2011–12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

The 2011–12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup was the 37th season of the Saudi Crown Prince Cup since its establishment in 1957. This season's competition featured a total of 16 teams, 14 teams from the Pro League, and 2 teams from the Qualifying Rounds.

2011–12 Crown Prince Cup

Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	19 October 2011 (2011-10-19) – 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)
Teams	64 (all) 50 (qualifying competition) 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (11th title)
Runners-up	Al-Ettifaq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Nawaf Al-Abed Yoo Byung-soo (4 goals each)
← 2010–11 2012–13 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

Al-Hilal won their fifth Crown Prince Cup title in a row and eleventh in total after defeating Al-Ettifaq 2–1 in the final.^[1]

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Pro League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 2 available places in the Round of 16. First Division sides Al-Shoulla and Al-Tai qualified.

First round

The First Round matches were played on 19, 20, & 21 October 2011.^[2][3][4]

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Al-Wehda (2)	4–2	Al-Rabe'e (3)
Damac (2)	0–1	Al-Nakheel (3)
Hetten (2)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Al-Akhdoud (3)
Al-Shoulla (2)	3–0	Sdoos (3)
Al-Jeel (2)	2–0	Al-Sawab (4)
Thursday 20 October 2011
Al-Riyadh (2)	0–3	Al-Diriyah (3)
Al-Hazem (2)	1–2	Al-Oyoon (3)
Al-Nahda (2)	2–1	Al-Taraji (3)
Al-Suqoor (2)	3–0	Al-Taqadom (3)
Al-Khaleej (2)	0–2	Al-Safa (3)
Abha (2)	3–5	Al-Hejaz (4)
Friday 21 October 2011
Al-Tai (2)	2–1	Al-Najma (3)
Al-Watani (2)	3–0	Al-Hait (4)
Al-Batin (2)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Al-Hamadah (3)
Ohod (2)	2–0	Al-Arabi (3)
Al-Orobah (2)	1–2	Al-Rima (3)

Second round

The Second Round matches were played on 31 October and 1 November 2011.^[5][6]

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Monday 31 October 2011
Al-Wehda (2)	11–0	Al-Hejaz (4)
Al-Diriyah (3)	2–3	Al-Shoulla (2)
Al-Safa (3)	2–1	Al-Jeel (2)
Al-Oyoon (3)	1–1 (5–6 p)	Al-Nahda (2)
Hetten (2)	1–0	Al-Nakheel (3)
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Al-Tai (2)	3–0	Al-Hamadah (3)
Ohod (2)	0–0 (8–7 p)	Al-Suqoor (2)
Al-Rima (3)	1–2	Al-Watani (2)

Third round

The Third Round matches were played on 20 November 2011.^[7]

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Sunday 20 November 2011
Hetten (2)	0–3	Al-Wehda (2)
Al-Shoulla (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Safa (3)
Al-Watani (2)	1–2	Ohod (2)
Al-Tai (2)	2–1	Al-Nahda (2)

Final round

The Final Round matches were played on 4 December 2011.^[8]

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Sunday 4 December 2011
Al-Shoulla (2)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Al-Wehda (2)
Ohod (2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Tai (2)

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A

Al-Hilal

6

H

Al-Shoulla

1

H

Al-Hilal

4

A

Al-Nassr

1

A

Al-Nassr (pen.)

0 (8)

H

Al-Fateh

0 (7)

H

Al-Hilal

2

A

Al-Ittihad

0

H

Al-Ittihad

4

A

Al-Raed

0

H

Al-Ittihad

1

A

Al-Faisaly

0

A

Al-Faisaly

2

H

Al-Tai

1

–

Al-Hilal

2

–

Al-Ettifaq

1

H

Al-Shabab

2

A

Al-Qadisiyah

1

H

Al-Shabab

0

A

Al-Ahli

1

A

Al-Ahli

3

H

Hajer

0

H

Al-Ahli

1

A

Al-Ettifaq

2

H

Al-Ettifaq

2

A

Al-Ansar

0

H

Al-Ettifaq

3

A

Najran

0

H

Al-Taawoun

1

A

Najran

2

Note: H: Home team, A: Away team

Round of 16

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 20 and 21 December 2011.^[9][10][11] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Fateh (1) v Al-Nassr (1)

20 December 2011 2	Al-Fateh (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (7–8 p)	Al-Nassr (1)	Al-Hasa
19:40		Report		Stadium: Al-Fateh Club Stadium Referee: Mutraf Al-Qahtani
	Penalties
	Al-Nakhli Kabi Al-Mogahwi Sufyani Al-Dosari Fuakumputu Al-Hamdan Cissokho Hagawi Hash'hash		Abdulghani Mouath Al-Bishi Hawsawi Ghaleb Barnawi Dibesh Al-Zylaeei Al-Nassar Al-Enezi

Al-Tai (2) v Al-Faisaly (1)

20 December 2011 4	Al-Tai (2)	1–2	Al-Faisaly (1)	Ha'il
19:40	Al-Juhaim 3'	Report	Rasan 38' Jertec 75'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Qadisiyah (1)

20 December 2011 5	Al-Shabab (1)	2–1	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Riyadh
19:40	Fallatah 81' Al-Shamrani 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Agba 41'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulaziz Al-Fonaital

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Ansar (1)

20 December 2011 7	Al-Ettifaq (1)	2–0	Al-Ansar (1)	Dammam
19:40	Bashir 15' Tagliabué 63'	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Al-Shoulla (2) v Al-Hilal (1)

21 December 2011 1	Al-Shoulla (2)	1–6	Al-Hilal (1)	Al-Kharj
19:40	Al-Bishi 90+1'	Report	Byung-Soo 8', 41' Al-Shalhoub 26' Al-Mehyani 32' Al-Abed 45', 72'	Stadium: Al-Shoulla Club Stadium Referee: Mishari Al-Mishari

Al-Ittihad (1) v Al-Raed (1)

21 December 2011 3	Al-Ittihad (1)	4–0	Al-Raed (1)	Jeddah
19:40	Hazazi 2', 70' Noor 34' (pen.) Paulo Jorge 47' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Hajer (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

21 December 2011 6	Hajer (1)	0–3	Al-Ahli (1)	Al-Hasa
19:40		Report	Al-Fahmi 19', 80' Al-Jassim 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

Al-Taawoun (1) v Najran (1)

21 December 2011 8	Al-Taawoun (1)	1–2	Najran (1)	Buraidah
19:40	Al-Hussain 89'	Report	Al-Hussain 17' (pen.) Mefleh 23'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Ahmari

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals fixtures were played on 23 and 24 January 2012.^[9][10][12] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Nassr (1)

23 January 2012 9	Al-Hilal (1)	4–1	Al-Nassr (1)	Riyadh
20:05	Hawsawi 4' (o.g.) Al-Shalhoub 22' (pen.) Al-Dawsari 24' Byung-Soo 50'	Report	Al-Sahlawi 60'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Al-Ittihad (1) v Al-Faisaly (1)

23 January 2012 10	Al-Ittihad (1)	1–0	Al-Faisaly (1)	Jeddah
20:05	Abousaban 74'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Ahli (1)

24 January 2012 11	Al-Shabab (1)	0–1	Al-Ahli (1)	Riyadh
20:00		Report	Al-Hosni 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Ilias Spathas (Greece)

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Najran (1)

24 January 2012 12	Al-Ettifaq (1)	3–0	Najran (1)	Dammam
20:00	Al-Salem 10' Tagliabué 53' Al-Shehri 64'	Report		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

Semi-finals

The semi-finals fixtures were played on 27 and 28 January 2012.^[9][10][13] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Ittihad (1)

27 January 2012 13	Al-Hilal (1)	2–0	Al-Ittihad (1)	Riyadh
20:05	Byung-Soo 14' Al-Abed 72'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

Al-Ahli (1) v Al-Ettifaq (1)

28 January 2012 14	Al-Ahli (1)	1–2	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Jeddah
20:05	Al-Hosni 71'	Report	Al-Hamed 22' Tagliabué 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania)

Final

Main article: 2012 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final

The final was held on 10 February 2012 in the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.^[10][14] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

10 February 2012

20:25

Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ettifaq
Wilhelmsson 9' Al-Abed 21'	Report	Al-Shehri 35'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

Winner

2011–12 Crown Prince Cup Winners
Al-Hilal 11th Title

Top goalscorers

Updated 10 February 2012^[15]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Hilal	4
	Yoo Byung-Soo	Al-Hilal
3	Sebastián Tagliabué	Al-Ettifaq	3
4	Amad Al Hosni	Al-Ahli	2
	Naif Hazazi	Al-Ittihad
	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	Al-Hilal
	Yasser Al-Fahmi	Al-Ahli
	Yahya Al-Shehri	Al-Ettifaq