2024 Saudi Super Cup final

The 2024 Saudi Super Cup final (also known as The Diriyah Saudi Super Cup final for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the Saudi Super Cup. The final was played on 17 August 2024 at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha, between Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal.^[3]

2024 Diriyah Saudi Super Cup Final

Event	Saudi Super Cup
Al-Nassr Al-Hilal 1 4
Date	17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)
Venue	Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha
Referee	Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)[1]
Attendance	14,357
Weather	Cloudy 21 °C (70 °F) 75% humidity[2]
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Al-Hilal defeated Al-Nassr 4–1 to win their record-extending fifth title.^[4]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Al-Hilal	2023–24 Pro League and 2023–24 King Cup winners	6 (2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023)
Al-Nassr	2023–24 Pro League and 2023–24 King Cup runners-up	4 (2014, 2015, 2019, 2020)

Venue

The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City was announced as the venue of the final on 4 July 2024.^[5] This was the first time the tournament was hosted in Abha.

The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City was built and opened in 1984.^[6] The stadium was used as a venue for the 2022 Arab Cup U-20 and the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup, and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. It is used by Abha and Damac as a home stadium.

Background

Main articles: 2023–24 Al Hilal SFC season, 2023–24 Al Nassr FC season, 2023–24 Saudi Pro League, and 2023–24 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 will be Al-Nassr's fifth appearance in the final. Al-Nassr lost the 2014 and 2015 finals to Al-Shabab and Al-Hilal respectively and won the 2019 and 2020 finals against Al-Taawoun and Al-Hilal. Al-Nassr qualified by defeating Al-Taawoun 2–0 in the semi-finals.^[8]

Al-Hilal will be making their seventh finals appearance, the most by any club. They won the title four times, in 2015, 2018, 2021, and 2023. Al-Hilal qualified after defeating Al-Ahli in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw in the semi-finals.^[9]

This will be the fourth meeting between these two sides in the Saudi Super Cup and the sixteenth meeting in a cup final. Al-Hilal previously defeated Al-Nassr 1–0 in the 2015 final and 2–1 in the 2023 semi-final. Al-Nassr defeated Al-Hilal 3–0 in the 2020 final. In the fifteen previous cup final meetings, Al-Nassr won eight times, while Al-Hilal won seven times. This will be the 185th competitive meeting between the two sides in all competitions. In the clubs' 184 previous meetings, Al-Hilal won 72, Al-Nassr won 59 and the remaining 53 were drawn.^[10]

Match

Details

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)

19:15 AST

Al-Nassr	1–4	Al-Hilal
Ronaldo 44'	Report	Milinković-Savić 55' Mitrović 63', 69' Malcom 72'

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Sports City, Abha

Attendance: 14,357

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Al-Nassr

Al-Hilal

GK 24 Bento RB 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam  87' CB 78 Ali Lajami CB 27 Aymeric Laporte LB 13 Alex Telles DM 17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari  75' DM 25 Otávio  34' RW 23 Ayman Yahya  26' AM 94 Talisca  75' LW 10 Sadio Mané CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo Substitutes: GK 36 Raghed Al-Najjar DF 4 Mohammed Al-Fatil DF 12 Nawaf Boushal MF 6 Mukhtar Ali  75' MF 8 Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem MF 14 Sami Al-Najei  75' MF 29 Abdulrahman Ghareeb  26' FW 16 Mohammed Maran FW 30 Meshari Al-Nemer Manager: Luís Castro

GK 37 Yassine Bounou RB 66 Saud Abdulhamid CB 87 Hassan Al-Tombakti  12' CB 3 Kalidou Koulibaly LB 6 Renan Lodi  80' DM 22 Sergej Milinković-Savić DM 8 Rúben Neves RW 96 Michael  90+3' AM 77 Malcom  28'  79' LW 29 Salem Al-Dawsari  77'  90+4' CF 9 Aleksandar Mitrović Substitutes: GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais DF 4 Khalifah Al-Dawsari DF 12 Yasser Al-Shahrani  80' DF 16 Nasser Al-Dawsari  90+4' DF 88 Hamad Al-Yami MF 15 Mohammed Al-Qahtani  90+3' MF 18 Musab Al-Juwayr MF 28 Mohamed Kanno  79' FW 99 Abdullah Al-Hamdan Manager: Jorge Jesus

Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[1] Pedro Ribeiro (Portugal) Pedro Martins (Portugal) Fourth official:[1] Abdullah Al-Shehri Video assistant referee:[1] Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referees:[1] Hélder Malheiro (Portugal)

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

Statistics

First half[11] Statistic Al-Nassr Al-Hilal Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 4 1 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 0 Ball possession 48% 52% Corner kicks 2 3 Offsides 1 1 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0

Second half[11] Statistic Al-Nassr Al-Hilal Goals scored 0 4 Total shots 1 8 Shots on target 0 5 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 42% 58% Corner kicks 2 5 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall[11] Statistic Al-Nassr Al-Hilal Goals scored 1 4 Total shots 5 9 Shots on target 1 5 Saves 1 0 Ball possession 44% 56% Corner kicks 4 8 Fouls committed 10 10 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 2 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2023–24 Saudi Pro League
• 2023–24 King Cup