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5th Arabian Gulf Cup

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5th Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIraq
Dates23 March 1979 – 9 April 1979
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iraq (1st title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored70 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Iraq Hussein Saeed (10 goals)
Best player(s)Iraq Hadi Ahmed
Best goalkeeperIraq Raad Hammoudi

The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎)[1] was the 5th edition of the biennial football competition. It took place from March 23 until April 9, 1979 in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Originally, this tournament was scheduled in 1978 to take part in Abu Dhabi, but the Emirates withdrew from organizing the tournament. Iraq won the tournament by winning all its games and scoring 23 goals.

The trophy and medals were provided by Imco International Eood, a trading company who supplied Baghdad at the time with pipes for their water infrastructure


Matches and Results

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Iraq 12 6 6 0 0 23 1 +22
Kuwait 9 6 4 1 1 15 4 +11
Saudi Arabia 8 6 3 2 1 14 4 +10
Bahrain 6 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1
Qatar 5 6 2 1 3 4 13 −9
United Arab Emirates 4 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13
Oman 0 6 0 0 6 1 21 −20
Iraq 4–0 Bahrain
Saeed Goal 48', 88', 90'
Shakir Goal 64'
Saudi Arabia 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Naseab 22'
Abdullah 70'		 Easa 51'
Kuwait 3–1 Qatar
Souwaid 19'
Al-Buloushi 34', 79'		 Mattar 51'
Iraq 2–0 Qatar
Saeed Goal 1', 60' (pen)
Bahrain 3–0 United Arab Emirates
Shuwair 5'
Zowaid 12' (pen)
Al-Hayki 18'
Saudi Arabia 4–0 Oman
Jasim 34', 54'
Khalifah 69'
Abdullah 79'
Qatar 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Muftah 40'
Bahrain 3–1 Oman
Zowaid 13'
Al-Zayyani 35'
Shuwair 88'		 Sumar 53'
Iraq 3–1 Kuwait
Hassan Goal 9'
Ahmed Goal 47'
Abdul-Sahib Goal 90'		 Juma'a Goal 75'
Qatar 1–0 Oman
Daham 33'
Kuwait 7–0 United Arab Emirates
Saad 14'
Sowaid 43', 80'
Kamel 45'
Al-Buloushi 47', 88'
Al-Dakhil 84'
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Jasim 53' Ghaith 41'
Kuwait 2–0 Oman
Sowaid 40', 47'
Saudi Arabia 7–0 Qatar
Abdullah 14', 15', 45', 48', 55'
Hamdan 32'
Abdrabbuh 89'
Iraq 5–0 United Arab Emirates
Ahmed Goal 25'
Abdul-Sahib Goal 40'
Hassan Goal 47'
Saeed Goal 66'
Khudhair Goal 85'
Iraq 7–0 Oman
Saeed Goal 30', 32', 40', 86'
Hassan Goal 43', 50'
Khudhair Goal 52'
Kuwait 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Bahrain 1–1 Qatar
Shuwair 77' Bashir 27' (pen)
Iraq 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Hassan Goal 24'
Farhan Goal 36'
Kuwait 2–0 Bahrain
Sowaid 19', 84'
Oman 0–4 United Arab Emirates
Abdulrahman 29'
Chowmbi 43'
Bushanain 73'
Abdullah 77'

Result

 5th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Iraq
First title

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

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