2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League
Football league season
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The 2025–26 Saudi Women's Premier League, was the fourth season of the Saudi Women's Premier League, the top-level women's football league in Saudi Arabia.[3]
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 September 2025 – 3 April 2026[1] |
| Champions | Al-Nassr (4th title)[2] |
| Relegated | Eastern Flames |
| AFC Women's Champions League | Al-Nassr |
| Matches | 56 |
| Goals | 247 (4.41 per match) |
| Best Player | |
| Top goalscorer | |
| Best goalkeeper | |
| Biggest home win | Al-Qadsiah 8–1 Eastern Flames (14 November 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Eastern Flames 0–9 Al-Qadsiah (3 April 2026) |
| Highest scoring | Al-Ula 2–9 Al-Qadsiah (12 February 2026) |
| Longest winning run | 10 games Al-Nassr |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 games Al-Nassr |
| Longest winless run | 11 games Eastern Flames |
| Longest losing run | 11 games Eastern Flames |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
Al-Nassr were the three-time defending champions and successfully defended their title to win a fourth consecutive championship. Like the previous season, Al-Nassr only lost one match during the campaign.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7][8] However, by August 2025, Abha and Al-Shabab had disbanded their women's teams.[9] On 15 August 2025, it was confirmed that eight teams would participate this season.
| 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 | Adidas | Red Sea Global | ||
| Al-Hilal | Puma | Jahez, Alwaleed Philanthropies, Nescafé | ||
| Al-Ittihad | Nike | Saudi Arabia Railways | ||
| Al-Nassr | Adidas | KAFD, AviLease, Sephora | ||
| Al-Qadsiah | Nike | Iz (Arabic: عز), Genesis | ||
| Al-Ula | Kappa | Alula | ||
| Eastern Flames | Puma | |||
| NEOM | Puma |
- 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 | End of contract | 9 May 2025 | Pre-season | 6 July 2025 | ||
| Al-Ittihad | 2 June 2025 | 12 July 2025 | ||||
| Eastern Flames | 15 July 2025 | |||||
| Al-Qadsiah | 4 June 2025 | 21 July 2025 | ||||
| Al-Hilal | Mutual consent | 14 December 2025 | 2nd | 20 December 2025 | ||
| End of caretaker spell | 29 January 2026 | 4th | 4 February 2026 |
Foreign players
| Club | Foreign players | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | |
| Al-Ahli | ||||||
| Al-Hilal | ||||||
| Al-Ittihad | ||||||
| Al-Nassr | ||||||
| Al-Qadsiah | ||||||
| Al-Ula | ||||||
| Eastern Flames | ||||||
| NEOM | ||||||
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Nassr (C) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 12 | +43 | 39 | 2026–27 AFC Women's Champions League |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 27 | |
| 3 | Al-Ittihad | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 26 | |
| 4 | Al-Qadsiah | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 23 | |
| 5 | Al-Hilal | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 23 | |
| 6 | Al-Ula | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 14 | |
| 7 | NEOM | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 35 | −26 | 6 | |
| 8 | Eastern Flames (R) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 59 | −48 | 3 | Relegation to the 2026–27 First Division League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Results
The season's match schedule was announced on 15 August 2025.[18]
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.
| Leader and AFC Women's Champions League | |
| Relegation to Saudi Women's First Division League |
Season statistics
Top scorers
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Top assists
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Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Ittihad | 3 | |
| Al-Ula | |||
| Al-Qadsiah | |||
| Al-Hilal | |||
| Al-Nassr | |||
| 6 | Al-Ahli | 2 | |
| 7 | NEOM | 1 | |
| Al-Ula |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Flames | Al-Ahli | 3–5 (H) | 26 September 2025 | [19] | |
| Al-Qadsiah | NEOM | 6–0 (A) | 3 October 2025 | [disputed] | |
| Eastern Flames | 8–1 (H) | 14 November 2025 | [20] | ||
| Al-Ula | 9–2 (A) | 12 February 2026 | [21] | ||
| Eastern Flames | 9–0 (A) | 3 April 2026 | |||
| NEOM | Eastern Flames | 3–1 (A) | 7 November 2025 | [22] | |
| Al-Nassr | NEOM | 3–0 (H) | 13 November 2025 | [23] | |
| Eastern Flames | 7–1 (A) | 30 January 2026 | [24] | ||
| Al-Hilal | 4–1 (A) | 26 March 2026 | [25] | ||
| Al-Qadsiah | Al-Ula | 9–2 (A) | 12 February 2026 | [21] | |
| Al-Ahli | Eastern Flames | 6–1 (H) | 13 February 2026 | ||
| Al-Ula | 8–1 (A) | 27 March 2026 | |||
| Al-Ahli | Al-Ula | 8–1 (A) | 27 March 2026 |
- Notes
- ^ Adriana's hat-trick against NEOM on 3 October 2025 was reported by Sofascore, and Al-Qadsiah themselves,[26] while the Saudi Arabian Football Federation credited the third goal as an own goal by Al-Juwayer.
Individual awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | Al-Hilal | Al-Hilal | |||
| 2 | Al-Ahli | Al-Qadsiah | Al-Nassr | |||
| 3 | Al-Qadsiah | Al-Nassr | Al-Ittihad | |||
| 4 | Al-Ahli | Al-Ahli | Al-Ahli | |||
Weekly awards
Goal of the Week
| Week | Goal of the Week | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
| 1 | Al-Qadsiah | [29] | |
| 2 | Al-Hilal | [30] | |
| 3 | [31] | ||
| 4 | [32] | ||
| 5 | Al-Ahli | [33] | |
| 6 | Al-Qadsiah | [34] | |
| 7 | Al-Hilal | [35] | |
| 8 | Eastern Flames | [36] | |
| 9 | [37] | ||
| 10 | Al-Ula | [38] | |
| 11 | [39] | ||
| 12 | Al-Ahli | [40] | |
| 13 | [41] | ||
Team of the Week
| Week | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Ref. |
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Team of the Season
Announced 25 April 2026