2020–21 King's Cup (Saudi Arabia)

The 2020–21 King Cup, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 46th edition of the King Cup since its establishment in 1957. The tournament commenced on 16 December 2020 and concluded with the final on 27 May 2021.

2020–21 King Cup

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	16 December 2020 – 27 May 2021
Teams	16
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Final positions
Champions	Al-Faisaly (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Taawoun
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	39 (2.6 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Léandre Tawamba Júlio Tavares (4 goals each)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 27 May 2021.

The number of teams was reduced from 64 to 16 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.^[1] The competition was limited to the 16 teams participating in the 2020–21 Saudi Professional League.

Al-Hilal are the defending champions after defeating Al-Nassr 2–1 in the final.^[2] Al-Hilal were eliminated by Al-Fateh in the round of 16.^[3]

Al-Faisaly won their first title after a 3–2 win over Al-Taawoun in the final on 27 May 2021.^[4] As winners of the competition, Al-Faisaly qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage.

Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 9 October 2020, the SAFF decided to extend the use of five substitutions in matches (with a sixth allowed in extra time) to the 2020–21 season, which was implemented at the end of the previous season to lessen the impact of fixture congestion caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5] The use of five substitutes, based on the decision of competition organizers, had been extended by IFAB until 2021.^[6] The prize fund remained the same with the winners receiving 10 million SAR.^[7]

Participating teams

A total of 16 teams participated in this season. All of which compete in the Pro League.^[8]

League	Teams
Pro League	Abha Al-Ahli Al-Ain Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal TH Al-Ittihad Al-Nassr Al-Qadsiah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Wehda Damac

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

H

Al-Wehda

0

A

Al-Ittihad

3

H

Al-Ittihad

1

A

Al-Fateh (a.e.t.)

2

A

Al-Fateh

2

H

Al-Hilal

0

A

Al-Fateh

2

H

Al-Taawoun

3

A

Al-Taawoun

2

H

Damac

1

H

Al-Taawoun

2

A

Al-Qadsiah

1

A

Al-Shabab

0

H

Al-Qadsiah

1

-

Al-Taawoun

2

-

Al-Faisaly

3

H

Al-Nassr

2

A

Al-Raed

0

H

Al-Nassr

3

A

Al-Ain

0

A

Al-Ain

2

H

Al-Ahli

0

H

Al-Nassr

0

A

Al-Faisaly

1

A

Al-Faisaly (pen.)

0 (9)

H

Al-Ettifaq

0 (8)

A

Al-Faisaly

2

H

Al-Batin

1

A

Abha

0

H

Al-Batin

3

Notes

• H: Home team
• A: Away team

Source: SAFF^[9]

Round of 16

The draw for the whole tournament was held on 2 November 2020.^[10] The dates for the Round of 16 fixtures were announced on 18 November 2020.^[11] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Damac (1) v Al-Taawoun (1)

16 December 2020 3	Damac (1)	1–2	Al-Taawoun (1)	Abha
15:35	Fallatah  39' Abdullah  68' Abo Shararah  88' Zelaya 90+1'	Report	Amissi 2' Barnawi  13'  45' Duke  64' Kadesh  68' Tawamba 76' Abousaban  90'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

Al-Qadsiah (1) v Al-Shabab (1)

16 December 2020 4	Al-Qadsiah (1)	1–0	Al-Shabab (1)	Khobar
17:25	Bordeianu  67' Al-Amri 89' (pen.),  90' Al-Yami  90+1'	Report	Martins  45' Al-Hamdan  80' Al-Dubaysh  82' Guanca  89'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sultan Al-Harbi

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Raed (1)

16 December 2020 5	Al-Nassr (1)	2–0	Al-Raed (1)	Riyadh
20:20	Yahya 21',  30' Martínez  27' Al-Najei 67' Al-Ghannam  71' Maicon  76' Petros  79'	Report	Daoudi  77'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Raed Al-Zahrani

Al-Batin (1) v Abha (1)

17 December 2020 8	Al-Batin (1)	3–0	Abha (1)	Hafar al-Batin
15:15	Chaves 9' Sami 25' Al-Qarni  47' El Jebli  48' Abreu 82'	Report	Al-Jamaan  8' Al-Jumeiah  22'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Nuhait

Al-Ettifaq (1) v Al-Faisaly (1)

17 December 2020 7	Al-Ettifaq (1)	0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Al-Faisaly (1)	Dammam
17:25	Doukara  10' Hazazi  34' Ghazi  104'	Report	Guilherme  78' Silva  107'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
	Penalties
	Kiss Souza Sliti Al-Kwikbi Al-Ghamdi Ghazi Azaro Mets Al-Qumaizi Mahnashi		Tavares Guilherme Faik Al-Sharid Al-Saiari Rossi Silva Omar Qassem Al-Kassar

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Fateh (1)

17 December 2020 2	Al-Hilal (1)	0–2	Al-Fateh (1)	Riyadh
17:40	Jahfali  1' Cuéllar  90+4'	Report	Al-Habib  43' Batna 55' Saâdane  84' Al-Fuhaid  87' Bendebka 88' Al-Daheem  90+3'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Al-Wehda (1) v Al-Ittihad (1)

17 December 2020 1	Al-Wehda (1)	0–3	Al-Ittihad (1)	Mecca
20:20	Al-Khulaif  27' Al-Eisa  76'	Report	Prijović 48' (pen.), 49' Pedrão 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Ahli (1) v Al-Ain (1)

17 December 2020 6	Al-Ahli (1)	0–2	Al-Ain (1)	Jeddah
20:20	Lima  32' Fejsa  45+3'	Report	Getterson  42', 64' Bradarić 71' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Reserve Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Qarni

Quarter-finals

The dates for the Quarter-finals fixtures were announced on 13 January 2021.^[12] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Batin (1) v Al-Faisaly (1)

15 March 2021 12	Al-Batin (1)	1–2	Al-Faisaly (1)	Hafar al-Batin
18:45	Sami  4', 36' Schenk  24'  90+1' Al-Mozairib  60'	Report	Al-Saiari 5', 78' Majrashi  32' Al-Sharid  45+1' Kaabi  71'	Stadium: Al-Batin Club Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

Al-Taawoun (1) v Al-Qadsiah (1)

15 March 2021 10	Al-Taawoun (1)	2–1	Al-Qadsiah (1)	Buraidah
20:45	Tawamba 10' Al-Zubaidi  16' Al-Nabit  44', 58' Amissi  67' Abousaban  74' Al-Ghamdi  90+8'	Report	Hazazi  3' Al-Amri 37' Williams  90+9'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Ain (1)

16 March 2021 11	Al-Nassr (1)	3–0	Al-Ain (1)	Riyadh
18:40	Al-Hassan  38' Hamdallah 45+4' Amrabat 72' Al-Najei 83'	Report	Ndiaye  25' Al-Khaibari  35' Bradarić  45+6' Moutari  47' Getterson  74' Juanpi  74' Muath  78'	Stadium: Mrsool Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr

Al-Ittihad (1) v Al-Fateh (1)

16 March 2021 9	Al-Ittihad (1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Al-Fateh (1)	Mecca
20:45	Al-Malki  15' Prijović  52' Camara  65' Abdulhamid  68'  75' Hegazi 120' Al-Muwallad  120+3'	Report	Bendebka  7'  90+2' Al-Fuhaid  14' Boushal  30' Batna 113' Majrashi 118' Al-Zaqaan  119'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani

Semi-finals

The dates for the Semi-final fixtures were announced on 16 March 2021.^[13] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Taawoun (1) v Al-Fateh (1)

4 April 2021 13	Al-Taawoun (1)	3–2	Al-Fateh (1)	Buraidah
19:00	Assiri  11' Kaku 25' Tawamba 55' Amissi 62' Al-Zubaidi  69' Sané  90' Al-Mousa  90+6'	Report	Saâdane  42' te Vrede  51' Majrashi 72' Batna 74' Al-Hassan  76'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faisal Al-Blwi

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Faisaly (1)

4 April 2021 14	Al-Nassr (1)	0–1	Al-Faisaly (1)	Riyadh
21:00	Madu  68' Hamdallah  79' Al-Ghannam  85'	Report	Rossi  9' Guilherme  45+4' Tavares 81' (pen.) Al-Kassar  90+4' Silva  90+7'	Stadium: Mrsool Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish

Final

Main article: 2021 King Cup Final

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

27 May 2021

21:00

Al-Taawoun	2–3	Al-Faisaly
Tawamba 14' Kaku 45' (pen.)	Report	Tavares 40' (pen.), 60', 90+3'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Top goalscorers

As of 27 May 2021^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Léandre Tawamba	Al-Taawoun	4
	Júlio Tavares	Al-Faisaly
3	Mourad Batna	Al-Fateh	3
4	Aleksandar Prijović	Al-Ittihad	2
	Zakaria Sami	Al-Batin
	Mohammed Al-Saiari	Al-Faisaly
	Hassan Al-Amri	Al-Qadsiah
	Sami Al-Najei	Al-Nassr
	Cédric Amissi	Al-Taawoun
	Mohammed Majrashi	Al-Fateh
	Kaku	Al-Taawoun

Note: Players and teams marked in bold are still active in the competition.