The 2025 Saudi Super Cup final was the 12th edition of the Saudi Super Cup. The final was played on 23 August 2025 at the Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong, between Al-Ahli and Al-Nassr.
Al-Ahli won 5–3 on a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 draw, securing their second title and first since 2016.
Teams Team Qualification for tournament Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners) Al-Nassr 2024–25 Pro League third place 5 (2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2024) Al-Ahli 2024–25 Pro League fifth place 1 (2016)
Venue
The Hong Kong Stadium was announced as the venue of the tournament on 13 June 2025. This was the first time the tournament was hosted in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Stadium was built and opened in 1953 as the Government Stadium and underwent renovations and reopened as the Hong Kong Stadium in 1994. The stadium was used as a venue for the inaugural AFC Asian Cup as well as the 1997–98 Asian Club Championship knockout stage. It is used by the Hong Kong national team as a home stadium.
Background
This was Al-Ahli's second appearance in the final. Al-Ahli beat Al-Hilal on penalties in their only final appearance in 2016. Al-Ahli qualified by defeating Al-Qadsiah 5–1 in the semi-finals.
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 defeating Al-Ittihad 2–1 in the semi-finals.
This was the first meeting between these two sides in the Saudi 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. 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. 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 striker Ivan 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".
Match Details
GK 24 BentoRB 12 Nawaf Boushal CB 3 Mohamed SimakanCB 26 Iñigo MartínezLB 23 Ayman Yahya DM 11 Marcelo Brozović DM 17 Abdullah Al-Khaibari RW 21 Kingsley Coman AM 79 João Félix LW 80 Wesley CF 7 Cristiano RonaldoSubstitutes:GK 1 Nawaf Al-AqidiDF 2 Sultan Al-Ghannam DF 5 Abdulelah Al-AmriDF 70 Awad AmanDF 83 Salem Al-NajdiMF 19 Ali Al-HassanMF 29 Abdulrahman GhareebMF 46 Abdulaziz Al-AliwaFW 16 Mohammed MaranFW 20 Ângelo Gabriel FW 30 Meshari Al-NemerFW 60 Saad HaqawiManager: Jorge Jesus GK 16 Édouard MendyRB 27 Ali MajrashiCB 28 Merih Demiral CB 3 Roger IbañezLB 32 Matteo Dams RM 7 Riyad MahrezCM 79 Franck Kessié CM 10 Enzo Millot LM 13 Galeno CF 9 Firas Al-Buraikan CF 17 Ivan Toney Substitutes:GK 1 Abdulrahman Al-SanbiGK 62 Abdullah AbdohDF 5 Mohammed SulaimanDF 29 Mohammed AbdulrahmanDF 31 Saad Balobaid DF 46 Rayan HamedDF 88 Abdulelah Al-KhaibariMF 14 Eid Al-Muwallad MF 19 Fahad Al-RashidiMF 26 Yaseen Al-ZubaidiMF 30 Ziyad Al-JohaniMF 47 Saleh AboulshamatManager: Matthias Jaissle
Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-ShammariYassir Al-Sultan Fourth official: Majed Al-Shamrani Video assistant referee: Mamdouh Al Shahdan Assistant video assistant referees: Abdulrahim Al-Shammari |}Match rules 90 minutes Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions
Statistics
+First halfStatisticAl-NassrAl-AhliGoals scored11Total shots72Shots on target31Saves02Ball possession63%37%Corner kicks30Offsides03Yellow cards12Red cards00
+Second halfStatisticAl-NassrAl-AhliGoals scored11Total shots56Shots on target21Saves01Ball possession61%39%Corner kicks44Offsides01Yellow cards22Red cards00
+OverallStatisticAl-NassrAl-AhliGoals scored22Total shots128Shots on target52Saves03Ball possession62%38%Corner kicks74Fouls committed913Offsides04Yellow cards34Red cards00
See also 2024–25 Saudi Pro League 2024–25 King Cup
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