King Cup of Champions

King Cup of Champions
Founded 1956
Region Saudi Arabia
Number of teams 153
Current champions Al-Shabab (3rd title)
Most successful club(s) Al-Ahli (12 titles)
2015

The King Cup of Champions or King's Cup is a football cup competition played in Saudi Arabia. It started in 1956 and was played until 1990. It was re-launched again in 2007, played by only the top 6 finishers of the Saudi Professional League and the two cup winners. In the event of duplicate qualifiers, they are replaced in the following order: The Crown Prince Cup runner up, Prince Faisal Cup runner up, 7th place team, and 8th place team. Since 2014, the competition is closely going back to its roots, by implementing the old format, 153 clubs have taken part in the tournament. It is now officially known as "The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques Champions Cup" (Arabic: كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين للأبطال‎).

Winners by year

King Cup of Champions
  • 1956-57 – Al-Wahda (1)
  • 1957-58 – Al-Ittihad (1)
  • 1958-59 – Al-Ittihad (2)
  • 1959-60 – Al-Ittihad (3)
  • 1960-61 – Al-Hilal (1)
  • 1961-62 – Al-Ahli (1)
  • 1962-63 – Al-Ittihad (4)
  • 1963-64 – Al-Hilal (2)
  • 1964-65 – Al-Ahli (2)
  • 1965-66 – Al-Wahda (2)
  • 1966-67 – Al-Ittihad (5)
  • 1967-68 – Al-Ittifaq (1)
  • 1968-69 – Al-Ahli (3)
  • 1969-70 – Al-Ahli (4)
  • 1970-71 – Al-Ahli (5)
  • 1972-73 – Al-Ahli (6)
  • 1973-74 – Al-Nasr (1)
  • 1975-76 – Al-Nasr (2)
  • 1976-77 – Al-Ahli (7)
  • 1977-78 – Al-Ahli (8)
  • 1978-79 – Al-Ahli (9)
  • 1979-80 – Al-Hilal (3)
  • 1980-81 – Al-Nasr (3)
  • 1981-82 – Al-Hilal (4)
  • 1982-83 – Al-Ahli (10)
  • 1983-84 – Al-Hilal (5)
  • 1984-85 – Al-Ittifaq (2)
  • 1985-86 – Al-Nasr (4)
  • 1986-87 – Al-Nasr (5)
  • 1987-88 – Al-Ittihad (6)
  • 1988-89 – Al-Hilal (6)
  • 1989-90 – Al-Nasr (6)
  • 2007-08 – Al-Shabab (1)
  • 2008-09 – Al-Shabab (2)
  • 2010 – Al-Ittihad (7)
  • 2011 – Al-Ahli (11)
  • 2012 – Al-Ahli (12)
  • 2013 – Al-Ittihad (8)
  • 2014 – Al-Shabab (3)
  • 2015 –

Performance by club

Trophies

Club Winners Winning years
Al-Ahli
12
 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012
Al-Ittihad
8
 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013
Al-Hilal
6
 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989
Al-Nasr
6
 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990
Al-Shabab
3
 2008, 2009, 2014
Al-Ittifaq
2
 1968, 1985
Al-Wahda
2
 1957, 1966
TOTALS
39

Finals

Club Finalists Finals years
Al-Ittihad
16
 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
Al-Ahli
16
 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2011, 2012, 2014
Al-Hilal
13
 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010
Al-Nasr
11
 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012
Al-Wahda
7
 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1970
Al-Ittifaq
6
 1965, 1966, 1968, 1983, 1985, 1988
Al-Shabab
6
 1969, 1980, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014
Al-Riyadh
2
 1962, 1978
Al-Taawun
1
 1990
TOTALS
78

Source:[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (9 October 2014). "Kings Cup". Saudi Arabia - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

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