The Saudi Women’s League launches on the impact of “deals and financial prizes”
The second edition of the Saudi Women’s Premier League begins on Friday, with the participation of 8 teams, competing to win the championship title and obtain the allocated financial prize, estimated at two million riyals for the title holder, while the second-place holder gets one million riyals, and the third-place holder wins. Six hundred thousand riyals.
The second edition of the league witnesses the participation of 8 teams: Al-Hilal, Al-Nasr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab, Al-Ahly, Shuala Al-Sharqiya, Al-Qadisiyah – which was previously known as Al-Mutahid team – in addition to Riyadh.
The first round will begin next Friday and Saturday, with Al-Nasr facing Al-Riyadh at Al-Riyadh Club Stadium, Al-Qadisiyah will play against Al-Hilal at Al-Qadisiyah Stadium in Al-Khobar, while Al-Ittihad will face its counterpart, Shoal Al-Sharqiya, at Al-Nahda Stadium in Dammam, and Al-Shabab will face Al-Ahly at Al-Ahly Club Stadium in Jeddah.
The number of league matches is 56, distributed over 14 rounds. It is held on a home-and-away system, and is played in 8 stadiums between 3 cities: Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam.
Al-Nasr was crowned champion of the Saudi Women’s League in the first edition, after gaining 35 points amid a competitive struggle with its traditional rival (Al-Hilal) to achieve the title. However, Al-Azraq women’s faltering with a draw smiled at Al-Nasr, which achieved the title, and Al-Hilal came in runner-up, while Al-Shabab came in third place. Al-Yamamah ranked fourth, Al-Ittihad fifth, then Al-Ahly in sixth place, and Shuala Al-Sharqiya seventh.
The clubs participating in the second edition of the league began an exemplary move this summer in preparation for participation, by completing international deals, intensive training, and preparatory camps for the tournament.
Four teams: Al-Nasr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Shabab participated in the women’s club tournament, which was held in the Jordanian capital, Amman, in cooperation with the Jordanian Football Association.
Defending champion Al-Nasr held a preparatory camp in the Spanish city of Marbella, and played 4 friendly matches against the Spanish teams of Juventud de Torremolinos, Malaga Carmata, Malaga City and Algeciras.
The Asmi Yellow team also reached the semi-finals of the tournament held in Jordan, and is the only Saudi club to reach this round in the last participation.
Al-Nasr women showed great ingenuity and eye-catching levels in the process of achieving the title of the last edition, led by player Munira Al-Hamdan, and in the presence of Bahraini Hessa Al-Issa, who entered the list of top scorers in the league with 15 goals, Maysaa Ziad with 10 goals, and Mubaraka Al-Sa’ari, who was crowned the best player in the league.
Al-Azraq signed a contract with the stars of the Saudi women’s national team (Al-Hilal Club)
Frenchwoman Lina Bousaha, who comes from Paris Saint-Germain, showed an impressive performance and caught attention in the women’s league.
Al-Hilal, whose “Ladies” came in second place in the standings of the last edition, announced its contract with Guinean goalkeeper Conlan Sinitha, Mavis Asso and Ama Bale, and Cameroonian Claudia Dabda, while Serbian Darko Stojanovic is coaching the team.
Al-Azraq Al-Asmi preferred to settle on the names that spread creativity and brilliance in the last edition, such as the Iraqi Shukhan Nour Al-Din, who achieved the title of top scorer in the first edition, with a record number of 43 goals, which she succeeded in scoring during 14 rounds, which is a historical and new number in the arena of Saudi women’s football. In addition to the Egyptian defender, Iman Hassan, and the Moroccan defender, Maryam Ben Bakirane.
In terms of local names, Al-Azraq Al-Asmi has signed a number of players from the Saudi women’s national team, led by captain Majd Al-Otaibi, Fajr Al-Saqqaf, the goalkeeper, Hala Al-Shoukhi, and Fatima Qari, noting that the latter suffered a severe injury in the Jordanian Championship, and suffered a sprained ankle, but The club has not yet revealed her medical condition.
Al-Bandari Al-Hawsawi regained her running on the stadiums, after she was absent due to a torn cruciate ligament injury. She underwent successful surgery, and Al-Bandari began returning to the stadiums and practicing her hobby of scoring. She recently participated with the Saudi national team in its last matches in the Taif Championship, and scored the goal to qualify for the semi-finals in the last minutes against Pakistan, in the match that ended with a clean goal.
Al-Ahly club announced its contract with Jordanian player Rawand Kassab, coming from the Jordanian team Amman, Ghanaian Alice Kosi from the Turkish club Fenerbahce, and Moroccan Rania Salmi.
The team has distinguished players who continue to appear on the green list. These names are led by Moroccan Ibtissam Jaradi, the team’s captain, who left an exemplary mark for herself, and came in second place in the list of top scorers for the last edition, with 17 goals. Ibtissam was the scorer of the first Arab goal in the 2023 Women’s World Cup; She contributed to giving her country, Morocco, its first historic victory, after a header that scored against South Korea, in the confrontation that brought them together in the second round of the group stage.
Al-Ittihad Club began its movement this summer by contracting with American Kelly Lindsay, last July, to lead the team in the new season. Al-Ittihad also completed its contract with Kurdish striker Nour Mustafa, coming from the Scottish team Hibernian, and Nigerian Ashley Plumpter, who plays in the defense position. She had many professional experiences, including Leicester City, in addition to representing the England youth team.
Al-Ittihad did not provide what was required last season, but it made various contracts to compete for the title (Al-Ittihad Club)
Moroccan star Salma Amani, a player for Al-Ittihad and the Moroccan national team, is preparing for her first participation in the women’s league. Salma is distinguished by her talent in women’s football, after a history full of football achievements since childhood, as she previously represented the French national team.
Liverpool’s English defender, Lianne Roop, joins the list of Al-Ittihad women, who is distinguished by her great passion for playing and her strong defense in defense. Al-Ittihad also signed Bhutan national team striker Deki Lahzoum, who won the Best Player award in the international tournament.
Al-Ittihad is missing the services of Saudi international star Farah Jafri, after she suffered a cruciate ligament tear in the refresher indoor tournament, which was held last April. She continues her rehabilitation program.
The Al-Shabab team has a number of distinguished names from the Saudi national team players, especially after its acquisition of Al-Yamamah Club. The most prominent are strikers Al-Bandari Mubarak, Noura Ibrahim, Dalal Abdel-Latif, Lin Muhammad, Abeer Nasser, Laila Ali, and Raghad Mukhaizen.
Al-Shabab also supported its ranks with foreign deals that will give it additional technical strength in the journey. He signed the Dutch Corinna Luix, the Venezuelan striker Oriana Altufi, the Nigerian Rita, the Jordanian Mai Sweilem, and the captain of the Tunisian national team, Shaima Al-Abbasi.
As for Shula Al Sharqiya Women’s Club, it is the only private club that participates in the Saudi Women’s Premier League. The club was founded by Maram Al-Butairi (the club’s president), and the team is preparing to enter the new season under the leadership of Spaniard David Cabildo, and supporting its ranks with Maria Khan, captain of the Pakistan national team, and Saudi Fajr Saad, player of the Saudi women’s national team, and it renewed the contracts of its players Sarah Al-Khater, Saadi Ibrahim, and Sheikha Asiri. .
Al-Qadisiyah Women’s Club is preparing to compete in the championship competitions in a different way, after Aramco acquired the club, which was reflected in the quality of its movements this summer, after it rose from the first division to the Premier League.
Al-Qadisiyah announced its contract with American players Lindsey Burke, the goalkeeper, and Veronica Perez, the playmaker, who won the Women’s World Cup with her country.
Al-Qadisiyah continued its movement by signing Brazilian national team player Rayani Machdo, in the center of defence, Colombian defender Elizabeth Carabale, Colombian Valentina Gonzalez, goalkeeper, in addition to Frenchwoman Zantia Wen, and Saudi Rima Al-Maliki, coming from the ranks of Al-Nasr team.
The Saudi Riyadh Club, led by coach Ana Junet, announced the signing of Spanish international players Miriam de Oña and Carla Gomez. De Ona has a lot of experience; She previously played for the Spanish team Barcelona, Alaves, Espanyol, and Queen Lego.
2023-10-14 07:56:51
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