Al Nassr Football Club Women, commonly referred to as Al Nassr Ladies (Arabic: سيدات النصر), is a Saudi women's football club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The club has been the female section of Al Nassr FC since 2022. It is the most successful club in the history of the Saudi women's football, with two Premier League titles as Al Nassr and inaugural SAFF Championship title as Al-Mamlaka before the acquisition.
In 2018, the club was founded as Al Mamlaka Women's Football Club (Arabic: فريق المملكة النسائي) by Munira Al-Hamdan and was based in Dammam.[1] In 2019, the club participated in the first Gulf women's club Championship hosted in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever.[2] With the rise of women's football, more competitions were played as the team participated in the Women's Community Football League, the first national competition for women in Saudi Arabia. Drawn into Group A (Dammam), the club finished as runners-up to Eastern Flames and were eliminated in the group stage.[3] In 2021, the club participated in the inaugural women's championship organized by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.[citation needed] Once again, runners-up to Eastern Flames after being tied on points but losing on goal difference, which qualified them for the final stage of the SAFF National Women's League.[4] In the final stages, the team emerged victorious, winning the first official Saudi women's competition.[5][6]
Al Nassr era (2022–present)
In September 2022, Al Nassr acquired the team to be its women's section to participate in the inaugural 2022–23 Saudi Women's Premier League.[7][8] On 13 October 2022, the team played its first-ever match in the 2022–23 Women's Premier League, achieving a resounding 18–0 victory over Sama to kick off their competitive record.[9][10] The club won the inaugural edition, becoming the first-ever champions of the competition.[11][12] In the following season, Al-Nassr won its second consecutive title[13], qualifying them for the inaugural 2024–25 AFC Women's Champions League, becoming the first Saudi team to participate in the competition.[14][15]
Rivalries
Like their men section, Al Nassr main rivalry is with Al Hilal, with matches between the two teams sometimes referred as the Riyadh Derby, gaining increased attention.[16][17][18]
^"«المملكة» بطلاً لأول دوري سيدات في السعودية" [Al-Mamlaka crowned champions of the first Women's League in Saudi Arabia.]. aawsat.com (in Arabic). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
^"سجّل يا تاريخ.. سيدات النصر أول بطل" [Record this in history: Al-Nassr women are the first champions.]. arriyadiyah.com (in Arabic). 12 February 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
