Al-Mamlaka have been crowned champions of the Saudi women’s National Football Championship after a stunning five-goal performance by Hessa Al-Essa swept them to a 7-0 win over Challenge at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on Saturday.
Al-Mamlaka, who last month finished runners-up in the inaugural Regional Football League’s Eastern division, took the lead through Munira Al-Hamdan, who later scored another along with the Bahraini Al-Essa’s five goals.
Al-Essa’s haul ensured she finished as the competition’s top scorer, with Tunisian teammate Samia El-Aouni second with four goals.
Samia Khaled of Al-Mamlaka claimed the best goalkeeper award after conceding only two goals in the national championship, which kicked of on new year’s day and is organized by the º£½ÇÖ±²¥n Football Federation. Al-Bandari Hawsawi was crowned the competition’s best player.
The champions pocketed SR300,000 ($79,000), while second-place Challenge took home SR250,000, and the Al-Yamamah team won third place and a prize of SR200,000.
Al-Yamamah claimed third place and SR200,000 after beating Jeddah Eagles 3-0 earlier in the day, thanks to goals by Moudhi Abdel Mohsen, Al-Bandary Mubarak and Anya Fermat.
