2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League

Saudi Women's Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	13 October 2022 – 18 February 2023
Champions	Al-Nassr (1st title)
Relegated	Sama
Matches played	56
Goals scored	351 (6.27 per match)
Best Player	Mubarkh Al-Saiari
Top goalscorer	Shokhan Salihi (43 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Laila Al-Qahtani
Biggest home win	Al-Shabab 19–0 Sama 11 February 2023
Biggest away win	Sama 0–18 Al-Nassr 13 October 2022
Highest scoring	Al-Shabab 19–0 Sama 11 February 2023
Longest winning run	6 Games Al-Hilal
Longest unbeaten run	8 Games Al-Nassr
Longest winless run	14 Games Sama
Longest losing run	14 Games Sama
2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 31 December 2022.

The 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League was the inaugural season of the Saudi Women's Premier League which replaced the Saudi Women's National League as the top-level women's football league in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Nassr was crowned the inaugural champions of the league after defeating Al-Yamamah on the final matchday.[1]

Overview

On 15 September 2022, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation announced the launch of the revamped format for women's football competitions by introducing the Saudi Women's Premier League and Saudi Women's First Division League.[2][3][4]

Initially, all eight teams that qualified for the knockout stage of the 2021–22 Saudi National Women's League secured their spots in the inaugural Saudi Women's Premier League. This marked a significant moment for women's football in the kingdom, gaining increasing attention from Saudis. Leading professional Saudi clubs to acquire self-owned teams to compete in the league. Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr, two of the most prominent names in Saudi football, were confirmed as participants in the new women's league. Al-Nassr took over the 2021–22 women's football league champions, Al-Mamlaka FC (Arabic: فريق المملكة النسائي), while Al-Hilal acquired the 2021–22 women's football league runners-up, Challenge (Arabic: فريق التحدي).[5] Before the league kicked off in October, more professional clubs followed suit. Al-Ittihad took over Jeddah Eagles.[6] while Al-Ahli and Al-Shabab completed the lineup by acquiring Miraas Jeddah Club and Storm Club, respectively.[7]

Teams

Eight teams contested the 2022–23 Women's Premier League season.[8] The eight teams that advanced to the knockout stage of the 2021–22 women's football league were confirmed as the participants for the inaugural season.

• Al-Nassr
• Al-Hilal
• Al-Yamamah
• Al-Shabab
• Sama

• Al-Ittihad
• Al-Ahli

Eastern Flames

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Locations of the 2022–23 Women's Premier League teams

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	Appearance
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Mrsool Park	25,000	1st
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	68,752	1st
Al-Yamamah	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	22,188	1st
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Al-Ittihad Club Stadium	15,000	1st
Eastern Flames	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	26,000	1st
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	22,188	1st
Sama	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	22,188	1st
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium	62,345	1st

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Nassr	Abdulaziz Al-Alwni	Munira Al-Hamdan	Duneus	Shurfah, Harrys Pizza
Al-Hilal	Mashael Al-Rashidi	Ahod Alamari	S Team	BLU Store, Jahez, Tawuniya, Floward, Shawarmer
Al-Yamamah		Moudi Abdulmehsen		Dunkin' Donuts, Comprehensive Sports Medicine, MOVE, Tabz, Deep Art, Biotic
Al-Ittihad		Bayan Sadagah	Erreà	Darco, SAL, Emkan, Tameeni, Yelo, Oud Al-Amoudi
Eastern Flames	Maram Al-Butairi	Mariam Al-Tamimi	Offside	PERPETUAL, CureMed
Al-Shabab	Marwa El-Hawat	Raghad Mukhayzin	Offside	Almozaini, Half Million, Mekyal, Azom, Bandar Real Estate
Sama		Noura Al-Athel		MSK Care, Al Madenah Water
Al-Ahli	Manar Fraij	Taqyah Rashwan	Xtep	MG Cars, Boga Super Foods, Dorrah for Real Estate, Saudi German Hospital

Foreign players

The following is a list of the foreign players who participated this season:

Al-Nassr	Al-Hilal	Al-Yamamah	Al-Ittihad
Hessa Al-Isa Yasmeen Fayez Izabela Stahelin Marina Höher Lina Boussaha Maysa Jbarah Samia Aouni Ghada Ayadi	Mayara Gonçalves Jéssica Graziela Eman Hassan Fadwa Essameddine Elizabeth Addo Shokhan Salihi Direen Mulla Bakr Dima Al Kasti	Besma Benlakhlef Kenza Hadjar Anja Wilfling Omnia Mahmoud Tbarek Al-Ghazawi Mai Sweilem Chaima Abbassi Gabriela Pelogi	Deki Lhazom Norhan Taqsera Sara Abdallah Zainab Al-Lami Ayah Al-Majali Malak Shannak Shahnaz Jebreen
Eastern Flames	Al-Shabab	Sama	Al-Ahli
Aïcha Aguichari Ximena Mideros Sara Toro Ana Cheminava Hassania Alaidi Nassima Jawad Meriem Sassi	Hayam Abdellatif Noha Tarek Netsanet Muluneh Nancy Tchaylian Ruth Aturo	Salma Steteen Nourimane Oddah	Abla Bensenouci Cecilia Hagan Ibtissam Jraïdi Salima Jobrani Sana Yaakoubi Yasmine Jemai Aya Jeddi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Al-Nassr (C)	14	11	2	1	67	19	+48	35	Champions
2	Al-Hilal	14	10	2	2	76	23	+53	32
3	Al-Shabab	14	8	2	4	53	25	+28	26
4	Al-Yamamah	14	6	3	5	40	15	+25	21
5	Al-Ittihad	14	5	6	3	46	19	+27	21
6	Al-Ahli	14	5	1	8	35	33	+2	16
7	Eastern Flames	14	2	2	10	33	44	−11	8
8	Sama (R)	14	0	0	14	1	173	−172	0	Relegation to the 2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. Qualification and relegation column definitions
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

On 15 September 2021, SAFF released the match schedule.[9]

Home \ Away	NAS	HIL	YAM	ITH	EFL	ASB	SAM	AHI
Al-Nassr	—	2–0	3–2	1–1	5–1	3–3	11–0	4–3
Al-Hilal	6–3	—	0–0	4–4	3–1	3–2	18–0	6–1
Al-Yamamah	0–3	1–2	—	4–1	3–1	0–1	13–0	1–0
Al-Ittihad	1–2	3–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–2	11–0	3–1
Eastern Flames	1–4	1–5	1–6	2–2	—	3–4	11–0	1–5
Al-Shabab	1–4	2–4	3–0	1–0	4–0	—	19–0	2–1
Sama	0–18	0–18	0–10	0–14	0–8	0–8	—	1–9
Al-Ahli	0–4	3–6	0–0	0–3	2–1	5–1	5–0	—

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

Season statistics

As of 18 February 2023

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Shokhan Salihi	Al-Hilal	43
2	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	17
3	Hessa AlIsa	Al-Nassr	15
	Noha Tarek	Al-Shabab
5	Daliah Abu Laban	Al-Shabab	11
6	Maysa Jbarah	Al-Nassr	10
7	Zainab Abbas	Al-Ittihad	9
	Seba Tawfiq	Al-Ittihad
9	Sara Toro	Eastern Flames	8
	Netsanet Muluneh	Al-Shabab
	Elizabeth Addo	Al-Hilal
	Lulu Osama	Al-Yamamah
	Nassima Jawad	Eastern Flames

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Sara Khalid	Al-Nassr	5
2	Laila Al-Qahtani	Al-Yamamah	2
	Hessa Al-Sudairy	Al-Ittihad
	Ruth Aturo	Al-Shabab

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Munira Al-Hamdan	Al-Nassr	Sama	18–0 (A)	13 October 2022
Mubarkh Al-Saiari	Al-Nassr	Sama	18–0 (A)	13 Oct 2022
Hessa AlIsa (2)	Al-Nassr	Sama	18–0 (A)	13 October 2022
			11–0 (H)	17 December 2022
Ghada Ayadi	Al-Nassr	Sama	18–0 (A)	13 October 2022
Lulu Osama (2)	Al-Yamamah	Eastern Flames	3–1 (H)	14 October 2022
		Sama	13–0 (H)	24 January 2023
Shokhan Salihi (7)	Al-Hilal	Al-Shabab	4–2 (A)	14 October 2022
		Eastern Flames	3–1 (H)	12 November 2022
		Sama	18–0 (A)	19 November 2022
		Al-Ahli	6–1 (H)	2 December 2022
		Al-Nassr	6–3 (H)	30 December 2022
		Eastern Flames	5–1 (A)	24 January 2023
		Sama	18–0 (H)	31 January 2023
Nancy Tchaylian	Al-Shabab	Al-Nassr	3–3 (A)	21 October 2022
Al Bandari Mobarak	Al-Yamamah	Sama	10–0 (A)	12 November 2022
Hassania Alaidi	Eastern Flames	Sama	11–0 (H)	2 December 2022
Nassima Jawad	Eastern Flames	Sama	11–0 (H)	2 December 2022
Zainab Al-Lami (2)	Al-Ittihad	Sama	11–0 (H)	6 December 2022
			14–0 (A)	30 December 2022
Seba Tawfiq (2)	Al-Ittihad	Sama	11–0 (H)	6 December 2022
			14–0 (A)	30 December 2022
Noha Tarek	Al-Shabab	Sama	8–0 (A)	9 December 2022
Maysa Jbarah	Al-Nassr	Sama	11–0 (H)	17 Dec 2022
Ibtissam Jraïdi (4)	Al-Ahli	Sama	9–1 (H)	23 Dec 2022
		Al-Nassr	3–4 (A)	24 January 2023
		Al-Shabab	5–1 (H)	31 January 2023
		Eastern Flames	5–1 (A)	11 February 2023
Daliah Abu Laban (2)	Al-Shabab	Eastern Flames	4–3 (A)	31 December 2022
		Sama	19–0 (H)	11 February 2023
Ahod Alamari	Al-Hilal	Sama	18–0 (H)	31 January 2023
Elizabeth Addo (2)	Al-Hilal	Sama	18–0 (H)	31 January 2023
		Al-Ittihad	4–4 (H)	11 February 2023
Abeer Nasser	Al-Hilal	Sama	18–0 (H)	31 January 2023
Areej Al-Anizi	Al-Hilal	Sama	18–0 (H)	31 January 2023
Noha Tarek	Al-Shabab	Sama	19–0 (H)	11 February 2023
Netsanet Muluneh	Al-Shabab	Sama	19–0 (H)	11 February 2023

Discipline

As of 18 February 2023

	Most yellow cards	Total	Most red cards	Total	Ref.
Player	Shaima Al-Tabei (Sama) Tahani Al-Zahrani (Al-Shabab) Chaima Abassi (Al-Yamamah)	5	Ayah Al-Majali (Al-Ittihad) Munira Al-Hamdan (Al-Nassr) Raghad Mukhayzin (Al-Shabab) Ghada Malhan (Al-Shabab) Aseel Ahmed (Al-Nassr) Noura Ibrahim (Al Yamamah) Laila Al-Qahtani (Al-Yamamah) Al Bandari Mobarak (Al-Yamamah)	1
Club	Al-Ahli	25	Al-Yamamah	3

References

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2. "The Saudi Football federation launches the women's Premier League and the first division for women". sayidaty.net (in Arabic). 15 September 2022.
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5. "الهلال والنصر يشاركان في الدوري السعودي للسيدات" [Al Hilal and Al Nassr participate in the Saudi Women's League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). Riyan Al-Jidani. 15 September 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
6. "الاتحاد يكمل استحواذه على نسور جدة، وقرعة دوري الدرجة الاولى للسيدات يوم الثلاثاء" [Al-Ittihad completes its acquisition of Jeddah Eagles, and the draw for the Women’s First Division League will be held on Tuesday.]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
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8. "الدوري النسائي ينطلق بـ8 فرق" [Women's League kicks off with 8 teams]. alyaum.com (in Arabic). 15 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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External links

2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League on Twitter