1974 RCD Cup

1974 RCD Cup

Inauguration of the 1974 RCD Cup at the Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Venue(s)	Hockey Stadium, Karachi
Dates	17 January – 20 January
Teams	3
Defending champions	Iran
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (3rd title)
Runners-up	Malavan
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	8 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	5,000 (1,667 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Melih Atacan (2 goals)
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The 1974 RCD Cup was the fifth edition of the RCD Cup. ^{[1] [2]} The event was held at the Hockey Club Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

This was a three nation tournament played in league format between Malavan (from Iran), Pakistan and Turkey. Iran did not send their national team for this tournament, and it was Malavan that represented Iran at the tournament under the country's name. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Venue

Karachi	Karachi
Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Turkey	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Champions
2	Malavan [a]	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
3	Pakistan	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: RSSSF

Matches

17 January 1974 (1974-01-17)

Malavan	2–1	Pakistan
Jahani 28' Espandar 73'	Report	Unknown 19'

Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

Attendance: 5,000

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18 January 1974 (1974-01-18)

Pakistan	2–2	Turkey
Sarwar 45' (pen.) Idrees 85'	Report	Melih Atacan 8', 49'

Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Mohsen Zamani (Iran)

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20 January 1974 (1974-01-20)

Malavan	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Sinan

Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Yaqoob Ahmed (Pakistan)

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Top scorers

2 Goals

• Melih Atacan

1 goal

• Sinan Alaağaç
• Ghafour Jahani
• Aziz Espandar
• Ghulam Sarwar
• Muhammad Idrees

Squads

Malavan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	1 GK	Ali Sayyad			Malavan
	2 DF	Qader Ezatollahi			Malavan
	2 DF	Bahman Salehnia (c)	(1939-03-11)11 March 1939 (aged 34)		Malavan
	2 DF	Farrokhi			Malavan
	2 DF	Majid Janani			Malavan
	3 MF	Mohammad Reza Vishgahi			Malavan
	3 MF	Qasem Soltanzadi			Malavan
	3 MF	Nosrat Irandoost	(1949-05-01)1 May 1949 (aged 24)		Malavan
	4 FW	Yaghoubi			Malavan
	4 FW	Ghafour Jahani	(1951-06-19)19 June 1951 (aged 22)		Malavan
	4 FW	Aziz Espandar			Malavan
		Manouchehr Navaran			Malavan
		Javid Jahangiri			Malavan
		Ali Niakani			Malavan
	2 DF	Farhad Sayyad-Mosleh			Malavan

Pakistan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Afzal Hussain				Pakistan Airlines
	1 GK	Mohammad Iqbal				Karachi
	2 DF	Ali Mohammad				Pakistan Airlines
	2 DF	Wali Mohammad				Rawalpindi
	2 DF	Ghulam Akbar				Pakistan Airlines
	2 DF	Mujahid Tareen	(1949-08-11)11 August 1949 (aged 25)			Pakistan Army
	2 DF	Ashok Kumar				Khairpur
	2 DF	Amir Bakhsh				Karachi
	2 DF	Mohammad Arshad				Pakistan Railways
	2 DF	Miskeen
	3 MF	Qadir Bakhsh	(1946-10-10)10 October 1946 (aged 27)			Sindh
	3 MF	Ali Asghar	1950 (aged 24)			Lahore
	3 MF	Sharif
	4 FW	Ghulam Sarwar	1954 (aged 20)			Pakistan Airlines
	4 FW	Abdul Ghafoor Ajiz				Peshawar
	4 FW	Muhammad Idrees				Pakistan Railways
	4 FW	Ali Nawaz Baloch (c)	(1949-07-03)3 July 1949 (aged 25)			Pakistan Airlines
	4 FW	Afzal Qasim				Karachi

Turkey

Head coach: Coskun Özari

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Sabri Dino	(1942-01-01)1 January 1942 (aged 32)		Beşiktaş J.K.
2	2 DF	Ekrem Günalp	(1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 27)		Galatasaray
3	2 DF	Tuncay Temeller	(1948-01-01)1 January 1948 (aged 26)		Galatasaray
4	2 DF	İsmail Arca (c)	(1948-09-05)5 September 1948 (aged 25)		Eskisehirspor
5	2 DF	Müjdat Yalman	(1949-08-14)14 August 1949 (aged 24)		Ankaragücü
6	3 MF	Köksal Mesci	(1945-01-01)1 January 1945 (aged 29)		Adanaspor
7	3 MF	Bülent Ünder	(1942-01-16)16 January 1942 (aged 32)		Galatasaray
8	3 MF	Ahmet Börtücene	(1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 27)		Beşiktaş J.K.
9	4 FW	Melih Atacan	(1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 23)		Ankaragücü
10	4 FW	Sinan Alayoğlu	(1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 25)		Boluspor
11	4 FW	Tuğrul Şener	(1949-05-19)19 May 1949 (aged 24)		Beşiktaş J.K.
12	1 GK	Yasin Özdenak	(1948-10-11)11 October 1948 (aged 25)		Galatasaray
13	3 MF	Ömer Kaner	(1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 22)		Eskisehirspor
14	2 DF	Nikos Kovis	(1953-01-06)6 January 1953 (aged 21)		Beşiktaş J.K.
15	4 FW	Mehmet Türkkan	(1948-03-30)30 March 1948 (aged 25)		Göztepe A.Ş.
16	4 FW	Doğan Küçükduru	(1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 25)		Göztepe A.Ş.

Notes

1. Although listed as "Iran" in the tournament, the team was represented by the club side Malavan. As a result, matches involving Iran in this competition are not considered official international fixtures (non-FIFA 'A' matches).

References

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9. "صالح نیا: بگذارید خودشان مدیریت کنند، من کاری به ملوان ندارم". ایسنا (in Persian). 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2025-04-22. صالح نيا در ادامه با مثال زدن ترکيه منظور خود را واضح تر بيان کرد و گفت: تيم ملوان در سال 1352 به عنوان نماينده ايران در جام عمران منطقه‌اي با حضور تيم ملي پاکستان و ترکيه حضور يافت و ما موفق به برد پاکستان شديم و تا دقيقه 86 هم با ترکيه مساوي کرده بوديم و اين همه فوتبال ترکيه آن روزها بود.[Salehnia continued by giving the example of Turkey and explained his meaning more clearly and said: In 1973, the Malavan team participated as a representative of Iran in the regional Imran Cup with the participation of the national teams of Pakistan and Turkey, and we managed to win over Pakistan and had tied with Turkey by the 86th minute, and that was all the Turkish football of those days.]
10. "بهمن صالح نیا و رکوردهای منحصر بفردش". آسمونی (in Persian). Retrieved 2025-04-22. در دی ماه 1352 ملوان به عنوان نماینده ایران در پنجمین دوره جام عمران منطقه ای شرکت کرد. رقابتهایی که تا قبل از آن همیشه تیم ملی در آن حاضر می شد ولی فدراسیون این بار صالح نیا و شاگردانش را به این تورنمنت فرستاد و ملوان هم نایب قهرمان رقابتها شد.[In January 1973, Malavan participated as Iran's representative in the fifth edition of the Regional Civil Engineering Cup. Before that, the national team had always participated in the competition, but this time the federation sent Salehnia and his students to the tournament, and Malwan became the runner-up in the competition.]
11. "مصاف ایران با یک تیم اروپایی پس از نیم قرن/ تکرار تاریخ پس از 68 سال!". شهر خبر. 2018-05-27. Retrieved 2025-04-22. ملوان جانشین تیم ملی شد|پس از مدتی توقف در برگزاری جام اکو این تورنمنت بار دیگر با حضور تیم های ترکیه و ایران برگزار شد. 20 ژانویه 1974 مصادف با 30 دی 1352 روزی بود که دو تیم در کراچی پاکستان به مصاف هم رفتند با این تفاوت که در آن سال تیم باشگاهی ملوان بندرانزلی به جای تیم ملی به این مسابقات اعزام شد. مسابقه ای که ترکیه با نتیجه یک بر صفر موفق به شکست نماینده کشورمان شد.[Malavan replaced the national team | After a while of suspension in the ECO Cup, this tournament was held again with the participation of Turkish and Iranian teams. January 20, 1974, corresponding to 30 Diyan 1352, was the day when the two teams faced each other in Karachi, Pakistan, with the difference that that year, the Malavan Bandar Anzali club team was sent to this tournament instead of the national team. A match in which Turkey managed to defeat our country's representative with a score of 1-0.]

External links

• RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament