2017 King's Cup (Saudi Arabia)

2017 King Cup

Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	18 January – 18 May 2017
Teams	32
Defending champions	Al-Ahli
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal
Runner-up	Al-Ahli
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	108 (3.48 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Omar Kharbin (5 goals)
←  2016 2018  → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2017.

The 2017 King Cup, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 42nd edition of the King Cup since its establishment in 1957, and the 10th under the current format. It started on 18 January and concluded with the final on 18 May 2017. The winner qualifies for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage.

Al-Hilal won their eighth title after a 3–2 win over defending champions Al-Ahli in the final on 18 May 2017. ^[1]

The winner of the King Cup earns automatic qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage. However, as Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League via winning the league, Al-Nassr, the highest placed team in the 2016–17 Saudi Professional League not already qualified took the group stage spot.

Participating teams

A total of 32 teams participated in this season. 14 teams from the Professional league, 15 teams from the First Division, and 3 teams qualifying from the preliminary stage. Al-Hazem were excluded from participating this season after they withdrew from the competition last year. ^[2]

League	Teams
Pro league	Al-Ahli TH Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Khaleej Al-Nassr Al-Qadisiyah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Wehda
1st Division	Al-Adalh Al-Feiha Al-Jeel Al-Nahda Al-Nojoom Al-Orobah Al-Qaisumah Al-Shoulla Al-Tai Al-Watani Damac Hajer Najran Ohod Wej
Second Division	Al-Ain Al-Jabalain Al-Safa

Bracket

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

H

Al-Ahli

2

A

Al-Shoulla

1

A

Al-Ahli

3

H

Al-Qadisiyah

1

A

Al-Qadisiyah

4

H

Al-Safa

0

H

Al-Ahli

6

A

Wej

0

H

Hajer

2

A

Al-Orobah

1

A

Hajer

1

H

Wej

3

A

Al-Shabab

0

H

Wej

1

A

Al-Ahli

3

H

Al-Faisaly

0

H

Al-Khaleej

8

A

Al-Ain

1

A

Al-Khaleej

1

H

Al-Faisaly

2

H

Al-Faisaly

3

A

Al-Jeel

2

H

Al-Faisaly

2

A

Al-Adalh

1

A

Al-Batin

2

H

Al-Adalh

3

H

Al-Adalh

4

A

Al-Tai

3

A

Al-Ittihad

1

H

Al-Tai (aet)

2

–

Al-Ahli

2

–

Al-Hilal

3

A

Al-Taawoun

1

H

Al-Nojoom

0

A

Al-Taawoun

1

H

Al-Raed

0

H

Al-Raed

3

A

Al-Jabalain

0

A

Al-Taawoun

2 (p)

H

Al-Ettifaq

2

A

Al-Ettifaq

2

H

Damac

0

H

Al-Ettifaq

1

A

Al-Fateh

0

H

Al-Fateh

2

A

Al-Watani

1

A

Al-Taawoun

3

H

Al-Hilal

4

H

Al-Nassr

4

A

Al-Feiha

0

A

Al-Nassr

2

H

Al-Nahda

0

A

Najran

0

H

Al-Nahda

1

H

Al-Nassr

0

A

Al-Hilal

2

A

Al-Wehda

1

H

Ohod

0

A

Al-Wehda

2

H

Al-Hilal

3

H

Al-Hilal

2

A

Al-Qaisumah

1

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

source: SAFF ^[3]

Round of 32

The Round of 32 matches were played between 18 and 21 January 2017. ^{[4] [5]} All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Adalh (2) v Al-Batin (1)

18 January 20177	Al-Adalh (2)	3–2	Al-Batin (1)	Al-Hasa
15:20	Al-Zowayed 9', 47' Abdoh Jaber 70'	Report	Obaid 33' Dakheel 53'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 240 Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

Damac (2) v Al-Ettifaq (1)

18 January 201711	Damac (2)	0–2	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Abha
15:55		Report	Koffi 32' Kanno 66'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 710 Referee: Ahmed Al-Remeikhany

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Qaisumah (2)

18 January 201716	Al-Hilal (1)	2–1	Al-Qaisumah (2)	Riyadh
18:10	Al-Dawsari 66' Sharahili  74' Al-Qahtani 78'	Report	Diop 45+1'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Nahet

Ohod (2) v Al-Wehda (1)

18 January 201715	Ohod (2)	0–1	Al-Wehda (1)	Medinah
20:00		Report	Belal 15'	Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Smail

Hajer (2) v Al-Orobah (2)

19 January 20173	Hajer (2)	2–1	Al-Orobah (2)	Al-Hasa
15:20	Al-Hamdan 1' Al-Otaibi  14' Al-Khalaf 45+2'	Report	Al-Johani  7' Al-Joni  63', 76'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi

Wej (2) v Al-Shabab (1)

19 January 20174	Wej (2)	1–0	Al-Shabab (1)	Ta'if
15:40	Voinea 9' Hussain  13' Al-Thowaibi  70' Al-Mosaabi  77'	Report	Otaif  61' Kariri  90+2'	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Referee: Mamdouh Assiri

Al-Nahda (2) v Najran (2)

19 January 201714	Al-Nahda (2)	1–0	Najran (2)	Dammam
17:55	Al-Juraibi  78' Al-Malki 90+3'	Report	Majrashi  66' Maqbol  90+3'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Hussain Abo Shahen

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

20 January 20176	Al-Faisaly (1)	3–2	Al-Jeel (2)	Al Majma'ah
15:35	Everaldo 20' (pen.) Rossi  29' Luisinho 31' Maloča  38' Majrashi 82' Al-Bishi  86'	Report	da Silva 19' Housah 23'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Beredi

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

20 January 20178	Al-Tai (2)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Ittihad (1)	Ha'il
15:50	Al-Sabah  53' Al-Shammeri 92' Al-Heji 94' Al-Dossari  120+2'	Report	Assiri  18' Al-Aryani 99'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Abdalah Al-Awidan

Al-Nojoom (2) v Al-Taawoun (1)

20 January 20179	Al-Nojoom (2)	0–1	Al-Taawoun (1)	Al-Hasa
17:55	Al-Ahmed  12'	Report	Machado 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Nawaf

Al-Safa (3) v Al-Qadisiyah (1)

20 January 20172	Al-Safa (3)	0–4	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Khobar
19:15	Okhaik  20' Al-Hani  44'	Report	Eze 20' (pen.), 47', 87' Al-Amri  43' Jaafari  83' Abo Shararah 90+2'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Tayar

Al-Ahli (1) v Al-Shoulla (2)

20 January 20171	Al-Ahli (1)	2–1	Al-Shoulla (2)	Jeddah
20:10	Al-Moasher 15' Al-Mowalad  87' Al-Mogahwi 90+5'	Report	Al-Dossari 50' Al-Balawi  81' Al-Sobeai  90+3'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Referee: Sami Al-Jires

Al-Fateh (1) v Al-Watani (2)

21 January 201712	Al-Fateh (1)	2–1	Al-Watani (2)	Al-Hasa
15:20	Al-Bulaihi  34' Ukra 69' (pen.) Al-Juahaim  73' Nathan Júnior 76' Al-Mazyadei  82'	Report	Al-Yamani  34' Al-Balawi 48',  72'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini

Al-Raed (1) v Al-Jabalain (3)

21 January 201710	Al-Raed (1)	3–0	Al-Jabalain (3)	Buraidah
15:40	Bangoura 14', 19', 62' (pen.) Amora  38' Alves  71' Al-Ayyaf  90+3'	Report	Al-Anqari  59' Al-Shammari  69' Al-Ruwaili  77'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Shehri

Al-Khaleej (1) v Al-Ain (3)

21 January 20175	Al-Khaleej (1)	8–1	Al-Ain (3)	Khobar
17:55	Al-Salem 8', 63' Majrashi 14', 53' Bokhari 24',  57' Al-Lawjami 34' Jandson 78', 84'	Report	Eid  68' Al-Amri  75' Al-Zahrani 90'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Hassen Al-Habib

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Feiha (2)

21 January 201713	Al-Nassr (1)	4–0	Al-Feiha (2)	Riyadh
18:10	Al-Ghamdi 15' Tomečak 45+2' Al-Najei 72' Al-Sahlawi 90+1'	Report	Al-Khaibari  90'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

Round of 16

The Round of 16 matches were played between 23 January and 25 February 2017. ^{[6] [7]} All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Wehda (1)

23 January 201724	Al-Hilal (1)	3–2	Al-Wehda (1)	Riyadh
18:15	Bonatini 16', 51' Milesi  29' Al-Qahtani 41' (pen.) Al-Abed  90+4'	Report	Haroon  33' Al Baour  40' Fallatah 65' Al-Fahmi  75' Al-Najar  77' Al-Arraf  86' Al-Faresi 87'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh

Al-Raed (1) v Al-Taawoun (1)

7 February 201721	Al-Raed (1)	0–1	Al-Taawoun (1)	Buraidah
20:15	Al-Shammeri  70' Al-Bishi  86' Al-Mousa  90+2'	Report	Muaaz  62' Al-Zubaidi  67' Sânmărtean 87'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

Al-Qadisiyah (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

13 February 201717	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	1–3	Al-Ahli (1)	Khobar
20:15	Ferreira 22' Al-Johani  88' Barnawi  90'	Report	Al-Mogahwi 19' Al-Somah 37' Abdulamir 42' (pen.) Al-Harbi  59'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Nahda (2) v Al-Nassr (1)

23 February 201723	Al-Nahda (2)	0–2	Al-Nassr (1)	Dammam
19:55	Al-Dhamri  37' Sufyani  55' Al-Ziyadi  90' Al-Olayani  108'	Report	Ghaleb  79' Hazazi 93', 97' (pen.),  110'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi

Wej (2) v Hajer (2)

24 February 201718	Wej (2)	3–1	Hajer (2)	Ta'if
16:15	Al-Boqami  25' Voinea 43' Al-Qarni 65' Al-Boqami 73' Al-Towairqi  82' Hussain  86'	Report	Al-Musained 16'	Stadium: King Fahd Stadium Referee: Sami Al-Jires

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Fateh (1)

24 February 201722	Al-Ettifaq (1)	1–0	Al-Fateh (1)	Dammam
19:55	Koffi  29' Al-Nashi  32' Al-Amri 43',  65' Al-Kassar  90+2'	Report	Al-Dawsari  84' Buhimed  90'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

Al-Adalh (2) v Al-Tai (2)

25 February 201720	Al-Adalh (2)	4–3	Al-Tai (2)	Al-Hasa
15:35	Al-Amer  30' Al-Zowayed 40' Al-Hafidh  45' Al-Khamis 51' Abker 75',  90+5' Al-Jarrad 79' (o.g.) Bo Homail  81'	Report	Leo 41', 66' Al-Shammeri 64',  75' Al-Jarrad  74' Al-Sabah  85' Al-Dossari  90+1'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Majid Al-Shamrani

Al-Faisaly (1) v Al-Khaleej (1)

25 February 201719	Al-Faisaly (1)	2–1	Al-Khaleej (1)	Al Majma'ah
18:40	Majrashi 25' Al-Sowayed  83' Luisinho 90+2'	Report	François 49' Diakité  51' Al-Shoalah  89'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Nahet

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals matches were played between 30 March and 2 April 2017. ^[8] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Taawoun (1)

30 March 201727	Al-Ettifaq (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Al-Taawoun (1)	Dammam
20:15	Bouba 26' Al-Hazaa 77' Al-Dossari  104'	Report	Machado 19' Al-Dossari 32' Al-Saiari  90+2' Kanno  120'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 1,566 Referee: Khalid Al-Salawy
	Penalties
	Callejón Al-Kwikbi Al-Dossari Bouba		Machado Al-Shameri Al-Barakah Al-Saiari Sânmărtean

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

31 March 201726	Al-Faisaly (1)	2–1	Al-Adalh (2)	Al Majma'ah
18:55	Luisinho 38' Majrashi 83'	Report	Al-Mohanna 16' Awaji  36' Al-Qahtani  87'	Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium Attendance: 9 Referee: Saleh Al Hazloul
Note: The match was abandoned after 24 minutes due to heavy rain, and was resumed on 1 April 2017, 19:15, from the point of abandonment. [9]

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Hilal (1)

1 April 201728	Al-Nassr (1)	0–2	Al-Hilal (1)	Riyadh
20:30	Ghaleb  54'	Report	Jahfali  24' Milesi 80',  81' Kharbin 90+1'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 18,906 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Al-Ahli (1) v Wej (2)

2 April 201725	Al-Ahli (1)	6–0	Wej (2)	Jeddah
20:30	Al-Somah 28', 49' Abdul-Amir 35' Al-Jassim  41' Al-Moasher 59' Al-Mogahwi 69' Fetfatzidis 71' Bakshween  80'	Report	Al-Mowallad  45+2' Barnawi  68' Al-Shaeri  83'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 20,177 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Semi-finals

The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 12 and 13 May 2017. ^[10] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

12 May 2017

20:50

Al-Faisaly (1)	0–3	Al-Ahli (1)
	Report	Fetfatzidis 55' Seraj 75', 81' Balghaith  79'

King Salman Sport City Stadium, Al Majma'ah

Referee: Shoukri Al-Hanfoush

13 May 2017

20:30

Al-Hilal (1)	4–3	Al-Taawoun (1)
Kharbin 16', 46', 80' Al-Hafith  28' Al-Dawsari 62'	Report	N'Diaye 4', 90+4' Al-Mousa  18' Al-Olayan 76'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

Final

Further information: 2017 King Cup Final

The final was played on Thursday 18 May 2017 at King Abdullah Sports City. ^[11]

18 May 2017 (2017-05-18)

21:00 AST

Al-Ahli	2–3	Al-Hilal
Hawsawi 43' Al-Somah 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Kharbin 28' Jahfali 77' Carlos Eduardo 88'

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 54,563

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2017 ^[12]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Omar Kharbin	Al-Hilal	5
2	Omar Al Somah	Al-Ahli	4
3	Patrick Eze	Al-Qadisiyah	3
	Ismaël Bangoura	Al-Raed
	Jehad Al-Zowayed	Al-Adalh
	Luisinho	Al-Faisaly
	Mohammed Majrashi	Al-Faisaly
	Housain Al-Mogahwi	Al-Ahli

Note: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.

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