2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final

The 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Crown Prince Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition at the time.

2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Event2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Al-Ittihad Al-Ahli
1 2
Date27 April 2007 (2007-04-27)
VenuePrince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
RefereeMassimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Attendance27,000

It took place on 27 April 2007 at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was contested between city rivals Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli.[1] It was Al-Ahli's tenth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Ittihad's 11th. This was the fourth meeting between these two clubs in the final.

Al-Ahli won the game 2–1 to secure their fifth title and first since 2002.[2] As winners of the 2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Al-Ahli qualified for the 2008 AFC Champions League group stage.

Teams
Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ittihad 10 (1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004)
Al-Ahli 9 (1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)

Venue

The Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah was announced as the host of the final.[3] This was the ninth Crown Prince Cup final to be hosted in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium following those in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

The Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium was opened in 1970 and was known as the Youth Welfare Stadium until 2001.[4] The stadium was used as a venue for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship and hosted the final of the 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The stadium was used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Ahli, and Al-Ittihad, and hosted major domestic matches. The stadium underwent major construction in 2012 with plans to expand the number of seats and as of 2019 is still under construction.[5]

Background

Al-Ittihad reached their 11th final after a 4–2 aggregate win against Al-Ettifaq.[6] This was Al-Ittihad's first final since 2004 when they defeated Al-Ahli 1–0.

Al-Ahli reached their ninth final, after a 3–1 aggregate win against Al-Hilal.[7] They finished as runners-up in the previous season, losing to Al-Hilal.

This was the twelfth meeting between the two sides in the Crown Prince Cup with Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad winning five times each and one draw between them occurred. The two teams met three times in the final with Al-Ittihad winning twice in 1958 and 2004, and Al-Ahli won the 2002 final.[8] The two teams played each other twice in the season prior to the final, once in the league and once in the Federation Cup final. Al-Ahli defeated Al-Ittihad 3–0 in the final to win their fifth Federation Cup and Al-Ittihad won the league match 3–0.[9]

Road to the final
Further information: 2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Al-Ittihad Round Al-Ahli
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Al-Tai 6–1 (H) Round of 16 Al-Riyadh 3–1 (A)
Najran 10–0 (H) Quarter-finals Al-Faisaly 1–0 (H)
Al-Ettifaq 0–1 (A) Semi-finals Al-Hilal 2–0 (H)
4–1 (H) 1–1 (A)

Key: (H) = Home; (A) = Away

Match

Details
Al-Ittihad1–2Al-Ahli
 Report
Attendance: 27,000
Al-Ittihad
Al-Ahli
GK1 Mabrouk Zaid
RB2 Ahmed Dokhi 83'
CB33 Osama Al-Muwallad
CB21 Hamad Al-Montashari
LB19 Saleh Al-Saqri
CM23 Abdullah Al-Waked 50'
CM14 Saud Kariri
RW27 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani 89'
AM18 Mohammed Noor (c)
LW10 Wágner
CF3 Alhassane Keita
Substitutes:
DF4 Redha Tukar 89'
FW9 Hamzah Idris 83'
FW11 Reinaldo 63' 50'
Manager:
Dimitri Davidovic
GK1 Yasser Al-Mosailem
RB30 Ibrahim Hazzazi 90+3'
CB19 Walid Jahdali 57'
CB2 Khaled Badra
LB24 Hussein Abdulghani (c)
DM5 Moataz Al-Musa 85'
CM8 Taisir Al-Jassim 65'
CM15 Saheb Al-Abdullah
AM7 Turky Al-Thagafi 60'
AM10 Caio 32'
CF9 Malek Mouath
Substitutes:
DF4 Mohamed Al-Bishi 85'
MF18 Ahmed Darwish 60'
DF28 Jufain Al-Bishi 90+3'
Manager:
Nebojša Vučković

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

References
  1. "كأس ولي العهد بين (اتحاد) متحفز و(أهلي) جريح".
  2. "شمس الأهلي الجديد (تشرق) بكأس ولي العهد".
  3. "جماهير الاتحاد والاهلي تشعل المدرجات بأهازيج التحدي".
  4. "الاقتراب من انتهاء مشروع ملعب عبدالله الفيصل".
  5. "ملعب الأمير عبدالله الفيصل يرتدي حلة جديدة".
  6. "الاتحاد يعلن عن وصوله نهائي كاس ولي العهد".
  7. "القلعة مغلقة امام طموحات الزعيم".
  8. "التقيا في أول نهائي عام 1950 وفاز الاتحاد".
  9. "الأهلي بطلاً لكأس فيصل بفوز تاريخي على اتحاد جدة 3/صفر".
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