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2023 King Cup Final
Event	2022–23 King Cup
	After extra time; Al-Hilal won 7–6 on penalties
Date	12 May 2023
Venue	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Man of the Match	Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal)
Referee	Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance	52,320
Weather	Clear; 31.4 °C (88.5 °F); 36% humidity
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The 2023 King Cup Final was the 48th final of the King Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition since its inception in 1957.

The final was played at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, on 12 May 2023.^[4] The match was contested by Al-Hilal and Al-Wehda.^[5] It was Al-Hilal's 18th King Cup final and Al-Wehda's 8th.

Al-Hilal defeated Al-Wehda on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw after extra time to win their 10th title.^[6]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	17 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022)
Al-Wehda	7 (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970)

Venue

The King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the Jewel Stadium, was announced as the venue of the final on 27 April 2023.^[7] This was the seventh time the King Abdullah Sports City hosted the final following those in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2022 and was the fifteenth time it was hosted in Jeddah.

The King Abdullah Sports City was built in 2012, and opened in 2014 as the home of Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team. Its current capacity is 62,345, and the record attendance was the opening match which was the 2014 King Cup final. The stadium also hosted many other finals including the 2019 Saudi Super Cup, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana and the 2019–20 Supercopa de España.

Background

Al-Hilal reached their record-tying 18th final after a 1–0 win against Al-Ittihad.^[8] This was Al-Hilal's second consecutive final, third final in four years, and sixth final since the tournament was reintroduced. Al-Hilal lost last season's final on penalties after a 1–1 draw against Al-Fayha.^[9]

Al-Wehda reached their eighth final after a 1–0 win against Al-Nassr.^[10] This was Al-Wehda's first final since the tournament was reintroduced in 2008. It was also Al-Wehda's first final since 1970, setting the record for the longest gap between final appearances at 53 years.

The two teams met twice earlier in the season with the first fixture ending in a 3–0 victory for Al-Hilal and the second ending in a 3–3 draw. This will be the second King Cup final between these two sides after the 1961 final which ended in a 3–2 win for Al-Hilal.^[11] This was the eighth meeting between these two sides in the King Cup with Al-Hilal winning six times and one draw between them. In the clubs' 103 previous meetings, Al-Hilal won 75, Al-Wehda won 8 and the remaining 20 were drawn.^[12]

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Hilal		Round	Al-Wehda
Opponent	Result	2022–23 King Cup	Opponent	Result
Al-Ettifaq (H)	4–0	Round of 16	Damac (A)	1–0
Al-Fateh (H)	3–1	Quarter-finals	Al-Batin (H)	2–1
Al-Ittihad (A)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals	Al-Nassr (A)	1–0

Match

Details

12 May 2023

21:00 AST

Al-Hilal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Wehda
Al-Bulaihi 90+9'	Report	Yoda 35'
Penalties
Carrillo Ighalo Al-Shehri Al-Juwayr Al-Hamdan N. Al-Dawsari Abdulhamid Jang Hyun-soo Al-Mayouf	7–6	Beauguel Bukhari Al Hejji Duarte Fajr Al-Naji Makki Kurdi Al-Ghamdi

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 52,320

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Hilal

Al-Wehda


GK	1	Abdullah Al-Mayouf (c)
RB	2	Mohammed Al-Breik	42'	46'
CB	20	Jang Hyun-soo	112'
CB	5	Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB	12	Yasser Al-Shahrani		83'
DM	8	Abdullah Otayf		46'
CM	19	André Carrillo
CM	28	Mohamed Kanno		46'
RF	17	Moussa Marega		114'
CF	10	Luciano Vietto		83'
LF	96	Michael
Substitutes:
GK	21	Mohammed Al-Owais
DF	4	Khalifah Al-Dawsari
DF	66	Saud Abdulhamid		46'
DF	70	Mohammed Jahfali
MF	16	Nasser Al-Dawsari	71'	46'
MF	43	Musab Al-Juwayr		83'
FW	9	Odion Ighalo	80'	46'
FW	11	Saleh Al-Shehri		114'
FW	14	Abdullah Al-Hamdan		83'
Manager:
Ramón Díaz


GK	1	Munir Mohamedi
RB	28	Hamad Al-Jayzani	94'	105'
CB	2	Ali Makki
CB	6	Óscar Duarte
LB	27	Islam Hawsawi		90'
DM	4	Waleed Bakshween (c)		71'
CM	76	Fayçal Fajr
CM	88	Alaa Al Hejji	51'
RF	24	Abdulaziz Noor	31'	55'
CF	74	Karim Yoda		90'
LF	87	Anselmo
Substitutes:
GK	13	Abdulquddus Atiah
DF	3	Abdulelah Bukhari		90'
DF	23	Amiri Kurdi		90'
MF	12	Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani
MF	29	Sultan Al-Akouz
MF	49	Sultan Al-Sawadi
MF	80	Yahya Al-Naji		55'
MF	90	Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi		105'
FW	9	Jean-David Beauguel		71'
Manager:
José Luis Sierra