2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League

Saudi Women's First Division League
Season	2024–25
Dates	27 September – 25 April
Matches played	8
Goals scored	56 (7 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hessa Al-Isa; (8 goals)
Biggest home win	United Eagles 9–1 Al Bayraq; 5 October 2024
Biggest away win	Al Bayraq 1–8 Phoenix; 27 September 2024
Highest scoring	Al-Riyadh 7–4 United Eagles; 28 September 2024
	← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 5 October 2024.

The 2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League is the third edition of the Saudi Women's First Division League, the second tier of women's football league in Saudi Arabia. It will be 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]

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]

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	Al Yamamah University Stadium	5,000	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				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					Saudi-born players
Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Abha	Eman Hassan	Damaye Camara	Mawa Traoré	Fanta Danda Camara	Mariem Houij
Al Bayraq	Chaima El Ayeb	Aya Jeddi	Chayma Khazri	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	Cecilia Hagan
NEOM	Priscilla	Diana Celis	Liana Salazar	Maysa Jbarah	Chaima Abbassi
Phoenix	Fouzia Bakli	Rahma Benaichouche	Wahiba Kadri	Ana Kirvalidze	Soumia Saber
United Eagles	Hessa Al-Isa	Rawan Al-Ali	Leleya Sabkar	Fatou Coulibaly	Ghofrane Soula

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	NEOM	4	4	0	21	3	+18	12	Promotion to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League
2	Al-Riyadh	3	3	0	24	6	+18	9	Promotion to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League
3	Jeddah	4	3	1	10	10	0	9
4	Abha	3	2	1	11	8	+3	6
5	Phoenix	3	1	2	11	7	+4	3
6	United Eagles	3	1	2	13	12	+1	3
7	Al-Hmmah	3	1	2	8	12	−4	3
8	Al-Shoulla	3	0	3	4	19	−15	0
9	Al Bayraq	4	0	4	4	29	−25	0	Relegation to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Second Division League
10	Al Wehda^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation after withdrawal to 2025–26 Saudi Women's Second Division.

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. Qualification and relegation column definitions

^ 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	JED	RIY	PHX	UEG	HMM	ABH	SHO	BAY
NEOM		1 Feb 25'	23 Nov	19 Apr 25'	4–0	5–2	17 Jan 25'	27 Dec	15 Mar 25'
Jeddah	1–6		19 Apr 25'	18 Jan 25'	27 Dec	23 Nov	8 Feb 25'	2–1	24 Jan 25'
Al-Riyadh	8 Mar 25'	20 Dec		15 Nov	7–4	18 Jan 25'	14 Mar 25'	1 Feb 25'	26 Apr 25'
Phoenix	20 Dec	1–3	7 Feb 25'		31 Jan 25'	15 Mar 25'	2–3	22 Nov	11 Jan 25'
United Eagles	25 Jan 25'	26 Apr 25'	11 Jan 25'	Canc.		8 Feb 25'	22 Nov	14 Mar 25'	9–1
Al-Hmmah	10 Jan 25'	7 Mar 25'	1–5	13 Dec	16 Nov		26 Apr 25'	5–2	21 Dec
Abha	0–6	15 Nov	14 Dec	25 Jan 25'	7 Mar 25'	28 Dec		19 Apr 25'	8–0
Al-Shoulla	26 Apr 25'	11 Jan 25'	1–12	8 Mar 25'	13 Dec	25 Jan 25'	21 Dec		16 Nov
Al Bayraq	14 Dec	2–4	28 Dec	1–8	18 Jan 25'	19 Apr 25'	31 Jan 25'	8 Feb 25'

Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: SAFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 12 October 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hessa Al-Isa	United Eagles	8
2	Abla Bensenouci	Jeddah	7
3	Rahma Benaichouche	Phoenix	6
	Joy Jerry	Al-Riyadh
	Fanta Camara	Abha
6	Diana Celis	NEOM	5
	Maysa Jbarah	NEOM
	Elizabeth Addo	Al-Riyadh
9	Takiyatou Yaya	Al-Hmmah	4
9	Liana Salazar	NEOM	4

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Haifa Fahad	NEOM	2

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
Hessa Al-Isa	Untied Eagles	Al Bayraq	9–1 (H)	5 October 2024
Diana Celis	NEOM	Abha	6–0 (A)	4 October 2024
Rawan Al-Ali	Untied Eagles	Al Bayraq	9–1 (H)	5 October 2024
Abla Bensenouci	Jeddah	Al Bayraq	4–2 (A)	11 October 2024
Takiyatou Yaya⁴	Al-Hmmah	Al-Shoulla	5–2 (H)	12 October 2024
Fanta Camara⁴	Abha	Al-Bayraq	8–0 (H)	8 November 2024
Mariem Houij	Abha	Al-Bayraq	8–0 (H)	8 November 2024
Joy Jerry	Al-Riyadh	Al-Shoulla	12–1 (H)	9 November 2024

Discipline

	Most yellow cards	Total	Most red cards	Total	Ref.
Player	Soumia Saber (Phoenix)	3	Natacha Nkonda (Al-Hmmah)	1
Club	Phoenix	8	Al-Hmmah	1

References

^ "تقليص أولى السيدات إلى 10 فرق" [Reducing the Women's First Division to 10 Teams.]. arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "اتحاد القدم يستحدث نظام دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات ويعتمد دوري الدرجة الثانية" [The Football Federation Introduces a restructuration for the Women's First Division League and establish the Second Division League.]. sabq.org (in Arabic). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "لأول مرة.. بث مباريات دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات" [For the first time.. broadcasting the matches of the Women's First Division League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
^ "رسميا.. إعلان تفاصيل دوري الدرجة الثانية السعودي للسيدات" [Officially... Announcement of Details of the Saudi Women's Second Division League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024. '...The winner and runner-up of the Second Division will qualify for the First Division League, in exchange for two teams being relegated from the First Division...Where the teams who qualified for the final stage of the 2024/2023 season, along with one team relegated from the Premier League and excluding the three teams that got promoted, will constitute the 10 teams for the Women's First Division League in the next season.'
^ "تقليل عدد فرق دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات" [The reduction of the number of teams in the Women's First Division League.]. slaati.com (in Arabic). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "الرياض يهبط من الدوري السعودي الممتاز للسيدات" [Al-Riyadh is relegated from the Saudi Women's Premier League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ "دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات بالسعودية يدخل مرحلة الحسم" [The Saudi Women's First Division League Enters the Decisive Stage.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ "اتحاد النسور يرفع سقف الاستثمار بالكرة النسائية السعودية" [United Eagles raises the investment ceiling in Saudi women's football.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ "اعتماد مشاركة الوحدة والشعلة في دوري الدرجة الأولى وكأس الاتحاد للسيدات" [Approval of Al Wehda and Al-Shoulla participation in the Women's First Division League and SAFF Women's Cup]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
^ "إقامة دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات بمشاركة 9 أندية بعد اعتذار الوحدة" [Holding the Women's First Division League with the participation of 9 clubs after Al Wehda's withdrawal.]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ "تحديثات المسابقات النسائية لموسم 24 / 25" [Updates to Women's Competitions for the 24/25 Season]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

[12] 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.

[1] "تقليص أولى السيدات إلى 10 فرق" [Reducing the Women's First Division to 10 Teams.]. arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[2] "اتحاد القدم يستحدث نظام دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات ويعتمد دوري الدرجة الثانية" [The Football Federation Introduces a restructuration for the Women's First Division League and establish the Second Division League.]. sabq.org (in Arabic). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[3] "لأول مرة.. بث مباريات دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات" [For the first time.. broadcasting the matches of the Women's First Division League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[4] "رسميا.. إعلان تفاصيل دوري الدرجة الثانية السعودي للسيدات" [Officially... Announcement of Details of the Saudi Women's Second Division League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024. '...The winner and runner-up of the Second Division will qualify for the First Division League, in exchange for two teams being relegated from the First Division...Where the teams who qualified for the final stage of the 2024/2023 season, along with one team relegated from the Premier League and excluding the three teams that got promoted, will constitute the 10 teams for the Women's First Division League in the next season.'

[5] "تقليل عدد فرق دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات" [The reduction of the number of teams in the Women's First Division League.]. slaati.com (in Arabic). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[6] "الرياض يهبط من الدوري السعودي الممتاز للسيدات" [Al-Riyadh is relegated from the Saudi Women's Premier League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

[7] "دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات بالسعودية يدخل مرحلة الحسم" [The Saudi Women's First Division League Enters the Decisive Stage.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[8] "اتحاد النسور يرفع سقف الاستثمار بالكرة النسائية السعودية" [United Eagles raises the investment ceiling in Saudi women's football.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[9] "اعتماد مشاركة الوحدة والشعلة في دوري الدرجة الأولى وكأس الاتحاد للسيدات" [Approval of Al Wehda and Al-Shoulla participation in the Women's First Division League and SAFF Women's Cup]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[10] "إقامة دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات بمشاركة 9 أندية بعد اعتذار الوحدة" [Holding the Women's First Division League with the participation of 9 clubs after Al Wehda's withdrawal.]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[11] "تحديثات المسابقات النسائية لموسم 24 / 25" [Updates to Women's Competitions for the 24/25 Season]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.

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