2003 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

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2003 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
CountrySaudi Arabia
Dates9 January – 9 April 2003
Teams44 (all)
32 (qualifying competition)
16 (main competition)
Defending championsAl-Ahli
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Hilal (4th title)
Runner-upAl-Ahli
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Hilal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored51 (3.4 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Al Hasan Al-Yami
Abdulaziz Al-Saran
Bouchaib El Moubarki
Rock Buskapa
(3 goals each)
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)
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The 2003 Crown Prince Cup was the 28th season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the qualifying rounds on 9 January 2003 and concluded with the final on 9 April 2003.

In the final, Al-Hilal defeated defending champions Al-Ahli 1–0 to secure their fourth title.[1] The final was held at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. As winners of the tournament, Al-Hilal qualified for the 2004 AFC Champions League group stage.

Qualifying rounds[edit]

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 9 January 2003. First Division sides Abha, Al-Ansar, and Al-Taawoun as well as Second Division side Al-Nahda qualified.[2]

First round[edit]

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Thursday 9 January 2003
Al-Khaleej (2) 4–2 Al-Noor (3)
Al-Hazem (2) 2–1 Al-Arabi (3)
Al-Fateh (3) 2–0 Al-Taraf (4)
Al-Hamadah (2) 1–2 Al-Fayha (3)
Al-Ansar (2) 2–1 (asdet) Al-Watani (4)
Hajer (2) 1–0 Al-Adalah (3)
Al-Tuhami (3) 0–1 Ohod (2)
Abha (2) 6–0 Al-Hejaz (4)
Najran (3) 2–1 Al-Akhdoud (4)
Al-Jabalain (2) 2–0 Al-Rayyan (4)
Sdoos (2) 7–0 Al-Sharq (4)
Al-Faisaly (3) 1–0 Al-Oyoon (3)
Al-Wehda (2) 5–0 Wej (4)
Al-Taawoun (2) 3–0 Marid (4)
Al-Nahda (3) 3–1 Al-Jubail (4)
Al-Orobah (2) 1–1 (3–5 p) Al-Maseerah (4)

Second round[edit]

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Tuesday 16 January 2003
Al-Maseerah (4) 1–2 Al-Faisaly (3)
Al-Hazem (2) 1–2 Sdoos (2)
Al-Nahda (3) 1–0 Al-Khaleej (2)
Al-Fayha (3) 2–3 Al-Taawoun (2)
Al-Jabalain (2) 1–2 Al-Wehda (2)
Ohod (2) 1–2 Al-Ansar (2)
Abha (2) 2–0 Najran (3)
Hajer (2) 3–1 Al-Fateh (3)

Final Round[edit]

Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier)
Wednesday 22 January 2003
Hajer (2) 0–0 (6–7 p) Al-Nahda (3)
Al-Ansar (2) 1–1 (5–4 p) Al-Wehda (2)
Al-Taawoun (2) 4–3 (asdet) Sdoos (2)
Al-Faisaly (3) 0–0 (4–5 p) Abha (2)

Bracket[edit]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
            
A Al-Tai 0
H Al-Ittihad 5
H Al-Ittihad 2
A Al-Riyadh 1
H Al-Riyadh 2
A Al-Ansar 1
A Al-Ittihad 0
H Al-Hilal 2
H Al-Qadisiyah 1
A Al-Hilal (asdet) 2
H Al-Hilal 2
A Al-Shoulla 0
H Abha 2
A Al-Shoulla 3
– Al-Hilal 1
– Al-Ahli 0
H Al-Ahli 4
A Al-Nahda 1
A Al-Ahli 4
H Al-Shabab 1
H Al-Shabab 4
A Al-Najma 0
A Al-Ahli (pen.) 1 (5)
H Al-Nassr 1 (4)
H Al-Taawoun 1
A Al-Nassr 4
A Al-Nassr (asdet) 2
H Al-Ettifaq 1
H Al-Ettifaq 3
A Al-Raed 0

Round of 16[edit]

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 19 and 20 March 2003.[3][4] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

19 March 2003 7Al-Taawoun (2)1–4 Al-Nassr (1) Buraidah
15:30 Al-Rashid 21' Report Buskapa 50', 55'
Al-Khathran 83'
Al-Bishi 90+4'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
19 March 2003 5 Al-Ahli (1) 4–1Al-Nahda (3)Jeddah
20:30 Al-Abdali 2'
El Moubarki 29'
Badra 71' (pen.)
Abdulghani 88'		 Report Bilal 73' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
19 March 2003 6 Al-Shabab (1) 4–0Al-Najma (1)Riyadh
20:30 Lindomar 18'
Al-Saran 32', 53'
Ricardo 67'		 Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
19 March 2003 8 Al-Ettifaq (1) 3–0Al-Raed (1)Dammam
20:30 Bashir 14', 70'
A. Al-Shehri 45'		 Report Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
20 March 2003 4Abha (2)2–3 Al-Shoulla (1) Abha
15:30 A. Al-Qahtani 45'
Al-Aamry 90+2'		 Report Al-Daajani 19', 69'
Oliveira 82'		 Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Referee: Abdulrazzaq Al-Moqahwi
20 March 2003 1 Al-Ittihad (1) 5–0Al-Tai (1)Jeddah
20:30 Al-Yami 7', 55', 60'
Maurílio 53'
Idris 81'		 Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
20 March 2003 2 Al-Riyadh (1) 2–1Al-Ansar (2)Riyadh
20:30 Al-Haya'ei 45+1'
Diop 80'		 Report Ali 16' Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
20 March 2003 3Al-Qadisiyah (1)1–2 (a.e.t.) Al-Hilal (1) Dammam
20:30 Adailton 24' Report Al-Jamaan 38'
Badra gold-colored soccer ball 114' 		Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari

Quarter-finals[edit]

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 24 and 25 March 2003.[5][6] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

24 March 2003 11Al-Shabab (1)1–4 Al-Ahli (1) Riyadh
20:30 Al-Saran 73' Report Barakat 31', 47'
El Moubarki 58'
Al-Meshal 65'		 Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Ibrahim Al-Nafisah
24 March 2003 12Al-Ettifaq (1)1–2 (a.e.t.) Al-Nassr (1) Dammam
20:30 Fabiano 68' Report Al-Janoubi 25'
César gold-colored soccer ball 94'  (pen.)		 Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq
25 March 2003 9 Al-Ittihad (1) 2–1Al-Riyadh (1)Jeddah
20:30 Noor 38'
Al-Qumaizi 84' (o.g.)		 Report Diop 21' Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
25 March 2003 10 Al-Hilal (1) 2–0Al-Shoulla (1)Riyadh
20:30 Al-Khathran 64'
Kanchelskis 74'		 Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi

Semi-finals[edit]

The Semi-finals fixtures were played on 28 and 29 March 2003.[7][8] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

28 March 2003 13Al-Nassr (1)1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Al-Ahli (1) Riyadh
20:30 Buskapa 77' Report El Moubarki 16' (pen.) Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Omer Al Mehannah
Penalties
Tenorio soccer ball with check mark
Al-Janoubi soccer ball with red X
Al-Halawi soccer ball with check mark
Buskapa soccer ball with check mark
César soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark El Moubarki
soccer ball with check mark Al-Shahrani
soccer ball with check mark Abdulghani
soccer ball with check mark Al-Dosari
soccer ball with check mark Badra
29 March 2003 14 Al-Hilal (1) 2–0Al-Ittihad (1)Riyadh
20:30 Al-Jaber 8'
Suffo 65'		 Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Nasser Al-Hamdan

Final[edit]

The 2003 Crown Prince Cup Final was played on 9 April 2003 at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh.[9] This was the fourth Crown Prince Cup final to be held at the stadium. This was the first meeting between these two sides in the final.[10] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Al-Hilal1–0Al-Ahli
Al-Shalhoub 80' Report
Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq

Top goalscorers[edit]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami Al-Ittihad 3
Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Saran Al-Shabab
Morocco Bouchaib El Moubarki Al-Ahli
Republic of the Congo Rock Buskapa Al-Nassr
5 Saudi Arabia Saleh Bashir Al-Ettifaq 2
Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Daajani Al-Shoulla
Egypt Mohamed Barakat Al-Ahli
Senegal Mamoune Diop Al-Riyadh

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "الكرة في مرمى الاهلي كهدف هلالي".
  2. ^ "تصفيات التأهل إلى كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2003".
  3. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2003 - دور الـ 16".
  4. ^ "بأربع مباريات اليوم في الدور ثمن النهائي لكاس ولي العهد".
  5. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي - 2003 - دور الـ 8".
  6. ^ "في دور الثمانية من مسابقة كاس ولي العهد اليوم".
  7. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2003 نصف نهائي".
  8. ^ "اليوم في نصف النهائي باستاد الملز".
  9. ^ "كأس ولي العهد السعودي 2003 النهائي".
  10. ^ "بعد ٤٢ عاما.. الزعيم والقلعة يلتقيان من جديد على كاس الذهب".
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