2023–24 SAFF Women's Cup

2023–24 SAFF Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	23 November 2023 – TBC 2024
Teams	16
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	86 (7.82 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Ibtissam Jraïdi; (10 goals)
	All statistics correct as of 23 November 2023. Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs not included.

the 2023–24 SAFF Women's Cup is the inaugural season of the annual Saudi women's football cup competition. Sixteen teams will participate in the competition, including all teams from the current year's Women's Premier League. The competition will begin on 23 November 2023 with a round of 16.^[1]^[2]

Participating teams

The tournament features the participation of the following 16 teams: all teams from the 2023–24 Premier League season, with the remaining 8 spots determined by the results of the previous year's Saudi Women's First Division League results.^[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 2022–23
Al Nassr Al Hilal Al-Shabab Al-Ittihad Al-Ahli Eastern Flames Al-Riyadh Al Qadsiah	Al Bayraq Jeddah Club Najmt Jeddah United Eagles Al-Suqoor Saham Al Hamma Al-Amal

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

23 November – Qatif

Eastern Flames

18

29 December – Qatif

Saham

0

Eastern Flames

0

24 November – Khobar

Al Qadsiah

3

Al Qadsiah

7

9 February – Khobar

Najmt Jeddah

0

Al Qadsiah

23 November – Taif

Al-Ahli

Al-Amal

0

30 December – Riyadh

Al Nassr

9

Al Nassr

3

23 November – Riyadh

Al-Ahli (a.e.t.)

4

Al Bayraq

1

TBC –

Al-Ahli

17

Winner 13

24 November – Riyadh

Winner 14

Al Hilal

4

30 December – Riyadh

Al-Suqoor

0

Al Hilal

0

23 November – Jeddah

Al-Shabab

2

Jeddah Club

0

9 February – Riyadh

Al-Shabab

8

Al-Shabab

24 November – Riyadh

Al-Ittihad

Third place play-off

Al Hamma

0

30 December – Jeddah

TBC –

Al-Riyadh

5

Al-Riyadh

0

Loser 13

24 November – Jeddah

Al-Ittihad

5

Loser 14

Al-Ittihad

w/o

United Eagles

Round of 16

There will be eight matches in the Round of 16, split over two days on November 23 and 24, 2023. The draw took place on September 6, 2023.

23 November 2023	Eastern Flames	18–0	Saham	Qatif
16:00	Kasonga 3', 6', 12', 15', 19', 30', 55', 64' Al-Asiri 27', 62', 71', 88' Mideros 31', 49' Khan 45+1' Ochoa 75', 77', 81'			Stadium: Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium Referee: Ihsan Al-Shabeeb

23 November 2023	Al Amal	0–9	Al Nassr	Taif
16:00			Hamad 3' Luvanga 20', 38' Jbarah 25', 41' Boussaha 36', 48' Aouni 88' Ayadi 90+2'	Stadium: King Fahd Sports City Referee: Ali Al-Qahtani

23 November 2023	Jeddah Club	0–8	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
19:00			Altuve 8', 10', 12', 33', 46', 83' Mobarak 26' Mansour 74'	Stadium: Sports Hall at King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Anoud Al-Asmari

23 November 2023	Al Bayraq	1–17	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:00	Benlekhlef 75'		Kusi 5', 11', 27', 38', 41' Jraïdi 17', 24', 26', 39', 45', 70', 78' Al-Hawsawi 29' Bensenouci 35', 67' Hagan 58', 74'	Stadium: Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium Referee: Reem Al-Dawsari

24 November 2023	Al Qadsiah	7–0	Najmt Jeddah	Khobar
16:00	Aby 1', 4', 17', 43' Pérez 34', 45', 68'			Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hamdi

24 November 2023	Al Hilal	4–0	Al-Suqoor	Riyadh
16:00	Owusu 5', 12', 55' Salihi 59'			Stadium: Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Nassar

24 November 2023	Al-Ittihad	Cancelled	United Eagles	Jeddah
19:00				Stadium: Al-Ittihad Club Stadium Referee: Hibbah Al-Owaidi
Note: United Eagles withdrew from the matchday one day earlier, citing unforeseen circumstances.

24 November 2023	Al Hamma	0–5	Al-Riyadh	Riyadh
20:00			Rafinha 5', 47' Daleem 18' (o.g.) Gómez 86' Al Harthi 88'	Stadium: Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium Referee: Reem Al-Bishi

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, four matches will be played as follows: the winner of match 1 will host the winner of match 2, the winner of match 3 will host the winner of match 4, the winner of match 5 will host the winner of match 6, and the winner of match 8 will host the winner of match 7.

29 December 2023	Eastern Flames	0–3	Al Qadsiah	Dammam
16:00			Pérez 20', 34' Wyne 45+1'	Stadium: Prince Fahd bin Salman Stadium

30 December 2023	Al Hilal	0–2	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
16:00			Chikwelu 34' Altuve 66'	Stadium: Inaya Medical Colleges Stadium Referee: Nasser Al-Khanfour

30 December 2023	Al Nassr	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
19:00	Aouni 40', 119' (pen.) Luvanga 65'		Jraïdi 33', 45', 93' Kusi 101'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

30 December 2023	Al-Ittihad	5–0	Al-Riyadh	Jeddah
19:00	Plumptre 32' Iskandar 66', 81' Amani 80' Robe 90+1'			Stadium: Al-Ittihad Club Stadium

Semi-finals

The dates will be revealed at a later time.

9 February 2024	Al Qadsiah	v	Al-Ahli	Khobar
16:00				Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City

9 February 2024	Al-Shabab	v	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
19:00				Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City

Final

The dates will be revealed at a later time.

Third place play-off

The dates will be revealed at a later time.

Top scorers

As of 30 December 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ibtissam Jraïdi	Al-Ahli	10
2	Enekia Kasonga	Eastern Flames	8
3	Oriana Altuve	Al-Shabab	7
4	Alice Kusi	Al-Ahli	6
5	Verónica Pérez	Al Qadsiah	5
6	Sheikha Al-Asiri	Eastern Flames	4
6	Jessica Aby	Al Qadsiah	4
8	Mavis Owusu	Al Hilal	3
	Sofía Ochoa	Eastern Flames
	Samia Aouni	Al Nassr
	Clara Luvanga	Al Nassr
12	Abla Bensenouci	Al-Ahli	2
	Rafa Travalão	Al-Riyadh
	Lina Boussaha	Al Nassr
	Cecilia Hagan	Al-Ahli
	Maysa Jbarah	Al Nassr
	Ximena Mideros	Eastern Flames
	Lili Iskandar	Al-Ittihad
19	Ghada Ayadi	Al Nassr	1
	Shokhan Salihi	Al Hilal
	Carla Gómez	Al-Riyadh
	Kholoud Al Harthi	Al-Riyadh
	Sara Hamad	Al Nassr
	Al Bandari Mobarak	Al-Shabab
	Fatimah Mansour	Al-Shabab
	Moluk Al-Hawsawi	Al-Ahli
	Maria Khan	Eastern Flames
	Besma Benlekhlef	Al Bayraq
	Zaneta Wyne	Al Qadsiah
	Rita Chikwelu	Al-Shabab
	Ashleigh Plumptre	Al-Ittihad
	Salma Amani	Al-Ittihad
	Leighanne Robe	Al-Ittihad

Prize money

The Saudi Football Federation has approved the financial prizes for the Saudi Women's Cup. The champion will receive 750,000 Saudi Riyals, the second-place holder 500,000 Saudi Riyals, and the third-place holder 200,000 Saudi Riyals.^[4]

Place	Teams	Amount (in riyal)
Champions	1	750,000 ر.س
Runners-up	1	500,000 ر.س
Third place	1	200,000 ر.س
Total	3	1,450,000 ر.س

References

↑ "Next November marks the kickoff of the inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Cup". sabq.org (in Arabic). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
↑ "The inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Cup kicks off". saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
↑ "Sports / The inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Cup kicks off". spa.gov.sa (in Arabic). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
↑ "The SAFF Women's Cup kicks off today". alwatan.com.sa (in Arabic). 22 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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[1] "Next November marks the kickoff of the inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Cup". sabq.org (in Arabic). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[2] "The inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Cup kicks off". saff.com.sa (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[3] "Sports / The inaugural edition of the Saudi Women's Cup kicks off". spa.gov.sa (in Arabic). 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[4] "The SAFF Women's Cup kicks off today". alwatan.com.sa (in Arabic). 22 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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