The source of talent

Since its inception in 1970, the Gulf Cup has established itself strongly in the Arab arena, not only because of the strength of competition between the participating teams and its eagerness to win the title, but also because it is the birth of many stars from different teams.

For more than four decades in which the Gulf Cup was held, major stars emerged, and the tournament was a secret in their brilliance and knowledge of the fans.

Since its inception, officials have been keen to honor the winners of the title of best player and best goalkeeper, rather than just the goal. The Gulf tournaments were the gates of the teams to reach the World Cup finals, similar to the Kuwaiti team, which qualified for the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

The Mesopotamian Lions also made history in the Gulf Championships and reached the summit with the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico. For the UAE, Al-Abyad presented many generations that participated in Gulf tournaments, wrote their names in gold letters, and entered the history through the wide door to reach the end of the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

The great Saudi green, who rose to the top of glory to qualify for the finals of the 1994 World Cup in the United States.

Names emerged and brilliant talents emerged, because Gulf tournaments have always been the first stop for exceptional talent. Above the Gulf Theater we saw the most beautiful performances of talents that lived long, and still, and the most wonderful achievements with her country for years and years.

The trophy for them was the birth of a star shining in the sky of the game, including: Trabelsi, Jassem Yacoub, Faisal Dakheel, Fathi Kamil , Majed Abdullah, Sami Al-Jaber, Yasser Al-Qahtani, Fouad Anwar, Saeed Salboukh, Adnan Taliani, Fahad Khamis, Zuhair Bakheet, Hassan Polo, Ismail Matar, Hamoud Sultan, Khalil Al-Shuwayer, Hussein Saeed, Ahmed Radi, Adnan Darjal, Ali Al-Habsi and Hani Al-Dhabit .

Many of the names shine and shine in an atmosphere that has always been characterized by club, enthusiasm, suspense and excitement, and the future of the Gulf ball depends mainly on making the most of the talents that appear on the scene, until the Gulf football stadiums «birth» to the stars, as it was in the periods of bright and beautiful time.

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