2011 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final

2011 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Event	2010–11 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Date	15 April 2011
Venue	King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca
Referee	Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)
Attendance	28,000
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Last updated June 22, 2023

The 2011 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 36th final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 15 April 2011 at the King Abdul Aziz Stadium in Makkah, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Wehda and Al-Hilal.^[1] It was Al-Wehda's sixth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Hilal's 11th final. This was the second meeting between these two clubs in the final. It was Al-Wehda's first final since 1973 and Al-Hilal's fourth final in a row.

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	10 (1964, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 , 2009 , 2010 )
Al-Wehda	5 (1959, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1973)

Venue

The King Abdul Aziz Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue. This was the first Crown Prince Cup final to be hosted in the King Abdul Aziz Stadium as well as the first domestic final to be held in the stadium.

The King Abdul Aziz Stadium was opened in 1986.^[3] The stadium was used as a venue for the 2005 Islamic Solidarity Games and hosted the final.^[4] Its current capacity is 28,000^[5] and it is used by Al-Wehda as a home stadium.

Background

Prior to the final, the Saudi FF announced that they had redesigned the Crown Prince Cup trophy and that the new trophy would be handed to the winners of the final.^[6]

Al-Wehda reached their sixth final after defeating Al-Ettifaq 3–2 on penalties following their 2–2 draw.^[7] Al-Wehda became the first team to reach the final without winning a single match. They reached their first final since 1973 when they finished runners-up to Al-Nassr following a 2–1 defeat.

Al-Hilal reached their eleventh final after a 2–0 win against city rivals Al-Nassr.^[8] This was Al-Hilal's fourth final in a row.

This was the second meeting between these two sides in the Crown Prince Cup final. Al-Hilal won the match 4–3 in 1964.^[9] The two teams played each other twice in the season prior to the final with Al-Hilal winning both matches.

Road to the final

Al-Wehda		Round	Al-Hilal
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Al-Faisaly	1–1 (4–2 p) (H)	Round of 16	Najran	4–0 (H)
Al-Raed	1–1 (4–2 p) (A)	Quarter-finals	Al-Ahli	2–2 (4–3 p) (H)
Al-Ettifaq	2–2 (3–2 p) (H)	Semi-finals	Al-Nassr	2–0 (A)

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

Match

Details

15 April 2011

20:45 AST

Al-Wehda	0–5	Al-Hilal
	Report	Ali 24' Al-Zori 63' Al-Shalhoub 71' Wilhelmsson 74' Al-Abed 82'

King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Mecca

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

Al-Wehda

Al-Hilal



GK	1	Faisal Al-Merqeb
RB	2	Suleiman Al-Salman
CB	5	Majed Belal (c)
CB	28	Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi	61'
LB	66	Adnan Fallatah
RM	16	Youssef Kaddioui		78'
CM	31	Abdulkhaleq Barnawi
CM	6	Issam Erraki		84'
LM	80	Salman Al-Moasher	21'	70'
CF	14	Muhannad Assiri
CF	7	Mukhtar Fallatah
Substitutes:
GK	40	Ahmed Al-Fahmi
DF	17	Sulaiman Amido
DF	70	Waleed Mahboob		84'
MF	19	Khaled Al-Hazmi		78'
MF	21	Majed Al-Hazzani
MF	71	Abdulaziz Al-Kalthem
FW	9	Salman Al-Sibyani		70'
Manager:
Mokhtar Mokhtar



GK	30	Hassan Al-Otaibi
RB	12	Lee Young-pyo
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	25	Majed Al-Marshedi
LB	4	Abdullah Al-Zori
RM	15	Ahmed Al-Fraidi	65'
CM	8	Mirel Rădoi
CM	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
LM	9	Christian Wilhelmsson	77'
CF	18	Ahmed Ali	76'
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutes:
GK	22	Fahad Al-Shammari
DF	26	Salman Al-Khalidi
DF	35	Shafi Al-Dossari
MF	11	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	76'
MF	21	Sultan Al-Bargan
MF	24	Nawaf Al Abed	65'
FW	16	Essa Al-Mehyani	77'
Manager:
Gabriel Calderón

Assistant referees:
Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain)
Fermín Martínez (Spain)
Fourth official:
Abdulrahman Al-Amri

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.

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[1] "الهلال والوحدة في نهائي".

[2] "حصد البطولة ( 51 ) … الهلال يتوج بكأس ولي العهد بخماسية على الوحدة".

[3] ""ملعب النار".. اكتملت الأعمال وظهر الجمال".

[4] "ملعب الشرائع ظهر في ابهى حلة".

[5] "King Abdul Aziz Sport City Stadium".

[6] "استلام نسخة كأس ولي العهد الجديدة".

[7] "والله زمان يا وحدة".

[8] ""نصف من نار" يجمع النصر بالهلال".

[9] "حارس الوحدة السابق علي داود يتذكر آخر نهائي أمام الهلال في ملعب الصبان".

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