2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League

Saudi Women's Premier League
Season	2023–24
Dates	13 October 2023 – 26 April 2024
Champions	Al-Nassr (2nd title)
Relegated	Al-Riyadh
AFC Women's Champions League	Al-Nassr
WAFF Clubs Championship	Al-Nassr; Al-Ahli
Matches played	56
Goals scored	224 (4 per match)
Best Player	Lina Boussaha
Top goalscorer	Ibtissam Jraïdi; (17 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Lindsey Harris
Biggest home win	Al-Ahli 8–0 Eastern Flames; 15 March 2024; Al-Ahli 8–0 Al-Riyadh; 26 April 2024
Biggest away win	Al-Riyadh 2–13 Al-Ittihad; 16 March 2024
Highest scoring	Al-Riyadh 2–13 Al-Ittihad; 16 March 2024
Longest winning run	8 games; Al-Nassr
Longest unbeaten run	11 games; Al-Nassr
Longest winless run	14 games; Al-Riyadh
Longest losing run	8 games; Al-Riyadh
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Saudi Women's Premier League was the second season of the Saudi Women's Premier League, the top-level women's football league in Saudi Arabia.^[1]^[2]

Al-Nassr were the defending champions and successfully retained their title.

Overview

President of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, Yasser Al Misehal, stated that this season would be the first to broadcast women's football in the country.^[3] Starting this season, Lay's will sponsor the league for three years.

Teams

Eight teams will contest the 2023–24 Women's Premier League season. Al-Riyadh were confirmed as Division 1 champions on 9 February 2023, ensuring their debut in the Premier League.^[4] They replaced Sama, who were relegated last season. Al-Qadsiah (ex. Al Mutahed) also got promoted to the premier league after Al-Shabab acquired Al-Yamamah FC who finished 4th last season.^[5]

Locations of the 2023–24 Women's Premier League teams

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2022-23 Season
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium	62,345	6th
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium	15,000	2nd
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Al-Ittihad Club Stadium	15,000	4th
Al-Nassr	Riyadh	Mrsool Park	25,000	1st
Al-Qadsiah	Khobar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	15,000	D1, 2nd
Al-Riyadh	Riyadh	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	15,000	D1, 1st
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium	22,188	3rd
Eastern Flames	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	26,000	7th

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Manar Fraij	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Adidas	MG Cars, Boga Super Foods, Dorrah for Real Estate, Saudi German Hospital
Al-Hilal	Darko Stojanović	Claudia Dabda	Puma	BLU Store, Jahez, Tawuniya, Floward, Shawarmer
Al-Ittihad	Kelly Lindsey	Shahnaz Jebreen	Nike	Darco, SAL, Emkan, Tameeni, Yelo, Oud Al-Amoudi
Al-Nassr	Abdulaziz Al-Alwni	Samia Aouni	Nike	KAFD, AROYA Cruises, Noug
Al-Qadsiah	Luís Andrade	Rayanne Machado	Erreà	Switch, Masafi, United Facilities Management
Al-Riyadh	Claudio Vieira	Dina Huwaydi	Zeus	Yelo, Direct, Al Saif, Shumou Investment, AlDakheel Oud, Wataniya Finance
Al-Shabab	Miguel Morales	Al Bandari Mobarak	Offside	Almozaini, Half Million, Mekyal, Azom, Bandar Real Estate, MOVE
Eastern Flames	David Cabildo	Sara Al-Khater	Offside	Perpetual

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Al-Shabab	Hussain Marzouq	Sacked	31 January 2024^[6]	6th	Miguel Morales	31 January 2024^[6]
Al-Riyadh	Ana Junyent	Sacked	17–21 March 2024	8th	Claudio Vieira	17–21 March 2024

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8
Al-Ahli	Abla Bensenouci	Naomie Kabakaba	Cecilia Hagan	Alice Kusi	Ayah Al-Majali	Rawand Kassab	Ibtissam Jraïdi
Al-Hilal	Anastasiya Linnik	Claudia Dabda	Eman Hassan	Elizabeth Addo	Cynthia Konlan	Mavis Owusu	Shokhan Salihi	Lineth Cedeño
Al-Nassr	Lina Boussaha	Izabela Stahelin	Aminata Diallo	Maysa Jbarah	Clara Luvanga	Samia Aouni	Ghada Ayadi
Al-Qadsiah	Rayanne Machado	Ajara Nchout	Elizabeth Carabalí	Jessica Aby	Verónica Pérez	Lindsey Harris	Zaneta Wyne
Al-Riyadh	Rafa Travalão	Omnia Mahmoud	Míriam Diéguez	Carla Gómez	Aroa León	Soulaima Jabrani
Al-Shabab	Lana Feras	Mai Sweilem	Corina Luijks	Chinaza Agoh	Rita Chikwelu	Chaima Abbassi	Ella Kaabachi	Oriana Altuve
Al-Ittihad	Leighanne Robe	Shahnaz Jebreen	Malak Shannak	Lili Iskandar	Salma Amani	Ashleigh Plumptre	Nor Mustafa
Eastern Flames	Sevinj Jafarzade	Ximena Mideros	Sofía Ochoa	Tochukwu Oluehi	Maria Khan	Enekia Kasonga	Erica Cunningham

Notes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Nassr (C)	14	12	1	1	43	12	+31	37	Qualification for the 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League and 2024 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
2	Al-Ahli	14	8	3	3	42	17	+25	27	Qualification for the 2024 WAFF Women's Clubs Championship
3	Al-Shabab	14	7	4	3	35	17	+18	25
4	Al-Qadsiah	14	6	5	3	13	9	+4	23
5	Al-Hilal	14	6	3	5	34	23	+11	21
6	Al-Ittihad	14	6	2	6	37	22	+15	20
7	Eastern Flames	14	1	1	12	12	45	−33	4
8	Al-Riyadh (R)	14	0	1	13	8	79	−71	1	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's First Division League

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 2024. 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

Home \ Away	NAS	HIL	ASB	ITH	AHL	EFL	RIY	QDS
Al-Nassr		4–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	6–0	1–0
Al-Hilal	3–4		2–0	3–2	0–1	5–0	7–1	0–1
Al-Shabab	0–3^[a]	2–2		0–1	0–0	2–0	9–2	2–0
Al-Ittihad	0–3	1–1	2–3		2–4	3–0	2–0	2–2
Al-Ahli	5–3	5–1	0–1	2–6		8–0	8–0	0–0
Eastern Flames	0–2	2–4	2–4	0–3	0–4		1–1	0–2
Al-Riyadh	0–6	0–4	1–10	2–13	0–4	1–6		0–2
Al-Qadsiah	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0

First match(es) will be played: 13 October 2023. Source: SAFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

^ The result (3–0) was awarded in favor of Al-Nassr by the disciplinary committee due to Al-Shabab fielding an ineligible player, Al Bandari Mobarak, who had received a red card with her former club Al Yamamah in the previous season. The actual result of the match ended (2–0) in favor of Al-Shabab.^[7]

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	17
2	Oriana Altuve	Al-Shabab	14
3	Lina Boussaha	Al-Nassr	12
4	Shokhan Salihi	Al-Hilal	11
4	Clara Luvanga	Al-Nassr	11
6	Naomie Kabakaba	Al-Ahli	10
7	Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad	8
8	Mavis Owusu	Al-Hilal	7
8	Enekia Kasonga	Eastern Flames	7
10	Alice Kusi	Al-Ahli	6
10	Ella Kaabachi	Al-Shabab	6
12	Nor Mustafa	Al-Ittihad	5
12	Zaneta Wyne	Al-Qadsiah	5

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Clara Luvanga	Al-Nassr	7
2	Al Bandari Mobarak	Al-Shabab	6
3	Elizabeth Addo	Al-Hilal	5
4	Naomie Kabakaba	Al-Ahli	4
	Alice Kusi	Al-Ahli
	Shahnaz Jebreen	Al-Ittihad
	Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad
	Sara Al-Hamad	Al-Nassr
	Moluk Al-Hawsawi	Al-Ahli
	Fatimah Mansour	Al-Shabab
	Oriana Altuve	Al-Shabab

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Sara Khalid	Al-Nassr	8
1	Lindsey Harris	Al-Qadsiah	8
3	Mona Abdulrahman	Al-Shabab	6
4	Rawand Kassab	Al-Ahli	5
5	Malak Shannak	Al-Ittihad	3
5	Hessa Al-Sudairy	Al-Ittihad	3
7	Cynthia Konlan	Al-Hilal	2
	Reem Al-Beloshi	Al-Nassr
	Nawal Al-Gelaish	Al-Hilal
	Ghaliah Emam	Al-Ahli

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Lina Boussaha	Al-Nassr	Al-Riyadh	6–0 (H)	13 October 2023	^[8]
Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad	Eastern Flames	3–0 (A)	14 October 2023	^[9]
Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad	Al-Ahli	6–2 (A)	15 December 2023
Enekia Kasonga	Eastern Flames	Al-Riyadh	6–1 (A)	20 October 2023	^[10]
Shokhan Salihi	Al-Hilal	Al-Riyadh	4–0 (A)	4 November 2023
Shokhan Salihi	Al-Hilal	Al-Riyadh	7–1 (H)	4 February 2024
Oriana Altuve	Al-Shabab	Al-Riyadh	9–2 (H)	16 December 2023
Oriana Altuve	Al-Shabab	Al-Riyadh	10–1 (A)	19 April 2024
Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	Al-Riyadh	4–0 (A)	23 December 2023
		Al-Ittihad	4–2 (A)	19 April 2024
		Al-Riyadh	8–0 (H)	26 April 2024
Naomie Kabakaba	Al-Ahli	Eastern Flames	8–0 (H)	15 March 2024
Lili Iskandar	Al-Ittihad	Al-Riyadh	13–2 (A)	16 March 2024
Ella Kaabachi	Al-Shabab	Eastern Flames	4–2 (A)	23 March 2024

Discipline

	Most yellow cards	Total	Most red cards	Total	Ref.
Player	Lana Feras (Al-Shabab) Joury Tarek (Al-Ittihad)	5	Al-Jawahara Saud (Al-Hilal)	2
Club	Al-Hilal	21	Al-Shabab Al-Hilal Al-Nassr	1

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		Goal of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Reference
November	Kelly Lindsey	Al-Ittihad	Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad	Rawand Kassab	Al-Ahli	Ashleigh Plumptre (vs. Eastern Flames)	Al-Ittihad
December	Darko Stojanović	Al-Hilal	Sara Al-Hamad	Al-Nassr	Sara Khalid	Al-Nassr	Clara Luvanga (vs. Al-Ittihad)	Al-Nassr
January	Manar Fraij	Al-Ahli	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	Rawand Kassab	Al-Ahli	Mavis Owusu (vs. Al-Ahli)	Al-Hilal
February			Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	Rawand Kassab	Al-Ahli	Mavis Owusu (vs. Al-Ahli)	Al-Hilal
March			Naomie Kabakaba	Al-Ahli	Nawal Al-Gelaish	Al-Hilal	Leighanne Robe (vs. Al-Ahli)	Al-Ittihad
April			Naomie Kabakaba	Al-Ahli	Nawal Al-Gelaish	Al-Hilal	Leighanne Robe (vs. Al-Ahli)	Al-Ittihad

Team of the Season

Position	Player	Club
GK	Lindsey Harris	Al-Qadsiah
DF	Rayanne Machado	Al-Qadsiah
DF	Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad
DF	Danya Al-Sharif	Al-Qadsiah
DF	Tahani Al-Zahrani	Al-Shabab
MF	Lina Boussaha	Al-Nassr
MF	Elizabeth Addo	Al-Hilal
MF	Alice Kusi	Al-Ahli
MF	Shokhan Salihi	Al-Hilal
FW	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli
FW	Oriana Altuve	Al-Shabab

References

^ "رياضي / انطلاق النسخة الثانية من الدوري الممتاز للسيدات يوم 13 أكتوبر" [Sports / The second edition of the Women's Premier League will start on October 13]. spa.gov.sa (in Arabic). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "أكتوبر المقبل.. انطلاق النسخة الثانية من الدوري الممتاز للسيدات" [Next October .. the second edition of the Premier League kicks off]. al-hadath.com (in Arabic). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "المسحل: الدوري السعودي للسيدات "سينقل تلفزيونياً"" (in Arabic). akhbaar24.com. 13 September 2023.
^ "سيدات الرياض يخطفن لقب دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات السعودي" [Al Riyadh Women's team steal Saudi Division 1 title]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ "رئيسة المتحد: سنكون الرقم الصعب في الدوري السعودي للسيدات" [Al Mutahed's President: We will be the difficult number in the Saudi League]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b @alshababfcwomen (31 January 2024). "الأسباني "ميغيل موراليس" مديرًا فنياً لسيدات_الشباب" [Spanish Miguel Morales appointed Coach for Al-Shabab's women team] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
^ "Al-Shabab is planning to appeal against the decision to deduct points for its women's team against Al-Nassr". alweeam.com.sa. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
^ @SWLeagues (13 October 2023). "لـيـنـا بوساحه صاحبة أول هاتريك في #الدوري_الممتاز_للسيدات 24/23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @SWLeagues (14 October 2023). "آشـلـي بالمتر هـاتريك في المشاركة الأولى في #الدوري_الممتاز_للسيدات 24/23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @SWLeagues (20 October 2023). "إنكــيا كاسـونجـا - شعلة الشرقية صاحبـة السوبر هاترك الأول في الموسم" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

[8] The result (3–0) was awarded in favor of Al-Nassr by the disciplinary committee due to Al-Shabab fielding an ineligible player, Al Bandari Mobarak, who had received a red card with her former club Al Yamamah in the previous season. The actual result of the match ended (2–0) in favor of Al-Shabab.^[7]

[1] "رياضي / انطلاق النسخة الثانية من الدوري الممتاز للسيدات يوم 13 أكتوبر" [Sports / The second edition of the Women's Premier League will start on October 13]. spa.gov.sa (in Arabic). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[2] "أكتوبر المقبل.. انطلاق النسخة الثانية من الدوري الممتاز للسيدات" [Next October .. the second edition of the Premier League kicks off]. al-hadath.com (in Arabic). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[3] "المسحل: الدوري السعودي للسيدات "سينقل تلفزيونياً"" (in Arabic). akhbaar24.com. 13 September 2023.

[4] "سيدات الرياض يخطفن لقب دوري الدرجة الأولى للسيدات السعودي" [Al Riyadh Women's team steal Saudi Division 1 title]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[5] "رئيسة المتحد: سنكون الرقم الصعب في الدوري السعودي للسيدات" [Al Mutahed's President: We will be the difficult number in the Saudi League]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 15 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.

[coach-6] @alshababfcwomen (31 January 2024). "الأسباني "ميغيل موراليس" مديرًا فنياً لسيدات_الشباب" [Spanish Miguel Morales appointed Coach for Al-Shabab's women team] (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.

[7] "Al-Shabab is planning to appeal against the decision to deduct points for its women's team against Al-Nassr". alweeam.com.sa. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2023.

[9] @SWLeagues (13 October 2023). "لـيـنـا بوساحه صاحبة أول هاتريك في #الدوري_الممتاز_للسيدات 24/23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[10] @SWLeagues (14 October 2023). "آشـلـي بالمتر هـاتريك في المشاركة الأولى في #الدوري_الممتاز_للسيدات 24/23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[11] @SWLeagues (20 October 2023). "إنكــيا كاسـونجـا - شعلة الشرقية صاحبـة السوبر هاترك الأول في الموسم" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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