2021 Saudi Super Cup

The 2021 Saudi Super Cup (also known as The Berain Saudi Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and King's Cup. It was played on 6 January 2022 at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, between Al Hilal and Al Faisaly.^[3]

Al-Hilal defeated Al-Faisaly 2–2 (4–3 on penalties) to win their third title. Al-Hilal then became the most successful team in the Super Cup, surpassing Al-Nassr's two titles.

Venue[]

The King Fahd International Stadium was originally announced as the venue of the final on 15 September 2021.^[4] However, on 31 December, it was announced that the match would instead take place at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh.^[5] This will be the first Super Cup to be held at the stadium

The Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium was built in 1969 and opened in 1971 with the King Cup final between Al-Shabab and Al-Ahli being the opener.^[6] The stadium was used as a venue for many domestic cup finals and the 1972 Arabian Gulf Cup.^[7] Its current capacity is 22,500^[8] and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Hilal, and Al-Shabab.

Background[]

As part of the running sponsorship deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and Saudi water company Berain, the match will be officially referred to as "The Berain Saudi Super Cup".^[9]

This will be Al-Hilal's fifth appearance in the competition and second consecutive one. Al-Hilal won the title twice, in 2015 and 2018, and finished as runners-up twice, in 2016 and 2020. This will be Al-Faisaly's first appearance in the competition.

Al-Hilal qualified by winning the 2020–21 Saudi Professional League on 23 May 2021.^[10] Al-Faisaly qualified after winning their first ever King Cup title on 27 May 2021.^[11]

This will be the first meeting between these two sides in the Saudi Super Cup and the first-ever meeting between them in a cup final. This will be the 34th competitive meeting between the two with the first meeting dating back to 20 March 1975. Al-Hilal won 26 times while the two teams drew seven times. Al-Faisaly have never beaten Al-Hilal in a competitive match before.^[12] The two teams met once in the 2021–22 season with Al-Hilal coming back from 2–0 down to win the match 3–2.^[13]

Match[]

Details[]

6 January 2022 (2022-01-06)

20:15 AST

Al Hilal	2–2	Al Faisaly
Al-Dawsari 40' Al-Shahrani 53'	Report	Al-Amri 16' Amalfitano 24'
Penalties
Marega Al-Hamdan Al-Dawsari Pereira Gomis Al-Faraj	4–3	Guilherme Ismael Al-Saiari Silva Rossi Al-Ahmed

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 6,164

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal

Al-Faisaly

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf  27' RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik  58' CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo  31' CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi  79' LB 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani  90+1' DM 28 Mohamed Kanno  75' DM 7 Salman Al-Faraj (c) RW 17 Moussa Marega AM 15 Matheus Pereira LW 29 Salem Al-Dawsari CF 18 Bafétimbi Gomis Substitutes: GK 33 Abdullah Al-Jadaani DF 23 Madallah Al-Olayan DF 32 Muteb Al-Mufarrij DF 70 Mohammed Jahfali DF 88 Hamad Al-Yami  58' MF 19 André Carrillo  75' MF 43 Musab Al-Juwayr FW 10 Luciano Vietto FW 14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  90+1' Manager: Leonardo Jardim

GK 26 Mustafa Malayekah RB 22 Yassin Barnawi  70' CB 4 Raphael Silva CB 3 Igor Rossi (c) LB 5 Mohammed Al-Amri  42'  90+6' DM 7 Ismael DM 6 Hicham Faik  71' RW 77 Khalid Kaabi  46' AM 23 Romain Amalfitano  90' LW 11 Guilherme CF 19 Júlio Tavares  45+3' Substitutes: GK 28 Ahmed Al-Kassar DF 12 Hussain Qassem DF 17 Saleh Al-Qumayzi DF 55 Mohammed Al-Nukhylan DF 99 Waleed Al-Ahmed  46' MF 39 Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari  71' MF 70 Ahmed Al-Anzi  90' FW 14 Saleh Al Abbas FW 80 Mohammed Al-Saiari  90+6' Manager: Daniel Ramos