2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League

Saudi Women's Premier League
Season2025–26
Dates12 September 2025 – 23 April 2026[1]
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League, is the upcoming fourth season of the annual 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.

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.[3][4] However, by August 2025, Abha and Al-Shabab had disbanded their women's teams.[5] 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 Jordan Manar Fraij Morocco Ibtissam Jraïdi Adidas Red Sea Global
Al-Hilal Spain José Herrera Puma Jahez, Alwaleed Philanthropies, Nescafé
Al-Ittihad Spain Raúl Pérez Nike Saudi Arabia Railways
Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Alwni Brazil Duda Francelino Adidas KAFD
Al-Qadsiah Canada Carmelina Moscato Nike Iz (Arabic: عز), Genesis
Al-Ula Malta Ray Farrugia Kappa Alula
Eastern Flames Spain Alfonso Mesa Puma
NEOM France Fabrice Abriel Puma

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Ittihad Brazil Lindsay Camila[6] End of contract 2 June 2025 Pre-season Spain Raúl Pérez[7] 12 July 2025
Eastern Flames Bahrain Isa Al-Ainawy[8] Spain Alfonso Mesa[9] 15 July 2025
Al-Qadsiah Portugal Luís Andrade[10] 4 June 2025 Canada Carmelina Moscato[11] 21 July 2025

Foreign players

Club Foreign players
Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Al-Ahli Democratic Republic of the Congo Naomie Kabakaba Ghana Alice Kusi Jordan Ayah Al-Majali Morocco Ibtissam Jraïdi
Al-Hilal Cameroon Claudia Dabda Cameroon Marie Ngah France Kheira Hamraoui Spain Noelia Gil
Al-Ittihad Algeria Lina Boussaha Brazil Letícia Nunes Ghana Patience Peterson-Kundok Nigeria Ashleigh Plumptre Slovenia Zala Meršnik
Al-Nassr Brazil Duda Francelino Brazil Kathellen Democratic Republic of the Congo Ruth Kipoyi France Nesrine Bahlouli Iraq Shokhan Salihi Tanzania Clara Luvanga
Al-Qadsiah Brazil Adriana Brazil Rayanne Machado Cameroon Ajara Nchout France Léa Le Garrec Germany Dzsenifer Marozsán Iceland Sara Gunnarsdóttir
Al-Ula Bosnia and Herzegovina Selma Kapetanović Brazil Aline Brazil Tuani Lemos France Amel Majri
Eastern Flames Spain Patricia Padilla Venezuela Oriana Altuve
NEOM

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Nassr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League
2 Al-Ahli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Al-Qadsiah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Al-Ula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Al-Hilal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Al-Ittihad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Eastern Flames 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 NEOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2026–27 First Division League
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 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.[12]

Home \ Away NAS AHL QDS ULA HIL ITH EFL NEO
Al-Nassr 20 Feb 6 Feb 23 Apr 6 Nov 27 Sept 13 Sept 13 Nov
Al-Ahli 3 Oct 5 Dec 7 Nov 19 Sept 3 Apr 13 Feb 12 Sept
Al-Qadsiah 18 Sept 23 Apr 29 Sept 29 Jan 8 Nov 14 Nov 19 Feb
Al-Ula 5 Dec 27 Mar 12 Feb 3 Apr 30 Jan 4 Oct 20 Sept
Al-Hilal 26 Mar 5 Feb 12 Sept 15 Nov 21 Feb 23 Apr 26 Sept
Al-Ittihad 14 Feb 14 Nov 27 Mar 13 Sept 2 Oct 7 Feb 23 Apr
Eastern Flames 30 Jan 26 Sept 3 Apr 20 Feb 4 Dec 19 Sept 7 Nov
NEOM 3 Apr 31 Jan 3 Oct 6 Feb 13 Feb 6 Dec 28 Mar
First match(es) will be played: 12 September 2025. Source: SAFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. ^ "September 12 – Saudi Women's Premier League kicks off". sabq.org (in Arabic). 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  2. ^ al-Jidani, Riyan (15 August 2025). "Kick-off, Prizes, and Participants… An Overview of the New Edition of the Saudi League". goal.com (in Arabic). INDIVISA. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Abha promoted to the Saudi Women's Premier League". kooora.com (in Arabic). 26 April 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  4. ^ "NEOM ladies secure promotion to the Premier League". kooora.com (in Arabic). 9 March 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  5. ^ Lulwah al-Angari; Bashayer al-Khaldi (6 August 2025). "What led Al-Shabab to discontinue women's football". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Riyadh. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
  6. ^ Al-Mazrouei, Doha (2 June 2025). "Brazilian coach Lindsay Camila leaves Al Ittihad". aawsat.com. Jeddah. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  7. ^ Al-Jidani, Riyan (12 July 2025). "Al Ittihad sign new coach ahead of the Saudi Women's Premier League kick-off". goal.com. INDIVISA. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ^ Al-Khaldi, Bashayer (2 June 2025). "Saudi Women's League: Expected settlement to end Al-Ainawi's association with Eastern Flames". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Dammam. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Spaniard Alfonso Mesa appointed head coach of Eastern Flames Ladies". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Dammam. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  10. ^ Al-Jidani, Riyan (9 June 2025). "End of the success story between Andrade and Al Qadsiah". goal.com (in Arabic). INDIVISA. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  11. ^ Phuoc Nguyen (21 July 2025). "Racing Louisville news roundup: Carmelina Moscato announced as new head coach of Al-Qadsiah Women in Saudi Arabia ..." allforxi.com. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  12. ^ "The Saudi Arabian Football Federation issues the fixtures for the 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League season". saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
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