5th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي)[1] took place from March 23 to 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. Kuwait came second after losing its first game in the history of this tournament. Iraqi Player Hussein Saeed became top-scorer of this edition, scoring 10 goals (a record that stands till today), his teammates Hadi Ahmed and Raad Hammoudi were voted as best player and best goalkeeper of the khaleeje 5.

Matches and Results

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 126600231+22
 Kuwait 96411154+11
 Saudi Arabia 86321144+10
 Bahrain 6622289−1
 Qatar 56213413−9
 United Arab Emirates 46105518−13
 Oman 06006121−20
Iraq  4–0  Bahrain
Saeed 48', 88', 90'
Shakir 64'

Saudi Arabia  2–1  United Arab Emirates
Naseab 22'
Abdullah 70'
Easa 51'

Kuwait  3–1  Qatar
Souwaid 19'
Al-Buloushi 34', 79'
Easa 51'

Iraq  2–0  Qatar
Saeed 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 9'
Ahmed 47'
Abdulsahib 90'
Juma'a 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 25'
Abdulsahib 40'
Hassan 47'
Saeed 66'
Khudhair 85'

Iraq  7–0  Oman
Saeed 30', 32', 40', 86'
Hassan 43', 50'
Khudhair 52'

Kuwait  0–0  Saudi Arabia

Bahrain  1–1  Qatar
Shuwair 77' Bashir 27' (pen)

Iraq  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Hassan 24'
Farhan 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

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