The 2023–24 SAFF Women's Cup was the inaugural season of the annual Saudi women's football cup competition. Sixteen teams participated in the competition, including all teams from the current year's Women's Premier League. The competition began on 23 November 2023 with a round of 16.
The final was won by Al-Ahli, who beat Al-Shabab 3–2 at Kingdom Arena.
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. Saudi Women's Premier Leaguethe 7 clubs of the 2022–23 seasonSaudi Women's First Division Leaguethe best 9 clubs of the 2022–23 season Al-Nassr Al-Hilal Al-Shabab Al-Ittihad Al-Ahli Eastern Flames Al-Bayraq Al-Riyadh Al-Qadsiah Jeddah Najmat Jeddah United Eagles NEOM Saham Al-Hmmah Al-Amal
Knockout stage Bracket The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
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.
Quarter-finals In the quarter-finals, four matches were played as follows: the winner of match 1 hosted the winner of match 2, the winner of match 3 hosted the winner of match 4, the winner of match 5 hosted the winner of match 6, and the winner of match 8 hosted the winner of match 7.
Semi-finals Two matches were played in the semi-finals on 9 February 2024, made up of the four winning teams from the quarter-finals.
Third place play-off Third-place match play-off was played on 27 March 2024 in Riyadh.
Final The final was played at Kingdom Arena on 28 March 2024. This was the stadium's first-ever women's football game.
GK 34 Ghaliah EmamDF 19 Ayah Al-MajaliDF 8 Rahaf Al-MansouriDF 16 Huriyyah Al-Shamrani MF 23 Raghad MukhayzinFW 9 Ibtissam Jraïdi (c)FW 10 Alice Kusi FW 11 Daliah Abu Laban FW 27 Naomie KabakabaMF 22 Sawaher AsiriMF 99 Rana AbdullahSubstitutes:MF 3 Ghada MalhanDF 55 Azah JoudahFW 6 Abla BensenouciGK 1 Rawand KassabMF 15 Ahod Al-AmariFW 17 Fadwa Khaled FW 75 Cecilia Hagan MF 24 Moluk Al-Hawsawi MF 77 Roaa Al-SulaimaniManager: Manar Fraij GK 21 Mona AbdulrahmanDF 13 Tahani Al-Zahrani DF 98 Lana Feras MF 18 Rita Chikwelu MF 3 Leen Mohammed (c)FW 28 Ella Kaabachi MF 47 Moudi AbdulmohsenMF 8 Adda Al-FahadFW 66 Al Bandari Mobarak FW 7 Noura IbrahimFW 9 Oriana AltuveSubstitutes:GK 1 Laila Al-QahtaniDF 2 Dalal AbdullatifDF 5 Muneerah AhmedDF 4 Chaima Abbassi MF 17 Deem SaudDF 29 Sarah MajedFW 77 Chinaza Agoh FW 11 Fatimah Mansour FW 22 Abeer Nasser Manager: Miguel Morales Assistant referees: Ekaterina Chernova (Russia) Irina Chechenina (Russia) Fourth official: Heba Al-Owedi
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ibtissam JraïdiAl-Ahli142 Enekia KasongaEastern Flames8 Oriana AltuveAl-Shabab4 Alice KusiAl-Ahli65 Verónica PérezAl-Qadsiah56 Shaikha Al-AsiriEastern Flames4 Jessica AbyAl-Qadsiah8 Mavis OwusuAl-Hilal3 Sofía OchoaEastern Flames Samia AouniAl-Nassr Clara LuvangaAl-Nassr Al Bandari MobarakAl-Shabab Lili IskandarAl-Ittihad14 Abla BensenouciAl-Ahli2 Rafa TravalãoAl-Riyadh Lina BoussahaAl-Nassr Cecilia HaganAl-Ahli Maysa JbarahAl-Nassr Ximena MiderosEastern Flames Fatimah MansourAl-Shabab Salma AmaniAl-Ittihad22 Ghada AyadiAl-Nassr1 Shokhan SalihiAl-Hilal Carla GómezAl-Riyadh Kholoud Al HarthiAl-Riyadh Sara HamadAl-Nassr Moluk Al-HawsawiAl-Ahli Maria KhanEastern Flames Besma BenlakhlefAl-Bayraq Zaneta WyneAl-Qadsiah Rita ChikweluAl-Shabab Ashleigh PlumptreAl-Ittihad Seba TawfiqAl-Ittihad Talah Al-GhamdiAl-Ittihad Leighanne RobeAl-Ittihad Huriyyah Al-ShamraniAl-Ahli Ajara NchoutAl-Qadsiah Noura IbrahimAl-Shabab Mai SweilemAl-Shabab Naomie KabakabaAl-Ahli Chaima AbbassiAl-Shabab
Prize money The Saudi Football Federation has approved the financial prizes for the Saudi Women's Cup. The champion received 750,000 Saudi Riyals, the second-place holder 500,000 Saudi Riyals, and the third-place holder 200,000 Saudi Riyals.
PlaceTeamsAmount (in riyal) Champions1 750,000 SAR Runners-up1 500,000 SAR Third place1 200,000 SARTotal31,450,000 SAR
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