Emir of Qatar Cup explained

Emir of Qatar Cup
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Country:Qatar
Season:2024
Most Successful Club:Al Sadd (19 titles)
Current:2024 Emir of Qatar Cup

Emir of Qatar Cup (Arabic: كأس أمير قطر), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by all first and second division teams in Qatar. The tournament is played in a knockout system, starting with the round of 16. If there is no winner after regulation time, a penalty shootout decides the winner.

History

The Emir of Qatar Cup is the biggest football cup in the country. The cup was originally only contested by first division teams, but in 1999 the Qatar Football Association decided to allow all second division teams to participate. The cup was played for the first time in 1972, and was won by Al Ahli.[1] The most successful teams are Al Sadd SC with 18 titles and Al-Arabi SC with eight titles. In total, eight teams have won the competition.[2] Ali Absi was the first foreign referee to officiate a match in the first edition of the Emir Cup.[3]

Previous winners

Al-Gharafa 2–1 Al Rayyan

Al Rayyan 1–0 Umm-Salal Sports Club

Al Rayyan 2–1 Al-Gharafa

Al-Gharafa 0–0 Al Sadd (aet, 4–3 pens)

Al Rayyan 2–1 Al Sadd

Al Sadd 3–0 Al-Sailiya

Al Sadd 2–1 El Jaish

Lekhwiya SC 2–2 Al-Sadd SC (aet, 4–2 pens)

Al Sadd 2–1 Al-Arabi

Al Sadd 1–1 Al Rayyan (aet, 5–4 pens)

Al-Duhail 5–1 Al-Gharafa

Al-Arabi 3–0 Al-Sadd

Al-Sadd 1-0 Qatar SC

Statistics

Referees of finals

[3] [4]

Winning club captains

Source: alarab.qa

Club managers in finals

Statistics accurate as of 6 September 2022.[5]

Top-performing clubs

ClubChampions
19
9
8 (5 as Al-Oruba)
7 (5 as Al-Ittihad)
6
4
4 (1 as Lekhwiya)
1

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Qatar - List of Cup Winners. RSSSF. 2 February 2023. 2 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230202013805/https://rsssf.org/tablesq/qatcuphist.html. live.
  2. Web site: Amir Cup . 2023-04-04 . 21 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230121054053/https://www.qfa.qa/amir-cup/ . live .
  3. Web site: مسابقة كأس سمو الأمير لكرة القدم المباريات النهائية. alkass.net. 18 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184407/http://www.alkass.net/dev/cup2011-emir-history.aspx. 27 September 2013. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: http://superkoora.com/2022/News-38096.html. ar:حصريا - قائمة حكام نهائي كأس الأمير من 1973 وحتى 2013. superkoora. ar. 23 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927085417/http://superkoora.com/2022/News-38096.html. 27 September 2013. dead.
  5. Web site: Amir Cup 2022 . 2022-09-06 . 7 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220907065808/https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/competition/overall/16048-amir_cup/2022 . live .