Tourney Name: | Saudi Super Cup |
Year: | 2023 |
Country: | United Arab Emirates |
Dates: | 8 – 11 April 2024 |
Num Teams: | 4 |
City: | Abu Dhabi |
Champion Other: | Al-Hilal |
Count: | 4 |
Second Other: | Al-Ittihad |
Matches: | 3 |
Goals: | 11 |
Attendance: | 70250 |
Top Scorer: | Malcom (3 goals) |
Player: | Malcom (Al-Hilal)[1] |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 Saudi Super Cup (also known as The Diriyah Saudi Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the Saudi Super Cup, an annual football competition for clubs in the Saudi Arabia football league system that were successful in its major competitions in the preceding season.
On 5 April 2024, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and the Diriyah Company signed a sponsorship deal for the 2023 edition. The match would officially be referred to as "The Diriyah Saudi Super Cup".[2]
Al-Hilal defeated Al-Ittihad 4–1 in the final to win their record-extending fourth title.[3]
The tournament featured the winners and runners-up of the 2022–23 King Cup and 2022–23 Saudi Pro League.[4]
The following four teams qualified for the tournament.
Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Last appearance as | Years performance | |||
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Winner(s) | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | |||||
Al-Ittihad | 2022–23 Saudi Pro League winners | 4th | 2022 winners | 1 | 2 | – | |
Al-Hilal | 2022–23 King Cup winners | 7th | 2022 semi-finalists | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Al-Nassr | 2022–23 Saudi Pro League runners-up | 6th | 2022 semi-finalists | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Al-Wehda | 2022–23 King Cup runners-up | 1st | 0 (debut) | – | – | – |
The 2023 Saudi Super Cup was supposed to be held between 27 February and 1 March. However, following the date change for 2023–24 AFC Champions League knockout stage, it was announced that the Super Cup would be postponed to a later date.[5] On 9 March, it was announced that Super Cup would take place in the United Arab Emirates between 8 and 11 April. It was announced that the first semi-final between Al-Ittihad and Al-Wehda would take place at the Al Nahyan Stadium while the second semi-final between Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr as well as the final would take place at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium.[6]
Abu Dhabi | ||
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Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium | Al Nahyan Stadium | |
Capacity: 36,186 | Capacity: 15,894 | |
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See main article: 2023 Saudi Super Cup final.