2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2009–10 Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal celebrating their ninth title
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	6 November 2009 – 19 February 2010
Teams	54 (all) 42 (qualifying competition) 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (9th title)
Runner-up	Al-Ahli
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	51 (3.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Victor Simões (4 goals)
All statistics correct as of 19 February 2010. (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2009–10 Crown Prince Cup was the 35th season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. This season's competition featured a total of 16 teams, 12 teams from the Pro League, and 4 teams from the Qualifying Rounds.

Al-Hilal were the two-time defending champions, having retained the trophy in 2009, and won their third consecutive title, defeating Al-Ahli in the final on 19 February 2010. Al-Hilal won their record-extending 9th title and their third title in a row.

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Pro League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 4 available places in the Round of 16. First Division sides Al-Ansar, Al-Faisaly, Al-Tai and Hajer qualified.

Preliminary Round 1

The Preliminary Round 1 matches were played on 6 & 12 November 2009.

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Friday 6 November 2009
Al-Majd (4)	2–0	Al-Suqoor (4)
Al-Nakhil (4)	5–2	Al-Ain (4)
Al-Qala (4)	7–0	Al-Waad (4)
Al-Rawdhah (4)	3–3 (4–2 p)	Al-Hada (4)
Al-Saqr (4)	4–4 (3–4 p)	Afif (4)
Thursday 12 November 2009
Sharurah (4)	0–4	Al-Tuhami (4)

Preliminary Round 2

The Preliminary Round 2 matches were played on 13 & 17 November 2009.

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Friday 13 November 2009
Al-Majd (4)	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Okaz (4)
Al-Rawdhah (4)	4–3	Afif (4)
Al-Qala (4)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hait (4)
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Al-Tuhami (4)	0–1	Al-Nakhil (4)

First Round

The First Round matches were played on 3 & 4 December 2009.

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Thursday 3 December 2009
Al-Adalah (2)	2–0	Al-Jeel (3)
Al-Khaleej (2)	3–0	Al-Nahda (3)
Al-Riyadh (2)	2–1	Al-Diriyah (3)
Al-Hamadah (3)	2–7	Al-Faisaly (2)
Al-Fayha (3)	2–1	Najd (3)
Sdoos (3)	1–0	Al-Shoulla (2)
Al-Taawoun (2)	2–1	Al-Arabi (3)
Hajer (2)	1–0	Al-Rawdhah (4)
Friday 4 December 2009
Al-Batin (3)	1–0	Al-Najma (3)
Al-Orobah (3)	0–2	Al-Tai (2)
Abha (2)	3–2	Al-Nakhil (4)
Al-Jabalain (3)	1–3	Al-Qala (4)
Hetten (2)	1–2	Ohod (2)
Al-Akhdoud (3)	2–3	Damac (2)
Al-Ansar (2)	3–0	Al-Rabe'e (3)
Al-Watani (2)	2–1	Okaz (4)

Second Round

The Second Round matches were played on 10 December 2009.

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Thursday 10 December 2009
Hajer (2)	2–1	Al-Riyadh (2)
Al-Khaleej (2)	2–1	Al-Adalah (2)
Al-Fayha (3)	1–2	Al-Taawoun (2)
Sdoos (3)	0–2	Al-Faisaly (2)
Al-Batin (3)	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Qala (4)
Al-Tai (2)	3–0	Al-Watani (2)
Abha (2)	0–1	Damac (2)
Al-Ansar (2)	3–0	Ohod (2)

Final Round

The Final Round matches were played on 17 December 2009.

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Tuesday 17 December 2009
Al-Khaleej (2)	1–2	Hajer (2)
Al-Faisaly (2)	2–1	Al-Taawoun (2)
Al-Batin (3)	3–3 (10–11 p)	Al-Tai (2)
Al-Ansar (2)	3–2	Damac (2)

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

H

Al-Qadisiyah

1

A

Al-Shabab

2

H

Al-Shabab

3

A

Al-Tai

1

H

Al-Wehda

1 (4)

A

Al-Tai (p)

1 (5)

H

Al-Shabab

2 (1)

A

Al-Ahli (p)

2 (3)

H

Hajer

2

A

Al-Ahli

3

A

Al-Ahli

2

H

Al-Fateh

0

H

Al-Fateh (a.e.t.)

3

A

Al-Ettifaq

1

-

Al-Ahli

1

-

Al-Hilal

2

H

Al-Hilal

2

A

Al-Faisaly

1

A

Al-Hilal (a.e.t.)

2

H

Al-Nassr

1

H

Al-Raed

0

A

Al-Nassr

2

H

Al-Hilal

2

A

Najran

1

H

Najran

2

A

Al-Ittihad

1

A

Najran (a.e.t.)

3

H

Al-Ansar

1

H

Al-Ansar (a.e.t.)

4

A

Al-Hazm

2

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Round of 16

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 3, 4 and 5 February 2010. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Fateh (1) v Al-Ettifaq (1)

3 February 2010 4	Al-Fateh (1)	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Al-Hasa
20:10	Sufyani 58' Al-Jamaan 93' (pen.) Bettayeb 100'	Report	Al-Salem 38'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Mutraf Al-Qahtani

Al-Qadsiah (1) v Al-Shabab (1)

4 February 2010 1	Al-Qadsiah (1)	1–2	Al-Shabab (1)	Khobar
20:10	John-Jumbo 31'	Report	Al-Gizani 38' Camacho 55'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Qahtani

Hajer (2) v Al-Ahli (1)

4 February 2010 3	Hajer (2)	2–3	Al-Ahli (1)	Al-Hasa
20:10	Al-Khoudari 41' Al-Mouathin 73'	Report	Al-Raheb 9' Massad 24' Simões 39'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Faisaly (2)

4 February 2010 5	Al-Hilal (1)	2–1	Al-Faisaly (2)	Riyadh
20:10	Wilhelmsson 56' Balghaith 70' (o.g.)	Report	Fallatah 88'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abbas Ibrahim

Al-Raed (1) v Al-Nassr (1)

4 February 2010 6	Al-Raed (1)	0–2	Al-Nassr (1)	Buraidah
20:10		Report	Ghaly 65', 84'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi

Al-Wehda (1) v Al-Tai (2)

5 February 2010 2	Al-Wehda (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Al-Tai (2)	Makkah
20:10	Benhenia 9' (pen.)		Al-Juhaim 60'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Zahrani
	Penalties
	Al-Mor Assiri Belal K. Al-Mousa Rafik Mahboob		Kaddadi Al-Juhaim Al-Matar Al-Saqri Rashid Al-Harbi

Najran (1) v Al-Ittihad (1)

5 February 2010 7	Najran (1)	2–1	Al-Ittihad (1)	Najran
20:10	Diba 43', 65' (pen.)	Report	Noor 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Akhdoud Club Stadium Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

Al-Ansar (2) v Al-Hazem (1)

5 February 2010 8	Al-Ansar (2)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hazem (1)	Medina
20:10	Al-Khodair 12', 71', 110' Al-Eisa 120+4' (pen.)	Report	Al-Muwallad 72' (pen.) Hamad Ji 87'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mansour Al-Shammari

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 9 and 10 February 2010. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Tai (2)

9 February 2010 9	Al-Shabab (1)	3–1	Al-Tai (2)	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Yousef 26', 36' Camacho 77'	Report	Fallatah 55'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Saad Al-Kathairi

Al-Fateh (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

9 February 2010 10	Al-Fateh (1)	0–2	Al-Ahli (1)	Al-Hasa
20:15		Report	Simões 61', 64'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Hilal (1)

10 February 2010 11	Al-Nassr (1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal (1)	Riyadh
20:15	Feindouno 56'	Report	Neves 61' Wilhelmsson 113'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

Al-Ansar (2) v Najran (1)

10 February 2010 12	Al-Ansar (2)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Najran (1)	Medina
20:15	Mosaed 19' (o.g.)	Report	Abu Yabis 40' Diba 109' Al-Najrani 116'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals fixtures were played on 14 and 15 February 2010. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

14 February 2010 13	Al-Shabab (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	Al-Ahli (1)	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Sultan 55' Al-Gizani 68'	Report	Al-Musa 26' Jaizawi 86'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)
	Penalties
	Camacho Ahmed Otaif Ali Otaif Al-Haqbani		Marcinho Al-Safri Al-Musa Al-Fahmi Kano

Al-Hilal (1) v Najran (1)

15 February 2010 14	Al-Hilal (1)	2–1	Najran (1)	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Qahtani 18', 52'	Report	Abu Yabis 57'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Alexandru Deaconu (Romania)

Final

Main article: 2010 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final

The final was held on 19 February 2010 in the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

19 February 2010

20:15

Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Hilal
Simões 43'	Report	Wilhelmsson 66' Neves 78'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Winner

2009–10 Crown Prince Cup Winners
Al-Hilal 9th Title

Top goalscorers

As of 19 February 2010

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Victor Simões	Al-Ahli	4
2	Turki Al-Khodair	Al-Ansar	3
	Yves Diba Ilunga	Najran
	Christian Wilhelmsson	Al-Hilal

See also

• 2009–10 Saudi Professional League
• 2010 King Cup of Champions

External links

• Crown Prince Cup 2009/10 History at RSSSF