MADRID (AFP) - UEFA Cup holders Sevilla won the King's Cup on Saturday for the fourth time in their history with a 1-0 win over Getafe thanks to a first half goal by Malian striker Frederic Kanoute at Madrid's Bernabeu stadium.

Kanoute, a former Tottenham and West Ham player who has indicated he wants to return to the Premiership, raced across the pitch virtually unchallenged from just inside the Gestafe half and cleared the ball past keeper Luis Garcia in the 11th minute.

He was red carded in the final minutes of the game for retaliating after being fouled.

It is Sevilla's third prize of the 2006-07 season having lifted the UEFA Super Cup and then defending the UEFA Cup and it caps off a good year for the club in the Primera Liga.

Sevilla were on five wins before they dropped points in the league in one draw at Mallorca and a defeat to Villarreal to finish third in the league.

Getafe, who were playing in their first final, were without their first-choice goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri who was away on international duty with Argentina.

The club finished ninth in the standings but have already qualified for the UEFA Cup next term thanks to Sevilla's third-place league finish which gave it a place in the Champions League third qualifying round.