"The Saudi public.. An endless passion for foot

Football is the most popular sport in Saudi Arabia, and it is organized by the Saudi Football Federation, which was founded in 1956 and joined both the international football federation (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation in the same year.

Domestic tournaments

The most important domestic tournament is the Saudi Professional League (currently known as the Saudi Rushen league), considered the highest level league in Saudi football. It is attended by 18 teams that annually compete for the title, other tournaments are also organized such as:

King's Cup: the most prestigious tournament in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Super Cup: an annual tournament held between the league champion and the Cup champion.
Lower tier leagues that form a system of promotion and relegation between leagues.

Saudi Arabia national team

The Saudi national football team represents the kingdom in international tournaments. He has achieved notable successes including:

Qualification for six editions of the World Cup (the first in 1994).
Winning the Asian Cup three times (1984, 1988, 1996).

Participation in several regional and international tournaments such as the Arabian Gulf Cup and the Confederations Cup.

Saudi clubs and their achievements

Saudi clubs are one of the strongest on the Asian continent.
Al Hilal: the most crowned Club in the AFC Champions League.
Al Nasr and Al Ittihad: they have a long history in local and continental tournaments.

Also, the competition between major clubs such as Al Hilal, Al Nasr, Al Ittihad and Al Ahli is considered one of the most followed matches in the region.

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Infrastructure and stadiums

Saudi Arabia has a number of large stadiums such as:

King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (the radioactive jewel) in Jeddah.
King Saud Stadium and Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium.

Women's football

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in women's football in Saudi Arabia, where local women's tournaments have been launched, and an official Women's national team has been established to represent the kingdom in continental and international competitions.