The 1977 King Cup was the 19th season of the knockout competition since its establishment in 1956. Al-Nassr were the defending champions; however, they were eliminated in the semi-finals by Al-Hilal. The final saw Al-Ahli beat Al-Hilal 3–1, with Al-Ahli scoring all three goals in the final fifteen minutes. Al-Ahli won their seventh title and first since 1973.
Bracket
Source: Al-Jazirah
Round of 32 The matches of the Round of 32 were held on 5 and 6 May 1977.
Home team Score Away teamAl-Ettifaq 7–0 Al-Hamadah Al-Diriyah 0–1TuwaiqAl-Tai 2–0 Al-AnsarAl-Nassr 4–0 HajerAl-Raed 2–0 Al-Riyadh Al-Majd 1–1 (3–4 pen.)Al-KefahAl-Qadsiah 5–0 Al-FatehAl-Nahda 2–0 Al-ThoqbahAl-Ahli 4–0 DamacOkaz 2–1 Al-Wadea Al-Taqadom 0–2Al-WehdaOhod 5–0 Al-Rabe'e Al-Jabalain 1–4Al-Ittihad Al-Taawoun 0–1Al-ShababAl-Hilal 3–0 Al-Shoulla Al-Jazeera 3–5Al-Khaleej
Round of 16 The Round of 16 matches were held on 9 and 10 May 1977.
Home team Score Away teamAl-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ettifaq Al-Nahda 1–4Al-Nassr Okaz 1–2Al-AhliAl-Wehda 4–0 Al-KefahOhod 2–1 Al-RaedAl-Ittihad 4–0 Al-TaiAl-Shabab 4–0 TuwaiqAl-Qadsiah 2–0 Al-Khaleej
Quarter-finals The Quarter-final matches were held on 12 and 13 May 1977.
Home team Score Away teamAl-Nassr 2–1 Al-QadsiahAl-Ittihad 1–1 (3–2 pen.) OhodAl-Ahli 1–0 Al-WehdaAl-Hilal 3–0 Al-Shabab
Semi-finals The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 16 May 1977. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Final The final was played between Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal in the Youth Welfare Stadium in Riyadh. This was Al-Ahli's 9th final. Previously Al-Ahli won six times in 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1973 and lost in 1974 and 1976. This was Al-Hilal's 5th final. Previously Al-Hilal won twice in 1961 and 1964 and lost in 1963 and 1968. This was the first meeting between these two sides in the final.
GK Ibrahim Al-Yousef DF Ghazi Saeed DF Baddah Al-Qahtani DF Abdulrahman Basheer (c) DF Nasser Al-Shayea MF Fahad Al-Habashi MF Abdullah Foudah MF Marzouq Saeed FW Naji Abdulmatloub FW Sultan bin Naseeb FW Sameer SultanSubstitutes: GK Khaled Fahmi DF Abdullah Al-Ammar DF Saleh Al-Nu'eimeh MF Abdullah Al-Gassab MF Fahad Abdulwahed Manager: George Smith
GK Adel Rawas DF Ibrahim Muraiki DF Waheed Jawhar DF Abdulrazaq Abu Dawood (c) DF Fahad Eid MF Idris Adam MF Tarik Kayal MF Ahmed Al-Sagheer FW Fuad Rizq FW Motamad Khojali FW Ismail Hefni Substitutes: GK Ghazi Saddakah DF Mohammed Anbar DF Wajdi Al-Taweel MF Abdullah Omar FW Saad Mansi Al-Harbi Manager: Didi
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