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{{short description|2007 football competition held in the UAE}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 18th Arabian Gulf Cup
| year = 
| other_titles = '''كأس الخليج العربي''', او '''خليجي 18''' <br /> '''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''', ''or'' '''Khaleeji 18''' 
| image = 18th Arabian Gulf Cup.jpg
| size = 250px
| caption = 18th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
| country = United Arab Emirates
| country2 = 
| dates = 17–30 January
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion = United Arab Emirates
| count = 
| second = Oman
| third = 
| matches = 15
| goals = 31
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ismail Matar]] (5 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ismail Matar]]
| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|OMA}} [[Ali Al-Habsi]]
| fair_play = {{fb|YEM}}
| prevseason = [[17th Arabian Gulf Cup|2004]]
| nextseason = [[19th Arabian Gulf Cup|2009]]
| updated = 
}}

The '''18th Arabian Gulf Cup''' ({{langx|ar| was the كأس الخليج العربي}}) 18th edition of the [[Arabian Gulf Cup]]. It took place in [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]] from 17 to 30 January 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/tournamenta.php?period=18 |title=الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205072420/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/tournamenta.php?period=18 |archive-date=5 February 2018 |url-status = dead}}</ref>

The tournament was won by hosts [[United Arab Emirates national football team|UAE]], who beat neighbors [[Oman national football team|Oman]] 1–0 in the final, courtesy of a goal by [[Ismail Matar]] who finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals in all. The UAE became the fifth country to lift the title after [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]], [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] and [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]].

In the competition there was also some very serious disciplinary problems with a total of 38 yellow cards and 7 red cards awarded in only 12 matches.  As in previous Gulf Cups there have also been bad refereeing calls.

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Abu Dhabi]]
! [[Abu Dhabi]]
|-
| [[Zayed Sports City Stadium]]
| [[Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 43,791
| Capacity: 24,000
|-
| [[File:Gulf Cup (36).jpg|180px]]
| [[File:Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium.JPG|180px]]
|-
|}

==Squads==
{{details|18th Arabian Gulf Cup squads}}

==Matches==

===Group A===
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|show_positions=n

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|team2=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}
|team3=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|KUW}}
|team4=YEM|name_YEM={{fb|YEM}}
|win_OMA=3|draw_OMA=0|loss_OMA=0|gf_OMA=6|ga_OMA=3
|win_UAE=2|draw_UAE=0|loss_UAE=1|gf_UAE=6|ga_UAE=5
|win_KUW=0|draw_KUW=1|loss_KUW=2|gf_KUW=4|ga_KUW=6
|win_YEM=0|draw_YEM=1|loss_YEM=2|gf_YEM=3|ga_YEM=5

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{{football box
|date = 17 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|OMA}}
|goals1 = [[Ismail Matar|Matar]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Fawzi Bashir|Bashir]] {{goal|36}} <br /> [[Amad Al Hosni|Al-Hosni]] {{goal|52}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 17 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|YEM}}
|goals1 = [[Bader Al-Mutawa|Al-Mutawa]] {{goal|74|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Alomki]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|OMA}}
|goals1 = [[Fahad Al-Rashidi (footballer, born 1984)|Al-Rashidi]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = [[Amad Al Hosni|Al-Hosni]] {{goal|8}} <br /> [[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium = [[Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 20 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|YEM}}
|goals1 = [[Mohammad Omar (footballer, born 1976)|Omar]] {{goal|2|pen.}} <br /> [[Basheer Saeed|Saeed]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[Ala Al-Sasi|Al-Sasi]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|YEM}}
|goals1 = [[Sultan Al-Touqi|Al-Touqi]] {{goal|1}} <br /> [[Ahmed Al Busafy|Al Busafy]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Mohammed Saleh (Yemeni footballer)|Saleh]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium = [[Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 23 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 3–2
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = [[Ismail Matar|Matar]] {{goal|1}} {{goal|90+1}} <br /> [[Faisal Khalil|Khalil]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2 = [[Bader Al-Mutawa|Al-Mutawa]] {{goal|31}} <br /> [[Fahd Al Fahd|Al-Fahd]] {{goal|35}}
|stadium = [[Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}

===Group B===
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|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}
|team2=BHR|name_BHR={{fb|BHR}}
|team3=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ|2004}}
|team4=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|QAT}}
|win_KSA=2|draw_KSA=1|loss_KSA=0|gf_KSA=4|ga_KSA=2
|win_BHR=1|draw_BHR=1|loss_BHR=1|gf_BHR=4|ga_BHR=4
|win_IRQ=1|draw_IRQ=1|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=2|ga_IRQ=2
|win_QAT=0|draw_QAT=1|loss_QAT=2|gf_QAT=2|ga_QAT=4

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|result1=A|result2=A
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{{football box
|date = 18 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|BHR}}
|goals1 = [[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|26|pen.}} {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = [[Talal Yousef|Yousef]] {{goal|13|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 18 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|2004}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed|H.M. Mohammed]] {{goal|39}}
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|2004}}
|goals1 = [[Abdallah Al-Marzouqi|Al-Marzouqi]] {{goal|8}}
|goals2 = [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed|H.M. Mohammed]] {{goal|11}}
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 21 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}
|goals1 = [[Malek Mouath|Mouath]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Nasser|Nasser]] {{goal|10}}
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}
|score = 1–2
|team2 = {{fb|BHR}}
|goals1 = [[Khalfan Ibrahim|Khalfan]] {{goal|19}}
|goals2 = [[A'ala Hubail|Hubail]] {{goal|45}} {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 24 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|2004}}
|goals1 = [[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|12|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}

===Semi finals===
{{football box
|date = 27 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|BHR}}
|goals1 = [[Badar Al-Maimani|Al-Maimani]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}
----
{{football box
|date = 27 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Ismail Matar|Matar]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Al Nahyan Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date = 30 January 2007
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Ismail Matar|Matar]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]}}

== Trivia ==
* In the beginning 15 minutes of the [[Oman national football team|Oman]]-[[Yemen national football team|Yemen]] game, the cameras were malfunctioning, resulting in the side cameras being the only coverage of that part of the match.

==Winners==
{{winners|fb|18th Arabian Gulf Cup winners|UAE|First}}

===Awards===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
!Top Goalscorers
!Most Valuable Player
!Best Goalkeeper
!Fair Play Award
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ismail Matar]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ismail Matar]]
|{{flagicon|OMA}} [[Ali Al-Habsi|Ali Al Habsi]]
|{{fb|YEM}}
|}

== Top-Scorers ==

'''5 goals '''
*{{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Ismail Matar]]

'''3 goals '''
*{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]

'''2 goals '''
*{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Amad Al Hosni]] 
*{{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[A'ala Hubail]]
*{{flagicon|Iraq|2004}} [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed]] 
*{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Bader Al-Mutawa]]

'''1 goal '''
*{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Fahad Al Hamad]]
*{{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Fahad Al-Rashidi (footballer, born 1984)|Fahad Al-Rashidi]]
*{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Sultan Al-Touqi]]
*{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Fawzi Bashir]]
*{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Badar Al-Maimani]]
*{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Hashim Saleh]]
*{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Khalfan Ibrahim]]
*{{flagicon|Qatar}} Ali Hussein
*{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Malek Mouath]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Faisal Khalil]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060205152645/http://gulfcup.com/ Official Site (Arabic)]

{{Gulf Cup of Nations}}

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