1993 ECO Cup

1993 ECO Cup
Tournament details
Country	Iran
Venue(s)	Azadi Stadium, Tehran
Dates	6 June – 14 June
Teams	7
Defending champions	Turkey
Final positions
Champions	Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up	Turkmenistan
Third place	Tajikistan
Fourth place	Azerbaijan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	34 (2.83 per match)
Attendance	52,000 (4,333 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Samad Marfavi (3 goals)
	← 1974

Last updated October 08, 2025

The ECO Cup 1993 was the last edition of the ECO Cup tournament, held in Tehran, Iran in 1993.

Participants

Out of the 10 members of ECO, three being Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Turkey were either not invited or for various reasons could not participate.

Teams
Iran
Pakistan A ^[a]
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan U21
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan

Venues

Tehran	Tehran
	Azadi Stadium
	Capacity: 100,000

Group stage

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	4	2	2	0	7	1	+6
Turkmenistan	2	2	1	1	5	2	+3
Pakistan A	0	2	0	2	0	9	−9

6 June 1993

Iran	5–0	Pakistan A
Javad Zarincheh 42' Hamid Derakhshan 49' Karim Bagheri 65' Samad Marfavi 70' Majid Namjoo-Motlagh 75'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hossein Khoshkhan (Iran)

7 June 1993

Turkmenistan	4–0	Pakistan A
Nurmyradow 5', 10' Çaryýar Muhadow 60', 80'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

8 June 1993

Iran	2–1	Turkmenistan
Samad Marfavi ?' Mohsen Garousi ?'	Report	Nurmuradov 82'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ahmad Abharan-Alvari (Iran)

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Azerbaijan	5	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3
Tajikistan	3	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Kyrgyzstan	2	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1
Kazakhstan U21	2	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3

6 June 1993

Azerbaijan	2–0	Tajikistan
Vidadi Rzayev 55' (pen.) Samir Alakbarov 62'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 5,000

6 June 1993

Kyrgyzstan	0–0	Kazakhstan U21

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: ?

7 June 1993

Azerbaijan	3–2	Kyrgyzstan
Vidadi Rzayev 30' Ruslan Lukin 43', 63'	Report	Dmitry Kovalenko 40' Kanatbek Ishenbaev 76'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 5,000

7 June 1993

Tajikistan	3–0	Kazakhstan U21

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

8 June 1993

Tajikistan	1–1	Kyrgyzstan
Muminov 85'		Kanatbek Ishenbaev 78'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 3,000

8 June 1993

Azerbaijan	3–3	Kazakhstan U21
Gurban Gurbanov 10', 25' Müşfiq Hüseynov 37'	Report	Azamat Niyazymbetov 15' Serik Zheilitbayev 75' (pen.), 86' (pen.)

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 2,000

Semi finals

13 June 1993

Turkmenistan	w/o	Azerbaijan

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

13 June 1993

Iran	1–0	Tajikistan
Roosta ?'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Final

14 June 1993

Iran	2–1	Turkmenistan
Roosta ?' Samad Marfavi ?'	report	Vitali Zolotukhin ?'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Top scorers

3 Goals

Samad Marfavi

2 Goals

Squads

Iran

Head coach: Ali Parvin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	(1966-05-25)25 May 1966 (aged 26)	33	0	Persepolis
2	2 DF	Javad Zarincheh	(1966-07-23)23 July 1966 (aged 26)	38	0	Esteghlal
	2 DF	Sadegh Varmazyar	(1966-03-21)21 March 1966 (aged 26)	2	0	Esteghlal
	2 DF	Yahya Golmohammadi	(1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 21)	0	0	Persepolis
	2 DF	Nader Mohammadkhani	(1963-08-23)23 August 1963 (aged 29)			Persepolis
6	3 MF	Mehdi Fonounizadeh	(1962-05-19)19 May 1962 (aged 30)	31	0	Esteghlal
8	3 MF	Hamid Derakhshan (c)	(1957-12-31)31 December 1957 (aged 35)	28	5	Persepolis
9	4 FW	Javad Manafi	(1970-09-23)23 September 1970 (aged 22)	0	0	Persepolis
	4 FW	Hassan Shirmohammadi	(1968-05-22)22 May 1968 (aged 24)			Persepolis
10	4 FW	Ali Daei	(1969-03-21)21 March 1969 (aged 23)	0	0	Persepolis
	4 FW	Mohsen Garousi	(1968-11-28)28 November 1968 (aged 24)	10	3	Pas
?	4 FW	Samad Marfavi	(1965-05-18)18 May 1965 (aged 27)	20	7	Esteghlal
?	2 DF	Afshin Peyrovani	(1970-02-06)6 February 1970 (aged 22)			Persepolis
?	2 DF	Karim Bagheri	(1974-02-20)20 February 1974 (aged 18)	0	0	Persepolis
?	4 FW	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	(1966-12-31)31 December 1966 (aged 26)	4	0	Pas
?	3 MF	Hamid Estili	(1967-01-04)4 January 1967 (aged 25)	1	0	Persepolis
?	2 DF	Mohammad Khakpour	(1969-02-20)20 February 1969 (aged 23)	2	0	Persepolis
?	2 DF	Farshad Falahatzadeh	(1967-03-21)21 March 1967 (aged 25)	1	0	Esteghlal
?	3 MF	Arash Noamouz	(1967-06-06)6 June 1967 (aged 25)			Pas
?	3 MF	Sirous Dinmohammadi	(1970-07-02)2 July 1970 (aged 22)	0	0	Teraktor Sazi
?	3 MF	Reza Rezaeimanesh	(1969-07-22)22 July 1969 (aged 23)	1	0	Pas
?	3 MF	Ali Akbar Yousefi	(1969-09-12)12 September 1969 (aged 23)			Pas
?	1 GK	Behzad Gholampour	(1966-12-23)23 December 1966 (aged 26)	4	0	Pas
?	3 MF	Majid Namjoo-Motlagh	(1967-05-13)13 May 1967 (aged 25)	36	2	Persepolis

Turkmenistan

Head coach: Bayram Durdiyev

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Aleksandr Korobko	(1970-01-16)16 January 1970 (aged 23)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	1 GK	Ýewgeniý Naboýçenko	(1970-05-17)17 May 1970 (aged 23)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Yuriy Bordolimov	(1970-01-24)24 January 1970 (aged 23)	Nebitçi FT
	2 DF	Sergey Kazakov	(1969-11-23)23 November 1969 (aged 23)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Dmitri Korzh	(1971-10-29)29 October 1971 (aged 21)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Rahim Kurbanmamedov	(1963-10-03)3 October 1963 (aged 29)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Andrei Martynov (c)	(1965-09-17)17 September 1965 (aged 27)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Charyyarkuli Seydiew	(1962-08-11)11 August 1962 (aged 30)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Yevgeniy Sysoev	(1974-05-03)3 May 1974 (aged 19)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	3 MF	Kurbangeldi Durdiyev	(1973-01-12)12 January 1973 (aged 20)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	2 DF	Kamil Mingazow	(1968-06-21)21 June 1968 (aged 24)	Kolkhozchi Turkmen-Kala
	3 MF	Aman Meredow	(1966-05-27)27 May 1966 (aged 27)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	3 MF	Dzhumadurdy Meredov	(1966-10-03)3 October 1966 (aged 26)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	3 MF	Kurbanmamed Meredov	(1973-01-20)20 January 1973 (aged 20)	Nebitçi FT
	4 FW	Charyar Mukhadov	(1969-11-12)12 November 1969 (aged 23)	MKE Ankaragücü
	4 FW	Amanmurad Meredov	(1972-01-28)28 January 1972 (aged 21)	Nebitçi FT
	4 FW	Berdymurad Nurmuradov	(1968-08-28)28 August 1968 (aged 24)	Kopetdag Asgabat
	4 FW	Vladimir Kostyuk	(1972-05-28)28 May 1972 (aged 21)	FC Dynamo Moscow
	4 FW	Vitaliy Zolotukhin	(1970-06-29)29 June 1970 (aged 22)	Kopetdag Asgabat

Pakistan A

Head coach: Muhammad Latif ^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Mohammad Aslam Khan
		Mohammad Ghaffar
		Mohammad Ilyas
		Zafar Ali
		Mohammad Yousaf
		Mohammad Siddiq
		Amjad Zakariya
		Abdul Malik
		Lal Mohammad (c)
		Mohammad Azhar
		Mohammad Munir
		Mohammad Ayub
		Mohammad Khaled Khan
		Iftikhar Ali
		Naeem Khalid
		Adeel Sarfraz Butt
		Fawad Ahmed
		Pervez Samuel

Azerbaijan

Head coach: Alakbar Mammadov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Elkhan Hasanov	(1967-03-04)4 March 1967 (aged 25)	2	0	Neftchi Baku
	1 GK	Jamaladdin Aliyev	(1960-01-29)29 January 1960 (aged 32)	0	0	Qarabağ
	2 DF	Faig Jabbarov	(1972-06-26)26 June 1972 (aged 20)	1	0	Kapaz
	2 DF	Elshad Ahmadov	(1970-09-11)11 September 1970 (aged 22)	1	0	Qarabağ
	2 DF	Tarlan Ahmadov	(1971-11-17)17 November 1971 (aged 21)	2	0	Terek Grozny
	2 DF	Arif Asadov	(1970-08-18)18 August 1970 (aged 22)	1	0	Neftchi Baku
	2 DF	Emin Ağayev	(1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 19)	2	0	Anzhi Makhachkala
	3 MF	Zaur Qarayev	(1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 24)	2	0	Qarabağ
	3 MF	Yashar Vahabzade	(1960-04-08)8 April 1960 (aged 32)	0	0	Neftchi Baku
	3 MF	Ceyhun Tanrıverdiyev	(1973-06-21)21 June 1973 (aged 19)	1	0	Kapaz
	3 MF	Vidadi Rzayev	(1967-09-04)4 September 1967 (aged 25)	2	1	Terek Grozny
	3 MF	Mahmud Qurbanov	(1973-05-10)10 May 1973 (aged 19)	2	0	Kapaz
	3 MF	Shahin Diniyev (c)	(1966-07-12)12 July 1966 (aged 26)	2	0	Terek Grozny
	3 MF	Məqsəd Yaqubəliyev	(1965-07-05)5 July 1965 (aged 27)	0	0	Turan Tovuz
	4 FW	Ruslan Lukin	(1971-11-20)20 November 1971 (aged 21)	0	0	Dinamo Minsk
	4 FW	Gurban Gurbanov	(1972-04-13)13 April 1972 (aged 20)	2	0	Daşqın Zaqatala
	4 FW	Samir Alakbarov	(1968-10-08)8 October 1968 (aged 24)	2	0	Neftchi Baku
	4 FW	Mushfig Huseynov	(1970-02-14)14 February 1970 (aged 22)	0	0	Qarabağ
		Əyani Beydiyev	(1968-05-21)21 May 1968 (aged 24)	0	0	Neftchi Baku

Tajikistan

Head coach: Sharif Nazarov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Vladimir Ivanchikhin	(1968-11-01)1 November 1968 (aged 24)	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
	1 GK	Dmitry Suleymanov	(1971-01-30)30 January 1971 (aged 22)	Pamir Dushanbe
	2 DF	Rustam Alifbekov	(1968-01-01)1 January 1968 (aged 25)	Pamir Dushanbe
	2 DF	Igor Cherevchenko	(1974-08-21)21 August 1974 (aged 18)	Pamir Dushanbe
	2 DF	Vyacheslav Knyazev	(1974-05-22)22 May 1974 (aged 19)	Pamir Dushanbe
	2 DF	Shuhrat Mamajonov (c)	(1970-03-16)16 March 1970 (aged 23)	Pamir Dushanbe
	2 DF	Rustam Ubaydulloev	(1971-09-08)8 September 1971 (aged 21)	Pamir Dushanbe
	3 MF	Sergey Artyomov	1971	Pamir Dushanbe
	3 MF	Barot Azimov		Pamir Dushanbe
	3 MF	Suleyman Bobokalonov	(1960-01-03)3 January 1960 (aged 33)	Shodmon Hisor
	3 MF	Igor Ezhurov	(1965-09-03)3 September 1965 (aged 27)	Pakhtakor Proletarsk
	3 MF	Anvar Gulmamadov	(1971-01-01)1 January 1971 (aged 22)	Pamir Dushanbe
	3 MF	Rustam Kurbanov	(1966-12-12)12 December 1966 (aged 26)	Sitora Dushanbe
	3 MF	Tokhirjon Muminov	(1970-08-20)20 August 1970 (aged 22)	Pamir Dushanbe
	4 FW	Zulfikar Azizov	(1973-01-01)1 January 1973 (aged 20)	Pamir Dushanbe
	4 FW	Orif Bobokhonov	(1963-06-16)16 June 1963 (aged 29)	Sitora Dushanbe
	4 FW	Nadzhimiddin Tolibov	(1964-03-08)8 March 1964 (aged 29)	Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda
	4 FW	Kholmurod Zardov	(1972-08-21)21 August 1972 (aged 20)	Pamir Dushanbe

Kyrgyzstan

Head coach: Meklis Koshaliev

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Zakir Dzhalilov	(1972-07-30)30 July 1972 (aged 20)	Alga Bishkek
	1 GK	Aleksey Roschin	(1967-12-14)14 December 1967 (aged 25)	Alga Bishkek
	2 DF	Vasily Kononov	(1971-08-14)14 August 1971 (aged 21)	Alga Bishkek
	2 DF	Rinat Urmeev	(1970-07-07)7 July 1970 (aged 22)	Alga RIIF Bishkek
	2 DF	Vitaly Rogovanov	(1965-01-01)1 January 1965 (aged 28)	Dynamo Alai-Osh
	2 DF	Alik Asanbaev	(1969-08-29)29 August 1969 (aged 23)	Alga Bishkek
	3 MF	Murat Dzhumakeev		Alga Bishkek
	2 DF	Arkady Makhmutov	(1961-08-02)2 August 1961 (aged 31)	Alga Bishkek
	3 MF	Tashtanbek Kaynazarov		Alga Bishkek
	3 MF	Dmitry Kovalenko	(1972-01-01)1 January 1972 (aged 21)	Dynamo Alai-Osh
	4 FW	Kanatbek Ishenbaev	(1974-08-11)11 August 1974 (aged 18)	Alga Bishkek
	3 MF	Asylbek Momunov (c)	(1966-03-08)8 March 1966 (aged 26)	Alga RIIF Bishkek
	4 FW	Vitaly Kobzar	(1972-05-09)9 May 1972 (aged 20)	Alga Bishkek
	4 FW	Davran Babaev	(1972-08-23)23 August 1972 (aged 20)	Dynamo Alai-Osh
	4 FW	Zamirbek Zhumagulov	(1972-01-17)17 January 1972 (aged 20)	Alga Bishkek
	4 FW	Vasily Ermoshkin	(1973-01-01)1 January 1973 (aged 20)	Alga Bishkek

Kazakhstan U21

Head coach: Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Aleksandr Panov
2 DF	Adlet Dzhamangarayev
	Anuar Nisambayev
	Serik Zheilitbayev
	Nurzan Doskeyev
2 DF	Sergei Pak	(1973-10-03)3 October 1973 (aged 19)	FC Dinamo Alma-Ata
2 DF	Ruslan Gumar	(1973-11-18)18 November 1973 (aged 19)	FC Ekibastuzets
3 MF	Alexei Klishin	(1973-10-01)1 October 1973 (aged 19)	Dinamo Alma-Ata
3 MF	Sergey Milovanov	(1974-01-01)1 January 1974 (aged 19)	FC Dinamo Alma-Ata
3 MF	Azamat Niyazymbetov	(1974-03-25)25 March 1974 (aged 19)	Dinamo Alma-Ata
3 MF	Manar Nuftiev	(1972-03-09)9 March 1972 (aged 21)	FC Shakhter-Bulat
4 FW	Igor Grokhovskiy	(1973-06-30)30 June 1973 (aged 19)	Dinamo Alma-Ata
4 FW	Oleg Litvinenko	(1973-11-22)22 November 1973 (aged 19)	Dinamo Alma-Ata

Notes

↑ The Pakistan Football Federation sent an alternate team, designated as "Pakistan A", to the 1993 ECO Cup, while the main national team was participating in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The ECO Cup took place from 6 to 14 June 1993, between two rounds of the group A qualifiers including Pakistan, held from 22–30 May (in Jordan) and 12–20 June (in China). The ECO Cup squad was managed by a completely different coaching staff, and only a few players from that team were later selected for the second phase of the qualifiers in China. Although some sources, such as the RSSSF, consider the ECO Cup matches unofficial,^[1]^[2] the match between Pakistan and Iran is recognized as an official international in some sources.

References

↑ "1993 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
↑ "International Matches 1993 - Asia". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
↑ Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. pp. 237–250.

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[pakistan-3] The Pakistan Football Federation sent an alternate team, designated as "Pakistan A", to the 1993 ECO Cup, while the main national team was participating in the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The ECO Cup took place from 6 to 14 June 1993, between two rounds of the group A qualifiers including Pakistan, held from 22–30 May (in Jordan) and 12–20 June (in China). The ECO Cup squad was managed by a completely different coaching staff, and only a few players from that team were later selected for the second phase of the qualifiers in China. Although some sources, such as the RSSSF, consider the ECO Cup matches unofficial,^[1]^[2] the match between Pakistan and Iran is recognized as an official international in some sources.

[1] "1993 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-04-14.

[2] "International Matches 1993 - Asia". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-04-14.

[:PAK-4] Bhatti, Mukhtar (1999). Pakistan Sports: An Almanac of Pakistan Sports with Complete Records 1947-1999. Bhatti Publications. pp. 237–250.

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1993 ECO Cup

Contents

Participants

Venues

Group stage

Semi finals

Final

Top scorers

Squads

Iran

Turkmenistan

Pakistan A

Azerbaijan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan U21

Notes

References