Football at the 1976 Arab Games
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Arab Games
football tournament
| year = 1976
| image =
| country = {{flagicon|SYR|1972}} Syria
| city = Damascus
| dates = 7–21 October 1976
| num_teams = 7
| confederations = 2
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion_other = {{fb|MAR}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fb|KSA}}
| third_other = {{fb|SYR|1972}}
| fourth_other = {{fb|South Yemen}}
| matches = 21
| goals = 47
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| goalkeeper =
| prevseason = 1965
| nextseason = 1985
}}
The 1976 Arab Games football tournament was the 5th edition of the Arab Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in Damascus, Syria between 7–21 October 1976 as part of the 1976 Arab Games.
Participating teams
The following countries have participated for the final tournament:
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- {{fb|JOR}}
- {{fb|MTN|1959}}
- {{fb|MAR}}
- {{fb|PLE}}
- {{fb|KSA}}
- {{fb|South Yemen}}
- {{fb|SYR|1972}} {{small|(hosts)}}
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Squads
{{main|Football at the 1976 Arab Games – squads}}
Final tournament
=Tournament classification=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||
| 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}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center bgcolor=#ffd700
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MAR}} |6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 10 |
| align=center bgcolor=#c0c0c0
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KSA}} |6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| align=center bgcolor=#cc9966
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SYR|1972}} |6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|South Yemen}}
|6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | –1 | 7 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|JOR}}
|6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | –2 | 6 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|PLE}}
|6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 5 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MTN|1959}}
|6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | –11 | 0 |
=Matches=
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|date = 7 October 1976
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|score = 1–0
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|date = 8 October 1976
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|score = 3–0
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|date = 8 October 1976
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|score = 4–1
|team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
|goals1 = Al-Turki {{goal|12}}
Hamdan {{goal|34}}
Bakheet {{goal|56}}
Foudah {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = {{goal|62}}
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|date = 10 October 1976
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| date = 10 October 1976
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| score = 2–1
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|date = 12 October 1976
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|score = 3–1
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|score = 3–0
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Smiri {{goal}}
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|date = 14 October 1976
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|score = 2–0
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| score = 2–1
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| goals2 = Walid Al-Anabtawi {{goal|}}
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|date = 14 October 1976
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|score = 4–0
|team2 = {{fb|South Yemen}}
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Zahraoui {{goal}}
Shaita {{goal}}
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|date = 16 October 1976
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|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
|goals1 = Zahraoui {{goal}}
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|date = 16 October 1976
|time =
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|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = Saif {{goal|60}}
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|score = 2–0
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|date = 18 October 1976
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = Ibrahim Moustafa {{goal|75}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Al-Jalaa Stadium, Damascus
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|date = 18 October 1976
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|date = 18 October 1976
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|score = 0–0
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{{footballbox
|date = 20 October 1976
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|South Yemen}}
|goals1 = Mawla {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
Mostafa {{goal|}}
|goals2 = {{goal|}} {{goal|}}
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|date = 20 October 1976
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PLE}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|MTN|1959}}
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{{footballbox
|date = 21 October 1976
|time =
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1972}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = Hamdan {{goal|5}}
Khalifa {{goal|45}}
|stadium = Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus
|attendance =
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External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabgam76.html 5th Arab Games, 1976 (Damascus, Syria)] - rsssf.com
{{Arab Games Football}}