2023 King Cup final

The 2023 King Cup final was the 48th 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 Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, on 12 May 2023. The match was contested by Al-Hilal and Al-Wehda. It was Al-Hilal's 18th King Cup final and Al-Wehda's 8th.

Al-Hilal defeated Al-Wehda on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw after extra time to win their 10th title.

Teams TeamPrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Al-Hilal17 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022) Al-Wehda7 (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970)

Venue

The King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the Jewel Stadium, was announced as the venue of the final on 27 April 2023. This was the seventh time the King Abdullah Sports City hosted the final following those in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2022 and was the fifteenth time it was hosted in Jeddah.

The King Abdullah Sports City was built in 2012, and opened in 2014 as the home of Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team. Its current capacity is 62,345, and the record attendance was the opening match which was the 2014 King Cup final. The stadium also hosted many other finals including the 2019 Saudi Super Cup, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana and the 2019–20 Supercopa de España.

Background Al-Hilal reached their record-tying 18th final after a 1–0 win against Al-Ittihad. This was Al-Hilal's second consecutive final, third final in four years, and sixth final since the tournament was reintroduced. Al-Hilal lost last season's final on penalties after a 1–1 draw against Al-Fayha.

Al-Wehda reached their eighth final after a 1–0 win against Al-Nassr. This was Al-Wehda's first final since the tournament was reintroduced in 2008. It was also Al-Wehda's first final since 1970, setting the record for the longest gap between final appearances at 53 years.

The two teams met twice earlier in the season with the first fixture ending in a 3–0 victory for Al-Hilal and the second ending in a 3–3 draw. This will be the second King Cup final between these two sides after the 1961 final which ended in a 3–2 win for Al-Hilal. This was the eighth meeting between these two sides in the King Cup with Al-Hilal winning six times and one draw between them. In the clubs' 103 previous meetings, Al-Hilal won 75, Al-Wehda won 8 and the remaining 20 were drawn.

Road to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). Al-HilalRoundAl-WehdaOpponentResult2022–23 King CupOpponentResultAl-Ettifaq (H)4–0Round of 16Damac (A)1–0Al-Fateh (H)3–1Quarter-finalsAl-Batin (H)2–1Al-Ittihad (A)1–0 Semi-finalsAl-Nassr (A)1–0

Match Details

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf (c)RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik CB 20 Jang Hyun-soo CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi LB 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani DM 8 Abdullah Otayf CM 19 André CarrilloCM 28 Mohamed Kanno RF 17 Moussa Marega CF 10 Luciano Vietto LF 96 MichaelSubstitutes:GK 21 Mohammed Al-OwaisDF 4 Khalifah Al-DawsariDF 66 Saud Abdulhamid DF 70 Mohammed JahfaliMF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari MF 43 Musab Al-Juwayr FW 9 Odion Ighalo FW 11 Saleh Al-Shehri FW 14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan Manager: Ramón Díaz GK 1 Munir Mohamedi RB 28 Hamad Al-Jayzani CB 2 Ali Makki CB 6 Óscar Duarte LB 27 Islam Hawsawi DM 4 Waleed Bakshween (c) CM 76 Fayçal FajrCM 88 Alaa Al Hejji RF 24 Abdulaziz Noor CF 74 Karim Yoda LF 87 AnselmoSubstitutes:GK 13 Abdulquddus AtiahDF 3 Abdulelah Bukhari DF 23 Amiri Kurdi MF 12 Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani MF 29 Sultan Al-AkouzMF 49 Sultan Al-Sawadi MF 80 Yahya Al-Naji MF 90 Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi FW 9 Jean-David Beauguel Manager: José Luis Sierra

Man of the Match: Abdullah Al-Mayouf (Al-Hilal)

Assistant referees: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Faisal Al-Blwi Video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referee: Omar Al-JamalMatch 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

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