1969 Friendship Cup

1969 Friendship Cup

Iran vs Pakistan at the 1969 Friendship Cup
Tournament details
Country	Iran
Venue(s)	Amjadiyeh Stadium, Tehran
Dates	5–14 March 1969
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	FC Spartak Moscow (1st title)
Runners-up	Iran
Third place	Mersin İdman Yurdu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	36 (1.8 per match)
Attendance	137,000 (6,850 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Gholam Vafakhah Vladimir Proskurin (4 goals)

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	Tehran
	Amjadieh Stadium
	Capacity: 30,000

Participating teams

• Iran
• FC Spartak Moscow
• Mersin İdman Yurdu
• Iraq
• Pakistan

Results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spartak Moscow	4	4	0	0	11	0	+11	8
2	Iran	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	6
3	Mersin İdman Yurdu	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	4
4	Pakistan	4	1	0	3	4	19	−15	2
5	Iraq	4	0	0	4	2	7	−5	0

Matches

5 March 1969

FC Spartak Moscow	2–0	Iraq
Huseynov 51' Viagen 61'	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abolghasem Haj Abolhasan (Iran)

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6 March 1969

Mersin İdman Yurdu	4–1	Pakistan
Olcay Başarır 6' Arpacıoğlu 20' (pen.) Aytaç 75' Ayhan Öz 79'	Report	Hafizuddin 86'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sobhi Adeeb (Iraq)

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7 March 1969^[2]

Iran	2–1	Iraq
Ghelichkhani 29' Eftekhari 66'	Report	Dhiab 16'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)

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8 March 1969

FC Spartak Moscow	5–0	Pakistan
Logofet 15' (pen.) Sergey Ushansky 38', 64' Proskurin 43', 68'	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abolghasem Haj Abolhasan (Iran)

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9 March 1969

Iran	2–1	Mersin İdman Yurdu
Vafakhah 19', 47'	Report	Oljay Başarır 68'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)

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10 March 1969^[3]

Pakistan	2–1	Iraq
Nawaz 59' Jabbar 90'	Report	Yousif 57'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Arshad Barazandeh (Iran)

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11 March 1969

FC Spartak Moscow	2–0	Mersin İdman Yurdu
Hambartsumyan 79' Proskurin 86'	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Davood Nasiri (Iran)

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12 March 1969^[2]

Iran	9–1	Pakistan
Jabbari 26', 32', 39' Vafakhah 30', 34' Mostafavi 48' Sharafi 55' Ghelichkhani 60' (pen.) Mansour Zarabi 62'	Report	Dar 61'

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Davoud Heidari (Iran)

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13 March 1969

Mersin İdman Yurdu	1–0	Iraq
Ali Açıkgöz ?'	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Davood Nasiri (Iran)

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14 March 1969

FC Spartak Moscow	2–0	Iran
Victor Bolintiev 15' Proskurin 66'	Report

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Z. Alam (Pakistan)

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Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Vladimir Proskurin	FC Spartak Moscow	4
	Gholam Vafakhah	Iran
3	Ali Jabbari	Iran	3
4	Parviz Ghelichkhani	Iran	2
	Sergey Ushansky	FC Spartak Moscow
6	multiple players		1

References

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