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, run by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.
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| Organising body | Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF) |
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| Founded | 1957 |
| Region | Saudi Arabia |
| Number of teams | 32 |
| Qualifier for | AFC Champions League 2 |
| International cup(s) | AFC Champions League 2 |
| Current champions | Al-Hilal (10th title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Al-Ahli (13 titles) |
| Television broadcasters | Shahid / SSC |
 2023–24 King Cup | |
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 Professional 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. 153 clubs have taken part in the tournament.[2]
Qualification and prize money edit
The cup winner will be guaranteed a place in the AFC Champions League 2.[3]
Prize money:[3]
- Final winners: 5,500,000 Saudi Riyals.
- Final runners-up: 4,000,000 Saudi Riyals.
Winners by year edit
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Performance by club edit
Trophies edit
| Club | Winners | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli | 13
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1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016[4] |
| Al-Hilal | 10
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1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023 |
| Al-Ittihad | 9
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1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2018 |
| Al-Nassr | 6
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1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990 |
| Al-Shabab | 3
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2008, 2009, 2014 |
| Al-Wehda | 2
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1957, 1966 |
| Al-Ettifaq | 2
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1968, 1985 |
| Al-Taawoun | 1
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2019 |
| Al-Faisaly | 1
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2021 |
| Al-Fayha | 1
|
2022 |
| Total | 47
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Finals edit
| Club | Finalists | Finals years |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli | 18
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1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 |
| Al-Ittihad | 18
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1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019 |
| Al-Hilal | 18
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1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
| Al-Nassr | 14
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1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020 |
| Al-Wehda | 8
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1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970, 2023 |
| Al-Ettifaq | 6
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1965, 1966, 1968, 1983, 1985, 1988 |
| Al-Shabab | 6
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1969, 1980, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 |
| Al-Taawoun | 3
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1990, 2019, 2021 |
| Al-Riyadh | 2
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1962, 1978 |
| Al-Faisaly | 2
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2018, 2021 |
| Al-Fayha | 1
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2022 |
| Total | 94
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Hat-tricks edit
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yousef Al-Anbar
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Ohod | Al-Nahda | 4-1 | 11 May 1989 |
| Saad Al-Harthi
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Al-Nassr | Al-Ahli | 0-3 | 5 April 2010 |
 Victor Simões
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Al-Ahli | Al-Nassr | 1-3 | 9 April 2010 |
| Mokhtar Fallatah
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Al-Ettifaq | Al-Wahda | 4-3 | 11 January 2011 |
| Nasser Al-Shamrani
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Al-Hilal | Al-Faisaly | 1-3 | 1 May 2015 |
 Adrian Mierzejewski
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Al-Nassr | Al-Diriyah | 0-7 | 20 January 2016 |
 Patrick Eze
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Al-Qadisiyah | Al-Safa | 0-4 | 20 January 2017 |
 Ismael Bangoura
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Al-Raed | Al-Jabalain | 3-0 | 21 January 2017 |
 Omar Kharbin
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Al-Hilal | Al-Taawoun | 4-3 | 13 May 2017 |
| Mohammed Al-Saiari
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Al-Ettifaq | Al-Tai | 6-0 | 3 January 2018 |
 Abderrazak Hamdallah
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Al-Nassr | Al-Jandal | 0-6 | 3 January 2019 |
 Ahmed Abdu Jaber4
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Al-Wehda | Al-Nairyah | 6-1 | 3 January 2019 |
 Gelmin Rivas
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Al-Hilal | Al-Dera'a | 9-0 | 5 January 2019 |
 Bafetimbi Gomis4
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| Abderrazak Hamdallah4
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Al-Nassr | Al-Ansar | 5-0 | 18 January 2019 |
| Hazaa Al-Hazaa
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Al-Ettifaq | Al-Amjad | 9-1 | 18 January 2019 |
| Abderrazak Hamdallah
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Al-Nassr | Al-Fayha | 0-6 | 21 January 2019 |
 Carolus Andriamatsinoro5
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Al-Adalah | Al-Rawdhah | 8-0 | 5 December 2019 |
| Abderrazak Hamdallah
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Al-Nassr | Damac | 2-4 | 24 December 2019 |
| Mohammed Al-Kwikbi
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Al-Ettifaq | Ohod | 7-1 | 3 January 2020 |
 Julio Tavares
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Al-Faisaly | Al-Taawoun | 2-3 | 29 May 2021 |
References edit
- ^ "Official SAFF site in English". Archived from the original on 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ @ALAHLI_FC (November 18, 2022). "سجل بطولات الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي الاهلي" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ a b "Saudi King Cup of Champions's history". Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2019-10-13.