2004 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2004 Crown Prince Cup

Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	26 February – 26 March 2004
Teams	16
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Champions	Al-Ittihad (7th title)
Runners-up	Al-Ahli
Matches played	17
Goals scored	56 (3.29 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Hamad Ji Jatto Ceesay Tcheco Dimba Hicham Aboucherouane (3 goals each)
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The 2004 Crown Prince Cup was the 29th season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started on 26 February 2004 and concluded with the final on 26 March 2004.

Al-Hilal were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Al-Ahli. ^[1]

Al-Ittihad won their record-extending seventh title following a 1–0 win over derby rivals Al-Ahli in the final. ^[2]

The winners of the competition would have earned a place in the group stage of the 2005 AFC Champions League. However, since Al-Ittihad went on to win the 2004 AFC Champions League, they qualified for the 2005 AFC Champions League as the titleholders. Since Al-Ittihad also finished runners-up in the league, Al-Ahli, the cup runners-up, took this Champions League spot.

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

H

Al-Ittihad

3

A

Al-Akhdoud

0

A

Al-Ittihad (asdet)

1

H

Al-Ettifaq

0

H

Al-Ettifaq

2

A

Al-Khaleej

0

A

Al-Ittihad

3

2

5

H

Al-Nassr

1

1

2

A

Al-Nassr

4

H

Al-Riyadh

2

H

Al-Nassr

4

A

Al-Tai

0

A

Al-Tai

4

H

Al-Faisaly

1

–

Al-Ittihad

1

–

Al-Ahli

0

H

Al-Qadisiyah

2

A

Al-Shoulla

1

H

Al-Qadisiyah

0

A

Al-Hilal

1

H

Al-Hilal

7

A

Al-Nahda

1

A

Al-Hilal

1

0

1

H

Al-Ahli

2

0

2

H

Al-Ahli

5

A

Al-Wehda

1

A

Al-Ahli

2

H

Al-Shabab

1

A

Al-Shabab

3

H

Al-Ansar

0

Source: Al Jazirah

Round of 16

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 26, 27, 28 and 29 February 2004. ^{[3] [4]} All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Khaleej (1)

26 February 20042	Al-Ettifaq (1)	2–0	Al-Khaleej (1)	Dammam
20:00	Al-Bashah 55' Al-Bahri 65' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Zaid

Al-Riyadh (1) v Al-Nassr (1)

26 February 20043	Al-Riyadh (1)	2–4	Al-Nassr (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Cesar 76' Al-Suwailem 82'	Report	Al-Shahrani 3' Al-Zahrani 18' Al-Harthi 47' Akram 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq

Al-Faisaly (2) v Al-Tai (1)

26 February 20044	Al-Faisaly (2)	1–4	Al-Tai (1)	Al Majma'ah
20:00	Al-Sadaan 25' (pen.)	Report	Hamad Ji 1', 12' (pen.), 44' Al-Moghair 77'	Stadium: Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Stadium Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

Al-Ansar (2) v Al-Shabab (1)

27 February 20048	Al-Ansar (2)	0–3	Al-Shabab (1)	Medina
16:00		Report	Attram 17', 55' Lindomar 78'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Omer Al Mehannah

Al-Qadisiyah (1) v Al-Shoulla (1)

27 February 20045	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	2–1	Al-Shoulla (1)	Dammam
20:00	Konaté 5' Hakami 19'	Report	Atta 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari

Al-Ahli (1) v Al-Wehda (1)

27 February 20047	Al-Ahli (1)	5–1	Al-Wehda (1)	Jeddah
20:00	Al-Qadi 6' Paulinho 45' Rogério 82', 90' (pen.) Al-Shahrani 88'	Report	Al-Mor 83'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan

Al-Ittihad (1) v Al-Akhdoud (4)

28 February 20041	Al-Ittihad (1)	3–0	Al-Akhdoud (4)	Jeddah
20:15	Dimba 22' Tcheco 31' Gentil 42'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Nahda (3)

29 February 20046	Al-Hilal (1)	7–1	Al-Nahda (3)	Riyadh
20:15	Al-Harbi 42', 44' Ceesay 45+2', 57' Traoré 51' Al-Sheehan 88' Al-Shareedah 90+2'	Report	Al-Ghawi 5'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 4 and 5 March 2004. ^[5] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Ittihad (1)

4 March 20049	Al-Ettifaq (1)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ittihad (1)	Dammam
20:00		Report	Al-Raheeb  104' (o.g.)	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Tai (1)

4 March 200410	Al-Nassr (1)	4–0	Al-Tai (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Aboucherouane 12', 88' El Nahhas 54' Al-Janoubi 90+4' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

Al-Qadisiyah (1) v Al-Hilal (1)

5 March 200411	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	0–1	Al-Hilal (1)	Dammam
20:00		Report	Ceesay 74'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Dhafer Abo Zanda

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

5 March 200412	Al-Shabab (1)	1–2	Al-Ahli (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Manga 8'	Report	Al-Meshal 34' Rogério 45+1'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals first legs were played on 7 and 8 March 2004 while the second legs were played on 11 and 12 March 2006. ^{[6] [7]} All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ittihad (1)	5–2	Al-Nassr (1)	3–1	2–1
Al-Hilal (1)	1–2	Al-Ahli (1)	1–2	0–0

Matches

7 March 2004 (2004-03-07)

20:15

Al-Ittihad (1)	3–1	Al-Nassr (1)
Noor 23' Tcheco 39' Dimba 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Al-Bishi 3'

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium , Jeddah

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jarwan

11 March 2004 (2004-03-11)

20:15

Al-Nassr (1)	1–2	Al-Ittihad (1)
Aboucherouane 45' (pen.)	Report	Tcheco 17' Dimba 33'

King Fahd International Stadium , Riyadh

Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq

Al-Ittihad won 5–2 on aggregate.

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8 March 2004 (2004-03-08)

20:15

Al-Ahli (1)	2–1	Al-Hilal (1)
Al-Meshal 10' Al-Shahrani 89'	Report	Al-Mutairi 56'

Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium , Jeddah

Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq

12 March 2004 (2004-03-12)

20:15

Al-Hilal (1)	0–0	Al-Ahli (1)
	Report

King Fahd International Stadium , Riyadh

Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan

Al-Ahli won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

The 2004 Crown Prince Cup Final was played on 26 March 2004 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh between derby rivals Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad. ^{[8] [9]} This was the fifth Crown Prince Cup final to be held at the stadium. Previously, the two sides met twice in the final, Al-Ahli won in 2002 while Al-Ittihad won in 1958. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

26 March 2004

20:30

Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Ahli
Idris 58'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Hamad Ji	Al-Tai	3
	Jatto Ceesay	Al-Hilal
	Tcheco	Al-Ittihad
	Dimba	Al-Ittihad
	Hicham Aboucherouane	Al-Nassr
6	Godwin Attram	Al-Shabab	2
	Rogério	Al-Ahli
	Ahmed Al-Harbi	Al-Hilal
	Talal Al-Meshal	Al-Ahli
	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani	Al-Ahli

See also

• 2003–04 Saudi Premier League
• 2005 AFC Champions League

References

1. "دفاع الاهلي يقود القلعة الى اللحاق بالاتي".
2. "الاتحاد بطلاً لكأس ولي العهد".
3. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2004 - دور الـ 16".
4. "جدول مسابقة كأس ولي العهد".
5. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2004 - دور الـ 8".
6. "دور الأربعة - كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2004".
7. "كأس ولي العهد محصورة بين الوسطى والغربية".
8. "العميد والقلعة بنجومهما الكبار في مهمة إمتاع الجماهير وحصد الذهب".
9. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2004 النهائي".