The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة) was the fifth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq and took place from 23 March to 9 April 1979.[1] Hosts Iraq won their first ever title after defeating Saudi Arabia 2–0,[2] becoming the second team to win the competition after Kuwait.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 1978 and hosted in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, but it was delayed after the UAE gave up their hosting rights.[3]
The seven teams in the tournament played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
There were 70 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.
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Khalil Shuwaier
Saud Jassem2 goals
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Mahdi Abdul-Sahib Hadi Ahmed Adel Khudhair1 goal
Abdulhadi Al-Hayiki Mohammed Al-Zayani Kamel Ghaith Hassan Farhan Nadhim Shaker
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Ahmad Sumar
Anbar Bashir Khamis Daham Hassan Mattar Mansour Muftah Abdullah Abdoraboh Eisa Hamdan Eissa Khalifa Sultan bin Naseeb
Saeed Abdullah Rajab Abdulrahman Salem Boshanain Ahmad Easa Ahmed Tshombe Hussein Saeed (10 goals)