1974 RCD Cup

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 (Iran)
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)
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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.

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

Karachi	Karachi
Hockey Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Results

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

January 17, 1974
00:00 UTC-3

Malavan (Iran)	2 – 1	Pakistan
Jahani 28' Espandar 73'	Report	19' ?

Hockey Stadium, Karachi

Attendance: 5,000

January 18, 1974
00:00 UTC-3

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

Hockey Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Mohsen Zamani

January 20, 1974
00:00 UTC-3

Malavan (Iran)	0 – 1	Turkey
	Report	Sinan

Hockey Stadium, Karachi

Referee: Yakup Ahmet

Top scorers

2 Goals

• Melih Atacan

Squads

Malavan (Iran)

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

Pakistan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Iqbal
2	2 DF	Ali
3	2 DF	Mohammed
4	2 DF	Mojahed
5	2 DF	Vali Meshkin
6	3 MF	Amir
7	3 MF	Sharif
8	3 MF	Sarvan
9	3 MF	Qadir Bakhsh			Sindh Red
10	4 FW	Ali Nawaz
11	4 FW	Idris
12	1 GK	Afsar

Turkey

Head coach: Coskun Özari

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

References

• RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament
• Turkish Football Federation (for match details & squad list)
• NationalFootballTeams
• TURKFUTBULO