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2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Event	2014–15 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Date	13 February 2015
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Turki Al-Khudhayr
Attendance	50,437
Weather	Partly cloudy; 19 °C (66 °F); 30% humidity
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The 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 40th final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 13 February 2015 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal.^[2] It was Al-Ahli's 12th Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's 15th final. This was the fourth meeting between these two clubs in the final Al-Hilal won all previous meetings.^[3]

Al-Ahli won the match 2–1 and secured their sixth title and first since 2007.^[4]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	14 (1964, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Al-Ahli	11 (1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010)

Venue

On 27 January 2015, the King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue.^[5] This was the 14th Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987.^[6] The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup.^[7] Its current capacity is 68,752^[8] and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.

Background

Al-Hilal reached a record 15th final after a 3–0 win against Al-Khaleej.^[9] This was Al-Hilal's eighth final in a row. Previously, they won finals in 1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, and lost in 1999 and 2014.

Al-Ahli reached their 12th final, after a 2–1 win against title holders Al-Nassr.^[10] They reached their first final since 2010. They finished as runners-up after losing to Al-Hilal in that year's final. Previously, they won finals in 1957, 1970, 1998, 2002, and 2007, and lost in 1958, 1974, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2010.

This was the fourth meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final.^[11] Al-Hilal won all three times in 2003, 2006 and 2010. This was the 11th meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup; Al-Hilal won 5 times, Al-Ahli won 2 times and the two teams drew three times. The two teams played each other once in the season prior to the final. The match ended in a 0–0 draw.

Road to the final

Al-Ahli		Round	Al-Hilal
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Al-Hazem	1–0 (H)	Preliminary round	Bye
Hajer	2–0 (H)	Round of 16	Al-Ittihad	3–2 (A)
Al-Ettifaq	2–1 (A)	Quarter-finals	Hetten	3–0 (H)
Al-Nassr	2–1 (H)	Semi-finals	Al-Khaleej	3–0 (H)

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

Match

Details

13 February 2015

20:30

Al-Ahli	2–1	Al-Hilal
Al Somah 59' M. Hawsawi 68'	Report	Samaras 76'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 50,437

Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Al-Ahli

Al-Hilal



GK	22	Abdullah Al-Mayouf	62'
RB	21	Ageel Balghaith
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	25	Motaz Hawsawi
LB	13	Mohamed Abdel Shafy
DM	4	Waleed Bakshween
DM	8	Taisir Al-Jassim (c)
RW	47	Mustafa Bassas		65'
AM	11	Housain Al-Mogahwi	85'
LW	16	Osvaldo		79'
CF	41	Muhannad Assiri		58'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Yasser Al-Mosailem		65'
DF	23	Kamel Al-Mousa
DF	26	Mohammed Aman		79'
DF	77	Amiri Kurdi
MF	7	Ahmed Al-Aoufi
MF	29	Zakaria Sami
FW	9	Omar Al Somah		58'
Manager:
Christian Gross



GK	28	Abdullah Al-Sudairy
RB	12	Yasser Al-Shahrani
CB	23	Kwak Tae-Hwi
CB	26	Digão
LB	49	Abdullah Al-Shamekh	54'	70'
DM	13	Salman Al-Faraj
DM	14	Saud Kariri (c)
RW	29	Salem Al-Dawsari
AM	7	Thiago Neves
LW	24	Nawaf Al-Abed		70'
CF	15	Nasser Al-Shamrani
Substitutes:
GK	22	Fahad Al-Thunayan
DF	17	Abdullah Al-Hafith
MF	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		70' 81'
MF	11	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari		81'
MF	18	Abdullah Otayf
FW	16	Yousef Al-Salem
FW	77	Georgios Samaras		70'
Manager:
Laurențiu Reghecampf

Assistant referees:
Abdulaziz Al-Asmari
Badr Al-Shahrani
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.

Statistics

Overall
Statistic	Al-Ahli	Al-Hilal
Goals scored	2	1
Total shots	11	12
Shots on target	3	3
Blocked shots	2	1
Ball possession	36%	64%
Corner kicks	2	2
Fouls committed	13	23
Offsides	0	2
Yellow cards	1	1
Red cards	1	0