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5th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة) was the fifth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq and took place from 23 March to 9 April 1979.[1] Hosts Iraq won their first ever title after defeating Saudi Arabia 2–0,[2] becoming the second team to win the competition after Kuwait.

1979 Arabian Gulf Cup
دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host countryIraq
Dates23 March – 9 April
Teams7
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
← 1976
1982 →

Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 1978 and hosted in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, but it was delayed after the UAE gave up their hosting rights.[3]

Teams

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Team Previous appearances in tournament[A]
  Bahrain 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976)
  Iraq (hosts) 1 (1976)
  Kuwait 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976)
  Oman 2 (1974, 1976)
  Qatar 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976)
  Saudi Arabia 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976)
  United Arab Emirates 3 (1972, 1974, 1976)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

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Baghdad
Al-Shaab Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
 

Match officials

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Country Referee
  Bahrain Ibrahim Al-Doy
  India Kim
Alex Vaz
  Iraq Sami Naji
  Kuwait Ahmed Al-Misfer
  Malaysia Sivapalan Kathiravale
  Qatar Rostam Baqer
  Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Dahmash
  Singapore Nadasen Chandra
  Thailand Vijit Getkaew
  United Arab Emirates Khalfan Ali

Tournament

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The seven teams in the tournament played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST (UTC 3).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iraq 6 6 0 0 23 1 22 12
  Kuwait 6 4 1 1 15 4 11 9
  Saudi Arabia 6 3 2 1 14 4 10 8
  Bahrain 6 2 2 2 8 9 −1 6
  Qatar 6 2 1 3 4 13 −9 5
  United Arab Emirates 6 1 0 5 5 18 −13 2
  Oman 6 0 0 6 1 21 −20 1

Matches

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Iraq  4–0  Bahrain
Saeed   48', 88', 90'
Shaker   64'		 Report
Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)
Saudi Arabia  2–1  United Arab Emirates
Naseeb   22'
Abdullah   71'		 Report Easa   51'
Kuwait  3–1  Qatar
Al-Suwayed   19'
Al-Buloushi   34', 79'		 Report Mattar   56'
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)
Bahrain  3–0  United Arab Emirates
Shuwaier   5'
Zowayed   12' (pen.)
Al-Hayiki   18'		 Report
Referee: Sami Naji (Iraq)
Iraq  2–0  Qatar
Saeed   1', 60' (pen.) Report
Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)
Saudi Arabia  4–0  Oman
Jassem   34', 54'
Khalifa   69'
Abdullah   75'		 Report
Referee: Nadasen Chandra (Singapore)
United Arab Emirates  0–1  Qatar
Report Muftah   40'
Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)
Bahrain  3–1  Oman
Zowayed   13'
Al-Zayani   35'
Shuwaier   88'		 Report Sumar   53'
Referee: Fahad Al-Dahmash (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait  1–3  Iraq
Juma'a   75' Report Hassan   9'
Ahmed   47'
Abdul-Sahib   90'
Referee: Kim (India)
Qatar  1–0  Oman
Daham   33' Report
Referee: Ahmed Al-Misfer (Kuwait)
United Arab Emirates  0–7  Kuwait
Report Saad   14'
Al-Suwayed   43', 80'
Kameel   45'
Al-Buloushi   47', 88'
Al-Dakhil   84'
Referee: Rostam Baqer (Qatar)
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Bahrain
Jassem   53' Report Ghaith   41'
Referee: Khalfan Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Oman  0–2  Kuwait
Report Al-Suwayed   40', 47'
Referee: Nadasen Chandra (Singapore)
Saudi Arabia  7–0  Qatar
Abdullah   14', 15', 45', 48', 55'
Hamdan   32'
Abdoraboh   89'		 Report
Referee: Alex Vaz (India)
United Arab Emirates  0–5  Iraq
Report Ahmed   25'
Abdul-Sahib   40'
Hassan   49'
Saeed   66'
Khudhair   85'
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Kuwait
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Referee: Vijit Getkaew (Thailand)
Oman  0–7  Iraq
Report Saeed   30', 32', 40', 86'
Hassan   43', 50'
Khudhair   52'
Referee: Khalfan Ali (United Arab Emirates)
Qatar  1–1  Bahrain
Bashir   27' (pen.) Report Shuwaier   77'
Referee: Fahad Al-Dahmash (Saudi Arabia)
Iraq  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Hassan   24'
Farhan   36'		 Report
Kuwait  2–0  Bahrain
Al-Suwayed   19', 84' Report
Oman  0–4  United Arab Emirates
Report Abdulrahman   29'
Tshombe   43'
Boshanain   73'
Abdullah   77'
Referee: Ahmed Al-Misfer (Kuwait)

Winners

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 5th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 
 
Iraq
First title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 70 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

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Player of the Tournament[4]
Top Scorer[4]
Goalkeeper of the Tournament[4]

References

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  1. ^ "جدول مباريات دورة الخليج العربي الخامسة ببغداد".
  2. ^ "منتخب العراق يحقق بطولة الخليج الخامسة".
  3. ^ "المولود الخامس". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008.
  4. ^ a b c "اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".
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