The Saudi Arabian Football Federation oversees thirty-one official championships under its umbrella, as follows: 1- King’s Cup (Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup). 2- The Saudi Pro League . 3- Diriyah Saudi Super Cup . 4- Saudi Reserve League. 5- Women’s Premier League. 6- Women’s First Division League. 7- SAFF Women’s Cup. 8- Yelo League (First Division). 9- Second Division League 10- Saudi Third Division League. 11- U-19 Premier League. 12- U-17 Premier League. 13- U-19 First Divi...
Three Saudi clubs have managed to win the Saudi League without a single loss: al-Ettifaq , al-Hilal (twice), and al-Shabab , over the fifty-year history of the Saudi League. Al-Ettifaq 1983 Al-Ettifaq is the first Saudi club to win the Saudi League without a loss, securing the title with ten wins, eight draws, and a total of twenty-eight points. The league consisted of only ten teams during this season. Al-Hilal 2011 In the 2011 season, al-Hilal Club broke several records, winning nineteen matc...
Rally Saudi Arabia 2025 is one of the international rally races hosted annually by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for ten years, starting from 2025. It is organized by the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation and the Saudi Motorsport Company, under the supervision of the Ministry of Sport , in collaboration with the World Rally Championship (WRC). World Rally Championship (WRC) The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a series of rallies organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Au...
The number of Saudi players in the FIFA Century Club has reached seventeen. These are players who have represented Saudi national teams in official tournaments recognized by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in more than one hundred international matches. Majed Abdullah was the first Saudi player to join the FIFA Century Club in 1989, while Taisir al-Jassim was the most recent to join in 2015. Saudi Players in the FIFA Century Club 1- Mohammed al-Deayea – 178 inte...
The Arab Club Champions Cup is an annual regional football competition organized by the Union of Arab Football Associations, where champion clubs from the Arab world compete. A total of thirty-seven teams compete in the tournament: nineteen from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and eighteen from the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The competition was first launched in 1982 under the name 'Arab Club Championship for League Champions.' It has been held eighteen times, wit...
The clubs participating in the Handball World Championship 'Super Globe' are among the strongest clubs across the continents. The championship is supervised by the International Handball Federation, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia successfully secured hosting rights for the tournament for four consecutive years. This championship has witnessed the participation of four Saudi clubs since its inception: Mudhar, al-Khaleej , al-Noor, and al-Wehda . Mudhar Club holds the distinction of be...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted the Formula One World Championship for the first time in its history, in collaboration with the Ministry of Sport , the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation , and the Quality of Life Program . This partnership extends for fifteen years with Formula One , and the race is held at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit overlooking the Red Sea coast, west of the Kingdom. Formula One stc Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2021 The inaugural Formula One stc Saudi Arabian Grand Pri...
The Loyalty Cup is one of the championships organized by the Jockey Club , known as the Prince Mohammed Bin Saud al-Kabeer Cup. It is classified among the second-category cups dedicated to four-year-old and above horses, locally bred, open grades, over a distance of two thousand m. Its prize is estimated at SAR500,000, divided among the owners of the first four winners. The Jockey Club, established in 1965, organizes second-category horse races dedicated exclusively to locally bred four-year-ol...
Yes, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) inaugurated the Unified Center for Video Assistant Referee (VAR) Technology in February 2022, during the twentieth round of the Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Professional Cup League and the Yelo Pro League. Thus, SAFF became the seventh in the world to establish a unified VAR center, following the English, Spanish, German, Dutch, French, and Swiss federations. The use of VAR technology was officially approved in the Yelo Pro League starting from th...
The Saudi U-20 national team has achieved numerous accomplishments at the Gulf, Arab, continental, and international levels, as follows: FIFA U-20 World Cup Participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Russia in 1985. Participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile in 1987. Participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1989. Participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Australia in 1993. Participated in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Nigeria in 1999. Participated in the FIF...
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation has set several conditions for the establishment of private sports clubs to be officially recognized, including: 1- Obtain a private club license from the Ministry of Sport in accordance with the requirements for private club licensing (through the NAFES program). 2- Meet the technical requirements set by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (including coach operations and the club inspection model). 3- Pay the annual membership fee to the Saudi Arabian Fo...
The Afro-Asian Cup is a tournament that brings together the champion of Asia and the champion of Africa. The Saudi national team participated in this championship twice in its history. Afro-Asian Cup 1985 The Saudi national team, the Asian champion, played against the Cameroonian national team, the African champion, in a home-and-away format. The first leg, held in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, ended with a four - one victory for Cameroon, with Hossam Abu Dawood scoring for the Saudi team....