1976 AFC Asian Cup Final
# 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final

The 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match which determined the winner of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup, the 6th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation. The match was won by Iran, defeating Kuwait 1–0 to win their third AFC Asian Cup.

## Venue

The Aryamehr Stadium (now Azadi Stadium), located in Tehran, Iran, hosted the 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final. The 78,116-seat stadium was built in 1971 and is primarily used by the Iran national football team. It was the main stadium used to host the 1976 Asian Cup; seven matches were played in the stadium including the final.

## Route to the final

| Iran | Iran | Round | Kuwait | Kuwait |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponents | Result | Group stage | Opponents | Result |
| Iraq | 2–0 | Match 1 | Malaysia | 2–0 |
| South Yemen | 8–0 | Match 2 | China | 1–0 |
| Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Iran (H) 2 4 2  Iraq 2 2 3  South Yemen 2 0 Source: RSSSF (H) Host | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Iran (H) 2 4 2  Iraq 2 2 3  South Yemen 2 0 Source: RSSSF (H) Host | Final standings | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Kuwait 2 4 2  China 2 1 3  Malaysia 2 1 Source: RSSSF | Group A winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Kuwait 2 4 2  China 2 1 3  Malaysia 2 1 Source: RSSSF |
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result |
| China | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals | Iraq | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |

## Match

| GK | Mansour Rashidi |
| - | - |
| RB | Hassan Nazari |
| CB | Bijan Zolfagharnasab |
| CB | Nasrollah Abdollahi |
| LB | Andranik Eskandarian |
| RM | Ali Parvin |
| CM | Parviz Ghelichkhani | capt |
| CM | Ebrahim Qasempour |
| LM | Alireza Khorshidi |
| CF | Nasser Nouraei | | 55' |
| CF | Hassan Rowshan |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | Gholam Hossein Mazloumi | | 55' |
| Manager: ||
| Heshmat Mohajerani ||
| GK | Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi |
| RB | Saleh Al-Asfour |
| CB | Abdullah Mayouf |
| CB | Mahboub Juma'a |
| LB | Ibrahim Al-Dourahim | capt |
| CM | Faruq Ibrahim |
| CM | Saad Al-Houti |
| CM | Hamad Bu-Hamad |
| RW | Fathi Kameel |
| CF | Faisal Al-Dakhil |
| LW | Mohammed Abdullah |
| Manager: ||
| Mario Zagallo ||
