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 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Turkey (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | .svg.png){kind=small} Iran |
| Third place |  Pakistan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Goals scored | 8 (2.67 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,000 (1,667 per match) |
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]
Overview
This was the fifth edition of the RCD Cup, and the second to be held in Pakistan. Three nation tournament played in league format between Pakistan, Turkey, and Iran. Following the Iranian club Malavan's fifth-place finish in the inaugural 1973–74 Takht Jamshid Cup, where it was the highest-placed club from outside Tehran, the Iranian Football Federation selected the Malavan squad to represent Iran at the 1974 RCD Cup, in recognition of the club's performance during its debut national league campaign.[6] The team was managed officially by Iran national coach Danny McLennan, with Bahman Salehnia serving as captain and player.[6][7][8]
Venue
| Karachi | |
|---|---|
| Hockey Stadium | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | |
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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 | Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Pakistan |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Matches
| Pakistan | 2–2[a] | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
Sarwar  45' (pen.)Nawaz 85' |
Report | Atacan 8' Yalman 49' |
Referee: Mohsen Zamani (Iran)
Top scorers
1 goal
- Melih Atacan
- Sinan Alayoğlu
- Müjdat Yalman
Ghafour Jahani- Aziz Espandar
- Muhammad Idrees
- Ghulam Sarwar
- Ali Nawaz Baloch
Squads
Iran
Head coach: 
Danny McLennan[10]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Ali Sayyad | 1946 (aged 28) | Malavan | ||
| DF | Qader Ezatollahi | Malavan | |||
| DF | Bahman Salehnia (c) | 11 March 1939 (aged 34) | Malavan | ||
| DF | Majid Janani | Malavan | |||
| DF | Farhad Sayyad-Mosleh | Malavan | |||
| DF | Manouchehr Navaran | 1945 (aged 29) | Malavan | ||
| MF | Mohammad Reza Vishgahi | Malavan | |||
| MF | Qasem Soltanzadi | 1954 (aged 20) | Malavan | ||
| MF | Nosrat Irandoost | 1 May 1949 (aged 24) | Malavan | ||
| MF | Javid Jahangiri | 1939 (aged 35) | Malavan | ||
| FW | Ghafour Jahani | 19 June 1951 (aged 22) | Malavan | ||
| FW | Aziz Espandar | 2 February 1948 (aged 25) | Malavan | ||
| FW | Ali Niakani | 8 January 1951 (aged 23) | Malavan | ||
| Mohammad Sharifi | Malavan | ||||
| Hossien Kamyab | Malavan | ||||
| Reza Raffat | Malavan | ||||
| Khedmat Naurizadeh | Malavan | ||||
| Karim Samadi | Malavan |
Pakistan
Head coach: 
Mohammed Rahmatullah[10]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Afzal Hussain | Pakistan Airlines | ||||
| GK | Muhammad Iqbal | Karachi Division | ||||
| DF | Amir Bakhsh | Karachi Division | ||||
| DF | Ali Muhammad | Pakistan Airlines | ||||
| DF | Mujahid Tareen | 11 August 1949 (aged 25) | Pakistan Army | |||
| DF | Wali Muhammad | Rawalpindi Division | ||||
| DF | Ghulam Akbar | Pakistan Airlines | ||||
| DF | Miskeen | Pakistan Army | ||||
| DF | Ashok Kumar | Khairpur Division | ||||
| MF | Muhammad Sharif | Pakistan Airlines | ||||
| MF | Ali Asghar | 1950 (aged 24) | Lahore Division | |||
| MF | Qadir Bakhsh | 10 October 1947 (aged 26) | Lahore Division | |||
| MF | Muhammad Nazir | Peshawar Division | ||||
| MF | Muhammad Yousuf | Rawalpindi Division | ||||
| MF | Rasool Bakhsh | Rawalpindi Division | ||||
| FW | Ayub Dar (c) | 5 December 1947 (aged 26) | Pakistan Western Raiway | |||
| FW | Ali Nawaz Baloch | 3 July 1949 (aged 25) | Pakistan Airlines | |||
| FW | Muhammad Idrees | Pakistan Western Railway | ||||
| FW | Ghulam Sarwar | 1953 (aged 21) | Pakistan Airlines | |||
| FW | Taj Muhammad | Karachi Division | ||||
| FW | Ewaz Ali | Quetta Division | ||||
| FW | Afzal Qasim | Karachi Division | ||||
| FW | Abdul Ghafoor Ajiz | Peshawar Division |
Turkey
Head coach: Coskun Özari
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Sabri Dino | 1 January 1942 (aged 32) | Beşiktaş J.K. | |
| 2 | DF | Ekrem Günalp | 20 September 1949 (aged 24) | Galatasaray | |
| 3 | DF | Tuncay Temeller | 20 November 1951 (aged 22) | Galatasaray | |
| 4 | DF | İsmail Arca (c) | 5 September 1948 (aged 25) | Eskisehirspor | |
| 5 | DF | Müjdat Yalman | 14 August 1949 (aged 24) | Ankaragücü | |
| 6 | MF | Köksal Mesci | 1 November 1945 (aged 28) | Adanaspor | |
| 7 | MF | Bülent Ünder | 16 January 1942 (aged 32) | Galatasaray | |
| 8 | MF | Ahmet Börtücene | 5 October 1950 (aged 23) | Beşiktaş J.K. | |
| 9 | FW | Melih Atacan | 3 September 1953 (aged 20) | Ankaragücü | |
| 10 | FW | Sinan Alayoğlu | 14 December 1949 (aged 24) | Boluspor | |
| 11 | FW | Tuğrul Şener | 19 May 1949 (aged 24) | Beşiktaş J.K. | |
| 12 | GK | Yasin Özdenak | 11 October 1948 (aged 25) | Galatasaray | |
| 13 | MF | Ömer Kaner | 21 May 1951 (aged 22) | Eskisehirspor | |
| 14 | DF | Nikos Kovis | 6 January 1953 (aged 21) | Beşiktaş J.K. | |
| 15 | FW | Mehmet Türkkan | 30 March 1948 (aged 25) | Göztepe A.Ş. | |
| 16 | FW | Doğan Küçükduru | 16 September 1954 (aged 19) | Göztepe A.Ş. |
Notes
- ↑ Pakistani sources, including Dawn, credit Ali Nawaz Baloch with Pakistan's second goal assisted by Muhammad Idrees,[9] and Müjdat Yalman with Turkey's second goal. Turkish sources instead credit Muhammad Idrees and Melih Atacan, respectively.
References
- ↑ Ahsan, Ali (2010-12-23). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ↑ "1971 - 1980 Yılları Arasındaki A Milli Maçların Kadroları Ve Sonuçları". 2004-09-10. Archived from the original on 10 September 2004. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ↑ "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". www.teammelli.com. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ↑ "PAKISTAN TURKEY - Match Details TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- ↑ "IRAN TURKEY - Match Details TFF". www.tff.org. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
- 1 2 "جلال طالبی ( Jalal Talebi )". takhtejamshidcup.com. Retrieved 2026-08-07.
- ↑ "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.] - ↑ "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.] - ↑ "Pakistan hold Turkey to draw in soccer". Dawn. 19 January 1974. p. 1.
- 1 2 "RCD football begins today". Dawn. 17 January 1974.