| Event | 2025 Saudi Super Cup | ||||||
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| Al-Ahli won 5–3 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 23 August 2025 (2025-08-23) | ||||||
| Venue | Hong Kong Stadium,Hong Kong | ||||||
| Referee | Mohammed Al-Hoaish[1] | ||||||
| Attendance | 30,240 | ||||||
| Weather | Rainy 27 °C (81 °F) 84%humidity[2] | ||||||
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The2025 Saudi Super Cup final was the 12th edition of theSaudi Super Cup. The final was played on 23 August 2025 at theHong Kong Stadium,Hong Kong, betweenAl-Ahli andAl-Nassr.[3]
Al-Ahli won 5–3 on a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 draw, securing their second title and first since2016.[4]
| Team | Qualification for tournament | Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) |
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| Al-Nassr | 2024–25 Pro League third place | 5 (2014,2015,2019,2020,2024) |
| Al-Ahli | 2024–25 Pro League fifth place | 1 (2016) |
TheHong Kong Stadium was announced as the venue of the tournament on 13 June 2025.[5] This was the first time the tournament was hosted inHong Kong.
The Hong Kong Stadium was built and opened in 1953 as theGovernment Stadium and underwent renovations and reopened as the Hong Kong Stadium in 1994.[6] The stadium was used as a venue for theinauguralAFC Asian Cup as well as the1997–98 Asian Club Championship knockout stage. It is used by theHong Kong national team as a home stadium.
This was Al-Ahli's second appearance in the final. Al-Ahli beatAl-Hilal on penalties in their only final appearance in2016.[7] Al-Ahli qualified by defeatingAl-Qadsiah 5–1 in the semi-finals.[8]
Al-Nassr were making their sixth finals appearance, the joint most by any club. They won the title twice, in 2019 and 2020. Al-Nassr qualified after defeatingAl-Ittihad 2–1 in the semi-finals.[9]
This was the first meeting between these two sides in theSaudi Super Cup and the eleventh meeting in a cup final. In the ten previous cup final meetings, Al-Ahli has won six times, while Al-Nassr has won four times. The first cup final between the two dates back to the 1971 King Cup final.[10] This was the 139th competitive meeting between the two sides in all competitions. In their prior encounters, Al-Ahli won 53 times, Al-Nassr won 50 times, and the two teams drew 35 times.[11]Majed Abdullah is the top scorer of this fixture with 24 goals. The two teams had met twice previously in the 2024–25 season, with the first fixture ending in a draw and Al-Nassr winning the return fixture.
Ahead of the final match, Al-Ahli strikerIvan Toney expressed frustration over his team's treatment during preparations in Hong Kong. He criticized the organizers for providing subpar training conditions, stating, "We've been on the worst pitch, and trained after other teams. We've been the most hated, the team nobody wants to win; it gives us that extra hunger and fight to win something against these teams".[12]
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