2019 Saudi Super Cup

2019 Saudi Super Cup

The King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah hosted the match
Event	Saudi Super Cup
Al-Nassr Al-Taawoun Pro League King Cup 1 1
After extra time Al-Nassr won 5–4 on penalties
Date	4 January 2020[1]
Venue	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[1]
Referee	Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)[2]
Attendance	40,514[3]
Weather	Cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 54% humidity

The 2019 Saudi Super Cup was the 6th edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and King's Cup. It was played on 4 January 2020 by Al-Nassr, the winners of the 2018–19 Saudi Pro League, and Al-Taawoun, the winners of the 2019 King Cup.^[4] The match was held at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the first time.^[5] Al-Nassr won 5–4 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time, securing their first title in the competition.^[6][7]

Venue

The King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the Jewel Stadium, was announced as the venue of the final on 11 November 2019.^[1] This was the first time the King Abdullah Sports City hosted the final and was the third time it was hosted in Saudi Arabia.

The King Abdullah Sports City was built in 2012, opened in 2014 as the home of Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad. Its current capacity is 62,345, and the record attendance was the opening match which was the 2014 King Cup final. This final marked the seventh final to be played in the stadium following the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 finals of the King Cup and the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana.

Background

Main articles: 2018–19 Al-Nassr FC season, 2018–19 Saudi Professional League, and 2019 King Cup

This will be Al-Nassr's third appearance in the competition and their first in 4 years. Al-Nassr finished as runners-up in both the 2014 and 2015 editions of the Super Cup. On the other hand, this will be Al-Taawoun's first appearance in the competition.

Both clubs will be looking to win the Saudi Super Cup for the first time. Al-Nassr had failed to win in their two previous appearances in the competition. Al-Taawoun will be making their debut in the competition and will be the seventh team to participate in the competition.^[8]

Al-Nassr qualified by winning the 2018–19 Saudi Professional League on the final matchday by defeating Al-Batin 2–1.^[9] Al-Taawoun qualified by winning their first King Cup title by defeating defending champions Al-Ittihad 2–1 in the final.^[10] The two teams met twice in the 2018–19 season with both teams winning once.

The match was originally set to take place in Abu Dhabi on 24 January 2020.^[11] However, on 11 November 2019, the Saudi FF announced that match would take place on 4 January 2020 in Jeddah to accommodate the Spanish Super Cup taking place in the same week and same venue.^[12]

Match

Details

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04)

20:15 AST

Al-Nassr	1–1	Al-Taawoun
Hamdallah 58'	Report	Tawamba 18'
Penalties
Hamdallah Giuliano Amrabat Al-Shehri Adam Maicon	5–4	Sandro Manoel Petrolina Amissi Machado Héldon Al-Absi

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 40,514

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Al-Nassr

Al-Taawoun

GK 1 Brad Jones RB 2 Sultan Al-Ghanam CB 3 Abdullah Madu  73' CB 18 Maicon LB 27 Awadh Khamis DM 6 Petros DM 17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari  54'  90+4' RW 11 Nordin Amrabat AM 10 Giuliano (c) LW 7 Ahmed Musa  85' CF 9 Abderrazak Hamdallah Substitutes: GK 31 Zaid Al-Bawardi DF 20 Hamad Al Mansor DF 37 Naif Almas MF 8 Yahya Al-Shehri  90+4' MF 16 Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen MF 38 Fahad Al-Jumeiah  73' MF 39 Abdurahman Al-Dossari MF 46 Khalid Al-Ghwinem FW 29 Abdulfattah Adam  85' Manager: Rui Vitória

GK 1 Cássio RB 18 Madallah Al-Olayan  90+7' CB 4 Ricardo Machado  90+2' CB 5 Talal Al-Absi (c)  40' LB 8 Nildo Petrolina  35' DM 6 Ryan Al-Mousa  54' DM 55 Sandro Manoel  65' RW 15 Fahad Al-Rashidi  64' AM 17 Cédric Amissi  68' LW 20 Héldon CF 3 Léandre Tawamba  32' Substitutes: GK 23 Hussain Shae'an DF 2 Yassin Barnawi DF 16 Fahad Al-Hamad DF 33 Ahmed Assiri  64' MF 7 Rabee Sufyani  46' MF 11 Nasser Al-Daajani MF 77 Mohammed Harzan MF 80 Abdulmajeed Al-Swat FW 9 Mansour Al-Muwallad  32'  46' Manager: Abdullah Asiri

Assistant referees:[2] Mario Diks (Netherlands) Hessel Steegstra (Netherlands) Fourth official:[2] Christian Bax (Netherlands) Video assistant referee:[2] Joachim Kamphius (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees:[2] Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

First half[13] Statistic Al-Nassr Al-Taawoun Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 7 2 Shots on target 4 1 Saves 0 4 Ball possession 58% 42% Corner kicks 2 4 Fouls committed 6 13 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Second half[13] Statistic Al-Nassr Al-Taawoun Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 16 4 Shots on target 4 0 Saves 0 3 Ball possession 61% 39% Corner kicks 4 0 Fouls committed 9 13 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 5 Red cards 0 0

Overall[13] Statistic Al-Nassr Al-Taawoun Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 23 6 Shots on target 8 1 Saves 0 7 Ball possession 60% 40% Corner kicks 6 4 Fouls committed 15 26 Offsides 4 3 Yellow cards 1 7 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2018–19 Saudi Professional League
• 2019 King Cup
• 2019 King Cup Final

References

1. "4 يناير.. ملعب الجوهرة يحتضن سوبر النصر والتعاون".
2. "طاقم تحكيم هولندي يُدير مباراة السوبر السعودي بين النصر والتعاون".
3. "عالمي.. والفرح ما تتركه .. مبروك.. سوبر المملكة".
4. "النصر يواجه التعاون في كأس السوبر".
5. "تحديد موعد مباراة النصر والتعاون في السوبر السعودي".
6. "النصر بطلاً لكأس الهيئة العامة للرياضة لبطل السوبر 2019-2020".
7. "بالترجيح .. النصر يهزم التعاون ويُتوَّج بكأس السوبر".
8. "رئيس التعاون "القاسم": انتظروا "السكري" في السوبر".
9. "النصر بطلا لأقوى نسخ الدوري السعودي".
10. "خادم الحرمين الشريفين يرعى المباراة الختامية لمسابقة كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين". Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
11. "تجمع بين فريقَي النصر والتعاونأبوظبي تستضيف مباراة السوبر السعودي.. الشتاء المقبل".
12. "الرابع من يناير موعداً لكأس السوبر بين النصر والتعاون".
13. "team statistics".