Emir of Qatar Cup 1972; 49 years ago (1972 ) Qatar Al-Sadd (17th title) (2020)Al-Sadd (17 titles)Current: 2020 Emir of Qatar Cup
Emir of Qatar Cup is an association football tournament played every season by 18 first and second division teams. The most successful is Al Sadd who won the tournament 17 times. Emir of Qatar Cup was played for the first time in 1972, and was won by Al Ahli .[1]
History [ edit ] Al Ahli SC won the first ever Emir of Qatar Cup, defeating Al-Rayyan SC 6-1 under the leadership of Sudanese coach Mohammed Kheiri. Till this day, it is the joint-largest scoreline ever recorded in an Emir Cup final. It was refereed by Ali al-Absi, while Abdullah Siddiqi scored the first ever goal in an Emir Cup final. Two years later, Al Ahli were denied another Emir Cup title in a tight match against Al-Sadd SC which Al Sadd won 4-3. In this match, the first ever hat-trick in an Emir Cup was scored by Iranian player Qassim Falah who played for Al Ahli.
The first ever Emir Cup final to be broadcast on color television was the 1975 final which took place in Al-Ahly Stadium . It was commentated by Qatari Mohammed Nuah.
The largest scoring match in the Emir Cup took place in 1981/82 between Al Sadd and Al-Shamal SC . Al Shamal were defeated 16-2.
1991/92 is the only season to ever be held in an away/home format. Al Ahli SC won that year, defeating Al-Rayyan SC .
In the 1992/93 edition, the tournament saw a record number of red cards handed out - Al Sadd players received 4 red cards, while Al-Arabi SC only received 1. Al Arabi won the match 3-0 thanks to a brace by Khalifa Salem and a goal by Edison.
Ali Absi was the first foreign referee to officiate a match in the first edition of the Emir Cup.[2]
The Emir Cup has undergone format changes since it was first played in the early 70s. In 1999, it was decide to include Second Division sides along with the top tier teams playing for Qatar national league title. In 2004, the tournament was plane in such a manner that the event would last five stages.[3]
Previous winners [ edit ] 1972–73: Al Ahli 6–1 Al Rayyan 1973–74: Al-Esteqlal 2–1 Al Sadd 1974–75: Al Sadd 4–3 Al Ahli 1975–76: Al-Esteqlal 4–3 Al Arabi 1976–77: Al Sadd 1–0 Al-Rayyan 1977–78: Al Arabi 5–1 Al Wakrah Club 1978–79: Al Arabi 3–1 Al Wakrah Club 1979–80: Al Arabi 2–1 Al-Khor 1980–81: Al Ahli 2–1 Qatar SC 1981–82: Al Sadd 2–1 Al-Rayyan 1982–83: Al Arabi 1–0 Al Sadd 1983–84: Al Arabi 3–2 Al Ahli 1984–85: Al Sadd 2–1 Al Ahli 1985–86: Al Sadd 2–0 Al Arabi 1986–87: Al Ahli 2–0 Al Sadd 1987–88: Al Sadd 4–3 Al Wakrah Club 1988–89: Al Arabi 2–0 Qatar SC 1989–90: Al Arabi 3–0 Al Wakrah Club 1990–91: Al Sadd 1–0 Al-Rayyan 1991–92: Al Ahli 2–1 Al Rayyan 1992–93: Al Arabi 3–0 Al Sadd 1993–94: Al Sadd 3–2 Al Arabi 1994–95: Al-Ittihad 2–1 Al Wakrah Club 1995–96: Al-Ittihad 5–2 Al-Rayyan 1996–97: Al-Ittihad 1–1 Al-Rayyan (aet, 3–2 pens) 1997–98: Al-Ittihad 4–3 Al Ahli 1998–99: Al Rayyan 2–1 Al-Gharrafa 1999–2000: Al Sadd 2–0 Al-Rayyan 2000–01: Al Sadd 3–2 Qatar SC 2001–02: Al-Ittihad 4–1 Al Sadd 2002–03: Al Sadd 2–1 Al Ahli 2003–04: Al Rayyan 3–2 Qatar SC 2004–05: Al Sadd 0–0 Al Wakrah Club (aet, 5–4 pens) 2005–06: Al Rayyan 1–1 Al-Gharafa (aet, 5–3 pens) 2006–07: Al Sadd 0–0 Al-Khor (aet, 5–4 pens) 2007–08: Umm-Salal Sports Club 2–2 Al-Gharafa (aet, 4–1 pens) 2009: Al-Gharafa 2–1 Al Rayyan 2010: Al Rayyan 1–0 Umm-Salal Sports Club 2011: Al Rayyan 2–1 Al-Gharafa 2012: Al-Gharafa 0–0 Al-Sadd SC (aet, 5–4 pens) 2013: Al Rayyan 2–1 Al-Sadd SC 2014: Al-Sadd SC 3–0 Al-Sailiya 2015: Al-Sadd SC 2–1 El Jaish 2016: Lekhwiya SC 2–2 Al-Sadd SC (aet, 4–2 pens) 2017: Al-Sadd SC 2–1 Al Rayyan 2018: Al-Duhail 2–1 Al Rayyan 2019: Al-Duhail 4–1 Al Sadd 2020: Al Sadd 2–1 Al-Arabi Statistics [ edit] Referees of finals [ edit] [2] [4]
1972–73 : Ali Absi 1973–74 : Ahed Shanti 1974–75 : Ahed Shanti 1975–76 : Taleb Ballan 1976–77 : Taleb Ballan 1977–78 : Mubarak Walid 1978–79 : Taleb Ballan 1979–80 : Mubarak Walid 1980–81 : Taleb Ballan 1981–82 : Mustafa Ezzat 1982–83 : Mustafa Ezzat 1983–84 : Mohammed Al Mulla 1984–85 : Hassan Al Mulla 1985–86 : Juman Salem 1986–87 : Ibrahim Buahuan 1987–88 : Hassan Al Mulla 1988–89 : Ibrahim Buahuan 1989–90 : Hassan Al Mulla 1990–91 : Ibrahim Buahuan 1991–92 : Omar Al-Muhanna 1992–93 : Rashid Mujeebi 1993–94 : Ibrahim Al Kaabi 1994–95 : Hassan Jowhar 1995–96 : Jumaa Ali
1996–97 : Jassim Mohammed Al Hail 1997–98 : Jassim Al Khouri 1998–99 : Abdulla Al Qahtani 1999–2000 : Jassim Mohammed Al Hail 2000–01 : Said Belqola 2001–02 : Graham Barber 2002–03 : Pierluigi Collina 2003–04 : Markus Merk 2004–05 : Steve Bennett 2005–06 : Graham Poll 2006–07 : Roberto Rosetti 2007–08 : Ľuboš Micheľ 2009 : Roberto Rosetti 2010 : Frank De Bleeckere 2011 : Viktor Kassai 2012 : Damir Skomina 2013 : Abdulrahman Abdou 2014 : Khamis Al-Marri 2015 : Khamis Al-Kuwari 2016 : Salman Falahi 2017 : Gianluca Rocchi 2018 : Abdulrahman Al Jassim 2019 : Abdulrahman Al Jassim 2020 : Saoud Al-Adhbah
Winning club captains [ edit] Source: alarab.qa
1972–73 : Mohammed Ghanim Al Rumaihi 1973–74 : Mubarak Walid Said 1974–75 : Obeid Jumaa 1975–76 : Salman Faraj 1976–77 : Mubarak Anber 1977–78 : Majid Al Sayegh 1978–79 : Majid Al Sayegh 1979–80 : Abdullah Saad Al Sulaiti 1980–81 : Hussein Khawaja 1981–82 : Mubarak Anber 1982–83 : Abdullah Saad Al Sulaiti 1983–84 : Abdullah Saad Al Sulaiti 1984–85 : Mubarak Anber 1985–86 : Mubarak Anber 1986–87 : Adel Malallah 1987–88 : Yousef Al Adsani 1988–89 : Ibrahim Khalfan 1989–90 : Nasser Mohammed Al-Hitmi 1990–91 : Yousef Al Adsani 1991–92 : Adel Malallah 1992–93 : Mohammed Dahham Al Suwaidi
1993–94 : Yousef Al Adsani 1994–95 : Adel Khamis 1995–96 : Adel Khamis 1996–97 : Adel Khamis 1997–98 : Adel Khamis 1998–99 : Younis Ahmed 1999–2000 : Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly 2000–01 : Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly 2001–02 : Amer Al Kaabi 2002–03 : Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari 2003–04 : Fernando Hierro 2004–05 : Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari 2005–06 : ? 2006–07 : Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari 2007–08 : Aziz Ben Askar 2009 : Saad Al-Shammari 2010 : Marcelo Tavares 2011 : Fábio César 2012 : Otmane El Assas 2013 : Fábio César 2014 : Raúl
Club managers in finals [ edit] [2]
1972–73 : Mohammed Kheiri (Al Ahli) def. Salem Ashour (Al Rayyan) 1973–74 : Wagdi Jamal (Qatar SC) def. Said Musa (Al Sadd) 1974–75 : Hassan Osman (Al Sadd) def. Ali Attar (Al Ahli) 1975–76 : Mohammed Kheiri (Qatar SC) def. Wagdi Jamal (Al Arabi) 1976–77 : Hassan Osman (Al Sadd) def. Youssef Saleh (Al Rayyan) 1977–78 : Abdul Ameer Zainal (Al Arabi) def. Wagdi Jamal (Al Wakrah) 1978–79 : Silas (Al Arabi) def. Carlos Alberto (Al Wakrah) 1979–80 : Silas (Al Arabi) def. Ronald Douglas (Al Khor) 1980–81 : Helmi Hussein (Al Ahli) def. Park Byung-suk (Qatar SC) 1981–82 : Hassan Osman (Al Sadd) def. Abdel Moneim Al Haj (Al Rayyan) 1982–83 : Procópio Cardoso (Al Arabi) def. Jimmy Meadows (Al Sadd) 1983–84 : Sebastião (Al Arabi) def. Eid Mubarak (Al Ahli) 1984–85 : Hassan Osman (Al Sadd) def. Eid Mubarak (Al Ahli) 1985–86 : Procópio Cardoso (Al Sadd) def. Sebastião (Al Arabi) 1986–87 : Joubert Meira (Al Ahli) def. Procópio Cardoso (Al Sadd) 1987–88 : Ahmed Omar (Al Sadd) def. Len Ashurst (Al Wakrah) 1988–89 : Joseph Bowie (Al Arabi) def. Paulo Massa (Qatar SC) 1989–90 : Luis Alberto (Al Arabi) def. Hassan Ali (Al Wakrah) 1990–91 : Silas (Al Sadd) def. René Simões (Al Rayyan) 1991–92 : Paulo Massa (Al Ahli) def. Luis Alberto (Al Rayyan) 1992–93 : Zé Mário (Al Arabi) def. Sebastião Lapola (Al Sadd)
1993–94 : Ahmed Omar (Al Sadd) def. René Simões (Al Arabi) 1994–95 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Adnan Dirjal (Al Wakrah) 1995–96 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Benny Johansen (Al Rayyan) 1996–97 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Eid Mubarak (Al Rayyan) 1997–98 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Abdelkadir Bomir (Al Ahli) 1998–99 : Roald Poulsen (Al Rayyan) def. Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) 1999–2000 : Džemaludin Mušović (Al Sadd) def. Jørgen E. Larsen (Al Rayyan) 2000–01 : René Meulensteen (Al Sadd) def. Verner Lička (Qatar SC) 2001–02 : Josef Hickersberger (Al Gharafa) def. Ilie Balaci (Al Sadd) 2002–03 : Luka Peruzović (Al Sadd) def. Carlos Alhinho (Al Ahli) 2003–04 : Jean Castaneda (Al Rayyan) def. Džemaludin Mušović (Qatar SC) 2004–05 : Bora Milutinović (Al Sadd) def. Adnan Dirjal (Al Wakrah) 2005–06 : Rabah Madjer (Al Rayyan) def. Harres Mohammed (Al Gharafa) 2006–07 : Jorge Fossati (Al Sadd) def. Jean-Paul Rabier (Al Khor) 2007–08 : Laurent Banide (Umm Salal) def. Marcos Paquetá (Al Gharafa) 2008–09 : Marcos Paquetá (Al Gharafa) def. Paulo Autuori (Al Rayyan) 2009–10 : Paulo Autuori (Al Rayyan) def. Gérard Gili (Umm Salal) 2010–11 : Paulo Autuori (Al Rayyan) def. Bruno Metsu (Al Gharafa) 2011–12 : Paulo Silas (Al Gharafa) def. Jorge Fossati (Al Sadd) 2012–13 : Diego Aguirre (Al Rayyan) def. Jorge Fossati (Al Sadd) 2013–14 : Hussein Amotta (Al Sadd) def. Sami Trabelsi (Al Sailiya)
Top-Performing Clubs [ edit] Club Champions Al-Sadd 17 Al-Arabi 8 Al-Gharrafa 7 (5 as Al-Ittihad) Al-Rayyan 6 Al-Ahli 4 Al-Duhail 3 (1 as Lekhwiya) Qatar SC 2 (2 as Al-Esteqlal) Umm-Salal 1
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