2004 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

The 2004 Crown Prince Cup was the 29th season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started on 26 February 2004 and concluded with the final on 26 March 2004.

2004 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates26 February – 26 March 2004
Teams16
Defending championsAl-Hilal
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Ittihad (7th title)
Runner-upAl-Ahli
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored56 (3.29 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Hamad Ji
Jatto Ceesay
Tcheco
Dimba
Hicham Aboucherouane
(3 goals each)
← 2003

Al-Hilal were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Al-Ahli.[1]

Al-Ittihad won their record-extending seventh title following a 1–0 win over derby rivals Al-Ahli in the final.[2]

The winners of the competition would have earned a place in the group stage of the 2005 AFC Champions League. However, since Al-Ittihad went on to win the 2004 AFC Champions League, they qualified for the 2005 AFC Champions League as the titleholders. Since Al-Ittihad also finished runners-up in the league, Al-Ahli, the cup runners-up, took this Champions League spot.

Bracket edit

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
              
H Al-Ittihad 3
A Al-Akhdoud 0
A Al-Ittihad (asdet) 1
H Al-Ettifaq 0
H Al-Ettifaq 2
A Al-Khaleej 0
A Al-Ittihad 3 2 5
H Al-Nassr 1 1 2
A Al-Nassr 4
H Al-Riyadh 2
H Al-Nassr 4
A Al-Tai 0
A Al-Tai 4
H Al-Faisaly 1
Al-Ittihad 1
Al-Ahli 0
H Al-Qadisiyah 2
A Al-Shoulla 1
H Al-Qadisiyah 0
A Al-Hilal 1
H Al-Hilal 7
A Al-Nahda 1
A Al-Hilal 1 0 1
H Al-Ahli 2 0 2
H Al-Ahli 5
A Al-Wehda 1
A Al-Ahli 2
H Al-Shabab 1
A Al-Shabab 3
H Al-Ansar 0

Source: Al Jazirah

Round of 16 edit

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 26, 27, 28 and 29 February 2004.[3][4] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

26 February 2004 2 Al-Ettifaq (1) 2–0Al-Khaleej (1)Dammam
20:00 Al-Bashah   55'
Al-Bahri   65' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Zaid
26 February 2004 3Al-Riyadh (1)2–4 Al-Nassr (1) Riyadh
20:00 Cesar   76'
Al-Suwailem   82'
Report Al-Shahrani   3'
Al-Zahrani   18'
Al-Harthi   47'
Akram   54' (pen.)
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq
26 February 2004 4Al-Faisaly (2)1–4 Al-Tai (1) Al Majma'ah
20:00 Al-Sadaan   25' (pen.) Report Hamad Ji   1', 12' (pen.), 44'
Al-Moghair   77'
Stadium: Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
27 February 2004 8Al-Ansar (2)0–3 Al-Shabab (1) Medina
16:00 Report Attram   17', 55'
Lindomar   78'
Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Omer Al Mehannah
27 February 2004 5 Al-Qadisiyah (1) 2–1Al-Shoulla (1)Dammam
20:00 Konaté   5'
Hakami   19'
Report Atta   54' (pen.) Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari
27 February 2004 7 Al-Ahli (1) 5–1Al-Wehda (1)Jeddah
20:00 Al-Qadi   6'
Paulinho   45'
Rogério   82', 90' (pen.)
Al-Shahrani   88'
Report Al-Mor   83' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan
28 February 2004 1 Al-Ittihad (1) 3–0Al-Akhdoud (4)Jeddah
20:15 Dimba   22'
Tcheco   31'
Gentil   42'
Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
29 February 2004 6 Al-Hilal (1) 7–1Al-Nahda (3)Riyadh
20:15 Al-Harbi   42', 44'
Ceesay   45+2', 57'
Traoré   51'
Al-Sheehan   88'
Al-Shareedah   90+2'
Report Al-Ghawi   5' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

Quarter-finals edit

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 4 and 5 March 2004.[5] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

4 March 2004 9Al-Ettifaq (1)0–1 (a.e.t.) Al-Ittihad (1) Dammam
20:00 Report Al-Raheeb   104'  (o.g.) Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan
4 March 2004 10 Al-Nassr (1) 4–0Al-Tai (1)Riyadh
20:00 Aboucherouane   12', 88'
El Nahhas   54'
Al-Janoubi   90+4' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri
5 March 2004 11Al-Qadisiyah (1)0–1 Al-Hilal (1) Dammam
20:00 Report Ceesay   74' Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Dhafer Abo Zanda
5 March 2004 12Al-Shabab (1)1–2 Al-Ahli (1) Riyadh
20:00 Manga   8' Report Al-Meshal   34'
Rogério   45+1'
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

Semi-finals edit

The Semi-finals first legs were played on 7 and 8 March 2004 while the second legs were played on 11 and 12 March 2006.[6][7] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad (1) 5–2 Al-Nassr (1) 3–1 2–1
Al-Hilal (1) 1–2 Al-Ahli (1) 1–2 0–0

Matches edit

Al-Ittihad (1)3–1Al-Nassr (1)
Noor   23'
Tcheco   39'
Dimba   90+1' (pen.)
Report Al-Bishi   3'
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jarwan
Al-Nassr (1)1–2Al-Ittihad (1)
Aboucherouane   45' (pen.) Report Tcheco   17'
Dimba   33'

Al-Ittihad won 5–2 on aggregate.


Al-Ahli (1)2–1Al-Hilal (1)
Al-Meshal   10'
Al-Shahrani   89'
Report Al-Mutairi   56'
Al-Hilal (1)0–0Al-Ahli (1)
Report
Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan

Al-Ahli won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

The 2004 Crown Prince Cup Final was played on 26 March 2004 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh between derby rivals Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad.[8][9] This was the fifth Crown Prince Cup final to be held at the stadium. Previously, the two sides met twice in the final, Al-Ahli won in 2002 while Al-Ittihad won in 1958. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Hamad Ji Al-Tai 3
  Jatto Ceesay Al-Hilal
  Tcheco Al-Ittihad
  Dimba Al-Ittihad
  Hicham Aboucherouane Al-Nassr
6   Godwin Attram Al-Shabab 2
  Rogério Al-Ahli
  Ahmed Al-Harbi Al-Hilal
  Talal Al-Meshal Al-Ahli
  Ibrahim Al-Shahrani Al-Ahli

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "دفاع الاهلي يقود القلعة الى اللحاق بالاتي".
  2. ^ "الاتحاد بطلاً لكأس ولي العهد".
  3. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2004 - دور الـ 16".
  4. ^ "جدول مسابقة كأس ولي العهد".
  5. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2004 - دور الـ 8".
  6. ^ "دور الأربعة - كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2004".
  7. ^ "كأس ولي العهد محصورة بين الوسطى والغربية".
  8. ^ "العميد والقلعة بنجومهما الكبار في مهمة إمتاع الجماهير وحصد الذهب".
  9. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2004 النهائي".