Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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Saudi Crown Prince's Cup
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Abolished2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Region Saudi Arabia
Number of teams30
Last championsAl-Ittihad (8th title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Hilal (13 titles)
Television broadcastersPro Sports

The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup (Arabic: كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 until 1990. The competition consists of teams from the top two tiers of Saudi league football (Professional League and First Division League), as well as the competition runs from August until February.

Al-Hilal has won the most titles with 13 wins, also Al-Hilal has contested more finals with 17. Al-Ittihad is the last champion being the winner of 2016–17 season.

Prize money[edit]

Prize money:[1]

  • Final winner: 2,500,000 Saudi Riyals.
  • Final runners-up: 1,500,000 Saudi Riyals.

Finals[edit]

Season Winner Result Runner-up Venue
1956–57 Al-Thaghar
3–0
 Al-Olempy Jeddah Jeddah
1957–58 Al-Ittihad
8-1
 Al-Thaghar Jeddah
1958–59 Al-Ittihad (2)
4–2
 Al-Wehda Jeddah
1959–60 Al-Wehda
2–0
(w/o)
 Al-Shatea Jeddah
1960–61 West Team
2–1
 Central Team Jeddah
1961–62 East Team
2–1
 West Team Jeddah
1962–63 Al-Ittihad (3)
6–2
 Al-Ettifaq Jeddah
1963–64 Al-Hilal
4–3
 Al-Wehda Jeddah
1964–65 Al-Ettifaq
3–0
 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
1965–66 Not held
1966–67 West Team
5–2
 East Team Ta'if
1967–68 West Team
4–3
 Central Team Jeddah
1968–69 Central Team
0–0
(2–0 on ck)
 West Team Jeddah
1969–70 Al-Ahli (2)
0–0
(11–5 on ck)
 Al-Wehda Riyadh
1970–71
Not held
1971–72
1972–73 Al-Nassr
2–1
 Al-Wehda Riyadh
1973–74 Al-Nassr (2)
1–0
 Al-Ahli Riyadh
1975
Not held from 1975 until 1990
1990
1991 Al-Ittihad (4)
1–1
(5–4 on p)
 Al-Nassr Jeddah
1992 Al-Qadisiyah
0–0
(4–2 on p)
 Al-Shabab Riyadh
1993 Al-Shabab
1–1
(5–3 on p)
 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
1994 Al-Riyadh
1–0 (aet)
 Al-Shabab Riyadh
1995 Al-Hilal (2)
1–0
 Al-Riyadh Jeddah
1996 Al-Shabab (2)
3–0
 Al-Nassr Jeddah
1997 Al-Ittihad (5)
2–0
 Al-Tai Jeddah
1998 Al-Ahli (3)
3–2 (aet)
 Al-Riyadh Riyadh
1999 Al-Shabab (3)
1–0
 Al-Hilal Dammam
2000 Al-Hilal (3)
3–0
 Al-Shabab Jeddah
2001 Al-Ittihad (6)
3–0
 Al-Ettifaq Jeddah
2002 Al-Ahli (4)
2–1
 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2003 Al-Hilal (4)
1–0
 Al-Ahli Riyadh
2004 Al-Ittihad (7)
1–0
 Al-Ahli Riyadh
2004–05 Al-Hilal (5)
2–1
 Al-Qadisiyah Riyadh
2005–06 Al-Hilal (6)
1–0
 Al-Ahli Riyadh
2006–07 Al-Ahli (5)
2–1
 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
2007–08 Al-Hilal (7)
2–0
 Al-Ettifaq Riyadh
2008–09 Al-Hilal (8)
1–0 (aet)
 Al-Shabab Riyadh
2009–10 Al-Hilal (9)
2–1
 Al-Ahli Riyadh
2010–11 Al-Hilal (10)
5–0
 Al-Wehda Mecca
2011–12 Al-Hilal (11)
2–1
 Al-Ettifaq Riyadh
2012–13 Al-Hilal (12)
1–1
(4–2 on p)
 Al-Nassr Riyadh
2013–14 Al-Nassr (3)
2–1
 Al-Hilal Riyadh
2014–15 Al-Ahli (15)
2–1
 Al-Hilal Riyadh
2015–16 Al-Hilal (13)
2–1
 Al-Ahli Riyadh
2016–17 Al-Ittihad (8)
1–0
 Al-Nassr Riyadh
2017–18 Abolished during tournament

Source:[2]

Performance by club[edit]

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Al-Hilal 13 4 1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
Al-Ittihad 8 4 1958, 1959, 1963, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2017
Al-Ahli 6 7 19571, 1970, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2015
Al-Shabab 3 4 1993, 1996, 1999
Al-Nassr 3 4 1973, 1974, 2014
Al-Wehda 1 5 1960
Al-Ettifaq 1 4 1965
Al-Riyadh 1 2 1994
Al-Qadisiyah 1 1 1992
Al-Shatea – 1 1960
Al-Tai – 1 1997
  • 1including one title as Al-Thaghar

Source:[3]

Alltime Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Nat Name Pos Years Team Total
1 Saudi Arabia elkabech FW Al Hilal SFC (20), Al Ahli Saudi FC (8),West Team (4) 32
2 Saudi Arabia Saeed Ghorab FW Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (9), Al Ahli Saudi FC (4), Central Team (1),West Team (10) 24
3 Saudi Arabia Abdekader Katalog FW Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (5), Al Ahli Saudi FC (1), Al Wehda FC (8),West Team (2) 16
4 Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Jaber FW 1989–2007 Al Hilal SFC (14) 14
5
Saudi Arabia Abdellah Bakr FW Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (11) 11
Saudi Arabia AbdeAziz Khalil AlHaddad FW Al Ahli Saudi FC (11)
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Noor MF Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (11)
Saudi Arabia Mohammad S. Abdeli FW 1965–1980 Al Nassr FC (11)
9 Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Owairan FW 1988–2001 Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) (10) 10
10 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Mehallel FW 1987–1998 Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) (9) 9
Brazil Sérgio Ricardo (footballer) FW Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (6), Al Ahli Saudi FC (2), Al Hilal SFC (1)
Brazil Rogério FW Al Ahli Saudi FC (5), Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) (4)
Saudi Arabia Hamzah Idris FW Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (8), Ohod Club (1)
14
Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami FW 1996–2005 Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (8) 8
Saudi Arabia Fahd Al-Hamdan FW 1984–2000 Al-Riyadh SC (8)
Saudi Arabia Khaled Massad MF 1986–2000 Al Ahli Saudi FC (8)
Saudi Arabia saeed laban FW Al Wehda FC (8)
Saudi Arabia Mohssen Bakhit MF Al Hilal SFC (8)
Saudi Arabia Mohamed Omar Rajkhan FW Al Ahli Saudi FC (8)
21
Saudi Arabia Rashid mossalat FW Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (7) 7
Saudi Arabia Mbark Alnasser FW Al-Riyadh SC (7)
Saudi Arabia Talal Al-Meshal MF Al Ahli Saudi FC (7)
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah FW Al Nassr FC
Saudi Arabia Mohamed Lamfoun FW Al Wehda FC (7)
Saudi Arabia Saleh AlQamber FW Al Qadsiah FC (7)
Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Suwayed FW Al Ahli Saudi FC (7)

Hat-tricks[edit]

Player For Against Score Date
Ghana Ohene Kennedy Al-Nassr Al-Najma 3-0 20 April 1995
Syria Mohannad Al-Boushi Al-Riyadh Al-Tuhami 8-0 9 April 1996
Saudi Arabia Fahd Al Hamdan
Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Ganbar Al-Qadisiyah Al-Jabalain 2-3 24 April 1997
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Jamaan Al-Hilal Al-Watani 0-4 30 March 2000
Brazil Luisinho Vieira Al-Ittihad Abha 6-0 2 February 2002
Saudi Arabia Al-Hasan Al-Yami Al-Ittihad Al-Jeddah Tai 5-0 20 March 2003
Senegal Moudy Ndiaye Al-Tai Al-Ittihad 4-3 16 February 2005
Brazil Sérgio Ricardo Al-Ittihad Al-Tai 5-1 7 March 2005
Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim Al-Ahli Abha 4-0 27 December 2005
Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Al-Qadisiyah Al-Rawdhah O-8 28 December 2005
Brazil Rogério Al-Shabab Al-Hazem 2-3 28 December 2005
Guinea Alhassane Keita Al-Ittihad Najran 10-0 3 March 2007
Ghana Prince Tagoe Al-Ettifaq Al-Rabee 5-0 9 February 2008
Saudi Arabia Turki Al-Khodair Al-Ansar Al-Hazem 4-2 5 February 2010
Jordan Hamza Al-Dardour Al-Khaleej Al-Diriyah 1-3 10 August 2014
Ivory Coast Didier Ya Konan Al-Ittihad Al-Fayha 0-4 15 September 2014
Jordan Hamza Al-Dardour Al-Khaleej Al-Orobah 1-3 24 December 2014
Mali Modibo Maïga Al-Nassr Al-Nahda 5-1 12 September 2015
Algeria Mohamed Benyettou Al-Shabab Al-Najran 6-0 27 September 2016
Syria Omar Al-Somah Al-Ahli Hajer 1-6 25 October 2016

References[edit]

  1. ^ لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ تاريخ كأس ولي العهد قبل النهائي الـ 37 [History of Crown Prince Cup before the 37th final] (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links[edit]

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