2023 Saudi Super Cup final

The 2023 Saudi Super Cup final (also known as The Diriyah Saudi Super Cup final for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Saudi Super Cup. The final was played on 11 April 2024 at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, between Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal.^[3]

2023 Diriyah Saudi Super Cup Final

Event	2023 Saudi Super Cup
Al-Ittihad Al-Hilal 1 4
Date	11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)
Venue	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Man of the Match	Malcom (Al-Hilal)[1]
Referee	Khaled Al-Teris[2]
Attendance	27,250
Weather	Clear 28.5 °C (83.3 °F) 53% humidity
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Al-Hilal defeated Al-Ittihad 4–1 to win their record-extending fourth title.^[4]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	2022–23 King Cup winners	5 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Al-Ittihad	2022–23 Pro League winners	3 (2013, 2018, 2022)

Venue

The Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi hosted the match

The Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium was announced as the venue of the final on 9 March 2023.^[5] This was the first time the tournament was hosted in the United Arab Emirates.

The Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium was built and opened in 1980 and underwent renovations in 2006.^[6] The stadium was used as a venue for the 2007 Arabian Gulf Cup, the 2009 and the 2010 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup, and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It is used by Al-Jazira and the United Arab Emirates national team as a home stadium.

Background

Main articles: 2022–23 Al Hilal SFC season, 2022–23 Al-Ittihad Club season, 2022–23 Saudi Pro League, and 2022–23 King Cup

As part of the running sponsorship deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and the Diriyah company, the match was officially referred to as "The Diriyah Saudi Super Cup".^[7]

This was Al-Ittihad's fourth appearance in the final. Al-Ittihad were the defending champions having beaten Al-Fayha in last year's final.^[8] Al-Ittihad lost the 2013 and 2018 finals to Al-Fateh and Al-Hilal respectively. Al-Ittihad qualified by defeating Al-Wehda 2–1 in the semi-finals.^[9]

Al-Hilal was making their sixth finals appearance, the most by any club. They won the title three times, in 2015, 2018, and 2021. Al-Hilal qualified after defeating derby rivals Al-Nassr 2–1 in the semi-finals.^[10]

This was the second meeting between these two sides in the Saudi Super Cup and the eleventh meeting in a cup final. Al-Hilal previously defeated Al-Ittihad 2–1 in the 2018 edition.^[11] In the ten previous cup final meetings, both teams won five times each with the first cup final dating back to the 1964 King Cup final.^[12] This was the 162nd competitive meeting between the two sides in all competitions. In their prior encounters, Al-Hilal won 73 times, Al-Ittihad won 42 times, and the two teams drew 46 times.^[13] The two teams had met five times previously in the 2023–24 season, with Al-Hilal winning all five meetings.

Match

Details

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

21:30 UAEST

Al-Ittihad	1–4	Al-Hilal
Hamdallah 21'	Report	Malcom 5', 89' S. Al-Dawsari 44' N. Al-Dawsari 90+6'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 27,250

Referee: Khaled Al-Teris

Al-Ittihad

Al-Hilal

GK 1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf RB 37 Fawaz Al-Sqoor CB 5 Luiz Felipe  90' CB 26 Ahmed Hegazi (c) LB 33 Madallah Al-Olayan  58' RM 90 Romarinho  58' CM 29 Farhah Al-Shammrani CM 7 N'Golo Kanté LM 77 Saleh Al-Amri  39'  74' CF 99 Abderrazak Hamdallah CF 9 Karim Benzema Substitutes: GK 35 Mohammed Al-Mahasneh DF 4 Omar Hawsawi DF 15 Hassan Kadesh  58' DF 19 Turki Al-Jaadi  90' DF 25 Suwailem Al-Menhali MF 22 Hammam Al-Hammami MF 80 Hamed Al-Ghamdi  74' FW 11 Jota  58' FW 52 Talal Haji Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

GK 37 Yassine Bounou RB 66 Saud Abdulhamid CB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly  53' CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi LB 6 Renan Lodi  20'  59' CM 8 Rúben Neves CM 22 Sergej Milinković-Savić RW 96 Michael  90+1' AM 77 Malcom  90'  90+5' LW 29 Salem Al-Dawsari (c)  90+5' CF 11 Saleh Al-Shehri  60' Substitutes: GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais DF 2 Mohammed Al-Breik DF 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani  59' DF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari  90+5' DF 87 Hassan Al-Tombakti  90+1' MF 7 Salman Al-Faraj MF 28 Mohamed Kanno  60' MF 56 Mohammed Al-Qahtani FW 14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  90+5' Manager: Jorge Jesus

Man of the Match: Malcom (Al-Hilal)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Mohammed Al-Abkari Abdulraheem Al-Shammari Fourth official:[2] Majed Al-Shamrani Video assistant referee:[2] Abdullah Al-Shehri Assistant video assistant referees:[2] Ibrahim Al-Dakheel

Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

Statistics

First half[14] Statistic Al-Ittihad Al-Hilal Goals scored 1 2 Total shots 5 8 Shots on target 4 3 Saves 1 3 Ball possession 43% 57% Corner kicks 1 5 Offsides 2 0 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Second half[14] Statistic Al-Ittihad Al-Hilal Goals scored 0 2 Total shots 0 11 Shots on target 0 6 Saves 4 0 Ball possession 41% 59% Corner kicks 0 3 Offsides 3 1 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[14] Statistic Al-Ittihad Al-Hilal Goals scored 1 4 Total shots 5 19 Shots on target 4 9 Saves 5 3 Ball possession 42% 58% Corner kicks 1 8 Fouls committed 7 11 Offsides 5 1 Yellow cards 1 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2022–23 Saudi Pro League
• 2022–23 King Cup