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2012 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Event	2011–12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Date	10 February 2012
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)
Attendance	40,000
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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

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

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

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

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

Details

10 February 2012

20:25 AST

Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ettifaq
Wilhelmsson 9' Al-Abed 21'	Report	Al-Shehri 35'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Al-Hilal

Al-Ettifaq



GK	1	Khalid Sharahili
RB	2	Sultan Al-Bishi	45+1'
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi (c)
CB	25	Majed Al-Marshedi	83'
LB	13	Salman Al-Faraj
DM	21	Adil Hermach	50'
RM	99	Christian Wilhelmsson		25'
CM	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		79'
CM	24	Nawaf Al-Abed	34'
LM	29	Salem Al-Dawsari
CF	7	Yoo Byung-soo	88'
Substitutes:
GK	30	Hassan Al-Otaibi
DF	4	Abdullah Al-Zori
DF	23	Hassan Khairat
MF	6	Mohammed Al-Qarni		79'
MF	15	Ahmed Al-Fraidi		25'
FW	16	Essa Al-Mehyani
FW	77	Saad Al-Harthi
Manager:
Ivan Hašek



GK	32	Fayz Al-Sabiay
RB	70	Waleed Mahboob
CB	4	Carlos
CB	5	Sayaf Al-Bishi (c)
LB	66	Hassan Mudhafar		36'
RM	8	Yahya Al-Shehri
CM	6	Yahya Otain	42'
CM	11	Bruno Lazaroni
LM	9	Hamed Al-Hamed
CF	16	Yousef Al-Salem
CF	18	Sebastián Tagliabúe		56'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Mohammad Khouja
DF	3	Jamaan Al-Jamaan
DF	14	Ahmad Akash		36' 80'
MF	7	Abdulmutalib Al-Traidi		80'
MF	20	Sultan Al-Bargan
FW	10	Saleh Bashir
FW	99	Zamil Al-Sulim		56'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković