Saudi Women's Premier League

The Saudi Women's Premier League officially the SAFF Women's Premier League (Arabic: الدوري السعودي الممتاز للسيدات) is the top flight of women's football in Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Saudi Women's Premier League

Organising body	Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF)
Founded	2022; 3 years ago (2022)
Country	Saudi Arabia
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	10 (since 2024–25)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Saudi Women's First Division League
Domestic cup(s)	SAFF Women's Cup Saudi Women's Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Women's Champions League WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
Current champions	Al-Nassr (3rd title) (2024–25)
Most championships	Al-Nassr (3 titles)
Top goalscorer	Shokhan Salihi (61 Goals)
Broadcaster(s)	SSC Shahid (Streaming) DAZN (outside MENA) Grass Valley
Website	saff.com.sa
Current: 2025–26 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's 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]

In October 2023, the Saudi Women's Premier League partnered with DAZN, giving them rights to stream the league's matches worldwide.^[8] This move reflects the league's major advancements in recent years.

On 14 December 2023, the match between Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad witnessed the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino at Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah.^[9]

On 23 December 2023, the match between Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr witnessed the presence of The Best FIFA Women's Player 2021 and 2022, Spain's Alexia Putellas, at Prince Faisal Bin Fahad stadium (Al-Ittihad Club Stadium) in Jeddah.^[10]

In May 2024, Grass Valley announced a cooperation agreement with Saudi Pro League to distribute the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Premier League matches through its digital platform.^[11]

On 31 May 2024, the Saudi Football Federation renewed the exclusive partnership agreement with Saudi National Bank for a period of 3 years to sponsor the Saudi Women's Premier League and also the SAFF Women's Cup.^[12]

On 10 January 2025, the match between Al-Ahli and Al-Amal witnessed the presence of 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion, Spanish Coach Jorge Vilda, at Prince Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah.^[13]

Current teams

The following ten teams are competing in the 2024–25 season.

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2023-24 Season
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Al-Ahli Club Stadium	14,000	2nd
Al-Amal	Taif	King Fahd Sports City	20,000	D1, 3rd
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium	10,000	5th
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Al-Ittihad Club Stadium	15,000	6th
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Prince Abdul Rahman Stadium	15,000	1st
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	15,000	4th
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	Al-Shabab Club Stadium	15,000	3rd
Al-Taraji	Qatif	Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium	12,000	D1, 2nd
Al-Ula	Medina	Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Sports City	20,000	D1, 1st
Eastern Flames	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	26,000	7th

Champions

By season

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Ref
					2022–23	Al-Nassr	Al-Hilal	Al-Shabab	[14]
2023–24	Al-Nassr	Al-Ahli	Al-Shabab	[15]
2024–25	Al-Nassr	Al-Ahli	Al-Qadsiah	[16]

Total titles won by province

Province	City	Number of titles	Club(s)
Riyadh Province	Riyadh	3	Al-Nassr

Records

All-time table

As of the 18th round of the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Premier League

Rank	Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts"
1	Al-Nassr	3	46	40	3	3	180	48	+132	123
2	Al-Ahli	3	46	26	5	15	150	77	+73	83
3	Al-Shabab	3	46	25	8	13	132	66	+66	83
4	Al-Hilal	3	46	25	6	15	145	72	+73	81
5	Al-Ittihad	3	46	19	9	18	121	69	+52	66
6	Al-Qadsiah	2	32	16	10	6	73	29	+44	58
7	Al-Ula	1	18	9	2	7	36	30	+6	29
8	Eastern Flames	3	46	6	6	34	55	148	−93	24
9	Al-Yamamah	1	14	6	3	5	40	15	+25	21
10	Al-Amal	1	18	3	1	14	23	58	−35	10
11	Al-Riyadh	1	14	0	1	13	8	79	−71	1
12	Al-Taraji	1	18	0	0	18	8	108	−100	0
13	Al-Bayraq	1	14	0	0	14	1	173	−172	0

Top scorers

As of the 18th round of the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Premier League

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Shokhan Salihi	60
	Ibtissam Jraïdi
3	Naomie Kabakaba	31
4	Clara Luvanga	30
5	Ajara Nchout	24
6	Lina Boussaha	23
7	Al-Bandary Mobarak	17
8	Duda Francelino	16
9	Hessa Al-Isa	15
	Menna Tarek
11	Mavis Owusu	14
	Maysa Jbarah
	Oriana Altuve
	Letícia Nunes
	Jessica Martínez
16	Elizabeth Addo	12
	Daliah Abu Laban
	Samia Aouni

Top scorers by season

Season	Player	Club	Goals
2022–23	Shokhan Salihi	Al-Hilal	43
2023–24	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	17
2024–25	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	26

Seasonal statistics

As of 25 April 2025

Season	Total Matches	Home Wins	Away Wins	Draws	Total Goals	Home Goals	Away Goals	First Half Goals	Second Half Goals	Yellow Card	Red Card
2022–23	56	26	21	9	351	180	171	176	175	154	8
2023–24	56	24	22	10	224	110	114	104	120	159	5
2024–25	90	45	37	8	397	211	186	184	213	245	12
Total	202	95	80	27	972	501	471	464	508	558	25

Largest victories

As of 25 April 2025

Season	Date	Match	Result
2022–23	11/02/2023	Al-Shabab–Al-Bayraq	19–0
2022–23	31/01/2023	Al-Hilal–Al-Bayraq	18–0
2022–23	19/11/2022	Al-Bayraq–Al-Hilal	0–18
2022–23	13/10/2022	Al-Bayraq–Al-Nassr	0–18
2022–23	30/12/2022	Al-Bayraq–Al-Ittihad	0–14
2022–23	24/01/2023	Al-Yamamah–Al-Bayraq	13–0
2023–24	16/03/2024	Al-Riyadh-Al-Ittihad	2–13
2024–25	27/12/2024	Al-Taraji–Al-Nassr	0–11
2022–23	17/12/2022	Al-Nassr–Al-Bayraq	11–0
2022–23	06/12/2022	Al-Ittihad–Al-Bayraq	11–0
2022–23	02/12/2022	Eastern Flames–Al-Bayraq	11–0
2023–24	19/04/2024	Al-Riyadh–Al-Shabab	1–10
2022–23	12/11/2022	Al-Bayraq–Al-Yamamah	0–10

Awards

Year	Best Player	Top Goalscorer	Best Goalkeeper
2022–23	Mubarkh Al-Saiari (Al-Nassr)	Shokhan Salihi (43 goals) (Al-Hilal)	Laila Al-Qahtani (Al-Shabab)
2023–24	Lina Boussaha (Al-Nassr)	Ibtissam Jraïdi (17 goals) (Al-Ahli)	Lindsey Harris (Al-Qadsiah)
2024–25	Léa Le Garrec (Al-Qadsiah)	Ibtissam Jraïdi (26 goals) (Al-Ahli)	Zala Meršnik, (Al-Ittihad)

Former top league champions

Before the launch of the Saudi Women's Premier League, two leagues were established to test and set things up, laying the foundation for the top-tier competition. These leagues served as crucial stepping stones, refining the structure and ensuring the success of the premier league.

The list of champions and runners-up:

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Ref
Women's Community Football League			[17]
2020–21	Al-Hilal	Al-Ittihad
SAFF Women's National Football Championship			[18]
2021–22	Al-Nassr	Al-Hilal

• Al-Hilal (ex. Challenge SC)

• Al-Ittihad (ex. Jeddah Eagles LFC)

• Al-Nassr (ex. Al-Mamlaka FC)

Sponsorship

Sponsor(s)	Period	Ref
Lay's	2023–present	[19]
Saudi National Bank	2024–present	[20]

Broadcasters

Region	Broadcaster	Period	Ref.
Saudi Arabia & MENA	SSC	2023–present
Saudi Arabia & MENA	Shahid (streaming)	2023–present
Canada & North America	Grass Valley	2024–present
Europe & East Asia	DAZN	2024–present