1965 RCD Cup

1965 RCD Cup
Tournament details
Country	Iran
Venue(s)	Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran
Dates	21 July – 25 July; 16 March 1966 (Final replayed)
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	9 (2.25 per match)
Attendance	57,000 (14,250 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Homayoun Behzadi; Ogün Altıparmak; (2 goals)
	1967 →

The RCD Cup 1965 was the first edition of the RCD Cup tournament, held in Tehran, Iran in 1965. This was a three nation tournament played in league format between Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

Venue

Tehran	Tehran
	Amjadieh Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000

Results

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	3	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Turkey	3	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Pakistan	0	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5

July 21, 1965
00:00 UTC-3

Pakistan	1–3	Turkey
(unknown) 80'	Report	Ogün 5', 30' Gürsel 18'

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: ?

Referee:

Said Sadri

July 23, 1965
00:00 UTC-3

Iran	4 – 1	Pakistan
Mostafa Arab 17' Ali Jabbari 20' Homayoun Behzadi 70', 79'	Report	Hashim 88' 88'

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 27,000

Referee:

Paru

July 25, 1965
00:00 UTC-3

Iran	0 – 0	Turkey
	Report

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee:

Masood Rahmani

Rematch

As the game between Iran and Turkey was abandoned on minute 85 of the match due to broken stadium light, a rematch was organised the following year.

March 16, 1966
00:00 UTC-3

Iran	0 – 0	Turkey
	Report

Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 27,000

Referee:

Bruno De Marchi

Top scorers

2 Goals

Squads

Iran

Head coach: Hossein Fekri

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Aziz Asli	(1938-04-09)9 April 1938 (aged 27)	Persepolis f.c.
2	2DF	Mohammad Ranjbar		Pas Tehran F.C.
3	2DF	Parviz Ghelichkhani	(1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 19)	Kian F.C.
4	2DF	Hassan Habibi (c)	(1939-02-07)7 February 1939 (aged 26)	Pas Tehran F.C.
5	2DF	Mehrab Shahrokhi	(1944-02-02)2 February 1944 (aged 21)	Shahin F.C.
6	3MF	Hassan Jamali
7	3MF	Mostafa Arab	(1942-12-31)31 December 1942 (aged 22)	Oghab F.C.
8	3MF	Jalal Talebi	(1942-03-23)23 March 1942 (aged 23)	Taj S.C.
9	4FW	Akbar Eftekhari		Taj S.C.
10	4FW	Fariborz Esmaili	(1940-07-01)1 July 1940 (aged 25)	Taj S.C.
11	4FW	Homayoun Behzadi	(1942-01-20)20 January 1942 (aged 23)	Shahin F.C.
12	3MF	Ali Jabbari		Shahbaz F.C.
13	3MF	Nader Latifi
14	2DF	Ezatollah Vatankhah		Shahin F.C.

Pakistan

Manager: Asghar Hussain^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Muhammad Lateef
1GK	Niaz Gul
2DF	Turab Ali		Mohammaden Sporting Club
2DF	Ahmed Ali
2DF	Younus Rana	(1941-04-10)10 April 1941 (aged 24)	Pakistan Railways
3MF	Abdul Ghafoor	(1938-08-03)3 August 1938 (aged 26)	Mohammaden Sporting Club
3MF	Qadir Bakhsh	(1946-10-10)10 October 1946 (aged 18)	Mohammaden Sporting Club
4FW	Muhammad Umer (c)	1935 (aged 30)	Victoria Sporting Club
4FW	Faqir Hussain	(1938-05-15)15 May 1938 (aged 27)	Pakistan Air Force
4FW	Maula Bakhsh	1947 (aged 18)
4FW	Pratap Shankar Hazra	(1943-04-03)3 April 1943 (aged 22)	Mohammaden Sporting Club
4FW	Murad Bakhsh
	Mohammad Hashim
	Abdullah
	Syed Javid
	Riazul Haq
	Samiuddin
	Mohammad Saleem
	Mohammad Aslam

Turkey

Head coach: Doğan Andaç 1965

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Yılmaz Urul		İstanbulspor
2	4FW	Güven Önüt		Beşiktaş J.K.
3	2DF	Muzaffer Sipahi		Ankara Demirspor
4	2DF	Altan Tetik		Harbokulu
5	2DF	Çağlayan Derebaşı		Göztepe A.Ş.
6	3MF	Nevzat Güzelırmak		Göztepe A.Ş.
7	3MF	Talat Özkarslı	(1938-03-21)21 March 1938 (aged 27)	Galatasaray
8	3MF	Coşkun Ferman		Ankaragücü
9	4FW	Ergin Gürses	(1942-02-24)24 February 1942 (aged 23)	Muhafızgücü
10	4FW	Gürsel Aksel		Göztepe A.Ş.
11	4FW	Nedim Doğan		Fenerbahçe
12	1GK	Ali Artuner		Göztepe A.Ş.
13	4FW	Ogün Altıparmak (c)	(1938-11-10)10 November 1938 (aged 26)	Fenerbahçe
14	3MF	Uğur Köken	(1937-11-28)28 November 1937 (aged 27)	Galatasaray
15	3MF	Talat Yörük		Karagücü

Head coach: Sandro Puppo 1966

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Turgay Şeren(c)	(1932-05-15)15 May 1932 (aged 33)	Galatasaray
2	2DF	İhsan Büyükbuğdaypınar		Beşiktaş J.K.
3	2DF	Fehmi Sağınoglu		Beşiktaş J.K.
4	2DF	Muzaffer Sipahi		Ankara Demirspor
5	2DF	Ercan Aktuna		Fenerbahçe
6	3MF	Şeref Has	(1936-09-27)27 September 1936 (aged 29)	Fenerbahçe
7	3MF	Talat Özkarslı	(1938-03-21)21 March 1938 (aged 27)	Galatasaray
8	3MF	Onursal Uraz		Hacettepe
9	4FW	Turan Doğangün		Galatasaray
10	4FW	Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu	(1941-08-23)23 August 1941 (aged 24)	Galatasaray
11	4FW	Nedim Doğan		Fenerbahçe
12	4FW	Abdullah Çevrim	(1941-07-20)20 July 1941 (aged 24)	Genclerbirligi
13	4FW	Ogün Altıparmak	(1938-11-10)10 November 1938 (aged 27)	Fenerbahçe
14	4FW	Fevzi Zemzem	(1941-06-27)27 June 1941 (aged 24)	Göztepe A.Ş.

References

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

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

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