Saudi Women's Football League

The Saudi Women's Football League (Arabic: دوري كرة القدم السعودي للسيدات) is the top flight of women's association football in Saudi Arabia. The competition is run by the Saudi Sports for All Federation of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. The first championship started in 2020.

Saudi Women's Football League
The official logo
Founded17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
CountrySaudi Arabia
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams24
Current championsAl-Mamlaka (1st title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsChallenge
(1 title)
Current: 2021–22 Saudi WFL

History

The first Saudi women's club were King's United based in Jeddah,[1] and Eastern Flames in Dhahran. Both were formed in 2006. Other women's teams were formed after in Riyadh and Dammam. In 2008, the first Saudi women's tournament was held with the participation of seven teams. In December 2019, the Jeddah Women's Football League was held, which was the first women competition organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation; it was won by Jeddah Eagles.[2]

In February 2020, Saudi Arabia decided to launch a football league for women in the whole country.[3] On 17 November 2020, the national league with 24 teams was launched; it was divided into three regions, Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam which represent the Women's Community Football League, and the four best teams qualified to the WFL Champions Cup.[4] Challenge Sports Club won the first edition.[5]

Champions

The list of champions and runners-up:

Year Champions Runners-up
2020–21 Challenge Jeddah Eagles
2021–22 Al-Mamlaka Challenge

Most successful clubs
RankClubChampionsRunners-upWinning seasonsRunners-up seasons
1 Challenge 1 1 2020–21 2021–22
2 Al-Mamlaka 1 0 2021–22
3 Jeddah Eagles 0 1 2020–21

References
  1. "Saudi female athletes challenge Muslim norms". espn. Barbara Surk. 17 February 2012.
  2. "Jeddah Eagles flying high with women's football win". Arab News. 9 December 2019.
  3. "Saudi Arabia launches a soccer league for women". CNN. Ivana Kottasová & Chandler Thornton. 27 February 2020.
  4. "الدوري السعودي النسائي". saudileague.com. Muhammad Aamer. 23 November 2020.
  5. "Challenge Team First Winner Of The Saudi WFL". sportsforall.com. 18 December 2020.
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