1988 Arab Cup Final
# 1988 Arab Cup Final

The 1988 Arab Cup Final was a football match that took place on 21 July 1988, at the Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan, to determine the winner of the 1988 Arab Cup. Iraq defeated Syria 4–3 on penalties after a draw 1–1 to win their fourth Arab Cup.

## Road to the final

| Iraq | Iraq | Syria | Syria |
| - | - | - | - |
| Opponents | Results | Opponents | Results |
| Group stage ||||
| Tunisia | 1–1 | Algeria UT | 1–1 |
| Lebanon | 0–0 | Bahrain | 2–1 |
| Saudi Arabia Ol. | 2–0 | Kuwait Ol. | 1–0 |
| Egypt | 0–0 | Jordan | 0–2 |
| Semi-finals ||||
| Jordan | 3–0 | Egypt | 0–0 (4–3 p) |

## Match

### Details

| Iraq | Syria |
| - | - |

Iraq: :

| GK | 1 | Ahmad Jassim |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Hassan Kamal |
| DF | 4 | Ghanim Oraibi |
| DF | 5 | Samir Shaker (c) |
| DF | 13 | Karim Allawi |
| MF | 6 | Habib Jafar |
| MF | 9 | Ismail Mohammed |
| MF | 14 | Basil Gorgis |
| FW | 8 | Ahmed Radhi |
| FW | 11 | Saad Qais |
| FW | 15 | Younis Abed Ali |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Omar Ahmed Tawfiq |
| DF | 12 | Mudhafar Jabbar |
| DF | 18 | Karim Salman |
| MF | 2 | Salam Hashim |
| MF | 7 | Naeem Saddam |
| MF | 10 | Rahim Hameed |
| MF | 17 | Laith Hussein |
| Manager: |||
| Ammo Baba |||

Syria: :

| GK | 22 | Malek Shakuhi |
| - | - | - |
| DF | 3 | Ammar Habib |
| DF | 4 | Yousef Hawla |
| DF | 12 | Ahmad Al-Shaar |
| DF | 17 | Samer Darwish |
| MF | 6 | Saad Saad |
| MF | 8 | Abdul Kader Kardaghli (c) |
| MF | 14 | Mohammad Jakalan |
| FW | 9 | Nizar Mahrous |
| FW | 11 | Hussein Deeb |
| FW | 18 | Walid Al-Nasser |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 21 | Walid Islam |
| DF | 13 | Abdullah Saddikah |
| DF | 19 | Joseph Leyous |
| MF | 10 | Faisal Ahmad |
| MF | 25 | Radwan Ajam |
| Manager: |||
| Anatoliy Azarenkov |||
| Assistant referees: ... ... (...) ... ... (...) Fourth official: ... ... (...) | Man of the Match: ... ... (...) |
