Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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Crown Prince Cup
Founded1956
Region Saudi Arabia
Number of teams30
Current championsAl-Ittihad (8th title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Hilal (13 titles)
Television broadcastersPro Sports
2017–18 season

The Crown Prince 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 have won the most titles with 13 wins, also Al-Hilal has contested more finals with 17. They being the recent winner of 2015–16 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
3–2
 Al-Thaghar Jeddah
1958–59 Al-Ittihad (2)
4–2
 Al-Wehda Jeddah
1959–60 Al-Wehda
2–0
(w/o)
 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
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
Al-Ittihad (4)
1–1
(5–4 on p)
 Al-Nassr Jeddah
Al-Qadisiyah
0–0
(4–2 on p)
 Al-Shabab Riyadh
Al-Shabab
1–1
(5–3 on p)
 Al-Ittihad Jeddah
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 Makkah
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 3 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
– 1 –
Al-Tai – 1 –
  • 1including one title as Al-Thaghar

Source:[3]

References[]

  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.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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