1982 Vahdat International Cup
# 1982 Vahdat International Cup

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:

| 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:

### 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |

### Third-place match

There was no third place match, however Malavan earned third rank among all participants.

## 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.

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. |
