Al Hilal Quiz
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Which club beat Al Hilal 5–3 in the final of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup?
WhyReal Madrid won the final in Rabat in February 2023. With eight goals, it was at the time the highest-scoring final in Club World Cup history. -
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Simone Inzaghi was appointed Al Hilal head coach in June 2025, a day after leaving which club?
WhySimone Inzaghi left Inter by mutual consent on 3 June 2025, having taken them to the Champions League final that season. Al Hilal appointed him on 4 June. -
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Al Hilal signed Sergej Milinković-Savić in July 2023 from which Serie A club?
WhySergej Milinković-Savić left Lazio for Al Hilal on 12 July 2023. -
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Al Hilal won the 2019 AFC Champions League with a 3–0 aggregate win in the final against which club?
WhyAl Hilal beat Urawa 1–0 in Riyadh and 2–0 in Saitama. That avenged their defeat to the same club in the 2017 final. -
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Goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Deayea joined Al Hilal in 1999 after a decade with which club from his home city of Ha'il?
WhyMohamed Al-Deayea played for Al-Ta'ee from 1989 to 1999. He then kept goal for Al Hilal until he retired in 2010, winning four league titles with them. -
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Al Hilal were founded in Riyadh in October 1957 under a different name. What was the club originally called?
WhyFounder Abdulrahman bin Saeed started the club as Al-Olympi, the Olympic Club. About a year later it was renamed Al Hilal by royal decree. -
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Who scored twice, including the 112th-minute winner, when Al Hilal beat Manchester City 4–3 after extra time at the 2025 Club World Cup?
WhyMarcos Leonardo scored early in the second half and got the winner in extra time in Orlando. Malcom and Koulibaly scored the other goals. -
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Neymar scored only one goal for Al Hilal. Which club was it against?
WhyNeymar scored in a 3–0 AFC Champions League away win against Iran's Nassaji Mazandaran in October 2023. Later that month he ruptured his ACL on international duty. -
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Al Hilal became the first Asian club from outside the host nation to reach a Club World Cup final in the 2022 edition. Which country hosted that tournament?
WhyThe 2022 Club World Cup was held in Morocco in February 2023, and the final was played in Rabat. -
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Which Saudi king chose the name Al Hilal for the club about a year after it was founded?
WhyKing Saud renamed the club after attending a tournament involving the club. He chose Al Hilal from three names the club proposed. -
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Who scored a hat-trick, including the extra-time winner, as Al Hilal beat Júbilo Iwata 3–2 in the 2000 Asian Club Championship final?
WhyBrazilian Sérgio Ricardo scored in the 3rd, 89th and 102nd minutes of the final. He was also named the tournament's best player. -
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Al Hilal won a record fourth Asian title by beating which club 2–0 in the 2021 AFC Champions League final in Riyadh?
WhyBefore the final, Al Hilal and Pohang had three Asian titles each. Winning 2–0 made Al Hilal the competition's outright record winners. -
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Which Al Hilal striker was the top scorer and named best player of the 2019 AFC Champions League?
WhyBafétimbi Gomis scored his 11th goal of the tournament in stoppage time of the second leg of the final in Saitama. -
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Which Al Hilal player scored in the first minute of the 2021 AFC Champions League final?
WhyNasser Al-Dawsari scored in the opening minute of the final, about 16 seconds after kick-off. Moussa Marega added the second goal and was named man of the match. -
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Sami Al-Jaber spent almost his entire playing career at Al Hilal. Which English club did he join on loan in 2000?
WhySami Al-Jaber made only a handful of appearances during his five months on loan at Wolves. -
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After his Al Hilal contract was ended by mutual consent in January 2025, Neymar returned to which club?
WhyNeymar made seven appearances for Al Hilal. He then went back to Santos, the club where he started his career. -
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Al Hilal reached the 1987 Asian Club Championship final but could not play it because nine starters were called up to a Saudi national team camp. Which Japanese club were declared champions?
WhyYomiuri were awarded the 1987 title without a final because Al Hilal could not field a team for the first leg. -
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Which club beat Al Hilal 1–0 on aggregate in the 2014 AFC Champions League final?
WhyThe 2014 final was Al Hilal's first in 14 years, and they lost it to Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers. -
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Which coach managed Al Hilal in 2018–19 and returned to lead them to the unbeaten 2023–24 league title?
WhyJorge Jesus was sacked in January 2019 while Al Hilal were top of the league. He was reappointed in July 2023 and won the league with a record 96 points. -
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Al Hilal's 32nd straight win in April 2024 broke a world record of 31 consecutive wins that had stood since 1948. Which club set that record?
WhyThe Irish club Belfast Celtic won 31 matches in a row in 1948. Al Hilal passed that with a 4–1 win over Al-Khaleej on 5 April 2024. -
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In 2023–24 Al Hilal set a world record of 34 consecutive wins. Which club ended the run by beating them 4–2 in the AFC Champions League semi-final?
WhyThe streak ended away to Al Ain on 17 April 2024. Al Hilal still finished the league season unbeaten. -
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Which stadium, opened in 1987, was Al Hilal's main home for most of the next three decades before it closed for reconstruction in 2023?
WhyKing Fahd International Stadium was Al Hilal's home from 1987 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2023. It also hosted their 2000 Asian Club Championship final win and the 2021 AFC Champions League final. -
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In Simone Inzaghi's first game in charge, a 1–1 draw at the 2025 Club World Cup, Bono saved a late penalty from which player?
WhyBono's save from Federico Valverde kept the score at 1–1. Al Hilal went on to reach the knockout rounds. -
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Who was Al Hilal's top scorer in 2023–24, when they went unbeaten in the league, with 28 league goals and 40 in all competitions?
WhyAleksandar Mitrović joined from Fulham in August 2023 and led the scoring as Al Hilal won the league without a defeat. -
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Al Hilal signed goalkeeper Yassine "Bono" Bounou in August 2023 from which club?
WhyBono joined from Sevilla on 17 August 2023, shortly after winning the Europa League with them. He was named the Saudi Pro League's goalkeeper of the 2023–24 season. -
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On the final day of the 2007–08 season Al Hilal won the title away to Al-Ittihad with a glancing header that fans nicknamed after the scorer's hair. Who scored it?
WhyYasser Al-Qahtani headed in Ahmed Al-Fraidi's cross in the 49th minute in Jeddah. Mohamed Al-Deayea's saves protected the 1–0 lead, and fans call that title "Yasser's hair". -
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After knocking out Manchester City, Al Hilal were eliminated from the 2025 Club World Cup in the quarter-finals by which club?
WhyFluminense beat Al Hilal 2–1 in Orlando on 4 July 2025. -
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Al Hilal won their first Asian club title in 1991, beating which club on penalties in the Asian Club Championship final in Doha?
WhyThe 1991 final against Iran's Esteghlal finished 1–1 after extra time. Al Hilal won the penalty shoot-out to become the first Saudi club to win the title. -
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Who was Al Hilal's head coach when they won the 2019 AFC Champions League final?
WhyRăzvan Lucescu took over in 2019 and won a treble that season: the AFC Champions League, the league title and the King Cup. -
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Al Hilal reached the 2022 Club World Cup final by beating which club 3–2 in the semi-final?
WhyAl Hilal knocked out the Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo after beating Wydad Casablanca on penalties in the previous round. -
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Kingdom Arena, which Al Hilal took over as their home ground, hosted its first football match in January 2024. Which visiting club did Al Hilal beat 4–3 that night?
WhyAl Hilal beat Lionel Messi's Inter Miami 4–3 in the 2024 Riyadh Season Cup to open Kingdom Arena. The stadium has a retractable roof and was built in about 180 days. -
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Which Al Hilal player scored twice in the 5–3 defeat in the 2022 Club World Cup final?
WhyLuciano Vietto scored in the 63rd and 79th minutes. Moussa Marega scored Al Hilal's other goal. -
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Al Hilal signed Neymar in August 2023 for a Saudi Pro League record fee. Which club did he join from?
WhyNeymar joined from PSG on 15 August 2023 for about €90 million plus add-ons. -
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Al Hilal contest the Riyadh Derby against which club?
WhyThe Riyadh Derby against Al Nassr is Al Hilal's fiercest rivalry. It is considered more intense than their Saudi Clasico with Jeddah's Al-Ittihad. -
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What does the Arabic name "Al Hilal" mean in English?
WhyAl Hilal is Arabic for the crescent moon. The club's 2022 crest still puts crescents between its blue stripes.
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Al Hilal were founded in Riyadh on 16 October 1957, but not under that name. Abdulrahman bin Saeed had walked out of the Youth Club after a split among its leaders, taking prominent players with him, and the club he started was Al-Olympi, the Olympic Club. It lasted a year. King Saud watched the Olympic Club in a tournament against Al Shabab, Al Riyadh and Al-Kawkab, the club put three names in front of him, Yamamah, Wahda and Hilal, and by royal decree in December 1958 he chose Al Hilal, Arabic for the crescent moon. The crescents never left: the 2022 crest puts them between its blue stripes. The first King's Cup came in 1961, another in 1964 on penalties against Al-Ittihad, and when the Saudi Premier League began in 1976-77 Al Hilal were its first champions. Brazil came to Riyadh in the 1970s too, with Mario Zagallo and Rivellino among the coaches and players who joined. The nickname fans use is Al-Za'eem, the Boss, and the fiercest fixture on the calendar is the Riyadh Derby against Al Nassr, considered even more bitter than the Saudi Clasico with Jeddah's Al-Ittihad.
Asia took longer, and it started with a final Al Hilal never played. In 1987 they reached the Asian Club Championship final, but nine of their starters had been called into a Saudi national team camp that clashed with the first leg, the club could not field a side, and Japan's Yomiuri were declared champions without a ball being kicked. The answer came in Doha in 1991: Esteghlal of Iran held them 1-1 after extra time, Al Hilal won the shoot-out and became the first Saudi club to be champions of Asia. The second title, in April 2000, was one of the great finals in the competition's history. At King Fahd International Stadium, the Riyadh ground Al Hilal had called home since it opened in 1987, the Brazilian Sérgio Ricardo scored in the 3rd minute, equalised in the 89th and won it against Júbilo Iwata in the 102nd, 3-2 after extra time, and was named the tournament's best player. That same year Sami Al-Jaber, the forward who spent almost his whole career at the club, went to England for five months on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers and made only a handful of appearances. In September 2009 the IFFHS named Al Hilal the Asian club of the 20th century.
At home the great rivalry of the 2000s was with Al-Ittihad, and its defining afternoon came on the last day of 2007-08 in Jeddah. Al-Ittihad had led all season and needed only a draw at home. In the 49th minute Ahmed Al-Fraidi crossed and Yasser Al-Qahtani skimmed a header into the bottom corner; the ball barely brushed him, so the title has been known ever since as Yasser's hair. Mohamed Al-Deayea, the goalkeeper who had spent a decade at Al-Ta'ee in his home city of Ha'il before arriving in 1999, kept Al-Ittihad out for the rest of the match and won four league titles before he retired in 2010. The wait for a third Asian crown was long: the 2014 final, the club's first in 14 years, went to Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0 on aggregate, and Urawa Red Diamonds won the 2017 final too. In 2019 the debt was paid against the same opponents. Under Răzvan Lucescu, Al Hilal won 1-0 in Riyadh and 2-0 in Saitama, Bafétimbi Gomis scoring his 11th goal of the tournament in stoppage time to finish as top scorer and best player, and Lucescu completed a treble with the league and the King Cup. In 2021 Pohang Steelers were beaten 2-0 in the final in Riyadh, the opener coming about 16 seconds in and Moussa Marega adding the second, which made Al Hilal the first club to win the Asian title four times.
The world stage followed. At the 2022 Club World Cup, played in Morocco in February 2023, Al Hilal beat Wydad Casablanca on penalties and Copa Libertadores holders Flamengo 3-2 to become the first Asian club from outside the host nation to reach the final. Real Madrid won it 5-3 in Rabat, with Luciano Vietto scoring twice and Marega once in what was, at the time, the highest-scoring final in the competition's history. That summer the club spent big, bringing in Aleksandar Mitrović from Fulham and, on 15 August 2023, Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain for what was then a Saudi Pro League record fee. Neymar scored once, against Nassaji Mazandaran in October 2023, ruptured his ACL on international duty that month and left for Santos in January 2025 after seven appearances. Jorge Jesus, sacked in January 2019 with the side top of the league, came back in July 2023 and won 2023-24 unbeaten with 96 points. Mitrović scored 28 league goals and 40 in all, a 4-1 win over Al-Khaleej on 5 April 2024 broke Belfast Celtic's world record of 31 straight wins set in 1948, and the run reached 34 before Al Ain ended it 4-2 in the Champions League semi-final. At the 2025 Club World Cup, Manchester City were beaten 4-3 after extra time in Orlando before Fluminense won the quarter-final 2-1. Every answer here explains itself.
Al Hilal quiz answers, explained
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Which club beat Al Hilal 5–3 in the final of the 2022 FIFA Club World Cup?
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Real Madrid. Real Madrid won the final in Rabat in February 2023. With eight goals, it was at the time the highest-scoring final in Club World Cup history.
Simone Inzaghi was appointed Al Hilal head coach in June 2025, a day after leaving which club?
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Inter Milan. Simone Inzaghi left Inter by mutual consent on 3 June 2025, having taken them to the Champions League final that season. Al Hilal appointed him on 4 June.
Al Hilal signed Sergej Milinković-Savić in July 2023 from which Serie A club?
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Lazio. Sergej Milinković-Savić left Lazio for Al Hilal on 12 July 2023.
Al Hilal won the 2019 AFC Champions League with a 3–0 aggregate win in the final against which club?
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Urawa Red Diamonds. Al Hilal beat Urawa 1–0 in Riyadh and 2–0 in Saitama. That avenged their defeat to the same club in the 2017 final.
Goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Deayea joined Al Hilal in 1999 after a decade with which club from his home city of Ha'il?
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Al-Ta'ee. Mohamed Al-Deayea played for Al-Ta'ee from 1989 to 1999. He then kept goal for Al Hilal until he retired in 2010, winning four league titles with them.
Al Hilal were founded in Riyadh in October 1957 under a different name. What was the club originally called?
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Olympic Club. Founder Abdulrahman bin Saeed started the club as Al-Olympi, the Olympic Club. About a year later it was renamed Al Hilal by royal decree.
Who scored twice, including the 112th-minute winner, when Al Hilal beat Manchester City 4–3 after extra time at the 2025 Club World Cup?
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Marcos Leonardo. Marcos Leonardo scored early in the second half and got the winner in extra time in Orlando. Malcom and Koulibaly scored the other goals.
Neymar scored only one goal for Al Hilal. Which club was it against?
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Nassaji Mazandaran. Neymar scored in a 3–0 AFC Champions League away win against Iran's Nassaji Mazandaran in October 2023. Later that month he ruptured his ACL on international duty.
Al Hilal became the first Asian club from outside the host nation to reach a Club World Cup final in the 2022 edition. Which country hosted that tournament?
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Morocco. The 2022 Club World Cup was held in Morocco in February 2023, and the final was played in Rabat.
Which Saudi king chose the name Al Hilal for the club about a year after it was founded?
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King Saud. King Saud renamed the club after attending a tournament involving the club. He chose Al Hilal from three names the club proposed.
Who scored a hat-trick, including the extra-time winner, as Al Hilal beat Júbilo Iwata 3–2 in the 2000 Asian Club Championship final?
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Sérgio Ricardo. Brazilian Sérgio Ricardo scored in the 3rd, 89th and 102nd minutes of the final. He was also named the tournament's best player.
Al Hilal won a record fourth Asian title by beating which club 2–0 in the 2021 AFC Champions League final in Riyadh?
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Pohang Steelers. Before the final, Al Hilal and Pohang had three Asian titles each. Winning 2–0 made Al Hilal the competition's outright record winners.
Which Al Hilal striker was the top scorer and named best player of the 2019 AFC Champions League?
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Bafétimbi Gomis. Bafétimbi Gomis scored his 11th goal of the tournament in stoppage time of the second leg of the final in Saitama.
Which Al Hilal player scored in the first minute of the 2021 AFC Champions League final?
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Nasser Al-Dawsari. Nasser Al-Dawsari scored in the opening minute of the final, about 16 seconds after kick-off. Moussa Marega added the second goal and was named man of the match.
Sami Al-Jaber spent almost his entire playing career at Al Hilal. Which English club did he join on loan in 2000?
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Wolverhampton Wanderers. Sami Al-Jaber made only a handful of appearances during his five months on loan at Wolves.
After his Al Hilal contract was ended by mutual consent in January 2025, Neymar returned to which club?
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Santos. Neymar made seven appearances for Al Hilal. He then went back to Santos, the club where he started his career.
Al Hilal reached the 1987 Asian Club Championship final but could not play it because nine starters were called up to a Saudi national team camp. Which Japanese club were declared champions?
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Yomiuri. Yomiuri were awarded the 1987 title without a final because Al Hilal could not field a team for the first leg.
Which club beat Al Hilal 1–0 on aggregate in the 2014 AFC Champions League final?
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Western Sydney Wanderers. The 2014 final was Al Hilal's first in 14 years, and they lost it to Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers.
Which coach managed Al Hilal in 2018–19 and returned to lead them to the unbeaten 2023–24 league title?
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Jorge Jesus. Jorge Jesus was sacked in January 2019 while Al Hilal were top of the league. He was reappointed in July 2023 and won the league with a record 96 points.
Al Hilal's 32nd straight win in April 2024 broke a world record of 31 consecutive wins that had stood since 1948. Which club set that record?
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Belfast Celtic. The Irish club Belfast Celtic won 31 matches in a row in 1948. Al Hilal passed that with a 4–1 win over Al-Khaleej on 5 April 2024.
In 2023–24 Al Hilal set a world record of 34 consecutive wins. Which club ended the run by beating them 4–2 in the AFC Champions League semi-final?
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Al Ain. The streak ended away to Al Ain on 17 April 2024. Al Hilal still finished the league season unbeaten.
Which stadium, opened in 1987, was Al Hilal's main home for most of the next three decades before it closed for reconstruction in 2023?
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King Fahd International Stadium. King Fahd International Stadium was Al Hilal's home from 1987 to 2018 and again from 2020 to 2023. It also hosted their 2000 Asian Club Championship final win and the 2021 AFC Champions League final.
In Simone Inzaghi's first game in charge, a 1–1 draw at the 2025 Club World Cup, Bono saved a late penalty from which player?
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Federico Valverde. Bono's save from Federico Valverde kept the score at 1–1. Al Hilal went on to reach the knockout rounds.
Who was Al Hilal's top scorer in 2023–24, when they went unbeaten in the league, with 28 league goals and 40 in all competitions?
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Aleksandar Mitrović. Aleksandar Mitrović joined from Fulham in August 2023 and led the scoring as Al Hilal won the league without a defeat.
Al Hilal signed goalkeeper Yassine "Bono" Bounou in August 2023 from which club?
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Sevilla. Bono joined from Sevilla on 17 August 2023, shortly after winning the Europa League with them. He was named the Saudi Pro League's goalkeeper of the 2023–24 season.
On the final day of the 2007–08 season Al Hilal won the title away to Al-Ittihad with a glancing header that fans nicknamed after the scorer's hair. Who scored it?
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Yasser Al-Qahtani. Yasser Al-Qahtani headed in Ahmed Al-Fraidi's cross in the 49th minute in Jeddah. Mohamed Al-Deayea's saves protected the 1–0 lead, and fans call that title "Yasser's hair".
After knocking out Manchester City, Al Hilal were eliminated from the 2025 Club World Cup in the quarter-finals by which club?
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Fluminense. Fluminense beat Al Hilal 2–1 in Orlando on 4 July 2025.
Al Hilal won their first Asian club title in 1991, beating which club on penalties in the Asian Club Championship final in Doha?
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Esteghlal. The 1991 final against Iran's Esteghlal finished 1–1 after extra time. Al Hilal won the penalty shoot-out to become the first Saudi club to win the title.
Who was Al Hilal's head coach when they won the 2019 AFC Champions League final?
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Răzvan Lucescu. Răzvan Lucescu took over in 2019 and won a treble that season: the AFC Champions League, the league title and the King Cup.
Al Hilal reached the 2022 Club World Cup final by beating which club 3–2 in the semi-final?
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Flamengo. Al Hilal knocked out the Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo after beating Wydad Casablanca on penalties in the previous round.
Kingdom Arena, which Al Hilal took over as their home ground, hosted its first football match in January 2024. Which visiting club did Al Hilal beat 4–3 that night?
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Inter Miami. Al Hilal beat Lionel Messi's Inter Miami 4–3 in the 2024 Riyadh Season Cup to open Kingdom Arena. The stadium has a retractable roof and was built in about 180 days.
Which Al Hilal player scored twice in the 5–3 defeat in the 2022 Club World Cup final?
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Luciano Vietto. Luciano Vietto scored in the 63rd and 79th minutes. Moussa Marega scored Al Hilal's other goal.
Al Hilal signed Neymar in August 2023 for a Saudi Pro League record fee. Which club did he join from?
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Paris Saint-Germain. Neymar joined from PSG on 15 August 2023 for about €90 million plus add-ons.
Al Hilal contest the Riyadh Derby against which club?
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Al Nassr. The Riyadh Derby against Al Nassr is Al Hilal's fiercest rivalry. It is considered more intense than their Saudi Clasico with Jeddah's Al-Ittihad.
What does the Arabic name "Al Hilal" mean in English?
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The crescent moon. Al Hilal is Arabic for the crescent moon. The club's 2022 crest still puts crescents between its blue stripes.
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