2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final

The 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final was the 32nd final of the Crown Prince Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition at the time.

It took place on 27 April 2007 at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was contested between city rivals Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli. It was Al-Ahli's tenth Crown Prince Cup final and Al-Ittihad's 11th. This was the fourth meeting between these two clubs in the final.

Al-Ahli won the game 2–1 to secure their fifth title and first since 2002. As winners of the 2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Al-Ahli qualified for the 2008 AFC Champions League group stage.

Teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Al-Ittihad10 (1958, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004) Al-Ahli9 (1957, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)

Venue The Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah was announced as the host of the final. This was the ninth Crown Prince Cup final to be hosted in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium following those in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

The Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium was opened in 1970 and was known as the Youth Welfare Stadium until 2001. The stadium was used as a venue for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship and hosted the final of the 2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The stadium was used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Ahli, and Al-Ittihad, and hosted major domestic matches. The stadium underwent major construction in 2012 with plans to expand the number of seats and as of 2019 is still under construction.

Background Al-Ittihad reached their 11th final after a 4–2 aggregate win against Al-Ettifaq. This was Al-Ittihad's first final since 2004 when they defeated Al-Ahli 1–0.

Al-Ahli reached their ninth final, after a 3–1 aggregate win against Al-Hilal. They finished as runners-up in the previous season, losing to Al-Hilal.

This was the twelfth meeting between the two sides in the Crown Prince Cup with Al-Ahli and Al-Ittihad winning five times each and one draw between them occurred. The two teams met three times in the final with Al-Ittihad winning twice in 1958 and 2004, and Al-Ahli won the 2002 final. The two teams played each other twice in the season prior to the final, once in the league and once in the Federation Cup final. Al-Ahli defeated Al-Ittihad 3–0 in the final to win their fifth Federation Cup and Al-Ittihad won the league match 3–0.

Road to the final

Al-IttihadRoundAl-AhliOpponentResultOpponentResultAl-Tai6–1 (H)Round of 16Al-Riyadh3–1 (A)Najran10–0 (H)Quarter-finalsAl-Faisaly1–0 (H)Al-EttifaqSemi-finalsAl-Hilal4–1 (H)1–1 (A) Key: (H) = Home; (A) = Away

Match Details

GK 1 Mabrouk ZaidRB 2 Ahmed Dokhi CB 33 Osama Al-Muwallad CB 21 Hamad Al-Montashari LB 19 Saleh Al-SaqriCM 23 Abdullah Al-Waked CM 14 Saud Kariri RW 27 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani AM 18 Mohammed Noor (c)LW 10 WágnerCF 3 Alhassane KeitaSubstitutes:DF 4 Redha Tukar FW 9 Hamzah Idris FW 11 Reinaldo Manager: Dimitri Davidovic GK 1 Yasser Al-MosailemRB 30 Ibrahim Hazzazi CB 19 Walid Jahdali CB 2 Khaled Badra LB 24 Hussein Abdulghani (c)DM 5 Moataz Al-Musa CM 8 Taisir Al-Jassim CM 15 Saheb Al-Abdullah AM 7 Turky Al-Thagafi AM 10 Caio CF 9 Malek Mouath Substitutes:DF 4 Mohamed Al-Bishi MF 18 Ahmed Darwish DF 28 Jufain Al-Bishi Manager: Nebojša Vučković 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.

2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup final

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