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King's Cup (Saudi Arabia)

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup
Organising bodySaudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF)
Founded1957; 67 years ago (1957)
RegionSaudi Arabia
Number of teams32
Qualifier forAFC Champions League Two
Domestic cup(s)Saudi Super Cup
Current championsAl-Hilal (11th title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Ahli (13 titles)
Television broadcastersShahid
SSC
AlRiyadiyah
2024–25 King Cup

The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's Cup) (Arabic: كأس الملك, romanized: kass al-malik),[1] officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup (Arabic: كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين, romanized: kass khadim al-haramayn al-sharifayn), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition.

The King's Cup is the second oldest knockout competition in Saudi Arabian football.

History

The cup was created in 1957 and was played until 1990. It was re-launched again in 2007 as "King's Cup of Champions", and was played by only the top 6 finishers of the Saudi Pro League plus the Crown Prince Cup and Federation Cup winners. In 2014 it was renamed as "King's Cup", the competition returned to its roots by implementing the old format.[2]

Qualification and prize money

The cup winner will be guaranteed a place in the AFC Champions League Two.[3] If the cup winner finishes in the top 3 in the Saudi Pro League, which means they will go to the AFC Champions League Elite, the slot goes to the fourth placed team in the table

Prize money:[3]

Winners

List of Winners
Year Winners
King's Cup
1957 Al-Wehda (1)
1958 Al-Ittihad (1)
1959 Al-Ittihad (2)
1960 Al-Ittihad (3)
1961 Al-Hilal (1)
1962 Al-Ahli (1)
1963 Al-Ittihad (4)
1964 Al-Hilal (2)
1965 Al-Ahli (2)
1966 Al-Wehda (2)
1967 Al-Ittihad (5)
1968 Al-Ettifaq (1)
1969 Al-Ahli (3)
1970 Al-Ahli (4)
1971 Al-Ahli (5)
1972 Not held
1973   Al-Ahli (6)
1974 Al-Nassr (1)
1975 Not held [4]
1976 Al-Nassr (2)
1977 Al-Ahli (7)
1978 Al-Ahli (8)
1979 Al-Ahli (9)
1980 Al-Hilal (3)
1981 Al-Nassr (3)
1982 Al-Hilal (4)
1983 Al-Ahli (10)
1984 Al-Hilal (5)
1985 Al-Ettifaq (2)
1986 Al-Nassr (4)
1987 Al-Nassr (5)
1988 Al-Ittihad (6)
1989 Al-Hilal (6)
1990 Al-Nassr (6)
1991–2007 Not held
King Cup of Champions
2008 Al-Shabab (1)
2009 Al-Shabab (2)
2010 Al-Ittihad (7)
2011 Al-Ahli (11)
2012 Al-Ahli (12)
2013 Al-Ittihad (8)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup
2014 Al-Shabab (3)
2015 Al-Hilal (7)
2016 Al-Ahli (13)
2017 Al-Hilal (8)
2018 Al-Ittihad (9)
2019 Al-Taawoun (1)
2020 Al-Hilal (9)
2021 Al-Faisaly (1)
2022 Al-Fayha (1)
2023 Al-Hilal (10)
2024 Al-Hilal (11)

Performance by club

Trophies

Club Winners Winning years
Al-Ahli
13
 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016[5]
Al-Hilal
11
 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024
Al-Ittihad
9
 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2018
Al-Nassr
6
 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
Al-Shabab
3
 2008, 2009, 2014
Al-Wehda
2
 1957, 1966
Al-Ettifaq
2
 1968, 1985
Al-Taawoun
1
 2019
Al-Faisaly
1
 2021
Al-Fayha
1
 2022
Total
49

Source:[6][7]

Finals

Club Finalists Finals years
Al-Hilal
20
 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Al-Ittihad
18
 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Al-Ahli
18
 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Al-Nassr
16
 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2024
Al-Wehda
8
 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970, 2023
Al-Ettifaq
6
 1965, 1966, 1968, 1983, 1985, 1988
Al-Shabab
6
 1969, 1980, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Al-Taawoun
3
 1990, 2019, 2021
Al-Riyadh
2
 1962, 1978
Al-Faisaly
2
 2018, 2021
Al-Fayha
1
 2022
Total
100

Source:[6][7]

All-time Top goalscorers

As of 24 September 2024
Player Nationality Club(s) Goals
1 Majed Abdullah Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 39
2 Amin Dabou Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli 28
3 Abderrazak Hamdallah  Morocco Al-Nassr (17), Al-Ittihad (6), Al-Shabab (2) 25
4 Nasser Al-Shamrani
Ahmed Al-Sogaier 		Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 		Al-Hilal (4), Al-Shabab (16)
Al-Ahli (20) 		20
5 Mukhtar Fallatah Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad (11), Al-Wehda (7) 18
6 Léandre Tawamba  Cameroon Al-Taawoun (12), Al-Tai (2) 14
7 Hussam Abu Dawood
Omar Al-Somah 		Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
Syria Syria 		Al-Ahli (12),
Al-Ahli (12) 		12

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Score Date
Saudi Arabia Youssef Anbar Ohod Al-Nahda 4–1 11 May 1989
Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Harthi Al-Nassr Al-Ahli 3–0 5 April 2010
Brazil Victor Simões Al-Ahli Al-Nassr 3–1 9 April 2010
Saudi Arabia Mokhtar Fallatah Al-Wehda Al-Ettifaq 4–3 11 January 2011
Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Hilal Al-Faisaly 3–1 1 May 2015
Poland Adrian Mierzejewski Al-Nassr Al-Diriyah 7–0 20 January 2016
Nigeria Patrick Eze Al-Qadsiah Al-Safa 4–0 20 January 2017
Guinea Ismael Bangoura Al-Raed Al-Jabalain 3–0 21 January 2017
Syria Omar Kharbin Al-Hilal Al-Taawoun 4–3 13 May 2017
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Saiari Al-Ettifaq Al-Tai 6–0 3 January 2018
Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr Al-Jandal 6–0 3 January 2019
Eritrea Ahmed Abdu Jaber4 Al-Wehda Al-Nairyah 6–1 3 January 2019
Venezuela Gelmin Rivas Al-Hilal Al-Dera'a 9–0 5 January 2019
France Bafetimbi Gomis4
Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah4 Al-Nassr Al-Ansar 5–0 18 January 2019
Saudi Arabia Hazaa Al-Hazaa Al-Ettifaq Al-Amjad 9–1 18 January 2019
Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr Al-Fayha 6–0 21 January 2019
Madagascar Carolus Andriamatsinoro5 Al-Adalah Al-Rawdhah 8–0 5 December 2019
Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah Al-Nassr Damac 4–2 24 December 2019
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Kwikbi Al-Ettifaq Ohod 7–1 3 January 2020
Cape Verde Julio Tavares Al-Faisaly Al-Taawoun 3–2 29 May 2021

References

  1. ^ "Official SAFF site in English". Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "بيان: موافقة على تغيير نظامي كأس الملك وولي العهد". TheSAFF.com.sa. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ The King's Cup was not held in 1975 due to the national mourning following the passing of King Faisal.
  5. ^ @ALAHLI_FC (November 18, 2022). "سجل بطولات الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي الاهلي" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ a b "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  7. ^ a b "Saudi King Cup of Champions's history". Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Cup