1975 Iran International Tournament

The Iran International Tournament (Persian: تورنمنت بین المللی ایران) or simply known as Iran Cup (Persian: جام ایران) was a friendly football tournament held in Tehran, Iran between July 11 and July 20, 1975. This was the second edition, the first edition was 1974 Iran International Tournament.

1975 Iran Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates11 July – 20 July
Teams7 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)Aryamehr Stadium
Rah Ahan Stadium (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsCzechoslovakia FK Teplice (1st title)
Runners-upIran Iran B
Third placeSoviet Union USSR U23
Tournament statistics
Matches played12

Seven teams participated in this edition: Iran national football team A & B, Egypt national football team, Zaire national football team, USSR U23, Poland U23 and the club side FK Teplice from Czechoslovakia.

Group stage edit

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  FK Teplice 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
  USSR U23 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
  Iran A 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
  Iran A1 – 1  FK Teplice
Referee: Mafoala Zaire

  FK Teplice1 – 0  USSR U23

  Iran A0 – 1  USSR U23

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Iran B 6 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4
  Poland U23 4 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4
  Egypt 2 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3
  Zaire 0 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5


  Poland U235 – 2  Egypt
Roman Ogaza   4' pen, Kazimierz Kmiecik   20' (23), Pawlowski   33', Tuminski   84' Ahmed Abdel Baki Khalif   40', Farouk Gaafar   68' pen

  Iran B3 – 1  Zaire
Hassan Nazari   26', Mahmoud Dastjerdi   53' (76) report Mulamba Ndaye   80'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Moharram Egypt

  Poland U233 – 1  Zaire
Kazimierz Kmiecik   ?', Zdzisław Kapka   ?', Marek Kusto   ?'

  Iran B2 – 1  Egypt
Majid Bishkar   38', Hassan Nazari   72' pen report Abdel Fatah Shaker   60'

Semi finals edit

  FK Teplice1 – 0  Poland U23

  Iran B1 – 0  USSR U23
Hamid Shahbazi   82'
Referee: Moharram Egypt

Third place match edit

  USSR U232 – 0  Poland U23
Yuri Kurnenin   77', Petro Slobodian   83'

Final edit

  Iran B0 – 1 (a.e.t.)  FK Teplice
AET (Thorovsky   96')

Top scorers edit

Squads edit

Iran A edit

Head Coach:   Frank O'Farrell

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nasser Hejazi (1949-12-14)14 December 1949 (aged 25)   Taj
2DF Amir Kargarjam (1944-12-26)26 December 1944 (aged 30)   Taj
2DF Masih Masihnia (1955-01-22)22 January 1955 (aged 20)   Persepolis
2DF Parviz Ghelichkhani (c) (1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 29)   Daraei
2DF Sahameddin Mirfakhraei (1951-02-04)4 February 1951 (aged 24)   Homa
2DF Ezatollah Janmaleki   Taj
3MF Mohammad Sadeghi (1952-03-16)16 March 1952 (aged 23)   Persepolis
3MF Ali Parvin (1947-09-25)25 September 1947 (aged 27)   Persepolis
3MF Alireza Azizi (1950-01-12)12 January 1950 (aged 25)   Persepolis
4FW Gholamhossein Mazloomi (1950-01-13)13 January 1950 (aged 25)   Taj
4FW Mohammad Reza Adelkhani (1947-02-13)13 February 1947 (aged 28)   Taj
4FW Safar Iranpak (1947-12-23)23 December 1947 (aged 27)   Persepolis

Iran B national football team edit

Head Coach:   Heshmat Mohajerani

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hossein Raghfar   Rah Ahan
2DF Alireza Ghashghaean (1954-02-27)27 February 1954 (aged 21)   Bargh Shiraz
2DF Bijan Zolfagharnasab (c) (1949-06-07)7 June 1949 (aged 26)   Persepolis
2DF Javad Allahverdi (1954-06-16)16 June 1954 (aged 21)   Persepolis
2DF Mehdi Dinvarzadeh (1955-03-12)12 March 1955 (aged 20)   Pas
3MF Mais Minasyan   Pas
3MF Hassan Nazari (1956-08-19)19 August 1956 (aged 18)   Sanat Naft Abadan
3MF Javid Jahangiri   Malavan
3MF Ebrahim Ghasempour (1957-09-11)11 September 1957 (aged 17)   Sanat Naft Abadan
4FW Ismail Hajrahimpour (1951-09-07)7 September 1951 (aged 23)   Persepolis
2DF Mahmoud Dastjerdi   Persepolis
4FW Nasser Nouraei (1954-06-16)16 June 1954 (aged 21)   Persepolis
Hamid Shahbazi  
3MF Garnik Shahbandari   Bank Melli
3MF Majid Bishkar (1956-08-05)5 August 1956 (aged 18)   Rastakhiz Khorramshahr

USSR U23 edit

Poland U23 edit

Egypt edit

Head Coach:   Burkhard Pape

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
Taher El-Sheikh  
Ahmed Abdel Baki Khalif  
Abdel Fatah Shaker  
Mohamed Tawfik  
Ali Khalil  
2DF Mohamed El-Seyagui   Ghazl El Mahalla
2DF Abdel Karim El-Gohary   Zamalek
3MF Taha Basry (1946-10-02)2 October 1946 (aged 28)   Zamalek
3MF Farouk Gaafar (1952-10-29)29 October 1952 (aged 22)   Zamalek
3MF Hassan Shehata (1949-06-19)19 June 1949 (aged 26)   Zamalek
4FW Mussad Nur (1951-04-24)24 April 1951 (aged 24)   Al-Masry
4FW Ossama Khalil (1954-02-06)6 February 1954 (aged 21)   Ismaily

Zaire edit

Head Coach:   Ștefan Stănculescu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
Wa Kongolo Kongolo  
Binda Nkolo Mboka  
2DF Lobilo Boba (1950-04-10)10 April 1950 (aged 25)   AS Vita Club
2DF Mwepu Ilunga (1949-08-22)22 August 1949 (aged 25)   Mazembe Lubumbashi
3MF Kidumu Mantantu (1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 28)   SC Imana
3MF Mulamba N’daye (1948-11-04)4 November 1948 (aged 26)   AS Vita Club
3MF Kembo Uba Kembo (1947-12-27)27 December 1947 (aged 27)   AS Vita Club
4FW Ekofa M'Bungu (1948-11-24)24 November 1948 (aged 26)   SC Imana
Kasamba  
Miyape  
KatchiMoka  
N'daye  
Babayila Mayangila  
Kaninda  
Bakasa  
Lompongo  

FK Teplice edit

References edit

  • "Iran International Tournament (Tehran)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on December 17, 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2021.