2004–05 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

2004–05 Crown Prince Cup
Tournament details
Country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	8 December 2004 – 13 May 2005
Teams	44 (all); 32 (qualifying competition); 16 (main competition)
Defending champions	Al-Ittihad
Final positions
Champions	Al-Hilal (5th title)
Runner-up	Al-Qadisiyah
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	59 (3.47 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Sérgio Ricardo; (5 goals)
	(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)
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The 2004–05 Crown Prince Cup was the 30th season of the Saudi premier knockout tournament since its establishment in 1957. It started with the qualifying rounds on 8 December 2004 and concluded with the final on 13 May 2005.

Al-Ittihad were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Al-Hilal.^[1]

Al-Hilal won their 5th title following a 2–1 win over Al-Qadisiyah in the final.^[2]

The winner of the Crown Prince Cup earns automatic qualification to the 2006 AFC Champions League group stages. However, as Al-Hilal qualified for the AFC Champions League as league winners, Al-Shabab, the league runners-up, took this Champions League spot.

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 8 December 2004. First Division sides Al-Khaleej, Al-Raed, and Najran, and Second Division side Al-Watani qualified.^[3]

First round edit

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Wednesday 8 December 2004
Abha (2)	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Al-Maseef (4)
Al-Akhdoud (3)	3–1	Sharurah (4)
Al-Tuhami (3)	0–1	Damac (3)
Al-Orobah (3)	4–0	Al-Entelaq (4)
Al-Jabalain (2)	3–2	Al-Rayyan (4)
Al-Watani (3)	3–0	Al-Majd (4)
Al-Arabi (3)	2–1	Al-Najma (2)
Sdoos (3)	2–0	Markh (4)
Al-Faisaly (2)	0–3	Al-Hamadah (2)
Hajer (2)	2–1	Al-Adalah (3)
Al-Hazem (2)	1–2	Al-Raed (2)
Najran (2)	2–0	Wej (4)
Al-Khaleej (2)	2–0	Al Omran (4)
Al-Fateh (2)	4–0	Al-Oyoon (3)
Al-Shoulla (2)	2–0	Al-Nahda (3)
Al-Taawoun (2)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Fayha (2)

Second round edit

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Monday 13 December 2004
Najran (2)	1–0	Damac (3)
Al-Jabalain (2)	1–4	Sdoos (3)
Al-Hamadah (2)	1–2	Al-Raed (2)
Al-Akhdoud (3)	3–1	Al-Maseef (4)
Al-Taawoun (2)	2–0	Al-Arabi (3)
Hajer (2)	0–2	Al-Fateh (2)
Al-Shoulla (2)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Al-Khaleej (2)
Al-Orobah (3)	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Al-Watani (3)

Final Round edit

Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
Thursday 23 December 2004
Al-Fateh (2)	0–0 (3–4 p)	Al-Khaleej (2)
Najran (2)	3–0	Al-Akhdoud (3)
Al-Taawoun (2)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Al-Raed (2)
Sdoos (3)	0–3	Al-Watani (3)

Round of 16 edit

The Round of 16 fixtures were played on 15, 16, 17 and 18 February 2005.^[4]^[5] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

15 February 2005	Al-Riyadh (1)	1–3	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Faqihi 36'	Report	Sousa 61' Hakami 77' Al-Qahtani 83'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari

16 February 2005	Al-Shabab (1)	4–0	Al-Khaleej (2)	Riyadh
20:00	Ahmed Otaif 47' Attram 72' Akram 76' Majrashi 86'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Misfer Al-Shureim

16 February 2005	Al-Tai (1)	4–3	Al-Ettifaq (1)	Ha'il
20:00	Ndiaye 44', 69', 90' Al-Shallaqi 70'	Report	Al-Bashah 8' Bashir 14', 20'	Stadium: Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Referee: Mamdouh Al-Mirdasi

17 February 2005	Al-Nassr (1)	4–1	Al-Ansar (1)	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Khair 22' Mater 31' Al-Thagafi 75' Al-Khojali 81' (pen.)	Report	Nami 46'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Saad Al-Suwailem

17 February 2005	Al-Wehda (1)	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Ohod (1)	Mecca
20:00	Al-Jefri 30', 81' (pen.) Kazadi 103' Al-Kuwaikabi 120'	Report	Suwayed 74' Al-Olayani 85'	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri

18 February 2005	Al-Raed (2)	0–1	Al-Hilal (1)	Buraidah
15:50		Report	Al-Shalhoub 12'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Ali Al-Mutlaq

18 February 2005	Al-Ittihad (1)	5–0	Najran (2)	Jeddah
20:00	Idris 1', 10' Sérgio 45', 83' Al-Otaibi 90'	Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani

18 February 2005	Al-Watani (3)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)	Al-Ahli (1)	Tabuk
20:00	A. Al-Shammari 83' Awaji 95'	Report	Rogério 89', 101'	Stadium: King Khalid Sport City Stadium Referee: Mohammed Thamer
	Penalties
	Al-Harbi Rabe'e Al-Blwi Al-Yami Al-Enezi		Rogério Al-Qadi Al-Gizani Al-Jassim

Quarter-finals edit

The Quarter-finals fixtures were played on 3, 4, 5 and 6 March 2005.^[6] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

4 March 2005	Al-Shabab (1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Al-Qadisiyah (1)	Riyadh
20:20	Manga 48' Abdoh Otaif 88'	Report	Al-Qahtani 45' Hakami 53'	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi
	Penalties
	Attram Abdoh Otaif Ahmed Otaif Al-Dossari Manga Akram		Al-Qahtani Hagawi Hakami Al-Shareedah Al-Khaldi Al-Haranda

5 March 2005	Al-Nassr (1)	1–0	Al-Watani (3)	Riyadh
20:00	Al-Sagoor 12'	Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Tuwaijari

6 March 2005	Al-Wehda (1)	0–1	Al-Hilal (1)	Mecca
20:30		Report	Al-Shalhoub 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: King Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jarwani

7 March 2005	Al-Ittihad (1)	5–1	Al-Tai (1)	Jeddah
20:30	Sérgio 15', 43', 69' Hamad Ji 60' (o.g.) Al-Saqri 80'	Report	Ndiaye 49'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Mujeb Al-Dossari

Semi-finals edit

The Semi-finals first legs were played on 25 and 26 April 2005 while the second legs were played on 29 and 30 April 2005.^[7] All times are local, AST (UTC+3).