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. Vahdat means Unity. This tournament's participants were teams from Iran and friend countries such as Algeria, Syria and Libya.

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
Champions Persepolis (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria Army XI
Third place Malavan

Participants

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

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

Venue
Tehran
Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Known results are as follows:[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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

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

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

Third Place Match

There was no third place match, however Malavan earned third rank[10] among all participants.

Final
Persepolis1-0 (AET) Algeria Army XI
Javad Hassanzadeh  119+'[11]
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.[12]

Head coach: Ali Parvin

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

References
  1. Az Shahin Ta Piroozi, Kayhan Publication, 1995, 30 years Special Edition.
  2. http://www.malavani.ir/modules.php?name=Forums&file=printview&t=42&start=0
  3. http://old.sharghdaily.ir/news/90/11/20/24278.html
  4. http://thepersepolis.blogfa.com/post-35.aspx
  5. "اطلاعات وتاریخ ورزش". blogfa.com.
  6. http://www.episodemagazine.com/N32/ali-parvin.htm
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2014-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "بیو گرافی علی پروین". tebyan.net. 14 July 2015.
  9. "هشتمين باخت يا برد سيزدهم؟". goaldaily.ir.
  10. "انزلی کلاب". انزلی کلاب.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-09-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2012-03-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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