# 1988 Arab Cup squads

Below is a list of squads used in the 1988 Arab Cup.

## Group A
### Egypt

Coach: Mike Smith
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ahmed Shobair | (1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 27) | Al-Ahly |
| 12 | 1GK | Hussein El-Sayed | (1964-12-11)11 December 1964 (aged 23) | Zamalek |
| 2 | 2DF | Ibrahim Hassan | (1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 21) | Al-Ahly |
| 3 | 2DF | Rabie Yassin | (1960-09-07)7 September 1960 (aged 27) | Al-Ahly |
| 5 | 2DF | Hamada Sedki | (1961-08-25)25 August 1961 (aged 26) | Al-Ahly |
| 6 | 2DF | Mohamed Omar | (1958-09-03)3 September 1958 (aged 29) | Al-Ittihad Alexandria |
| 21 | 2DF | Hesham Yakan | (1962-08-10)10 August 1962 (aged 25) | Zamalek |
| 7 | 3MF | Ismail Youssef | (1964-06-28)28 June 1964 (aged 24) | Zamalek |
| 10 | 3MF | Gamal Abdel-Hamid | (1957-11-24)24 November 1957 (aged 30) | Zamalek |
| 14 | 3MF | Alaa Maihoub | (1963-01-19)19 January 1963 (aged 25) | Al-Ahly |
| 16 | 3MF | Tarek Soliman | (1962-01-24)24 January 1962 (aged 26) | Al-Masry |
| 30 | 3MF | Taher Abouzeid | (1962-04-10)10 April 1962 (aged 26) | Al-Ahly |
| | 3MF | Khaled Esmat | | Al-Mokawloon Al-Arab |
| 4 | 4FW | Ayman Younes | (1964-02-20)20 February 1964 (aged 24) | Zamalek |
| 9 | 4FW | Hossam Hassan | (1966-08-10)10 August 1966 (aged 21) | Al-Ahly |
| 15 | 4FW | Ayman Shawky | (1962-12-09)9 December 1962 (aged 25) | Al-Ahly |
| 18 | 4FW | Mahmoud Hassan Saleh | (1962-05-04)4 May 1962 (aged 26) | Ismaily |

### Iraq

Coach: Ammo Baba
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Ahmad Jassim | (1960-05-04)4 May 1960 (aged 28) | Al-Naft |
| 1GK | Omar Ahmed Tawfiq | (1970-08-03)3 August 1970 (aged 17) | Al-Talaba |
| 1GK | Wasfi Jabbar | (1964-07-01)1 July 1964 (aged 24) | Al-Shorta |
| 1GK | Suhail Saber | (1962-06-01)1 June 1962 (aged 26) | Al-Talaba |
| 2DF | Karim Allawi | (1960-04-01)1 April 1960 (aged 28) | Al-Rasheed |
| 2DF | Radhi Shenaishil | (1969-08-11)11 August 1969 (aged 18) | Al-Zawra'a |
| 2DF | Samir Shaker (c) | (1958-02-28)28 February 1958 (aged 30) | Al-Rasheed |
| 2DF | Hassan Kamal | (1964-07-01)1 July 1964 (aged 24) | Al-Jaish |
| 2DF | Ghanim Oraibi | (1961-08-16)16 August 1961 (aged 26) | Al-Shabab |
| 2DF | Habib Jafar | (1966-07-01)1 July 1966 (aged 22) | Al-Rasheed |
| 2DF | Mudhafar Jabbar | (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 (aged 23) | Al-Rasheed |
| 3MF | Laith Hussein | (1968-10-13)13 October 1968 (aged 19) | Al-Rasheed |
| 3MF | Basil Gorgis | (1961-01-15)15 January 1961 (aged 27) | Al-Shabab |
| 3MF | Saad Qais | (1967-07-02)2 July 1967 (aged 21) | Al-Rasheed |
| 3MF | Naeem Saddam | (1969-08-15)15 August 1969 (aged 18) | Al-Rasheed |
| 3MF | Ismail Mohammed | (1962-01-19)19 January 1962 (aged 26) | Al-Shabab |
| 3MF | Salam Hashim | (1966-10-07)7 October 1966 (aged 21) | Al-Rasheed |
| 2DF | Karim Salman | (1965-03-04)4 March 1965 (aged 23) | Al-Rasheed |
| 4FW | Younis Abed Ali | (1969-12-13)13 December 1969 (aged 18) | Al-Rasheed |
| 4FW | Ahmed Radhi | (1964-04-21)21 April 1964 (aged 24) | Al-Rasheed |
| 4FW | Rahim Hameed | (1963-05-23)23 May 1963 (aged 25) | Al-Jaish |
| 4FW | Ali Abdul-Kadhim | (1965-11-28)28 November 1965 (aged 22) | Al-Rasheed |

### Lebanon

Coach: Zein Hashem and Mahmoud Berjawi
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Ali Rammal | | Nejmeh |
| 1GK | Mahmoud Trad | | Al-Tadamon Beirut |
| 2DF | Nabih Al-Jardi | | Safa |
| 2DF | Youssef Farhat | 1967 | Nejmeh |
| 2DF | Jihad Jaber | | Nejmeh |
| 2DF | Isam Kobeissi | | Al-Ansar |
| 3MF | Hasan Abboud (c) | 1959 | Nejmeh |
| 3MF | Ghassan Abou Diab | (1958-01-18)18 January 1958 (aged 30) | Safa |
| 4FW | Bilal Al-Soufi | | Al-Riada Wal Adab |
| 4FW | Walid Dahrouj | 1965 | Safa |
| 4FW | Mahmoud Hammoud | (1964-07-03)3 July 1964 (aged 24) | Nejmeh |
| | Amin Al-Jamal | | Al-Ansar |
| | Khaldoun Al-Masri | | Al-Riada Wal Adab |
| | Ahmad Farhat | | Al-Ansar |
| | Ali Jaber | | Nejmeh |
| | Ali Kobeissi | | Al-Ansar |
| | Ziad Sakr | | Safa |

### Saudi Arabia Ol.

Coach:
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Hassan Khalifa | 1970 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
| 3MF | Mohammed Al Farhan | (1970-09-08)8 September 1970 (aged 17) | Al Qadsiah |

### Tunisia

Coach: Taoufik Ben Othman
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Naceur Chouchane | (1955-05-03)3 May 1955 (aged 33) | ES Tunis |
| | 2DF | Abderrazak Chahat | (1962-01-14)14 January 1962 (aged 26) | Club Africain |
| | 2DF | Mohamed Ali Mahjoubi | (1966-12-28)28 December 1966 (aged 21) | AS Marsa |
| | 2DF | Imad Mizouri | (1966-10-20)20 October 1966 (aged 21) | CS Sfaxien |
| | 2DF | Mourad Okbi | (1965-09-01)1 September 1965 (aged 22) | JS Kairouan |
| | 3MF | Noureddine Bousnina | (1963-01-17)17 January 1963 (aged 25) | CS Hammam-Lif |
| | 3MF | Nabil Maâloul (c) | (1962-12-25)25 December 1962 (aged 25) | ES Tunis |
| 10 | 3MF | Haithem Abid | (1965-09-22)22 September 1965 (aged 22) | ES Tunis |
| | 3MF | Adel Smirani | (1967-10-07)7 October 1967 (aged 20) | CA Bizertin |
| | 3MF | Taoufik Mehedhebi | (1965-12-13)13 December 1965 (aged 22) | Stade Tunisien |
| 7 | 4FW | Bassam Jeridi | | ES Tunis |
| 9 | 4FW | Kais Yakoubi | (1966-08-18)18 August 1966 (aged 21) | Club Africain |
| | 4FW | Lotfi Rouissi | (1965-11-13)13 November 1965 (aged 22) | Club Africain |

## Group B
### Algeria UT

Coach: Noureddine Saâdi and Abdelmalek Arraoui
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Djamel Chater | (1964-08-06)6 August 1964 (aged 23) | Espérance d'Aïn M'lila |
| | 1GK | Bachir Yassa | | Université d'Annaba |
| | 2DF | Abderrazak Dahmani | (1964-02-23)23 February 1964 (aged 24) | Jeunesse de Belcourt |
| | 2DF | Mounir Zeghdoud | (1970-11-18)18 November 1970 (aged 17) | Chabab de Constantine |
| | 2DF | Noureddine Bounaâs | (1965-10-18)18 October 1965 (aged 22) | Mouloudia de Constantine |
| | 2DF | Rabah Kourifa | (1963-03-10)10 March 1963 (aged 25) | Union d'Alger |
| | 2DF | Omar Belatoui | (1969-04-06)6 April 1969 (aged 19) | Mouloudia d'Oran |
| | 3MF | Moussa Saïb | (1969-03-06)6 March 1969 (aged 19) | Jeunesse de Tiaret |
| | 3MF | Farid Mouaci | (1964-02-27)27 February 1964 (aged 24) | Union d'Alger |
| | 3MF | Saïd Hamrani | (1962-02-26)26 February 1962 (aged 26) | Jeunesse de Bordj Ménaïel |
| | 3MF | Rabie Nafaâ | | Jeunesse de Bordj Ménaïel |
| | 3MF | Abdellah Sedrati | | Flambeau de Skikda |
| | 4FW | ... Hamani | | Mouloudia de Constantine |
| | 4FW | Mohamed Lotfi Manaâ | (1964-11-21)21 November 1964 (aged 23) | Université d'Annaba |
| | 4FW | Nacer Chekati | | Entente de Guelma |
| | 4FW | Rachid El-Groud | | Mouloudia de Constantine |
| | 4FW | Walid Chenini | | Université d'Annaba |
| | 4FW | Rachid Hamada | | Raed de Kouba |
| | 4FW | Khelifa Belhouchet | (1963-08-25)25 August 1963 (aged 24) | Mouloudia d'El Eulma |
| | 4FW | Tarek Hadj Adlane | (1965-12-11)11 December 1965 (aged 22) | Union d'Alger |

### Jordan

Coach: Slobodan Ogsananovic
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Milad Abbasi | (1958-01-01)1 January 1958 (aged 30) | Al-Faisaly |
| 22 | 1GK | Khaldoun Arshedat | | |
| 2 | 2DF | Najeeb Al-Banna | (1963-11-20)20 November 1963 (aged 24) | Al-Jazeera |
| 5 | 2DF | Zaid Al-Sharaa | | Al-Ramtha |
| 6 | 2DF | Esam Al-Telli | (1962-07-14)14 July 1962 (aged 25) | Al-Jazeera |
| 15 | 2DF | Haitham Abdel-Hadi | | Al-Hussein Irbid |
| 19 | 2DF | Yousef Al-Amori | (1966-11-22)22 November 1966 (aged 21) | Al-Wehdat |
| 10 | 3MF | Fayez Al-Bedawi | (1962-08-05)5 August 1962 (aged 25) | Al-Ramtha |
| 13 | 3MF | Moneeb Gharaibeh | (1965-01-01)1 January 1965 (aged 23) | Al-Hussein Irbid |
| 14 | 3MF | Tawfiq Al-Saheb | (1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 27) | Al-Jazeera |
| 18 | 3MF | Marwan Malek Khairi | | |
| 7 | 4FW | Raed Assaf | | |
| 11 | 4FW | Maher Abu Hantash | (1967-04-09)9 April 1967 (aged 21) | |
| 16 | 4FW | Nart Yadaje | (1969-04-26)26 April 1969 (aged 19) | Al-Ahli Amman |
| 17 | 4FW | Jihad Abdel Muneim | (1968-03-03)3 March 1968 (aged 20) | Al-Wehdat |
| 20 | 4FW | Adnan Al-Turk | | Al-Ahli Amman |

### Kuwait Ol.

Coach: Miguel Ferreira
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Husain Zayed | (1968-05-23)23 May 1968 (aged 20) | Al-Yarmouk |
| 3 | 2DF | Amer Yasser | | Al-Arabi |
| | 3MF | Mansour Basha | (1970-09-03)3 September 1970 (aged 17) | Al-Arabi |
| | 3MF | Waleed Al Breiki | | Al-Salmiya |
| | 3MF | Abed Al Shammari | (1965-01-19)19 January 1965 (aged 23) | Al-Qadsia |
| 12 | 4FW | Fahad Marzouq | (1971-01-02)2 January 1971 (aged 17) | Al Tadhamon |
| | 4FW | Ali Marwi | (1969-10-14)14 October 1969 (aged 18) | Al-Salmiya |

### Syria

Coach: Anatoliy Azarenkov
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 21 | 1GK | Walid Islam | | Al-Jaish |
| 22 | 1GK | Malek Shakuhi | (1960-04-05)5 April 1960 (aged 28) | Jableh |
| 3 | 2DF | Ammar Habib | (1967-10-25)25 October 1967 (aged 20) | Tishreen |
| 4 | 2DF | Yousef Hawla | | Tishreen |
| 12 | 2DF | Ahmad Al-Shaar | | Al-Jaish |
| 13 | 2DF | Abdullah Saddikah | (1971-11-13)13 November 1971 (aged 16) | |
| 17 | 2DF | Samer Darwish | | Al-Wahda |
| 19 | 2DF | Joseph Leyous | | Al-Hurriya |
| 6 | 3MF | Saad Saad | | |
| 8 | 3MF | Abdul Kader Kardaghli (c) | (1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 27) | Al-Jaish |
| 10 | 3MF | Faisal Ahmad | | |
| 25 | 3MF | Radwan Ajam | 1965 | Al-Karamah |
| 9 | 4FW | Nizar Mahrous | (1963-03-12)12 March 1963 (aged 25) | Saham |
| 11 | 4FW | Hussein Deeb | | |
| 14 | 4FW | Mohammad Jakalan | 1961 | Al-Ittihad Aleppo |
| 18 | 4FW | Walid Al-Nasser | (1965-06-18)18 June 1965 (aged 23) | Al-Hurriya |