Jump to content

2011 King Cup of Champions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2011 King Cup of Champions
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates28 May - 24 June 2011
Teams8
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Ahli
Runner-upAl-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored51 (3.64 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Mukhtar Fallatah (6 goals)
← 2010
2012 →

The 2011 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 36th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 4th under the current edition.

The tournament was won by Al-Ahli, who beat defending champions Al-Ittihad 4–2 on penalties in the final. It was their first title in current edition and eleventh title overall, they also qualified for 2012 AFC Champions League.

Participating teams

[edit]
Team Qualifying method App* Last App
Al-Hilal 2010–11 Professional League champions 4th 2010
Al-Ittihad 2010–11 Professional League runners-up 4th 2010
Al-Ettifaq 2010–11 Professional League 3rd place 3rd 2009
Al-Shabab 2010–11 Professional League 4th place 4th 2010
Al-Nassr 2010–11 Professional League 5th place 4th 2010
Al-Ahli 2010–11 Professional League 6th place 4th 2010
Al-Faisaly 2010–11 Professional League 7th place 1st none
Al-Wehda 2010–11 Crown Prince Cup runners-up
2010–11 Professional League 13th place
4th 2010

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

Fixtures and results

[edit]

Bracket

[edit]
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
1 Al-Hilal 2 3 5
7 Al-Faisaly 1 0 1
1 Al-Hilal 0 1 1
2 Al-Ittihad 3 1 4
5 Al-Nassr 3 1 4
2 Al-Ittihad (a) 3 1 4
2 Al-Ittihad 0 (2)
6 Al-Ahli (p) 0 (4)
13 Al-Wehda (a) 2 3 5
3 Al-Ettifaq 1 4 5
13 Al-Wehda 2 1 3 Third place
6 Al-Ahli 2 4 6
4 Al-Shabab 0 1 1 1 Al-Hilal 6
6 Al-Ahli[A] 3 0 3 13 Al-Wehda 3

Quarter-finals

[edit]

Quarter-finals were played on 28, 29 May and 10, 11 June 2011.[1]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal 5–1 Al-Faisaly 2–1 3–0
Al-Nassr 4–4 (a) Al-Ittihad 3–3 1–1
Al-Wehda 5–5 (a) Al-Ettifaq 2–1 3–4
Al-Shabab 1–3 Al-Ahli 0–3[A] 1–0

First leg

[edit]
28 May 2011 1 Al-Hilal 2–1Al-FaisalyRiyadh
19:20 (UTC+3) Rădoi 51'
Al-Mehyani 70'
64' El-Thoaybi Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
29 May 2011 3 Al-Nassr 3–3 Al-Ittihad Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Al-Mutawa 16'
Salem 42' (o.g.)
Belal 65'
44' (pen.) Ziaya
58', 90+3' Al-Rashid
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
29 May 2011 4Al-Shabab0–3
(
awarded)[A]
Al-Ahli Riyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Notes
  1. ^
    The SAFF Disciplinary Committee decided to award the quarter-final first leg to Al-Ahli against Al-Shabab as a 3–0 forfeit win after Al-Shabab were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player. The game originally ended 2–1 to Al-Shabab.[2]

Second leg

[edit]
11 June 2011 7Al-Ahli0–1 Al-Shabab Jeddah
21:05 (UTC+3) 33' Al-Marhoum Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
11 June 2011 8 Al-Ettifaq 4–3Al-WehdaDammam
21:05 (UTC+3) Al-Salem 4', 45+1'
Rishani 12'
Tagliabué 63'
25', 69' (pen.), 77' Fallatah Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium

Semi-finals

[edit]

Semi-finals were played on 15, 16, 19 & 20 June 2011.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Hilal 1–4 Al-Ittihad 0–3 2–2
Al-Wehda 3–6 Al-Ahli 2–2 1–4

First leg

[edit]
16 June 2011 10 Al-Wehda 2–2 Al-Ahli Makkah
21:05 (UTC+3) Fallatah 8', 81' 90', 90+2' Al-Hosni Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium

Second leg

[edit]

Third place

[edit]

Third place game was played on 23 June 2011.[4]

Final

[edit]

Winner

[edit]
King Cup of Champions
2011 Winners
Al-Ahli
11th Title

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Quarterfinals". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ^ "الاتحاد السعودي يُنهي قضية "السعران" ويعتبر الأهلي فائزاً على الشباب" (in Arabic). Al Arabiya. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Simefinal". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Third Place". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.