25th Arabian Gulf Cup Group B

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The Group B of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup was one of the two groups of competing nations in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. It consisted of defending champions Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The matches took place from 7 to 13 January 2023. The top two teams, Bahrain and Qatar, advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams[edit]

Team Appearance Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings (October 2022)[1]
 Bahrain (holders) 25th Winners (2019) 85
 Kuwait 25th Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010) 149
 Qatar 25th Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) 50
 United Arab Emirates 24th Winners (2007, 2013) 70

Standings[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Qatar 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3  Kuwait 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source: AGCFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Matches[edit]

Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates[edit]

Bahrain 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Report
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates
GK 21 Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c)
RB 16 Sayed Isa Yellow card 47' downward-facing red arrow 67'
CB 2 Amine Bennadi
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam
LB 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CM 15 Jasim Al-Shaikh
CM 14 Ali Haram Yellow card 34'
RW 7 Ali Madan downward-facing red arrow 84'
AM 19 Kamil Al-Aswad
LW 20 Mahdi Al-Humaidan
CF 9 Abdulla Yusuf Helal
Substitutions:
DF 18 Mohammed Adel upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 8 Mohamed Marhoon upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Portugal Hélio Sousa
GK 17 Khalid Eisa
RB 20 Ahmed Abdullah Jamil
CB 12 Khalifa Al Hammadi
CB 19 Khaled Ibrahim downward-facing red arrow 80'
LB 3 Walid Abbas (c)
RM 9 Harib Suhail
CM 8 Majed Hassan downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 6 Majid Rashid downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 18 Abdullah Ramadan
LM 7 Ali Saleh downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 11 Caio Canedo
Substitutions:
FW 15 Sebastián Tagliabúe upward-facing green arrow 66'
DF 16 Bader Abdelaziz upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 5 Mohammed Abdulbasit upward-facing green arrow 81'
FW 14 Yahya Al Ghassani upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena

Man of the Match:
Kamil Al-Aswad (Bahrain)

Assistant referees:
Rashad Al-Hakmani (Oman)
Rashid Abdi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Video assistant referee:
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Kuwait vs Qatar[edit]

Kuwait 0–2 Qatar
Report
Kuwait
Qatar
GK 22 Sulaiman Abdulghafour
RB 2 Hassan Hamdan
CB 3 Meshari Ghanam
CB 19 Mahdi Dashti
LB 12 Abdullah Ghanem Yellow card 75' downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 4 Khalid El Ebrahim (c)
CM 6 Sultan Al Enezi
RW 11 Eid Al Rashidi
AM 8 Ahmed Al-Dhefiri downward-facing red arrow 64'
LW 16 Mobarak Al-Faneeni downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 9 Ibrahim Kameel downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Shabaib Al-Khaldi upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 10 Faisal Zayid upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 14 Mohammad Bajeyah upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 18 Fawaz Al-Otaibi upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Portugal Rui Bento
GK 22 Meshaal Barsham
RB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad (c)
CB 15 Jassem Gaber
CB 5 Tarek Salman
LB 14 Homam Ahmed Yellow card 57'
CM 8 Ali Assadalla downward-facing red arrow 76'
CM 23 Assim Madibo
RW 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin downward-facing red arrow 76'
AM 10 Mohammed Waad downward-facing red arrow 85'
LW 11 Amro Surag downward-facing red arrow 85'
CF 9 Tameem Al-Abdullah downward-facing red arrow 70'
Substitutions:
MF 16 Hashim Ali upward-facing green arrow 70'
FW 12 Yusuf Abdurisag upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 13 Mostafa Meshaal upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 18 Khalid Muneer upward-facing green arrow 85'
MF 19 Ahmed Fadhel upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Portugal Bruno Pinheiro

Man of the Match:
Amro Surag (Qatar)

Assistant referees:
Zhou Fei (China)
Zhang Cheng (China)
Fourth official:
Shukri Al-Hanfoush (Saudi Arabia)
Video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Jérémie Pignard (France)

United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait[edit]

United Arab Emirates 0–1 Kuwait
Report
Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfoush (Saudi Arabia)
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
GK 17 Khalid Eisa
RB 19 Khaled Ibrahim
CB 12 Khalifa Al Hammadi Yellow card 70'
CB 3 Walid Abbas (c)
LB 16 Bader Abdelaziz downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 5 Mohammed Abdulbasit downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 18 Abdullah Ramadan Yellow card 22'
RW 11 Caio Canedo downward-facing red arrow 78'
AM 6 Majid Rashid downward-facing red arrow 62'
LW 9 Harib Suhail
CF 15 Sebastián Tagliabúe Yellow card 47'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Ali Saleh upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 14 Yahya Al Ghassani upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 20 Ahmed Jamil upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 13 Falah Waleed upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena
GK 22 Sulaiman Abdulghafour
RB 19 Mahdi Dashti downward-facing red arrow 72'
CB 4 Khalid El Ebrahim (c)
CB 2 Hassan Hamdan
LB 3 Meshari Ghanam downward-facing red arrow 61'
CM 6 Sultan Al Enezi Yellow card 90+4'
CM 5 Fahad Al Hajeri
RW 11 Eid Al Rashidi downward-facing red arrow 86'
AM 10 Faisal Zayid downward-facing red arrow 86'
LW 16 Mobarak Al-Faneeni downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 20 Shabaib Al-Khaldi
Substitutions:
DF 15 Hamad Al-Qallaf upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 7 Bader Al-Fadhel upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 9 Ibrahim Kameel upward-facing green arrow 86'
DF 8 Ahmed Al-Dhefiri upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 14 Mohammad Bajeyah upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Portugal Rui Bento

Man of the Match:
Mobarak Al-Faneeni (Kuwait)

Assistant referees:
Yasser Al-Sultan (Saudi Arabia)
Faisal Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:
István Kovács (Romania)
Video assistant referee:
Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Qatar vs Bahrain[edit]

Qatar 1–2 Bahrain
Report
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Qatar
Bahrain
GK 22 Meshaal Barsham
RB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad (c)
CB 15 Jassem Gaber
CB 5 Tarek Salman
LB 14 Homam Ahmed
CM 10 Mohammed Waad Yellow card 86'
CM 23 Assim Madibo
RW 9 Tameem Al-Abdullah downward-facing red arrow 79'
AM 8 Ali Assadalla downward-facing red arrow 90'
LW 11 Amro Surag downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutions:
FW 18 Khalid Muneer upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 16 Hashim Ali upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 12 Yusuf Abdurisag upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 13 Mostafa Meshaal upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Portugal Bruno Pinheiro
GK 22 Ebrahim Lutfalla Yellow card 90+7'
RB 18 Mohammed Adel downward-facing red arrow 78'
CB 2 Amine Bennadi
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam (c)
LB 23 Abdullah Al-Khalasi downward-facing red arrow 60'
CM 15 Jasim Al-Shaikh
CM 12 Mahdi Abdullatif downward-facing red arrow 60'
RW 7 Ali Madan downward-facing red arrow 60'
AM 10 Abdulwahab Al-Malood downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
LW 8 Mohamed Marhoon
CF 9 Abdulla Yusuf Helal
Substitutions:
FW 19 Kamil Al-Aswad upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 13 Ahmed Al-Sherooqi upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 20 Mahdi Al-Humaidan upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 14 Ali Haram upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
Manager:
Portugal Hélio Sousa

Man of the Match:
Abdulla Yusuf Helal (Bahrain)

Assistant referees:
Sanjar Shayusupov (Uzbekistan)
Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Video assistant referee:
Jérémie Pignard (France)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Fu Ming (China)

Bahrain vs Kuwait[edit]

Bahrain 1–1 Kuwait
Report
Bahrain
Kuwait
GK 21 Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c)
RB 2 Amine Bennadi downward-facing red arrow 86'
CB 5 Hamad Al-Shamsan Yellow card 10' downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 6 Hamza Abdullah Idris downward-facing red arrow 65'
LB 17 Ahmed Bughammar
RM 20 Mahdi Al-Humaidan
CM 14 Ali Haram
CM 12 Mahdi Abdullatif Yellow card 90+2'
LM 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CF 19 Kamil Al-Aswad Yellow card 16' downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 8 Mohamed Marhoon Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 65'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Ali Madan upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 9 Yusuf Helal upward-facing green arrow 65'
DF 3 Waleed Al Hayam upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 10 Abdulwahab Al-Malood upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 16 Sayed Isa upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Portugal Hélio Sousa
GK 22 Sulaiman Abdulghafour
RB 5 Fahad Al Hajeri
CB 4 Khalid El Ebrahim (c)
CB 2 Hassan Hamdan
LB 15 Hamad Al-Qallaf Yellow card 22' Yellow-red card 68'
CM 7 Bader Al-Fadhel downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 6 Sultan Al Enezi downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
RW 11 Eid Al Rashidi downward-facing red arrow 86'
AM 10 Faisal Zayid downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW 16 Mobarak Al-Faneeni downward-facing red arrow 76'
CF 20 Shabaib Al-Khaldi
Substitutions:
DF 8 Ahmed Al-Dhefiri upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 19 Mahdi Dashti upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 17 Ali Khalaf upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 11 Eid Al Rashidi upward-facing green arrow 86'
FW 9 Ibrahim Kameel upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Portugal Rui Bento

Man of the Match:
Mahdi Al-Humaidan (Bahrain)

Assistant referees:
Vasile Florin Marinescu (Romania)
Mihai Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Fourth official:
Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Video assistant referee:
Jérémie Pignard (France)

United Arab Emirates vs Qatar[edit]

United Arab Emirates 1–1 Qatar
Report
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
GK 17 Khalid Eisa
RB 20 Ahmed Abdullah Jamil downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CB 12 Khalifa Al Hammadi Yellow card 45' downward-facing red arrow 79'
CB 3 Walid Abbas (c)
LB 19 Khaled Ibrahim
CM 6 Majid Rashid Yellow card 28'
CM 18 Abdullah Ramadan downward-facing red arrow 79'
RW 14 Yahya Al Ghassani downward-facing red arrow 79'
AM 10 Fábio Lima
LW 9 Harib Suhail
CF 11 Caio Canedo downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Abdusalam Mohammed upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 5 Mohammed Abdulbasit upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 15 Sebastián Tagliabúe upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 7 Ali Saleh upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
DF 16 Bader Abdelaziz upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Argentina Rodolfo Arruabarrena
GK 22 Meshaal Barsham
RB 17 Ismaeel Mohammad (c) downward-facing red arrow 85'
CB 15 Jassem Gaber
CB 5 Tarek Salman
LB 14 Homam Ahmed
CM 8 Ali Assadalla
CM 23 Assim Madibo
CM 10 Mohammed Waad downward-facing red arrow 59'
RW 18 Khalid Muneer downward-facing red arrow 59'
LW 11 Amro Surag downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin downward-facing red arrow 16'
Substitutions:
MF 12 Yusuf Abdurisag upward-facing green arrow 16'
MF 9 Tameem Al-Abdullah upward-facing green arrow 59'
DF 19 Ahmed Fadhel upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 16 Hashim Ali upward-facing green arrow 84'
DF 20 Salem Al-Hajri upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Portugal Bruno Pinheiro

Man of the Match:
Tameem Al-Abdullah (Qatar)

Assistant referees:
Ahmed Sabah (Iraq)
Hayder Abdulhasan (Iraq)
Fourth official:
Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)
Video assistant referee:
Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Discipline[edit]

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:

  • first yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Bahrain 2 1 5 –8
 Kuwait 1 1 1 –5
 Qatar 1 1 –2
 United Arab Emirates 3 2 –5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.