The RCD Cup 1974 was the fifth edition of the RCD Cup tournament, held in Karachi, Pakistan in 1974. This was a three nation tournament played in league format between Malavan F.C. (from Iran), Pakistan and Turkey.

1974 RCD Cup
Tournament details
CountryPakistan
Venue(s)Hockey Stadium, Karachi
Dates17 January – 20 January
Teams3
Defending champions Iran
Final positions
Champions Turkey (3rd title)
Runner-upIran Malavan (Iran)
Third place Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Goals scored8 (2.67 per match)
Attendance5,000 (1,667 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Melih Atacan (2 goals)
← 1970
1993 →

This was the last tournament under the name of RCD Cup. This tournament was also the first time that Pakistan did not have any Bangali players due to Independence of East Pakistan in 1971 which became known as Bangladesh.

Iran did not send her national team for this tournament and it was Malavan F.C. that represented Iran at the tournament.

Venue

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Karachi
Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
 

Results

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Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Turkey 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
  Malavan (Iran) 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
  Pakistan 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1
  Malavan (Iran)2 – 1  Pakistan
Jahani   28'
Espandar   73'
Report   19' ?
Hockey Stadium, Karachi
Attendance: 5,000

Pakistan  2 – 2  Turkey
Sarwar   45' (pen.)
Idrees   85'
Report Melih Atacan   8', 49'
Hockey Stadium, Karachi
Referee:   Mohsen Zamani

  Malavan (Iran)0 – 1  Turkey
Report Sinan  
Hockey Stadium, Karachi
Referee:   Yakup Ahmet

Top scorers

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2 Goals

Squads

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Malavan (Iran)

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ali Sayyad   Malavan F.C.
2 2DF Qader Ezatollahi   Malavan F.C.
3 2DF Bahman Salehnia (c) (1939-03-11)11 March 1939 (aged 34)   Malavan F.C.
4 2DF Farrokhi   Malavan F.C.
5 2DF Majid Janani   Malavan F.C.
6 3MF Mohammad Reza Vishgahi   Malavan F.C.
7 3MF Qasem Soltanzadi   Malavan F.C.
8 3MF Nosrat Irandoost (1949-05-01)1 May 1949 (aged 24)   Malavan F.C.
9 4FW Yaghoubi   Malavan F.C.
10 4FW Ghafour Jahani (1951-06-19)19 June 1951 (aged 22)   Malavan F.C.
11 4FW Aziz Espandar   Malavan F.C.
12 Manouchehr Navaran   Malavan F.C.
13 Javid Jahangiri   Malavan F.C.
14 Ali Niakani   Malavan F.C.
15 2DF Farhad Sayyad-Mosleh   Malavan F.C.

Pakistan

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No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Iqbal  
2 2DF Ewaz Ali  
3 2DF Mohammed  
4 2DF Mujahid Tareen (1949-08-11)11 August 1949 (aged 24)   Pakistan Army
5 2DF Miskeen  
6 3MF Amir Bakhsh Doda   Karachi
7 3MF Sharif  
8 3MF Ghulam Sarwar 1954 (aged 20)   Pakistan Airlines
9 3MF Qadir Bakhsh (1946-10-10)10 October 1946 (aged 27)   Sindh Red
10 4FW Ali Nawaz Baloch (c) (1949-07-03)3 July 1949 (aged 24)   Pakistan Airlines
11 4FW Muhammad Idrees   Pakistan Airlines
12 1GK Afzal Hussain   Pakistan Airlines

Turkey

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Head coach:   Coskun Özari

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Sabri Dino (1942-01-01)1 January 1942 (aged 32)   Beşiktaş J.K.
2 2DF Ekrem Günalp (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 27)   Galatasaray
3 2DF Tuncay Temeller (1948-01-01)1 January 1948 (aged 26)   Galatasaray
4 2DF İsmail Arca (c) (1948-09-05)5 September 1948 (aged 25)   Eskisehirspor
5 2DF Müjdat Yalman (1949-08-14)14 August 1949 (aged 24)   Ankaragücü
6 3MF Köksal Mesci (1945-01-01)1 January 1945 (aged 29)   Adanaspor
7 3MF Bülent Ünder (1942-01-16)16 January 1942 (aged 32)   Galatasaray
8 3MF Ahmet Börtücene (1947-01-01)1 January 1947 (aged 27)   Beşiktaş J.K.
9 4FW Melih Atacan (1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 23)   Ankaragücü
10 4FW Sinan Alayoğlu (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 25)   Boluspor
11 4FW Tuğrul Şener (1949-05-19)19 May 1949 (aged 24)   Beşiktaş J.K.
12 1GK Yasin Özdenak (1948-10-11)11 October 1948 (aged 25)   Galatasaray
13 3MF Ömer Kaner (1951-05-21)21 May 1951 (aged 22)   Eskisehirspor
14 2DF Nikos Kovis (1953-01-06)6 January 1953 (aged 21)   Beşiktaş J.K.
15 4FW Mehmet Türkkan (1948-03-30)30 March 1948 (aged 25)   Göztepe A.Ş.
16 4FW Doğan Küçükduru (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 25)   Göztepe A.Ş.

References

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