1970 RCD Cup

1970 RCD Cup
Tournament details
Country	Iran
Venue(s)	Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran
Dates	6 September–11 September
Teams	3
Defending champions	Iran
Final positions
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runner-up	Turkey Amateur
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	13 (4.33 per match)
Attendance	30,000 (10,000 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Mehdi Hajmohammad (3 goals)
	← 1969 1974 →

The 1970 RCD Cup was the fourth edition of the RCD Cup.^[1] The event was held at the Amjadieh Stadium in Tehran, Iran.^[2]^[3]

This was a three-nation tournament played in league format between Iran, Pakistan, and a team from Turkey. In this tournament, Turkey did not send their senior national team nor a B side.^[4]

Venue

Tehran	Tehran
	Amjadieh Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Iran	2	1	1	0	8	1	+7	3	Champions
2	Turkey Amateur	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	3
3	Pakistan	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

Matches

6 September 1970

Iran	7–0	Pakistan
Mehdi Hajmohammad 13', 90' Ghelichkhani 33' Haghverdian 55' Kalani 57' Nurunnabi 71' (o.g.) Vafakhah 84'	Report

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 20,000

9 September 1970

Turkey Amateur	3–1	Pakistan

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

11 September 1970

Turkey Amateur	1–1	Iran
Abdullah Johorzou 26'	Report	Mehdi Hajmohammad 70'

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mohammad Amin (Pakistan)

Top scorers

3 Goals

Mehdi Hajmohammad

Squads

Iran

Head coach: Mahmoud Bayati

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Nasser Hejazi	(1949-12-19)19 December 1949 (aged 20)	Taj S.C.
2	2DF	Ebrahim Ashtiani	(1942-01-04)4 January 1942 (aged 28)	Persepolis F.C.
3	3MF	Parviz Ghelichkhani	(1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 24)	Taj S.C.
4	2DF	Hassan Habibi (c)	(1939-02-07)7 February 1939 (aged 31)	Pas Tehran F.C.
5	2DF	Jafar Kashani	(1945-03-04)4 March 1945 (aged 25)	Persepolis F.C.
6	3MF	Ali Parvin	(1947-09-25)25 September 1947 (aged 22)	Persepolis F.C.
7	3MF	Mostafa Arab	(1942-12-31)31 December 1942 (aged 27)	Oghab F.C.
8	3MF	Ali Jabbari		Taj S.C.
9	4FW	Hossein Kalani	(1940-06-23)23 June 1940 (aged 30)	Persepolis F.C.
10	4FW	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	(1950-01-13)13 January 1950 (aged 20)	Taj S.C.
11	4FW	Gholam Vafakhah
12	1GK	Keyvan Niknafas		Pas Tehran F.C.
13	3MF	Parviz Mirzahassan		Pas Tehran F.C.
14	3MF	Karo Haghverdian		Taj S.C.
15	2DF	Mehdi Monajati		Pas Tehran F.C.
16	2DF	Reza Vatankhah		Persepolis F.C.
17	2DF	Mehdi Hajmohammad		Taj S.C.
18	2DF	Mahmoud Yavari		Pas Tehran F.C.

Pakistan

Head coach: Mohammad Amin^[5]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Afzal Hussain		Pakistan Airlines
1GK	Khandoker Mohammad Nurunnabi	(1946-07-31)31 July 1946 (aged 24)	Dhaka Mohammedan
2DF	Ali Mohammad
2DF	Zakaria Pintoo	(1943-01-01)1 January 1943 (aged 27)	Dhaka Mohammedan
2DF	Mujahid Tareen	(1949-08-11)11 August 1949 (aged 21)	Pakistan Army
2DF	Amir Bakhsh
2DF	Ashiq Ali		Pakistan Airlines
2DF	Chaudhry Mohammad Asghar		Pakistan Railways
3MF	Younus Rana	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 29)	Pakistan Railways
3MF	Qadir Bakhsh (c)	(1946-10-10)10 October 1946 (aged 23)
4FW	Ghulam Sarwar	1954 (aged 16)	Pakistan Airlines
4FW	Ayub Dar	(1947-12-05)5 December 1947 (aged 22)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Hafizuddin Ahmed	(1944-10-29)29 October 1944 (aged 25)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Idrees Sr.		Pakistan Railways
4FW	Younus Changezi	(1944-11-04)4 November 1944 (aged 25)	Pakistan Army
4FW	Allah Bakhsh		Karachi
4FW	Haji Ilyas		Peshawar
	Aslam

Turkey Amateur

^{[citation needed]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mustafa Kalkandelen
2	2DF	Mehmet Oktay Artım
3	2DF	Müjdat Yalman	(1949-08-14)14 August 1949 (aged 21)	MKE Ankaragücü
4	2DF	Ahmet Hamdi
5	3MF	Timuçin Saqez
6	3MF	Adem Karakaya
7	3MF	Ali Ahmet Küçük		Konya İdman Yurdu
8	3MF	Ali Osman
9	3MF	Abdullah Johorzu
10	4FW	Mustafa Kocik
11	4FW	Sinan Bür	(1950-11-15)15 November 1950 (aged 19)	Bursaspor
12		Erdoğan Demirov
13		Olcay Bazaryaer

References

^ Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
^ "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". www.teammelli.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
^ "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". www.teammelli.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
^ "RCD PACT Tournaments 1965-1974". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
^ Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. pp. 237–250.

External links

RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament

[1] Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-01-19.

[2] "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". www.teammelli.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.

[3] "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". www.teammelli.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.

[4] "RCD PACT Tournaments 1965-1974". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19.

[:PAK-5] Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. pp. 237–250.

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1970 RCD Cup

Venue

Results

Matches

Top scorers

3 Goals

Squads

Iran

Pakistan

Turkey Amateur

References

External links

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