1979 Gulf Cup of Nations

The 5th Gulf Cup of Nations 1979 took place from March 23 to April 9 in Baghdad, 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 Hamoody were voted as best player and best goalkeeper of the "khaleeje 5".

Matches and Results

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date = March 23, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 4–0
team2 = fb|BHR
goals1 = Saeed 48', 88', 90'
Shakir 64'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 24, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 2–1
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 = Naseab 22'
Abdullah 70'
goals2 =Easa 51'
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 24, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|QAT
goals1 = Souwaid 19'
Al-Buloushi 34', 79'
goals2 =Easa 51'
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 27, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|QAT
goals1 = Saeed 1', 60' (pen)
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 27, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BHR
score = 3–0
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 = Shuwair 5'
Zowaid 12' (pen)
Al-Hayki 18'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 28, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 4–0
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Jasim 34', 54'
Khalifah 69'
Abdullah 79'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 29, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|QAT
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 = Muftah 40'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 30, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BHR
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Zowaid 13'
Al-Zayyani 35'
Shuwair 88'
goals2 =Sumar 53'
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = March 30, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 3–1
team2 = fb|KUW
goals1 = Hassan 9'
Ahmed 47'
Abdulsahib 90'
goals2 =Juma'a 75'
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 1, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|QAT
score = 1–0
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Daham 33'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 1, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 7–0
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 = Saad 14'
Sowaid 43', 80'
Kamel 45'
Al-Buloushi 47', 88'
Al-Dakhil 84'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 2, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|BHR
goals1 = Jasim 53'
goals2 =Ghaith 41'
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 3, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Sowaid 40', 47'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 4, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 7–0
team2 = fb|QAT
goals1 = Abdullah 14', 15', 45', 48', 55'
Hamdan 32'
Abdrabbuh 89'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 4, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 5–0
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 = Ahmed 25'
Abdulsahib 40'
Hassan 47'
Saeed 66'
Khudhair 85'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 6, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 7–0
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Saeed 30', 32', 40', 86'
Hassan 43', 50'
Khudhair 52'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 6, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 0–0
team2 = fb|KSA
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 7, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|BHR
score = 1–1
team2 = fb|QAT
goals1 =Shuwair 77'
goals2 =Bashir 27' (pen)
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 8, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|IRQ|1963
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|KSA
goals1 =Hassan 24'
Farhan 36'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 9, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 2–0
team2 = fb|BHR
goals1 =Sowaid 19', 84'
goals2 =
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
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date = April 9, 1979
team1 = fb-rt|OMA
score = 0–4
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 =
goals2 =Abdulrahman 29'
Chowmbi 43'
Bushanain 73'
Abdullah 77'
stadium = Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Results

External links

* [http://www.gulfcup.com/ Official Site (Arabic)]