2020 Amir of Qatar Cup

The 2020 Amir of Qatar Cup (named Amir Cup since 2019) was the 48th edition of the Qatari cup tournament in men's football. It was played by the first and second level divisions of the Qatari football league structure. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, it was initially postponed. Al Sadd defeated Al Arabi 2–1 in the final to win the cup and a place in the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Amir Cup 2020 (Qatar)

Tournament details
Country	Qatar
Dates	5 February – 18 December
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Al Sadd (17th title)
Runners-up	Al Arabi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	23 (2.88 per match)
← 2019 2021 →

Note: all matches in Qatar time (GMT+3).

Round of 16

Al-Sailiya v Umm-Salal

5 February 2020	Al-Sailiya	2–1	Umm-Salal	Doha
16:30	Boussoufa 44' (pen.) Yousef 51'	Report[1]	Nasser Al-Nassr 81'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium

Al-Rayyan v Al-Mesaimeer

5 February 2020	Al-Rayyan	4–0	Al-Mesaimeer	Doha
19:00	Boli 11', 82' Muftah 37' Tabata 90+2'	Report[2]		Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium

Al-Sadd v Al-Kharaitiyat

6 February 2020	Al-Sadd	3–1	Al-Kharaitiyat	Doha
16:30	Hassan 1' Bounedjah 25', 82'	Report[3]	Tiberkanine 20'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

Al-Duhail v Muaither

6 February 2020	Al-Duhail	4–0	Muaither	Doha
19:00	Kwang-song 42', 44' Almoez Ali 45' Muntari 69'	Report[4]		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Al-Shahania v Al-Wakrah

7 February 2020	Al-Shahania	0–0 (9–10 p)	Al-Wakrah	Doha
16:30		Report[5]		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi
	Penalties
	de Jong Al-Yahri Farhan Jalal Akaïchi Hussain Al-Yazidi Shanbih Elfadil Álvaro Mejía		Mendes Suhail Benyettou Mardanli Omar Ali Sánchez Muneer Coulibaly Al Khater Malolah

Al-Ahli v Qatar SC

7 February 2020	Al-Ahli	2–1	Qatar SC	Doha
19:00	Benson 34' Diamé 88'	Report[6]	Rashidov 64'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium

Al-Arabi v Al-Khor

8 February 2020	Al-Arabi	2–2 (4–3 p)	Al-Khor	Al Rayyan
16:30	Lasogga 74' (pen.) Harbaoui 75'	Report[7]	Bezerra 14' (pen.) Mubarak 45+1'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
	Penalties
	Fatehi Harbaoui Lasogga Al-Neel Gunnarsson		Lucca Borges Brahmi Bezerra Amada Al-Mohanadi

Al-Gharafa v Al-Markhiya

8 February 2020	Al-Gharafa	0–1	Al-Markhiya	Al Rayyan
19:00		Report[8]	Aden 63'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Marri

Quarter-finals

Al-Arabi v Al-Ahli

11 March 2020	Al-Arabi	3–0	Al-Ahli	Doha
18:30	Lasogga 6', 22' Al-Malki 70'	Report[9]		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

Al-Markhiya v Al-Rayyan

12 March 2020	Al-Markhiya	1–0	Al-Rayyan	Doha
18:30	Ahmed Kanu 82' (pen.)	Report[10]		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mashari Al Shummari
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.[11]

Al-Wakrah v Al-Sadd

13 March 2020	Al-Wakrah	2–2 (1–4 p)	Al-Sadd	Doha
18:30	Muneer 66' Mahmoud 83'		Fabián 43' Hashim Ali 56'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohammed Al Shummari
	Penalties
	Lucas Mendes Ali Malolah Ismail Mahmoud		Akram Afif Nam Tae-hee Boualem Khoukhi Marco Fabián
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.[11]

Al-Duhail v Al-Sailiya

14 March 2020	Al-Duhail	4–0	Al-Sailiya	Doha
18:30	Edmilson 24' (pen.) Al-Ahrak 49' Almoez Ali 52' Moustafa 65'	Report[12]		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.[11]

Semi-finals

Al-Markhiya v Al-Arabi

30 October 2020	Al-Markhiya	0–2	Al-Arabi	Doha
20:30				Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Al-Duhail v Al-Sadd

31 October 2020	Al-Duhail	1–4	Al-Sadd	Doha
20:30				Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Final

18 December 2020

19:00

Al-Arabi	1–2	Al-Sadd
Gunnarsson 23'	Report	Bounedjah 3', 44'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Saoud Ali Al Adba

GK 21 Mahmud Abunada DF 5 Marc Muniesa MF 6 Abdullah Marafee MF 7 Mehrdad Mohammadi MF 8 Ahmed Fatehi FW 13 Sebastián Soria DF 15 Jassem Gaber  73' MF 17 Aron Gunnarsson DF 23 Fahad Shonain  90+2' DF 24 Ayoub Azzi  69' MF 99 Mehdi Torabi  66' Substitutes : FW 20 Abdulaziz Al Ansari  73' MF 11 Mohammed Salah Al-Neel  66' Manager : Heimir Hallgrímsson

GK 22 Meshaal Barsham DF 3 Abdelkarim Hassan  33'  72' DF 16 Boualem Khoukhi  50' DF 2 Pedro Miguel DF 7 Mohammed Waad  46' MF 5 Jung Woo-young MF 13 Guilherme Torres MF 18 Santi Cazorla FW 10 Hassan Al-Haidos  72' FW 45 Akram Afif  90'  90+1' FW 11 Baghdad Bounedjah  90+4' Substitutes : FW 17 Rodrigo Tabata  72' MF 8 Ali Assadalla  90+4' MF 19 Nam Tae-hee  46' DF 70 Musab Kheder  72' MF 37 Ahmed Suhail  90+1' Manager : Xavi

Man of the Match: Assistant referees: Majid Al-Shammari Zahy Al Shmari Fourth official: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily Assistant video assistant referees:

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd	5
2	Pierre-Michel Lasogga	Al-Arabi	3
3	Yohan Boli	Al-Rayyan	2
	Han Kwang-song	Al-Duhail