25th Arabian Gulf Cup Group A

The Group A of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup was one of the two groups of competing nations in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. It consisted of hosts Iraq, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Oman. The matches took place from 6 to 12 January 2023. The top two teams, Iraq and Oman, advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams

Team Appearance Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings (October 2022)[1]
 Iraq (hosts) 16th Winners (1979, 1984, 1988) 68
 Yemen 10th Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017–18, 2019) 155
 Saudi Arabia 24th Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04) 51
 Oman 23rd Winners (2009, 2017–18) 75

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq (H) 3 2 1 0 7 0 +7 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Oman 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Yemen 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: AGCFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

Iraq vs Oman

Iraq 0–0 Oman
Report
Iraq
Oman
GK 12 Jalal Hassan (c)
RB 17 Hussein Ammar  46'
CB 5 Ali Faez
CB 4 Mustafa Nadhim
LB 15 Dhurgham Ismail
CM 14 Amjad Attwan  39'  74'
CM 16 Amir Al-Ammari  89'
RW 7 Hussein Ali  61'
AM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh  38'
LW 20 Hussein Jabbar  62'
CF 18 Aymen Hussein
Substitutions:
DF 6 Alai Ghasem  46'
MF 11 Sherko Karim  61'
MF 19 Mohammed Ali Abboud  62'
MF 13 Rewan Amin  74'
MF 23 Moammel Abdul-Ridha  89'
Manager:
Jesús Casas
GK 1 Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini
RB 11 Amjad Al-Harthi  72'
CB 5 Juma Al-Habsi  87'
CB 6 Ahmed Al-Khamisi
LB 14 Ahmed Al-Kaabi
CM 10 Jameel Al-Yahmadi  85'
CM 23 Harib Al-Saadi (c)  40'
CM 8 Zahir Al-Aghbari  59'
AM 4 Arshad Al-Alawi  85'
CF 7 Issam Al-Sabhi
CF 17 Rabia Al-Alawi  90+3'
Substitutions:
MF 15 Musab Al-Mamari  59'
DF 16 Khalid Al-Braiki  85'
MF 21 Mataz Saleh  85'
DF 2 Mohammed Al-Musalami  90+3'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković

Man of the Match:
Dhurgham Ismail (Iraq)

Assistant referees:
Ovidiu-Mihai Artene (Romania)
Vasile Marinescu (Romania)
Fourth official:
Adnan Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Jérémie Pignard (France)

Yemen vs Saudi Arabia

Yemen 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report
  • Al-Nabit 18'
  • Al-Juwayr 34' (pen.)
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
GK 22 Salem Al-Harsh
RB 17 Emad Al-Godaimah
CB 3 Harwan Alzubaidi  62'
CB 4 Mudir Al-Radaei (c)
LB 16 Ahmed Al-Wajeeh
DM 15 Mohammed Al-Tiri
RM 11 Abdulwasea Al-Matari  85'
CM 8 Anes Al-Maari  80'
CM 10 Nasser Al-Gahwashi  63'
LM 9 Omar Al-Dahi  85'
CF 12 Ahmed Maher  63'
Substitutions:
CF 7 Ahmed Al-Sarori  63'
MF 20 Hamza Hanash  63'
DF 2 Hamza Al-Rimi  80'
FW 19 Ali Alomari  85'
MF 18 Mohammed Al-Dahi  85'
Manager:
Miroslav Soukup
GK 1 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB 2 Madallah Al-Olayan  78'  90'
CB 3 Ahmed Bamsaud
CB 5 Qassem Lajami
LB 4 Ziyad Al-Sahafi
CM 14 Awad Al-Nashri  78'
CM 6 Riyadh Sharahili (c)
CM 23 Musab Al-Juwayr  29'  90'
RW 7 Sumayhan Al-Nabit
CF 9 Raed Al-Ghamdi  84'
LW 10 Turki Al-Ammar  77'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Faisal Al-Ghamdi  90'
MF 12 Mohammed Aboulshamat  84'
FW 16 Mohammed Maran  90'
MF 17 Naif Masoud  78'
MF 18 Saad Al-Nasser  77'
Manager:
Saad Al-Shehri

Man of the Match:
Sumayhan Al-Nabit (Saudi Arabia)

Assistant referees:
Khaled Ayed (Qatar)
Zahi Al-Shammari (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)
Video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ahmed Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

Oman vs Yemen

Oman 3–2 Yemen
 Report
Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)
Oman
Yemen
GK 1 Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini
RB 19 Mahmood Al-Mushaifri  57'
CB 4 Arshad Al-Alawi  75'
CB 2 Mohammed Al-Musalami (c)
LB 14 Ahmed Al-Kaabi
CM 23 Harib Al-Saadi
CM 5 Juma Al-Habsi
CM 20 Salaah Al-Yahyaei  75'
AM 10 Jameel Al-Yahmadi  89'
CF 17 Rabia Al-Alawi
CF 7 Issam Al-Sabhi  75'
Substitutions:
DF 6 Ahmed Al-Khamisi  57'
FW 9 Omar Al-Malki  75'
MF 15 Musab Al-Mamari  75'
FW 8 Zahir Al-Aghbari  75'
DF 16 Khalid Al-Braiki  89'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković
GK 23 Ali Fadhl  46'
RB 17 Emad Al-Godaimah  50'
CB 3 Harwan Alzubaidi
CB 4 Mudir Al-Radaei (c)  44'
LB 16 Ahmed Al-Wajeeh  62'
DM 15 Mohammed Al-Tiri  45+3'
RM 11 Abdulwasea Al-Matari
CM 8 Anes Al-Maari  77'
CM 20 Hamza Hanash  62'
LM 9 Omar Al-Dahi
CF 12 Ahmed Maher  73'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Mohamed Aman  46'
DF 2 Hamza Al-Rimi  62'
DF 21 Jarallah Al-Zaghari  62'
MF 18 Mohammed Al-Dahi  73'
FW 7 Ahmed Al-Sarori  77'
Manager:
Miroslav Soukup

Man of the Match:
Salaah Al-Yahyaei (Oman)

Assistant referees:
Abdulhadi Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Sayed Ali Mahmoud (Kuwait)
Fourth official:
Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Video assistant referee:
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Hashem Al-Ibrahim (Kuwait)

Saudi Arabia vs Iraq

Saudi Arabia 0–2 Iraq
Report
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
GK 1 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB 2 Madallah Al-Olayan
CB 4 Ziyad Al-Sahafi
CB 5 Qassem Lajami
LB 3 Ahmed Bamsaud  78'
CM 14 Awad Al-Nashri  61'
CM 6 Riyadh Sharahili (c)
RW 23 Musab Al-Juwayr  61'
AM 18 Saad Al-Nasser  61'
LW 7 Sumayhan Al-Nabit
CF 9 Raed Al-Ghamdi  61'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Mohammed Maran  61'
MF 10 Turki Al-Ammar  61'
MF 17 Naif Masoud  61'
MF 11 Ahmed Al-Ghamdi  61'
MF 15 Hussain Al-Eisa  78'
Manager:
Saad Al-Shehri
GK 22 Ahmed Basil
RB 6 Alai Ghasem
CB 4 Mustafa Nadhim
CB 5 Ali Faez
LB 15 Dhurgham Ismail (c)  37'
CM 19 Mohammed Ali Abboud  90+1'
CM 16 Amir Al-Ammari  90+1'
RW 10 Hasan Abdulkareem  61'
AM 14 Amjad Attwan  78'
LW 8 Ibrahim Bayesh
CF 18 Aymen Hussein  61'
Substitutions:
FW 21 Aso Rostam  61'
MF 11 Sherko Karim  61'
MF 23 Moammel Abdul-Ridha  78'
DF 2 Manaf Younis  90+1'
DF 3 Zaid Tahseen  90+1'
Manager:
Jesús Casas

Man of the Match:
Ibrahim Bayesh (Iraq)

Assistant referees:
Ali Al Nuami (United Arab Emirates)
Sabet Suroor (United Arab Emirates)
Fourth official:
Ma Ning (China)
Video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ahmed Eissa (United Arab Emirates)

Iraq vs Yemen

Iraq 5–0 Yemen
 Report
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Iraq
Yemen
GK 12 Jalal Hassan (c)
RB 17 Hussein Ammar  62'
CB 4 Mustafa Nadhim
CB 5 Ali Faez
LB 6 Alai Ghasem
CM 8 Ibrahim Bayesh  79'
CM 13 Rewan Amin
RW 10 Hasan Abdulkareem  46'
AM 20 Hussein Jabbar  62'
LW 7 Hussein Ali
CF 18 Aymen Hussein  79'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Amir Al-Ammari  46'
MF 14 Amjad Attwan  62'
DF 15 Dhurgham Ismail  62'
FW 9 Alaa Abbas  79'
MF 11 Sherko Karim  79'
Manager:
Jesús Casas
GK 1 Mohamed Aman
RB 2 Hamza Al-Rimi
CB 17 Emad Al-Godaimah
CB 3 Harwan Alzubaidi
LB 16 Ahmed Al-Wajeeh
RM 10 Nasser Al-Gahwashi  90+2'
CM 14 Mohammed Fawzi Bahamid  59'
CM 15 Mohammed Al-Tiri  83'
LM 11 Abdulwasea Al-Matari (c)  90+3'
CF 18 Mohammed Al-Dahi  46'
CF 9 Omar Al-Dahi  59'
Substitutions:
FW 12 Ahmed Maher  46'
FW 7 Ahmed Al-Sarori  68'  59'
MF 8 Anes Al-Maari  59'
FW 19 Ali Alomari  83'
MF 20 Hamza Hanash  90+2'
Manager:
Miroslav Soukup

Man of the Match:
Hussein Ali (Iraq)

Assistant referees:
Shayusupov Sanjar (Uzbekistan)
Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Marri (Qatar)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Ahmed Eissa (United Arab Emirates)

Saudi Arabia vs Oman

Saudi Arabia 1–2 Oman
 Report
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Saudi Arabia
Oman
GK 1 Nawaf Al-Aqidi
RB 12 Mohammed Aboulshamat
CB 4 Ziyad Al-Sahafi
CB 5 Qassem Lajami  10'
LB 3 Ahmed Bamsaud
CM 17 Naif Masoud  71'
CM 6 Riyadh Sharahili (c)  66'
RW 10 Turki Al-Ammar
AM 23 Musab Al-Juwayr  87'
LW 7 Sumayhan Al-Nabit  71'
CF 16 Mohammed Maran
Substitutions:
DF 13 Hussain Al-Sibyani  10'
MF 18 Saad Al-Nasser  66'
MF 11 Ahmed Al-Ghamdi  71'
MF 14 Awad Al-Nashri  76'  71'
Manager:
Saad Al-Shehri
GK 1 Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini
RB 13 Ahmed Al-Adawi  46'
CB 6 Ahmed Al-Khamisi
CB 5 Juma Al-Habsi  31'
LB 14 Ahmed Al-Kaabi
CM 10 Jameel Al-Yahmadi
CM 23 Harib Al-Saadi (c)
CM 4 Arshad Al-Alawi  46'
AM 20 Salaah Al-Yahyaei  74'  74'
CF 17 Rabia Al-Alawi  46'
CF 7 Issam Al-Sabhi  90'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Mohammed Al-Musalami  46'
MF 8 Zahir Al-Aghbari  46'
MF 21 Mataz Saleh  63'
DF 16 Khalid Al-Braiki  74'
DF 3 Fahmi Durbin  90'
Manager:
Branko Ivanković

Man of the Match:
Harib Al-Saadi (Oman)

Assistant referees:
Fei Zhou (China)
Cheng Zhang (China)
Fourth official:
Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:

  • first yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
           
 Iraq 2 1 –3
 Oman 3 2 –5
 Yemen 1 3 2 –6
 Saudi Arabia 2 2 –4

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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