# 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Group A

Group A of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup took place from 30 November 2021 to 6 December 2021. The group consisted of hosts Qatar, Iraq, Oman and Bahrain.
The top two teams, Qatar and Oman, advanced to the quarter-finals.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | FIFA Rankings |
| Draw position | Team | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | April 2021 | November 2021 |
| A1 | Qatar | 3rd | 1998 (runners-up) | Runners-up (1998) | 58 | 51 |
| A2 | Iraq | 6th | 2012 (third place) | Winners (1964, 1966, 1985, 1988) | 68 | 75 |
| A3 | Oman | 2nd | 1966 (group stage) | Group stage (1966) | 80 | 78 |
| A4 | Bahrain | 6th | 2012 (group stage) | Runners-up (1985, 2002) | 99 | 90 |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Iraq | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
In the quarter-finals:
* Qatar advanced to play against United Arab Emirates (runners-up of Group B).
* Oman advanced to play against Tunisia (winners of Group B).

## Matches
### Iraq vs Oman

| Iraq | Oman |
| GK | 1 | Fahad Talib |
| RB | 7 | Sherko Karim |
| CB | 4 | Mustafa Nadhim |
| CB | 2 | Manaf Younis | | 69' |
| LB | 5 | Hassan Raed |
| CM | 14 | Amjad Attwan (c) |
| CM | 8 | Yaser Kasim | 50' 68' |
| RW | 19 | Mohammed Qasim | | 79' |
| AM | 16 | Ahmed Farhan | | 69' |
| LW | 13 | Bashar Resan | | 69' |
| CF | 10 | Alaa Abbas | | 79' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 6 | Muntadher Mohammed | | 69' |
| MF | 17 | Ahmad Fadhel | | 69' |
| DF | 23 | Maitham Jabbar | | 69' |
| FW | 9 | Aymen Hussein | | 79' |
| FW | 11 | Hasan Abdulkareem | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Željko Petrović ||
| GK | 22 | Ahmed Al-Rawahi |
| RB | 14 | Amjad Al-Harthi | 90+6' |
| CB | 5 | Juma Al-Habsi |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Al Khamisi | 13' |
| LB | 2 | Ahmed Al-Kaabi |
| CM | 23 | Harib Al-Saadi |
| CM | 10 | Mohsin Al-Khaldi (c) | | 61' |
| RW | 15 | Jameel Al-Yahmadi | | 61' |
| AM | 20 | Salaah Al-Yahyaei |
| LW | 19 | Rabia Al-Alawi | | 61' |
| CF | 11 | Muhsen Al-Ghassani | | 81' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 4 | Arshad Al-Alawi | | 61' |
| MF | 12 | Abdullah Fawaz | | 61' |
| FW | 9 | Issam Al Sabhi | | 61' |
| FW | 7 | Khalid Al-Hajri | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Branko Ivanković ||
Assistant referees: Walter López (Honduras) Christian Ramirez (Honduras) Fourth official: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil) Video assistant referee: Jair Marrufo (United States) Assistant video assistant referees: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Ezequiel Brailovsky (Argentina) Rafael Traci (Brazil)

### Qatar vs Bahrain

| Qatar | Bahrain |
| GK | 1 | Saad Al Sheeb |
| CB | 15 | Bassam Al-Rawi |
| CB | 16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
| CB | 5 | Tarek Salman | | 46' |
| RWB | 2 | Ró-Ró | 44' | 82' |
| LWB | 14 | Homam Ahmed | 37' |
| CM | 4 | Mohammed Waad (c) |
| CM | 23 | Assim Madibo | 53' | 82' |
| CM | 6 | Abdulaziz Hatem |
| SS | 11 | Akram Afif | | 89' |
| CF | 19 | Almoez Ali | | 90+3' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 10 | Hassan Al-Haydos | | 46' |
| DF | 13 | Musab Kheder | | 82' |
| FW | 9 | Mohammed Muntari | | 82' |
| DF | 3 | Abdelkarim Hassan | | 89' |
| DF | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Félix Sánchez ||
| GK | 21 | Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c) |
| RB | 16 | Sayed Redha Isa | 41' |
| CB | 5 | Ahmed Bughammar |
| CB | 3 | Waleed Al Hayam | 29' |
| LB | 4 | Sayed Dhiya Saeed | 57' |
| CM | 14 | Mohammed Al-Hardan | | 78' |
| CM | 19 | Kamil Al Aswad |
| RW | 7 | Ali Madan | | 88' |
| AM | 15 | Jasim Al-Shaikh | | 88' |
| LW | 20 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan | | 67' |
| CF | 13 | Mohamed Al-Romaihi | | 78' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 8 | Mohamed Marhoon | | 67' |
| MF | 10 | Abdulwahab Al-Malood | | 78' |
| FW | 11 | Ismail Abdullatif | | 78' |
| MF | 17 | Abbas Al-Asfoor | | 88' |
| FW | 9 | Mahdi Abduljabbar | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Hélio Sousa ||
Assistant referees: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Andrés Matonte (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain) Bruno Pires (Brazil) Leodán González (Uruguay)

### Bahrain vs Iraq

| Bahrain | Iraq |
| GK | 21 | Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c) |
| RB | 6 | Abbas Ayyad |
| CB | 5 | Ahmed Bughammar | | 9' |
| CB | 3 | Waleed Al Hayam |
| LB | 23 | Rashed Al-Hooti |
| CM | 17 | Abbas Al-Asfoor |
| CM | 15 | Jasim Al-Shaikh |
| CM | 10 | Abdulwahab Al-Malood | | 60' |
| RF | 20 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan | 57' | 78' |
| CF | 11 | Ismail Abdullatif | | 60' |
| LF | 8 | Mohamed Marhoon | | 78' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 2 | Sayed Baqer | 87' | 9' |
| MF | 19 | Kamil Al Aswad | | 60' |
| FW | 9 | Mahdi Abduljabbar | | 60' |
| MF | 7 | Ali Madan | 86' | 78' |
| FW | 13 | Mohamed Al-Romaihi | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Hélio Sousa ||
| GK | 1 | Fahad Talib |
| RB | 7 | Sherko Karim | | 66' |
| CB | 22 | Rebin Sulaka |
| CB | 2 | Manaf Younis |
| LB | 5 | Hassan Raed |
| CM | 14 | Amjad Attwan (c) | | 80' |
| RW | 19 | Mohammed Qasim |
| AM | 18 | Sajjad Jassim | 16' | 46' |
| LW | 13 | Bashar Resan | | 70' |
| SS | 16 | Ahmed Farhan |
| CF | 10 | Alaa Abbas | | 70' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 17 | Ahmad Fadhel | 90+2' | 46' |
| DF | 3 | Frans Putros | | 66' |
| FW | 9 | Aymen Hussein | | 70' |
| FW | 11 | Hasan Abdulkareem | | 70' |
| DF | 4 | Mustafa Nadhim | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Željko Petrović ||
Assistant referees: Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Jerson Dos Santos (Angola) Fourth official: Daniel Siebert (Germany) Video assistant referee: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) Assistant video assistant referees: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico) Elvis Noupue (Cameroon) Christian Dingert (Germany)

### Oman vs Qatar

| Oman | Qatar |
| GK | 1 | Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini |
| RB | 14 | Amjad Al-Harthi |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Al Khamisi |
| CB | 5 | Juma Al-Habsi |
| LB | 2 | Ahmed Al-Kaabi |
| CM | 12 | Abdullah Fawaz | 87' |
| CM | 23 | Harib Al-Saadi (c) |
| CM | 4 | Arshad Al-Alawi |
| AM | 20 | Salaah Al-Yahyaei | 87' |
| CF | 9 | Issam Al Sabhi | 57' |
| CF | 17 | Mohammed Al-Ghafri | 46' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 7 | Khalid Al-Hajri | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Muhsen Al-Ghassani | 57' |
| DF | 3 | Fahmi Durbin | 87' |
| FW | 15 | Jameel Al-Yahmadi | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Branko Ivanković ||
| GK | 1 | Saad Al Sheeb |
| RB | 2 | Ró-Ró | 38' |
| CB | 15 | Bassam Al-Rawi |
| CB | 16 | Boualem Khoukhi |
| LB | 3 | Abdelkarim Hassan |
| CM | 12 | Karim Boudiaf | 46' |
| CM | 6 | Abdulaziz Hatem | 90' |
| CM | 14 | Homam Ahmed |
| RF | 10 | Hassan Al-Haydos (c) | 78' |
| CF | 19 | Almoez Ali |
| LF | 11 | Akram Afif |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 13 | Musab Kheder | 38' |
| MF | 23 | Assim Madibo | 46' |
| MF | 4 | Mohammed Waad | 78' |
| FW | 9 | Mohammed Muntari | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Félix Sánchez ||
Assistant referees: Danilo Manis (Brazil) Bruno Pires (Brazil) Fourth official: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) Video assistant referee: Rafael Traci (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain) Rafael Foltyn (Germany) Shaun Evans (Australia)

### Oman vs Bahrain

| Oman | Bahrain |
| GK | 1 | Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini |
| RB | 14 | Amjad Al-Harthi | 34' | 78' |
| CB | 6 | Ahmed Al Khamisi |
| CB | 5 | Juma Al-Habsi |
| LB | 2 | Ahmed Al-Kaabi |
| CM | 12 | Abdullah Fawaz | | 78' |
| CM | 23 | Harib Al-Saadi (c) |
| CM | 4 | Arshad Al-Alawi |
| RF | 20 | Salaah Al-Yahyaei | | 89' |
| CF | 7 | Khalid Al-Hajri | | 73' |
| LF | 19 | Rabia Al-Alawi | | 73' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 8 | Mataz Saleh | | 73' |
| FW | 9 | Issam Al Sabhi | | 73' |
| DF | 3 | Fahmi Durbin | | 78' |
| FW | 15 | Jameel Al-Yahmadi | | 78' |
| MF | 10 | Mohsin Al-Khaldi | | 89' |
| Manager: ||
| Branko Ivanković ||
| GK | 21 | Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c) |
| RB | 16 | Sayed Redha Isa |
| CB | 2 | Sayed Baqer |
| CB | 3 | Waleed Al Hayam |
| LB | 4 | Sayed Dhiya Saeed |
| CM | 19 | Kamil Al Aswad | 82' |
| CM | 17 | Abbas Al-Asfoor | 46' |
| CM | 14 | Mohammed Al-Hardan | 55' |
| RF | 7 | Ali Madan | 55' |
| CF | 13 | Mohamed Al-Romaihi | 75' |
| LF | 8 | Mohamed Marhoon |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 15 | Jasim Al-Shaikh | 46' |
| MF | 12 | Mohamed Abdulwahab | 55' |
| FW | 20 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan | 55' |
| FW | 9 | Mahdi Abduljabbar | 75' |
| MF | 10 | Abdulwahab Al-Malood | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Hélio Sousa ||
Assistant referees: Jun Mihara (Japan) Osamu Nomura (Japan) Fourth official: Jair Marrufo (United States) Video assistant referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) Assistant video assistant referees: Kevin Blom (Netherlands) Adonai Escobedo (Mexico) Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

### Qatar vs Iraq

| Qatar | Iraq |
| GK | 21 | Yousef Hassan |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad |
| CB | 15 | Bassam Al-Rawi | 60' |
| CB | 5 | Tarek Salman |
| LB | 13 | Musab Kheder |
| CM | 4 | Mohammed Waad |
| CM | 6 | Abdulaziz Hatem (c) |
| RW | 8 | Ali Assadalla | 69' |
| LW | 20 | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | 83' |
| CF | 9 | Mohammed Muntari | 69' |
| CF | 7 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | 60' |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 16 | Boualem Khoukhi | 60' |
| FW | 18 | Khalid Muneer | 60' |
| FW | 10 | Hassan Al-Haydos | 69' |
| FW | 19 | Almoez Ali | 69' |
| FW | 11 | Akram Afif | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Félix Sánchez ||
| GK | 1 | Fahad Talib (c) |
| CB | 22 | Rebin Sulaka |
| CB | 4 | Mustafa Nadhim | 75' |
| CB | 2 | Manaf Younis |
| RWB | 7 | Sherko Karim |
| LWB | 5 | Hassan Raed |
| CM | 19 | Mohammed Qasim |
| CM | 8 | Yaser Kasim |
| CM | 13 | Bashar Resan | 51' |
| SS | 11 | Hasan Abdulkareem | 60' |
| CF | 10 | Alaa Abbas | 75' |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 21 | Ali Yousif | 51' |
| MF | 6 | Muntadher Mohammed | 60' |
| MF | 17 | Ahmad Fadhel | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Aymen Hussein | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Željko Petrović ||
Assistant referees: Djibril Camara (Senegal) Elvis Noupue (Cameroon) Fourth official: Said Martínez (Honduras) Video assistant referee: Shaun Evans (Australia) Assistant video assistant referees: Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Juan Soto (Venezuela)