1988 Gulf Cup of Nations

1988 Gulf Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country  Saudi Arabia
Dates 2 March – 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 1988 Gulf Cup of Nations 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 where played at the new-build 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 6 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 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 3, 1988
 Kuwait  1 – 1  Qatar King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 3, 1988
 United Arab Emirates  2 – 0  Bahrain King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 4, 1988
 Iraq  1 – 1  Oman King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Ali Hussein Shihab  50' Nasser Hamdan  36'
March 5, 1988
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Qatar King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 5, 1988
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Kuwait King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 7, 1988
 Bahrain  2 – 0  Oman King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 8, 1988
 Qatar  2 – 1  United Arab Emirates King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 8, 1988
 Iraq  1 – 0  Kuwait King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Ahmad Radhi  39'
March 9, 1988
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 0  Bahrain King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Majed Abdullah  80'
March 10, 1988
 United Arab Emirates  0 – 0  Iraq King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 10, 1988
 Oman  2 – 1  Qatar King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 12, 1988
 Bahrain  1 – 0  Kuwait King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 13, 1988
 Iraq  3 – 0  Qatar King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Habib Jaafar  58'
Ahmad Radhi  80'  81'
March 13, 1988
 Saudi Arabia  2 – 2  United Arab Emirates King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 14, 1988
 Kuwait  2 – 0  Oman King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 16, 1988
 Iraq  2 – 0  Saudi Arabia King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Ahmad Radhi  59'
Basil Gorgis  72'
March 16, 1988
 Bahrain  1 – 0  Qatar King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 17, 1988
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Oman King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 17, 1988
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Kuwait King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
March 17, 1988
 Iraq  1 – 0  Bahrain King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Laith Hussain  49'

Result

 1988 Gulf Cup of Nations Winners 

Iraq
Third title

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