King's Cup (Saudi Arabia)

{{infobox football tournament | name = King's Cup كأس الملك The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين | logo = King Cup.png | imagesize = 190px | founded = {{start date and age|1966}} {{start date and age|2008}} (Re-established) | number of teams = 32 | region = Saudi Arabia | organiser = Saudi Arabian Football Federation ('''SAFF''') | current champions = Al Hilal (10th title) | most successful club = Al-Hilal (10 titles) | broadcasters = Thmanyah | current = 2025–26 King's Cup |domestic cup=Saudi Super Cup |qualifier for=AFC Champions League Two}}

The '''King's Cup''', officially titled '''The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup''', is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.saff.com.sa/en/championships.php |title=Official SAFF site in English |access-date=23 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918113429/https://saff.com.sa/en/championships.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

The King's Cup is the second-oldest knockout competition in Saudi Arabian football, following the now-defunct Crown Prince Cup.

==History== The competition was originally established in 1957 as the His Majesty's Cup (commonly known as the King Cup) and was held annually until 1990. After a hiatus, the tournament was reintroduced in 2008 under the new name King Cup of Champions, featuring the top six finishers of the Saudi Premier League, along with the winners of the Saudi Crown Prince Cup and the Saudi Federation Cup.

In 2014, the tournament was officially renamed the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup and returned to a broader knockout format, more closely resembling the original structure.<ref>{{cite web|title=بيان: موافقة على تغيير نظامي كأس الملك وولي العهد|url=http://thesaff.com.sa/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=5444|publisher=TheSAFF.com.sa|date=18 September 2013|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306062719/http://thesaff.com.sa/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=5444|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2025, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation revised the historical records of the King Cup following a comprehensive review and official documentation. As part of this revision, the Federation reclassified certain titles that were previously counted as King Cup wins as league championships, in order to align with their original competitive formats. This adjustment led to significant changes in the official title counts of various clubs—some teams saw an increase in their league championship totals, while their number of cup titles decreased accordingly.

Additionally, the establishment date of the King Cup was officially revised from 1957 to 1966, further aligning the competition’s historical framework with official documentation and structural changes.<ref>{{cite web |title=الهلال "يكسر" تفوق الأهلي.. سجل الأبطال التاريخيين لكأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين |website=سعودي |date=31 August 2025 |url=https://www.so3ody.com/news/200508/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86/ |access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref>

== Trophy == In 2024, SAFF (Saudi Arabian Football Federation) revealed a newly redesigned trophy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup during a ceremony held in Riyadh. A new trophy was required because under the competition's regulations, a team that wins the cup three consecutive times or four times in total has the right to keep the original trophy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Football Federation Unveils Redesigned King's Cup |url=https://spa.gov.sa/ |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=spa.gov.sa |language=en}}</ref>

Made by British silversmiths, Thomas Lyte, the trophy is made of sterling silver coated with 24-carat gold plate. It weighs 9.32 kg, and is 54 cm high, 18 cm wide, has a base diameter of 17 cm and is made of marble and malachite.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-14 |title=New King’s Cup trophy unveiled in Riyadh |url=https://arab.news/mjxrz |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref>

==Champions== <div style="clear:both;"></div> ===List of champions=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:40%" |- ! # !! Year !! Champions !! Runners-up |- !colspan=4|King Cup |- |1||1966|| align="left" | '''Al-Wehda''' || align="left" | Al-Ettifaq |- |2||1967|| align="left" | '''Al-Ittihad''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |3||1968|| align="left" | '''Al-Ettifaq''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |4||1969|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Shabab |- |–||1970–1975||colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |Not held |- |5||1976|| align="left" | '''Al-Nassr''' || align="left" | Al-Ahli |- |6||1977|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |7||1978|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Riyadh |- |8||1979|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |9||1980|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Shabab |- |10||1981|| align="left" | '''Al-Nassr''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |11||1982|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |12||1983|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Ettifaq |- |13||1984|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Ahli |- |14||1985|| align="left" | '''Al-Ettifaq''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |15||1986|| align="left" | '''Al-Nassr''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |16||1987|| align="left" | '''Al-Nassr''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |17||1988|| align="left" | '''Al-Ittihad''' || align="left" | Al-Ettifaq |- |18||1989|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |19||1990|| align="left" | '''Al-Nassr''' || align="left" | Al-Taawoun |- |–||1991–2007||colspan=3 style="text-align:center;" |Not held |- !colspan=4| King Cup of Champions |- |20||2008|| align="left" | '''Al-Shabab''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |21||2009|| align="left" | '''Al-Shabab''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |22||2010|| align="left" | '''Al-Ittihad''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |23||2011|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |24||2012|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |25||2013|| align="left" | '''Al-Ittihad''' || align="left" | Al-Shabab |- !colspan=4| The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup |- |26||2014|| align="left" | '''Al-Shabab''' || align="left" | Al-Ahli |- |27||2015|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |28||2016|| align="left" | '''Al-Ahli''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |29||2017|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Ahli |- |30||2018|| align="left" | '''Al-Ittihad''' || align="left" | Al-Faisaly |- |31||2019|| align="left" | '''Al-Taawoun''' || align="left" | Al-Ittihad |- |32||2020|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |33||2021|| align="left" | '''Al-Faisaly''' || align="left" | Al Taawoun |- |34||2022|| align="left" | '''Al-Fayha''' || align="left" | Al-Hilal |- |35||2023|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Wehda |- |36||2024|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Nassr |- |37||2025|| align="left" | '''Al-Ittihad''' || align="left" | Al-Qadsiah |- |38||2026|| align="left" | '''Al-Hilal''' || align="left" | Al-Kholood |}

==Performance by club== ===Trophies=== <ref>{{cite web |title=Storied history of football in Saudi Arabia celebrated through landmark collaboration project |url=https://inside.fifa.com/news/storied-history-of-football-in-saudi-arabia-celebrated-through-landmark |website=FIFA |date=31 August 2025 |language=English |access-date=2025-09-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Saudi Arabia officially documents 123 years of football history |url=https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/654599/Sports/Saudi-Arabia-completes-official-project-documenting-123-years-of-football-history |website=Saudi Gazette |date=1 September 2025 |language=English |access-date=2025-09-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AFC President congratulates SAFF on completion of historic football heritage project |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/about_afc/the_president.html/news/afc-president-congratulates-saff-on-completion-of-historic-football-heritage-project-1 |website=Asian Football Confederation |date=26 August 2025 |language=English |access-date=2025-09-17 }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! Club ! Titles ! Winning years |- | Al-Hilal | 10 | 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2026 |- | Al-Ahli | 8 | 1969, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016 |- | Al-Ittihad | 6 | 1967, 1988, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2025 |- | Al-Nassr | 5 | 1976, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1990 |- | Al-Shabab | 3 | 2008, 2009, 2014 |- | Al-Ettifaq | 2 | 1968, 1985 |- | Al-Wehda | 1 | 1966 |- | Al-Taawoun | 1 | 2019 |- | Al-Faisaly | 1 | 2021 |- | Al-Fayha | 1 | 2022 |- | '''Total''' | '''37''' | |}

==Topscorers== ===All-time top scorers=== {{Updated|6 January 2025}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;white-space:nowrap" |- ! ! width=150 |Player ! width=150 |Nationality ! Club(s) ! Goals |- | style="text-align:center" | 1 | style="text-align:left" | Majed Abdullah | style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia | Al-Nassr | 39 |- | style="text-align:center" | 2 | style="text-align:left" | Abderrazak Hamdallah | style="text-align:left" | {{Flagu|Morocco}} | Al-Nassr (20)<hr>Al-Ittihad (6)<hr>Al-Shabab (3) | 29 |- | style="text-align:center" | 3 | style="text-align:left" | Amin Dabou | style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia | Al-Ahli | 28 |- | style="text-align:center" | 4 | style="text-align:left" | Nasser Al-Shamrani<hr>Ahmed Al-Sogaier | style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia<hr>{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia | Al-Hilal (4) Al-Shabab (16)<hr>Al-Ahli (20) | 20 |- | style="text-align:center" | 5 | style="text-align:left" | Mukhtar Fallatah | style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia | Al-Ittihad (11)<hr>Al-Wehda (7) |18 |- | style="text-align:center" | 6 | style="text-align:left" | Léandre Tawamba | style="text-align:left" | {{Flagu|Cameroon}} | Al-Taawoun (12), Al-Tai (2) |14 |- | style="text-align:center" | 7 | style="text-align:left" | Hussam Abu Dawood<hr>Omar Al-Somah | style="text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia<hr>{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | Al-Ahli (12)<hr>Al-Ahli (12) |12 |- |}

===Per season=== {| class="wikitable"style="text-align:;white-space:nowrap ! Year ! Player ! Goals ! Club |- |align=center|2008 | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Nasser Al-Shamrani |7 | Al Shabab Club |-

|align=center|2009 | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Nasser Al-Shamrani {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Waleed Al-Gizani |3 | Al Shabab Club Alhazem |- |align=center|2010 | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saad Al-Harthi |5 | Al-Nassr |- |align=center|2011 | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Mukhtar Fallatah |6 | Al Shabab Club |- |align=center|2012 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Élton Arábia |5 | Al Fateh SC |- |align=center|2013 | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Mukhtar Fallatah {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Muhannad Assiri |4 | Al Shabab Club Al Wehda FC |- |align=center|2014 | {{flagicon|SEN}} Papa Waigo |4 | Al-Ettifaq Club |-

|align=center|2015 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Neves |5 | Al Hilal SFC |-

|align=center|2016 | {{flagicon|Syria}} Omar Al Somah |5 | Al-Ahli Saudi FC |-

|align=center|2017 | {{flagicon|Syria}} Omar Kharbin |5 | Al Dhafra FC |- |align=center|2018 | {{flagicon|Chile}} Carlos Villanueva |4 | Al-Ittihad |- |align=center|2019 | {{flagicon|Morocco}} Abderrazak Hamdallah |14 | Al-Nassr |- |align=center|2020 | {{flagicon|Madagascar}} Carolus Andriamatsinoro |8 | Al Adalah Club |-

|align=center|2021 | {{flagicon|CMR}} Léandre Tawamba {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} Júlio Tavares |4 | Al Taawoun FC Al Faisaly FC |- |align=center|2022 | {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlos Silva Júnior |4 | Al Shabab Club |- |align=center|2023 | {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Abdulfattah Adam |3 | Al-Nassr |- |align=center|2024 | {{flagicon|SEN}} Sadio Mané {{flagicon|SRB}} Aleksandar Mitrović {{flagicon|Morocco}} Abderrazak Hamdallah {{flagicon|BEL}} Yannick Carrasco |4 | Al-Nassr Al Hilal SFC Al-Ittihad Al Shabab Club |- |align=center|2025 | {{flagicon|Colombia}} Julián Quiñones |5 | Al Qadsiah FC |- |align=center|2026 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ivan Toney |6 |Al-Ahli |}

==Hat-tricks== {|class="wikitable" !Player !For !Against !Score !Date |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Youssef Anbar |Ohod |Al-Nahda |{{Centre|4–1}} |11 May 1989 |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Saad Al-Harthi |Al-Nassr |Al-Ahli |{{Centre|3–0}} |5 April 2010 |- |{{Flagicon|BRA}} Victor Simões |Al-Ahli |Al-Nassr |{{Centre|3–1}} |9 April 2010 |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Mukhtar Fallatah |Al-Wehda |Al-Ettifaq |{{Centre|4–3}} |11 January 2011 |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Nasser Al-Shamrani |Al-Hilal |Al-Faisaly |{{Centre|3–1}} |1 May 2015 |- |{{Flagicon|POL}} Adrian Mierzejewski |Al-Nassr |Diriyah |{{Centre|7–0}} |20 January 2016 |- |{{Flagicon|NGA}} Patrick Friday Eze |Al-Qadsiah |Al-Safa |{{Centre|4–0}} |20 January 2017 |- |{{Flagicon|GUI}} Ismaël Bangoura |Al-Raed |Al-Jabalain |{{Centre|3–0}} |21 January 2017 |- |{{Flagicon|SYR}} Omar Khribin |Al-Hilal |Al-Taawoun |{{Centre|4–3}} |13 May 2017 |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Saiari |Al-Ettifaq |Al-Tai |{{Centre|6–0}} |3 January 2018 |- |{{Flagicon|MAR}} Abderrazak Hamdallah |Al-Nassr |Al-Jandal |{{Centre|6–0}} |3 January 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|ERI}} Ahmed Abdu Jaber'''4''' |Al-Wehda |Al-Nairyah |{{Centre|6–1}} |3 January 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|VEN}} Gelmin Rivas |rowspan=2|Al-Hilal |rowspan=2|Al-Dera'a |rowspan=2|{{Centre|9–0}} |rowspan=2|5 January 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Bafétimbi Gomis'''4''' |- |{{Flagicon|MAR}} Abderrazak Hamdallah'''4''' |Al-Nassr |Al-Ansar |{{Centre|5–0}} |18 January 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Hazaa Al-Hazaa |Al-Ettifaq |Al-Amjad |{{Centre|9–1}} |18 January 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|MAR}} Abderrazak Hamdallah |Al-Nassr |Al-Fayha |{{Centre|6–0}} |21 January 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|MDG}} Carolus Andriamatsinoro'''5''' |Al-Adalah |Al-Rawdah |{{Centre|8–0}} |5 December 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|MAR}} Abderrazak Hamdallah |Al-Nassr |Damac |{{Centre|4–2}} |24 December 2019 |- |{{Flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi |Al-Ettifaq |Ohod |{{Centre|7–1}} |3 January 2020 |- |{{Flagicon|CPV}} Júlio Tavares |Al-Faisaly |Al-Taawoun |{{Centre|3–2}} |29 May 2021 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.saff.com.sa/en/championship.php?id=53 King Cup] – SAFF *[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saucuphist.html Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners], RSSSF.com * [https://int.soccerway.com/national/saudi-arabia/champions-cup/2015/s10515/final-stages/ Champions Cup current season results and dates – Soccerway] * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20140411172306/http://hailoosport.com/comp?lang=ar&league=3f0ba11f8f63a0dff3cda914d18b9936 Saudi Champions Cup – Hailoosport.com]}} (Arabic) * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20140411172255/http://hailoosport.com/comp?league=3f0ba11f8f63a0dff3cda914d18b9936&lang=en Saudi Champions Cup – Hailoosport.com]}}

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