1966 Arab Cup Final
# 1966 Arab Cup Final

The 1966 Arab Cup Final was a football match that took place on 10 April 1966, at the Al-Kashafa Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, to determine the winner of the 1966 Arab Cup. Iraq defeated Syria 2–1 with two goals from Ismail Gorgis to Iraq and a goal from Nureddin Idlibi to Syria, to win their second Arab Cup.

## Road to the final

| Iraq | Iraq | Syria | Syria |
| - | - | - | - |
| Opponents | Results | Opponents | Results |
| Group stage ||||
| Lebanon | 0–0 | North Yemen | 4–1 |
| Jordan | 2–1 | Libya | 0–0 |
| Kuwait | 3–1 | Palestine | 3–1 |
| Bahrain | 10–1 | | |
| Semi-finals ||||
| Libya | 3–1 | Lebanon | 1–0 |

## Match

### Details

| Iraq | Syria |
| - | - |

Iraq: :

| GK | – | Hamid Fawzi |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | Hassan Ali Ahmed |
| DF | – | Sahib Khazal |
| DF | – | Jabbar Rashak |
| MF | – | Salman Dawood (c) |
| MF | – | Shamil Flayeh |
| MF | – | Shidrak Yousif |
| MF | – | Gorgis Ismail |
| MF | – | Qais Hameed |
| FW | – | Hisham Atta |
| FW | – | Nouri Dhiab | 46' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | – | Mohammed Thamer |
| MF | – | Shamil Tabra |
| MF | – | Basil Mahdi |
| FW | – | Qasim Mahmoud |
| FW | – | Mahmoud Assad | 46' |
| FW | – | Hussein Hashim |
| | – | Tariq Razouki |
| | – | Amer Jameel |
| | – | Mohammed Najim |
| Manager: |||
| Adil Basher |||

Syria: :

| GK | – | Fares Salteje |
| - | - | - |
| DF | – | Ahmed Jabban |
| DF | – | Tariq Alosh |
| DF | – | Azmi Haddad |
| DF | – | Hafid Abu Lbada |
| MF | – | Hagop Averian |
| MF | – | Wael Akkad |
| MF | – | Yusef Tamim |
| FW | – | Nureddin Idlibi |
| FW | – | Ahmed Alian |
| FW | – | Avadis Kaoulekian |
| Substitutes: |||
| MF | – | Ghasan Kezberi |
| Manager: |||
| Cornel Drăgușin |||

* Assistant referees:
