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Saudi Crown Prince's Cup
Founded1956; 67 years ago (1956)
Abolished2017; 6 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.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam.

Saudi Professional League

Saudi Professional League

The Saudi Pro League, known as the Roshn Saudi League for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of association football in the Saudi Arabian league system. It has been operating as a round-robin tournament from it inaugural season until the 1989–90 season, after that the Saudi Federation decided to merge the football League with the King's Cup in one tournament and the addition of the Golden Box. The Golden Box would be an end of season knockout competition played between the top four teams of the regular league season. These teams would play at a semi-final stage to crown the champions of Saudi Arabia. The league reverted to a round-robin system in the 2007–08 season.

2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

The 2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup was the 42nd season of the Saudi Crown Prince Cup since its establishment in 1957. This season's competition featured a total of 30 teams, 14 teams from the Pro League, and 16 teams from the First Division. It started with the Preliminary stage on 15 August 2016 and concluded with the final on 10 March 2017.

Prize money

Prize money:[1]

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

Finals

Season Winner Result Runner-up Venue
1956–57 Al-Thaghar
3–0
Al-Olempy Jeddah Jeddah
1957–58 Al-Ittihad
3–2
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 Makkah
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

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Al-Hilal 13 3 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
Al-Tai 1
  • 1including one title as Al-Thaghar

Source:[3]

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Alltime Top goalscorers

Rank Nat Name Pos Years Team Total
1 Saudi Arabia Soulaiman Matar 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 2014– 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-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) (7)
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)

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam.

Forward (association football)

Forward (association football)

Forwards are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack.

Al Hilal SFC

Al Hilal SFC

Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club, simply known as Al-Hilal, is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their football team competes in the Saudi Professional League. They are the most decorated club in Asia winning 65 official trophies. They also hold the record for the most continental trophies in Asia, as well as a record 18 Professional League titles.

Al Ahli Saudi FC

Al Ahli Saudi FC

Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the Saudi First Division League, following their relegation from the Saudi Professional League in the 2021–22 season. The club was founded in 1937.

Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)

Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club, simply known as Al-Ittihad and also referred to as Ittihad Jeddah, is a professional football club based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1927. The club spent its entire history in the top flight of football in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Professional League, and is the second most decorated club in Saudi Arabia. Ittihad means "union" in Arabic.

Al Wehda FC

Al Wehda FC

Al-Wehda FC is a multi-sports club from Mecca, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1916, making it the third oldest club in Saudi Arabia. The football section plays in the Saudi Professional League. They also have a handball section.

Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a Saudi Arabian football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He spent the entirety of his career with Al-Hilal apart from a five-month loan to English club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Hat-tricks

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 Fahad 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

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Ghana

Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east. Ghana covers an area of 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi), spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With over 32 million inhabitants, Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi.

Ohene Kennedy

Ohene Kennedy

Ohene Kennedy is a retired Ghanaian football striker.

Syria

Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a Western Asian country located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is a unitary republic that consists of 14 governorates (subdivisions), and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest. Cyprus lies to the west across the Mediterranean Sea. A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including the majority Syrian Arabs, Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Circassians, Armenians, Albanians, Greeks, and Chechens. Religious groups include Muslims, Christians, Alawites, Druze, and Yazidis. The capital and largest city of Syria is Damascus. Arabs are the largest ethnic group, and Sunni Muslims are the largest religious group. Syria is the only country that is governed by Ba'athists, who advocate Arab socialism and Arab nationalism. Syria is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam.

Brazil

Brazil

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America and in Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the only country in the Americas to have Portuguese as an official language. It is one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world, and the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.

Senegal

Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds the Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. Senegal also shares a maritime border with Cape Verde. Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar.

Sérgio Ricardo (footballer)

Sérgio Ricardo (footballer)

Sérgio Ricardo Messias Neves, also known as Sérgio Ricardo or Serginho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for Fenerbahçe and Sakaryaspor in Turkey, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahli and Al-Sadd in Qatar, Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, and Al Ain and Al Nasr in United Arab Emirates.

Taisir Al-Jassim

Taisir Al-Jassim

Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassim is a former Saudi Arabian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the captain of Al-Ahli Saudi FC and a vice-captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. He retired from international football in 2018 and completely retired in 2020.

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

Mohammad Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Sahlawi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Al-Sahlawi won the best player of the league twice in a row in 2013–14 and 2014–15.

Guinea

Guinea

Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Cote d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sierra Leone and Liberia to the south. It is sometimes referred to as Guinea-Conakry after its capital Conakry, to distinguish it from other territories in the eponymous region such as Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea. It has a population of 13.5 million and an area of 245,857 square kilometres (94,926 sq mi).

Alhassane Keita

Alhassane Keita

Alhassane Keita Otchico, known as Keita, is a Guinean footballer who most recently played as a striker for American club Jacksonville Armada FC.

Prince Tagoe

Prince Tagoe

Prince Tagoe is a Ghanaian professional footballer who last played as a striker for Chittagong Abahani and is currently working as a sports television panellist along with Charles Taylor on Angel TV sports programme.

Source: "Saudi Crown Prince Cup", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 13th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Crown_Prince_Cup.

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References
  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.
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