More than 100 women’s soccer players have demanded FIFA drop Saudi oil giant Aramco as a sponsor on humanitarian and environmental grounds. They called the partnership “a middle finger to women's soccer.”

Former U.S. national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema are among more than 100 women’s soccer players who have signed an open letter protesting FIFA’s sponsorship deal with Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco.

Fifa confirmed a deal with Aramco, which is majority-owned by the Saudi government, in April. The company will sponsor both the 2026 men’s World Cup and 2027 Women’s World Cup in an agreement reportedly worth up to US$100 million a year.

More than 100 women’s footballers have urged Fifa to drop a sponsorship deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco, branding it a “middle finger” to the female game.

More than 100 soccer players from the women’s game have signed an open letter to FIFA, urging the game’s world governing body to end its sponsorship deal with Saudi oil and gas company Aramco.

More than 100 female professional footballers from 24 countries have called on the sport's governing body FIFA to end its sponsorship deal with Saudi oil giant Aramco, citing human rights issues and treatment of the LGBTQ+ community as well as environmental concerns.

More than a hundred international women's soccer players are calling on FIFA to reconsider its sponsorship by Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco, which is majority state-owned, over human rights and environmental concerns in an open letter to FIFA's president.

More than 100 professional women's footballers have signed a letter calling on FIFA to end its partnership with Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco.