2010 King Cup of Champions

The 2010 King Cup of Champions, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 35th season of King Cup of Champions since its establishment in 1957, and the 3rd under the current edition. Al-Shabab were the defending champion but they were eliminated by Al-Ittihad in semi-finals.

2010 King Cup of Champions
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates4 April - 7 May 2010
Teams8
ChampionsAl-Ittihad
Runners-upAl-Hilal
Matches played14
Goals scored41 (2.93 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Saad Al-Harthi (5 goals)
2009
2011

Al-Ittihad won their first title in the current edition and seventh overall after beating Al-Hilal 5–4 on penalties in the final.

Participating teams

Team Qualifying method App* Last App
Al-Hilal 2009–10 Professional League champions 3rd 2009
Al-Ittihad 2009–10 Professional League runners-up 3rd 2009
Al-Nassr 2009–10 Professional League 3rd place 3rd 2009
Al-Shabab 2009–10 Professional League 4th place 3rd 2009
Al-Wehda 2009–10 Professional League 5th place 3rd 2009
Al-Ahli 2009–10 Professional League 6th place 3rd 2009
Al-Hazm 2009–10 Professional League 7th place 3rd 2009
Al-Fateh 2009–10 Professional League 8th place 1st none

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

Fixtures and results

Bracket

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

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals were played on 4, 5, 8 & 9 April 2010.[1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shabab 1–0 Al-Wehda 1–0 0–0
Al-Hilal 8–1 Al-Fateh 3–1 5–0
Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Hazm 4–1 0–0
Al-Ahli 3–4 Al-Nassr 0–3 3–1

First Leg

4 April 2010 1Al-Shabab1–0Al-WehdaRiyadh
20:35 (UTC+3) Flávio  20' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi
4 April 2010 2Al-Hilal3–1Al-FatehRiyadh
20:35 (UTC+3) Al-Shalhoub  26' (pen.)
Khairat  28'
Al-Mehyani  69'
Al-Hadrami  82' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Fahad Al-Oraini
4 April 2010 3Al-Ittihad4–1Al-HazemJeddah
20:50 (UTC+3) Al-Saqri  19'
Ziaya  28' (pen.)
Noor  75'
Chermiti  86'
Ji  72' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al-Qahtani
5 April 2010 4Al-Ahli0–3Al-NassrJeddah
20:30 (UTC+3) Al-Harthi  54', 61', 71' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)

Second Leg

8 April 2010 5Al-Fateh0–5Al-HilalAl-Hasa
20:35 (UTC+3) Al-Abed  11'
Al-Qahtani  44', 61' (pen.)
Al-Shalhoub  64'
Al-Mehyani  72'
Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani
8 April 2010 6Al-Hazem0–0Al-IttihadAr Rass
20:35 (UTC+3) Stadium: Al Hazm Club Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
8 April 2010 7Al-Wehda0–0Al-ShababMecca
20:35 (UTC+3) Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri
9 April 2010 8Al-Nassr1–3Al-AhliRiyadh
20:35 (UTC+3) Feindouno  26' Simões  11', 44' (pen.), 69' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Semi-finals

Semi-finals were played on 20–21 April and 2–3 May 2010.[1]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Nassr 4–6 Al-Hilal 3–5 1–1
Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al-Shabab 2–0 2–1

First Leg

20 April 2010 9Al-Nassr3–5Al-HilalRiyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Figueroa  62', 86' (pen.)
Belal  79'
Al-Qahtani  8', 27'
Rădoi  25' (pen.), 90'
Nami  59'
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
21 April 2010 10Al-Ittihad2–0Al-ShababJeddah
21:00 (UTC+3) Abushgeer  50'
Ziaya  56'
Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Referee: Peter Sippel (Germany)

Second Leg

2 May 2010 11Al-Hilal1–1Al-NassrRiyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Neves  29' Al-Harthi  57' Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
3 May 2010 12Al-Shabab1–2Al-IttihadRiyadh
21:05 (UTC+3) Flávio  51' Kariri  39'
Hazazi  90'
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Third Place

Third place game was played on 6 May 2010.[1]

6 May 2010 13Al-Shabab1–3Al-NassrRiyadh
21:00 (UTC+3) Otaif  45' (pen.) Figueroa  11' (pen.)
Al-Harthi  40'
Al-Sahlawi  72'
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Marai Al-Awaji

Final

Winner

King Cup of Champions
2010 Winners
Al-Ittihad
7th Title

References

  1. "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup of Champions 2010". Goalzz.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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