5th Arabian Gulf Cup

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 →

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.

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

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

 Baghdad
Al-Shaab Stadium
Capacity: 40,000

Match officials

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

Tournament

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

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
Report
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

 5th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Iraq
First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

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

References

  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".