2021 King Cup final

2021 King Cup Final

Event	2020–21 King Cup
Al-Taawoun Al-Faisaly 2 3
Date	27 May 2021 (2021-05-27)
Venue	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Referee	Szymon Marciniak (Poland) [1]
Attendance	[note 1]
Weather	Clear 36 °C (97 °F) 7% humidity
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The 2021 King Cup Final was the 46th 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 Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, on 27 May 2021. The match was contested by Al-Taawoun and Al-Faisaly. ^[2] It will be Al-Taawoun's 3rd King Cup final and Al-Faisaly's 2nd. This will be the first meeting between these two sides in the King Cup. The attendance was capped at 40% after due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. ^[3]

Al-Faisaly defeated Al-Taawoun 3–2 to win their first King Cup title. ^[4]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Taawoun	2 (1990, 2019 )
Al-Faisaly	1 (2018)

Venue

The King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the final venue on 25 May 2021. ^[5] This was the eighth King Cup final hosted in the King Fahd International Stadium following those in 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2019 and 2020.

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-Hilal, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.

Background

Al-Taawoun reached their third final after a 3–2 win against Al-Fateh. ^[9] This was Al-Taawoun's second final in three years. Al-Taawoun won their first title in 2019 after defeating Al-Ittihad and finished as runners-up in 1990.

Al-Faisaly reached their second final, after a 1–0 away win against Al-Nassr. ^[10] This was Al-Faisaly's first final since 2018, which they lost against Al-Ittihad.

The two teams met twice earlier in the season with both matches ending in draws. This was the first meeting between these two sides in the King Cup and the 46th meeting between them in all competitions. In the clubs' 45 previous meetings, Al-Taawoun won 21, Al-Faisaly won 13 and the remaining 11 were drawn. ^[11]

Road to the final

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

Al-Taawoun		Round	Al-Faisaly
Opponent	Result	2020–21 King Cup	Opponent	Result
Damac (A)	2–1	Round of 16	Al-Ettifaq (A)	0–0 (9–8 p)
Al-Qadsiah (H)	2–1	Quarter-finals	Al-Batin (A)	2–1
Al-Fateh (H)	3–2	Semi-finals	Al-Nassr (A)	1–0

Match

Details

27 May 2021 (2021-05-27)

21:00 AST

Al-Taawoun	2–3	Al-Faisaly
Tawamba 14' Kaku 45' (pen.)	Report	Tavares 40' (pen.), 60', 90+3'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: ^{[note 1]}

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Al-Taawoun

Al-Faisaly

GK 1 Cássio RB 2 Yassin Barnawi CB 33 Ahmed Assiri (c)  39'  46' CB 4 Iago Santos LB 14 Hassan Kadesh  74' CM 17 Cédric Amissi  65'  90+5' CM 55 Sandro Manoel  74' RW 29 Abdullah Al-Jouei AM 10 Kaku LW 8 Sumayhan Al-Nabit  51' CF 3 Léandre Tawamba Substitutes: GK 23 Hussain Shae'an DF 6 Mohammed Al-Ghamdi  74' DF 25 Faisal Darwish DF 85 Nawaf Al-Sobhi  46' MF 5 Ryan Al-Mousa MF 11 Ali Al-Nemer MF 66 Mohammed Abousaban  74' FW 24 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi  90+5' FW 27 Abdoulaye Sané Manager: Nestor El Maestro

GK 28 Ahmed Al-Kassar (c) RB 14 Ali Majrashi  86' CB 87 Meshal Al-Sebyani  82' CB 24 Waleed Al-Ahmed LB 18 Mohammed Qassem CM 6 Hicham Faik CM 52 Alexander Merkel RW 77 Khalid Kaabi  90+5' AM 23 Romain Amalfitano  90+5' LW 25 Ismail Omar  71'  87' CF 19 Júlio Tavares Substitutes: GK 26 Mustafa Malayekah DF 2 Abdullah Al-Hassan DF 17 Mohammed Al-Nukhylan  83'  82' DF 51 Hussain Qassem  87' MF 8 Khaled Al-Samiri MF 12 Shaye Sharahili  90+5' MF 47 Mustafa Bassas MF 88 Abdulaziz Al-Sharid  90+5' FW 80 Mohammed Al-Saiari Manager: Péricles Chamusca

Assistant referees: [1] Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Pawel Sokolnicki (Poland) Fourth official: [1] Majed Al-Shamrani Video assistant referee: [1] Tomasz Musiał (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees: [1] Faisal Al-Qahtani Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time Statistics First half [13] Statistic Al-Taawoun Al-Faisaly Goals scored 2 1 Total shots 5 7 Shots on target 2 2 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 47% 53% Corner kicks 2 1 Fouls committed 9 4 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0 Second half [13] Statistic Al-Taawoun Al-Faisaly Goals scored 0 2 Total shots 2 5 Shots on target 0 2 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 47% 53% Corner kicks 0 0 Fouls committed 13 6 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 3 2 Red cards 0 1 Overall [13] Statistic Al-Taawoun Al-Faisaly Goals scored 2 3 Total shots 7 12 Shots on target 2 4 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 47% 53% Corner kicks 2 1 Fouls committed 22 10 Offsides 3 2 Yellow cards 3 2 Red cards 0 1 See also Association football portal Saudi Arabia portal 2020–21 King Cup 2020–21 Saudi Professional League 2021 Saudi Super Cup Notes Attendance was capped at 40% due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. [12] References "حكم "عالمي" يقود نهائي كأس الملك". "رسمياً.. موعد نهائي كأس الملك بين التعاون والفيصلي". "السعودية تعلن بروتوكول عودة الجماهير للملاعب". "الفيصلي يتوج بكأس الملك لأول مرة في تاريخه". "استاد الملك فهد يحتضن نهائي كأس الملك يوم الخميس القادم". "افتتاح استاد الملك فهد الدولي". "كأس الملك فهد للقارات محط أنظار العالم". "استاد الملك فهد الدولي تحفة معمارية يستوعب 70 ألف متفرج". "رياضي / التعاون يتأهل إلى نهائي كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين بفوزه على الفتح". "الفيصلي يتأهل إلى نهائي كأس الملك بعد فوزه على النصر". "تاريخ لقاءات". "الحيـاة تدبُّ في الملاعب مع عودة الجماهير المحصّنة بنسبة 40 %". "team statistics".