2024 King Cup final

The 2024 King Cup Final was the 49th final of the King Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition since its inception in 1957.

2024 King Cup Final
Event2023–24 King Cup
Al-Hilal Al-Nassr
1 1
After extra time
Al-Hilal won 5–4 on penalties
Date31 May 2024 (2024-05-31)
VenueKing Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Man of the MatchYassine Bounou
RefereeDarío Herrera (Argentina)[1]
Attendance56,870

The final was played at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, on 31 May 2024.[2] The match was contested by derby rivals Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr. It was Al-Hilal's 19th King Cup final and Al-Nassr's 14th.

Teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal 18 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Al-Nassr 14 (1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020)

Venue

The King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the Jewel Stadium, was announced as the venue of the final on 26 May 2024.[3] This was the eighth time the King Abdullah Sports City hosted the final following those in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2023 and was the sixteenth time it was hosted in Jeddah.

The King Abdullah Sports City was built in 2012 and opened in 2014 as the home of Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team. Its current capacity is 62,345, and the record attendance was the opening match which was the 2014 King Cup final. The stadium also hosted many other finals including the 2019 Saudi Super Cup, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 2019–20 Supercopa de España.

Background

Al-Hilal reached their record-breaking 19th final after a 2–1 win against Al-Ittihad.[4] This was Al-Hilal's third consecutive final, fourth final in five years, and seventh final since the tournament was reintroduced. Al-Hilal won last season's final on penalties after a 1–1 draw against Al-Wehda.[5]

Al-Nassr reached their fourteenth final after a 3–1 win against Al-Khaleej.[6] This was Al-Nassr's first final since 2020, and fifth final since the tournament was reintroduced. Al-Nassr lost their four most recent finals against Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal twice each.

The two teams met four times earlier in the season with Al-Hilal winning twice, Al-Nassr winning once, and one draw between them. This was the 21st meeting between these two sides in the King Cup and the sixth meeting in the final.[7] Al-Hilal won ten times including the 1989 Final and 2020 Final, while Al-Nassr won four times including the 1981 Final and 1987 Final. The two teams drew each other six times, with Al-Hilal winning the 2015 Final on penalty shoot-outs. This will be the 184th competitive meeting between these two sides. In the clubs' 183 previous meetings, Al-Hilal won 72, Al-Nassr won 59 and the remaining 52 were drawn.[8]

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Hilal Round Al-Nassr
Opponent Result 2023–24 King Cup Opponent Result
Al-Jabalain (A) 1–0 Round of 32 Ohod (A) 5–1
Al-Hazem (H) 3–0 Round of 16 Al-Ettifaq (H) 1–0 (a.e.t.)
Al-Taawoun (H) 3–0 Quarter-finals Al-Shabab (A) 5–2
Al-Ittihad (A) 2–1 Semi-finals Al-Khaleej (H) 3–1

Match

Details
Al-Hilal1–1 (a.e.t.)Al-Nassr
  • Mitrović 7'
 Report
Penalties
 5–4
Attendance: 56,870
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)
Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
GK37 Yassine Bounou
RB66 Saud Abdulhamid
CB3 Kalidou Koulibaly 28'  90'
CB5 Ali Al-Bulaihi 87'  87'
LB6 Renan Lodi 22' 46'
CM8 Rúben Neves
CM7 Salman Al-Faraj (c) 33' 74'
RW96 Michael 40' 86'
AM77 Malcom 109'
LW29 Salem Al-Dawsari 110'
CF9 Aleksandar Mitrović
Substitutes:
GK21 Mohammed Al-Owais
DF2 Mohammed Al-Breik 86'  90+7'
DF12 Yasser Al-Shahrani 98' 46'
DF16 Nasser Al-Dawsari 109'
DF87 Hassan Al-Tombakti 90+7'
MF28 Mohamed Kanno 108' 74'
MF56 Mohammed Al-Qahtani
FW11 Saleh Al-Shehri
FW14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan 110'
Manager:
Jorge Jesus
GK26 David Ospina 56'
RB2 Sultan Al-Ghannam 120+1'
CB78 Ali Lajami
CB5 Abdulelah Al-Amri 45+1' 59'
LB15 Alex Telles 106'
DM17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari
CM77 Marcelo Brozović 69'
CM25 Otávio 26' 81'
RM94 Ayman Yahya 105'
LM10 Sadio Mané 59'
CF7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c)
Substitutes:
GK33 Waleed Abdullah 59'
DF4 Mohammed Al-Fatil
DF12 Nawaf Boushal
DF24 Mohammed Qasem
MF8 Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
MF14 Sami Al-Najei 69'
MF19 Ali Al-Hassan 81'
MF29 Abdulrahman Ghareeb 59'
FW30 Meshari Al-Nemer 105'
Manager:
Luís Castro

Man of the Match:
Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal)

Assistant referees:[1]
Miguel Savorani (Argentina)
Sebastían Raineri (Argentina)
Fourth official:[1]
Sebastían Zunino (Argentina)
Video assistant referee:[1]
Jorge Baliño (Argentina)
Assistant video assistant referee:[1]
Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

See also

References
  1. "ظهر مرتين في «روشن».. هيريرا يدير نهائي الكأس".
  2. "الجمعة.. نهائي كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين".
  3. "بلقاء النصر والهلال.. الجوهرة تشع بنهائي أغلى الكؤوس للمرة الثامنة".
  4. "الهلال يهزم الاتحاد و"النقص" ويبلغ نهائي كأس الملك".
  5. "نيابة عن خادم الحرمين الشريفين .. سمو ولي العهد يتوج فريق الهلال بكأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين للموسم الرياضي 2022 - 2023".
  6. "النصر يهزم الخليج ويضرب موعداً مع الهلال في النهائي".
  7. "تاريخ مواجهات الهلال والنصر في كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين".
  8. "تاريخ لقاءات : الهلال - النصر".
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