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{{short description|2009 football competition held in Oman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 19th Arabian Gulf Cup
| year = 
| other_titles = '''الخلیج العربي'' <br /> '''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''', or '''Khaleeji 19'''
| image = 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations logo.svg
| size = 250px
| caption = 19th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
| country = Oman
| country2 =
| dates = 4–17 January
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 2
| cities = 1
| champion = Oman
| count = 1
| second = Saudi Arabia
| third_other =
| matches = 15
| goals = 31
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Hassan Rabia]] (4 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Majed Al-Marshedi]]
| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|OMA}} [[Ali Al-Habsi]]
| prevseason = [[2007 Gulf Cup of Nations|2007]]
| nextseason = [[2010 Gulf Cup of Nations|2010]]
}}

The '''19th Arabian Gulf Cup''' ({{langx|ar| كأس الخليج العربي}}) was the nineteenth edition of the [[biannual]] Gulf Cup [[competition]]. It took place in [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], [[Oman]], from 4 to 17 January 2009, with [[Oman national football team|Oman]] emerging as the winner for the first time in its history,<ref>http://goalzz.com/main.aspx?g=51&winners=true – Oman win the Gulf Cup 1 time in their history</ref> following a penalty shootout against regional rivals [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]].

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup marked a milestone in the competition when it was broadcast for the first time in [[High-definition television|HD]], and featured virtual graphics, such as distance between free kick barrier and the goal, 9.15 m circle for [[Direct free kick|free-kicks]], and [[Offside (association football)|off-side]] line detection with help from [[Al Jazeera Sports|Al-Jazeera Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wtvision.com/290/wtvision-broadcasts-real-time-statistics-at-2009-gulf-cup-in-oman.htm |title=WTVision broadcasts real-time statistics at 2009 Gulf Cup in Oman - News - wTVision |accessdate=2010-02-07 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221143002/http://www.wtvision.com/290/wtvision-broadcasts-real-time-statistics-at-2009-gulf-cup-in-oman.htm |archivedate=21 February 2009 }} – Al-Jazeera Sports plays HD for the Gulf Cup.</ref> Many praised Al-Jazeera for their excellent coverage of the competition, noting that the camerawork was very similar to [[UEFA Euro 2008]].

== The postponing of the competition ==
The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup was originally planned out to be held in 2008, but due to [[Cyclone Gonu]] damaging Muscat six months before the planned time of the event, it was then postponed to early 2009.

== Teams ==
8 teams participated in the tournament.

* {{fb|Oman}} (Host)
* {{fb|UAE}} (Holder)
* {{fb|Bahrain}}
* {{fb|Iraq}}
* {{fb|Kuwait}}
* {{fb|Qatar}}
* {{fb|KSA}}
* {{fb|Yemen}}

== The Draw ==
* The draw was held in Oman on 29 October 2008.
* Eight teams were divided into two groups, [[Oman national football team|Oman]] (The host nation) was in group A, The [[UAE national football team|UAE]] (The holder) in group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based in October 2008's [[FIFA ranking]].
* Oman played the opening match at [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]].

=== Seedings ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|{{center|'''Pot'''}}
|{{center|'''National Team'''}}
|{{center|'''FIFA Ranking'''}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''A'''
| align="left"| {{fb|Oman}} '''(Host)'''
| align="left"|{{center| '''96'''}}
|-
| align="left"| {{fb|UAE}} '''(Holder)'''
| align="left"|{{center| '''110'''}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''B'''
| align="left"| {{fb|KSA}}
| align="left"|{{center| '''48'''}}
|-
| align="left"| {{fb|Bahrain}}
| align="left"|{{center| '''80'''}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''C'''
| align="left"| {{fb|Iraq}}
| align="left"|{{center| '''72'''}}
|-
| align="left"| {{fb|Qatar}}
| align="left"|{{center| '''84'''}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| '''D'''
| align="left"| {{fb|Kuwait}}
| align="left"|{{center| '''127'''}}
|-
| align="left"| {{fb|Yemen}}
| align="left"|{{center| '''145'''}}
|}

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Muscat]]
! [[Muscat]]
|-
| [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]]
| [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 39,000
| Capacity: 15,000
|-
| [[File:MuscatGulfCup2.jpg|180px]]
| [[File:Flickr - tpower1978 - World Cup Qualifiers (7).jpg|180px]]
|-
|}

== Squads ==
{{further|19th Arabian Gulf Cup squads}}

== Matches ==
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gulfcup19.com/english/Match-Schedule.aspx#football | title= Match schedules from the official 2009 Gulf Cup site | website=gulfcup19.com | date=17 January 2009 | accessdate=5 March 2010 |url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120710135957/http://gulfcup19.com/english/Match-Schedule.aspx#football | archivedate = 10 July 2012 }}</ref>

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

|team1=OMA|name_OMA={{fb|OMA}}
|team2=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|KUW}}
|team3=BRN|name_BRN={{fb|BHR}}
|team4=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ}}
|win_OMA=2|draw_OMA=1|loss_OMA=0|gf_OMA=6|ga_OMA=0
|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=2|loss_KUW=0|gf_KUW=2|ga_KUW=1
|win_BRN=1|draw_BRN=0|loss_BRN=2|gf_BRN=3|ga_BRN=4
|win_IRQ=0|draw_IRQ=1|loss_IRQ=2|gf_IRQ=2|ga_IRQ=8

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|result1=A|result2=A
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{{football box
|date = 4 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 4 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Bahrain}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|Iraq}}
|goals1 = [[Abdulla Yaser|Yaser]] {{goal|28}} <br>[[Sayed Mohamed Adnan|Adnan]] {{goal|69|pen.}} <br>[[Abdulla Al-Dakeel|Al-Dakeel]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 = [[Younis Mahmoud|Mahmoud]] {{goal|81|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 7 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ}}
|score = 0–4
|team2 = {{fb|OMA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Hassan Rabia|H. Rabia]] {{goal|23||65||79}} <br> [[Amad Al Hosni|Al-Hosni]] {{goal|50}}
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 7 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Bahrain}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Musaed Neda|Neda]] {{goal|28}}
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 10 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|Bahrain}}
|goals1 = [[Badar Al-Maimani|Al-Maimani]] {{goal|14}} <br> [[Fawzi Bashir|Bashir]] {{goal|71}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 10 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Iraq}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = [[Alaa Abdul-Zahra|Abdul-Zahra]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[Khaled Khalaf|Khalaf]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium = [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}

=== Group B ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}
|team2=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|QAT}}
|team3=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}
|team4=YEM|name_YEM={{fb|YEM}}
|win_KSA=2|draw_KSA=1|loss_KSA=0|gf_KSA=9|ga_KSA=0
|win_QAT=1|draw_QAT=2|loss_QAT=0|gf_QAT=2|ga_QAT=1
|win_UAE=1|draw_UAE=1|loss_UAE=1|gf_UAE=3|ga_UAE=4
|win_YEM=0|draw_YEM=0|loss_YEM=3|gf_YEM=2|ga_YEM=11

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date = 5 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 3–1
|team2 = {{fb|Yemen}}
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Omer (footballer)|M. Omar]] {{goal|6|pen.}} <br>[[Ismail Al Hammadi|Al-Hammadi]] {{goal|14}} <br>[[Mohamed Al Shehhi|Al-Shehhi]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Al Nono|Al-Nono]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 5 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score =  0–0
|team2 = {{fb|Qatar}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 8 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Qatar}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 8 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 6–0
|team2 = {{fb|Yemen}}
|goals1 = [[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|4}} <br>[[Malek Mouath|Mouath]] {{goal|11||83}} <br>[[Abdullah Shuhail|Shuhail]] {{goal|18}} <br>[[Ahmed Otaif|Otaif]] {{goal|19}} <br>[[Ahmed Al-Mousa|Al-Mousa]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date = 11 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Qatar}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|Yemen}}
|goals1 = [[Musa Haroon|Haroon]] {{goal|13}}<br>[[Majdi Siddiq|Siddiq]] {{goal|90+8}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Al Nono|Al-Nono]] {{goal|31}}
|stadium = [[Royal Oman Police Stadium]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 11 January 2009
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 0–3
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|58}} <br> [[Abdullah Al-Zori|Al-Zori]] {{goal|70}} <br> [[Ahmed Al-Fraidi|Al-Fraidi]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}

=== Semi finals ===
{{football box
|date = 14 January 2009 <br />18:00 [[UTC+4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|Qatar}}
|goals1 = [[Hassan Rabia|H. Rabia]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}
{{football box
|date = 14 January 2009 <br />21:00 [[UTC+4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Ahmed Al-Fraidi|Al-Fraidi]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
}}

=== Final ===
{{football box
|date = 17 January 2009 <br />18:00 [[UTC+4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 0–0
|aet= yes
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]], [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]]
|penalties1 = [[Khalifa Ayil|Ayil]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ismail Sulaiman|Al-Ajmi]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Hassan Mudhafar|Mudhafar]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Hashim Saleh|Saleh]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Fawzi Bashir|Bashir]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi|M. Rabia]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 6–5
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Al-Qahtani]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Saud Khariri|Khariri]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Redha Tukar|Tukar]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ahmed Otaif|Otaif]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Osama Hawsawi|Hawsawi]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Taisir Al-Jassim|Al-Jassim]]
}}

== Winners ==
{{winners|fb|19th Arabian Gulf Cup winners|Oman|First}}

== Goalscorers ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;4 goals
* {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Hassan Rabia]]
;2 goals
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Malek Mouath]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmed Al-Fraidi]]
* {{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Ali Al Nono]]
;1 goal
* {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Abdullah Al Dakheel|Abdullah Al-Dakheel]]
* {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Abdullah Omar]]
* {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[Sayed Mohamed Adnan]]
* {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Alaa Abdul-Zahra]]
* {{flagicon|Iraq}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdullah Al-Zori]]
{{col-2}}
;1 goal (cont.)
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdullah Shuhail]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmed Al-Mousa]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmed Otaif]]
* {{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Khaled Khalaf]]
* {{flagicon|Kuwait}} [[Musaed Neda]]
* {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Badar Al-Maimani]]
* {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Imad Al Hosni|Imad Al-Hosni]]
* {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Fawzi Bashir]]
* {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Majdi Siddiq]]
* {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Musa Haroon]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohamed Omer (footballer)|Mohammed Omar]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ismail Al Hammadi|Ismail Al-Hammadi]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohamed Al Shehhi|Mohamed Al-Shehhi]]
{{col-end}}

== Team statistics ==
<small>This table shows all team performance.</small>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
!width="165"|Team
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="25"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
|-
|colspan=10|'''Final phase'''
|-style="background:#FFD700;"
|1||align=left|'''{{fb|OMA}}'''
|5||3||2||0||7||0||+7
|-style="background:#C0C0C0;"
|2||align=left|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''
|5||3||2||0||10||0||+10
|-
|rowspan=2|3||align=left|{{fb|KUW}}
|4||1||2||1||2||2||0
|-
|align=left|{{fb|QAT}}
|4||1||2||1||2||2||0
|-
|colspan=10|'''Eliminated in the group stage'''
|-
|5||align=left|{{fb|UAE}}
|3||1||1||1||3||4||–1
|-
|6||align=left|{{fb|BHR}}
|3||1||0||2||3||4||–1
|-
|7||align=left|{{fb|IRQ}}
|3||0||1||2||2||8||–6
|-
|8||align=left|{{fb|YEM}}
|3||0||0||3||2||11||–9
|}

== Total goals by team ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''10 goals '''
* {{fb|KSA}}
'''7 goals '''
* {{fb|OMN}}
''' 3 goals '''
* {{fb|BHR}}
* {{fb|UAE}}
''' 2 goals '''
* {{fb|IRQ}}
* {{fb|KUW}}
* {{fb|QAT}}
* {{fb|YEM}}
{{col-end}}

== Trivia ==
* [[FIFA]] president [[Sepp Blatter]] came to [[Oman]] for the second time, and attended the [[Oman national football team|Oman]]/[[Qatar national football team|Qatar]], and the [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]/[[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]] games.
* [[UEFA]] president, and French football legend, [[Michel Platini]] attended the Oman/[[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], and the [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]]/[[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] games, both in the [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]].
* Singer [[Mohammed Abdo]] attended the final match between Oman and his native, Saudi Arabia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96is3Fld7Q – Mohammed Abdo short interview in the stadium before the penalty shootout</ref>
* The Tournament took place during the Israeli bombardment of [[Gaza City|Gaza]], also known as the [[Gaza War (2008–09)|Gaza War]], as a sign of solidarity toward the [[State of Palestine|Palestinians]], many fans waved pro-Palestinian banners and chanted pro-Palestinian [[slogan]]s. Omani footballer [[Badar Al-Maimani|Badr Al-Maimani]] also revealed a pro-Gaza undershirt after his free-kick goal against Bahrain.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCvhk1X1qg – Al-Maimani revealing a pro-Gaza shirt after his goal</ref> Also before the opening match played by [[Yemen national football team|Yemen]], players wore shirts representing solidarity with Palestine.<ref>http://sports.makcdn.com/imgs/News/197406/Feature.jpg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714022504/http://sports.makcdn.com/imgs/News/197406/Feature.jpg |date=14 July 2011 }} – Yemen t-shirts, "Our hearts with Gaza"</ref> The Kuwaiti team also did the same in their opening match against Oman, but instead wore scarves.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://gulfcup19.com/Media/Photos/155-d52d5c91-e.jpg | title=Team photo of Kuwait with their "Palestine scarves" | website=gulfcup19.com | date=4 January 2009 | accessdate= 4 January 2009 |url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120708172249/http://gulfcup19.com/Media/Photos/155-d52d5c91-e.jpg | archivedate = 8 July 2012 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://archive.today/20120421000428/http://www.gulfcup19.com/ Official Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060205152645/http://gulfcup.com/ Gulf Cup website (Arabic)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090221180347/http://kuraa19.com/ Live Matches]

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