1966 Arab Cup

3rd Arab Cup, held in Iraq Arab Cup 1966 Postcards_IQ_1966_50f.jpg Postcard promoting the 3rd Arab Football Cup Iraq 1–10 April 10 2 3 3 Iraq 1963 2 Syria 1963 Libya Lebanon 1943 20 98 LBY Ali Al-Biski(10 goals) IRQ 1963 Shidrak Yousif 1964 1985 The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted in Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time.نهائي كأس العرب 1966 - Al-Gardenia At the tournament's closing ceremony, the chairman of the Arab Cup Organising Committee announced that the next edition of the Arab Cup would be held in 1967 in Damascus, Syria,https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/bagh19660412-01.1.10 3rd Arab Football Cup Tournament Ends Baghdad News 12 April 1966 however, this did not end up taking place. Participating teams A total of 10 teams participated in the competition. United Arab Republic initially agreed to take part,https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/bagh19660222-01.1.10 U.A.R. will take part in Arab Cup The Iraq Times 22 February 1966 but later withdrew.https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/bagh19660401-01.1.13 Arab Football Cup tournament in progress The Iraq Times 5 April 1966 Sudan were invited to participate but declined.https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/bagh19660304-01.1.10 National Trainer on Soccer Prospects The Iraq Times 4 March 1966 The 10 participating teams were: Team Qualified as Previous appearances in tournamentBold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host. IRQ 1963 Hosts & holders 1 (1964) BHR 1932 Invitee 0 (debut) JOR Invitee 2 (1963, 1964) KUW Invitee 2 (1963, 1964) LBN 1943 Invitee 2 (1963, 1964) LBY Invitee 1 (1964) North Yemen Invitee 0 (debut) Flag of Muscat.svg Muscat and Oman Invitee 0 (debut) PLE Invitee 0 (debut) SYR 1963 Invitee 1 (1963) Notes Venues Iraq center 300 Iraq 33.333333 44.383333 Baghdad top Iraq 33.366667 43.566667 Habbaniyah left Iraq 32.505556 45.824722 Kut bottomBaghdadHabbaniyahKutAl-Kashafa StadiumAl-Habbaniyah StadiumAl-Kut StadiumCapacity: 14,000Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 5,000180px180px180px Squads 1966 Arab Cup squads Group stage Group A TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsIraq 19634310153+127LBN 19434310103+77Kuwait4112109+13Jordan410379–22Bahrain 19324013725–281 1 April 1966 IRQ 1963 3–1 KUW Yousif 19 Dhiab 28 Atta 78 Al-Dawla 66 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) 2 April 1966 LBN 1943 6–1 Bahrain 1932 El-Sharki Chatila Berjaoui Abou Murad Altounian Ayub Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) 2 April 1966 Iraq 1963 2–1 Jordan Assad Atta Al-Shaqran 22 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Rashad Hawasly (Syria) 3 April 1966 LBN 1943 2–1 Kuwait El-Sharki 2 Apo 62 Al-Dawla 26 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Salih Faraj (Iraq) 5 April 1966 10:00 3 Iraq 1963 10–1 Bahrain 1932 Ismail 6 Dhiab 18 42 49 66 Jameel 25 55 Dawood 35 Hameed 39 Najim Salmeen 60 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Rashad Hawasly (Syria) 5 April 1966 LBN 1943 2–1 JOR El-Sharki 56 Abou Murad 59 Issa 14 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Salih Faraj (Iraq) 6 April 1966 Kuwait 4–4 Bahrain 1932 Al-Dawla 20 35 59 Al-Masoud 24 Saleem 14 32 Waleed 33 Ayub 35 Al-Habbaniyah Stadium, Habbaniyah Rashad Hawasly (Syria) 7 April 1966 Jordan 5–1 Bahrain 1932 Issa 22 ? Al-Adwan 60 ? ? Zuleikh Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq) 7 April 1966 Iraq 1963 0–0 LBN 1943 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) 8 April 1966 Kuwait 4–0 Jordan Al-Dawla 2 63 71 Al-Khatib 42 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq) Group B Muscat and Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left due to a disputed decision while they were losing 21–0, and subsequently withdrew from the tournament. TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsSyria 19633210111+105Libya 19513120141+134Palestine311195+43North Yemen3003027–270Flag of Muscat.svg Muscat and OmanWithdrew 1 April 1966 Libya 1951 1–1 PLE Al-Biski 35 Al-Samari 75 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Salih Faraj (Iraq) 2 April 1966 Syria 1963 7–0 North Yemen Alian 16 Markarian 42 44 Haddad 52 Kezberi 64 66 Idlibi 88 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq) 3 April 1966 Libya 1951 21–0Muscat and Oman withdrew the tournament after its first match against Libya, protesting a penalty free-kick decision of the referee at 80'. The match and results were not counted. "n" "withrawal" Flag of Muscat.svg Muscat and Oman Ben Soueid ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Al-Biski ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Al-Jahani ? ? ? ? Ben Zayed ? Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Rashad Hawasly (Syria) Abandoned in 80' 4 April 1966 Syria 1963 0–0 Libya 1951 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq) 4 April 1966 PLE 7–0 North Yemen Al-Samari 28 65 86 88 Al-Arabi 75 Al-Maghrebi 76 Taha 82 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) 6 April 1966 Syria 1963 4–1 PLE Kaoulekian 29 51 53 Haddad 69 Al-Maghrebi 47 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Salih Faraj (Iraq) 6 April 1966 Libya 1951 13–0 North Yemen Ben Soueid 1 24 50 54 70 Al-Biski 34 40 53 63 78 Al-Ahwal 3 19 Al-Khatiti 61 Al-Kut Stadium, Kut Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) Knockout stage Bracket 9 April – Baghdad Iraq 1963 3 Libya 1951 1 9 April – Baghdad Syria 1963 1 LBN 1943 0 10 April – Baghdad Iraq 1963 2 Syria 1963 1 10 April – Baghdad Libya 1951 6 LBN 1943 1 Semi-finals 9 April 1966 Iraq 1963 3–1 Libya 1951 Mahmoud 12 Balla 22 pen. Atta 74 Al-Biski 65 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) 9 April 1966 Syria 1963 1–0 LBN 1943 Kaoulekian 48 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Salih Faraj (Iraq) Third place play-off 10 April 1966 Libya 1951 6–1 LBN 1943 Al-Biski 31 33 71 Al-Jahani 42 55 Al-Ahwal 69 El-Sharki 6 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad Rashad Hawasly (Syria) Final 1966 Arab Cup final 10 April 1966 18:00 3 Iraq 1963 2–1 Syria 1963 Ismail 65 81 Idlibi 33 Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad 20,000 Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan) Goalscorers Libya's match against Muscat and Oman is not counted. 98 20 LBY Ali Al-BiskiAli Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records http://alwasat.ly/news/libya-sports/281201 Al Wasat 10 August 2020 KUW Abdulrahman Al-Dawla IRQ 1963 Nouri Dhiab LBY Ahmed Ben Soueid PLE Hosam Al-Samari LBN 1943 Adnan "El-Sharki" Mekdash SYR 1963 Avadis Kaoulekian IRQ 1963 Hisham Atta IRQ 1963 Gorgis Ismail JOR Adel Issa LBY Ahmed Al-Ahwal BHR 1932 Adnan Ayub BHR 1932 Salem "Saleem" Mubarak IRQ 1963 Amer Jameel LBN 1943 Joseph Abou Murad LBN 1943 Levon Altounian LBY Mahmoud Al-Jahani PLE Ibrahim Al-Maghrebi SYR 1963 Azmi Haddad SYR 1963 Nureddin Idlibi SYR 1963 Ghasan Kezberi SYR 1963 Hagop Markarian BHR 1932 Ahmed Salmeen BHR 1932 Naser Waleed BHR 1932 Hasan Zalekh IRQ 1963 Mahmoud Assad IRQ 1963 Hassan Balla IRQ 1963 Salman Dawood IRQ 1963 Qais Hameed IRQ 1963 Qasim Mahmoud IRQ 1963 Mohammed Najim IRQ 1963 Shidrak Yousif JOR Mustafa Al-Adwan JOR Ali Al-Shaqran KUW Mohammed Al-Khatib KUW Mohammed Al-Masoud LBN 1943 Mahmoud Berjaoui LBN 1943 Mohammed Chatila LBN 1943 Abraham Kasabian LBY Abdul-Kadir Al-Khatiti PLE Mohammed Al-Arabi PLE Omar Al-Sheikh Taha SYR 1963 Ahmed Alian Notes and references Notes n References External links Details in RSSSF 1966 Cup Category:1966 in African men's international football Category:1966 in Asian men's international football Category:1965–66 in Iraqi football Category:International association football competitions hosted by Iraq Category:April 1966 sports events in Asia