1982 Vahdat International Cup

1982 Vahdat International Tournament
Vahdat Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	? February – 27 February
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Persepolis (1st title)
Runners-up	Algeria Army XI
Third place	Malavan

Vahdat International Cup (Persian: جام بین المللی وحدت) was an international football tournament hosted by Iran that was played at Tehran in February 1982. This tournament's participants were teams from Iran and friend countries such as Algeria, Syria and Libya. Eight teams from four countries (Iran, Syria, Algeria, and Libya) participated, with Iran having five teams and the other three nations having one each. The Iranian teams and the Syria Army XI belonged to AFC, with Algeria Army XI and Libya Army XI belonging to CAF. The games were all played at one venue, the Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, with a capacity of 30,000 at the time.

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]

Group stage

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	5	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Malavan	?	3	?	?	?	?	?	?
Iran Army XI	?	3	?	?	?	?	?	?
Libya Army XI	?	3	?	?	?	?	?	?

Persepolis	4-2	Libya Army XI

Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Persepolis	1-0	Iran Army XI

Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Persepolis	0-0	Malavan

Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Semi finals

February 22, 1982^[8]

Persepolis	1-0	Syria Army XI

Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Algeria Army XI	? (won in penalties)	Malavan

Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

Third-place match

There was no third place match, however Malavan earned third rank^[9] among all participants.

Final

February 27, 1982

Persepolis	1-0 (AET)	Algeria Army XI
Javad Hassanzadeh 119+'^[10]

Shahid Shiroudi Stadium

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.^[11]

Head coach: Ali Parvin

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	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

Malavan

Iran U23

Iran Army XI

Syria Army XI

Algeria Army XI

Libya Army XI

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[1] Az Shahin Ta Piroozi, Kayhan Publication, 1995, 30 years Special Edition.

[2] "www.Malavani.ir :: نمايش موضوعات - هویت و تاریخچه ملوان ( از شروع تا امروز )". Archived from the original on 2014-12-25. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[3] "روزنامه شرق- جام انقلاب و وحدت ادغام شدند- پنجشنبه,20 بهمن 1390". Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[4] "43 سال با پرسپوليس". Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[5] "اطلاعات وتاریخ ورزش". blogfa.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[6] "وب سايت رسمي علي پروين - AliParvin Official Websiteعلی پروین". Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[7] "بیو گرافی علی پروین". tebyan.net. 14 July 2015.

[8] "هشتمين باخت يا برد سيزدهم؟". goaldaily.ir. Archived from the original on 2022-12-21. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[9] "انزلی کلاب". Archived from the original on 2014-12-21. Retrieved 2014-12-17.

[10] "گروه مجلات همشهری - علی‌پروین:‌من‌آخرین ‌ایرانی‌هستم که‌جام‌ ملت‌ها‌ را‌بالای‌سر‌بردم". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2010-09-20.

[11] "گروه مجلات همشهری - ...این‌گونه بود که شدند "جام"". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26. Retrieved 2012-03-06.