1974 RCD Cup#Squads

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = RCD Cup

| year = 1974

| country = Pakistan

| dates = 17 January – 20 January

| venue = Hockey Stadium, Karachi

| num_teams = 3

| defending_champions = {{fb|IRN|1964}}

| winners = {{fb|Turkey}}

| count = 3

| second = {{flagicon|Iran|1964}} Iran XI

| third = {{fb|PAK}}

| matches = 3

| goals = 8

| attendance = 5000

| scoring_leader = Melih Atacan (2 goals)

| prev_season = 1970

| next_season = 1993

|image=File:Pakistan in 1974 RCD Cup.jpg|caption=Inauguration of the 1974 RCD Cup at the Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi}}

The 1974 RCD Cup was the fifth edition of the RCD Cup.{{Cite web |last=Ahsan |first=Ali |date=2010-12-23 |title=A history of football in Pakistan — Part II |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/593096/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-part-ii |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2004-09-10 |title=1971 - 1980 Yılları Arasındaki A Milli Maçların Kadroları Ve Sonuçları |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040910064521/http://www.turkfutbolu.net/millitakim/milli1971-1980kadro.html |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=web.archive.org}} The event was held at the Hockey Club Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.{{Cite web |title=Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli] |url=https://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=2415 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.teammelli.com}}{{Cite web |title=PAKISTAN TURKEY - Match Details TFF |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=528&macID=3142 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.tff.org}}{{Cite web |title=IRAN TURKEY - Match Details TFF |url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=528&macID=3143 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.tff.org}}

This was a three nation tournament played in league format between Malavan (from Iran), Pakistan and Turkey. Iran did not send their national team for this tournament, and it was Malavan that represented Iran at the tournament under the country's name.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-01-19 |title=از گل ارزشمند نکونام به کاسیاس تا باخت ایران در بی ارزش ترین جام بین‌المللی |url=https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/5467213/%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%AF%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%84%DB%8C |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Young Journalists Club |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2018-05-27 |title=مصاف ایران با یک تیم اروپایی پس از نیم قرن/ تکرار تاریخ پس از 68 سال! |url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/858104/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%86-%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2 |access-date=2025-01-20 |website=Mashregh News |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=تاریخ ملوان - سایت ملوان بندرانزلی |url=https://malavan.ir/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=malavan.ir |language=fa-IR}}{{Cite web |date=2013-01-26 |title=صالح نیا: بگذارید خودشان مدیریت کنند، من کاری به ملوان ندارم |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/91110704170/%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=ایسنا |language=fa |quote=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. |trans-quote=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.}}{{Cite web |title=بهمن صالح نیا و رکوردهای منحصر بفردش |url=https://asemooni.com/mag/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=آسمونی |language=fa-IR |quote=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. |trans-quote=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.}}{{Cite web |date=2018-05-27 |title=مصاف ایران با یک تیم اروپایی پس از نیم قرن/ تکرار تاریخ پس از 68 سال! |url=https://www.shahrekhabar.com/news/152738454018488 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=شهر خبر |quote=ملوان جانشین تیم ملی شد{{!}}پس از مدتی توقف در برگزاری جام اکو این تورنمنت بار دیگر با حضور تیم های ترکیه و ایران برگزار شد. 20 ژانویه 1974 مصادف با 30 دی 1352 روزی بود که دو تیم در کراچی پاکستان به مصاف هم رفتند با این تفاوت که در آن سال تیم باشگاهی ملوان بندرانزلی به جای تیم ملی به این مسابقات اعزام شد. مسابقه ای که ترکیه با نتیجه یک بر صفر موفق به شکست نماینده کشورمان شد. |trans-quote=Malavan replaced the national team {{!}} After a while of suspension in the ECO Cup, this tournament was held again with the participation of Turkish and Iranian teams. January 20, 1974, corresponding to 30 Diyan 1352, was the day when the two teams faced each other in Karachi, Pakistan, with the difference that that year, the Malavan Bandar Anzali club team was sent to this tournament instead of the national team. A match in which Turkey managed to defeat our country's representative with a score of 1-0.}}

Venue

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Karachi

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Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
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Results

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|winpoints=2

|team1=TUR|name_TUR={{fb|TUR}}

|team2=IRA|name_IRA={{flagicon|Iran|1964}} Iran XI{{efn|name=Malavan|Although listed as "Iran" in the tournament, the team was represented by the club side Malavan. As a result, matches involving Iran in this competition are not considered official international fixtures (non-FIFA 'A' matches).}}

|team3=PAK|name_PAK={{fb|PAK}}

|win_TUR=1|draw_TUR=1|loss_TUR=0|gf_TUR=3|ga_TUR=2

|win_IRA=1|draw_IRA=0|loss_IRA=1|gf_IRA=2|ga_IRA=2

|win_PAK=0|draw_PAK=1|loss_PAK=1|gf_PAK=3|ga_PAK=4

|col_C=gold|text_C=Champions

|col_S=silver

|col_B=#cc9966

|result1=C

|result2=S

|result3=B

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Matches

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| date = {{Start date|1974|01|17|df=y}}

| team1 = Iran XI {{flagicon|Iran|1964}}

| score = 2–1

| report = [http://www.teammelli.com/matchdata/details/matchdetails.php?id=2415 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Pakistan}}

| goals1 = Jahani {{goal|28}}
Espandar {{goal|73}}

| goals2 = Unknown {{goal|19}}

| stadium = Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

| attendance = 5,000

| referee =

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{{football box

| date = {{Start date|1974|01|18|df=y}}

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Pakistan}}

| score = 2–2

| report = [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=528&macID=3142 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Turkey}}

| goals1 = Sarwar {{goal|45|pen.}}
Idrees {{goal|85}}

| goals2 = Melih Atacan {{goal|8||49}}

| stadium = Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

| attendance =

| referee = Mohsen Zamani (Iran)

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{{football box

| date = {{Start date|1974|01|20|df=y}}

| team1 = Iran XI {{flagicon|Iran|1964}}

| score = 0–1

| report = [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=528&macID=3143 Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Turkey}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Sinan {{Goal}}

| stadium = Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

| attendance =

| referee = Yakup Ahmet (Turkey)

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Top scorers

2 Goals

Squads

=Iran XI=

{{nat fs start}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=GK|name=Ali Sayyad|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=Qader Ezatollahi|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=Bahman Salehnia (c)|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1939|3|11|df=y}}|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=Farrokhi|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=Majid Janani|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=Mohammad Reza Vishgahi|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=Qasem Soltanzadi|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=MF|name=Nosrat Irandoost|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1949|5|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=Yaghoubi|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=Ghafour Jahani|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1951|6|19|df=y}}|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=FW|name=Aziz Espandar|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name=Manouchehr Navaran|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name=Javid Jahangiri|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=|name=Ali Niakani|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs player|no=|pos=DF|name=Farhad Sayyad-Mosleh|age=|caps=|club=Malavan|clubnat=IRN|natvar=1964}}

{{nat fs end}}

=Pakistan=

{{nat fs g start}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Afzal Hussain|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Airlines|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=Mohammad Iqbal|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Ali Mohammad|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Airlines|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Wali Mohammad|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Rawalpindi|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Ghulam Akbar|age=|caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Airlines|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Mujahid Tareen|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1974|9|2|1949|8|11}} |caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Army|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Ashok Kumar|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Khairpur|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Amir Bakhsh|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Mohammad Arshad|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Railways|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=Miskeen|age= |caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Qadir Bakhsh|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|9|2|1946|10|10|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=Sindh|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Ali Asghar|age=1950 (aged 24)|caps=|goals=|club=Lahore|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=Sharif|age=|caps=|goals=|club=|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Ghulam Sarwar|age=1954 (aged 20)|caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Airlines|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Abdul Ghafoor Ajiz|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Peshawar|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Muhammad Idrees|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Railways|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Ali Nawaz Baloch (c)|age={{Birth date and age2|df=yes|1974|9|2|1949|7|3}} |caps=|goals=|club=Pakistan Airlines|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=Afzal Qasim|age= |caps=|goals=|club=Karachi|clubnat=PAK}}

{{nat fs g end}}

=Turkey=

Head coach: {{flagicon|TUR}} Coskun Özari

{{nat fs start}}

{{nat fs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Sabri Dino|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1942|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Beşiktaş J.K.|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=2|pos=DF|name=Ekrem Günalp|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1947|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Galatasaray|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Tuncay Temeller|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1948|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Galatasaray|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=4|pos=DF|name=İsmail Arca (c)|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1948|9|5|df=y}}|caps=|club=Eskisehirspor|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=5|pos=DF|name=Müjdat Yalman|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1949|8|14|df=y}}|caps=|club=Ankaragücü|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=6|pos=MF|name=Köksal Mesci|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1945|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Adanaspor|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=7|pos=MF|name=Bülent Ünder|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1942|1|16|df=y}}|caps=|club=Galatasaray|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=8|pos=MF|name=Ahmet Börtücene|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1947|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Beşiktaş J.K.|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Melih Atacan|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1951|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Ankaragücü|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=10|pos=FW|name=Sinan Alayoğlu|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1949|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Boluspor|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=11|pos=FW|name=Tuğrul Şener|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1949|5|19|df=y}}|caps=|club=Beşiktaş J.K.|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Yasin Özdenak|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1948|10|11|df=y}}|caps=|club=Galatasaray|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=13|pos=MF|name=Ömer Kaner|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1951|5|21|df=y}}|caps=|club=Eskisehirspor|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=14|pos=DF|name=Nikos Kovis|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1953|1|6|df=y}}|caps=|club=Beşiktaş J.K.|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=15|pos=FW|name=Mehmet Türkkan|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1948|3|30|df=y}}|caps=|club=Göztepe A.Ş.|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs player|no=16|pos=FW|name=Doğan Küçükduru|age={{Birth date and age2|1974|1|17|1949|1|1|df=y}}|caps=|club=Göztepe A.Ş.|clubnat=TUR}}

{{nat fs end}}

Notes

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References

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