1982 Vahdat International Cup

Vahdat International Cup (Persian: جام بین المللی وحدت) was an international football tournament hosted by Iran that was played at Tehran in February 1982. This tournament's participants were teams from Iran and friend countries such as Algeria, Syria and Libya. Eight teams from four countries (Iran, Syria, Algeria, and Libya) participated, with Iran having five teams and the other three nations having one each. The Iranian teams and the Syria Army XI belonged to AFC, with Algeria Army XI and Libya Army XI belonging to CAF. The games were all played at one venue, the Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, with a capacity of 30,000 at the time.

1982 Vahdat International Tournament
Vahdat Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIran
Dates? February – 27 February
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsIran Persepolis (1st title)
Runners-upAlgeria Algeria Army XI
Third placeIran Malavan

Participants

Eight teams participated in this tournament:[1][2]

Iran Persepolis AFC
Iran Esteghlal AFC
Iran Malavan AFC
Iran Iran U23 AFC
Iran Iran Army XI AFC
Syria Syria Army XI AFC
Algeria Algeria Army XI CAF
Libya Libya Army XI CAF

Venue
Tehran
Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Known results are as follows:[3][4][5][6][7]

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Algeria Algeria Army XI ?3??????
Syria Syria Army XI ?3??????
Iran Iran U23 ?3??????
Iran Esteghlal ?3??????

Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Iran Persepolis 5321052+3
Iran Malavan ?3??????
Iran Iran Army XI ?3??????
Libya Libya Army XI ?3??????
Iran Persepolis4-2Libya Libya Army XI
Iran Persepolis1-0Iran Iran Army XI
Iran Persepolis0-0Iran Malavan

Semi finals
Iran Persepolis1-0Syria Syria Army XI
Algeria Algeria Army XI? (won in penalties)Iran Malavan

Third-place match

There was no third place match, however Malavan earned third rank[9] among all participants.

Final
Iran Persepolis1-0 (AET)Algeria Algeria Army XI
Javad Hassanzadeh 119+'[10]
Attendance: 25,000

Squads

Persepolis

Persepolis squad was short of several national team and national army team players such as Mohammad Mayeli Kohan, Nasser Mohammadkhani, Abbas Kargar, Ebrahim Kian Tahmasebi, Behrouz Soltani, Mohammad Panjali and Gholamreza Fathabadi. Several players from youth team took part in this tournament.[11]

Head coach: Iran Ali Parvin

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1GK Vahid Ghelich (1957-12-16)16 December 1957 (aged 24) Iran Persepolis F.C.
2 2DF Hossein Kashinejad Iran Persepolis F.C.
3 2DF Kazem Seyed Alikhani (1954-07-13)13 July 1954 (aged 27) Iran Persepolis F.C.
6 3MF Ali Parvin(c) (1947-09-25)25 September 1947 (aged 34) Iran Persepolis F.C.
7 3MF Rouhollah Ebadzadeh Iran Persepolis F.C.
8 3MF Hamid Derakhshan (1957-12-31)31 December 1957 (aged 24) Iran Persepolis F.C.
9 3MF Zia Arabshahi (1958-06-06)6 June 1958 (aged 23) Iran Persepolis F.C.
10 4FW Nasser Nouraei (1954-06-16)16 June 1954 (aged 27) Iran Persepolis F.C.
12 Mahmoud Pazooki Iran Persepolis F.C.
Reza Riyazati Iran Persepolis F.C.
Mehdi Ghaffari Iran Persepolis F.C.
Mehdi Torabi Iran Persepolis F.C.
13 3MF Majid Sabzi Iran Persepolis F.C.
14 4FW Fariborz Moradi (1964-04-11)11 April 1964 (aged 17) Iran Persepolis F.C.
17 Javad Hassanzadeh Iran Persepolis F.C.

Esteghlal
Main article: Esteghlal F.C.

Malavan
Main article: Malavan F.C.

Iran U23
Main article: Iran national under-23 football team

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