2020 Saudi Super Cup

The 2020 Saudi Super Cup (also known as The Berain Saudi Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 7th edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Saudi Pro League and King's Cup. It was played on 30 January 2021 for the second time at the King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr.[2] With Al-Hilal winning both the 2019–20 Saudi Pro League championship and the 2019–20 King Cup, the game was played between Al-Hilal and the 2019–20 Saudi Pro League runners-up, Al-Nassr.[3]

2020 Saudi Super Cup
The King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh hosted the match
EventSaudi Super Cup
Al-Hilal Al-Nassr
Pro League King Cup
0 3
Date30 January 2021 (2021-01-30)
VenueKing Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
RefereeDaniele Orsato (Italy)[1]
Attendance0[note 1]

The match was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Al-Nassr defeated Al-Hilal 3–0 to win their second title.[5] They became the first team to win two consecutive titles and also set the record for the biggest goal margin.

Venue

The King Fahd International Stadium was announced as the venue of the final on 20 December 2020.[6] This was the second time the King Fahd International Stadium hosted the final and the fourth time it was hosted in Saudi Arabia.

The King Fahd International Stadium was built in 1982 and was opened in 1987.[7] The stadium was used as a venue for the 1992, 1995, and the 1997 editions of the FIFA Confederations Cup.[8] Its current capacity is 68,752[9] and it is used by the Saudi Arabia national football team, Al-Hilal, Al-Shabab, and major domestic matches.

Background
Main articles: 2019–20 Al-Hilal FC season, 2019–20 Al-Nassr FC season, 2019–20 Saudi Professional League, and 2019–20 King Cup

As part of a sponsorship deal between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and Saudi water company Berain, the match was officially referred to as "The Berain Saudi Super Cup".[10]

This was Al-Hilal's fourth appearance in the competition and first since 2018. Al-Hilal won the title twice, in 2015 and 2018, and finished as runners-up once, in 2016 Saudi Super Cup. This was Al-Nassr's fourth appearance in the competition and their second consecutive appearance. Al-Nassr finished as runners-up in both the 2014 and 2015 editions of the Super Cup and won their first title in 2019.

Al-Hilal qualified by winning the 2019–20 Saudi Professional League on 29 August 2020.[11] Al-Nassr qualified after defeating Al-Ahli in the semi-finals of the 2019–20 King Cup, as Al-Hilal were their opponents in the King Cup Final and had already qualified for the Super Cup as league winners.[12] On 28 November 2020, Al-Hilal defeated Al-Nassr 2–1 in the final of the King Cup.[13]

This was the second meeting between these two sides in the Saudi Super Cup. Al-Hilal won in 2015 after defeating Al-Nassr 1–0 thanks to a goal from Carlos Eduardo.[14] This was the eleventh final between these two sides, with five wins apiece in previous results. This was the 170th competitive meeting between the two.[15]

Match

Details
Al-Hilal0–3Al-Nassr
Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Al-Hilal
Al-Nassr
GK1 Abdullah Al-Mayouf
RB2 Mohammed Al-Breik 84'
CB20 Jang Hyun-soo
CB70 Mohammed Jahfali 74'
LB12 Yasser Al-Shahrani
RM29 Salem Al-Dawsari 64'
CM7 Salman Al-Faraj (c) 26'
CM6 Gustavo Cuéllar
LM10 Luciano Vietto 67'
CF18 Bafétimbi Gomis
CF9 Sebastian Giovinco 46'
Substitutes:
GK31 Habib Al-Wotayan
DF22 Amiri Kurdi
DF23 Madallah Al-Olayan
MF8 Abdullah Otayf
MF16 Nasser Al-Dawsari 84'
MF19 André Carrillo 46'
MF28 Mohamed Kanno 26'
MF55 Hamad Al-Abdan
FW11 Saleh Al-Shehri 74'
Manager:
Răzvan Lucescu
GK1 Brad Jones
RB2 Sultan Al-Ghanam
CB5 Abdulelah Al-Amri
CB3 Abdullah Madu (c)
LB27 Osama Al-Khalaf 64'
CM6 Petros 52'
CM19 Ali Al-Hassan
RW11 Nordin Amrabat 75' 80'
AM8 Abdulmajeed Al-Sulayhem 90+3'
LW24 Khalid Al-Ghannam 64' 64'
CF70 Raed Al-Ghamdi 63'
Substitutes:
GK33 Waleed Abdullah
DF50 Abdulaziz Al-Alawi
DF78 Ali Lajami 64'
MF10 Gonzalo Martínez 63'
MF14 Sami Al-Najei 90+3' 80'
MF17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari 90+3'
MF23 Ayman Yahya
FW9 Abderrazak Hamdallah 84' 64'
FW42 Firas al-Buraikan
Manager:
Alen Horvat

Assistant referees:[1]
Alessandro Costanzo (Italy)
Matteo Passeri (Italy)
Fourth official:[1]
Mohammed Al-Hoaish
Video assistant referee:[1]
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Assistant video assistant referees:[1]
Mauro Vivenzi (Italy)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Nine named substitutes
  • Maximum of five substitutions

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia.[4]

References

  1. "وصول طاقم التحكيم الإيطالي المكلّف بإدارة السوبر السعودي في نسخته السابعة".
  2. "الكشف عن موعد قمة الهلال والنصر بكأس السوبر السعودي".
  3. "موعد مباراة كأس السوبر السعودي 2020".
  4. "نهائي كأس الملك السعودي بدون حضور جماهيري".
  5. "النصر بطل لكأس السوبر السعودي للمرة الثانية على التوالي".
  6. "كأس السوبر السعودي.. موعد مبدئي لديربي الهلال والنصر".
  7. "افتتاح استاد الملك فهد الدولي".
  8. "كأس الملك فهد للقارات محط أنظار العالم".
  9. "استاد الملك فهد الدولي تحفة معمارية يستوعب 70 ألف متفرج".
  10. "الاتحاد السعودي يوقع مع مياه بيرين عقد رعاية كأس السوبر السعودي".
  11. "قبل النهاية بجولتَيْن.. الهلال يُتوَّج بلقب دوري كأس الأمير محمد بن سلمان".
  12. "النصر يتأهل لمقابلة الهلال على نهائي كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين".
  13. "الهلال يهزم النصر.. ويُتوَّج بطلاً لكأس الملك للمرة التاسعة في تاريخه".
  14. "الهلال يخطف السوبر السعودي بفوزه على النصر في لندن".
  15. "أرقام من تاريخ مواجهات ديربي الرياض بين الهلال والنصر في الدوري".
  16. "team statistics".
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