2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2006–07 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	30 November 2006 – 27 April 2007
Teams	44 (all); 32 (qualifying competition); 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Hilal
Final positions
Champions	Al-Ahli (5th title)
Runner-up	Al-Ittihad
AFC Champions League	Al-Ahli
Tournament statistics
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)

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)	1–0	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

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

2

H

Al-Ittihad

0

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

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 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

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

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

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)

22 February 2007 4	Najran (2)	2–1	Al-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)	6–1	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

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

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).

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

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)	10–0	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

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] 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

1 April 2007

20:10

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

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

5 April 2007

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.

18 March 2007

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

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

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

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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2006–07 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

Contents

Qualifying rounds

First round

Second round

Final Round

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Matches

Final

Top goalscorers

See also

References