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.

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

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

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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

Kuwait  1 – 1  Qatar


Iraq  1 – 1  Oman
Shihab   50' Nasser Hamdan   36'



Bahrain  2 – 0  Oman


Iraq  1 – 0  Kuwait
Radhi   39'



Oman  2 – 1  Qatar

Bahrain  1 – 0  Kuwait

Iraq  3 – 0  Qatar
Jafar   58'
Radhi   80'   81'


Kuwait  2 – 0  Oman

Iraq  2 – 0  Saudi Arabia
Radhi   59'
Gorgis   72'

Bahrain  1 – 0  Qatar



Iraq  1 – 0  Bahrain
Hussein   49'

Result

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 9th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 
 
Iraq

Third title

References

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