9th Arabian Gulf Cup

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9th Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates 2–18 March
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iraq (3rd title)
Runners-up  United Arab Emirates
Third place  Saudi Arabia
Fourth place  Bahrain

The 9th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎‎)[1] was the 9th edition of this tournament. It was held between March 2 and March 18, 1988, in Saudi Arabia. It was the second time after 1972, that Saudi Arabia hosted this regional football tournament. The tournament was won by Iraq. It was the third title for Iraq after having won the tournament 1979 in Baghdad and 1984 in Muscat.

All games were played at the newly built King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. The stadium was built to host the 1988 Gulf Cup and the FIFA World Youth Championship one year later.

Having scored four goals each, Ahmed Radhi from Iraq and Zuhair Bakhit from the UAE shared the top-scorer award. Habib Jaafar (Iraq) was voted as best player, Oman's goalkeeper Yousif Obaid won the best-goalkeeper-award.

Oman achieved their first victory in the Gulf Cup tournament after beating Qatar 2–1. Before so, the Oman had failed to win a single match in the 14 years prior.

Matches

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 10 6 4 2 0 8 1 +7
 United Arab Emirates 8 6 3 2 1 7 4 +3
 Saudi Arabia 7 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1
 Bahrain 6 6 3 0 3 4 4 0
 Kuwait 4 6 1 2 3 3 4 −1
 Qatar 4 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4
 Oman 3 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6

March 2, 1988
Saudi Arabia  2 – 0  Oman

March 3, 1988
Kuwait  1 – 1  Qatar

March 3, 1988
United Arab Emirates  2 – 0  Bahrain

March 4, 1988
Iraq  1 – 1  Oman
Shihab Goal 50' Nasser Hamdan Goal 36'

March 5, 1988
Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Qatar

March 5, 1988
United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Kuwait

March 7, 1988
Bahrain  2 – 0  Oman

March 8, 1988
Qatar  2 – 1  United Arab Emirates

March 8, 1988
Iraq  1 – 0  Kuwait
Radhi Goal 39'

March 9, 1988
Saudi Arabia  1 – 0  Bahrain
Majed Abdullah Goal 80'

March 10, 1988
United Arab Emirates  0 – 0  Iraq

March 10, 1988
Oman  2 – 1  Qatar

March 12, 1988
Bahrain  1 – 0  Kuwait

March 13, 1988
Iraq  3 – 0  Qatar
Jafar Goal 58'
Radhi Goal 80' Goal 81'

March 13, 1988
Saudi Arabia  2 – 2  United Arab Emirates

March 14, 1988
Kuwait  2 – 0  Oman

March 16, 1988
Iraq  2 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Radhi Goal 59'
Gorgis Goal 72'

March 16, 1988
Bahrain  1 – 0  Qatar

March 17, 1988
United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Oman

March 18, 1988
Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Kuwait

March 18, 1988
Iraq  1 – 0  Bahrain
Hussein Goal 49'

Result

 9th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Iraq
Third title

References

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