Amir of Qatar Cup

Amir of Qatar Cup
Founded	1972; 54 years ago
Country	Qatar
Confederation	Asian Football Confederation
Number of clubs	20
Current champions	Al-Gharafa ; (2025)
Most championships	Al Sadd (19 titles)
	Current: 2025 Emir of Qatar Cup

Amir of Qatar Cup (Arabic: كأس أمير قطر), also formally known as the Emir Cup, which was eventually changed to the Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by all first and second division teams in Qatar. The tournament is played in a knockout system, starting with the round of 16. If there is no winner after regulation time, a penalty shootout decides the winner.

History

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Qatar Emir Cup in 2009

The Amir of Qatar Cup is the biggest football cup in the country. The cup was originally only contested by first division teams, but in 1999 the Qatar Football Association decided to allow all second division teams to participate. The cup was played for the first time in 1972, and was won by Al Ahli.^[1] The most successful teams are Al Sadd SC with 18 titles and Al-Arabi SC with eight titles. In total, eight teams have won the competition.^[2] Ali Absi was the first foreign referee to officiate a match in the first edition of the Emir Cup.^[3]

Previous winners

1972–73: Al Ahli 6–1 Al Rayyan
1973–74: Qatar SC 2–1 Al Sadd
1974–75: Al Sadd 4–3 Al Ahli
1975–76: Qatar SC 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-Gharafa 2–1 Al Wakrah Club
1995–96: Al-Gharafa 5–2 Al-Rayyan
1996–97: Al-Gharafa 1–1 Al-Rayyan (aet, 3–2 pens)
1997–98: Al-Gharafa 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-Gharafa 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 (aet, 4–3 pens)
2013: Al Rayyan 2–1 Al Sadd
2014: Al Sadd 3–0 Al-Sailiya
2015: Al Sadd 2–1 El Jaish
2016: Lekhwiya SC 2–2 Al-Sadd SC (aet, 4–2 pens)
2017: Al Sadd 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
2021: Al Sadd 1–1 Al Rayyan (aet, 5–4 pens)
2022: Al-Duhail 5–1 Al-Gharafa
2023: Al-Arabi 3–0 Al-Sadd
2024: Al-Sadd 1–0 Qatar SC
2025: Al-Gharafa 2–1 Al-Rayyan

Statistics

Referees of finals

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1972–73 : Palestine Ali Absi
1973–74 : Jordan Ahed Shanti
1974–75 : Jordan 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 : Saudi Arabia Omer Al Mehannah
1992–93 : Algeria Rashid Mujeebi
1993–94 : Ibrahim Al Kaabi
1994–95 : Hassan Jawhar
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 : Morocco Said Belqola
2001–02 : Graham Barber
2002–03 : Italy Pierluigi Collina
2003–04 : Germany Markus Merk
2004–05 : Steve Bennett
2005–06 : Graham Poll
2006–07 : Italy Roberto Rosetti
2007–08 : Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ
2009 : Italy Roberto Rosetti
2010 : Belgium Frank De Bleeckere
2011 : Hungary Viktor Kassai
2012 : Slovenia Damir Skomina
2013 : Abdulrahman Abdou
2014 : Khamis Al-Marri
2015 : Khamis Al-Kuwari
2016 : Salman Falahi
2017 : Italy Gianluca Rocchi
2018 : Abdulrahman Al Jassim
2019 : Abdulrahman Al Jassim
2020 : Saoud Al-Adhbah
2021 : Abdullah Al Athbah
2022 : Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

2025 : Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari

Winning club captains

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 : Younes 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 : Abdulrahman Al-Kuwari
2006–07 : Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari
2007–08 : Morocco Aziz Ben Askar
2009 : Saad Al-Shammari
2010 : Brazil Marcelo Tavares
2011 : Fábio César
2012 : Morocco Otmane El Assas
2013 : Fábio César
2014 : Raúl
2015 : Talal Al-Bloushi
2016 : Karim Boudiaf
2017 : Xavi
2018 : Karim Boudiaf
2019 : Mohammed Musa
2020 : Hassan Al-Haydos
2021 : Hassan Al-Haydos
2022 : Almoez Ali
2023 : Unknown
2024 : Hassan Al-Haydos
2025 : Tunisia Ferjani Sassi

Club managers in finals

Statistics accurate as of 6 September 2022.^{[citation needed]}

1972–73 : Sudan Mohammed Kheiri (Al Ahli) def. Sudan Salem Ashour (Al Rayyan)
1973–74 : Wagdi Jamal (Qatar SC) def. Said Musa (Al Sadd)
1974–75 : Sudan Hassan Othman (Al Sadd) def. Ali Attar (Al Ahli)
1975–76 : Sudan Mohammed Kheiri (Qatar SC) def. Wagdi Jamal (Al Arabi)
1976–77 : Sudan Hassan Othman (Al Sadd) def. Sudan Youssef Saleh (Al Rayyan)
1977–78 : Abdul Ameer Zainal (Al Arabi) def. Wagdi Jamal (Al Wakrah)
1978–79 : Brazil Silas (Al Arabi) def. Brazil Carlos Alberto (Al Wakrah)
1979–80 : Brazil Silas (Al Arabi) def. Ronald Douglas (Al Khor)
1980–81 : Helmi Hussein (Al Ahli) def. South Korea Park Byung-suk (Qatar SC)
1981–82 : Sudan Hassan Othman (Al Sadd) def. Abdel Moneim Al Haj (Al Rayyan)
1982–83 : Brazil Procópio Cardoso (Al Arabi) def. Jimmy Meadows (Al Sadd)
1983–84 : Brazil Sebastião (Al Arabi) def. Eid Mubarak (Al Ahli)
1984–85 : Sudan Hassan Othman (Al Sadd) def. Eid Mubarak (Al Ahli)
1985–86 : Brazil Procópio Cardoso (Al Sadd) def. Brazil Sebastião (Al Arabi)
1986–87 : Brazil Joubert Meira (Al Ahli) def. Brazil Procópio Cardoso (Al Sadd)
1987–88 : Ahmed Omar (Al Sadd) def. Len Ashurst (Al Wakrah)
1988–89 : Joseph Bowie (Al Arabi) def. Brazil Paulo Massa (Qatar SC)
1989–90 : Brazil Luis Alberto (Al Arabi) def. Hassan Ali (Al Wakrah)
1990–91 : Brazil Silas (Al Sadd) def. Brazil René Simões (Al Rayyan)
1991–92 : Brazil Paulo Massa (Al Ahli) def. Brazil Luis Alberto (Al Rayyan)
1992–93 : Brazil Zé Mário (Al Arabi) def. Brazil Sebastião Lapola (Al Sadd)
1993–94 : Ahmed Omar (Al Sadd) def. Brazil René Simões (Al Arabi)
1994–95 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Iraq Adnan Dirjal (Al Wakrah)
1995–96 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Denmark Benny Johansen (Al Rayyan)
1996–97 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Eid Mubarak (Al Rayyan)

1997–98 : Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa) def. Morocco Abdelkadir Bomir (Al Ahli)
1998–99 : Denmark Roald Poulsen (Al Rayyan) def. Jamal Haji (Al Gharafa)
1999–2000 : Džemaludin Mušović (Al Sadd) def. Denmark Jørgen E. Larsen (Al Rayyan)
2000–01 : René Meulensteen (Al Sadd) def. Czech Republic Verner Lička (Qatar SC)
2001–02 : Austria Josef Hickersberger (Al Gharafa) def. Romania Ilie Balaci (Al Sadd)
2002–03 : Croatia Luka Peruzović (Al Sadd) def. Portugal Carlos Alhinho (Al Ahli)
2003–04 : Jean Castaneda (Al Rayyan) def. Džemaludin Mušović (Qatar SC)
2004–05 : Serbia Bora Milutinović (Al Sadd) def. Iraq Adnan Dirjal (Al Wakrah)
2005–06 : Algeria Rabah Madjer (Al Rayyan) def. Iraq Harres Mohammed (Al Gharafa)
2006–07 : Uruguay Jorge Fossati (Al Sadd) def. Jean-Paul Rabier (Al Khor)
2007–08 : Laurent Banide (Umm Salal) def. Brazil Marcos Paquetá (Al Gharafa)
2008–09 : Brazil Marcos Paquetá (Al Gharafa) def. Brazil Paulo Autuori (Al Rayyan)
2009–10 : Brazil Paulo Autuori (Al Rayyan) def. Gérard Gili (Umm Salal)
2010–11 : Brazil Paulo Autuori (Al Rayyan) def. Bruno Metsu (Al Gharafa)
2011–12 : Brazil Paulo Silas (Al Gharafa) def. Uruguay Jorge Fossati (Al Sadd)
2012–13 : Uruguay Diego Aguirre (Al Rayyan) def. Morocco Hussein Ammouta (Al Sadd)
2013–14 : Morocco Hussein Ammouta (Al Sadd) def. Tunisia Sami Trabelsi (Al Sailiya)
2014–15 : Sabri Lamouchi (El Jaish SC) def Morocco Hussein Ammouta (Al Sadd SC)
2015–16 : Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (Al Sadd SC) def Algeria Djamel Belmadi (Al Duhail SC)
2016–17 : Denmark Michael Laudrup (Al Rayyan SC) def Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (Al Sadd SC)
2017–18 : Denmark Michael Laudrup (Al Rayyan SC) def Algeria Djamel Belmadi (Al Duhail SC)
2018–19 : Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira (Al Sadd SC) def Portugal Rui Faria (Al Duhail SC)
2019–20 : Iceland Heimir Hallgrimsson (Al Arabi SC) def Xavi (Al Sadd SC)
2020–21 : Laurent Blanc (Al Rayyan SC) def Xavi (Al Duhail SC)
2021–22 : Italy Andrea Stramaccioni (Al Gharafa SC) def Portugal Luís Castro (Al Duhail SC)

Top-performing clubs

Club	Champions
Al-Sadd	19
Al-Arabi	9
Qatar SC	8 (5 as Al-Oruba)
Al-Gharrafa	8 (5 as Al-Ittihad)
Al-Rayyan	6
Al-Ahli	4
Al-Duhail	4 (1 as Lekhwiya)
Umm-Salal	1

References

Qatar Cup Results at Super.ae (in Arabic)

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External links

Qatar Football Association - QFA
Emir Cup - Soccerway

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