Jassim Yacoub Sultan Al-Besara - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Kuwaiti player scored 36 international goals in 49 matches for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Born: 25-10-1953
Country: Kuwait  
Caps:	49	(W34-D8-L7 – GF130-GA43 – %77.55)
Goals:	36	(% 0.73 per match)
Age First Cap:	 18 yr 143 d  16- 3-1972 vs. Saudi Arabia 2-2
Age Last Cap:    28 yr 239 d  21- 6-1982 vs. France 1-4
National Team Career: 10 yr  97 d


Cap Goals     Date      Venue	        Opponent       Score    Competition

 1  1	 1  16- 3-72	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	2-2	Gulf Cup
 2	 1  18- 3-72	Riyadh  	Bahrain 	2-0	Gulf Cup
 3  2	 3  22- 3-72	Riyadh  	UA Emirates	7-0	Gulf Cup
 4	 3  26- 3-72	Riyadh  	Qatar   	5-0	Gulf Cup
 5	 3   8- 2-74	Kuwait City	Bulgaria	1-3	
 6  1	 4  15- 3-74	Kuwait City	UA Emirates	2-0	Gulf Cup
 7  1	 5  19- 3-74	Kuwait City	Oman    	5-0	Gulf Cup
 8  1	 6  24- 3-74	Kuwait City	Qatar   	1-0	Gulf Cup
 9  3	 9  26- 3-74	Kuwait City	UA Emirates	6-0	Gulf Cup
10	 9  29- 3-74	Kuwait City	Saudi Arabia	4-0	Gulf Cup
11	 9   2- 9-74	Tehran  	Thailand	3-2	Asian Games
12  2	11   6- 9-74	Tehran  	South Korea	4-0	Asian Games
13	11  10- 9-74	Tehran  	North Korea	0-2	Asian Games
14  2	13  12- 9-74	Tehran  	Burma   	5-2	Asian Games
15  1	14  28- 3-76	Doha    	Qatar   	4-0	Gulf Cup
16  4	18  31- 3-76	Doha    	Oman    	8-0	Gulf Cup
17	18   3- 4-76	Doha    	UA Emirates	0-0	Gulf Cup
18  1	19   6- 4-76	Doha    	Bahrain 	5-0	Gulf Cup
19  1	20   8- 4-76	Doha    	Iraq     	2-2	Gulf Cup
20  1	21  11- 4-76	Doha    	Saudi Arabia	3-1	Gulf Cup
21  1	22  15- 4-76	Doha    	Iraq     	4-2	Gulf Cup
22  1	23  11- 3-77	Doha    	Bahrain 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
23  1 	24  15- 3-77	Doha    	Qatar   	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
24	24  17- 3-77	Doha    	Bahrain 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
25  1	25  21- 3-77	Doha    	Qatar   	4-1	World Cup Qualifier
26  1	26   2-10-77	Hongkong	Hongkong 	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
27	26   9-10-77	Seoul   	South Korea	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
28	26  11-12-78	Bangkok 	Japan   	2-0	Asian Games
29	26  13-12-78	Bangkok 	South Korea	0-2	Asian Games
30	26  15-12-78	Bangkok 	Bahrain 	3-0	Asian Games
31  1	27  19-12-78	Bangkok 	North Korea	2-2	Asian Games
32  1	28   8- 3-80	Kuwait City	Bulgaria	1-1	
33	28  15- 9-80	Kuwait City	UA Emirates	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
34  2	30  18- 9-80	Kuwait City	Malaysia	3-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
35	30  21- 9-80	Kuwait City	South Korea	0-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
36  1	31  25- 9-80	Kuwait City	Qatar   	4-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
38  1	32  28- 9-80	Kuwait City	Iran    	2-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
38	32  30- 9-80	Kuwait City	South Korea	3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
39  1	33  22- 4-81	Kuwait City	Thailand	6-0	World Cup Qualifier
40  1	34  25- 4-81	Kuwait City	Malaysia	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
41	34  29- 4-81	Kuwait City	South Korea	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
42  1	35  10-10-81	Auckland	New Zealand	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
43	35  18-10-81	Beijing 	China   	0-3	World Cup Qualifier
44	35   4-11-81	Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
45	35  30-11-81	Kuwait City	China   	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
46	35   7-12-81	Kuwait City	Saudi Arabia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
47  1	36  21- 5-82	Casablanca	Morocco 	3-3	
48	36  17- 6-82	Valladolid	Czechoslovakia	1-1	World Cup
49	36  21- 6-82	Valladolid	France  	1-4	World Cup

Not full A matches:
    1  	    20- 9-75   Kuwait City	Iraq     	1-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
    1  	    17- 3-80   Kuwait City	Syria   	1-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
    4       22- 3-80   Kuwait City	Yemen   	5-1	Olympic G. Qualifier
    1  	    29- 3-80   Kuwait City	Jordan  	1-0	Olympic G. Qualifier
    2  	    31- 3-80   Kuwait City	Iraq     	3-2	Olympic G. Qualifier
    1  	    23- 7-80   Moskva    	Colombia        1-1	Olympic Games
    1	    27- 7-80   Moskva   	Soviet Union	1-2	Olympic Games
    2	     8- 1-73   Kuwait City	Qatar Youth XI	9-0	
    1	    28- 8-74   Kuwait City	China XI	4-3	
	    14- 9-74   Tehran   	Israel  	0-2 [!]	Asian Games
    1	    14- 1-75   Kuwait City	Lybia Team	1-0	
    2	    24- 2-76   Kaifan   	Poland U-20	3-1	
    1	    28- 2-76   Kaifan   	Hungary U-20	1-1	

[!] awarded 0-2 loss to Kuwait, who refused to play

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    49    34    8    7   130-  43      76       77.55


Types of             Matches  Goals

Gulf Cup		16	18
World Cup Qualifier	14	 7
Asian Games		 8	 5
Asian Cup Qualifier	 6	 4
Friendlies		 3	 2
World Cup  		 2	 0

Total caps / goals:     49	36


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