King's Cup (Saudi Arabia)

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup
Organising body	Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF)
Founded	1957; 67 years ago
Region	Saudi Arabia
Number of teams	32
Qualifier for	AFC Champions League Two
Domestic cup(s)	Saudi Super Cup
Current champions	Al-Hilal (11th title)
Most successful club(s)	Al-Ahli (13 titles)
Television broadcasters	Shahid; SSC; Riyadiya (Final only)
	2024–25 King Cup

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.

The King's Cup is the second oldest knockout competition in Saudi Arabian football.

History

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 Saudi Pro 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.^[2]

Qualification and prize money

The cup winner will be guaranteed a place in the AFC Champions League Two.^[3] If the cup winner finishes in the top 3 in the Saudi Pro League, which means they will go to the AFC Champions League Elite, the slot goes to the fourth placed team in the table

Prize money:^[3]

Final winners: 5,500,000 Saudi Riyals.
Final runners-up: 4,000,000 Saudi Riyals.

Champions

List of champions
Year	Winners
King's Cup
1957	Al-Wehda (1)
1958	Al-Ittihad (1)
1959	Al-Ittihad (2)
1960	Al-Ittihad (3)
1961	Al-Hilal (1)
1962	Al-Ahli (1)
1963	Al-Ittihad (4)
1964	Al-Hilal (2)
1965	Al-Ahli (2)
1966	Al-Wehda (2)
1967	Al-Ittihad (5)
1968	Al-Ettifaq (1)
1969	Al-Ahli (3)
1970	Al-Ahli (4)
1971	Al-Ahli (5)
1972	Not held
1973	Al-Ahli (6)
1974	Al-Nassr (1)
1975	Not held
1976	Al-Nassr (2)
1977	Al-Ahli (7)
1978	Al-Ahli (8)
1979	Al-Ahli (9)
1980	Al-Hilal (3)
1981	Al-Nassr (3)
1982	Al-Hilal (4)
1983	Al-Ahli (10)
1984	Al-Hilal (5)
1985	Al-Ettifaq (2)
1986	Al-Nassr (4)
1987	Al-Nassr (5)
1988	Al-Ittihad (6)
1989	Al-Hilal (6)
1990	Al-Nassr (6)
1991–2007	Not held
King Cup of Champions
2008	Al-Shabab (1)
2009	Al-Shabab (2)
2010	Al-Ittihad (7)
2011	Al-Ahli (11)
2012	Al-Ahli (12)
2013	Al-Ittihad (8)
King's Cup
2014	Al-Shabab (3)
2015	Al-Hilal (7)
2016	Al-Ahli (13)
2017	Al-Hilal (8)
2018	Al-Ittihad (9)
2019	Al-Taawoun (1)
2020	Al-Hilal (9)
2021	Al-Faisaly (1)
2022	Al-Fayha (1)
2023	Al-Hilal (10)
2024	Al-Hilal (11)

Performance by club

Trophies

Club	Winners	Winning years
Al-Ahli	13	1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016^[4]
Al-Hilal	11	1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024
Al-Ittihad	9	1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2018
Al-Nassr	6	1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
Al-Shabab	3	2008, 2009, 2014
Al-Wehda	2	1957, 1966
Al-Ettifaq	2	1968, 1985
Al-Taawoun	1	2019
Al-Faisaly	1	2021
Al-Fayha	1	2022
Total	49

Source:^[5]^[6]

Finals

Club	Finalists	Finals years
Al-Hilal	20	1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Al-Ittihad	18	1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Al-Ahli	18	1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Al-Nassr	16	1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2024
Al-Wehda	8	1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970, 2023
Al-Ettifaq	6	1965, 1966, 1968, 1983, 1985, 1988
Al-Shabab	6	1969, 1980, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Al-Taawoun	3	1990, 2019, 2021
Al-Riyadh	2	1962, 1978
Al-Faisaly	2	2018, 2021
Al-Fayha	1	2022
Total	100

Source:^[5]^[6]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Youssef Anbar	Ohod	Al-Nahda	4-1	11 May 1989
Saad Al-Harthi	Al-Nassr	Al-Ahli	3-0	5 April 2010
Victor Simões	Al-Ahli	Al-Nassr	3-1	9 April 2010
Mokhtar Fallatah	Al-Wehda	Al-Ettifaq	4-3	11 January 2011
Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Hilal	Al-Faisaly	1-3	1 May 2015
Adrian Mierzejewski	Al-Nassr	Al-Diriyah	0-7	20 January 2016
Patrick Eze	Al-Qadsiah	Al-Safa	0-4	20 January 2017
Ismael Bangoura	Al-Raed	Al-Jabalain	3-0	21 January 2017
Omar Kharbin	Al-Hilal	Al-Taawoun	4-3	13 May 2017
Mohammed Al-Saiari	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Tai	6-0	3 January 2018
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Jandal	0-6	3 January 2019
Ahmed Abdu Jaber⁴	Al-Wehda	Al-Nairyah	6-1	3 January 2019
Gelmin Rivas	Al-Hilal	Al-Dera'a	9-0	5 January 2019
Bafetimbi Gomis⁴	Al-Hilal	Al-Dera'a	9-0	5 January 2019
Abderrazak Hamdallah⁴	Al-Nassr	Al-Ansar	5-0	18 January 2019
Hazaa Al-Hazaa	Al-Ettifaq	Al-Amjad	9-1	18 January 2019
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Al-Fayha	0-6	21 January 2019
Carolus Andriamatsinoro⁵	Al-Adalah	Al-Rawdhah	8-0	5 December 2019
Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Nassr	Damac	2-4	24 December 2019
Mohammed Al-Kwikbi	Al-Ettifaq	Ohod	7-1	3 January 2020
Julio Tavares	Al-Faisaly	Al-Taawoun	2-3	29 May 2021

References

^ "Official SAFF site in English". Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
^ "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.

External links

King Cup – SAFF
Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners, RSSSF.com
Champions Cup current season results and dates – Soccerway
Saudi Champions Cup – Hailoosport.com (Arabic)
Saudi Champions Cup – Hailoosport.com

[1] "Official SAFF site in English". Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

[2] "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.

[regulations-3] "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.

[4] @ALAHLI_FC (November 18, 2022). "سجل بطولات الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي الاهلي" (Tweet) (in Arabic) – via Twitter.

[Saudi_Arabia_-_List_of_Cup_Winners-5] "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners". Archived from the original on 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2023-02-02.

[goalzz.com-6] "Saudi King Cup of Champions's history". Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2019-10-13.

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v t e King's Cup (Saudi Arabia) seasons
Old format	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Current format	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025