2024 King Cup final

The 2024 King Cup Final was the 49th final of the King Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition since its inception in 1957.

2024 King Cup Final

Event	2023–24 King Cup
Al-Hilal Al-Nassr 1 1
After extra time Al-Hilal won 5–4 on penalties
Date	31 May 2024 (2024-05-31)
Venue	King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah
Man of the Match	Yassine Bounou
Referee	Darío Herrera (Argentina)[1]
Attendance	56,870
Weather	Clear 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) 53% humidity[2]
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The final was played at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, on 31 May 2024.^[3] The match was contested by derby rivals Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr. It was Al-Hilal's 19th King Cup final and Al-Nassr's 14th.

Al-Hilal defeated Al-Nassr on penalties in the final following a 1–1 draw after extra time to win their 11th title.^[4]

Teams

Team	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	18 (1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Al-Nassr	14 (1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2020)

Venue

The King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah hosted the final

The King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the Jewel Stadium, was announced as the venue of the final on 26 May 2024.^[5] This was the eighth time the King Abdullah Sports City hosted the final following those in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, and 2023 and was the sixteenth time it was hosted in Jeddah.

The King Abdullah Sports City was built in 2012 and opened in 2014 as the home of Al-Ahli, Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team. Its current capacity is 62,345, and the record attendance was the opening match which was the 2014 King Cup final. The stadium also hosted many other finals including the 2019 Saudi Super Cup, the 2018 Supercoppa Italiana, and the 2019–20 Supercopa de España.

Background

Al-Hilal reached their record-breaking 19th final after a 2–1 win against Al-Ittihad.^[6] This was Al-Hilal's third consecutive final, fourth final in five years, and seventh final since the tournament was reintroduced. Al-Hilal won last season's final on penalties after a 1–1 draw against Al-Wehda.^[7]

Al-Nassr reached their fourteenth final after a 3–1 win against Al-Khaleej.^[8] This was Al-Nassr's first final since 2020, and fifth final since the tournament was reintroduced. Al-Nassr lost their four most recent finals against Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal twice each.

The two teams met four times earlier in the season with Al-Hilal winning twice, Al-Nassr winning once, and one draw between them. This was the 21st meeting between these two sides in the King Cup and the sixth meeting in the final.^[9] Al-Hilal won ten times including the 1989 Final and 2020 Final, while Al-Nassr won four times including the 1981 Final and 1987 Final. The two teams drew each other six times, with Al-Hilal winning the 2015 Final on penalty shoot-outs. This was the 184th competitive meeting between these two sides. In the clubs' 183 previous meetings, Al-Hilal won 72, Al-Nassr won 59 and the remaining 52 were drawn.^[10]

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Al-Hilal		Round	Al-Nassr
Opponent	Result	2023–24 King Cup	Opponent	Result
Al-Jabalain (A)	1–0	Round of 32	Ohod (A)	5–1
Al-Hazem (H)	3–0	Round of 16	Al-Ettifaq (H)	1–0 (a.e.t.)
Al-Taawoun (H)	3–0	Quarter-finals	Al-Shabab (A)	5–2
Al-Ittihad (A)	2–1	Semi-finals	Al-Khaleej (H)	3–1

Match

Details

31 May 2024 (2024-05-31)

21:00 AST

Al-Hilal	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Nassr
Mitrović 7'	Report	Yahya 88'
Penalties
Neves Mitrović Kanno Tambakti Al-Hamdan Abdulhamid N. Al-Dawsari	5–4	Telles Ronaldo Al-Najei Ghareeb Lajami Al-Hassan Al-Nemer

King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah

Attendance: 56,870

Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Al-Hilal

Al-Nassr

GK 37 Yassine Bounou RB 66 Saud Abdulhamid CB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly  28'  90' CB 5 Ali Al-Bulaihi  87'  87' LB 6 Renan Lodi  22'  46' CM 8 Rúben Neves CM 7 Salman Al-Faraj (c)  33'  74' RW 96 Michael  40'  86' AM 77 Malcom  109' LW 29 Salem Al-Dawsari  110' CF 9 Aleksandar Mitrović Substitutes: GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais DF 2 Mohammed Al-Breik  86'  90+7' DF 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani  98'  46' DF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari  109' DF 87 Hassan Al-Tombakti  90+7' MF 28 Mohamed Kanno  108'  74' MF 56 Mohammed Al-Qahtani FW 11 Saleh Al-Shehri FW 14 Abdullah Al-Hamdan  110' Manager: Jorge Jesus

GK 26 David Ospina  56' RB 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam  120+1' CB 5 Abdulelah Al-Amri  45+1'  59' CB 78 Ali Lajami LB 15 Alex Telles  106' DM 17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari CM 77 Marcelo Brozović  69' CM 25 Otávio  26'  81' RM 23 Ayman Yahya  105' LM 10 Sadio Mané  59' CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo (c) Substitutes: GK 33 Waleed Abdullah  59' DF 4 Mohammed Al-Fatil DF 12 Nawaf Boushal DF 24 Mohammed Qasem MF 8 Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem MF 14 Sami Al-Najei  69' MF 19 Ali Al-Hassan  81' MF 29 Abdulrahman Ghareeb  59' FW 30 Meshari Al-Nemer  105' Manager: Luís Castro

Man of the Match: Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal) Assistant referees:[1] Miguel Savorani (Argentina) Sebastían Raineri (Argentina) Fourth official:[1] Sebastían Zunino (Argentina) Video assistant referee:[1] Jorge Baliño (Argentina) Assistant video assistant referee:[1] Silvio Trucco (Argentina)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

First half[11] Statistic Al-Hilal Al-Nassr Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 2 6 Shots on target 1 3 Saves 3 0 Ball possession 51% 49% Corner kicks 2 3 Offsides 1 3 Yellow cards 4 2 Red cards 0 0

Second half[11] Statistic Al-Hilal Al-Nassr Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 5 8 Shots on target 3 3 Saves 2 3 Ball possession 59% 41% Corner kicks 1 1 Offsides 0 2 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 2 1

Extra time[11] Statistic Al-Hilal Al-Nassr Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 4 6 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 46% 54% Corner kicks 1 0 Offsides 1 7 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0

Overall[11] Statistic Al-Hilal Al-Nassr Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 11 20 Shots on target 5 6 Saves 5 4 Ball possession 53% 47% Corner kicks 4 4 Fouls committed 23 17 Offsides 2 12 Yellow cards 6 4 Red cards 2 1

See also

• Association football portal
• Saudi Arabia portal

• 2023–24 King Cup
• 2023–24 Saudi Professional League
• 2024 Saudi Super Cup