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 on 2020.

Saudi Women's Football League
The official logo
Founded17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
Country Saudi Arabia
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams24
Current championsChallenge SC (1st title)
(2020–21)
Most championshipsChallenge SC (1 title)
Current: 2020–21 Saudi WFL

History

The first Saudi women's club were King's United women FC created in Jeddah[1] and Eastern Flames FC in Dhahran. Both were created on 2006. Other women's teams have been created after in Riyadh and Dammam. On 2008, was held the first Saudi women tournament with a participation of seven teams.

In December 2019 season, was held the Jeddah Women's Football League which was the first women competition organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation and was won by Jeddah Eagles Ladies FC.[2] In February 2020, Saudi Arabia decided to launch a football league for women in the whole country.[3] On 17 November 2020 started the national league with 24 teams playing 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 SC Jeddah Eagles LFC
2021–22

Most successful clubs
RankClubChampionsRunners-UpWinning SeasonsRunners-Up Seasons
1 Challenge SC 1 0 2021
2 Jeddah Eagles LFC 0 1 2021

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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