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5th Arabian Gulf Cup

International football tournament in 1979

International football tournament in 1979

FieldValue
tourney_nameArabian Gulf Cup
year1979
other_titlesدورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة
size230px
countryIraq
dates23 March – 9 April
num_teams7
venues1
cities1
championIRQ
champion-flagvar1963
count1
secondKUW
thirdKSA
fourthBHR
fourth-flagvar1972
matches21
goals70
top_scorerIRQ Hussein Saeed (10 goals)
playerIRQ Hadi Ahmed
goalkeeperIRQ Raad Hammoudi
prevseason[1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup)
nextseason[1982](6th-arabian-gulf-cup)

| champion-flagvar = 1963 | fourth-flagvar = 1972 The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup () 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. Hosts Iraq won their first ever title after defeating Saudi Arabia 2–0, 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.

Teams

TeamPrevious appearances in tournament
4 (*[1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup)*, [1972](2nd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup))
(hosts)1 ([1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup))
4 (**[1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup)**, **[1972](2nd-arabian-gulf-cup)**, ***[1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup)***, **[1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup)**)
2 ([1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup))
4 ([1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup), [1972](2nd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup), *[1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup)*)
4 ([1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup), *[1972](2nd-arabian-gulf-cup)*, [1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup))
3 ([1972](2nd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup), [1976](4th-arabian-gulf-cup))

Venues

{{Location map+Iraqfloat=centerwidth=300caption=places=Baghdad
Al-Shaab Stadium
Capacity: **40,000**
[[Image:Al-Shaab Stadium3 (3).JPG200px]]

Match officials

CountryReferee
BHR BahrainIbrahim Al-Doy
IND IndiaKim
Alex Vaz
IRQ IraqSami Naji
KUW KuwaitAhmed Al-Misfer
MAS MalaysiaSivapalan Kathiravale
QAT QatarRostam Baqer
KSA Saudi ArabiaFahad Al-Dahmash
SIN SingaporeNadasen Chandra
THA ThailandVijit Getkaew
UAE United Arab EmiratesKhalfan 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).

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
6600231+22**12**
6411154+11**9**
6321144+10**8**
622289−1**6**
6213413−9**5**
6105518−13**2**
6006121−20**1**

Matches

Shaker Abdullah Al-Buloushi

Zowayed Al-Hayiki Khalifa Abdullah

Al-Zayani Shuwaier Ahmed Abdul-Sahib

Al-Suwayed Kameel Al-Buloushi Al-Dakhil

Hamdan Abdoraboh Abdul-Sahib Hassan Saeed
Khudhair

Hassan Khudhair

Farhan Tshombe Boshanain Abdullah

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

  • Hussein Saeed

  • Yussef Al-Suwayed

  • Majed Abdullah

  • Falah Hassan

  • Abdullah Al-Buloushi

  • Khalil Shuwaier

  • Saud Jassem

  • Ibrahim Zowayed

  • Mahdi Abdul-Sahib

  • Hadi Ahmed

  • Adel Khudhair

  • Abdulhadi Al-Hayiki

  • Mohammed Al-Zayani

  • Kamel Ghaith

  • Hassan Farhan

  • Nadhim Shaker

  • Faisal Al-Dakhil

  • Mahboub Juma'a

  • Fathi Kameel

  • Naeem Saad

  • Ahmad Sumar

  • Anbar Bashir

  • Khamis Daham

  • Hassan Mattar

  • Mansour Muftah

  • Abdullah Abdoraboh

  • Eisa Hamdan

  • Eissa Khalifa

  • Sultan bin Naseeb

  • Saeed Abdullah

  • Rajab Abdulrahman

  • Salem Boshanain

  • Ahmad Easa

  • Ahmed Tshombe

Awards

;Player of the Tournament

  • Hadi Ahmed

;Top Scorer

  • Hussein Saeed (10 goals)

;Goalkeeper of the Tournament

  • Raad Hammoudi

References

References

  1. "جدول مباريات دورة الخليج العربي الخامسة ببغداد".
  2. "منتخب العراق يحقق بطولة الخليج الخامسة".
  3. "المولود الخامس".
  4. "اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".
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