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)

The RCD Cup 1970 was the fourth edition of the RCD Cup professional football tournament, held in Tehran, Iran in 1970. This was a three-nation tournament played in league format between Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey Amateur.

In this tournament, Turkey did not send their senior national team and was represented by the under-23 team

Venue

Tehran	Tehran
	Amjadieh Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000

Results

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

September 6, 1970
00:00 UTC-3

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

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September 9, 1970
00:00 UTC-3

Turkey Amateur	3 – 1	Pakistan
	Report

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

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September 11, 1970
00:00 UTC-3

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

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mohammad Amin

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Top scorers

• 3 Goals

Mehdi Hajmohammad

Squads

Iran

Head coach: Mahmoud Bayati

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	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^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	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	Younus Rana	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 29)		Pakistan Railways
	2DF	Mujahid Tareen	(1949-08-11)11 August 1949 (aged 21)		Pakistan Army
	2DF	Amir Bakhsh
	2DF	Ashiq
	3MF	Ali Asghar
	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	Muhammad Idrees
	4FW	Younus Changezi	(1944-11-04)4 November 1944 (aged 25)		Pakistan Army
	4FW	Allah Bakhsh
		Aslam
		Haji Ilyas

Turkey

^{[citation needed]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	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

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

• RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament
• TeamMelli.com page for squad list
• NationalFootballTeams