Tourney Name: | Saudi Super Cup |
Year: | 2022 |
Country: | Saudi Arabia |
Dates: | 26 – 29 January 2023 |
Num Teams: | 4 |
City: | Riyadh |
Champion Other: | Al-Ittihad |
Count: | 1 |
Second Other: | Al-Fayha |
Matches: | 3 |
Goals: | 7 |
Attendance: | 106015 |
Top Scorer: | Abderrazak Hamdallah (3 goals) |
Player: | Abderrazak Hamdallah (Al-Ittihad)[1] |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Saudi Super Cup (also known as The Berain Saudi Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th 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 19 February 2022, it was announced that the competition would be changed from a two-team format to four teams, which would include a semi-final round. The winners and runners-up of the Saudi Pro League and the King Cup would take part in the competition.[2] The semi-final round was played on 26 January 2023, and the final was held on 29 January.[3] [4]
Al-Ittihad defeated Al-Fayha 2–0 in the final to win their first title.[5]
The tournament was supposed to feature the winners and runners-up of the 2021–22 King Cup and 2021–22 Saudi Professional League. However, since Al-Hilal were Pro League winners and King Cup runners-up, the extra spot was awarded to the Pro League third-placed team Al-Nassr.[6]
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 | |||||
Al-Hilal | 2021–22 Saudi Professional League winners and 2021–22 King Cup runners-up | 6th | 2021 winners | 3 | 2 | |
Al-Fayha | 2021–22 King Cup winners | 1st | 0 (debut) | – | – | |
Al-Ittihad | 2021–22 Saudi Professional League runners-up | 3rd | 2018 runners-up | – | 2 | |
Al-Nassr | 2021–22 Saudi Professional League third place | 5th | 2020 winners | 2 | 2 |
The draw was held on 24 December at the SSC headquarters in Riyadh. There was no restriction in it.[7] [8]
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See main article: 2022 Saudi Super Cup final.