9th Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates2–18 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 from 2 to 18 March 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 10642081+7
 United Arab Emirates 8632174+3
 Saudi Arabia 7623154+1
 Bahrain 66303440
 Kuwait 4612334−1
 Qatar 4612348−4
 Oman 3611439−6
Iraq 1 – 1 Oman
Shihab 50' Nasser Hamdan 36'
Iraq 3 – 0 Qatar
Jafar 58'
Radhi 80' 81'

Result

 9th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Iraq
Third title

References

  1. ↑ "الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي". Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
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