1969 Friendship Cup

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1969 Friendship Cup
Iran vs Pakistan at the 1969 Friendship Cup
Tournament details
CountryIran
Venue(s)Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran
Dates5–14 March 1969
Teams5
Final positions
ChampionsFC Spartak Moscow (1st title)
Runners-upIran
Third placeMersin İdman Yurdu
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored36 (1.8 per match)
Attendance137,000 (6,850 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Iran Gholam Vafakhah
Soviet Union Vladimir Proskurin (4 goals)
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The 1969 Friendship Cup was a friendly international football tournament held in Tehran, Iran. The tournament was held in honour of Shah Reza Pahlavi's birthday. It was the first edition of the Friendship Cup.[1] In which, five teams participated in a round-robin format, with FC Spartak Moscow winning the tournament.

Venue

Tehran
Amjadieh Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Participating teams

Results

PosTeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
1Soviet Union Spartak Moscow4400110+118
2Iran Iran4301135+86
3Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu420265+14
4Pakistan Pakistan4103419−152
5Iraq Iraq400427−50

Matches

Soviet Union FC Spartak Moscow2–0 Iraq
Huseynov 51'
Viagen 61'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abolghasem Haj Abolhasan (Iran)
Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu4–1Pakistan 
Olcay Başarır 6'
Arpacıoğlu 20' (pen.)
Aytaç 75'
Ayhan Öz 79'		 Report Hafizuddin 86'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sobhi Adeeb (Iraq)
Iran 2–1 Iraq
Ghelichkhani 29'
Eftekhari 66'		 Report Dhiab 16'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)
Soviet Union FC Spartak Moscow5–0Pakistan 
Logofet 15' (pen.)
Sergey Ushansky 38', 64'
Proskurin 43', 68'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abolghasem Haj Abolhasan (Iran)
Iran 2–1Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu
Vafakhah 19', 47' Report Oljay Başarır 68'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)
Pakistan 2–1 Iraq
Nawaz 59'
Jabbar 90'		 Report Yousif 57'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arshad Barazandeh (Iran)
Soviet Union FC Spartak Moscow2–0Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu
Hambartsumyan 79'
Proskurin 86'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Davood Nasiri (Iran)
Iran 9–1Pakistan 
Jabbari 26', 32', 39'
Vafakhah 30', 34'
Mostafavi 48'
Sharafi 55'
Ghelichkhani 60' (pen.)
Mansour Zarabi 62'		 Report Dar 61'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Davoud Heidari (Iran)
Turkey Mersin İdman Yurdu1–0 Iraq
Ali Açıkgöz ?' Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Davood Nasiri (Iran)
Soviet Union FC Spartak Moscow2–0Iran 
Victor Bolintiev 15'
Proskurin 66'		 Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)

Top scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1Soviet Union Vladimir ProskurinFC Spartak Moscow4
Iran Gholam Vafakhah Iran
3Iran Ali Jabbari Iran3
4Iran Parviz Ghelichkhani Iran2
Soviet Union Sergey UshanskyFC Spartak Moscow
6multiple players1

References

  1. ↑ "Jaam-e-Doosti (Friendship) Cup (Iran)". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-30.
  2. 1 2 "Iran - International Matches". www.rsssf.org.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan Observer 1969.03.16 — South Asian Newspapers". gpa.eastview.com. Retrieved 2025-12-31.