1985 Arab Cup

4th Arab Cup, held in Saudi Arabia Arab Cup 1985 200px Saudi Arabia 3–12 July 6 2 1 1 IRQ 1963 3 Bahrain Saudi Arabia Qatar 10 21 IRQ 1963 Anad Abid(5 goals) KSA Mohamed Abd Al-Jawadعبدالجواد افضل لاعب https://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/1985/JUL1985/13-07-1985-4671/4671-02401.jpg BHR 1972 Mohammed Saleh JOR 1966 1988 The 1985 Arab Cup was the fourth edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Ta'if, Saudi Arabia. The competition returned after nineteen years of absence and was the first one under the auspices of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The defending champion Iraq won the title for the third consecutive time. Qualification Zone 1 (Gulf Area) January 2026 Bahrain and Qatar qualified. Zone 2 (Red Sea) The tournament was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.https://www.adngad.net/news/816244 المباراة التاريخية لمنتخب اليمن الديمقراطي أمام المنتخب السعودي Adngad 21 September 2025 arhttps://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/abdullah-intl.html Majed Abdullah Mohammed - Century of International Appearances RSSSF 2 July 2020 TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsKSA330050+56SDN320123–14SOM301213–21YMD301213–21 2 December 1983 KSA 1–0 SOM Abdullah 72 pen. Al-Malaz Stadium, Riyadh 2 December 1983 SDN 1–0 YMD Al-Nager Al-Malaz Stadium, Riyadh 5 December 1983 KSA 1–0 YMD Al-Nafisah 36 Al-Malaz Stadium, Riyadh Saleh Adam (Sudan) 5 December 1983https://www.kooora.com/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-3-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%83%D8%B1/1025062 السودان في كأس العرب.. 3 مشاركات ووداع مبكر Kooora 25 April 2021 ar SDN 1–0 SOM Al-Malaz Stadium, Riyadh 9 December 1983 KSA 3–0 SDN Al-Nafisah 24Abdullah 43 69 Al-Malaz Stadium, Riyadh Abdel Kareem Abu Ayyash (Jordan) 9 December 1983 YMD 1–1 SOM Hashim Abdi 17 Al-Malaz Stadium, Riyadh Saudi Arabia and Sudan qualified. Zone 3 (North Africa) Mauritania qualified automatically as the other North African teams (Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) withdrew due to their participation in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.https://www.kooora.com/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7/1080455 كأس العرب 1963 - 2021 (p 26) ar kooora.com Abd El Baset Najar (Author: Mahmoud Qarqura) 15 October 2021 Mauritania qualified. Zone 4 (East Region) The tournament was held in Amman, Jordan.https://jfa.com.jo/arsh_match.php?id_mon=1&id1=62 تفاصيل مباراة الأردن و العراق JFA.com 4 January 2026 ar TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsJOR110032+12IRQ 1963100123–10 18 May 1984https://www.niiiis.com/games/arabcup85q.html تصفيات كاس العرب NIIIIS.com 4 January 2026 ar JOR 3–2 yes IRQ 1963 Abu-Ahed 51Ibrahim 68Awad 93 Saeed 43 75 Amman International Stadium, Amman Jordan and Iraq qualified due to the withdrawal of the other teams in the group. Qualified teams Sudan withdrew from the final tournament, while Iraq participated with its B team. The 6 qualified teams were: Participants ZoneTeamZone 1 (Gulf Area)BHR 1972QATZone 2 (Red Sea)KSA (hosts)Zone 3 (North Africa)MTN 1959Zone 4 (East Region)IRQ 1963 Iraq BJOR Venues Ta’if Saudi Arabia right 300 Saudi Arabia 21.26 40.41 Ta’if top King Fahd Stadium Capacity: 17,000 180px Squads 1985 Arab Cup squads Group stage Group A TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsKSA220050+54Qatar210121+12Jordan200206−60 3 July 1985 KSA 4–0 Jordan Report Nu'eimeh 45Azmi 49 o.g.Al-Musaibeah 58Al-Bishi 89 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Nizar Watti (Syria) 5 July 1985 Qatar 2–0 Jordan Khalfan 32Muftah 66 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria) 7 July 1985 KSA 1–0 Qatar Report Mohammad 61 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria) Group B TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsBahrain 1972211031+23Iraq 1963 Iraq B211031+23Mauritania 1959200204−40 4 July 1985 Iraq 1963 Iraq B 1–1 Bahrain 1972 Abid 42 Eid 78 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Mohamed Larache (Morocco) http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/1985/JUL1985/05-07-1985-4663/4663-01301.jpg 6 July 1985 Bahrain 1972 2–0 Mauritania 1959 Shwetar 15 74 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Tahar Zaghlout (Libya) 8 July 1985 Iraq 1963 Iraq B 2–0 Mauritania 1959 Mahmoud 42Abid 60 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Mohammed Senhoub (Yemen) Knock-out stage 10 July 1985 – Taif Iraq 1963 Iraq B 3 KSA 2 10 July 1985 – Taif Bahrain 1972 1 (3) Qatar 1 (1) 12 July 1985 – Taif Iraq 1963 Iraq B 1 Bahrain 1972 0 12 July 1985 – Taif KSA 0 (3) Qatar 0 (1) Semi-finals 10 July 1985 Iraq 1963 Iraq B 3–2 KSA Abid 13 18Rashid 28 Nu'eimeh 47 pen.Abd Al-Jawad 88 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria) http://www.ksa-team.com/english/matches.php?id=872 10 July 1985 Bahrain 1972 1–1 yes Qatar Al-Harban 55 Muftah 40 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait) Hassan Shwetar Saif Al-Harban 3–1 Al-Adsani Al Ammari Sabela Muftah Third place play-off 12 July 1985 KSA 0–0 yes Qatar King Fahd Stadium, Taif Nizar Watti (Syria) Abd Al-Jawad Al-Bishi Al-Dosari Khamees 3–1 Al-Adsani Anber Khalfan Zaid Final 1985 Arab Cup Final 12 July 1985 Iraq 1963 Iraq B 1–0 Bahrain 1972 Abid 21 King Fahd Stadium, Taif Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait) http://www.niiiis.com/games/g4.html Goalscorers 21 10 IRQ 1963 Anad Abid BHR Waleed Shwetar QAT Mansour Muftah KSA Saleh Nu'eimeh BHR Ebrahim Al-Harban BHR Khamis Eid IRQ 1963 Shaker Mahmoud IRQ 1963 Hameed Rashid QAT Ibrahim Khalfan KSA Ahmad Al-Bishi KSA Fahad Al-Musaibeah KSA Jamal Mohammad KSA Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad BHR Hussam Azmi (vs Saudi Arabia) References External links Details in RSSSF 1985 Cup Category:1985 in African men's international football Category:1985 in Asian men's international football Category:1985–86 in Saudi Arabian men's football Category:International association football competitions hosted by Saudi Arabia Category:Sport in Taif Category:July 1985 sports events in Asia