Al Faisaly, who lost the final in 2018 against Al Ittihad, owed their win to Cape Verde forward Julio Tavares who starred with a hat-trick.
Al Taawoun started the stronger of the two, opening the scoring after only 14 minutes when Cameroonian forward Léandre Tawamba headed home past Al Faisaly goalkeeper Ahmed Al Kassar.
An undaunted Al Faisaly leveled the tie in the 40th minute when they were awarded a spot-kick which was successfully converted by Tavares.
Al Faisaly's joy, however, was short-lived as Al Taawoun were also awarded a penalty five minutes later and Paraguayan midfielder Alejandro Gamarra made no mistake from the spot.
Al Faisaly drew level for the second time at the hour mark when Tavares fired home a powerful shot from inside the area past Al Taawoun’s Brazilian goalkeeper Cássio.
Al Taawoun failed to take advantage of their numerical superiority in the last minutes of the match when Al Faisaly defender Mohammed Al Nukhylan was sent off in the 83rd minute, just seconds after having come on as a substitute.
Tavares had the final say as the 32-year-old forward headed home the winning goal in the third minute of stoppage time to give his side their first ever Saudi King’s Cup title.
