the round of 16 Al-Hilal won 4–1 away With Gomis scoring a hattrick, and lost 0–1 at home, Al-Hilal qualified to the next stage with an aggregate score of 4–2. The quarter final matched Al-Hilal against local rivals Al-Ittihad, the first match ended in a 0-0 stalemate away while the second match Al-Hilal won 3–1 at home with memorable performances from Salem, Carrillo and Giovinco, Al-Hilal qualified to the semi-final with an aggregate score of 3–1. In the semi-final Al-Hilal was against their toughest opponent in the competition Al-Sadd, in the away match Al-Hilal won 4–1 in Doha while the opposing team player Abdulkarim Hassan was sent off. In the return leg at home in Riyadh Al-Sadd was able to turn around the score by scoring four goals to two, and in the last minute of the game they were awarded a free kick at the edge of the box and needed to score one more goal to go through to the final, but Abdullah Al-Mayouf saved the ball and the original time finished with Al-Hilal winning 6–5 on aggregate, Al-Hilal qualified to their third final in 5 years. After trying and failing to win on two previous finals in 2014 and 2017. They played against the Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds, to whom they lost to in the final two years before. They successfully took a revenge and won 3–0 on aggregate 1–0 at home and 2–0 away, ending a nineteen-year wait for the Asian crown, Bafetimbi Gomis was also the tournaments top scorer and MVP. With both the 2019–20 Saudi Professional League as well as the 2019 AFC Champions league titles secured Al-Hilal had one more title to win to wrap up the treble. Al-Hilal reached the 2019-20 King cup final to face Al-Nasser who hadn't won the cup title since 1990, Al-Hilal won by 2–1 to complete the historic Treble. Lasty, In the 2021 AFC Champions league Al-Hilal had barley qualified to the knockout stages of the competition. In the round of 16 They faced Esteghlal F.C. and won the match 2–0, in the quarter finals they faced another Iranian team Persepolis F.C. whom they defeated 3–0 to qualify to the next stage. In the semi-final stage Al-Hilal came up against their perennial rivals Al-Nasser which was dubbed as the match of the century due to the long-standing animosity these historic rivals had for each other. This