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1988 Arab Cup

5th Arab Cup, held in Jordan


5th Arab Cup, held in Jordan

FieldValue
tourney_nameArab Cup
year1988
size200px
countryJordan
dates8–21 July
num_teams10
confederations2
venues1
cities1
championIraq
champion-flagvar1963
count4
secondSyria
second-flagvar1980
thirdEgypt
fourthJordan
matches24
goals35
top_scorerIRQ Ahmed Radhi
(4 goals)
playerJOR Tawfiq Al-Saheb
prevseason[1985](1985-arab-cup)
nextseason[1992](1992-arab-cup)

| champion-flagvar = 1963 | second-flagvar = 1980 (4 goals)

The 1988 Arab Cup was the fifth edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Amman, Jordan. The defending champion Iraq won the title for the 4th consecutive time.

Qualification

Jordan qualified automatically as hosts and Iraq as holders.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Bahrain & Kuwait qualified.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria. Libya and Morocco withdrew.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
211030+3**3**
211021+1**3**
200215–4**0**

Mahjoubi

Djahmoune Dahmani

Algeria & Tunisia qualified.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Syria qualified.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

ParticipantsZoneTeam
Hosts
Holders
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
Zone 3 (North Africa)
Zone 4 (East Region)

;Notes

Final tournament

Venues

Amman
{{location map+Jordanfloat=rightwidth=300caption=places=
Amman International Stadium
Capacity: **25,000**
[[File:Staad Amman Aldowali.jpeg180px]]

Squads

Main article: 1988 Arab Cup squads

Group stage

Algeria and Saudi Arabia did not send their senior national teams to the competition. Instead, Algeria sent a University XI, probably an Under-23 squad, while Saudi Arabia's A team was in Australia during the tournament.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
422040+4**6**
413031+2**5**
412124−2**4**
403134−1**3**
402214−3**2**



Abouzaid
H. Hassan

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
421142+2**5**
4211440**5**
ALG Algeria UT4121330**4**
411223−1**3**
403123−1**3**


Jakalan

Abdel Muneim

Al Sahob

Knock-out stage

|19 July 1988 – Amman|** (pen.)|0 (4)||0 (3) |19 July 1988 – Amman|**** |3||0 |21 July 1988 – Amman| |1 (3)| (pen.)**| 1 (4) |21 July 1988 – Amman|****|2||0

Semi-finals

  • Kardaghli
  • Ahmad
  • Al-Qolla
  • Deeb
  • Abouzeid
  • Shawky
  • H. Hassan
  • Youssef
  • Mayhoub

Ali
Sharif

Third place play-off

  • Mayhoub
  • H. Hassan

Final

Main article: 1988 Arab Cup Final

  • Gorgis
  • Al-Nasser
  • Mohammed
  • Hussein
  • Qais
  • Shaker
  • Oraibi
  • Kardaghli
  • Ahmad
  • Jakalan
  • Saad
  • Leyous

Top scorers

;4 Goals

  • IRQ Ahmed Radhi

;2 Goals

  • ALG Tarek Hadj Adlane
  • EGY Hossam Hassan
  • JOR Nart Yadaje
  • LBN Mahmoud Hamoud
  • SYR Mohammad Jakalan

References

References

  1. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabcup.html Arab Cup 1988 Amman, Jordan (July 8-21)]
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