1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

The 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the fourth edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested by Algeria, winners of the 1990 African Cup of Nations, and Iran, winners of the 1990 Asian Games football tournament. Algeria won by the away goal after egality 2 - 2 in aggregates.[1][2]

1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Azadi Stadium & 5 July Stadium
Iran Algeria
2 2
2–2 on aggregate; Algeria won on away goals
First leg
Iran Algeria
2 1
Date27 September 1991
VenueAzadi Stadium, Tehran
RefereeNizar Watti (Syria)
Attendance100,000
Second leg
Algeria Iran
1 0
Date13 October 1991
VenueStade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
RefereeNaji Jouini (Tunisia)
Attendance30,000

Qualified teams
Country Qualified as Previous appearance in tournament
 Algeria1990 African Cup of Nations championsDebut
 Iran1990 Asian Games champions1 (1978)

Match details

First leg
Iran 2–1 Algeria
Marfavi 13', 78' Report 23' Lazizi
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)
Iran
Algeria
Iran:
GK1Ahmadreza Abedzadeh
DF2Javad Zarincheh
DF3Mojtaba Moharrami
DF4Reza Hassanzadeh
DF5Mohammad Panjali (c)downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF6Morteza Fonounizadeh
MF–Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
MF8Hamid Derakhshan
MF9Mehdi Abtahi
FW10Samad Marfavi
FW17Ali Asghar Modir Roostadownward-facing red arrow 79'
Substitutes:
DF–Nader Mohammadkhaniupward-facing green arrow 46'
FW–Nasser Mohammadkhaniupward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Ali Parvin
Algeria:
GK1Antar Osmani
DF2Mourad Rahmouni
DF4Tarek Lazizi
DF5Mahieddine Meftah
DF6Omar Belatoui
MF8Malik Zorganedownward-facing red arrow 79'
MF9Moussa Saïb
MF10Kader Ferhaoui
MF14Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani
FW11Rabah Madjer (c)
FW16Liazid Sandjakdownward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
MF7Abdelhafid Tasfaoutupward-facing green arrow 79'
MF–Khaled Louniciupward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Abdelhamid Kermali

Assistant referees:
... ... (...)
... ... (...)
Fourth official:
... ... (...)

Man of the Match:
Samad Marfavi (Iran)

Second leg
Algeria 1–0 Iran
Benhalima 78' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Naji Jouini (Tunisia)
Algeria
Iran
Algeria:
GK1Antar Osmani
DF3Kamel Adjas
DF4Ali Benhalima
DF12Liazid Sandjak
DF20Fodil Megharia
MF8Malik Zorganedownward-facing red arrow
MF10Kader Ferhaoui
MF13Moussa Saïb
MF14Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani
FW9Djamel Menad
FW11Rabah Madjer (c)
Substitutes:
DF5Mahieddine Meftah
DF6Omar Belatoui
DF–Tarek Lazizi
MF7Abdelhafid Tasfaout
MF–Khaled Louniciupward-facing green arrow
FW–Mohamed Rahim
Manager:
Abdelhamid Kermali
Iran:
GK1Ahmadreza Abedzadeh
DF2Javad Zarincheh
DF3Mojtaba Moharrami
DF4Reza Hassanzadeh
DF5Nader Mohammadkhani
MF6Morteza Fonounizadeh
MF8Hamid Derakhshan
MF9Mehdi Abtahi
MF–Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
FW10Samad Marfavi
FW17Farshad Pious
Substitutes:
DF–Mohammad Panjali
FW–Nasser Mohammadkhani
FW–Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
Manager:
Ali Parvin

Assistant referees:
Mohamed Salah Belagha (Tunisia)
Rachid Ben Khadija (Tunisia)
Fourth official:
Rachid Medjiba (Algeria)

Man of the Match:
... ... (Algeria)

Winners

Algeria won by the away goal after 2–2 on aggregates.

 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 

Algeria
1st title

References
  1. "Algérie - Iran 1991". dzfootball. 2007.
  2. "Iran - Algérie, historique des rencontres". dzfoot.com. M-A. D. 27 March 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.