2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League

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The 2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League was the second season of Saudi Women's First Division League, Saudi Arabia's second-tier women's football league. It runs from 9 November 2023 to April 2024.^[1]

Saudi Women's First Division League
Season	2023–24
Dates	9 November 2023 – 13 March 2024
Champions	Al-Ula (1st title)
Relegated	14 Teams
Matches	120
Goals	983 (8.19 per match)
Best Player	Selma Kapetanović
Top goalscorer	Wafe Messaoud (36 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Chandra Morden
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Teams

2023–24 Saudi Women's First Division League is located in Saudi Arabia

Al-Hmmah
Golden Eagles
Al-Bayraq

Manjam Al Mawahib
Al Wehda

Al-Amal
Phoenix

Jeddah
Al-Nors
Najmt Jeddah
Saham

Locations of the 2023–24 Women's Premier League teams

A total of 26 teams competed in the second edition of the first division. Sama (now known as Al-Bayraq) joined the league following their relegation from the premier league. Eleven teams returned from the previous edition, while the other fourteen teams entered the competition for the first time.

Team changes

Entering league	Exiting league
Relegated from 2022–23 Premier League	Promoted to 2023–24 Premier League
Al-Bayraq	Al-Riyadh Al-Qadsiah

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		HMM	SHO	BRQ	GEA	ORB	WAT
1	Al-Hmmah	10	10	0	0	89	2	+87	30	advance to the final stages		—	3–1	4–0	5–0	5–0	24–0
2	Al-Shoulla	10	6	0	4	77	17	+60	18			1–7	—	1–3	8–0	17–0	18–0
3	Al-Bayraq	10	5	2	3	68	15	+53	17			0–3	0–3	—	3–3	7–0	26–0
4	Golden Eagles	10	5	2	3	63	27	+36	17	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Second Division League		0–7	4–2	1–1	—	6–0	22–0
5	Al-Orobah	10	2	0	8	9	74	−65	6			0–12	0–6	0–6	1–15	—	3–0
6	Al-Watani^[a]	10	0	0	10	0	171	−171	−3			0–19	0–20	0–22	0–12	0–5	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:

↑ Al-Watani were deducted 3 points after failing to appear in the match against Al-Orobah the 23 of November 2023.^[2]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TRJ	UEA	NAH	RTN	FAT
1	Al-Taraji	8	8	0	0	99	2	+97	24	advance to the final stages		—	4–1	2–1	13–0	23–0
2	United Eagles	8	6	0	2	50	7	+43	18	advance to the final stages		0–2	—	3–0	8–0	21–0
3	Al-Nahda	8	4	0	4	17	14	+3	12	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Second Division League		0–5	0–4	—	1–0	2–0
4	Ras Tanura	8	2	0	6	3	60	−57	6			0–23	0–10	0–5	—	2–0
5	Al-Fateh	8	0	0	8	1	87	−86	0			0–27	1–3	0–8	0–1	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ULA	TQD	WHD	MNJ	OHD
1	Al-Ula	8	7	1	0	63	1	+62	22	advance to the final stages		—	1–0	7–0	17–0	4–0
2	Al-Taqadom	8	5	2	1	35	5	+30	17	advance to the final stages		1–1	—	1–0	7–2	5–0
3	Al-Wehda	8	4	1	3	34	14	+20	13	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Second Division League		0–4	1–1	—	11–0	6–0
4	Manjam Al Mawahib	8	1	1	6	12	77	−65	4			0–15	0–14	1–8	—	5–5
5	Ohod	8	0	1	7	5	52	−47	1			0–14	0–6	0–8	0–4	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		AML	ABH	PHX	HJZ	AIN
1	Al-Amal	8	7	0	1	73	16	+57	21	advance to the final stages		—	2–7	5–3	24–0	6–2
2	Abha	8	6	0	2	59	16	+43	18			3–7	—	3–4	2–0	6–1
3	Phoenix	8	4	1	3	56	23	+33	13			1–8	2–4	—	8–1	2–2
4	Al-Hejaz	8	1	0	7	4	114	−110	3	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Second Division League		0–10	0–26	0–27	—	3–0
5	Al-Ain	8	1	1	6	22	45	−23	1			0–11	0–8	0–9	17–0	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		JED	SUQ	NJJ	NRS	SAH
1	Jeddah	8	7	0	1	28	7	+21	21	advance to the final stages		—	3–4	1–0	3–0	9–0
2	Al-Suqoor	8	5	1	2	28	11	+17	16	advance to the final stages		0–1	—	2–3	2–1	8–1
3	Najmt Jeddah	8	3	2	3	35	12	+23	11	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Second Division League		1–5	2–2	—	0–0	23–0
4	Al-Nors	8	3	1	4	16	12	+4	10			2–3	0–4	1–0	—	8–0
5	Saham	8	0	0	8	2	67	−65	−3			0–3	0–6	1–6	0–4	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Ranking of third-placed teams

The best third-placed teams from the groups with five teams will qualify for the final tournament, joining the top three teams from Group 1 and the top two from Groups 2 to 5.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	4	Phoenix	8	4	1	3	56	23	+33	13	advance to the final stages
2	3	Al-Wehda	8	4	1	3	34	14	+20	13	Relegation to the 2024–25 Saudi Women's Second Division League
3	2	Al-Nahda	8	4	0	4	17	14	+3	12
4	5	Najmt Jeddah	8	3	2	3	35	12	+23	11

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Final stages

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TRJ	PHX	UEG
1	Al-Taraji	2	2	0	0	11	4	+7	6	advance to the Semi-finals		—	—	8–2
2	Phoenix	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	3			2–3	—	—
3	United Eagles	2	0	0	2	2	13	−11	0			—	0–5	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		TQD	HMM	SHO
1	Al-Taqadom	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	advance to the Semi-finals		—	2–0	—
2	Al-Hmmah	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3			—	—	3–0
3	Al-Shoulla	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0			0–1	—	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		AML	JED	NEO
1	Al-Amal	2	2	0	0	12	3	+9	6	advance to the Semi-finals		—	7–3	—
2	Jeddah	2	0	1	1	4	8	−4	1			—	—	1–1
3	NEOM	2	0	1	1	1	6	−5	1			0–5	—	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ULA	ABH	BYR
1	Al-Ula	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	advance to the Semi-finals		—	1–1	—
2	Abha	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4			—	—	3–0
3	Al-Bayraq	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	−3			0–5	—	—

Source: SAFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	10 March – Jeddah

	Al-Taraji	1
					13 March – Jeddah
	Al-Taqadom	0
					Al-Taraji	1 (2)
	10 March – Jeddah
					Al-Ula	1 (4)
	Al-Amal	0

	Al-Ula	3
					Third Place match

					13 March – Jeddah

					Al-Taqadom	1

					Al-Amal	3

Semi-finals

10 March 2024

17:00

Al-Taraji	1–0	Al-Taqadom
Al-Ansari 49'	Report

King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium D, Jeddah

10 March 2024

21:00

Al-Amal	0–3	Al-Ula
	Report	Tuani 67', 77' Jaine 90+1'

King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium D, Jeddah

Third Place match

13 March 2024

20:30

Al-Taqadom	1–3	Al-Amal
Elmitwalli 28'	Report	Merrouche 25', 52' Bouhani 60'

King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium D, Jeddah

Final

13 March 2024

23:30

Al-Taraji	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ula
Messaoud 35'	Report	Kapetanović 11'
Penalties
	2–4

King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium D, Jeddah

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Wafe Messaoud	Al-Taraji	36
2	Fanta Camara	Abha	33
3	Mariam Camara	Golden Eagles	31
4	Aya Jeddi	Al-Shoulla	29
5	Dhekra Mahfoudh	Al-Taraji	27
6	Kenza Hadjar	Al-Bayraq	25

References

↑ "The start of the Saudi Women's First Division League... with 26 teams competing for the title". aawsat.com (in Arabic). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
↑ @SWLeagues (1 December 2023). "جدول ترتيب #دوري_الدرجة_الأولى_للسيدات بعد صدور قرار انضباطي بحق نادي الوطني" [The standings table for the #Women's_First_Division_League after a disciplinary decision was issued against Al-Watani Club] (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).

External links

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