2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final

2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final

Event	2007–08 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Al-Hilal Al-Ettifaq 2 0
Date	7 March 2008 (2008-03-07)
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

The 2008 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 33rd final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 7 March 2008 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Hilal and Al-Ettifaq.^[1] It was Al-Ettifaq's fourth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's eighth. This was the first meeting between these two clubs in the final. It was Al-Ettifaq's first final since 2001 and Al-Hilal's third final in four years.

Al-Hilal won the match 2–0 to claim their seventh Crown Prince Cup title.^[2] It was also their third title in four years, following those in 2005 and 2006.

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	7 (1964, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006)
Al-Ettifaq	3 (1963, 1965, 2001)

Venue

The King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh hosted the final

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

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

Al-Hilal reached their eighth final after a 1–0 aggregate win against Al-Shabab.^[6] This was Al-Hilal's third final in the four years.

Al-Ettifaq reached their fourth final, after a 4–3 aggregate win against defending champions Al-Ahli.^[7] They reached their first final since 2001 when they finished as runners-up losing to Al-Ittihad.

This was the first meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final.^[8] The two teams met each other six times in the finals of other competitions, twice in the King Cup and four times in the Federation Cup. Al-Ettifaq won twice in the King Cup and once in the Federation Cup, while Al-Hilal 3 times in the Federation Cup.^[9] The two teams played each other four times in the season prior to the final, twice in the 2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup, once in the League and once in the Federation Cup. Al-Ettifaq defeated Al-Hilal 2–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the Gulf Club Champions Cup.^[10] Al-Hilal defeated Al-Ettifaq 2–0 in both the League and Federation Cup.

Road to the final

Further information: 2007–08 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

Al-Hilal		Round	Al-Ettifaq
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Al-Nassr	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Al-Rabe'e	5–0 (H)
Al-Hazem	2–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	Quarter-finals	Al-Ittihad	2–1 (A)
Al-Shabab	0–0 (A)	Semi-finals	Al-Ahli	2–2 (A)
	1–0 (H)			2–1 (H)

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

Match

Details

7 March 2008 (2008-03-07)

20:15 AST

Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ettifaq
Al-Qahtani 6' El Taib 36' (pen.)	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Thorsten Kinhöfer (Germany)

Al-Hilal

Al-Ettifaq

GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea (c) RB 2 Khaled Al-Angari CB 3 Marcelo Tavares  73' CB 29 Majed Al-Marshedi LB 12 Abdulaziz Khathran CM 6 Khaled Aziz CM 13 Omar Al-Ghamdi  81' RW 15 Ahmed Al-Fraidi  70' AM 14 Tarik El Taib  27'  88' LW 10 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub  90' CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani Substitutes: MF 5 Abdulatif Al-Ghanam  70' MF 28 Fahed Al-Mobarak  88' FW 33 Lelo Mbele  90' Manager: Cosmin Olăroiu

GK 25 Adnan Al-Salman RB 2 Rashed Al-Raheeb CB 5 Sayaf Al-Bishi CB 3 Jamaan Al-Jamaan LB 15 Mishaal Al-Saeed  34' RM 21 Ibrahim Al-Moghanam  58' CM 28 Mohamed Roubize CM 8 Ali Al-Shehri (c) LM 30 Salaheddine Aqqal CF 10 Saleh Bashir  68' CF 18 Prince Tagoe Substitutes: MF 7 Saad Al-Aboud  58' Manager: Toni

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

• 2007–08 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
• 2007–08 Saudi Premier League

References

1. "الهلال والاتفاق في نهائي كأس ولي العهد الليلة".
2. "كـأس ولــي العهــد هلاليـــة".
3. "افتتاح استاد الملك فهد الدولي". Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
4. "كأس الملك فهد للقارات محط أنظار العالم". Archived from the original on 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
5. "استاد الملك فهد الدولي تحفة معمارية يستوعب 70 ألف متفرج". Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
6. "الهلال حضر و انتصر".
7. "الاتفاق اقتحم القلعة".
8. "Jazirah newspaper 07-03-2008".
9. "العملاقان التقيا في ستة نهائيات .. فلمن السابعة؟".
10. "الاتفاق ب(التخصص) في النهائي الخليجي".

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