The 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League is the inaugural season of the
Saudi Women's Premier League
The Saudi Women's Premier League ( ar, الدوري السعودي الممتاز للسيدات) is the top flight of women's association football in Saudi Arabia. The competition is run by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
History
The f ...
which replaced the
Saudi Women's National League as the top-level women's football league in
Saudi Arabia.
On 15 September 2022, the
Saudi Arabian Football Federation announced the launch of the revamped format for women's football competitions by introducing the Saudi Women's Premier League and
Saudi Women's First Division League Saudi may refer to:
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Initially, all eight teams that qualified for the knockout stage of the 2021–22 Saudi National women's league earned their place in the inaugural Saudi Women's Premier League. Women's football in the kingdom started getting the attention of the Saudis. Professional Saudi clubs bought self-owned teams in order to participate in the league.
Al Hilal SFC and
Al Nassr FC one of the biggest names in Saudi football were announced as participants in the new women's league. with Al-Nassr taking over 2021–22 women's football league champions Al-Mamlaka FC while Al-Hilal took over the 2021–22 women's football league runners-up Challenge. on 25 September 2022 SAFF announced that
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took over Jeddah Eagles to be the third professional club to do so.
Al-Ahli Saudi FC and
Al Shabab FC completed the line-up by taking over Miraas Jeddah Club and the Storm club respectively.
Teams
Eight teams contested the 2022–23 Women's Premier League season. the eight teams that qualified for the 2021–22 women's football league knockout stage were confirmed as the participating teams for the first season.
Personnel and kits
League table
Results
The schedule was published by SAFF on the 15th of September.
Season statistics
Top scorers
Clean sheets
Hat-tricks
Discipline
Foreign players
References
External links
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Saudi Women's Premier League
2022–23 in Saudi Arabian football
2022 in women's association football
2023 in women's association football