1979 Gulf Cup of Nations

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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.

[edit] Matches and Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	12	6	6	0	0	23	1	+22
Kuwait	9	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11
Saudi Arabia	8	6	3	2	1	14	4	+10
Bahrain	6	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1
Qatar	5	6	2	1	3	4	13	−9
United Arab Emirates	4	6	1	0	5	5	18	−13
Oman	0	6	0	0	6	1	21	−20

March 23, 1979	Iraq	4–0	Bahrain	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Saeed 48', 88', 90' Shakir 64'

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March 24, 1979	Saudi Arabia	2–1	United Arab Emirates	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Naseab 22' Abdullah 70'		Easa 51'

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March 24, 1979	Kuwait	3–1	Qatar	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Souwaid 19' Al-Buloushi 34', 79'		Easa 51'

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March 27, 1979	Iraq	2–0	Qatar	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Saeed 1', 60' (pen)

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March 27, 1979	Bahrain	3–0	United Arab Emirates	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Shuwair 5' Zowaid 12' (pen) Al-Hayki 18'

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March 28, 1979	Saudi Arabia	4–0	Oman	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Jasim 34', 54' Khalifah 69' Abdullah 79'

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March 29, 1979	Qatar	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Muftah 40'

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March 30, 1979	Bahrain	3–1	Oman	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Zowaid 13' Al-Zayyani 35' Shuwair 88'		Sumar 53'

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March 30, 1979	Iraq	3–1	Kuwait	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Hassan 9' Ahmed 47' Abdulsahib 90'		Juma'a 75'

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April 1, 1979	Qatar	1–0	Oman	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Daham 33'

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April 1, 1979	Kuwait	7–0	United Arab Emirates	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Saad 14' Sowaid 43', 80' Kamel 45' Al-Buloushi 47', 88' Al-Dakhil 84'

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April 2, 1979	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Bahrain	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Jasim 53'		Ghaith 41'

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April 3, 1979	Kuwait	2–0	Oman	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Sowaid 40', 47'

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April 4, 1979	Saudi Arabia	7–0	Qatar	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Abdullah 14', 15', 45', 48', 55' Hamdan 32' Abdrabbuh 89'

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April 4, 1979	Iraq	5–0	United Arab Emirates	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Ahmed 25' Abdulsahib 40' Hassan 47' Saeed 66' Khudhair 85'

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April 6, 1979	Iraq	7–0	Oman	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Saeed 30', 32', 40', 86' Hassan 43', 50' Khudhair 52'

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April 6, 1979	Kuwait	0–0	Saudi Arabia	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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April 7, 1979	Bahrain	1–1	Qatar	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Shuwair 77'		Bashir 27' (pen)

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April 8, 1979	Iraq	2–0	Saudi Arabia	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Hassan 24' Farhan 36'

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April 9, 1979	Kuwait	2–0	Bahrain	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
	Sowaid 19', 84'

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April 9, 1979	Oman	0–4	United Arab Emirates	Al Shaab Stadium, Baghdad
			Abdulrahman 29' Chowmbi 43' Bushanain 73' Abdullah 77'

[edit] Results

Persian Gulf Cup of Nations 1979 Winners Iraq 1st Title