2004–05 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

The 2004–05 Crown Prince Cup was the 30th season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the qualifying rounds on 8 December 2004 and concluded with the final on 13 May 2005.

2004–05 Crown Prince Cup

Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	8 December 2004 – 13 May 2005
Teams	44 (all) 32 (qualifying competition) 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Ittihad
Champions	Al-Hilal (5th title)
Runners-up	Al-Qadisiyah
Matches played	17
Goals scored	59 (3.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sérgio Ricardo (5 goals)
← 2003–04 2005–06 → (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

Al-Ittihad were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Al-Hilal.[1]

Al-Hilal won their 5th title following a 2–1 win over Al-Qadisiyah in the final.[2]

The winner of the Crown Prince Cup earns automatic qualification to the 2006 AFC Champions League group stages. However, as Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League as league winners, Al-Shabab, the league runners-up, took this Champions League spot.

Qualifying rounds

All of the competing teams that are not members of the Premier League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 4 available places in the Round of 16. The qualifying competition began on 8 December 2004. First Division sides Al-Khaleej, Al-Raed, and Najran, and Second Division side Al-Watani qualified.[3]

First Round

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Wednesday 8 December 2004
Abha (2)	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Al-Maseef (4)
Al-Akhdoud (3)	3–1	Sharurah (4)
Al-Tuhami (3)	0–1	Damac (3)
Al-Orobah (3)	4–0	Al-Entelaq (4)
Al-Jabalain (2)	3–2	Al-Rayyan (4)
Al-Watani (3)	3–0	Al-Majd (4)
Al-Arabi (3)	2–1	Al-Najma (2)
Sdoos (3)	2–0	Markh (4)
Al-Faisaly (2)	0–3	Al-Hamadah (2)
Hajer (2)	2–1	Al-Adalah (3)
Al-Hazem (2)	1–2	Al-Raed (2)
Najran (2)	2–0	Wej (4)
Al-Khaleej (2)	2–0	Al Omran (4)
Al-Fateh (2)	4–0	Al-Oyoon (3)
Al-Shoulla (2)	2–0	Al-Nahda (3)
Al-Taawoun (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Fayha (2)

Second Round

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Monday 13 December 2004
Najran (2)	1–0	Damac (3)
Al-Jabalain (2)	1–4	Sdoos (3)
Al-Hamadah (2)	1–2	Al-Raed (2)
Al-Akhdoud (3)	3–1	Al-Maseef (4)
Al-Taawoun (2)	2–0	Al-Arabi (3)
Hajer (2)	0–2	Al-Fateh (2)
Al-Shoulla (2)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Al-Khaleej (2)
Al-Orobah (3)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Watani (3)

Final Round

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Thursday 23 December 2004
Al-Fateh (2)	0–0 (3–4 p)	Al-Khaleej (2)
Najran (2)	3–0	Al-Akhdoud (3)
Al-Taawoun (2)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Raed (2)
Sdoos (3)	0–3	Al-Watani (3)

Round of 16

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 15, 16, 17 and 18 February 2005.[4][5] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Riyadh (1) v Al-Qadisiyah (1)

15 February 2005	Al-Riyadh (1)	1–3	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Faqihi  36'	Report	Sousa  61' Hakami  77' Al-Qahtani  83'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Khaleej (2)

16 February 2005	Al-Shabab (1)	4–0	Al-Khaleej (2)	Riyadh
20:00	Ahmed Otaif  47' Attram  72' Akram  76' Majrashi  86'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Misfer Al-Shureim

Al-Tai (1) v Al-Ettifaq (1)

16 February 2005	Al-Tai (1)	4–3	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Ha'il
20:00	Ndiaye  44', 69', 90' Al-Shallaqi  70'	Report	Al-Bashah  8' Bashir  14', 20'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Mamdouh Al-Mirdasi

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Ansar (1)

17 February 2005	Al-Nassr (1)	4–1	Al-Ansar (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Khair  22' Mater  31' Al-Thagafi  75' Al-Khojali  81' (pen.)	Report	Saleh  46'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Saad Al-Suwailem

Al-Wehda (1) v Ohod (1)

17 February 2005	Al-Wehda (1)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Ohod (1)	Mecca
20:00	Al-Jefri  30', 81' (pen.) Kazadi  103' Al-Kuwaikabi  120'	Report	Suwayed  74' Al-Olayani  85'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

Al-Raed (2) v Al-Hilal (1)

18 February 2005	Al-Raed (2)	0–1	Al-Hilal (1)	Buraidah
15:50		Report	Al-Shalhoub  12'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq

Al-Ittihad (1) v Najran (2)

18 February 2005	Al-Ittihad (1)	5–0	Najran (2)	Jeddah
20:00	Idris  1', 10' Sérgio  45', 83' Al-Otaibi  90'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani

Al-Watani (3) v Al-Ahli (1)

18 February 2005	Al-Watani (3)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Al-Ahli (1)	Tabuk
20:00	A. Al-Shammari  83' Awaji  95'	Report	Rojero  89', 101'	Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Referee: Mohammed Thamer
	Penalties
	Al-Harbi Rabe'e Al-Blwi Al-Yami Al-Enezi		Rojero Al-Qadi Al-Gizani Al-Jassim

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 3, 4, 5 and 6 March 2005.[6] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Qadisiyah (1)

4 March 2005	Al-Shabab (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Riyadh
20:20	Manga  48' Abdoh Otaif  88'	Report	Al-Qahtani  45' Hakami  53'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
	Penalties
	Attram Abdoh Otaif Ahmed Otaif Al-Dossari Manga Akram		Al-Qahtani Hagawi Hakami Al-Shareedah Al-Khaldi Al-Haranda

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Watani (3)

5 March 2005	Al-Nassr (1)	1–0	Al-Watani (3)	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Sagoor  12'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijari

Al-Wehda (1) v Al-Hilal (1)

6 March 2005	Al-Wehda (1)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hilal (1)	Mecca
20:30		Report	Al-Shalhoub  90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jarwani

Al-Ittihad (1) v Al-Tai (1)

7 March 2005	Al-Ittihad (1)	5–1	Al-Tai (1)	Jeddah
20:30	Sérgio  15', 43', 69' Hamad Ji  60' (o.g.) Al-Saqri  80'	Report	Ndiaye  49'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals first legs were played on 25 and 26 April 2005 while the second legs were played on 29 and 30 April 2005.[7] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Qadisiyah (1)	3–2	Al-Nassr (1)	2–1	1–1
Al-Hilal (1)	2–1	Al-Ittihad (1)	1–0	1–1

Matches

25 April 2005 (2005-04-25)

21:00

Al-Qadisiyah (1)	2–1	Al-Nassr (1)
Al-Qahtani  19' Sousa  45'	Report	Al-Harthi  35'

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

29 April 2005 (2005-04-29)

20:50

Al-Nassr (1)	1–1	Al-Qadisiyah (1)
Al-Dossari  90' (pen.)	Report	Al-Salem  18'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Al-Qadisiyah won 3–2 on aggregate.

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26 April 2005 (2005-04-26)

20:40

Al-Hilal (1)	1–0	Al-Ittihad (1)
Al-Swaileh  78'	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Referee: Julián Rodríguez Santiago (Spain)

30 April 2005 (2005-04-30)

20:40

Al-Ittihad (1)	1–1	Al-Hilal (1)
Al-Montashari  7'	Report	Al-Saqri  112' (o.g.)

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: René Temmink (Netherlands)

Al-Hilal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

The final was held on 13 May 2005.[8][9] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

13 May 2005

20:45

Al-Qadisiyah	1–2	Al-Hilal
Sousa  18'	Report	Al-Shalhoub  36' Al-Anbar  82'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sérgio Ricardo	Al-Ittihad	5
2	Moudy Ndiaye	Al-Tai	4
3	José Sousa	Al-Qadisiyah	3
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Al-Qadisiyah
	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	Al-Hilal

See also

• 2004–05 Saudi Premier League
• 2006 AFC Champions League

References

1. "الزعيم ابعد العميد ووصل للنهائي".
2. "من مباراة الهلال والقادسية في نهائي كأس ولي العهد".
3. "تصفيات التأهل إلى كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2005".
4. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2004/2005 - دور الـ 16".
5. "اليوم في افتتاح دور ال١٦ لمسابقة كاس سمو ولي العهد".
6. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2004/2005 - دور الـ 8".
7. "دور الأربعة - كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2004/2005".
8. "غداً النهائي الثاني بين الهلال والقادسية".
9. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2004/2005 النهائي".