Saudi Crown Prince Cup

Saudi Crown Prince's Cup
Founded	1956
Abolished	2017
Region	Saudi Arabia
Number of teams	30
Last champions	Al-Ittihad (8th title)
Most successful club(s)	Al-Hilal (13 titles)
Television broadcasters	Pro 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

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	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	Not held
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	Not held from 1975 until 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

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

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

Hat-tricks

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

References

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.
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.
"Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links

Current Crown Prince Cup tournament results at Soccerway
Saudi Arabia Football Federation (in Arabic)
Saudi Crown Prince Cup – Hailoosport.com (archived 21 April 2014)

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[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.

Crown Prince Cup Seasons
Old edition	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 ~~1965–66~~ 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 ~~1970–71~~ ~~1971–72~~ 1972–73 1973–74
Current edition	1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Finals	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017