Al Hilal

Al Hilal Saudi Women Football Club, commonly known as Al Hilal Ladies, is a Saudi professional women's football club based in the capital Riyadh. The club is currently playing in the top division of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Women's Premier League. The club won the first women's football competition, the Kingdom Women's Community Football League in 2020.

Signature Fun Facts

What makes Al Hilal what it is.

As a teenager in Lagos, she sneaked out barefoot to play street football, sometimes lying to her mum.

She wrote and released a song about her grandmother, Teresa, expressing her deep love and appreciation for her. She inspired Jéssica to chase her dream of becoming a football player.

More Fun Facts

Quirky facts from the Al Hilal squad.

She lived in doubt from her own parents until her U‑20 Golden Boot/Golden Ball performances in 2014 convinced them—now, “they know my game even before I tell them!”

In 2023, she became the first African female footballer to gain over a million followers on Instagram.

She is the only African female player to have won the CAF African Women's Footballer of the Year six times.

Her grandmother’s support was pivotal when no one else believed, inspiring her to launch a foundation and academy for girls to combine education and sport.

She became the first African woman nominated for the Ballon d'Or Féminin in 2022.

She grew up in a very humble background, where owning a proper football was not possible, so she made her own balls—sometimes even using oranges.

Team Roster

The players who wear the Al Hilal shirt.

Asisat
Oshoala

Forward

Jéssica
Silva

Forward

Head Coach

Darko Stojanović

Darko Stojanović is a Serbian professional football coach who is the head coach of Al Hilal in the Saudi Women's Premier League.