The 2021 Saudi Super Cup (also known as The Berain Saudi Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th edition of the

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, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's

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. It was played on 6 January 2022 at the

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, between Al Hilal and Al Faisaly. Al-Hilal defeated Al-Faisaly 2–2 (4–3 on

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) to win their third title. Al-Hilal then became the most successful team in the Super Cup, surpassing Al-Nassr's two titles.

Venue

The

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was originally announced as the venue of the final on 15 September 2021. However, on 31 December, it was announced that the match would instead take place at the

in Riyadh. This will be the first Super Cup to be held at the stadium The Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium was built in 1969 and opened in 1971 with the

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final between Al-Shabab and Al-Ahli being the opener. The stadium was used as a venue for many domestic cup finals and the 1972 Arabian Gulf Cup. Its current capacity is 22,500 and it is used by the

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, Al-Hilal, and Al-Shabab.

Background

As part of the running sponsorship deal between the

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(SAFF) and Saudi water company Berain, the match will be officially referred to as "The Berain Saudi Super Cup". This will be Al-Hilal's fifth appearance in the competition and second consecutive one. Al-Hilal won the title twice, in

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, and finished as runners-up twice, in

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. This will be Al-Faisaly's first appearance in the competition. Al-Hilal qualified by winning the

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on 23 May 2021. Al-Faisaly qualified after winning their first ever King Cup title on 27 May 2021. This will be the first meeting between these two sides in the

and the first-ever meeting between them in a cup final. This will be the 34th competitive meeting between the two with the first meeting dating back to 20 March 1975. Al-Hilal won 26 times while the two teams drew seven times. Al-Faisaly have never beaten Al-Hilal in a competitive match before. The two teams met once in the 2021–22 season with Al-Hilal coming back from 2–0 down to win the match 3–2.

Match

Details

Statistics

References

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