{{infobox football tournament season | title = [[King Cup of Champions]] | year = 2013 | other_title = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | dates = 4 – 29 May 2013 | country = Saudi Arabia | num_teams = 8 | champions = [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] | runner-up = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] | matches = 14 | goals = 45 | top goal scorer = [[Mukhtar Fallatah]]<br/>[[Muhannad Assiri]]<br/>(4 goals) | player = | prevseason = [[2012 King Cup of Champions|2012]] | nextseason = [[2014 King Cup|2014]] }}
The '''2013 King Cup of Champions,''' or '''The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup,''' was the 38th season of [[Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)|King Cup of Champions]] since its establishment in 1957, and the 6th under the current edition. The top eight in the [[Saudi Professional League|Professional League]] competed in the King cup which kicked off on 4 May.<ref name="In King Cup of Champions">{{cite web |url=http://en.stc-sports.com/football/league=saudiarabia-proleague/news/news=king-cup-champions.html |title=In King Cup of Champions |access-date=3 May 2013 |work=STC Sports |publisher=STC Sports |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117082944/http://en.stc-sports.com/football/league=saudiarabia-proleague/news/news=king-cup-champions.html |archive-date=17 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] were the defending champion but they were eliminated by [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] in semifinals.
[[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] won their eighth title after beating [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] 4–2 in the final, and qualified to the [[2014 AFC Champions League|Champions League]].
==Prize money== * '''Final winner''': 4,000,000 [[Saudi Riyal]]s. * '''Final runners-up''': 2,500,000 Saudi Riyals. * '''Third place''': 1,500,000 Saudi Riyals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportksa.net/main/archives/44944|title=كأس الملك ينطلق السبت .. وتسعة ملايين ريال جوائز لاصحاب المراكز الاولى|publisher=Sportksa|date=3 May 2013|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
==Participating teams== {|class="wikitable" |- !Team !Qualifying method !App* !Last App |- |[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] champions |3rd |2012 |- |[[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] runners up |6th |2012 |- |[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] 3rd place |6th |2012 |- |[[Al-Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] 4th place |6th |2012 |- |[[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] 5th place |6th |2012 |- |[[Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] 6th place |5th |2012 |- |[[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] 7th place |6th |2012 |- |[[Al-Raed]] |[[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13 Professional League]] 8th place |1st |none |}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Number of appearance in King Cup of Champions since the 2008 season.
==Fixtures and results==
===Bracket=== {{8TeamBracket|legs=2/2/1|aggregate=score <!-- SIGNIFICADOS --> | RD1=Quarter-finals | RD2=Semi-finals | RD3=Final | 3rd=Third place
| score-width=25 | team-width=180
<!-- Quarter-finals --> | RD1-seed1=7 | RD1-team1='''[[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]]''' | RD1-score1-1=3 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-agg='''4''' | RD1-seed2=2 | RD1-team2=[[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-agg='''3'''
| RD1-seed3=1 | RD1-team3='''[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]]''' | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg='''4''' | RD1-seed4=6 | RD1-team4=[[Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]] | RD1-score4-1=2 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-agg='''3'''
| RD1-seed5=5 | RD1-team5='''[[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]]''' | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-agg='''6''' | RD1-seed6=4 | RD1-team6=[[Al-Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]] | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=1 | RD1-score6-agg='''2'''
| RD1-seed7=8 | RD1-team7=[[Al-Raed]] | RD1-score7-1=0 | RD1-score7-2=1 | RD1-score7-agg='''1''' | RD1-seed8=3 | RD1-team8='''[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]]''' | RD1-score8-1=2 | RD1-score8-2=3 | RD1-score8-agg='''5'''
<!-- Semi-finals -->
| RD2-seed1=7 | RD2-team1='''[[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]]''' | RD2-score1-1=2 | RD2-score1-2=4 | RD2-score1-agg='''6''' | RD2-seed2=1 | RD2-team2=[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]] | RD2-score2-1=0 | RD2-score2-2=0 | RD2-score2-agg='''0'''
| RD2-seed3=5 | RD2-team3=[[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] | RD2-score3-1=1 | RD2-score3-2=0 | RD2-score3-agg='''1''' | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4='''[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]]''' | RD2-score4-1=0 | RD2-score4-2=2 | RD2-score4-agg='''2'''
<!-- Final -->
| RD3-seed1=7 | RD3-team1='''[[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]]''' | RD3-score1='''4''' | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2=[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] | RD3-score2=2
<!-- Third Place -->
| RD3-seed3=5 | RD3-team3='''[[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]]''' | RD3-score3='''2''' | RD3-seed4=1 | RD3-team4=[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]] | RD3-score4=0 }}
===Quarter-finals=== Quarter-finals were played on 4, 5, 8, & 9 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=9081&stage=1|title=Quarterfinals|website=Goalzz.com|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
====First leg==== {{football box collapsible |date = 4 May 2013 |time = 20:45 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |score = 3–1 |team2 = '''[[Al-Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]''' |goals1 = [[Bruno César]] {{goal|11|pen.}}<br/>[[Amad Al-Hosni|Al-Hosni]] {{goal|26||45}} |goals2 = {{goal|57}} [[Ibrahim Ghaleb|Ghaleb]] |stadium = [[King Abdul Aziz Stadium]] |location = [[Makkah]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 5 May 2013 |time = 18:55 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]] |score = 2–2 |team2 = [[Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]] |goals1 = [[Hamdan Al-Hamdan|Al-Hamdan]] {{goal|2}}<br/>[[Doris Fuakumputu|Doris]] {{goal|90}} |goals2 = {{goal|39}} [[Hamed Al-Hamed|Al-Hamed]]<br/>{{goal|79}} [[Yousef Al-Salem|Al-Salem]] |stadium = [[Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium]] |location = [[Hofuf|Al-Hasa]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 5 May 2013 |time = 19:05 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = '''[[Al-Raed]]''' |score = 0–2 |team2 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] |goals1 = |goals2 = {{goal|6}} [[Muhannad Assiri|Assiri]]<br/>{{goal|69}} {{Tooltip|Al-Dawsari|Saeed Al-Dawsari}} |stadium = [[King Abdullah Sport City Stadium]] |location = [[Buraidah]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 5 May 2013 |time = 20:45 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] |score = 3–2 |team2 = '''[[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]]''' |goals1 = [[Mukhtar Fallatah|Fallatah]] {{goal|34|pen.|46}}<br/>{{Tooltip|Al-Ghamdi|Abdurahman Al-Ghamdi}} {{goal|82}} |goals2 = {{goal|5}} [[Mohammad Al-Shalhoub|Al-Shalhoub]]<br/>{{goal|48}} [[Wesley Lopes da Silva|Wesley]] |stadium = [[King Abdul Aziz Stadium]] |location = [[Makkah]] |referee = |round = }}
====Second leg==== {{football box collapsible |date = 8 May 2013 |time = 20:45 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = '''[[Al-Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]''' |score = 1–3 |team2 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |goals1 = [[Mohammad Al-Sahlawi|Al-Sahlawi]] {{goal|35}} |goals2 = {{goal|37}} [[Bruno César]]<br/>{{goal|67}} [[Amad Al-Hosni|Al-Hosni]]<br/>{{goal|71}} [[Jairo Palomino|Palomino]] |stadium = [[King Fahd International Stadium]] |location = [[Riyadh]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 9 May 2013 |time = 18:55 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = '''[[Ettifaq FC|Al-Ettifaq]]''' |score = 1–2 |team2 = [[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]] |goals1 = [[Abdullah Al Dossari (born 1990)|Al-Dossari]] {{goal|43}} |goals2 = {{goal|70||74}} [[Hamdan Al-Hamdan|Al-Hamdan]] |stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]] |location = [[Dammam]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 9 May 2013 |time = 19:05 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] |score = 3–1 |team2 = '''[[Al-Raed]]''' |goals1 = {{Tooltip|Al-Dawsari|Saeed Al-Dawsari}} {{goal|41}}<br/>[[Nasser Al-Shamrani|Al-Shamrani]] {{goal|69}}<br/>[[Muhannad Assiri|Assiri]] {{goal|88}} |goals2 = {{goal|74}} [[Yves Diba Ilunga]] |stadium = [[Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium]] |location = [[Riyadh]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 9 May 2013 |time = 20:45 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al-Hilal FC|Al-Hilal]] |score = 1–1 |team2 = [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] |goals1 = [[Nawaf Al Abed|Al-Abed]] {{goal|7}} |goals2 = {{goal|81}} {{Tooltip|Al-Ghamdi|Abdurahman Al-Ghamdi}} |stadium = [[King Fahd International Stadium]] |location = [[Riyadh]] |referee = |round = }}
===Semi-finals=== Semi-finals were played on 17, 18, 24, & 25 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=9081&stage=2|title=Simefinal|website=Goalzz.com|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
====First leg==== {{football box collapsible |date = 17 May 2013 |time = 20:50 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] |score = 2–0 |team2 = '''[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]]''' |goals1 = [[Mukhtar Fallatah|Fallatah]] {{goal|30}}<br/>{{Tooltip|Qassem|Mohammed Qassem}} {{goal|83}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdul Aziz Stadium]] |location = [[Makkah]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 18 May 2013 |time = 20:50 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |score = 1–0 |team2 = '''[[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]]''' |goals1 = [[Mansoor Al-Harbi (footballer, born 1987)|Al-Harbi]] {{goal|60}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdul Aziz Stadium]] |location = [[Makkah]] |referee = |round = }}
====Second leg==== {{football box collapsible |date = 24 May 2013 |time = 18:55 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = '''[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]]''' |score = 0–4 |team2 = [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] |goals1 = |goals2 = {{goal|42}} [[Ahmed Al-Fraidi|Al-Fraidi]]<br/>{{goal|45+2}} [[Fahad Al-Muwallad|Al-Muwallad]]<br/>{{goal|60}} [[Mohammed Abousaban|Abousaban]]<br/>{{goal|89}} [[Naif Hazazi (footballer, born 1988)|Hazazi]] |stadium = [[Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium]] |location = [[Hofuf|Al-Hasa]] |referee = |round = }} {{football box collapsible |date = 25 May 2013 |time = 19:05 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] |score = 2–0 |team2 = '''[[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]]''' |goals1 = [[Muhannad Assiri|Assiri]] {{goal|22||34}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium]] |location = [[Riyadh]] |referee = |round = }}
===Third place=== Third place game was played on 28 May 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=9081&stage=3|title=Third Place|website=Goalzz.com|access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>
{{football box collapsible |date = 28 May 2013 |time = 20:00 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)|Al-Ahli]] |score = 2–0 |team2 = '''[[Al-Fateh SC|Al-Fateh]]''' |goals1 = [[Mustafa Al-Bassas|Bassas]] {{goal|2}}<br/>[[Essa Al-Mehyani|Al-Mehyani]] {{goal|28}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[King Abdul Aziz Stadium]] |location = [[Makkah]] |referee = |round = }}
===Final=== {{football box |date = 29 May 2013 |time = 21:00 ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]] |score = 4–2 |report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/29/saudi-arabia/champions-cup/al-ittihad-jeddah/al-shabab-riyadh/1475577/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Report] |team2 = [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al-Shabab]] |goals1 = [[Mukhtar Fallatah|Fallatah]] {{goal|48}}<br/>[[Fahad Al-Muwallad|Al-Muwallad]] {{goal|57}}<br/>[[Naif Hazazi (footballer, born 1988)|Hazazi]] {{goal|73}}<br/>[[György Sándor (footballer)|György Sándor]] {{goal|90+1}} |goals2 = {{goal|69||82}} [[Nasser Al-Shamrani|Al-Shamrani]] |stadium = [[King Fahd International Stadium]], [[Riyadh]] |attendance = |referee = [[Marai Al-Awaji]] }}
====Winner==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;" |- !2013 King Cup of Champions <br />Winners |- | '''[[Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]]'''<br/>'''8th Title''' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{2012–13 in Saudi Arabian football}} {{King Cup of Champions Seasons}} {{2013 in Asian Football (AFC)}}
[[Category:Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia) seasons|2013]] [[Category:2012–13 in Saudi Arabian football]] [[Category:2012–13 in domestic association football cups]]