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2010 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
	Al-Hilal celebrating their ninth title
Event	2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Date	19 February 2010
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Attendance	60,000
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The 2010 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 35th final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 19 February 2010 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal.^[1] It was Al-Ahli's 11th Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's 10th final. This was the third meeting between these two clubs in the final. It was Al-Ahli's first final since 2007 and Al-Hilal's third final in a row.

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

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ahli	10 (1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
Al-Hilal	9 (1964, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)

Venue

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

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-Ahli reached their eleventh final, after a defeating Al-Shabab 3–1 on penalties.^[6] They reached their first final since 2007 when they won the tournament after defeating Al-Ittihad 2–1.

Al-Hilal reached their tenth final after a 2–1 win against Najran.^[7] This was Al-Hilal's third final in a row.^[8]

This was the third meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final. Al-Hilal won twice in 2003 and 2006.^[9] The two teams played each other three times in the season prior to the final with Al-Hilal winning all 3 matches. Twice in the League, 2–1 and 3–1, and once in the Federation Cup semi-final, 4–3.^[10]

Road to the final

Al-Ahli		Round	Al-Hilal
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Hajer	3–2 (A)	Round of 16	Al-Faisaly	2–1 (H)
Al-Fateh	2–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	2–1 (a.e.t.) (A)
Al-Shabab	2–2 (3–1 p) (A)	Semi-finals	Najran	2–1 (H)

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

Match

Details

19 February 2010

20:15 AST

Al-Ahli	1–2	Al-Hilal
Simões 43'	Report	Wilhelmsson 66' Neves 78'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal



GK	22	Abdullah Al-Mayouf
RB	14	Mohammad Massad (c)
CB	19	Walid Jahdali	70'
CB	28	Jufain Al-Bishi
LB	31	Mansoor Al-Harbi	70'
RM	5	Moataz Al-Musa
CM	13	Ala Rishani	51'	84'
CM	17	Mohammed Al-Safri		70'
LM	10	Marcinho
CF	9	Malek Mouath		68'
CF	7	Victor Simões
Substitutes:
FW	11	Hassan Al-Raheb		84'
MF	16	Waleed Bakshween		70'
MF	24	Abdulrahim Jaizawi		68'
Manager:
Sérgio Farias



GK	30	Hassan Al-Otaibi
RB	12	Lee Young-pyo	54'
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	25	Majed Al-Marshedi
LB	4	Abdullah Al-Zori
CM	6	Khaled Aziz
CM	8	Mirel Rădoi	89'
RW	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		68'
AM	7	Thiago Neves		90'
LW	9	Christian Wilhelmsson
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutes:
MF	13	Omar Al-Ghamdi		90'
MF	24	Nawaf Al Abed		68'
Manager:
Eric Gerets