1969 Friendship Cup

1969 Friendship Cup
Iran vs Pakistan at the 1969 Friendship Cup
Tournament details
CountryIran
Venue(s)Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran
Dates5–14 March 1969
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsFC Spartak Moscow (1st title)
Runners-upIran
Third placeMersin İdman Yurdu
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored36 (1.8 per match)
Attendance137,000 (6,850 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Iran Gholam Vafakhah
Soviet Union Vladimir Proskurin (4 goals)

The 1969 Friendship Cup was a friendly international football tournament held in Tehran, Iran. The tournament was held in honour of Shah Reza Pahlavi's birthday. It was the first edition of the Friendship Cup.[1] In which, five teams participated in a round-robin format, with FC Spartak Moscow winning the tournament.

Venue

Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Participating teams

Results

PosTeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Soviet Union Spartak Moscow4400110+118
2Iran Iran4301135+86
3Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu420265+14
4Pakistan Pakistan4103419−152
5Iraq Iraq400427−50

Matches

FC Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0 Iraq
Khusainov 51'
Lovchev 61'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abolghasem Haj Abolhasan (Iran)
Mersin İdman Yurdu Turkey4–1 Pakistan
Olcay Başarır 6'
Arpacıoğlu 20' (pen.)
Aytaç 75'
Ayhan Öz 79'		 Report Hafiz Uddin 86'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sobhi Adeeb (Iraq)
Iran 2–1 Iraq
Ghelichkhani 29'
Eftekhari 66'		 Report Dhiab 16'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)
FC Spartak Moscow Soviet Union5–0 Pakistan
Logofet 15' (pen.)
Olshansky 38', 64'
Proskurin 43', 68'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abolghasem Haj Abolhasan (Iran)
Iran 2–1Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu
Vafakhah 19', 47' Report Olcay Başarır 68'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)
Pakistan 2–1 Iraq
Nawaz 59'
Jabbar 90'		 Report Yousif 57'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arshad Barazandeh (Iran)
FC Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu
Ambartsumyan 79'
Proskurin 86'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Davood Nasiri (Iran)
Iran 9–1 Pakistan
Jabbari 26', 32', 39'
Vafakhah 30', 34'
Mostafavi 48'
Sharafi 55'
Ghelichkhani 60' (pen.)
Mansour Zarabi 62'		 Report Dar 61'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Davoud Heidari (Iran)
Mersin İdman Yurdu Turkey1–0 Iraq
Ali Açıkgöz 20' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Davood Nasiri (Iran)
FC Spartak Moscow Soviet Union2–0 Iran
Viktor Borovikov 15'
Proskurin 66'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Soviet Union Vladimir ProskurinFC Spartak Moscow4
Iran Gholam Vafakhah Iran
3Iran Ali Jabbari Iran3
4Iran Parviz Ghelichkhani Iran2
Turkey Olcay BaşarırMersin İdman Yurdu
Soviet Union Sergei OlshanskyFC Spartak Moscow
7multiple players1

References

  1. ↑ "Jaam-e-Doosti (Friendship) Cup (Iran)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  2. 1 2 "Iran - International Matches". www.rsssf.org.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1969.03.16 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 2025-12-31.
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