Arabian Gulf Cup

The Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎, Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi),[1][2][3] often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup,[4][5][6] is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nations. The history of the competition has also seen it held every three to four years due to political or organisational problems.[7]

"Gulf Cup" redirects here. For other uses, see Gulf Cup (disambiguation).
This article is about the international competition. For the Emirati cup competition that is known as the Arabian Gulf Cup for sponsorship reasons, see UAE League Cup.
Arabian Gulf Cup
Organising bodyArab Gulf Cup Football Federation
Founded1970
Number of teams8
Current champions Bahrain
 (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Kuwait
 (10 titles)
WebsiteAGCFF.com
24th Arabian Gulf Cup

History

The idea for the tournament was established at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the first Arabian Gulf Cup took place in 1970 which was won by Kuwait. Kuwait has been the most successful team in the tournament's history, winning 10 tournaments out of 24 in total, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq all have three titles. The current champions are Bahrain, who defeated Saudi Arabia in 2019 to win their first title.

In 2017, the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. In July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup will be held in Doha. In October 2019, the three countries also announced to boycott the tournament.[8] Later in November 2019, the three countries announced to take part in the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup tournament to be hosted by Qatar.[9]

Developments
View of the jam-packed stadium during the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in Abu Dhabi in 2007

A major point that helped Qatar improve the competition was the fact that Al Jazeera Sports, the leading sports channel in Western Asia, and North Africa is based in Doha. Al Jazeera Sports won broadcasting rights to the 2004, and exclusively in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2009[10] after a deal ending in million,[11] and dramatically reformed the Arabian Gulf Cup by hosting numerous talk shows and documentaries, on top of filming in HD and perfecting camerawork of matches.[12]

The tournament marked the presence of some of the most influential personalities of the football world, including FIFA President, Sepp Blatter,[13] and UEFA president, Michel Platini.[14][15] The FIFA Executive Committee has also put on their October 4, 2013 meeting agenda to hear the proposal for the Arabian Gulf Cup to be included in the international match calendar.[16]

Results
Edition Year Host Final Third place match or losing semi-finalists
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1st
Details		 1970  Bahrain
Kuwait		 round-robin
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
Qatar
2nd
Details		 1972  Saudi Arabia
Kuwait		 round-robin
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates		 round-robin
Qatar
3rd
Details		 1974  Kuwait
Kuwait		 4 – 0
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates		 1 – 1
(3–0)
penalties
Qatar
4th
Details		 1976  Qatar
Kuwait		 4 – 2
Iraq
Qatar		 round-robin
Bahrain
5th
Details		 1979  Iraq
Iraq		 round-robin
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
Bahrain
6th
Details		 1982  United Arab Emirates
Kuwait		 round-robin
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates		 round-robin
Saudi Arabia
7th
Details		 1984  Oman
Iraq		 1 – 1
(4–3)
penalties
Qatar
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
United Arab Emirates
8th
Details		 1986  Bahrain
Kuwait		 round-robin
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
Qatar
9th
Details		 1988  Saudi Arabia
Iraq		 round-robin
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
Bahrain
10th
Details		 1990  Kuwait
Kuwait		 round-robin
Qatar
Bahrain		 round-robin
Oman
11th
Details		 1992  Qatar
Qatar		 round-robin
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
United Arab Emirates
12th
Details		 1994  United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain		 round-robin
Qatar
13th
Details		 1996  Oman
Kuwait		 round-robin
Qatar
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
United Arab Emirates
14th
Details		 1998  Bahrain
Kuwait		 round-robin
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates		 round-robin
Oman
15th
Details		 2002  Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
Qatar
Kuwait		 round-robin
Bahrain
16th
Details		 2003–04  Kuwait
Saudi Arabia		 round-robin
Bahrain
Qatar		 round-robin
Oman
17th
Details		 2004  Qatar
Qatar		 1 – 1
(6–5)
penalties
Oman
Bahrain		 3 – 1
Kuwait
18th
Details		 2007  United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates		 1 – 0
Oman		  Saudi Arabia and  Bahrain
19th
Details		 2009  Oman
Oman		 0 – 0
(6–5)
penalties
Saudi Arabia		  Kuwait and  Qatar
20th
Details		 2010  Yemen
Kuwait		 1 – 0
Saudi Arabia		  Iraq and  United Arab Emirates
21st
Details		 2013  Bahrain
United Arab Emirates		 2 – 1
(a.e.t.)
Iraq
Kuwait		 6 – 1
Bahrain
22nd
Details		 2014  Saudi Arabia
Qatar		 2 – 1
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates		 1 – 0
Oman
23rd
Details		 2017–18  Kuwait
Oman		 0 – 0
(5–4)
penalties
United Arab Emirates		  Iraq and  Bahrain
24th
Details		 2019  Qatar
Bahrain		 1 – 0
Saudi Arabia		  Iraq and  Qatar
25th
Details		 2021  Iraq

Summary
Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semifinals Total
 Kuwait 10 (1970, 1972, 1974*, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990*, 1996, 1998, 2010) 1 (1979) 2 (2002, 2013) 1 (2004) 1 (2009) 15
 Saudi Arabia 3 (1994, 2002*, 2003–04) 7 (1972*, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2014*, 2019) 7 (1970, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988*, 1992, 1996) 1 (1982) 1 (2007) 19
 Qatar 3 (1992*, 2004*, 2014) 4 (1984, 1990, 1996, 2002) 2 (1976*, 2003–04) 5 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1994) 2 (2009, 2019*) 16
 Iraq 3 (1979*, 1984, 1988) 2 (1976, 2013) – – 3 (2010, 2017–18, 2019) 8
 United Arab Emirates 2 (2007*, 2013) 4 (1986, 1988, 1994*, 2017–18) 5 (1972, 1974, 1982*, 1998, 2014) 3 (1984, 1992, 1996) 1 (2010) 15
 Oman 2 (2009*, 2017–18) 2 (2004, 2007) – 4 (1990, 1998, 2003–04, 2014) – 8
 Bahrain 1 (2019) 4 (1970*, 1982, 1992, 2003–04) 3 (1990, 1994, 2004) 5 (1976, 1979, 1988, 2002, 2013*) 2 (2007, 2017–18) 15
 Yemen – – – – – 0

Note:

  • An asterisk (*) beside the year in the above table means that country hosted the tournament.

Participating nations
Team
1970
1972
1974
1976
1979
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2002
2003–04
2004
2007
2009
2010
2013
2014
2017–18
2019		 Total
 Bahrain 2ndWDGS4th4th2ndGSGS4th3rd2nd3rdGSGSGS2nd3rdSFGSGS4thGSSF1st24
 Iraq 2nd1stWD1stGS1stWDGSGSGSSF2ndGSSFSF15
 Kuwait 1st1st1st1st2nd1stGS1stGS1stGSGS1st1st3rdGS4thGSSF1st3rdGSGSGS24
 Oman GSGSGSGSGSGSGS4thGSGSGS4thGS4th2nd2nd1stGSGS4th1stGS22
 Qatar 4th4th3rd3rdGSGS2nd4thGS2nd1st4th2ndGS2nd3rd1stGSSFGSGS1stGSSF24
 Saudi Arabia 3rd2nd2ndGS3rd4th3rd3rd3rd3rd1st3rd2nd1st1stGSSF2nd2ndGS2ndGS2nd23
 United Arab Emirates 3rd4thGSGS3rd4th2nd2ndGS4th2nd4th3rdGSGSGS1stGSSF1st3rd2ndGS23
 Yemen GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS9
Total456777777666666788888888

Legend:

  • #: Invitee
  • Red border: Host Nation
  • Blank: Did Not Enter
  • TBD: To Be Determined
  • GS: Group Stage
  • SF: Semifinalists (No 3rd Place Match)
  • WD: Withdrew

Note:

  •  Iraq was banned from the competition from 1992 to 2003.
  •  Yemen have not yet won the championship nor even winning a single competitive game.
  • There were no third place playoffs for the Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017–18 and 2019.

General statistics

As of 2019 Cup

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts
1  Saudi Arabia 23109562528163102+61193
2  Kuwait 24113562333194112+82191
3  United Arab Emirates 23111412839117135−18151
4  Qatar 24112412541130129+1148
5  Bahrain 23107323441113135−22130
6  Iraq 155826211110456+4899
7  Oman 2210419275881176−9584
8  Yemen 9300624977−686

Source:[17]

Note: This table excludes eleven annulled games from 1972 (Bahrain were ejected from the competition), 1982 (Iraq were forced to withdraw due to the political situation in the country), and 1990 (Iraq were ejected from the competition).

All-time goal records

All-time goal records by Tournaments:[18]

Tournaments Games Goals Scored Goals per Game
1970 6 19 3.17
1972 6 25 4.17
1974 10 40 4.00
1976 22 84 3.82
1979 21 70 3.33
1982 15 38 2.53
1984 22 51 2.32
1986 21 53 2.52
1988 21 34 1.62
1990 10 21 2.10
1992 15 30 2.00
1994 15 34 2.27
1996 15 35 2.33
1998 15 40 2.67
2002 15 33 2.20
2003–04 21 46 2.19
2004 16 59 3.69
2007 15 34 2.27
2009 15 31 2.07
2010 15 30 2.00
2013 16 36 2.25
2014 16 33 2.06
2017–18 15 23 1.53
2019 15 45 3.00

Does not include goals from annulled or abandoned games (1972 – Bahrain games, 1982 & 1990 Iraq games)

Includes 1974 Preliminary Round games

Does not include penalty shoot-out goals

All-time top scorers
Updated on 4 December 2019.
Player Country Goals
1 Jasem Yaqoub  Kuwait 18
2 Majed Abdullah  Saudi Arabia 17
Hussein Saeed  Iraq 17
4 Jasem Al Huwaidi  Kuwait 14
Faisal Al-Dakhil  Kuwait 14
6 Ali Mabkhout  United Arab Emirates 13
Mansour Muftah  Qatar 13
8 Bader Al-Mutawa  Kuwait 12
Yussef Al-Suwayed  Kuwait 12
10 Fahad Khamees  United Arab Emirates 10
Mahmoud Soufi  Qatar 10
Yasser Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia 10

Players in bold are still active

Golden boot history
Year Player Goals scored
1970 Mohammed Masawd3
Jawad Khalif
1972 Hamad Bu Hamood6
1974 Jasem Yaqoub6
1976 Jasem Yaqoub9
1979 Hussein Saeed10
1982 Ebrahim Zwaeed3
Saleem Khalifa
Yussif Swaid
Majed Abdullah
1984 Hussain Saeed7
1986 Fahad Khamees6
1988 Zuhair Bukheet4
Ahmad Radhi
1990 Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah5
1992 Mubarak Mustafa3
1994 Fuad Anwar4
Mahmoud Soufi
1996 Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi4
1998 Jasem Al Huwaidi9
2002 Hani Al-Dhabit5
2003–04 Talal Yousef5
2004 Amad Al Hosni4
2007 Ismail Matar5
2009 Hassan Rabia4
2010 Bader Al-Mutawa3
Alaa Abdul-Zahra
2013 Ahmed Khalil3
Abdulhadi Khamis
2014 Ali Mabkhout5
2017–18 Ali Husni2
Ali Faez
Jamal Rashid
Almoez Ali
Said Al-Ruzaiqi
2019 Ali Mabkhout5
Country Players Years
 Kuwait 8 9 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2010, 2013)
 United Arab Emirates 6 7 (1982, 1986, 1988, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2019)
 Iraq 4 5 (1979, 1984, 1988, 2010, 2017–18)
 Oman 4 (2002, 2004, 2009, 2017–18)
 Qatar 4 (1992, 1994, 1996, 2017–18)
 Bahrain 3 3 (1982, 2003–04, 2017–18)
 Saudi Arabia 2 2 (1982, 1994)
 Yemen 0 0

Other records
  • Biggest Win – 8 Goals
 Kuwait 8 – 0  Oman (29 March 1976)
  • Most Goals in a game – 8 Goals
 Kuwait 8 – 0  Oman (29 March 1976)
  • Most Individual Goals in a Single Game – 5 Goals
Majed Abdullah  Saudi Arabia (3 April 1979 vs. Qatar)
Jassem Al Houwaidi  Kuwait (1998 vs. Qatar)
  • Most Individual Goals in a Single Tournament – 10 Goals
Hussein Saeed  Iraq (1979)
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See also

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  3. "The Official Logo of the Arabian Gulf Cup". Kuwait Football Association.
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  10. http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/uae-fans-could-be-deprived-of-gulf-cup-action-1.43346 – Al Jazeera win rights from Abu Dhabi & Dubai Sports, in a competition that was broadcast freely just a decade ago
  11. http://m.sportbusiness.com/news/168199/al-jazeera-acquires-gulf-cup-rights Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera Sports receive full broadcasting rights for 23.5 million dollars
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – Al Jazeera Sports offer the Gulf Cup in HD for the first time, and offer further enhanced visual graphics
  13. http://www.gulf-cup.net/index.asp?IDNews=125&id=100001 – Sepp Blatter on the 19th Gulf Cup
  14. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84173262/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup
  15. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84167684/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup
  16. https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/bodies/02/17/94/91/13920_excooctober_agenda_en_13-02270_101_en_en_13-02410_101_en_en_neutral.pdf
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  18. Statistics made by contributor based on information found on gulfcup.com Archived 2006-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
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