1989 King Cup

1989 King Cup
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	11 – 22 May 1989
Teams	16
Defending champions	Al-Ittihad
Champions	Al Hilal (6th title)
Runners-up	Al-Nassr
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Al Hilal
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Majed Abdullah (5 goals)
	← 1988 1990 →

The 1989 King Cup was the 31st season of knockout competition since its establishment in 1956. Al-Ittihad were the defending champions for this season, but they were eliminated by Al-Nassr in Round of 16.

Al Hilal won their sixth title after beating Al Nassr 3–0 in the final.^[1]^[2] As winners of the tournament, Al-Hilal qualified for the 1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Bracket[]

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

H

Al-Qadisiyah

4

A

Al-Riyadh

3

H

Al-Qadisiyah

1

A

Ohod

0

A

Al-Nahda

1

H

Ohod

4

A

Al-Qadisiyah

0

H

Al Hilal

1

H

Al-Tai

0

A

Al Hilal

1

A

Al Hilal (aet)

2

H

Al-Shabab

1

A

Al-Shabab (pen.)

0 (5)

H

Al-Ettifaq

0 (4)

–

Al Hilal

3

–

Al-Nassr

0

A

Al-Nassr

2

H

Al-Ittihad

0

A

Al-Nassr

3

H

Hajer

0

A

Al-Wehda

1 (3)

H

Hajer (pen.)

1 (4)

A

Al-Nassr (aet)

3

H

Al-Ahli

1

H

Al-Rawdhah

2

A

Al-Taawoun

3

H

Al-Taawoun

0

A

Al-Ahli

1

H

Al-Ahli

2

A

Al-Raed

0

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Round of 16[]

The matches of the Round of 16 were held on 11 and 12 May 1989.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

11 May 1989 5	Al-Tai	0–1	Al Hilal	Ha'il
20:10			Nu'eimeh 61'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Hassan Al-Buhairi

11 May 1989 4	Al-Ettifaq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Al-Shabab	Khobar
20:10	Al-Dosari 60'		9'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Omer Al Mehannah
	Penalties
	Bakhashwain		S. Al-Owairan Al-Roomi

11 May 1989 6	Ohod	4–1	Al-Nahda	Medina
16:10	4', 19', 34' 66'		58'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Nofal

11 May 1989 2	Hajer	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Al-Wehda	Al-Hasa
20:10	108'		93'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Harkan
	Penalties

11 May 1989 3	Al-Ittihad	0–2	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:10			Abdullah 36' (pen.), 47'	Stadium: Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah Referee: Abdullah Al-Nasser

12 May 1989 7	Al-Qadisiyah	4–3	Al-Riyadh	Khobar
20:10	Al-Bishi 7', 70' 55' 59'		25', 38' 51'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Hazmi

12 May 1989 8	Al-Rawdhah	2–3	Al-Taawoun	Al-Hasa
20:10	53' (pen.) 73'		27' 34' 85'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Khaldi

12 May 1989 1	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Raed	Jeddah
20:10	20' Abd Al-Jawad 65'			Stadium: Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah Referee: Mohammed Al-Shareef

Quarter-finals[]

The Quarter-final matches were held on 15 May 1989.^[7]^[8]

15 May 1989 9	Al-Shabab	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al Hilal	Riyadh
20:30	S. Al-Owairan 19'		10' pen.'	Stadium: Youth Welfare Stadium in Al-Malaz Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

15 May 1989 10	Hajer	0–3	Al-Nassr	Al-Hasa
20:30			Abdullah 25' (pen.), 75' 65'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Mohawis

15 May 1989 11	Al-Taawoun	0–1	Al-Ahli	Buraidah
20:30			54'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Mohammed Foda

15 May 1989 12	Al-Qadisiyah	3–1	Ohod	Khobar
20:30	19' Al-Bishi 52' (pen.) 73'		76'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Zaid

Semi-finals[]

The Semi-final matches were held on 18 May 1989.^[9]

18 May 1989 13	Al Hilal	1–0	Al-Qadisiyah	Riyadh
20:30	37'	Report		Stadium: Youth Welfare Stadium in Al-Malaz Referee: Omar Al-Shareef

18 May 1989 14	Al-Ahli	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
20:30	81'	Report	Abdullah 75' Al-Bishi 96' Al-Jam'an 110'	Stadium: Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Final[]

The final was played between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr in the Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah. Al-Hilal were appearing in their 12th final while Al-Nassr were appearing in their 9th final.

22 May 1989

20:00

Al-Hilal	3–0	Al-Nassr
21', 69' 24'	Report

Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah, Jeddah

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Team details

Al-Hilal

Al-Nassr


GK	1	Saleh Al-Saloomi
RB	2	Abdulrahmen Al-Tekhaifi
CB	5	Saleh Al-Nu'eimeh (c)
CB	3	Hussein Al-Bishi
LB	16	Hussein Al-Habashi
MF	10	Abadi Al-Hathlool	53'
MF	6	Fahad Al-Musaibeah
MF	8	Khalid Al-Temawi
FW	11	Saad Mubarak
FW	7	Yousef Jazea	??'
FW	15	Yousuf Al-Thunayan
Substitutes:
MF	14	Meshari Al-Owairan	??'
MF	19	Tariq Al-Awadhi	53'
Manager:
Candinho


GK	1	Khaled Al-Sibyani
RB	2	Musaed Al-Torair
CB	3	Nasser Al-Murshad
CB	5	Saleh Al-Mutlaq
LB	15	Nasser Al-Fahad	??'
MF	16	Khaled Al-Hazaa
MF	7	Fahad Al-Masoud	47'
MF	10	Yousef Khamees (c)
FW	8	Fahad Al-Bishi
FW	9	Majed Abdullah
FW	11	Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
Substitutes:
DF	6	Mohammed Al-Ateeq	??'
FW	17	Saeed Al-Qahtani	47'
Manager:
Joel Santana

King Cup 1989 Winners
Al-Hilal 6th Title

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Majed Abdullah	Al-Nassr	5
2		Ohod	4
3	Ahmad Al-Bishi	Al-Qadsiah	3
		Al-Ahli
		Al-Hilal

References[]

^ Chbaro, Mohamed S.; King, Ian. "Saudi Arabia 1988/89". rsssf.com. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ "الهلال بطل كاس الملك".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 10-05-1989".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 12-05-1989".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 13-05-1989 (2)".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 13-05-1989 (1)".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 16-05-1989 (1)".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 16-05-1989 (2)".
^ "Jazirah newspaper 18-05-1989".

[1] Chbaro, Mohamed S.; King, Ian. "Saudi Arabia 1988/89". rsssf.com. The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

[2] "الهلال بطل كاس الملك".

[3] "Jazirah newspaper 10-05-1989".

[4] "Jazirah newspaper 12-05-1989".

[5] "Jazirah newspaper 13-05-1989 (2)".

[6] "Jazirah newspaper 13-05-1989 (1)".

[7] "Jazirah newspaper 16-05-1989 (1)".

[8] "Jazirah newspaper 16-05-1989 (2)".

[9] "Jazirah newspaper 18-05-1989".

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