1975 Iran International Tournament

The Iran International Tournament (Persian: تورنمنت بین المللی ایران‎) or simply known as Iran Cup (Persian: جام ایران‎) was a friendly football tournament held in Tehran, Iran between July 11 and July 20, 1975. This was the second edition, the first edition was 1974 Iran International Tournament.

1975 Iran Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	11 July – 20 July
Teams	7 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	Aryamehr Stadium Rah Ahan Stadium (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	FK Teplice (1st title)
Runners-up	Iran B
Third place	USSR U23
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12

Seven teams participated in this edition: Iran national football team A & B, Egypt national football team, Zaire national football team, USSR U23, Poland U23 and the club side FK Teplice from Czechoslovakia.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
FK Teplice	3	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
USSR U23	2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Iran A	1	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1

July 11, 1975

Iran A	1 – 1	FK Teplice

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Referee: Mafoala Zaire

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July 13, 1975

FK Teplice	1 – 0	USSR U23

Tehran

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July 15, 1975

Iran A	0 – 1	USSR U23

Tehran

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Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran B	6	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4
Poland U23	4	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4
Egypt	2	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3
Zaire	0	3	0	0	3	4	9	−5

July 12, 1975

Iran B	2 – 1	Poland U23
		Kazimierz Kmiecik

Tehran

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July 12, 1975

Egypt	3 – 2	Zaire
Taher El-Sheikh, Mussad Nur, Ali Khalil	report

Tehran

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July 14, 1975

Poland U23	5 – 2	Egypt
Roman Ogaza  4' pen, Kazimierz Kmiecik  20' (23), Pawlowski  33', Tuminski  84'		Ahmed Abdel Baki Khalif  40', Farouk Gaafar  68' pen

Tehran

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July 14, 1975

Iran B	3 – 1	Zaire
Hassan Nazari  26', Mahmoud Dastjerdi  53' (76)	report	Mulamba Ndaye  80'

Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Moharram Egypt

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July 16, 1975

Poland U23	3 – 1	Zaire
Kazimierz Kmiecik  ?', Zdzisław Kapka  ?', Marek Kusto  ?'

Tehran

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July 16, 1975

Iran B	2 – 1	Egypt
Majid Bishkar  38', Hassan Nazari  72' pen	report	Abdel Fatah Shaker  60'

Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

Referee: Ostich Poland

Semi finals

July 18, 1975

FK Teplice	1 – 0	Poland U23

Tehran

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July 18, 1975

Iran B	1 – 0	USSR U23
Hamid Shahbazi  82'

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Referee: Moharram Egypt

Third place match

July 20, 1975

USSR U23	2 – 0	Poland U23
Yuri Kurnenin  77', Petro Slobodian  83'

Tehran

Final

July 20, 1975

Iran B	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	FK Teplice
		AET (Thorovsky  96')

Tehran

Squads

Iran A

Head Coach: Frank O'Farrell

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nasser Hejazi	14 December 1949 (aged 25)			Taj
	DF	Amir Kargarjam	26 December 1944 (aged 30)			Taj
	DF	Masih Masihnia	22 January 1955 (aged 20)			Persepolis
	DF	Parviz Ghelichkhani (c)	4 December 1945 (aged 29)			Daraei
	DF	Sahameddin Mirfakhraei	4 February 1951 (aged 24)			Homa
	DF	Ezatollah Janmaleki				Taj
	MF	Mohammad Sadeghi	16 March 1952 (aged 23)			Persepolis
	MF	Ali Parvin	25 September 1947 (aged 27)			Persepolis
	MF	Alireza Azizi	12 January 1950 (aged 25)			Persepolis
	FW	Gholamhossein Mazloomi	13 January 1950 (aged 25)			Taj
	FW	Mohammad Reza Adelkhani	13 February 1947 (aged 28)			Taj
	FW	Safar Iranpak	23 December 1947 (aged 27)			Persepolis

Iran B national football team

Head Coach: Heshmat Mohajerani

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Hossein Raghfar				Rah Ahan
	DF	Alireza Ghashghaean	27 February 1954 (aged 21)			Bargh Shiraz
	DF	Bijan Zolfagharnasab (c)	7 June 1949 (aged 26)			Persepolis
	DF	Javad Allahverdi	16 June 1954 (aged 21)			Persepolis
	DF	Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	12 March 1955 (aged 20)			Pas
	MF	Mais Minasyan				Pas
	MF	Hassan Nazari	19 August 1956 (aged 18)			Sanat Naft Abadan
	MF	Javid Jahangiri				Malavan
	MF	Ebrahim Ghasempour	11 September 1957 (aged 17)			Sanat Naft Abadan
	FW	Ismail Hajrahimpour	7 September 1951 (aged 23)			Persepolis
	DF	Mahmoud Dastjerdi				Persepolis
	FW	Nasser Nouraei	16 June 1954 (aged 21)			Persepolis
		Hamid Shahbazi
	MF	Garnik Shahbandari				Bank Melli
	MF	Majid Bishkar	5 August 1956 (aged 18)			Rastakhiz Khorramshahr

Egypt

Head Coach: Burkhard Pape

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
		Taher El-Sheikh
		Ahmed Abdel Baki Khalif
		Abdel Fatah Shaker
		Mohamed Tawfik
		Ali Khalil
	DF	Mohamed El-Seyagui				Ghazl El Mahalla
	DF	Abdel Karim El-Gohary				Zamalek
	MF	Taha Basry	2 October 1946 (aged 28)			Zamalek
	MF	Farouk Gaafar	29 October 1952 (aged 22)			Zamalek
	MF	Hassan Shehata	19 June 1949 (aged 26)			Zamalek
	FW	Mussad Nur	24 April 1951 (aged 24)			Al-Masry
	FW	Ossama Khalil	6 February 1954 (aged 21)			Ismaily

Zaire

Head Coach: Ștefan Stănculescu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
		Wa Kongolo Kongolo
		Binda Nkolo Mboka
	DF	Lobilo Boba	10 April 1950 (aged 25)			AS Vita Club
	DF	Mwepu Ilunga	22 August 1949 (aged 25)			Mazembe Lubumbashi
	MF	Kidumu Mantantu	17 November 1946 (aged 28)			SC Imana
	MF	Mulamba N’daye	4 November 1948 (aged 26)			AS Vita Club
	MF	Kembo Uba Kembo	27 December 1947 (aged 27)			AS Vita Club
	FW	Ekofa M'Bungu	24 November 1948 (aged 26)			SC Imana
		Kasamba
		Miyape
		KatchiMoka
		N'daye
		Babayila Mayangila
		Kaninda
		Bakasa
		Lompongo

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