2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 September – 25 April |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League is the upcoming 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]
Teams
[edit]Ten teams are set to compete in the 2024–25 First Division League season.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5][6] On 12 June 2024, Chapter 5 acquired United Eagles FC.[7] 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.[8]
| 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 |
| Al Wehda | Mecca | King Abdulaziz Sports City | 38,000 |
13th |
| 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
[edit]| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abha | ||||
| Al Bayraq | ||||
| Al-Hmmah |  José Luis Rojas
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| Al-Riyadh | ||||
| Al-Shoulla | ||||
| Al-Wehda | ||||
| Jeddah | ||||
| Neom | ||||
| Phoenix | ||||
| United Eagles |
Foreign players
[edit]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.[9]
| Club | Foreign players | Saudi-born players | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | |
| Abha | |||||||
| Al Bayraq | |||||||
| Al-Hmmah |  Mariam Camara
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| Al-Riyadh | |||||||
| Al-Shoulla |  Kenza Hadjar
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| Al Wehda | |||||||
| Jeddah | |||||||
| NEOM | |||||||
| Phoenix | |||||||
| United Eagles | |||||||
League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Riyadh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League |
| 2 | Abha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Al-Hmmah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jeddah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | NEOM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Al-Shoulla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | United Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Al Bayraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Second Division League |
| 10 | Al Wehda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. Qualification and relegation column definitions
Results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.