Saudi Crown Prince Cup

**Crown Prince Cup**
Founded	1956
Region	Saudi Arabia
Number of teams	30
Current champions	Al-Hilal (13th title)
Most successful club(s)	Al-Hilal (13 titles)
Television broadcasters	Pro Sports
2015–16 season

The Crown Prince Cup, (Arabic: كأس ولي العهد), is the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It is 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, also they being the recent winner.

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
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	Al-Shatea	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	Not held
1972–73	Al-Nassr	2–1	Al-Wehda	Riyadh
1973–74	Al-Nassr (2)	1–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
1974	Not held from 1974 until 1990
1990	Not held from 1974 until 1990
1990–91	Al-Ittihad (4)	1–1 (5–4) on p	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
1991–92	Al-Qadisiyah	0–0 (4–2) on p	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
1992–93	Al-Shabab	1–1 (5–3) on p	Al-Ittihad	Jeddah
1993–94	Al-Riyadh	1–0 (aet)	Al-Shabab	Riyadh
1994–95	Al-Hilal (2)	1–0	Al-Riyadh	Jeddah
1995–96	Al-Shabab (2)	3–0	Al-Nassr	Jeddah
1996–97	Al-Ittihad (5)	2–0	Al-Tai	Jeddah
1997–98	Al-Ahli (3)	3–2 (aet)	Al-Riyadh	Riyadh
1998–99	Al-Shabab (3)	1–0	Al-Hilal	Dammam
1999–2000	Al-Hilal (3)	3–0	Al-Shabab	Jeddah
2000–01	Al-Ittihad (6)	3–0	Al-Ettifaq	Jeddah
2001–02	Al-Ahli (4)	2–1	Al-Ittihad	Jeddah
2002–03	Al-Hilal (4)	1–0	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
2003–04	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 (6)	2–1	Al-Hilal	Riyadh
2015–16	Al-Hilal (13)	2–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh

Source:^[2]

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Al-Hilal	13	4¹	1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016
Al-Ittihad	7	4	1958, 1959, 1963, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2004
Al-Ahli	6	7	1957², 1970, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2015
Al-Shabab	3	4	1993, 1996, 1999
Al-Nassr	3	3	1973, 1974, 2014
Al-Wehda	1	5	1960
Al-Ettifaq	1	4	1965
Al-Riyadh	1	2	1994
Al-Qadisiyah	1	1	1992
Al-Shatea	–	1	–
Al-Tai	–	1	–

¹including once as Al-Olempy
²including one title as Al-Thaghar

References

↑ "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.
↑ "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.

External links

Crown Prince Cup Seasons

Old edition	1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 ~~1965–66~~ 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 ~~1970–71~~ ~~1971–72~~ 1972–73 1973–74

Current edition	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Football in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

National teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's

League System	Professional League First Division Second Division Third Division

Cup competitions	King Cup Crown Prince Cup Super Cup Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup (Defunct)

Other	Venues Clubs Clubs in Champions League

List of clubs and league structure List of venues

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