2009 King Cup of Champions

The 2009 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 34th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 2nd under the current edition.

2009 King Cup of Champions
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates17 April – 15 May 2009
Teams8
ChampionsAl-Shabab
Runners-upAl-Ittihad
Matches played14
Goals scored33 (2.36 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Nasser Al-Shamrani
Waleed Al-Gizani
(3 goals each)
← 2008
2010 →

Al-Shabab won their second title in a row after beating the same team they faced in last season's final Al-Ittihad with a 4–0 victory in the final match. Al-Shabab also earned entry into the 2010 AFC Champions League group stage.

Participating teams
Team Qualifying method App* Last App
Al-Ittihad 2008–09 Professional League champions 2nd 2008
Al-Hilal 2008–09 Professional League runners-up 2nd 2008
Al-Shabab 2008–09 Saudi Federation Cup Champions
2008–09 Professional League 4th place		 2nd 2008
Al-Ahli 2008–09 Professional League 3rd place 2nd 2008
Al-Nassr 2008–09 Professional League 5th place 2nd 2008
Al-Ettifaq 2008–09 Professional League 6th place 2nd 2008
Al-Wehda 2008–09 Professional League 7th place 2nd 2008
Al-Hazm 2008–09 Professional League 8th place 2nd 2008

* Number of appearance in King Cup of Champions since the 2008 season.

Fixtures and results

Bracket
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                     
5 Al-Nassr 1 0 1  
2 Al-Hilal (a) 1 0 1  
  2 Al-Hilal 0 2 2  
  4 Al-Shabab 3 1 4  
7 Al-Wehda 2 1 3
4 Al-Shabab 5 2 7  
  4 Al-Shabab 4
  1 Al-Ittihad 0
6 Al-Ettifaq 0 0 0  
1 Al-Ittihad 1 1 2  
  1 Al-Ittihad 2 1 3 Third place
  8 Al-Hazm 0 0 0  
8 Al-Hazm (a) 1 2 3 8 Al-Hazm 0 (4)
3 Al-Ahli 1 2 3   2 Al-Hilal (p) 0 (5)

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played between 17 and 26 April 2009.[1]

First leg
17 April 2009 1Al-Nassr1–1Al-HilalRiyadh
20:40 (UTC+3) Belal  22' Wilhelmsson  89' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
17 April 2009 2Al-Ettifaq0–1Al-IttihadDammam
20:40 (UTC+3) Al-Meshal  89' Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
17 April 2009 3Al-Wehda2–5Al-ShababMakkah
20:40 (UTC+3) Al-Mor  75'
Akrout  83'		 Camacho  26'
Al-Shamrani  35'
Otaif  36'
Al-Bloushi  38'
Al-Muwallad  48'		 Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium
18 April 2009 4Al-Hazm1–1Al-AhliAr Rass
20:40 (UTC+3) Al-Gizani  90+4' (pen.) Saïbi  47' Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium

Second leg
24 April 2009 5Al-Ahli2–2Al-HazmJeddah
20:45 (UTC+3) Al-Raheb  28'
Massad  39'		 Al-Gizani  34', 60' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
25 April 2009 6Al-Shabab2–1Al-WehdaRiyadh
20:40 (UTC+3) Al-Salem  18', 41' Al-Mousa  87' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
26 April 2009 7Al-Hilal0–0Al-NassrRiyadh
20:40 (UTC+3) Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
26 April 2009 8Al-Ittihad1–0Al-EttifaqJeddah
20:40 (UTC+3) Al-Muwallad  2' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium

Semi-finals

Semi-finals were played on 1 & 11 May 2009.[2]

First leg
1 May 2009 9Al-Ittihad2–0Al-HazmJeddah
20:40 (UTC+3) Aboucherouane  13'
Hazazi  87'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
1 May 2009 10Al-Hilal0–3Al-ShababRiyadh
20:40 (UTC+3) Otaif  45'
Camacho  47'
Al-Saran  62'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Second leg
11 May 2009 11Al-Hazm0–1Al-IttihadAr Rass
20:45 (UTC+3) Hazazi  84' Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium
11 May 2009 12Al-Shabab1–2Al-HilalRiyadh
20:45 (UTC+3) Al-Shamrani  50' Seol Ki-hyeon  71'
Wilhelmsson  72'		 Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Third Place

Third place game was played on 14 May 2009.[3]

14 May 2009 13Al-Hazm0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		Al-HilalAr Rass
20:45 (UTC+3) Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium
Penalties
Roubize
Hamad Ji
Munawer
Al-Mouri
Al-Gizani
Assiri 		Rădoi
Al-Swaileh
Al-Qahtani
Al Thyab
Al-Shalhoub
Seol Ki-hyeon

Final
Al-Shabab4–0Al-Ittihad
Al-Saqri  10' (o.g.)
Al-Shamrani  20'
Muath  71'
Al-Sultan  90+1'

Winner
King Cup of Champions
2009 Winners
Al-Shabab
2nd title
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References
  1. "Quarterfinals". goalzz.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. "Simefinal". goalzz.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. "Third Place". goalzz.com. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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