Saudi El Clasico

Saudi El Clásico (Arabic: كلاسيكو السعودية) is the name given to any football match between rival clubs Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad. It is contested at least twice a year in the Saudi Pro League competition and often in other competitions. The rivalry comes about as Riyadh and Jeddah are the two largest cities in Saudi Arabia.^[1]

Saudi El Clasico

Native name	كلاسيكو السعودية (Clasico Alsaudia)
Location	Saudi Arabia
Teams	Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad
First meeting	Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Hilal Friendly (27 July 1962)
Latest meeting	Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Hilal Pro League (22 February 2025)
Stadiums	Kingdom Arena (Al-Hilal) King Abdullah Sports City (Al-Ittihad)
Statistics
Meetings total	Official matches: 165 Unofficial matches: 15 Total matches: 180
Most wins	Official matches: Al-Hilal (75) Unofficial matches: Al-Ittihad (9) Total matches: Al-Hilal (78)
Top scorer	Salem Al-Dawsari (11 goals)
Largest victory	Al-Hilal 5–0 Al-Ittihad Pro League (10 December 2009)

History

The first-ever match between these two teams was in 1957. The two teams played a friendly match in Al-Saban Stadium in Jeddah which ended in a 8-0 for Al-Ittihad. 1961 The two sides played again in a friendly match which ended 7-1 for Al-Ittihad. In 1964, both teams met in the final of the King Cup in what would be the first final between these two teams and the first official match. Al-Ittihad defeated Al-Hilal 3–0 in the Al-Sayegh stadium in Riyadh to lift their fourth title.^[2] Ahmed Bahja and Salem Al-Dawsari are the top scorers of the fixture with 10 goals each.^[3][4] The clubs have met each other in 11 finals, with Al-Hilal winning 6 and Al-Ittihad winning 5.^[5]

Statistics

Statistics as of 22 February 2025.^[6][7][8]

Competitions	Matches	Al-Hilal Wins	Draws	Al-Ittihad Wins	Al-Hilal Goals	Al-Ittihad Goals
Saudi Pro League	107	49	28	30	160	123
King Cup	18	5	8	5	26	29
Crown Prince Cup	11	6	5	0	15	6
Saudi Super Cup	2	2	0	0	6	2
Federation Cup	16	8	2	6	22	19
AFC Champions League	6	3	1	2	8	6
Arab Competitions	5	2	1	2	8	5
Total official matches	165	75	45	45	245	190
Al-Maseef Cup	2	0	0	2	1	4
International Friendship Tournament	1	0	0	1	2	3
Together Against Terrorism Tournament	1	1	0	0	2	1
Friendlies	11	2	3	9	16	28
Total matches	180	78	48	57	266	216

Top scorers

Below is the list of players who have scored at least four goals in official meetings.

Position	Name	Team	Goals
1	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	11
2	Ahmed Bahja	Al-Hilal (6) Al-Ittihad (4)	10
3	Sameer Sultan	Al-Hilal	8
	Abdullah Al-Jamaan	Al-Hilal
	Al-Hasan Al-Yami	Al-Ittihad
	Thiago Neves	Al-Hilal
	Carlos Eduardo	Al-Hilal
8	Sami Al-Jaber	Al-Hilal	7
9	Hamzah Idris	Al-Ittihad	6
	Sérgio Ricardo	Al-Hilal (3) Al-Ittihad (3)
	Mohammed Noor	Al-Ittihad
	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	Al-Hilal
	Nawaf Al-Abed	Al-Hilal
	Aleksandar Mitrović	Al-Hilal

Official match results

As of 21 September 2024. Source:^[9][10]

Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy form.

• SF = Semi-finals
• QF = Quarter-finals
• R16 = Round of 16
• R32 = Round of 32
• GS = Group stage
• R1 = Round 1
• R2 = Round 2
• PO = Play-offs

  Al-Hilal win   Draw   Al-Ittihad win

Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team 1964 King Cup Final 10-01-1964 Al-Ittihad 3–0 Al-Hilal 1965 King Cup Final 13-03-1965 Al-Hilal 1–1[a] Al-Ittihad 1976–77 Federation Cup QF 04-11-1976 Al-Hilal 2–5 Al-Ittihad Premier League 24-12-1976 Al-Ittihad 3–2 Al-Hilal 12-03-1977 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Ittihad 1977–78 Premier League 29-09-1977 Al-Ittihad 2–3 Al-Hilal 20-01-1978 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 1978–79 Premier League 05-01-1979 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad 03-05-1979 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal King Cup R16 16-05-1977 Al-Hilal 2–2[b] Al-Ittihad 1979–80 Premier League 27-12-1979 Al-Ittihad 3–3 Al-Hilal 23-03-1980 Al-Hilal 3–3 Al-Ittihad 1980–81 Premier League 30-10-1980 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ittihad 25-12-1980 Al-Ittihad 2–3 Al-Hilal King Cup SF 08-05-1981 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal 1981–82 Premier League 16-12-1981 Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al-Hilal 26-01-1982 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad King Cup Final 07-05-1982 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad 1982–83 Premier League 21-01-1983 Al-Ittihad 3–5 Al-Hilal 17-03-1983 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad 1983–84 Premier League 18-11-1983 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 26-01-1984 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 1984–85 Premier League 11-10-1984 Al-Ittihad 0–3 Al-Hilal 25-01-1985 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 1985–86 Premier League 03-12-1985 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 14-12-1985 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Hilal Federation Cup Final 20-03-1986 Al-Ittihad 0–0[c] Al-Hilal 1986–87 Premier League 19-12-1986 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 06-02-1987 Al-Hilal 5–2 Al-Ittihad 1987–88 Premier League 18-09-1987 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 17-12-1987 Al-Ittihad 1–0 Al-Hilal 1988–89 Premier League 22-09-1988 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 03-01-1989 Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Hilal 1989–90 Premier League 13-11-1989 Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Hilal 21-12-1989 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 1990–91 Premier League 22-11-1990 Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Hilal 10-05-1991 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad Crown Prince Cup SF 15-08-1991 Al-Ittihad 1–1[d] Al-Hilal 1991–92 Premier League 28-11-1991 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ittihad 20-02-1992 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Hilal 1992–93 Federation Cup GS 23-10-1992 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal 27-11-1992 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad Premier League 25-01-1993 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal 04-03-1993 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad Crown Prince Cup SF 15-06-1993 Al-Ittihad 0–0[e] Al-Hilal Premier League SF 08-07-1993 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal 15-07-1993 Al-Hilal 1–0[f] Al-Ittihad 1993–94 Premier League 02-12-1993 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 03-02-1994 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad 1994–95 Federation Cup GS 13-10-1994 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Hilal 03-11-1994 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad Arab Club Champions Cup Final 30-11-1994 Al-Hilal 0–0[g] Al-Ittihad Premier League 26-12-1994 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad 28-03-1995 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal Crown Prince Cup SF 16-05-1995 Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Hilal 1995–96 Arab Super Cup 20-12-1995 Al-Hilal 4–1 Al-Ittihad Premier League 27-01-1996 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 05-03-1996 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad Premier League SF 16-05-1996 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 30-05-1996 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 1996–97 Federation Cup GS 10-10-1996 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal 01-11-1996 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad Premier League 15-01-1997 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal 28-03-1997 Al-Hilal 0–2 Al-Ittihad Crown Prince Cup SF 09-05-1997 Al-Ittihad 0–0[h] Al-Hilal Premier League Final 06-06-1997 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Hilal 1997–98 Premier League 10-12-1997 Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Hilal 23-01-1998 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ittihad 1998–99 Federation Cup GS 27-09-1998 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal 16-10-1998 Al-Hilal 0–2 Al-Ittihad Premier League 06-12-1998 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad 30-03-1999 Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Hilal 1999–2000 Federation Cup SF 20-09-1999 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal Premier League 12-12-1999 Al-Ittihad 4–0 Al-Hilal 01-03-2000 Al-Hilal 4–2 Al-Ittihad Crown Prince Cup SF 14-04-2000 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Ittihad 2000–01 Federation Cup GS 20-09-2000 Al-Hilal 3–2 Al-Ittihad 15-10-2000 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal Premier League 11-02-2001 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 26-02-2001 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal Asian Club Championship QF 09-03-2001 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Hilal Crown Prince Cup SF 13-04-2001 Al-Ittihad 2–2[i] Al-Hilal 2001–02 Federation Cup SF 30-09-2001 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Ittihad Premier League 22-11-2001 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 16-03-2002 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Ittihad Premier League Final 01-05-2002 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad

Season Competition Date Home team Result Away team 2002–03 Premier League 11-01-2003 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal Crown Prince Cup SF 29-03-2003 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Ittihad Premier League 08-05-2003 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad 2003–04 Premier League 23-10-2003 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ittihad Federation Cup GS 19-12-2003 Al-Ittihad 2–3 Al-Hilal 31-12-2003 Al-Hilal 1–2 Al-Ittihad Premier League 11-04-2004 Al-Ittihad 1–0 Al-Hilal 2004–05 Premier League 30-01-2005 Al-Hilal 4–2 Al-Ittihad Crown Prince Cup SF 26-04-2005 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 30-04-2005 Al-Ittihad 1–1 (a.e.t.) Al-Hilal Arab Champions League SF 09-05-2005 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 18-05-2005 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal Premier League 28-05-2005 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal Premier League SF 07-07-2005 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 2005–06 Premier League 13-02-2006 Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al-Hilal 17-03-2006 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad Premier League SF 16-04-2006 Al-Hilal 2–1 (a.e.t.) Al-Ittihad 2006–07 Premier League 29-10-2006 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad 16-02-2007 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal Premier League Final 01-06-2007 Al-Hilal 1–2 Al-Ittihad 2007–08 Premier League 01-12-2007 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ittihad 13-04-2008 Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Hilal King Cup SF 01-05-2008 Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Hilal 11-05-2008 Al-Hilal 1–2 Al-Ittihad 2008–09 Pro League 04-12-2008 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Hilal 12-04-2009 Al-Hilal 1–2 Al-Ittihad 2009–10 Pro League 10-12-2009 Al-Hilal 5–0 Al-Ittihad 18-03-2010 Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al-Hilal King Cup Final 07-05-2010 Al-Hilal 0–0[j] Al-Ittihad 2010–11 Pro League 06-02-2011 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Hilal 20-03-2011 Al-Hilal 0–0 Al-Ittihad AFC Champions League R16 24-05-2011 Al-Ittihad 3–1 Al-Hilal King Cup SF 15-06-2011 Al-Hilal 0–3 Al-Ittihad 19-06-2011 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 2011–12 Pro League 26-12-2011 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Ittihad Crown Prince Cup SF 27-01-2012 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Ittihad Pro League 14-02-2012 Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Hilal King Cup QF 22-04-2012 Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al-Hilal 26-04-2012 Al-Hilal 1–1[k] Al-Ittihad 2012–13 Pro League 09-12-2012 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal 29-03-2013 Al-Hilal 4–2 Al-Ittihad King Cup QF 05-05-2013 Al-Ittihad 3–2 Al-Hilal 09-05-2013 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Ittihad 2013–14 Pro League 20-09-2013 Al-Hilal 5–2 Al-Ittihad 09-01-2014 Al-Ittihad 2–2 Al-Hilal 2014–15 Pro League 01-12-2014 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Hilal Crown Prince Cup R16 23-12-2014 Al-Ittihad 2–3 (a.e.t.) Al-Hilal Pro League 17-04-2015 Al-Hilal 3–0 Al-Ittihad King Cup SF 31-05-2015 Al-Hilal 4–1 Al-Ittihad 2015–16 Pro League 30-10-2015 Al-Ittihad 4–3 Al-Hilal 27-02-2016 Al-Hilal 0–1 Al-Ittihad 2016–17 Pro League 28-10-2016 Al-Hilal 0–2 Al-Ittihad 05-03-2017 Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Hilal 2017–18 Pro League 21-09-2017 Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Hilal 13-01-2018 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Ittihad 2018–19 Super Cup Final 18-08-2018 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad Pro League 25-10-2018 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad 21-02-2019 Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Hilal 2019–20 AFC Champions League QF 27-08-2019 Al-Ittihad 0–0 Al-Hilal 17-09-2019 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad Pro League 21-09-2019 Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Hilal 22-02-2020 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Ittihad 2020–21 Pro League 26-12-2020 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Ittihad 09-04-2021 Al-Ittihad 2–0 Al-Hilal 2021–22 Pro League 08-03-2022 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ittihad 23-05-2022 Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Hilal 2022–23 Pro League 05-01-2023 Al-Ittihad 0–1 Al-Hilal King Cup SF 23-04-2023 Al-Ittihad 0–1 (a.e.t.) Al-Hilal Pro League 16-05-2023 Al-Hilal 2–2 Al-Ittihad 2023–24 Arab Club Champions Cup QF 05-08-2023 Al-Ittihad 1–3 Al-Hilal Pro League 01-09-2023 Al-Ittihad 3–4 Al-Hilal 01-03-2024 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad AFC Champions League QF 05-03-2024 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Ittihad 12-03-2024 Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Hilal Super Cup Final 11-04-2024 Al-Ittihad 1–4 Al-Hilal King Cup SF 30-04-2024 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Hilal 2024–25 Pro League 21-09-2024 Al-Hilal 3–1 Al-Ittihad King Cup QF 06-01-2025 Al-Hilal 2–2[l] Al-Ittihad Pro League 20-02-2025 Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Hilal

1. Al-Hilal won 2–0 on penalties after both teams tied 1–1.
2. Al-Ittihad won 9–8 on penalties after both teams tied 2–2.
3. Al-Ittihad won 3–2 on penalties after both teams tied 0–0.
4. Al-Ittihad won 8–7 on penalties after both teams tied 1–1.
5. Al-Ittihad won 4–3 on penalties after both teams tied 0–0.
6. Al-Hilal won 4–3 on penalties after both teams tied 2–2 on aggregate.
7. Al-Hilal won 4–3 on penalties after both teams tied 0–0.
8. Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on penalties after both teams tied 0–0.
9. Al-Ittihad won 8–7 on penalties after both teams tied 2–2.
10. Al-Ittihad won 5–4 on penalties after both teams tied 0–0.
11. Al-Hilal won on away goals after tied 3–3 on aggregate.
12. Al-Ittihad won 3–1 on penalties after both teams tied 2–2.

Friendlies

Date	Matches			Result
	Team 1	Score	Team 2
21 November 1957	Al-Ittihad	8–1	Al-Hilal	Friendly
27 July 1962	Al-Ittihad	2–0	Al-Hilal	Friendly
24 June 1969	Al-Ittihad	3–1	Al-Hilal	Al-Maseef Cup
26 June 1969	Al-Ittihad	1–0	Al-Hilal	Al-Maseef Cup
18 August 1969	Al-Hilal	3–5	Al-Ittihad	Friendly
20 January 1971	Al-Ittihad	6–3	Al-Hilal	Friendly
15 March 1984	Al-Hilal	0–1	Al-Ittihad	Friendly
10 March 1986	Al-Ittihad	3–1	Al-Hilal	Friendly
22 July 1986	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Ittihad	Friendly
2 October 1995	Al-Ittihad	0–0	Al-Hilal	Friendly
17 April 1998	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Ittihad	Friendly
11 May 1998	Al-Ittihad	2–4	Al-Hilal	Friendly
9 November 1998	Al-Hilal	0–0	Al-Ittihad	Friendly
18 August 2004	Al-Ittihad	3-2	Al-Hilal	International Friendship Tournament
11 February 2005	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Ittihad	Together Against Terrorism Tournament

Al-Hilal wins	Draws	Al-Ittihad wins
3	3	9

Honours

The rivalry reflected in "El Clásico" matches comes about as Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal are the most successful football clubs in Saudi Arabia. As seen below, Al-Hilal leads the count in official titles won with 70 trophies, while Al-Ittihad has won 37 trophies. Only official trophies are counted.

Al–Hilal[11]	Championship	Al–Ittihad[12]	Official
International (official)
4	AFC Champions League	2	Yes
2	Asian Super Cup	0	Yes
2	Asian Cup Winners Cup	1	Yes
2	Arab Champions League	1	Yes
1	Arab Super Cup	0	Yes
1	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	0	Yes
2	Gulf Club Champions Cup	1	Yes
Domestic (official)
19	Saudi League	10	Yes
11	King's Cup	10	Yes
13	Crown Prince Cup	8	Yes
5	Super Cup	1	Yes
7	Federation cup	3	Not official since 2007
Other Domestic (Defunct, official)
1	Saudi Founder's Cup	0	Yes
Official Championships
70	Total	37