2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

The 2006–07 Crown Prince Cup was the 32nd season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the Qualifying Rounds on 30 November 2006 and concluded with the final on 27 April 2007.

2006–07 Crown Prince Cup

Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	30 November 2006 – 27 April 2007
Teams	44 (all) 32 (qualifying competition) 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Champions	Al-Ahli (5th title)
Runners-up	Al-Ittihad
AFC Champions League	Al-Ahli
Matches played	17
Goals scored	57 (3.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alhassane Keita (6 goals)
← 2005–06 2007–08 → All statistics correct as of 27 April 2007. (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

Premier League side Al-Hilal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Ahli in the Semi-finals.[1] Al-Ahli won their fifth Crown Prince Cup title and their first since 2002.[2] As winners of the tournament, Al-Ahli qualified for the 2008 AFC Champions League group stage.

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 30 November 2006.

First Round

Source: Al-Jazirah.[3][4]

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Thursday 30 November 2006
Al-Fayha (2)	1–0	Al-Raed (3)
Al-Taawoun (2)	3–1	Al-Najma (3)
Al-Jabalain (2)	0–0 (3–2 p)	Al-Qotah (3)
Sdoos (2)	3–3 (4–5 p)	Al-Hamadah (3)
Al-Riyadh (2)	3–2	Al-Taqadom (4)
Al-Shoulla (2)	1–2	Al-Qarah (4)
Al-Orobah (3)	4–0	Duba (4)
Al-Majd (4)	0–2	Al-Watani (2)
Al-Nahda (2)	1–0	Al-Noor (3)
Al-Ansar (2)	2–2 (2–4 p)	Wej (4)
Al-Rabe'e (3)	1–0	Ohod (3)
Al-Adalah (3)	1–2	Hajer (2)
Al-Fateh (2)	1–2	Al-Oyoon (3)
Abha (2)	1–1 (3–2 p)	Hetten (4)
Al-Akhdoud (3)	2–3	Damac (2)
Al-Tuhami (3)	0–1	Najran (2)

Second Round

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Thursday 14 December 2006
Al-Hamadah (3)	2–3	Al-Riyadh (2)
Al-Fayha (2)	1–3	Al-Taawoun (2)
Al-Nahda (2)	2–0	Al-Qarah (4)
Al-Oyoon (3)	1–1 (3–2 p)	Hajer (2)
Al-Rabe'e (3)	1–0	Wej (4)
Al-Orobah (3)	1–3	Al-Jabalain (2)
Najran (2)	3–2	Al-Watani (2)
Abha (2)	2–3	Damac (2)

Final Round

Home Team (Tier)	Score	Away Team (Tier)
Monday 25 December 2006
Al-Oyoon (3)	1–2	Al-Rabe'e (3)
Al-Jabalain (2)	1–1 (4–2 p)	Al-Taawoun (2)
Al-Nahda (2)	0–2	Al-Riyadh (2)
Damac (2)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Najran (2)

Bracket

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals						Final
	Al-Shabab	5
	Al-Rabe'e	0
					Al-Shabab	0
					Al-Ettifaq	1
	Al-Ettifaq	2
	Al-Khaleej	1
									Al-Ettifaq	1	1	2
								Al-Ittihad	0	4	4
	Al-Ittihad	6
	Al-Tai	1
					Al-Ittihad	10
					Najran	0
	Al-Qadsiah	1
	Najran	2
															Al-Ittihad	1
															Al-Ahli	2
	Al-Hilal	2
	Al-Wehda	1
					Al-Hilal (a.e.t.)	2
					Al-Hazem	0
	Al-Hazem	2
	Al-Jabalain	1
									Al-Hilal	0	1	1
								Al-Ahli	2	1	3
	Al-Ahli	3
	Al-Riyadh	1
					Al-Ahli	1
					Al-Faisaly	0
	Al-Nassr	1 (4)
	Al-Faisaly (pen.)	1 (5)

Round of 16

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 21, 22, 23 and 25 February 2007.[5][6] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Rabe'e (3) v Al-Shabab (1)

21 February 2007 1	Al-Rabe'e (3)	0–5	Al-Shabab (1)	Jeddah
20:10		Report	Al-Gizani  22' Abdoh Otaif  27' Al-Haqbani  42' Fallatah  47', 85'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Dubais

Al-Riyadh (2) v Al-Ahli (1)

21 February 2007 7	Al-Riyadh (2)	1–3	Al-Ahli (1)	Riyadh
20:10	Al-Dawood  52'	Report	Guemamdia  13' Caio  85' Al-Jassim  86'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mamdouh Al-Mirdas

Al-Nassr (1) v Al-Faisaly (1)

21 February 2007 8	Al-Nassr (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Al-Faisaly (1)	Riyadh
20:10	Haroon  83' (pen.)	Report	Al-Fahad  67'	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq
	Penalties
	Haroon Al-Sagoor Al-Salamah Al-Shahrani Al-Bishi		Massolin Al-Zahrani Al-Kaltham Cissé Al-Mohammadi

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

22 February 2007 5	Al-Hilal (1)	2–1	Al-Wehda (1)	Riyadh
20:10	Rodrigão  54' (pen.), 74'	Report	Al-Shamrani  8' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Spain)

Najran (2) v Al-Qadsiah (1)

22 February 2007 4	Najran (2)	2–1	Al-Qadsiah (1)	Najran
20:10	Al Theiban  19', 47'	Report	Al-Wadani  34'	Stadium: Al Akhdoud Club Stadium

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

23 February 2007 3	Al-Ittihad (1)	6–1	Al-Tai (1)	Jeddah
20:10	Keita  12', 71' Abushgeer  24' Reinaldo  66', 70' Al-Saeed  80'	Report	Al-Ghamdi  69'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium

Al-Jabalain (2) v Al-Hazem (1)

23 February 2007 6	Al-Jabalain (2)	1–2	Al-Hazem (1)	Ha'il
20:10	Al-Moathin  13'	Report	Mabrook  56' Abdullah  76'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

Al-Khaleej (1) v Al-Ettifaq (1)

25 February 2007 2	Al-Khaleej (1)	1–2	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Dammam
20:10	Al-Raheb  13'	Report	Al-Qahtani  60' Al-Rajaa  62'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Saad Al-Kathairi

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 2, 3 and 4 March 2007.[7] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Shabab (1) v Al-Ettifaq (1)

2 March 2007 9	Al-Shabab (1)	0–1	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Riyadh
20:10		Report	Al-Qahtani  74'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mutraf Al-Qahtani

Al-Hilal (1) v Al-Hazem (1)

2 March 2007 11	Al-Hilal (1)	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Hazem (1)	Riyadh
20:10	Al-Jaber  116', 119'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

Al-Ittihad (1) v Najran (2)

3 March 2007 10	Al-Ittihad (1)	10–0	Najran (2)	Jeddah
20:10	Wágner  7', 60' Kariri  15', 81' Reinaldo  26' Keita  28', 65', 70' Al-Otaibi  59', 86'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium

Al-Ahli (1) v Al-Faisaly (1)

4 March 2007 12	Al-Ahli (1)	1–0	Al-Faisaly (1)	Jeddah
20:10	Mouath  43'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al-Jaroon

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals first legs were played on 18 March and 1 April 2007 while the second legs were played on 5 and 7 April 2007.[8] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Ettifaq (1)	2–4	Al-Ittihad (1)	1–0	1–4
Al-Hilal (1)	1–3	Al-Ahli (1)	0–2	1–1

Matches

1 April 2007 (2007-04-01)

20:10

Al-Ettifaq (1)	1–0	Al-Ittihad (1)
Al-Moghanam  73'	Report

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

5 April 2007 (2007-04-05)

20:10

Al-Ittihad (1)	4–1	Al-Ettifaq (1)
Tukar  4', 67' Reinaldo  8', 26'	Report	Bashir  9'

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Al-Ittihad won 4–2 on aggregate.

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18 March 2007 (2007-03-18)

20:10

Al-Ahli (1)	2–0	Al-Hilal (1)
Badra  23' (pen.) Mouath  42'	Report

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

7 April 2007 (2007-04-07)

20:30

Al-Hilal (1)	1–1	Al-Ahli (1)
El Taib  7'	Report	Mouath  41'

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final

The final was held on 27 April 2007.[9][10] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

27 April 2007

20:45

Al-Ittihad	1–2	Al-Ahli
Keita  88'	Report	Al-Jassim  80' Mouath  87'

Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Top goalscorers

As of 27 April 2007[11]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alhassane Keita	Al-Ittihad	6
2	Reinaldo	Al-Ittihad	5
3	Malek Mouath	Al-Ahli	4

See also

• 2006–07 Saudi Premier League
• 2008 AFC Champions League

References

1. "القلعة مغلقة امام طموحات الزعيم".
2. "شمس الأهلي الجديد (تشرق) بكأس ولي العهد".
3. "١٦ مباراة في تصفيات كاس ولي العهد".
4. "نتائج مباريات كاس ولي العهد".
5. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2006/2007 - دور الـ 16".
6. "مباريات دور الستة عشر لمسابقة كاس ولي العهد".
7. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2006/2007 - دور الـ 8".
8. "دور الأربعة - كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2006/2007".
9. "الاتحاد والأهلي في نهائي كأس ولي العهد".
10. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2006/2007 النهائي".
11. "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2006/2007 - قائمة الهدافين".