2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League

Saudi Women's Premier League
Season2025–26
Dates12 September 2025 – 23 April 2026[1]
Matches28
Goals125 (4.46 per match)
Top goalscorerClara Luvanga (12 goals)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 6 December 2025.

The 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League, is the fourth season of the Saudi Women's Premier League, the top-level women's football league in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Al-Nassr are the three-time defending champions, having won every edition of the competition to date.

Overview

In September 2025, All Women Sport Network announced an agreement with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and SSC to broadcast the season's matches globally.[3]

Following the closure of SSC in October 2025, MBC Group signed an agreement with the Saudi Arabian Football Federation to broadcast the Saudi Women's Premier League matches across the Middle East and North Africa for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 seasons.[4]

Teams

Initially, ten teams were set to compete in the fourth season, with Abha and NEOM promoted to the Premier League to replace the relegated Al-Amal and Al-Taraji.[5][6] However, by August 2025, Abha and Al-Shabab had disbanded their women's teams.[7] On 15 August 2025, it was confirmed that eight teams would participate this season.

Locations of the 2025–26 Women's Premier League teams
Team Location Ground Capacity 2024–25 Season
Al-Ahli Jeddah Al-Ahli Club Stadium 10,000 2nd
Al-Hilal Riyadh Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium 2,000 6th
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Al-Ittihad Club Stadium 15,000 7th
Al-Nassr Riyadh Al-Nassr Club Stadium 10,000 1st
Al-Qadsiah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City 11,000 3rd
Al-Ula Medina Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Sports City 24,000 5th
Eastern Flames Dammam Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City
Al-Safa Club Stadium		 11,000
3,500		 8th
NEOM Tabuk King Khalid Sport City Stadium 12,000 D1, 1st

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Manar Fraij Ibtissam Jraïdi Adidas Red Sea Global
Al-Hilal José Herrera Claudia Dabda Puma Jahez, Alwaleed Philanthropies, Nescafé
Al-Ittihad Raúl Pérez Ashleigh Plumptre Nike Saudi Arabia Railways
Al-Nassr Abdulaziz Al-Alwni[a] Duda Francelino Adidas KAFD, AviLease, Sephora
Al-Qadsiah Carmelina Moscato Rayanne Machado Nike Iz (Arabic: عز), Genesis
Al-Ula Ray Farrugia Tuani Lemos Kappa Alula
Eastern Flames Alfonso Mesa Munirah Al-Ali Puma
NEOM Fabrice Abriel Chaima Abbassi Puma
  1. ^ Although Al-Alwni serves as the de facto coach, official documents and match sheets list assistant Rudy Eka Priyambada as head coach. No official explanation has been provided, although it is believed that Al-Alwni does not possess the required licence to coach in the Premier League.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Nassr Sandro Mendes End of contract 9 May 2025 Pre-season Rudy Eka Priyambada[8] 6 July 2025
Al-Ittihad Lindsay Camila[9] 2 June 2025 Raúl Pérez[10] 12 July 2025
Eastern Flames Isa Al-Ainawy[11] Alfonso Mesa[12] 15 July 2025
Al-Qadsiah Luís Andrade[13] 4 June 2025 Carmelina Moscato[14] 21 July 2025

Foreign players

Club Foreign players
Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Al-Ahli Charlène Meyong Naomie Kabakaba Alice Kusi Ayah Al-Majali Ibtissam Jraïdi Lindsay Harris
Al-Hilal Claudia Dabda Kheira Hamraoui Ghizlane Chebbak Asisat Oshoala Jéssica Silva Noelia Gil
Al-Ittihad Lina Boussaha Letícia Nunes Ashleigh Plumptre Francisca Ordega Zala Meršnik María Díaz Cirauqui
Al-Nassr Duda Francelino Kathellen Ruth Kipoyi Nesrine Bahlouli Andreia Faria Clara Luvanga
Al-Qadsiah Adriana Rayanne Machado Ajara Nchout Léa Le Garrec Dzsenifer Marozsán Sara Gunnarsdóttir
Al-Ula Melisa Hasanbegović Selma Kapetanović Aline Tuani Lemos Rose Bella Amel Majri
Eastern Flames Keikei Lana Feras Patricia Padilla Oriana Altuve Hellen Chanda
NEOM Brigitte Omboudou Manon Heil Abi Kim Maria-Frances Serrant Chaima Abbassi

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Nassr 7 7 0 0 29 6 +23 21 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League
2 Al-Hilal 7 5 0 2 16 11 +5 15
3 Al-Ittihad 7 4 1 2 14 11 +3 13
4 Al-Qadsiah 7 4 0 3 28 14 +14 12
5 Al-Ahli 7 3 1 3 19 19 0 10
6 Al-Ula 7 2 1 4 8 16 −8 7
7 NEOM 7 1 1 5 6 21 −15 4
8 Eastern Flames 7 0 0 7 5 27 −22 0 Relegation to the 2026–27 First Division League
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2025. Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

The season's match schedule was announced on 15 August 2025.[15]

Home \ Away NAS AHL QDS ULA HIL ITH EFL NEO
Al-Nassr 20 Feb 6 Feb 23 Apr 3–1 4–1 5–0 3–0
Al-Ahli 1–5 2–3 3–2 2–3 3 Apr 13 Feb 5–2
Al-Qadsiah 1–4 23 Apr 5–0 29 Jan 2–3 8–1 19 Feb
Al-Ula 2–5 27 Mar 12 Feb 1–0 30 Jan 1–0 1–1
Al-Hilal 26 Mar 5 Feb 4–3 3 Apr 21 Feb 23 Apr 3–0
Al-Ittihad 14 Feb 1–1 27 Mar 2–1 2–3 7 Feb 23 Apr
Eastern Flames 30 Jan 3–5 3 Apr 20 Feb 0–2 0–3 1–3
NEOM 3 Apr 31 Jan 0–6 6 Feb 13 Feb 0–2 28 Mar
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2025. Source: SAFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516
Al-Nassr1111111
Al-Hilal3322222
Al-Ittihad4245443
Al-Qadsiah5753554
Al-Ahli2434335
Al-Ula6576666
NEOM7667777
Eastern Flames8888888
Leader and AFC Women's Champions League
Relegation to Saudi Women's First Division League
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2025. Source: SAFF

Season statistics

As of 6 December 2025

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Aline Al-Ula 2
Noelia Gil Al-Hilal
Mona Abdulrahman Al-Nassr
Sara Khalid Al-Qadsiah
Zala Meršnik Al-Ittihad

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Oriana Altuve Eastern Flames Al-Ahli 3–5 (H) 26 September 2025 [16]
Adriana Al-Qadsiah NEOM 6–0 (A) 3 October 2025 [disputed]
Eastern Flames 8–1 (H) 14 November 2025 [17]
Abi Kim NEOM Eastern Flames 3–1 (A) 7 November 2025 [18]
Clara Luvanga Al-Nassr NEOM 3–0 (H) 13 November 2025 [19]
Notes
  1. ^
    Adriana's hat-trick against NEOM on 3 October 2025 was reported by Sofascore, Google, and Al-Qadsiah themselves,[20] while the Saudi Arabian Football Federation credited the third goal as an own goal by Al-Juwayer. However, the hat-trick was still included in the total goal tally of Adriana by all parties, including the SAFF itself.

Individual awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Goalkeeper of the Month
Manager Club Player Club Player Club
1 José Herrera Al-Hilal Asisat Oshoala[21] Al-Hilal Laila Al-Qahtani Al-Hilal
2 Manar Fraij Al-Ahli Adriana[22] Al-Qadsiah Mona Abdulrahman Al-Nassr

Weekly awards

Goal of the Week

Week Goal of the Week Ref.
Player Club
1 Léa Le Garrec Al-Qadsiah [23]
2 Manar Al-Enezi Al-Hilal [24]
3 Kheira Hamraoui [25]
4 Jéssica Silva [26]
5 Ibtissam Jraïdi Al-Ahli [27]
6 Léa Le Garrec Al-Qadsiah [28]

Team of the Week

Week Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Ref.
1 Keikei, EFL
[29]
2 Manon Heil, NEO
[30]
3 Sara Khalid, QDS
[31]
4 Keikei, EFL
[32]
5 Manon Heil, NEO
[33]
6 Aline, ULA
[34]

See also

References

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  30. ^ @Saudi_WPL (21 September 2025). "Matchweek 2 Stars Shine Bright and Capture Everyone's Attention" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 September 2025 – via Twitter.
  31. ^ @Saudi_WPL (28 September 2025). "11 Players Shined in Matchday 3" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 September 2025 – via Twitter.
  32. ^ @Saudi_WPL (5 October 2025). "11 Players from 4 different teams" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via Twitter.
  33. ^ @Saudi_WPL (9 November 2025). "Matchday 5️⃣ Heroes 🌟| Shining bright and stealing the spotlight! 👏🏼" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 November 2025 – via Twitter.
  34. ^ @Saudi_WPL (16 November 2025). "The best of the week 🌟 From 4️⃣ different teams 🔝" (Tweet) (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 November 2025 – via Twitter.
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