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2012 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final

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2012 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Event2011–12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Date10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)
VenueKing Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
RefereeNicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Attendance40,000
2011
2013

The 2012 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 37th final of the Crown Prince Cup, a football tournament. It took place on 10 February 2012 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Hilal and Al-Ettifaq.[1] It was Al-Hilal's 12th Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Ettifaq's fifth final. This was the second meeting between these two clubs in the final after 2008. It was Al-Ettifaq's first final since 2008 and Al-Hilal's fifth final in a row.

Al-Hilal won the match 2–1 to claim their eleventh Crown Prince Cup title and their fifth one in a row.[2]

Teams

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Team Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal 11 (1964, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Al-Ettifaq 4 (1963, 1965, 2001, 2008)

Venue

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The King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue. This was the eleventh Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987.[3] The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup.[4] Its current capacity is 68,752[5] and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.

Background

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Al-Hilal reached their twelfth final after a 2–0 win against Al-Ittihad.[6] This was Al-Hilal's fifth final in a row.

Al-Ettifaq reached their fifth final, after a 2–1 away win against Al-Ahli.[7] They reached their first final since 2008 when they finished as runners-up after losing to Al-Hilal.

This was the second meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final.[8] Al-Hilal won the previous meeting 2–0 in the 2008 final.[9] The two teams played each other once in the season prior to the final. The match ended in a 2–2 draw.[10]

Road to the final

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Al-Hilal Round Al-Ettifaq
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Al-Shoulla 6–1 (A) Round of 16 Al-Ansar 2–0 (H)
Al-Nassr 4–1 (H) Quarter-finals Najran 3–0 (H)
Al-Ittihad 2–0 (H) Semi-finals Al-Ahli 2–1 (A)

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

Match

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Details

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Al-Hilal2–1Al-Ettifaq
Report
Al-Hilal
Al-Ettifaq
GK 1 Saudi Arabia Khalid Sharahili
RB 2 Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Bishi Yellow card 45+1'
CB 3 Saudi Arabia Osama Hawsawi (c)
CB 25 Saudi Arabia Majed Al-Marshedi Yellow card 83'
LB 13 Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Faraj
DM 21 Morocco Adil Hermach Yellow card 50'
RM 99 Sweden Christian Wilhelmsson downward-facing red arrow 25'
CM 10 Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Shalhoub downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 24 Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Abed Yellow card 34'
LM 29 Saudi Arabia Salem Al-Dawsari
CF 7 South Korea Yoo Byung-soo Red card 88'
Substitutes:
GK 30 Saudi Arabia Hassan Al-Otaibi
DF 4 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Zori
DF 23 Saudi Arabia Hassan Khairat
MF 6 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Qarni upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 15 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Fraidi upward-facing green arrow 25'
FW 16 Saudi Arabia Essa Al-Mehyani
FW 77 Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Harthi
Manager:
Czech Republic Ivan Hašek
GK 32 Saudi Arabia Fayz Al-Sabiay
RB 70 Saudi Arabia Waleed Mahboob
CB 4 Brazil Carlos
CB 5 Saudi Arabia Sayaf Al-Bishi (c)
LB 66 Oman Hassan Mudhafar downward-facing red arrow 36'
RM 8 Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri
CM 6 Saudi Arabia Yahya Otain Yellow card 42'
CM 11 Brazil Bruno Lazaroni
LM 9 Saudi Arabia Hamed Al-Hamed
CF 16 Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem
CF 18 Argentina Sebastián Tagliabúe downward-facing red arrow 56'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Saudi Arabia Mohammad Khouja
DF 3 Saudi Arabia Jamaan Al-Jamaan
DF 14 Saudi Arabia Ahmad Akash upward-facing green arrow 36' downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF 7 Saudi Arabia Abdulmutalib Al-Traidi upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 20 Saudi Arabia Sultan Al-Bargan
FW 10 Saudi Arabia Saleh Bashir
FW 99 Saudi Arabia Zamil Al-Sulim upward-facing green arrow 56'
Manager:
Croatia Branko Ivanković

Assistant referees:
Giorgio Niccolai (Italy)
Roberto Romagnoli (Italy)
Fourth official:
Marai Al-Awaji

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

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References

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  1. ^ "الأمير نايف يرعى نهائي كأس ولي العهد بين الهلال والاتفاق".
  2. ^ "الهلال يهزم الاتفاق ويتوج بطلاً لكأس ولي العهد".
  3. ^ "افتتاح استاد الملك فهد الدولي".
  4. ^ "كأس الملك فهد للقارات محط أنظار العالم".
  5. ^ "استاد الملك فهد الدولي تحفة معمارية يستوعب 70 ألف متفرج".
  6. ^ "الهلال إلى نهائي كأس ولي العهد للعام الخامس على التوالي".
  7. ^ "الاتفاق بالأرجنتيني تيجالي.. أسقط الأهلي وطار للنهائي".
  8. ^ "نهائي مختلف وتخصص «أزرق»".
  9. ^ "كـأس ولــي العهــد هلاليـــة".
  10. ^ "Match history".
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