1974 RCD Cup

1974 RCD Cup

Inauguration of the 1974 RCD Cup at the Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi
Tournament details
Country	Pakistan
Venue(s)	Hockey Stadium, Karachi
Dates	17 January – 20 January
Teams	3
Defending champions	Iran
Final positions
Champions	Turkey (3rd title)
Runner-up	Malavan
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	8 (2.67 per match)
Attendance	5,000 (1,667 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Melih Atacan (2 goals)

The 1974 RCD Cup was the fifth edition of the RCD Cup.[1][2] The event was held at the Hockey Club Stadium in Karachi, Pakistan.[3][4][5]

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.[6][7]

Venue

Karachi	Karachi
Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Turkey	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3	Champions
2	Malavan	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	2
3	Pakistan	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1

Source: RSSSF

Matches

17 January 1974 (1974-01-17)

Malavan	2–1	Pakistan
Jahani 28' Espandar 73'	Report	Unknown 19'

Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

Attendance: 5,000

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18 January 1974 (1974-01-18)

Pakistan	2–2	Turkey
Sarwar 45' (pen.) Idrees 85'	Report	Melih Atacan 8', 49'

Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Mohsen Zamani (Iran)

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20 January 1974 (1974-01-20)

Malavan	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Sinan

Hockey Club Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Yakup Ahmet (Turkey)

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Top scorers

2 Goals

• Melih Atacan

Squads

Malavan

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

Pakistan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Afzal Hussain				Pakistan Airlines
	1GK	Mohammad Iqbal				Karachi
	2DF	Ali Mohammad				Pakistan Airlines
	2DF	Wali Mohammad				Rawalpindi
	2DF	Ghulam Akbar				Pakistan Airlines
	2DF	Mujahid Tareen	(1949-08-11)11 August 1949 (aged 25)			Pakistan Army
	2DF	Ashok Kumar				Khairpur
	2DF	Amir Bakhsh				Karachi
	2DF	Mohammad Arshad				Pakistan Railways
	2DF	Miskeen
	3MF	Qadir Bakhsh	(1946-10-10)10 October 1946 (aged 27)			Sindh
	3MF	Ali Asghar	1950 (aged 24)			Lahore
	3MF	Sharif
	4FW	Ghulam Sarwar	1954 (aged 20)			Pakistan Airlines
	4FW	Abdul Ghafoor Ajiz				Peshawar
	4FW	Muhammad Idrees				Pakistan Railways
	4FW	Ali Nawaz Baloch (c)	(1949-07-03)3 July 1949 (aged 25)			Pakistan Airlines
	4FW	Afzal Qazim				Karachi

Turkey

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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External links

• RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament