2006–07 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates30 November 2006 – 27 April 2007
Teams44 (all)
32 (qualifying competition)
16 (main competition)
Defending championsAl-Hilal
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Ahli (5th title)
Runner-upAl-Ittihad
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Ahli
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored57 (3.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Alhassane Keita
(6 goals)
All statistics correct as of 27 April 2007.
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

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.

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)1–0Al-Raed (3)
Al-Taawoun (2)3–1Al-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)3–2Al-Taqadom (4)
Al-Shoulla (2)1–2Al-Qarah (4)
Al-Orobah (3)4–0Duba (4)
Al-Majd (4)0–2Al-Watani (2)
Al-Nahda (2)1–0Al-Noor (3)
Al-Ansar (2)2–2 (2–4 p)Wej (4)
Al-Rabe'e (3)1–0Ohod (3)
Al-Adalah (3)1–2Hajer (2)
Al-Fateh (2)1–2Al-Oyoon (3)
Abha (2)1–1 (3–2 p)Hetten (4)
Al-Akhdoud (3)2–3Damac (2)
Al-Tuhami (3)0–1Najran (2)

Second round

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

Final Round

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

Bracket

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

21 February 2007 1Al-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
21 February 2007 7Al-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
21 February 2007 8Al-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 soccer ball with check mark
Al-Sagoor soccer ball with check mark
Al-Salamah soccer ball with red X
Al-Shahrani soccer ball with check mark
Al-Bishi soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Massolin
soccer ball with check mark Al-Zahrani
soccer ball with check mark Al-Kaltham
soccer ball with check mark Cissé
soccer ball with check mark Al-Mohammadi
22 February 2007 5 Al-Hilal (1) 2–1Al-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)
22 February 2007 4 Najran (2) 2–1Al-Qadisiyah (1)Najran
20:10 Al Theiban 19', 47' Report Al-Wadani 34' Stadium: Al Akhdoud Club Stadium
23 February 2007 3 Al-Ittihad (1) 6–1Al-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
23 February 2007 6Al-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
25 February 2007 2Al-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).

2 March 2007 9Al-Shabab (1)0–1 Al-Ettifaq (1) Riyadh
20:10 Report Al-Qahtani 74' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Mutraf Al-Qahtani
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
3 March 2007 10 Al-Ittihad (1) 10–0Najran (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
4 March 2007 12 Al-Ahli (1) 1–0Al-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] The first leg of the Al-Ahli v Al-Hilal match up was moved to 18 March due to Al-Ahli's participation in the semi-finals of the 2006–07 Arab Champions League. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

Al-Ettifaq (1)1–0Al-Ittihad (1)
Al-Moghanam 73' Report
Al-Ittihad (1)4–1Al-Ettifaq (1)
Tukar 4', 67'
Reinaldo 8', 26'		 Report Bashir 9'

Al-Ittihad won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ahli (1)2–0Al-Hilal (1)
Badra 23' (pen.)
Mouath 42'		 Report
Al-Hilal (1)1–1Al-Ahli (1)
El Taib 7' Report Mouath 41'

Al-Ahli won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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

Al-Ittihad1–2Al-Ahli
Keita 88' Report Al-Jassim 80'
Mouath 87'
Attendance: 27,000

Top goalscorers

As of 27 April 2007[11]

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

See also

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".
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