2024–25 Saudi Women's Cup

2024–25 SAFF Women's Cup
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates17 October – TBC[1]
Teams16
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored56 (8 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Morocco Ibtissam Jraïdi
(6 goals)

All statistics correct as of 19 October 2024.
Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

the 2024–25 SAFF Women's Cup is the second season of the annual Saudi women's football cup competition. Sixteen teams participated in the competition. Al-Ahli are the defending champions, having beaten Al-Shabab 3–2 in the 2024 final on 28 March 2024.

Following the announcement of the Saudi Women's Super Cup, this season's champions and runners-up will qualify for its inaugural edition.[2]

Participating clubs

The following clubs qualified for the competition:[3]

Saudi Women's Premier League
the 8 clubs of the 2023–24
Saudi Women's First Division League
the best 8 clubs of the 2023–24
Notes
  1. Despite originally qualifying for the cup, Al-Taqadom did not confirm its participation in the cup within the specified timeframe set by the Competitions Committee. Therefore they were replaced by Al-Shoulla.[4]

Seeding

Clubs were seeded first based on their current league tier (Premier and First Division), and subsequently based on their positions in their respective leagues from the 2023–24 season.

Seeded Unseeded

Knockout stage

Bracket

The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
19 October – Riyadh
 
 
Al-Shabab (w/o)3
 
4 January – Riyadh
 
Phoenix0
 
Al-Shabab
 
18 October – Riyadh
 
Al-Hilal
 
Al-Hilal7
 
 
 
Abha0
 
 
 
19 October – Jeddah
 
 
 
Al-Ahli12
 
4 January – Medina
 
Al-Hmmah0
 
Al-Ahli
 
18 October – Medina
 
Al-Ula
 
Al-Ula2
 
 
 
Al-Riyadh1
 
 
 
18 October – Khobar
 
 
 
Al-Qadsiah4
 
5 January – Khobar
 
Al-Amal1
 
Al-Qadsiah
 
19 October – Al Kharj
 
Eastern Flames
 
Al-Shoulla2
 
 
 
Eastern Flames5
 
 
 
18 October – Jeddah
 
 Third place play-off
 
Al-Ittihad13
 
5 January – Jeddah  
 
Jeddah1
 
Al-Ittihad 
 
19 October – Qatif
 
Al-Nassr 
 
Al-Taraji0
 
 
Al-Nassr8
 

Round of 16

18 October 2024 Al-Qadsiah 4–1 Al-Amal khobar
17:45
Report Stadium: Al Qadsiah Club Stadium
Referee: Fahad Al-Zahrani
18 October 2024 Al-Hilal 7–0 Abha Riyadh
18:00
Report Stadium: Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Qahtani
18 October 2024 Al-Ula 2–1 Al-Riyadh Medina
20:00 Kapetanović 25', 63' Report Jerry 90' Stadium: Al-Ula Club Stadium
Referee: Khalid Al-Rashidi
18 October 2024 Al-Ittihad 13–1 Jeddah Jeddah
20:00
Report Bensenouci 65' Stadium: Al-Ittihad Club Stadium
Referee: Suleiman Al-Shehri
19 October 2024 Al-Shabab 3–0 (w/o) Phoenix Riyadh
18:00 Report Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium
Referee: Reem Al-Dossary
19 October 2024 Al-Shoulla 2–5 Eastern Flames Al Kharj
18:00
Report
Stadium: Al-Shoulla Club Stadium
Referee: Waleed Al-Merdasi
19 October 2024 Al-Ahli 12–0 Al-Hmmah Jeddah
20:00
Report Stadium: Al-Ahli Club Stadium
Referee: Hussain Abu Shaheen
19 October 2024 Al-Taraji 0–8 Al-Nassr Qatif
20:00 Report
Stadium: Al-Taraji Club Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Hiqwi

Quarter-finals

4 January 2025 Al-Shabab Match 9 Al-Hilal Riyadh
17:55 Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium
4 January 2025 Al-Ula Match 10 Al-Ahli Medina
20:30 Stadium: Al-Ula Club Stadium
5 January 2025 Al-Ittihad Match 12 Al-Nassr Jeddah
20:30 Stadium: Al-Ittihad Club Stadium

Semi-finals

TBC 2025 Winner 9 Match 13 Winner 10 Abha or Riyadh or Taif
TBC 2025 Winner 11 Match 14 Winner 12 Jeddah or Qatif or Riyadh

Third place play-off

TBC 2025 v

Final

TBC 2025 v

Top scorers

As of 19 October 2024
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Morocco Ibtissam Jraïdi Al-Ahli 6
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Naomie Kabakaba Al-Ahli 4
3 Brazil Letícia Nunes Al-Ittihad 3
Saudi Arabia Lana Abdulrazak Al-Ittihad
Algeria Lina Boussaha Al Nassr
Tanzania Clara Luvanga Al Nassr
Syria Nor Mustafa Eastern Flames
8 Paraguay Jessica Martínez Al Hilal 2
Iraq Shokhan Nooraldin Al Hilal
Bosnia and Herzegovina Selma Kapetanović Al-Ula
Saudi Arabia Seba Tawfiq Al-Ittihad
Lebanon Lili Iskandar Al-Ittihad
13 Brazil Rayanne Machado Al Qadsiah 1
Saudi Arabia Sulaf Asiri Al Qadsiah
France Léa Le Garrec Al Qadsiah
Cameroon Ajara Nchout Al Qadsiah
Saudi Arabia Al Bandari Al-Hwsawi Al Hilal
Saudi Arabia Joury Al-Johani Al Hilal
Nigeria Joy Jerry Al-Riyadh
Nigeria Ashleigh Plumptre Al-Ittihad
Saudi Arabia Raneem Al-Sharif Al-Ittihad
Saudi Arabia Fatimah Mansour Al-Ittihad
Algeria Abla Bensenouci Jeddah
Brazil Duda Francelino Al Nassr
France Nesrine Bahlouli Al Nassr
Jordan Ayah Al-Majali Al-Ahli
Morocco Élodie Nakkach Al-Ahli
Iraq Hiba Raheem Al-Shoulla
Egypt Salwa Elmitwalli Al-Shoulla
South Africa Noxolo Cesane Eastern Flames
Cape Verde Jolina Amani Eastern Flames

Prize money

The Saudi Football Federation has raised the prize for the winner from 750,000 to 1 million Saudi Riyals, while maintaining the second-place prize at 500,000 Saudi Riyals and the third-place prize at 200,000 Saudi Riyals.

Place Teams Amount (in riyal)
Champions 1 1,000,000 SAR
Runners-up 1 500,000 SAR
Third place 1 200,000 SAR
Total 3 1,700,000 SAR

References

  1. ^ "الكشف عن موعد انطلاق الدوري السعودي للسيدات" [Revealing the start date of the Saudi Women's League.]. kooora.com (in Arabic). 27 May 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024. SAFF has set the start date for the second edition of the SAFF Women's Cup 2024/2025, which will be on October 17th, but the end date has not been determined.
  2. ^ Saudi Arabian Football Federation (2024-12-22). "Saudi Women's Super Cup to be launched this season". Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
  3. ^ "تحديد الأندية المشاركة في الدرجة الأولى وكأس السعودية للسيدات" [Determining the clubs participating in the Women's First Division and the Saudi Women's Cup]. 12 July 2024 (in Arabic). 11 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  4. ^ "اعتماد مشاركة الوحدة والشعلة في دوري الدرجة الأولى وكأس الاتحاد للسيدات" [Approval of Al Wehda and Al-Shoulla participation in the Women's First Division League and SAFF Women's Cup]. saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.