2005–06 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2005–06 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	24 November 2005 – 7 April 2006
Teams	44 (all); 32 (qualifying competition); 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (6th title)
Runner-up	Al-Ahli
AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	57 (3.35 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Rogério; (4 goals)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →; All statistics correct as of 7 April 2006. (Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2005–06 Crown Prince Cup was the 31st season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the qualifying rounds on 24 November 2005 and concluded with the final on 7 April 2006.

Al-Hilal were the defending champions, having won the trophy in 2005, and won their second consecutive title, defeating Al-Ahli in the final on 7 April 2006.^[1] As winners of the tournament, Al-Hilal qualified for the 2007 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 24 November 2005. First Division sides Al-Faisaly and Al-Riyadh, Second Division side Al-Hamadah and Third Division side Al-Rawdhah qualified.^[2]

First round

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Thursday 24 November 2005
Al-Riyadh (2)	1–0	Al-Batin (4)
Al-Shoulla (2)	0–1	Sdoos (3)
Al-Najma (3)	1–4	Al-Faisaly (2)
Al-Raed (2)	3–1	Al-Fayha (2)
Al-Nahda (3)	0–0 (5–4 p)	Al-Fateh (2)
Ohod (2)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Al-Arabi (4)
Al-Hamadah (3)	2–1	Al-Taawoun (2)
Al-Jabalain (2)	2–2 (6–5 p)	Al-Qotah (3)
Najran (2)	3–1	Hetten (4)
Al-Watani (2)	1–0	Al-Majd (4)
Al-Orobah (3)	11–3	Al-Qala (4)
Damac (2)	1–2	Al-Nakhil (4)
Al-Rabe'e (3)	4–2	Wej (4)
Al-Khaleej (2)	2–0	Al-Adalah (3)
Hajer (2)	2–3	Al-Rawdhah (4)
Al-Tuhami (3)	2–1	Al-Akhdoud (3)

Second round

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Tuesday 29 November 2005
Al-Riyadh (2)	5–0	Sdoos (3)
Al-Nahda (3)	4–1	Al-Khaleej (2)
Al-Faisaly (2)	2–0	Al-Raed (2)
Ohod (2)	4–3	Al-Rabe'e (3)
Al-Hamadah (3)	2–1	Al-Orobah (3)
Al-Jabalain (2)	0–2	Al-Watani (2)
Najran (2)	3–1	Al-Tuhami (3)
Al-Rawdhah (4)	2–0	Al-Nakhil (4)

Final round

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Sunday 4 December 2005
Al-Riyadh (2)	3–0	Al-Nahda (3)
Al-Faisaly (2)	2–0	Al-Watani (2)
Ohod (2)	1–2	Al-Hamadah (3)
Al-Rawdhah (4)	3–3 (5–4 p)	Najran (2)

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

A

Al-Ittihad

1

H

Al-Riyadh

0

H

Al-Ittihad

1 (2)

A

Al-Ahli (pen.)

1 (4)

H

Al-Ahli

4

A

Abha

0

A

Al-Ahli

2

3

5

H

Al-Shabab

1

3

4

A

Al-Shabab (a.e.t.)

3

H

Al-Hazem

2

H

Al-Shabab

4

A

Al-Hamadah

1

H

Al-Tai

3

A

Al-Hamadah

4

–

Al-Ahli

0

–

Al-Hilal

1

A

Al-Nassr

1

H

Al-Ettifaq

0

A

Al-Nassr

0

H

Al-Wehda

1

H

Al-Wehda

2

A

Al-Faisaly

1

A

Al-Wehda

2

0

2

H

Al-Hilal

3

2

5

H

Al-Hilal

1

A

Al-Ansar

0

A

Al-Hilal

2

H

Al-Qadisiyah

0

A

Al-Qadisiyah

8

H

Al-Rawdhah

0

Source: Al Jazirah

Round of 16

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 27 and 28 December 2005.^[3]^[4]^[5] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

27 December 2005 1	Al-Riyadh (2)	0–1	Al-Ittihad (1)	Riyadh
19:35		Report	Job 74'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Saad Al-Kathairi

27 December 2005 2	Al-Ahli (1)	4–0	Abha (1)	Jeddah
19:35	Al-Jassim 45', 50', 69' Al-Meshal 60'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijari

27 December 2005 5	Al-Ettifaq (1)	0–1	Al-Nassr (1)	Dammam
19:35		Report	Al-Zahrani 89'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

27 December 2005 6	Al-Wehda (1)	2–1	Al-Faisaly (2)	Mecca
19:35	Al-Mehyani 25' Al-Luhayyani 39' (pen.)	Report	Hawsawi 55'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Dossari

28 December 2005 8	Al-Rawdhah (4)	0–8	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Al-Hasa
18:50		Report	Al-Ghwinem 8', 87' Al-Sahlawi 14', 68', 90' (pen.) Landomar 24' Kassas 70' Al-Traidi 72'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Referee: Khaled Al-Zahrani

28 December 2005 3	Al-Hazem (1)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Shabab (1)	Ar Rass
19:35	Al-Jweer 14' Fellah 52'	Report	Rogério 2', 84', 97'	Stadium: Al-Hazem Club Stadium Referee: Abdulrazzaq Al-Mogahwi

28 December 2005 4	Al-Tai (1)	3–4	Al-Hamadah (3)	Ha'il
19:35	Al-Muteb 15' Al-Enezi 62' Al-Shallaqi 76'	Report	Omar Kassar 50' Al-Shamaan 56' (pen.) Al-Mohsen 78', 85'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Misfer Shareef

28 December 2005 7	Al-Hilal (1)	1–0	Al-Ansar (1)	Riyadh
19:50	Joelson 49'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani

Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals fixtures were played on 1 and 2 January 2006.^[6]^[7]^[8] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

1 January 2006 9	Al-Ittihad (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Al-Ahli (1)	Jeddah
19:45	Job 28'	Report	Massad 52'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq
	Penalties
	Kariri Job Al-Dokhi Al-Montashari		Laarif Jahdali Al-Bishi Akaddar

1 January 2006 11	Al-Wehda (1)	1–0	Al-Nassr (1)	Mecca
19:45	Al-Hazzani 18'	Report		Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mutraf Al-Qahtani

2 January 2006 10	Al-Shabab (1)	4–1	Al-Hamadah (3)	Riyadh
19:45	Akram 11' Rogério 16' (pen.) Otaif 35' Al-Sultan 84'	Report	Al-Shamaan 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijari

2 January 2006 12	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	0–2	Al-Hilal (1)	Dammam
19:45		Report	Al-Shalhoub 75' Camacho 88'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Dhafer Abo Zanda

Semi-finals

The semi-finals first legs were played on 1 and 2 February 2006 while the second legs were played on 5 and 6 February 2006.^[9] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).