2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final

2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final
Event	2016–17 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Date	10 March 2017
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Mark Clattenburg (England)
Attendance	57,584
Weather	Partly cloudy; 24 °C (75 °F); 18% humidity
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Last updated May 11, 2023

The 2017 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 42nd and last final of the Crown Prince Cup. It took place on 10 March 2017 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was contested between Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr.^[2] It was Al-Ittihad's 12th Crown Prince Cup final and first since 2007 and Al-Nassr's 7th final. This was the second meeting between these two clubs in the final with Al-Ittihad winning in 1991.^[3]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Ittihad	11 (1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001 , 2002, 2004 , 2007)
Al-Nassr	6 (1973, 1974, 1991, 1996, 2013, 2014 )

Venue

On 27 January 2015, the King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the host of the final venue.^[5] This was the 15th Crown Prince Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987.^[6] The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup.^[7] Its current capacity is 68,752^[8] and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Nassr, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.

Background

Al-Ittihad reached their 12th final after a 3–2 win against derby rivals Al-Ahli.^[9] This was Al-Ittihad's first final since 2007. Previously, they won finals in 1958, 1959, 1963, 1991, 1997, 2001, and 2004, and lost in 1965, 1993, 2002 and 2007.

Al-Nassr reached their seventh final, after a 2–0 win against derby rivals and title holdersAl-Hilal.^[10] They reached their first final since 2014. Previously, they won finals in 1973, 1974, and 2014, and lost in 1991, 1996, and 2013. This was the first final since 2001 that did not feature either Al-Ahli or Al-Hilal.

The two teams played each other once in the season prior to the final. The match ended in a 1–0 win for Al-Nassr.

Road to the final

Al-Ittihad		Round	Al-Nassr
Opponent	Result		Opponent	Result
Al-Jeel	3–2 (H)	Preliminary round	Al-Nojoom	3–0 (H)
Al-Qadisiyah	1–1 (8–7 p) (H)	Round of 16	Al-Watani	3–1 (A)
Al-Batin	1–0 (A)	Quarter-finals	Al-Wehda	1–0 (H)
Al-Ahli	3–2 (H)	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	2–0 (A)

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

Match

Details

10 March 2017

20:35 UTC+3

Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Nassr
Kahraba 16'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 57,584

Referee: Mark Clattenburg (England)

Al-Ittihad

Al-Nassr



GK	22	Fawaz Al-Qarni
RB	32	Omar Al-Muziel		71'
CB	13	Ahmed Assiri
CB	33	Yassin Hamzah
LB	19	Adnan Fallatah (c)	56'	60'
DM	11	Fahad Al Ansari
DM	15	Jamal Bajandouh
RW	38	Ammar Al-Najjar		67'
AM	23	Carlos Villanueva
LW	10	Kahraba
CF	9	Ahmed Akaïchi	90+4'
Substitutes:
GK	25	Hani Al-Nahedh
DF	2	Abdulrahman Al-Rio
DF	16	Mohammed Qassem		60'
DF	27	Awadh Khrees	74'	71'
MF	6	Khaled Al-Sumairi		67'
MF	14	Moataz Tombakti
FW	26	Abdulaziz Al-Aryani
Manager:
José Luis Sierra



GK	22	Abdullah Al-Enezi
RB	12	Khalid Al-Ghamdi
CB	4	Omar Hawsawi	67'
CB	2	Bruno Uvini	90+5'
LB	24	Hussein Abdulghani (c)
DM	14	Ibrahim Ghaleb
DM	27	Awadh Khamis
RW	8	Yahya Al-Shehri
AM	20	Víctor Ayala		46'
LW	11	Marin Tomasov		80'
CF	10	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
Substitutes:
GK	23	Hussain Shae'an
DF	3	Abdullah Madu
MF	5	Ivan Tomečak
MF	15	Ahmed Al-Fraidi		46'
MF	26	Shaye Sharahili
FW	9	Naif Hazazi
FW	99	Hassan Al-Raheb		80'
Manager:
Patrice Carteron

Assistant referees:
Fahad Al-Amri
Ahmed Al-Fakihi
Fourth official:
Saleh Al-Hathlool

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.

Statistics

Overall
Statistic	Al-Ittihad	Al-Nassr
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	14	21
Shots on target	6	6
Blocked shots	1	5
Ball possession	46%	54%
Corner kicks	3	9
Fouls committed	16	6
Offsides	5	3
Yellow cards	3	2
Red cards	0	0

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