1988 MATCHES

ASIA
Authors: Jean-Michel Cazal and Neil Morrison.

01/01/1988, Muscat (Oman), Sultan Qaboos stadium
Olympic Games Qualifying
IRAQ                1 (Samir Shaker Mahmoud 51' pen)
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Majed Abdullah Mohammed 55')
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed, Samir Shaker Mahmoud, Basil Korkis Hanna,
                    Karim Mohammed Alawi, Khalil Mohammed Alawi, Saad Qais Noaman,
                    Natiq Hashim Abidoun, Ismail Mohammed Sharif (Ghanim Oraibi Jassim 68'),
                    Habib Jafar Aqal, Haris Mohammed Hassan (Ali Hussein Shihab 46'),
                    Ahmed Radhi Amish.
Saudi Arabia:       Salem Maroun, Bandar Al-Mowalled, Saleh Al-Neayma, Ahmed Jamil Madani,
                    Mohammed Abduljawad, Zaki Al-Saleh, Fahad Huraifi Al-Bishi
                    (Hussam Abu Dawod 71'), Fahad Al-Mosaibeih, Majed Abdullah Al-Mohammed,
                    Muhaisen Jaman Al-Dosari (Saad Mubarak Al-Dosary 60'), Musaed Ibrahim.
Referee:            Ismail Yacob (Malaysia).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Saudi Arabia: 
Cards:              Iraq: Basil Korkis Hanna [Y 77'].
                    Saudi Arabia: none.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

01/01/1988, Al-Kuwait
Olympic Games Qualifying  
KUWAIT              0
QATAR               0
Referee:            Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria).
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

08/01/1988, Muscat (Oman), Sultan Qaboos stadium, 2000
Olympic Games Qualifying  
IRAQ                4 (Habib Jafar Aqal 9' 76', Ahmed Radhi Amish 16', Ali Hussein Shihab 17')
QATAR               1 (Khalid Salman)
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed (GK), Samir Shaker Mahmoud, Maad Ibrahim
                    (Basim Qasim Hamdan), Saad Qais Noaman (Laith Hussein Shihab),
                    Habib Jafar Aqal, Ali Hussein Shihab, Ahmed Radhi Amish, [4 missing].
Qatar:              Younis Ahmed (GK), Yousef Adsani, Khalid Salman, Mansour Muftah [c],
                    [7 missing].
Referee:            Zhong Bohong (China).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Qatar:
Cards:              Iraq: Basim Qasim Hamdan [Y 69'].
                    Qatar: none.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

08/01/1988, Riyadh
Olympic Games Qualifying  
SAUDI ARABIA        0
KUWAIT              0
Referee:            Toshikazu Sano (Japan).
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

13/01/1988, Bangkok, National Stadium
King's Cup
THAILAND B          1 (Adul Rungruang 6')
MALAYSIA            1 (Zainal Abidin Hassan 90')
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

14/01/1988, Bangkok, National Stadium
King's Cup     
THAILAND            3 (Piyapong Piew-On, Prateep Pankhaw, ?)
INDONESIA           3 (Ricky Yacob, ?, Masrul Koto 63')
Referee:            Ivan Timoshchenko (USSR).
Cards:              Thailand:
                    Indonesia: Ricky Yacob [R 30'].
Notes:              Not a full FIFA international. Indonesia staged a twelve minute walkout
                    after Yacob was sent off. The Indonesian team was a selection from the
                    Galatama league; most of the players were full international players.

15/01/1988, Muscat (Oman), Sultan Qaboos stadium
Olympic Games Qualifying  
IRAQ                1 (Karim Mohammed Alawi 22')
KUWAIT              0
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed, Samir Shaker Mahmoud, Ghanim Oraibi Jassim,
                    Khalil Mohammed Alawi, Adnan Dirjal Mattar, Saad Qais Noaman,
                    Natiq Hashim Abidoun, Karim Mohammed Alawi, Habib Jafar Aqal
                    (Haris Mohammed Hassan 24'), Ahmad Radhi Amish, Hussein Saeed Mohammed
                    (Basil Korkis Hanna 80').
Kuwait:             Samir Said, Naeem Saad Mubarak (Anbar Saeed Makroun 67'), Adel A. Hussain,
                    Mahboub Jumaa Mubarak, Mubarak Marzouk Al-Essa, Hamoud Al-Shammari,
                    Abdullah M. Al-Buloushi, Nasser A. Al-Ghanem, Moayad Rehaim Al-Hadad,
                    Faisal Ali Al-Dakhil [c], Adel Othman Al-Khalifa (Khalid Al-Sharideh 47').
Referee:            Ahmad Bash (Jordan).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Kuwait: Antônio Vieira (Brazil).
Cards:              Iraq: Ahmed Jassim Mohammed [Y 83'], Ahmad Radhi Amish [Y 89'].
                    Kuwait: Abdullah M. Al-Buloshi [Y 89'].
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

15/01/1988, Doha
Olympic Games Qualifying  
QATAR               1 (Hassan Jowhar 85' pen)
SAUDI ARABIA        0
Referee:            Ahmed Jassim Mohamed (Bahrain).
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

15/01/1988, Manama (Bahrain)
Friendly International
UAE                 1
JORDAN              0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

18/01/1988, Bangkok (Thailand), National Stadium
King's Cup     
INDONESIA           3 
OMAN                0
Notes:              Not a full FIFA international. The Indonesian team was a selection from the
                    Galatama league; most of the players were full international players.

18/01/1988, Manama (Bahrain)
Friendly International
JORDAN              2
UAE                 0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

19/01/1988, Siliguri
Nehru Gold Cup      
INDIA               0
CHINA B             2 (Xu Hui 31', Gao Hongbo 66')
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

20/01/1988, Bangkok, National Stadium
King's Cup     
THAILAND            3 (Vitoon Kijmongkolsak 14', ? 53', ? 70')
OMAN                1 (Abdullah Hamdan 80')
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

21/01/1988, Bangkok (Thailand), National Stadium
King's Cup
MALAYSIA            0
SOUTH KOREA XI      0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

27/01/1988, Dubai, Al-Maktoum Stadium
Friendly International
UAE                 1 (Zuhair Bakhit Bilal 1')
JAPAN               1 (Tetsuji Hashiratani 85')
Japan:              Shinichi Morishita; Katsuyoshi Shinto, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Masami Ihara, 
                    Toru Sano; Katsuhiro Kusaki, Fujishiro, Satoru Mochizuki, Hiroshi 
                    Hirakawa; Tomoyasu Asaoka (Satoshi Tetsuka), Osamu Maeda.
Coaches:            UAE:
                    Japan: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

28/01/1988, Muscat
Friendly International
OMAN                1
JORDAN              1

29/01/1988, Muscat
Friendly International
OMAN                0
JORDAN              0

30/01/1988, Abu Dhabi, Zayed Sports City Stadium
Friendly International
UAE                 2 (? 46', 55')
JAPAN               0
Japan:              Shinichi Morishita; Katsuyoshi Shinto, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Masami Ihara, 
                    Toru Sano; Akihiro Nishimura, Satoru Mochizuki, Hiroshi Hirakawa; Tomoyasu 
                    Asaoka (Fujishiro), Osamu Maeda, Satoshi Tetsuka.
Coaches:            UAE:
                    Japan: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

02/02/1988, Muscat
Friendly International
OMAN                1 (? 55')
JAPAN               1 (Satoru Mochizuki 88')
Japan:              Kiyotaka Matsui; Katsuyoshi Shinto, Tetsuji Hashiratani, Masami Ihara, 
                    Toru Sano; Takafumi Mizunuma, Yuji Sugano (Satoru Mochizuki), Hiroshi 
                    Hirakawa; Tomoyasu Asaoka, Osamu Maeda, Satoshi Tetsuka. 
Coaches:            Oman:
                    Japan: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

04/02/1988, Abu Dhabi
Asian Cup Qualifying
UAE                 3 
THAILAND            0
Referee:            Kil Ki-Kul (Korea).

05/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
CHINA               0
NORTH YEMEN         0
Referee:            Kiichiro Tachi (Japan).

06/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
BANGLADESH          0
INDIA               0
Referee:            Mohamed Matar Al-Malood (Bahrain).

07/02/1988, Abu Dhabi
Asian Cup Qualifying
UAE                 2 
NORTH YEMEN         1 
Referee:            Mohammad Riyahi (Iran).

08/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
CHINA               4 (Liu Haiguang 25', Mai Chao 44' +1 pen, Wu Qunli)
BANGLADESH          0
Referee:            Mohammed Haider (Syria).

09/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
THAILAND            1 (89')
INDIA               0
Referee:            Odeh Al-Rahal (Jordan).

10/02/1988, Abu Dhabi
Asian Cup Qualifying
UAE                 0
CHINA               0
Referee:            Mohamed Matar Al-Malood (Bahrain).

11/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
NORTH YEMEN         1 (83') 
INDIA               0
Referee:            Kiichiro Tachi (Japan).

12/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
THAILAND            1 (Natee Tongsukkao 50')
BANGLADESH          1 (Mahfuzul Mamun 44')
Referee:            Kil Ki-Kul (Korea).

13/02/1988, Abu Dhabi
Asian Cup Qualifying
UAE                 3 
INDIA               0
Referee:            Mohammad Riyahi (Iran).

14/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
CHINA               5 (Jia Xiuquan 15', Xie Yuexin 17', Liu Haiguang 30',
                       Mei Chao 37' pen 90' pen)
THAILAND            0
Referee:            Mohammed Haider (Syria).

14/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
NORTH YEMEN         0
BANGLADESH          0
Referee:            Odeh Al-Rahal (Jordan).

16/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
CHINA               1 (Liu Haiguang) 
INDIA               0
Referee:            Odeh Al-Rahal (Jordan).

16/02/1988, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
Asian Cup Qualifying
NORTH YEMEN         3 
THAILAND            3 
Referee:            Mohamed Matar Al-Malood (Bahrain).

17/02/1988, Abu Dhabi
Asian Cup Qualifying
UAE                 4 
BANGLADESH          0
Referee:            Kiichiro Tachi (Japan).

??/??/1988, Amman
Friendly International
JORDAN              0
SYRIA               0
Note:               The date has not been confirmed, but it was between Jordan's January 
                    matches vs UAE and their April Asian Cup qualifying matches.

02/03/1988, Riyadh, King Fahd International Stadium
9th Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        2 (Fahd Al-Hureifi 13', Yousouf Al-Jazee 39')
OMAN                0
Referee:            Jassim Abdul-Rahman Mandi (Bahrain).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Omar Borrás (Uruguay).
                    Oman:
Note:               The goal times are also reported as 57' and 74'.

03/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
QATAR               1 (Hassan Juhar 45')
KUWAIT              1 (Salah Al-Hasawi 24')
Coaches:            Qatar: 
                    Kuwait: George Armstrong (England).
Referee:            Carlo Longhi (Italy).

03/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
UAE                 2 (Zuhair Bakhit Bilal 29', Mohammed Abid 35')
BAHRAIN             0
Coaches:            UAE: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    Bahrain: Abdelmajid Chetali (Tunisia).
Referee:            Abdullah Al-Nasir (Saudi Arabia).

04/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), King Fahd International Stadium
9th Gulf Cup
IRAQ                1 (Ali Hussein Shihab 52')
OMAN                1 (Nasser Hamdan Hamed 36')
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed; Adnan Dirjal Matar [c], Ghanim Oraibi Jassim,
                    Maad Ibrahim (Karim Mohammed Allawi 39'), Hassan Kamal Ahmed;
                    Habib Jafar Aqal, Basil Gorgis Hanna (Hamed Rasheed 67'),
                    Natiq Hashim Abidoun, Laith Hussein Shihab; Ali Hussein Shihab,
                    Ahmed Radhi Amish.
Oman:               Youssef Obaid Khattab, Ibrahim Haikal, Taleb Hilal Mohammed, Salem Shouib,
                    Farag Frigun, Hilal Houmoud, Nasser Hamdan Hamed, Mohammed Nasser,
                    Abdullah Ali, Ahmed Al-Mazrouqi, Salem Mostahil.
Referee:            Mohammad Shuaib (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Oman: Jorge Vitório (Brazil).

05/03/1988, Riyadh
9th Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        0
QATAR               0
Referee:            Claude Bouillet (France).

05/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
UAE                 1 (Zuhair Bakhit Bilal 78')
KUWAIT              0
Referee:            Rune Larsson (Sweden).
Cards:              UAE: Mohammed Salem [R].
                    Kuwait: Saleh Hawsawi [R].
Note:               Samir Said (Kuwait) saved a penalty from Abdulrahman Mohammed (UAE).

07/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             2 (Ibrahim Issa 69', Eid Merjan 90')
OMAN                0
Referee:            Edgardo Codesal (Mexico).
Note:               The first goal is also reported at 79'.

08/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
QATAR               2 (Khalid Suleiman 35', Mahmoud Yaseen Soufi 58')
UAE                 1 (Abdulrahman Mohammed 44')
Referee:            Carlo Longhi (Italy).

08/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), King Fahd International Stadium
9th Gulf Cup
IRAQ                1 (Ahmed Radhi Amish 39') 
KUWAIT              0
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed; Adnan Dirjal Matar [c], Hassan Kamal Ahmed,
                    Ghanim Oraibi Jassim, Karim Mohammed Allawi; Basil Gorgis Hanna
                    (Samir Shaker Mahmoud 90'), Habib Jafar Aqal, Natiq Hashim Abidoun;
                    Haris Mohammed Hassan (Ali Hussein Shihab 63'), Laith Hussein Shihab,
                    Ahmed Radhi Amish.
Kuwait:             Samir Said, Naim Mubarak, Mahboub Mubarak, Gamal Yaqoub, Walid Al-Mubarak,
                    Abdullah Al-Boloushi, Khalid Al-Shirida, Nasser Al-Ghanem, Badr Al-Anbari,
                    Faisal Al-Dakhil, Khalid Al-Shilimi.
Referee:            Claude Bouillet (France).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Kuwait: George Armstrong (England).

09/03/1988, Riyadh
9th Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Majed Abdullah 88')
BAHRAIN             0
Referee:            Rune Larsson (Swe).

10/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), King Fahd International Stadium
9th Gulf Cup
UAE                 0
IRAQ                0
UAE:                Abdelkader Hassan Mohammed, Khalil Mubarak, Mubarak Mubarak,
                    Mohammed Hilal,  Ibrahim Abdelrahman, Abdelrahim Abdullah, Fahad Abdullah,
                    Hassan Hussein, Abdullah Sultan, Adnan Al-Talyani, Zouheir Bakhit Bilal.
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed; Adnan Dirjal Matar [c], Hassan Kamal Ahmed,
                    Ghanim Oraibi Jassim (Basil Kourkis Hanna 46'), Hamed Rasheed Mahmoud; 
                    Karim Mohammed Allawi, Habib Jafar Aqal, Natiq Hashim Abidoun,
                    Laith Hussein Shihab; Ahmed Radhi Amish, Ali Hussein Shihab
                    (Haris Mohammed Hassan 38').
Referee:            Edgardo Codesal Méndez (Mexico).
Coaches:            UAE: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
Cards:              UAE:
                    Iraq: Adnan Dirjal Matar [Y].

10/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
OMAN                2 (Nasser Hamdan Hamed 51' pen, Gholam Khamis 69')
QATAR               1 (Mansour Muftah 73')
Referee:            Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Mulla (UAE).
Note:               The first Oman goal is also reported at 63'.

12/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             1 (Fayed Mahmoud 28')
KUWAIT              0
Referee:            Dari Hani Lafta (Iraq).

13/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), King Fahd International Stadium
9th Gulf Cup
IRAQ                3 (Habib Jafar Aqal 58', Ahmed Radhi Amish 70' 71')
QATAR               0
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed; Samir Shaker Mahmoud [c], Hassan Kamal Ahmed,
                    Hamed Rasheed, Karim Mohammed Allawi; Basil Gorgis Hanna, Habib Jafar Aqal,
                    Natiq Hashim Abidoun (Emad Jassim 64'), Laith Hussein Shihab;
                    Ali Abdul-Kadhim (Haris Mohammed Hassan 46'), Ahmed Radhi Amish.
Qatar:              Ahmed Al-Majid, Mohammed Al-Sewisi, Yousef Al-Adsahi, Saad Ismail,
                    Mohammed Al-Ammari, Adel Jumaa, Mahmoud Soufi, Khalid Salman [c],
                    Mohammed Al-Mahanadi, Issa Yousef, Hassan Said.
Referee:            Claude Bouillet (France).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Qatar:

13/03/1988, Riyadh
9th Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        2 (Abdullah Al-Harbi 61', Majed Abdullah 86')
UAE                 2 (Zuhair Bakhit Bilal 39' 41')
Referee:            Carlo Longhi (Italy).

14/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
KUWAIT              2 (Salah Al-Hasawi 42' 52')
OMAN                0
Referee:            Jassim Abdulrahman Mandi (Bahrain).

16/03/1988, Riyadh, King Fahd International Stadium, 80000
9th Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        0
IRAQ                2 (Ahmed Radhi Amish 58', Basil Gorgis Hanna 72') 
Saudi Arabia:       Abdullah Al-Deig, Saleh Al-Neayma, Bandar Al-Muwaled, Ahmed Maymoun,
                    Mohammed Al-Jawad, Zaki Al-Saleh, Abdullah Al-Harbi, Fahad Al-Bishi,
                    Hazzal Al-Dosari, Majed Abdullah Mohammed, Youssef Al-Dossari. 
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed; Adnan Dirjal Matar [c], Ghanim Oraibi Jassim,
                    Hassan Kamal Ahmed, Karim Mohammed Allawi; Basil Gorgis Hanna,
                    Habib Jafar Aqal, Natiq Hashim Abidoun; Haris Mohammed Hassan, 
                    Ali Hussein Shihab (Emad Jassim 56'), Ahmed Radhi Amish.
Referee:            Carlo Longhi (Italy).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Omar Borrás (Uruguay).
                    Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: 
                    Iraq: Ghanim Oraibi Jassim [Y 27'].
Note:               The Saudi Arabian goalkeeper is also reported as Salem Marwan.

16/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
BAHRAIN             1 (Hisham Abdullah Al-Boloushi 7')
QATAR               0
Referee:            Rune Larsson (Sweden).

17/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
9th Gulf Cup
UAE                 1 (Adnan Khamis Al-Talyani 72')
OMAN                0
Referee:            Claude Bouillet (France).

18/03/1988, Riyadh
9th Gulf Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        0
KUWAIT              0
Referee:            Mohamed Matar Al-Malood (Bahrain).

18/03/1988, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), King Fahd International Stadium
9th Gulf Cup
IRAQ                1 (Laith Hussein Shihab 49')
BAHRAIN             0
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed; Adnan Dirjal Matar [c], Ghanim Oraibi Jassim,
                    Hassan Kamal Ahmed, Karim Mohammed Allawi; Basil Gorgis Hanna,
                    Habib Jafar Aqal, Natiq Hashim Abidoun (Emad Jassim);
                    Haris Mohammed Hassan, Ahmed Radhi Amish, Laith Hussein Shihab.
Bahrain:            Humoud Sultan Mubarak Madhkour [c]; Fayadh Mahmoud Mohammed,
                    Adnan Ali Dhaif, Khamis Eid Rafia Thani, Abdul-Razzaq Mohammed Abbas;
                    Jassim Mohammed Abbas (Abdullah Mohammed Khalaf 81'), Ali Hassan Yousef,
                    Husham Abdullah Abdul-Rahman, Samir Salim Al-Hamadi
                    (Najaf Hussein Mohammed); Ibrahim Issa Ahmed, Marjan Eid Marjan.
Referee:            Edgardo Codesal Méndez (Mexico).
Coaches:            Iraq: Emmanuel 'Ammo' Baba.
                    Bahrain: Abdelmajid Chetali (Tunisia).
Cards:              Iraq: Haris Mohammed Hassan [Y 84'].
                    Bahrain: Fayadh Mahmoud Mohammed [Y 20'].

07/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium, 10000
Asian Cup Qualifying
MALAYSIA            4 (Radhi Mat Din 49', Zainal Abidin Hassan 79' 81' pen, Dollah Salleh 84')
PAKISTAN            0
Malaysia:           Ahmad Sobri Ismail, K.Ravichandran, M.Ravindran (Subadron Aziz 46'),
                    Lee Kin Hong, Chow Siew Yai, Jelani Wilastra, Azizol Abu Haniffa,
                    Radhi Mat Din, Hashim Mustapha, Zainal Abidin Hassan [c], Dollah Salleh.
Pakistan:           Malik Mateen, Asghar Ali, Zulfiquar Hussain, Muktar Ali, Mohamed Naveed,
                    Fidda Ur-Rahman, Ejaz Ali (Ghulam Sarwar (Mohamed Saleem)), Abdul Wahid,
                    Abdul Majeed, Sharafat Ali, Ghulam Serwar.
Referee:            Syed Shahid Hakim (Indonesia).
Coaches:            Malaysia: M.Chandran.
                    Pakistan: Burkhard Ziese (West Germany).

08/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Merdeka Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
KUWAIT              1 (Salah Al-Hasawi 41')
JAPAN U23           0
Kuwait:             Sameer Said, Moayad Al-Haddad, Nawab Al-Anezi (Adnan Mohamed),
                    Waleed Al-Mubarak, Wael Al-Habashi, Tariq Salim Salim, Naeam Saad Mubarak,
                    Mahboub Mubarak, Mohamed Al-Ajmi, Salah Al-Hasawi, Adel Hussein.
Japan U23:          Masamori Sanada, Takeshi Motoyoshi (Naoto Otake), Nobuhiro Ueno,
                    Yoshimori Tagichi, Takumi Horiike, Masami Ihara, Shunichi Ikenoue,
                    Yoshiyuki Matsuyama (Masao Sugimoto), Masahi Nakayama, Osamu Maeda,
                    Yusuke Monoguchi.
Referee:            Ahmed Jassim Mohamed (Bahrain).
Coaches:            Kuwait: Miguel Ferreira (Brazil).
                    Japan U23: Yoshito Yamaguchi.
Notes:              Not a full international for JFA, but it is a full FIFA international.
                    Masamori Sanada saved a penalty from Waleed Al-Mubarak at 71'.

10/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Merdeka Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
JORDAN              1 (Adnan Al-Turk 44')
PAKISTAN            0
Jordan:             Milad Abasi, Yousef Al-Amouri, Jalal Ali, Issam Al-Tali, Raeed Assaf,
                    Haythem Abdelhadi, Tawfik Al-Sahib, Ibrahim Sadeyah, Adnan Al-Turk,
                    Khaled Awab, Monib Gharaybh.
Pakistan:           Malik Mateen, Mukhtar Ali, Mohammad Naveed, Zaffar Iqbal,
                    Zulfiquar Hussain, Fida Ur-Rehman, Abdul Wahid, Abdul Majid, Tahir Mehmood,
                    Ghulam Sarwar, Sharafat Ali.
Referee:            Ali Bujsaim (UAE).
Coaches:            Jordan: Radivoje Ognjanović (Yugoslavia).
                    Pakistan: Burkhard Ziese (West Germany).

11/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium, 25000
Asian Cup Qualifying
MALAYSIA            0
JAPAN U23           1 (Yoshiyuki Matsuyama 44')
Malaysia:           Ahmad Sobri Ismail, K.Ravichandran, Mohamad Ramlee (Subadron Aziz),
                    Lee Kin Hong, Chow Siew Yai, Jelani Wilastra, Radhi Mat Din,
                    Azizol Abu Haniffa, Zainal Abidin Hassan [c], Hashim Mustapha
                    (P.Ravindran 68'), Dollah Salleh.
Japan U23:          Masomori Sanada, Takumi Horiike, Yoshinori Taguchi, Yugi Sakakura,
                    Naoto Otake, Yoshiyuki Matsuyuma, Masao Sugimoto, Masami Ihara,
                    Yusuke Minoguchi (Hideya Oishi), Osamu Maeda, Masashi Nakayama.
Referee:            Abdullah Al-Nasir (Saudi Arabia).
Coaches:            Malaysia: M.Chandran.
                    Japan U23: Yoshito Yamaguchi.
Cards:              Malaysia: Zainal Abidin Hassan [Y 25'].
                    Japan U23: Yoshinori Taguchi [Y 20'].
Note:               Not a full international for JFA, but it is a full FIFA international.

12/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Merdeka Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
KUWAIT              0
JORDAN              0
Kuwait:             Sameer Said, Naeem Saad Mubarak, Mahboub Mubarak, Adel Husain,
                    Waleed Al-Mubarak, Wael Al-Habashi, Tariq Salim, Mohamed Al-Ajmi
                    (Obaid Al-Shemmari), Moayad Al-Haddad, Salah Al-Hasawi, Nawaf Al-Anezi
                    (Adnan Mohamed).
Jordan:             Milad Abbasi, Issam Al-Tali, Jalal Hamad, Yossif Amory, Raid Assaf,
                    Ibrahim Saadeya, Haytham Abdelhadi, Tawfiq Saheb, Muneeb Al-Sharaibeh,
                    Adnan Al-Turk, Khaled Awad (Khaled Diabat).
Referee:            Liu Jingli (China).
Coaches:            Kuwait: Miguel Ferreira (Brazil).
                    Jordan: Radivoje Ognjanović (Yugoslavia).

14/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
MALAYSIA            0
JORDAN              0
Malaysia:           Raimi Jamil, K.Ravichandran, Jelani Wilastra, Lee Kin Hong, Chow Siew Yai,
                    Azizol Abu Haniffa [c], Radhi Mat Din, Subadron Aziz (Ramlan Askolani),
                    Nasuruddin Yassin (P.Ravindran), Dollah Salleh, Zainal Abidin Hassan.
Jordan:             Milad Abbasi, Issam Al-Tali, Yossif Amouri, Raeed Assaf, Ibrahim Saadeya,
                    Haytham Abdelhadi, Jalal Hamad, Tawfiq Sahed, Adnan Al-Turk,
                    Muned Al-Sharaideh, Kamal Al-Aharouf.
Referee:            Booncherd Pratumthong (Thailand).
Coaches:            Malaysia: M.Chandran.
                    Jordan: Radivoje Ognjanović (Yugoslavia).

15/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Asian Cup Qualifying
KUWAIT              3 (Moayad Al-Haddad, Nawaf Al-Anezi, Adel Hussain)
PAKISTAN            0
Referee:            Ali Bujsaim (UAE).

16/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Asian Cup Qualifying
JAPAN U23           1 ()
JORDAN              1 (Ibrahim Saadeya 72')
Referee:            Syed Shahid Hakim (Indonesia).
Note:               Not a full international for JFA, but it is a full FIFA international.

18/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur
Asian Cup Qualifying
MALAYSIA            0
KUWAIT              5 (Nawaf Al-Anezi 40', Wael Al-Habashi 55', Salah Al-Hasawi 56' 61' 88') 
Referee:            Ahmed Jassim Mohamed (Bahrain).

18/04/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
Asian Cup Qualifying
JAPAN U23           4 ()
PAKISTAN            1 (Ghulam Sarwar 63')
Referee:            Abdullah Al-Nasir (Saudi Arabia).
Note:               Not a full international for JFA, but it is a full FIFA international.

08/05/1988, Hangzhou
Friendly International
CHINA               0
NORTH KOREA         0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

15/05/1988, Macao, Canidrome, 1000
Friendly International (Interport)
MACAO               0
HONG KONG           2 (Wong Yiu-Shun 15', Yu Kin-Tak 52')
Macao:              Rui Cardoso, Luís Fernandes, Ricardo Santos, [9 missing].
Hong Kong:          Lau Tung-Ping (GK), Chan Ping-On, Pang Kam-Chuen, Leslie Santos,
                    Lee Fook-Wing, Wong Yiu-Shun, Yu Kin-Tak, Lai Yiu-Hung, [3 missing].
                    [Rest of squad: Chan Wan-Ngok, Yan Lit-Kin, Leung Sui-Wing,
                    Liu Wah-Chi, Tam Ah-Fook, Cheung Chi-Tak, Tang Kam-Tim,
                    Keung Wing-Yiu, Loh Wai-Chi, Wong Fook-Wing.]
Referee:
Coaches:            Macao: Fernando Lopes.
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.
Cards:              Macao: Ricardo Santos [Y 14'], Luís Fernandes [Y], Rui Cardoso [R 74'].
                    Hong Kong:
Note:               Ricardo Santos missed a penalty at 16'.

25/05/1988, Kathmandu, Dashrath Stadium, 8000
Asian Cup Qualifying
NEPAL               0
HONG KONG           0
Referee:            Mohammad Shuaib (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Nepal:
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.

26/05/1988, Kathmandu (Nepal), Dashrath Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
SYRIA               2 (Walid Al-Nasser 25', Abdul Kader Kerdoghli)
NORTH KOREA         1 (Han Hung-Il 44')
Referee:            Somporn Patcharamukdakorn (Thailand).

27/05/1988, Kathmandu (Nepal)
Asian Cup Qualifying
IRAN                2 (Sirous Ghayeghran 9', Samad Marfavi 73')
HONG KONG           0
Iran:               Ahmadreza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Siamak Rahimpour, Nader 
                    Mohammadkhani, Saeed Janfada (Mojtaba Moharrami 46'); Mehdi Fonoonizadeh,
                    Majid Motlagh, Sirous Ghayeghran, Mohsen Ashouri (Morteza Moghddam 46');
                    Karim Bavi, Samad Marfavi.
Hong Kong:
Referee:            Xu Bingsheng (China).
Coaches:            Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.

28/05/1988, Kathmandu
Asian Cup Qualifying
NEPAL               0
NORTH KOREA         1 (Chu Gyong-Sik 49')

29/05/1988, Kathmandu (Nepal)
Asian Cup Qualifying
SYRIA               1 (Mohamed Jaflan 13')
IRAN                1 (Karim Bavi 73')
Iran:               Ahmadreza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Siamak Rahimpour, Nader 
                    Mohammadkhani, Mojtaba Moharrami; Mehdi Fonoonizadeh, Majid Motlagh
                    (Mohammad Taghavi 61'), Morteza Moghddam, Sirous Ghayeghran;
                    Karim Bavi, Samad Marfavi.
Referee:            Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Mulla (UAE).
Coaches:            Syria:
                    Iran: Parviz Dehdari.

31/05/1988, Kathmandu (Nepal), 4000
Asian Cup Qualifying
NORTH KOREA         1 (Kim Gwang-Min 22')
HONG KONG           0
North Korea:        Kim Gwang-Min, Chu Gyong-Sik, [9 missing].
Hong Kong:          Lau Tung-Ping, Leung Sui-Wing [c], Yan Lik-Kin, Chan Ping-On,
                    Lee Fook-Wing, Leslie Santos, Wong Yin-Shun, Wong Fook-Wing
                    (Tam Ah-Fook 23'), [3 missing].
Referee:            Somporn Patcharamukdakorn (Thailand).
Coaches:            North Korea:
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.

01/06/1988, Kathmandu
Asian Cup Qualifying
NEPAL               0
SYRIA               3 (Abdulkader Kerdoghli 25', Faisal Ahmed 40', Walid Al-Nasser 65')
Referee:            Xu Bingsheng (China).

02/06/1988, Kathmandu (Nepal), 20000
Asian Cup Qualifying
IRAN                0
NORTH KOREA         0
Iran:               Ahmadreza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Siamak Rahimpour, Nader 
                    Mohammadkhani, Mojtaba Moharrami; Mehdi Fonoonizadeh, Morteza Moghddam,
                    Sirous Ghayeghran, Mohsen Ashouri (Majid Motlagh 87'); Karim Bavi, Samad
                    Marfavi (Mohammad Taghavi 83').
Referee:            Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Mulla (UAE).
Coaches:            Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
                    North Korea:

02/06/1988, Nagoya, Mizuho Stadium, 18000
Kirin Cup
JAPAN               0
CHINA               3 (Wang Baoshan 24', Gao Sheng 41', Ma Lin 45')
Japan:              Kiyotaka Matsui; Tomoyuki Kajino, Tetsuji Hashiratani (Hiromi Hara 64'), 
                    Masami Ihara, Toru Sano; Masaaki Mori (Tomoyasu Asaoka 86'), Takafumi 
                    Mizunuma, Masanao Sasaki, Hiroshi Hirakawa; Mitsunori Yoshida, Osamu Maeda.
China:              Kong Guoxian; Zhu Bo, Gao Sheng, Zhang Xiaowen, Mai Chao; Tang Yaodong, 
                    Xie Yuxin (Li Hui 86'), Guo Jijun, Wang Baoshan; Ma Lin (Huo Jiancheng 
                    73'), Duan Ju. 
Referee:            Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria).
Coaches:            Japan: Kenzo Yokoyama.
                    China: Gao Fengwen.

03/06/1988, Kathmandu (Nepal)
Asian Cup Qualifying
SYRIA               2 (Abdulkader Kerdoghli 50', Mohammed Jaflan 74') 
HONG KONG           0
Syria:              Mohammed Walid Islam, Nizar Mahrous, Abdulkader Kerdoghli, Mohammed Jaflan,
                    [7 missing].
Hong Kong:          Chow Wing-Hong, Yu Kin-Tak [c], Law Wai-Chi, Lee Fook-Wing, [7 missing].
                    [Sub in: Lai Yiu-Hung]
Referee:            Mohammad Shuaib (Kuwait).
Coaches:            Syria:
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.

04/06/1988, Kathmandu
Asian Cup Qualifying
NEPAL               0
IRAN                3 (Karim Bavi 6' 53' 67')
Iran:               Ahmadreza Abedzadeh; Amir Ibrahimkhah, Siamak Rahimpour, Nader 
                    Mohammadkhani, Mojtaba Moharrami; Mohsen Ashouri, Morteza Moghddam,
                    Sirous Ghayeghran (Mehdi Fonoonizadeh 46'), Mohammad Taghavi; Karim Bavi, 
                    Samad Marfavi (Jamshid Shah-Mohammadi 83').
Referee:            Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Mulla (UAE).
Coaches:            Nepal:
                    Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
Note:               The goals are also reported at 35' 53' 67'.

17/06/1988, Jakarta, Gelora Bung Karno
Asian Cup Qualifying
INDONESIA           1 (Ricky Yakob 66')
SOUTH YEMEN         0
Referee:            Kamaruddin Sakhari (Malaysia).

17/06/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Asian Cup Qualifying
BAHRAIN             2 (Mahmoud Mohammed 56', Ibrahim Isa Ahmed 90')
SOUTH KOREA U21     0
Referee:            M. Kunalan (Singapore).
Note:               The match is unofficial for South Korea, but is a full FIFA international.

18/06/1988, Cheongju (South Korea)
President's Cup
SOUTH KOREA B       0
IRAQ                2 (Hussein Saeed 33' 84')
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

19/06/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia).
Asian Cup Qualifying
SOUTH KOREA U21     1 
SOUTH YEMEN         1 
Referee:            Ishak Abu Ali (Jordan).
Note:               The match is unofficial for South Korea, but is a full FIFA international.

19/06/1988, Jakarta, Senayan Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
INDONESIA           0
BAHRAIN             0
Referee:            Toshikazu Sano (Japan).

20/06/1988, Sanaa
Friendly International
NORTH YEMEN         0
JORDAN              2

22/06/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Asian Cup Qualifying
BAHRAIN             2 (? 36' pen, Adnan Ali Dhaif)
SOUTH YEMEN         0
Referee:            Omar Ali Shukair (Saudi Arabia).

22/06/1988, Jakarta, Senayan Stadium
Asian Cup Qualifying
INDONESIA           0
SOUTH KOREA U21     4 (Hwang Sun-Hong 70' 85', Lee Sang-Yoon 71', Kim Sang-Hoon 79') 
Referee:            Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran).
Note:               The match is unofficial for South Korea, but is a full FIFA international.

24/06/1988, Damascus
Friendly International
SYRIA               1
JORDAN              0

29/06/1988, Melbourne (Australia)
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA        3 (Majed Abdullah 20', Mohammed Abduljawad 44', Fahed Al-Hireifi ??')
HONG KONG           0
Saudi Arabia:       Mohammed Abduljawad, Majed Abdullah,
Hong Kong:          Lau Tung-Ping, Yau Lik-Kiu, Chan Wai-Chiu, Lee Fook-Wing, Lam Hing-Lun,
                    Tim Bredbury, [5 missing].
                    [Subs in: Koo Kam-Fai, Chan Fat-Chi, Lai Wing-Cheong]
Referee:            Dennis Voutsinas (Australia).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia:
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.

01/07/1988, Melbourne (Australia), Middle Park
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (90+1') 
HONG KONG           0
Saudi Arabia:
Hong Kong:          Chan Shu-Ming (GK), Chan Ping-On, Chan Fat-Chi, Lai Wing-Cheong,
                    Tim Bredbury, [6 missing].
Referee:
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia:
                    Hong Kong: Kwok Ka-Ming.
Note:               Chan Shu-Ming saved a penalty.

08/07/1988, Amman
Arab Cup
JORDAN              0
BAHRAIN             0
Referee:            Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia).

10/07/1988, Amman
Arab Cup
JORDAN              0
KUWAIT              1
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

11/07/1988, Amman (Jordan)
Arab Cup
IRAQ                0
LEBANON             0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

12/07/1988, Amman (Jordan)
Arab Cup
SYRIA               2 
BAHRAIN             1 
Referee:            Abdelali Naciri (Morocco).

13/07/1988, Amman (Jordan)
Arab Cup
LEBANON             1
SAUDI ARABIA Y.     0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

14/07/1988, Amman (Jordan)
Arab Cup
SYRIA               1
KUWAIT              0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

15/07/1988, Amman (Jordan)
Arab Cup
IRAQ                2
SAUDI ARABIA Y.     0
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

16/07/1988, Amman
Arab Cup
JORDAN              2 
SYRIA               0
Referee:            Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia).

16/07/1988, Amman (Jordan)
Arab Cup
KUWAIT              1
BAHRAIN             1
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

19/07/1988, Amman
Arab Cup
JORDAN              0
IRAQ                3
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

21/07/1988, Amman (Jordan), International Stadium, 25000
Arab Cup       
IRAQ                1 (Basil Korkis Hanna 34')
SYRIA               1 (Walid Al-Nasser 33')
Iraq won 4-3 on penalties.
Iraq:               Ahmed Jassim Mohammed, Karim Mohammed Alawi, Samir Shaker Mahmoud,
                    Hassan Kamal, Ghanim Oraibi Jassim, Habib Jafar Aqal, Saad Qais Noaman,
                    Ismail Mohammed Sharif, Basil Korkis Hanna, Younis Abid Ali
                    (Laith Hussein Shihab 80'), Ahmed Radhi Amish.
Syria:              Malek Shakuhi, Samer Darwish, Ammar Habib, Joseph Layous, Youssef Houla,
                    Ahmed Ashar (Faisal Ahmed 46'), Abdelkader Kardaghli, Mohamed Jakalan,
                    Nizar Mahrous (Saad Saad 91'), Hussein Din, Walid Al-Nasser.
Referee:            Abdelali Naciri (Morocco).
Cards:              Iraq: Basil Korkis Hanna [Y 110'].
                    Syria: none.
 
05/08/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia), Senayan Stadium
Piala Kemerdekaan
INDONESIA           1 (Mustaqim 64')
THAILAND            0
Indonesia:          Eddy Harto, Hamdani Lubis, Sutrisno, Freddy Muli, Ferrel Hattu,
                    Anshar Ahmad, Azhari Rangkuty, Ricky Yacob, Adityo Darmadi, Yonas Sawor
                    (Mustaqim), [1 missing].
Thailand:           Sampong, Sutin Chaikitti, Piscut Kosemsri, Aris Kulasawadpakdee,
                    Verabudh Densamer, Surasak Tungsurat (Verapong Pengree), Prateep Pankhaw,
                    Somchai Subphern, Vitton Kijmongkolsak, Attapol Puspabom, Setthasak Maha
                    (Piyapong Pue-On).
Referee:
Coaches:            Indonesia: Bertje Matulapelwa.
                    Thailand:
Notes:              Not a full FIFA international. The goal is also reported at 64'.

07/08/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia), Senayan Stadium
Piala Kemerdekaan
INDONESIA           1 (Azhari Rangkuty 20' pen)
CHINA B             1 (Xu Hui 53')
Indonesia:          Eddy Harto, Hamdani Lubis, Jaya Hartono, Freddy Muli, Ferrel Hattu,
                    Anshar Ahmad, Yessy Mustanu, Azhari Rangkuty, Ricky Yacob, Mustaqim,
                    M. Zien Alhadad.
China B:            Yin Weiming, Huang Qineng, Xu Hong, Li Hongbing, Jiao Ghunben, Xu Hui,
                    Wei Kexing, Hu Wei, Wang Tao, Fan Zhiyi, [1 missing].
Referee:
Coaches:            Indonesia: Bertje Matulapelwa.
                    China B:
Notes:              Not a full FIFA international. The Indonesia goal is also reported at 20'.

11/08/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Piala Kemerdekaan
CHINA B             2 (Xu Hui 22', Wang Tao 39')
THAILAND            0
Referee:            Djadja Mudjahidin (Indonesia).
Note:               Match is a full FIFA international.

13/08/1988, Jakarta (Indonesia)
Piala Kemerdekaan
INDONESIA U23       3 (Alexander Saununu, Fachri Husaini, Bonggo Pribadi)
THAILAND            0
Referee:            Zulham Yahya (Indonesia).
Coaches:            Indonesia U23: Sartono Anwar.
                    Thailand:
Cards:              Indonesia U23:
                    Thailand: 2x [R].
Notes:              Not a full FIFA international. The match was abandoned at 50' by the
                    referee after a mass scuffle involving players and officials.

09/09/1988, Seoul, National Training Center Athletics Field, (closed doors)
Friendly International
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Choi Soon-Ho 82', Kim Joo-Sung 87')
IRAQ                1 (Ahmed Radhi 50')
South Korea:        Cho Byung-Deuk, Cho Min-Gook, Park Kyung-Hoon, Chung Yong-Hwan [c],
                    Goo Sang-Bum, Choi Gang-Hee, Yeo Bum-Kyu, Kim Joo-Sung, Choi Soon-Ho,
                    Choi Sang-Gook (Noh Soo-Jin), Byun Byung-Joo (Chung Hae-Won).
Iraq:
Referee:
Coaches:            South Korea: Kim Jung-Nam.
                    Iraq:
Notes:              This was a training match between the two teams preparing for the Olympic
                    Games, and it is not a full international for South Korea. It is also
                    reported that the Iraq goal was scored by Younis Abed.

02/10/1988, Jakarta, Senayan Stadium
Friendly International
INDONESIA           0
QATAR               1 
Referee:            Soedjendro Soedjendro (Indonesia).

04/10/1988, Jakarta, Senayan Stadium
Friendly International
INDONESIA U23       1 
QATAR               4 
Referee:            Djadja Mudjahidin (Indonesia).

09/10/1988, Singapore, National Stadium
Friendly International
SINGAPORE           0
QATAR               1 
Referee:            Lee Kok Leong (Singapore).

26/10/1988, Tokyo, National Stadium
Friendly International
JAPAN               0
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Choi Soon-Ho 43')
Japan:              Shigetetsu Matsunaga; Takumi Horiike, Toru Sano, Masami Ihara, Atsushi 
                    Natori; Takafumi Mizunuma, Katsuhiro Kusaki (Tomoyasu Asaoka 64'), Satoru 
                    Mochizuki, Masanao Sasaki; Osamu Maeda, Hiromi Hara.
South Korea :       Cho Byung-Deouk; Park Kyung-Hoon, Cho Min-Gook, Chung Yong-Hwan, Goo 
                    Sang-Beom; Lee Tae-Ho, Yeo Beom-Kyu (Choi Gang-Hee 61'), Kim Joo Sung,
                    Noh Soo-Jin (Chung Hae-Won 66'); Byun Byung-Joo, Choi Soon-Ho.
Referee:            Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore).
Coaches:            Japan: Kenzo Yokoyama.
                    South Korea: Kim Jung-Nam.
Cards:              South Korea: Park Kyung-Hoon [Y 70'].

14/11/1988, Riyadh
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA        6 (Majed Abdullah x3, ?)
MALAYSIA            0
Saudi Arabia:
Malaysia:           [Squad: Ahmad Sobri, Hassan Miskam, K.Ravichandran, Rahim Robin,
                    Lee Kin Hong, S.Muraliraj, Zakaria Musa, S.Silvarajoo, Kamal Khalid,
                    Chow Siew Yai, Radhi Mat Din, Lim Teong Kim, Jelani Wilastra,
                    Azizol Abu Haniffa, Zulkifli Mansor, Koet King Hyeong, Mahmood Halim,
                    Subadron Aziz, Zabidi Hassan, Aziz Azizan.]
Referee:
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    Malaysia: Richard Bate (England).

17/11/1988, Sharjah
Friendly International
UAE                 2 
JORDAN              1 
Referee:            Ali Bujsaim (UAE).

20/11/1988, Dubai
Friendly International
UAE                 3 
JORDAN              2 
Referee:            Abdulrahman Fareed (UAE).

27/11/1988, Singapore, National Stadium
Friendly International
SINGAPORE           2 (S.Silvarajoo 72' OG, D.Tokijan 87')
MALAYSIA            3 (Rahman Maina 10', P.Ravindran 45' 79')
Singapore:          David Lee, Sudiat Dali, Ishak Saad (Burhanuddin Borhan), T.Pathmanathan,
                    Borhan Abu Samah, Mohd Nazri Nasir (Syed Faruk), Zulkifli Kartoyoho,
                    Razali Saad, Yahya Madon, Nasaruddin Jalil (Ismail Yusoff), D.Tokijan.
Malaysia:           Azmi Mahmood; S.Silvarajoo, Lee Kin Hong, See Kim Seng, S.Muraliraj; 
                    P.Ravindran, Rahman Maina (Khalid Shahdan), S.Balachandran,
                    Jelani Wilastra; Zulkifli Hamzah, Dollah Salleh (Aziz Azizan).
Referee:            T.Rajamanickam (Singapore).
Coaches:            Singapore: Seak Poh Leong.
                    Malaysia: Richard Bate (England).

02/12/1988, Doha, Al-Ahly Stadium, 20000
Asian Cup
QATAR               0
IRAN                2 (Karim Bavi 6', Farshad Peyous 90')
Qatar:              Younis Ahmed Baker; Mohamed Deham Al-Sowaidi, Yousuf Mubarak Al-Adsani,
                    Adel Ahmed Malallah, Mohamed Khalifa Al-Ammari; Adel Abu Karbal,
                    Adel Khamis Mubarak, Mansour Muftah Al-Sulaiti [c], Mahmoud Yaseen Soufi;
                    Mubarak Salem Al-Khater, Issa Ahmed Al-Mohammadi
                    (Yousuf Demal Khalaf 78').
Iran:               Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Murtaza Fonoonizadeh,
                    Nader Mohammadkhani, Mojraba Moharrami; Mehdi Fonoonizadeh,
                    Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam (Majeed Namjou-Motlagh 79'), Sirous Ghayeghran;
                    Farshad Peyous, Karim Bavi [c], Samad Marfavi (Mohammad Ansarifar 82').
Referee:            Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches:            Qatar: Procópio Cardoso (Brazil).
                    Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
Cards:              Qatar: Adel Abu Karbal [R]. 
                    Iran: Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam [Y].

02/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        2 (Saleh Al-Saleh 20', Mohammed Shahrani 82')
SYRIA               0
Saudi Arabia:
Syria:              Ahmed Eid, Joseph Layous, Adnan Sabouni, Ammar Habib, Samer Darwish,
                    Georges Khoury, Mohammad Jakalan, Radwan Ajam, Abdul Kader Kerdeghly,
                    Walid Abou El-Sel Kessail, Walid Al-Nasser.
Referee:            Erik Fredriksson (Sweden).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    Syria: Anatoli Azarenkov (USSR).

03/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
SOUTH KOREA         1 (Lee Tae-Ho 8' pen)
UAE                 0
South Korea:        Cho Byung-Deuk; Park Kyung-Hoon, Chung Yong-Hwan, Cho Yoon-Hwan,
                    Goo Sang-Beom (Kang Tae-Shik); Lee Tae-Ho, Cho Min-Gook, Chung Hae-Won [c],
                    Noh Soo-Jin; Byun Byung-Joo (Ham Hyun-Ki 57'), Kim Joo-Sung.
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj, Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak, Khalil Ghanim Mubarak,
                    Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman, Mohammed Obaid Al-Dahry, Abdullah Ali Sultan,
                    Abdulrahman Abdullah, Hassan Mohammed Al-Shaibani, Hussain Ghulom Abbas,
                    Fahad Khamis Mubarak, Zuhair Bakhit Said.
Referee:            George Courtney (England).
Coaches:            South Korea: Lee Hoe-Taek.
                    UAE: Mário Zagallo (Brazil).
Cards:              South Korea: Noh Soo-Jin [Y], Cho Byung-Deuk [Y], Kang Tae-Shik [Y],
                                 Cho Min-Gook [Y].
                    UAE: none.

03/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
KUWAIT              0
BAHRAIN             0
Kuwait:             Samer Said, Mahboub Juma Mubarak, Jamal Al-Qabendi, Naeem Saad Mubarak,
                    Wael Al-Habashi, Waleed Al-Mubarak, Nasser Ghanim, Mansour Mohammad,
                    Abulaziz Al-Hajeri, Nawaf Al-Anezi, Salah Al-Hasawi.
Bahrain:            Humoud Sultan Mubarak, Khamis Eid Rafe Thani, Juma Hilal Faraj,
                    Hassan Ahmed Khalfan, Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Abbas, Najaf Hussain Mohamed,
                    Abdul Aziz Froutan, Ali Hassan Yousif, Nasser Jassim Mohammed,
                    Juma Hilal Faraj, Shakir Abdul Jaleel Salman.
Referee:            Vincent Mauro (USA).
Coaches:            Kuwait: Miguel Pereira (Brazil).
                    Bahrain:

04/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium, 4000
Asian Cup
IRAN                0
JAPAN U23           0
Iran:               Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Murtaza Fonoonizadeh,
                    Nader Mohammadkhani, Ali Eftekhari; Mehdi Fonoonizadeh
                    (Siamak Rahimpour 82'), Sirous Ghayeghran, Majeed Namjou-Motlagh;
                    Farshad Peyous, Karim Bavi [c], Samad Marfavi
                    (Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam 80').
Japan U23:          Masanori Sanada; Takumi Horiike, Naoto Otake, Yoshinori Taguchi,
                    Yuji Sakakura; Hisanori Shirasawa, Shunichi Ikenoue (Katsumi Oenoki 83'),
                    Yoshiyuki Matsuyama; Osamu Maeda, Hisashi Kurosaki, Takuya Takagi.
Referee:            Samuel Chan Yam-Ming (Hong Kong).
Coaches:            Iran: Parvis Dehdari.
                    Japan U23: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Cards:              Iran: Karim Bavi [Y], Farshad Peyous [Y].
                    Japan U23: Hisanori Shirasawa [Y].
Note:               The match is unofficial for Japan, but is a full FIFA international.

04/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
CHINA               3 (Gao Sheng 13', Xie Yuxin 14' 19')
SYRIA               0
China:              Zhang Huikang, Guo Yijun, Zhu Bo, Gao Sheng, Zhang Xiaowen, Tang Yaodong,
                    Mai Chao, Xie Yuxin, Duan Ju, Ma Lin, Wang Baoshan.
Syria:              Ahmed Eid, Samer Darwish, Joseph Layous, Ammar Habib,
                    Abdul Kader Kerdeghly, Mohammad Jakalan, Georges Khoury,
                    Walid Abou El-Sel Kessail, Munaf Ramadhan, Faisal Ahmed. [10 players]
Referee:            Mohammed Hansal (Algeria).
Coaches:            China: Gao Fengwen.
                    Syria: Anatoli Azarenkov (USSR).
 
05/12/1988, Doha, Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
QATAR               2 (Mansour Muftah Al-Sulaiti 17', Muhsin Musabbah Faraj 26' OG)
UAE                 1 (Hassan Mohammed Al-Shaibani 35' pen)
Qatar:              Younes Ahmed Baker, Yousuf Mubarak Al-Adsani, Mohamed Deham Al-Sowaidi,
                    Adel Ahmed Malallah, Sabaa'n Salam Mubarak, Yousuf Demal Khalaf,
                    Mohamed Khalifa Al-Ammari, Issa Ahmed Al-Mohammadi, Adel Khamis Mubarak,
                    Mansour Muftah Al-Sulaiti, Mahmoud Yaseen Soufi.
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj, Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak, Khalil Ghanim Mubarak,
                    Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman, Mohammed Obaid Al-Dahry, Abdullah Ali Sultan,
                    Abdulrahman Abdullah, Hassan Mohammed Al-Shaibani, Hussain Ghulom Abbas,
                    Adnan Al-Talyani, Zuhair Bakhit Said.
Referee:            Erik Fredriksson (Sweden).
Coaches:            Qatar: Procópio Cardoso (Brazil).
                    UAE: Mário Zagallo (Brazil).
Notes:              Substitutes unknown. The second Qatar goal is also attributed to
                    Mahmoud Yaseen Soufi.

05/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        0
KUWAIT              0
Saudi Arabia:       Abdullah Al-Deayea, Abdullah Al-Dossary, Mohammed Al-Jawad,
                    Saleh Al-Nuayamah, Ahmed Madani, Saleh Al-Saleh, Fahad Al-Bishi,
                    Fahad Al-Mosaibeth, Muhaisen Al-Dossary, Mohammed Al-Shehrani, 
                    Majed Mohammed.
Kuwait:             Khaled Al-Shemmari, Mahboub Juma Mubarak, Adel Husain, Naeem Saad Mubarak,
                    Mubarak Al-Essa, Waleed Al-Mubarak, Nasser Ghanim, Mansour Mohammad,
                    Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri, Anbar Maqroun, Salah Al-Hasawi.
Referee:            Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    Kuwait: Miguel Pereira (Brazil).

06/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Hwang Seon-Hong 13', Kim Joo-Sung 35')
JAPAN U23           0
South Korea:        Cho Byung-Deuk; Park Kyung-Hoon, Chung Yong-Hwan, Cho Yoon-Hwan,
                    Goo Sang-Beom (Yeo Beom-Kyu); Ham Hyun-Ki, Cho Min-Gook, Chung Hae-Won [c]
                    (Kim Bong-Gil 46'), Kim Joo-Sung; Byun Byung-Joo, Hwang Seon-Hong.
Japan U23:
Referee:            Salah Mohammed Karim (Iraq).
Coaches:            South Korea: Lee Hoe-Taek.
                    Japan U23: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Note:               The match is unofficial for Japan, but is a full FIFA international.

06/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
CHINA               1 (Zhang Xiaowen 78')
BAHRAIN             0
China:              Zhang Huikang, Guo Yijun, Zhu Bo, Gao Sheng, Mai Chao, Zhang Xiaowen,
                    Duan Ju, Tang Yaodong, Xie Yuxin, Wang Baoshan, Ma Lin.
Bahrain:            Humoud Sultan Mubarak, Adnan Ali Daif, Khamis Eid Rafe Thani,
                    Juma Hilal Faraj, Fayad Mahmoud Hissain, Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Abbas,
                    Ali Mohammad Al-Ansari, Ali Hassan Yousif, Nasser Jassim Mohammed,
                    Ibrahim Issa Ahmed, Abdul Aziz Froutan.
Referee:            Syed Shahid Hakim (India).
Coaches:            China: Gao Fengwen.
                    Bahrain:

08/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium, 4000
Asian Cup
IRAN                1 (Farshad Peyous 27')
UAE                 0
Iran:               Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Murtaza Fonoonizadeh,
                    Nader Mohammadkhani, Ali Eftekhari, Mehdi Fonoonizadeh
                    (Mohammad Taqavi 62'), Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam, Sirous Ghayeghran,
                    Majeed Namjou-Motlagh; Farshad Peyous, Karim Bavi [c]
                    (Mohammad Ansarifard 69').
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj, Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak, Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman,
                    Khalil Ghanim Mubarak, Abdullah Ali Sultan, Issa Meer Abdulrahman,
                    Mohammed Salim Mubarak (Mohammed Obaid Al-Dahry 77'),
                    Khalid Ismail Mubarak, Hassan Mohammed Al-Shaibani
                    (Ali Jumaa Thani Al-Ehawi 64'), Fahad Khamis Mubarak, Zuhair Bakhit Said.
Referee:            Stephen Ovinis (Malaysia).
Coaches:            Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
                    UAE: Mário Zagallo (Brazil).
Cards:              Iran: none.
                    UAE: Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak [Y], Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman [Y].

08/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
SYRIA               1 (Walid Al-Nasser 63')
KUWAIT              0
Syria:              Malek Shakuhi, Ammar Habib, Abdullah Saddikah, Adnan Sabouni,
                    Mohammad Jakalan, Samer Darwish, Georges Khoury, Nizar Mahrous,
                    Walid Abou El-Sel Kessail, Munaf Ramadhan, Walid Al-Nasser.
Kuwait:             Samer Said, Mahboub Juma Mubarak, Naeem Saad Mubarak, Wael Al-Habashi,
                    Waleed Al-Mubarak, Adel Husain, Tariq Salim, Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri,
                    Fahed Marzouq, Anbar Saied Maqroun, Salah Al-Hasawi.
Referee:            Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey).
Coaches:            Syria: Anatoli Azarenkov (USSR).
                    Kuwait: Miguel Pereira (Brazil).

08/12/1988, Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium, 7000
Merdeka Tournament
MALAYSIA            0
INDONESIA           0
Malaysia:           Ahmad Sobri, S.Silvarajoo [c], Lee Kin Hong, See Kim Seng, S.Muraliraj,
                    Rahman Maina, S.Balachandran, Jelani Wilastra, P.Ravindran,
                    Zulkifli Hamzah, Dollah Salleh (Aziz Azizan).
Indonesia:          Eddy Harto, Muharom Rosdiana, Bonggo Pribadi, Herry Kiswanto, Robby Darwis,
                    Harry Susanto, Azhary Rangkuti, Rully Nere, Iwan Setiawan (Patar Tambunan),
                    Budy Wahyono, Ricky Yakob [c].
Referee:            Abdullah Said (Oman).
Coaches:            Malaysia: Richard Bate (England).
                    Indonesia: Rahim Sukasah.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

09/12/1988, Doha, Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
QATAR               2 (Khalid Salman Al-Mohammadi 47' pen 80' pen)
SOUTH KOREA         3 (Chung Hae-Won 10' 72', Kim Joo-Sung 34')
Qatar:              Younes Ahmed Baker, Yousuf Mubarak Al-Adsani, Mohamed Deham Al-Sowaidi,
                    Adel Ahmed Malallah, Sabaa'n Salam Mubarak, Yousuf Demal Khalaf,
                    Mohamed Khalifa Al-Ammari, Issa Ahmed Al-Mohammadi, Adel Khamis Mubarak,
                    Khalid Salman Al-Mohammadi, Mahmoud Yaseen Soufi.
South Korea:        Cho Byung-Deuk; Park Kyung-Hoon, Choi Gang-Hee, Cho Yoon-Hwan,
                    Goo Sang-Beom; Lee Tae-Ho, Cho Min-Gook, Chung Yong-Hwan, Chung Hae-Won [c]
                    (Noh Soo-Jin); Byun Byung-Joo, Kim Joo-Sung (Hwang Seon-Hong).
Referee:            George Courtney (England).
Coaches:            Qatar: Procópio Cardoso (Brazil).
                    South Korea: Lee Hoe-Taek.
Cards:              Qatar: Sabaa'n Salam Mubarak [R 55'].
                    South Korea: Chung Hae-Won [Y], Chung Yong-Hwan [Y], Cho Byung-Deuk [Y].

09/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Youssef Al-Dossary 78')
BAHRAIN             1 (Fayad Mahmoud Hussain 44' pen)
Saudi Arabia:       Abdullah Al-Deayea, Saleh Al-Nuayamah, Abdullah Al-Dossary, Ahmed Madani,
                    Mohammed Al-Jawad, Fahad Al-Bishi, Saleh Al-Saleh, Fahad Al-Mosaibeth,
                    Yousif Al-Thuniyan, Majed Mohammed, Muhaisen Al-Dossary.
Bahrain:            Humoud Sultan Mubarak, Adnan Ali Daif, Hassan Ahmed Khalfan,
                    Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Abbas, Juma Hilal Faraj, Fayad Mahmoud Hussain,
                    Ali Hassan Yousif, Khamis Eid Rafe Thani, Nasser Jassim Mohammed,
                    Ebrahim Essa Ahmed, Abdul Aziz Froutan.
Referee:            Vincent Mauro (USA).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    Bahrain:
Note:               Majed Mohammed missed a penalty in the second half.

09/12/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Merdeka Stadium
Merdeka Tournament
SINGAPORE           3 (Yusman Yusoff 11', D.Tokijan 35', Yahya Madon 68')
OMAN                1 (Said Nasser 42')
Singapore:          David Lee, Sudiat Dali, Ishak Saad, T.Pathmanathan, Razali Saad,
                    Jamaluddin Suleiman, Zulkifli Kartoyoho, Hasnim Haron, D.Tokijan,
                    Yahya Madon, Yusman Yusoff.
Oman:               Abdullah Mohammed Mansour, Aziz Naseeb, Faraj Fraish, Ali Juma,
                    Mohammed Al-Hadrani, Ahmed Khamis, Salim Mansour, Mattar Khalifa,
                    Said Nasser, Abdullatif Naseeb, Mohammed Ali Hamoud.
Referee:
Coaches:            Singapore: Seak Poh Leong.
                    Oman: Karl-Heinz Heddergott (West Germany).
Notes:              Another source reports the Oman goal by Jamaluddin Suleiman, but he is not
                    in the reported lineup (unless he was a first-half substitute).
                    Not a full FIFA international.

10/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
UAE                 1 (Abdulaziz Mohammed Ali 86') 
JAPAN U23           0
UAE:                Muhsin Musabbah Faraj, Abdulrahman Abdullah, Ibrahim Meer Abdulrahman,
                    Khalil Ghanim Mubarak, Abdullah Ali Sultan, Issa Meer Abdulrahman,
                    Mohammed Salim Mubarak, Khalid Ismail Mubarak, Hassan Mohammed Al-Shaibani,
                    Zuhair Bakhit Said, Adnan Al-Talyani.
Japan U23:          Masanori Sanada, Yuji Sakakura, Takumi Horiike, Yoshinoru Taguchi,
                    Masami Ihara, Hisashi Kurosaki, Hisanori Shirasawa, Katsumi Oenoki,
                    Yoshiyuki Matsuyama, Yusuke Minoguchi, Takuya Takagi.
Referee:            Ahmad Bash (Jordan).
Coaches:            UAE: Mário Zagallo (Brazil).
                    Japan U23: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Note:               The match is unofficial for Japan, but is a full FIFA international.

10/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
CHINA               2 (Ma Lin 10', 87')
KUWAIT              2 (Adel Hussain 60' pen, Mansour Mohammad 62')
China:              Zhang Huikang, Guo Yijun, Gao Sheng, Zhu Bo, Mai Chao, Zhang Xiaowen,
                    Tang Yaodong, Xie Yuxin, Duan Ju, Wang Baoshan, Ma Lin.
Kuwait:             Samer Said, Mahboub Juma Mubarak, Naeem Saad Mubarak, Waleed Al-Mubarak,
                    Adel Hussain, Mansour Mohammed, Abulaziz Al-Hajeri, Mubarak Al-Essa,
                    Humoud Shemmari, Nawaf Al-Anezi, Saleh Al-Refae.
Referee:            Erik Fredriksson (Sweden).
Coaches:            China: Gao Fengwen.
                    Kuwait: Miguel Pereira (Brazil).

10/12/1988, Kuala Lumpur, Merdeka Stadium
Merdeka Tournament
MALAYSIA            0
THAILAND            0
Malaysia:           Ahmad Sobri, S.Silvarajoo [c], Lee Kin Hong, See Kim Seng, S.Muraliraj,
                    Rahman Maina, S.Balachandran, P.Ravindran, Jelani Wilastra, Dollah Salleh,
                    Zulkifli Hamzah.
Thailand:           Poomeat Hungsuwannakool, Sutin Chaikitti, Adul Rungruang,
                    Charin Petchreangsud, Thanachai Kaewchaiya, Vorawan Chitavanich,
                    Narintorn Pantaree, Puniert Boonprasong, Pittaya Naisupap, Niwat Kaiphet,
                    Chalor Hongkajohn.
Referee:            M.Kunalan (Singapore).
Coaches:            Malaysia: Richard Bate (England).
                    Thailand: Prapol Pongpanich and Prapan Premsri.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.

11/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium, 5000
Asian Cup
SOUTH KOREA         3 (Byun Byung-Joo 26', 57', Hwang Seon-Hong 42')
IRAN                0
South Korea:        Kim Bong-Soo; Kang Tae-Shik, Choi Gang-Hee, Cho Yoon-Hwan, Son Hyung-Seon 
                    (Goo Sang-Beom 19'); Hwangbo Gwan (Lee Tae-Ho), Yeo Beom-Kyu,
                    Chung Yong-Hwan [c], Kim Bong-Kil; Byun Byung-Joo, Hwang Seon-Hong.
Iran:               Ahmed Sadjadi (Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh 65'); Javad Zarincheh,
                    Murtaza Fonoonizadeh (Siamak Rahimpour 64'), Nader Mohammadkhani,
                    Ali Eftekhari; Seyed Zia Arabshahi, Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam,
                    Sirous Ghayegran, Mohammad Taqavi; Karim Bavi [c], Samad Marfavi.
Referee:            Neji Jouini (Tunisia).
Coaches:            South Korea: Lee Hoe-Taek.
                    Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
Cards:              South Korea: Choi Gang-Hee [Y].
                    Iran: none.

11/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium
Asian Cup
SYRIA               1 (Walid Abou El-Sel Kessail 72')
BAHRAIN             0
Syria:              Malek Shakuhi, Abdullah Saddikah, Adnan Sabouni, Ammar Habib,
                    Samer Darwish, Georges Khoury, Mohammad Jakalan, Nizar Mahrous,
                    Walid Abou El-Sel Kessail, Munaf Ramadhan, Walid Al-Nasser.
Bahrain:            Abdulrahman Salman Hassan, Adnan Ali Daif, Juma Hilal Faraj,
                    Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Abbas, Ali Hassan Yousif, Hamad Salman Al-Jazaf,
                    Khamis Eid Rafe Thani, Fayad Mahmoud Hissain, Abdul Aziz Froutan,
                    Najaf Hussain Mohd. [10 players]
Referee:            Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches:            Syria: Anatoli Azarenkov (USSR).
                    Bahrain:

12/12/1988, Doha, Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
QATAR               3 (Adel Khamis Mubarak 58', 82', Mansour Muftah Al-Sulaiti 90')
JAPAN U23           0
Qatar:              Younes Ahmed Baker, Yousuf Mubarak Al-Adsani, Ali Al-Sulaiti,
                    Mohamed Deham Al-Sowaidi, Mohamed Khalifa Al-Ammari,
                    Mohamed Hassan Al-Buhaqab, Khalid Al-Mohammadi, Fahad Al-Kuwari,
                    Khalifa Al-Sulaiti, Adel Khamis Mubarak, Mansour Muftah Al-Sulaiti.
Japan U23:          Hisashi Tsuchida, Takumi Horiike, Naoto Otake, Yuji Sakakura,
                    Takeshi Motoyoshi, Masami Ihara, Yoshiyuki Matsuyama, Satoru Noda,
                    Masashi Nakayama, Hisashi Kurosaki, Yusuke Minoguchi.
Referee:            Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey).
Coaches:            Qatar: Procópio Cardoso (Brazil).
                    Japan U23: Kenzo Yokoyama.
Note:               The match is unofficial for Japan, but is a full FIFA international.

12/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium
Asian Cup
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Fahad Al Bishi 56')
CHINA               0
Saudi Arabia:       Abdullah Al-Deayea, Abdullah Al-Dossary, Mohammed Al-Jawad,
                    Saleh Al-Nuayamah, Ahmed Madani, Saleh Al-Saleh, Fahad Al-Bishi,
                    Fahad Al-Mosaibeth, Yousif Al-Thuniyan, Saad Al-Dossary, Majed Mohammed.
China:              Zhang Huikang, Guo Yijun, Zhu Bo, Gao Sheng, Mai Chao, Zhang Xiaowen,
                    Tang Yaodong, Duan Ju, Tu Shengqiao, Ma Lin, Huang Chong.
Referee:            Mohamed Hansal (Algeria).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    China: Gao Fengwen.

12/12/1988, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Merdeka Stadium
Merdeka Tournament
INDONESIA           0
THAILAND            0
Indonesia:          Eddy Harto, Muharom Rosdiana, Bonggo Pribadi, Herry Kiswanto, Robby Darwis,
                    Harry Susanto, Azhary Rangkuti, Patar Tambunan, Rully Nere, Budi Wahyono,
                    Ricky Yakob [c].
Thailand:           Poomeat Hungsuwannakool, Sutin Chaikitti, Surak Chaikitti,
                    Charin Petchreangsud, Thanachai Kaewchaiya, Niwat Kaiphet,
                    Vorawan Chitanavich, Pittaya Naisupap, Chalor Hongkajohn,
                    Narintorn Pantaree, Puniert Boonprasong.
Referee:            M.Kunalan (Singapore).
Coaches:            Indonesia: Rahim Sukasah.
                    Thailand: Prapol Pongpanich and Prapan Premsri.
Note:               Not a full FIFA international.
 
14/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium, 1000
Asian Cup (semi-final)     
SOUTH KOREA         2 (Lee Tae-Ho 93' 103')
CHINA               1 (Mai Chao 100')
After Extra Time.
South Korea:        Cho Byung-Deuk; Park Kyung-Hoon, Choi Gang-Hee, Cho Yoon-Hwan,
                    Goo Sang-Beom; Chung Yong-Hwan, Cho Min-Gook, Chung Hae-Won [c],
                    Kim Joo-Sung (Ham Hyun-Ki 58'); Byun Byung-Joo, Hwang Seon-Hong
                    (Lee Tae-Ho 76').
China:              Zhang Huikang; Zhu Bo, Gao Sheng, Dong Liqiang, Mai Chao [c]; Tang Yaodong
                    (Wu Wenbing 108'), Xie Yuxin, Zhang Xiaowen, Wang Baoshan; Ma Lin, Duan Ju.
Referee:            Vincent Mauro (USA).
Coaches:            South Korea: Lee Hoe-Taek.
                    China: Gao Fengwen.
Cards:              South Korea: Choi Gang-Hee [Y 108'].
                    China: Dong Liqiang [Y 33'], Mai Chao [Y 35' YR 108'], Ma Lin [Y 106'].

15/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Qatar SC Stadium, 17000
Asian Cup (semi-final)
SAUDI ARABIA        1 (Majed Abdullah Mohammed 20')
IRAN                0
Saudi Arabia:       Abdullah Al-Deayea; Abdullah Saleh Al-Dossary (Youssef Al-Dossary 72'),
                    Ahmed Jameel Madani, Saleh Al-Nuayamah, Mohammed Abdul Al-Jawad;
                    Fahad Al-Bishi [c], Saleh Al-Saleh, Fahad Mosaibeth; Youssef Al-Thuniyan,
                    Majed Abdullah Mohamed, Saad Al-Dossary (Khalid Al-Muwallid 68').
Iran:               Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Murtaza Fonoonizadeh,
                    Nader Mohammadkhani, Mojraba Moharrami; Mehdi Fonoonizadeh
                    (Mohammad Ansarifard 46'), Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam, Sirous Ghayeghran,
                    Majeed Namjou-Motlagh; Farshad Peyous, Karim Bavi [c].
Referee:            George Courtney (England).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parrera (Brazil).
                    Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Abdul Al-Jawad [Y 30'].
                    Iran: Mojraba Moharrami [Y 19'], Murtaza Fonoonizadeh [Y 29'],
                          Mehdi Fonoonizadeh [Y 40'], Murtaza Kermani-Muqadam [Y 83'].

17/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium, 2000
Asian Cup (3rd place)  
IRAN                0
CHINA               0
Iran won 3-0 on penalties.
Iran:               Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh; Javad Zarincheh, Murtaza Fonoonizadeh,
                    Nader Mohammadkhani, Mojraba Moharrami; Ali Eftekhari
                    (Mohammad Taqavi 46' (Samad Marfavi 81')), Sirous Ghayeghran,
                    Majeed Namjou-Motlagh; Farshad Peyous, Karim Bavi [c], Mohammad Ansarifard.
China:              Zhang Huikang; Zhu Bo, Gao Sheng, Dong Liqiang, Zhang Xiaowen;
                    Tang Yaodong, Xie Yuxin (Wu Wenbing 20'), Guo Yijun, Wang Baoshan; Ma Lin
                    (Tu Shengqiao 70'), Duan Ju.
Referee:            Ahmad Bash (Jordan).
Coaches:            Iran: Parviz Dehdari.
                    China: Gao Fengwen.
Penalties:          0-0 Wang Baoshan (post), 1-0 Mojraba Moharrami, 1-0 Duan Ju (save),
                    2-0 Farshad Peyous, 2-0 Wu Wenbing (save), 3-0 Sirous Ghayeghran.
                    
18/12/1988, Doha (Qatar), Al-Ahly Stadium, 20000
Asian Cup (final)
SAUDI ARABIA        0
SOUTH KOREA         0
Saudi Arabia won 4-3 on penalties.
Saudi Arabia:       Abdullah Al-Deayea; Abdullah Saleh Al-Dossary, Ahmed Jameel Madani,
                    Saleh Al-Nuayamah, Mohammed Abdul Al-Jawad; Fahad Al-Bishi, Saleh Al-Saleh,
                    Fahad Al-Mosaibeh; Youssef Al-Thuniyan (Youssef Al-Dossary 105'),
                    Majed Abdullah Mohamed, Saad Al-Dossary (Muhaisen Al-Dossary 72').
South Korea:        Cho Byung-Deuk; Park Kyung-Hoon, Chung Yong-Hwan, Cho Yoon-Hwan,
                    Goo Sang-Beom; Ham Hyun-Ki (Byun Byung-Joo 49'), Cho Min-Gook,
                    Yeo Beom-Kyu, Chung Hae-Won [c]; Hwang Seon-Hong (Lee Tae-Ho 58'),
                    Kim Joo-Sung.
Referee:            Michel Vautrot (France).
Coaches:            Saudi Arabia: Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazil).
                    South Korea: Lee Hoe-Taek.
Cards:              Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Abdul Al-Jawad [Y 33'] .
                    South Korea:  Kim Joo-Sung [Y 50'], Goo Sang-Beom [Y 71'],
                                  Yeo Beom-Kyu [Y 109'].
Penalties:          0-0 Cho Min-Gook (saved), 1-0 Saleh Al-Nuayamah, 1-1 Lee Tae-Ho, 
                    1-1 Mohammed Abdul Al-Jawad (saved), 1-2 Byung Byung-Joo,
                    2-2 Majed Abdullah Mohamed, 2-3 Kim Joo-Sung, 3-3 Saleh Al-Saleh,
                    3-3 Cho Yoon-Hwan (saved), 4-3 Fahad Al-Bishi.

27/12/1988, Baghdad
Friendly International
IRAQ                0
KUWAIT XI           2 (Adel Abbas 65', Ali Arwai 87')
Notes:              Not a full FIFA international. This was the first official home match for
                    Iraq following a four year FIFA ban preventing Iran and Iraq playing at 
                    home.