1966 Arab Cup

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = Arab Cup

| year = 1966

| other_titles =

| image =

| size = 200px

| alt =

| caption =

| country = Iraq

| dates = 1–10 April

| num_teams = 10

| confederations = 2

| associations =

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = Iraq

| champion-flagvar = 1963

| count = 2

| second = Syria

| second-flagvar = 1963

| third = Libya

| fourth = Lebanon

| fourth-flagvar = 1943

| matches = 21

| goals = 111

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|LBY}} Ali Al-Biski
(16 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} Shidrak Yousif

| prevseason = 1964

| nextseason = 1985

}}

The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time.[https://algardenia.com/2014-04-04-19-52-20/fereboaliraq/65-2012-08-28-16-27-02.html 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,{{cite web|url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/mena/newspapers/bagh19660412-01.1.10|title=3rd Arab Football Cup Tournament Ends|publisher=Baghdad News|date=12 April 1966}} however this did not end up taking place.

Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

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{{fb|BHR|1932}}
{{fb|IRQ|1963}} {{small|(hosts)}} & {{small|(holders)}}
{{fb|JOR}}
{{fb|KUW}}
{{fb|LBN|1943}}

{{fb|LBY}}
{{fb|North Yemen}}
{{fb|OMN}}
{{fb|PLE}}
{{fb|SYR|1963}}

Venues

Baghdad \|rowspan="4"\| {{location map+\|Iraq\|float=right\|width=300\|caption=\|places= {{location map~\|Iraq\|lat=33.333333\|long=44.383333\|label=Baghdad\|position=top}} }}
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Al-Kashafa Stadium
Capacity: 14,000
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Squads

Group stage

= Group A =

width=175\|Team !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Draw}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
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bgcolor=ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Iraq\|1963}} \|4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
bgcolor=ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|LBN\|1943}} \|4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Jordan}} \|4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Kuwait}} \|4	0	2	2	8	11	–3	2
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Bahrain\|1932}} \|4	0	1	3	7	22	–15	1

{{football box

|date= 1 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Iraq|1963}}

|score= 3–1

|team2={{fb|Kuwait}}

|goals1=Yousif {{goal|}}
Dhiab {{goal|}}
Atta {{goal|}}

|goals2={{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

| date = 5 April 1966

| team1 = {{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fb|JOR}}

| goals1 = El-Sharki {{goal|}}
Abou Murad {{goal}}

| goals2 = Mustafa Al-Adwan {{goal|22}}

| stadium = Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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{{football box

|date= 2 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Iraq|1963}}

|score= 2–1

|team2={{fb|Jordan}}

|goals1=Assad {{goal|}}
Atta {{goal|}}

|goals2=Al-Shaqran {{goal|22}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

|date= 2 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|score= 6–1

|team2={{fb|Bahrain|1932}}

|goals1= Altounian {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
El-Sharki {{goal|}}
Abou Murad {{goal}}
Berjaoui {{goal|}}
Chatila {{goal|}}

|goals2= {{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

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{{football box

|date= 3 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|LBN|1943}}

|score= 2–1

|team2={{fb|Kuwait}}

|goals1=El-Sharki {{goal|1||?}}

|goals2=Al-Dawla {{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

| date = 7 April 1966

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Jordan}}

| score = 2–1

| team2 = {{fb|Bahrain|1932}}

| goals1 = Issa {{goal|22}}

Mustafa Al-Adwan {{goal|60}}

| goals2 = Zalekh {{goal|}}

| stadium = Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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{{football box

|date= 5 April 1966

|time={{UTZ|10:00|3}}

|team1={{fb-rt|Iraq|1963}}

|score= 10–1

|team2={{fb|Bahrain|1932}}

|goals1=Dhiab {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Jameel {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Ismail {{goal|}}
Najim {{goal|}}
Hameed {{goal|}}
Dawood {{goal|}}

|goals2={{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

| date = 8 April 1966

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Jordan}}

| score = 2–2

| team2 = {{fb|Kuwait}}

| goals1 = Issa {{goal|22}}
Mustafa Al-Adwan {{goal|70}}

| goals2 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}}

| stadium = Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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{{football box

|date= 6 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Kuwait}}

|score= 4–4

|team2={{fb|Bahrain|1932}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

|date= 7 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Iraq|1963}}

|score= 0–0

|team2={{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

= Group B =

Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left from a disputed decision when they started losing 21–0 to Libya, and withdrew from the tournament.

width=175\|Team !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Played}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Draw}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|GD\|Goal difference}} !width=25\|{{Tooltip\|Pts\|Points}}
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bgcolor=ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Libya\|1951}} \|4	2	2	0	34	0	+34	6
bgcolor=ccffcc \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Syria\|1963}} \|3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Palestine}} \|3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	3
style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|North Yemen}} \|3	0	0	3	1	24	–23	0
style="background:#c5c5c5;" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{fb\|Oman}} \|1	0	0	1	0	21	–21	0

{{football box

|date= 1 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Libya|1951}}

|score= 0–0

|team2={{fb|PLE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

|date= 2 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Syria|1963}}

|score= 4–1

|team2={{fb|North Yemen}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

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{{football box

|date= 3 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Libya|1951}}

|score= 21–0 {{refn|Oman withdrew the tournament after its first match against Libya, protesting a penalty free-kick decision of the referee at 80'.|group="n"|name="withrawal"}}

|team2={{fb|Oman}}

|goals1=Ben Soueid {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Al-Biski {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Al-Jahani {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Ben Zayed {{goal|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

|report=Abandoned in 80'

}}

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{{football box

|date= 4 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Syria|1963}}

|score= 0–0

|team2={{fb|Libya|1951}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

|date= 4 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|PLE}}

|score= 7–0

|team2={{fb|North Yemen}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

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{{football box

|date= 6 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Syria|1963}}

|score= 3–1

|team2={{fb|PLE}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

{{football box

|date= 6 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Libya|1951}}

|score= 13–0

|team2={{fb|North Yemen}}

|goals1=Al-Biski {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Ben Soueid {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Al-Ahwal {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Al-Khatiti {{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

Knock-out stage

{{Round4-with third

|April 8, 1966 – Baghdad|{{fb|Iraq|1963}}|3|{{fb|Libya|1951}}|1

|April 8, 1966 – Baghdad|{{fb|Syria|1963}}|1|{{fb|LBN|1943}}|0

|April 10, 1966 – Baghdad|{{fb|Iraq|1963}}|2|{{fb|Syria|1963}}|1

|April 10, 1966 – Baghdad|{{fb|Libya|1951}}|6|{{fb|LBN|1943}}|1

}}

= Semi-finals =

{{football box

|date= 8 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Iraq|1963}}

|score= 3–1

|team2={{fb|Libya|1951}}

|goals1=Mahmoud {{goal|}}
Balla {{goal|}}
Atta {{goal|}}

|goals2=Al-Biski {{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

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{{football box

|date= 8 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Syria|1963}}

|score= 1–0

|team2={{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1={{goal|}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

= Third place play-off =

{{football box

|date= 10 April 1966

|team1={{fb-rt|Libya|1951}}

|score= 6–1

|team2={{fb|LBN|1943}}

|goals1=Al-Biski {{goal|}} {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Al-Jahani {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Al-Ahwal {{goal|}}

|goals2=El-Sharki {{goal|}}

|stadium=Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

}}

= Final =

{{football box

|date = 10 April 1966

|time = {{UTZ|18:00|3}}

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Iraq|1963}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fb|Syria|1963}}

|goals1 = Ismail {{goal|68||84}}

|goals2 = Idlibi {{goal|27}}

|stadium = Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

|attendance = 20,000

|referee = Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

|report =

}}

Goalscorers

;16 goals

{{flagicon|LBY}} Ali Al-Biski{{cite web |title=Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records |url=http://alwasat.ly/news/libya-sports/281201 |website=Al Wasat |accessdate=10 August 2020}}

;14 goals

{{flagicon|LBY}} Ahmed Ben Soueid

;6 goals

{{flagicon|LBY}} Mahmoud Al-Jahani

;5 goals

{{flagicon|Iraq|1963}} Nouri Dhiab
{{flagicon|LBN|1943}} Adnan Al Sharqi

Notes and references

= Notes =

= References =

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabcup.html Details in RSSSF]

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