King Cup

The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's),[1] officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup (Arabic: كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup
Founded1957 (1957)
RegionSaudi Arabia
Number of teams16
International cup(s)AFC Champions League
Current championsAl-Fayha (1st title)
Most successful club(s)Al-Ahli (13 titles)
Television broadcastersShahid
2022–23 King Cup

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 Professional League plus the Crown Prince Cup and Federation Cup winners. Since 2014, it was renamed as King's Cup, the competition returned to its roots by implementing the old format. 153 clubs have taken part in the tournament.[2]

Qualification and prize money

The cup winner will be guaranteed a place in the AFC Champions League.[3]

Prize money:[3]

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

Winners by year
King's Cup

Performance by club

Trophies
Club Winners Winning years
Al-Ahli
13
 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016
Al-Ittihad
9
 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2018
Al-Hilal
9
 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2020
Al-Nassr
6
 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
Al-Shabab
3
 2008, 2009, 2014
Al-Ettifaq
2
 1968, 1985
Al-Wehda
2
 1957, 1966
Al-Taawoun
1
 2019
Al-Faisaly
1
 2021
Al-Fayha
1
 2022
Total
47

Source:[4][5]

Finals
Club Finalists Finals years
Al-Ahli
18
 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017
Al-Ittihad
18
 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019
Al-Hilal
17
 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022
Al-Nassr
14
 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020
Al-Wehda
7
 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970
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
94

Source:[6][7]

Hat-tricks
Rank Player Club Goals Date
Yousef Al-Anbar Ohod Al-Nahda 4-1 11 May 1989
Saad Al-Harthi Al-Nassr Al-Ahli 0-3 5 April 2010
Victor Simões Al-Ahli Al-Nassr 1-3 9 April 2010
Mokhtar Fallatah Al-Ettifaq Al-Wahda 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-Qadisiyah 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
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
  1. Official SAFF site in English
  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.
  3. "لائحة المسابقات والبطولات بالإتحاد العربي السعودي لكرة القدم" [Regulations of Saudi Arabian Football Federation Competitions] (PDF) (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners".
  5. "Saudi King Cup of Champions's history".
  6. "Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners".
  7. "Saudi King Cup of Champions's history".
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