeño

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 18 November 2023

Position	Staff
Head coach	Darko Stojanović
Assistant coach
Goalkeeping coach
Analyzer
Physiotherapists
Club Doctors
Team manager

Source: SAFF

Honours

Official

• Women's Community Football League
  • Winners (1): 2020–21

• SAFF Women's National Football Championship:
  • Runners-up: 2021–22

• Saudi Women's Premier League:
  • Runners-up: 2022–23

Youth

• Saudi Women's U-17 Tournament:
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24

See also

• Al Hilal SFC
• Al Hilal (basketball)