ECO Cup

The ECO Cup is a football competition for members of Economic Cooperation Organisation. Previously it was known as RCD Cup, RCD abbreviates Regional Corporation for Development and was an economic cooperation between Iran, Pakistan and Turkey from 1964 to 1979. A new organisation, ECO, was set up in 1985. In 1992, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan joined ECO.

The countries that competed in one or more tournaments are Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Afghanistan and Uzbekistan never participated. Also Turkey did not participate in 1993 Tournament. 1993 was the last time this tournament was held.

Tournament Format

RCD Cup from 1964 to 1974 was a three nation tournament and it had a league format structure. ECO Cup 1993 was a seven nation tournament with two groups for a group stage, followed by semi-finals and final. There was no 3rd place match.

Winner Squads

Iran Squad 1965:
*Aziz Asli
*Mohammad Ranjbar
*Parviz Ghelichkhani
*Hasan Habibi
*Mehrab Shahrokhi
*Hassan Jamali
*Mostafa Arab
*Jalal Talebi
*Akbar Eftekhari
*Fariborz Esmaili
*Homayoun Behzadi
*Ali Jabbari
*Coach: Hossein Fekri
Turkey Squad 1967:
*Ali Artuner
*Fehmi Saginoglu
*Yilmaz Sen
*Nevzat Guzelirmak
*Talat Ozkarsli
*Ercan Aktuna
*Ayhan Elmastasgolu
*Seref Has
*Fevzi Zemzem
*Faruk Karadogan
*Ogün Altıparmak
*Sanli Sarialiglu
*Nedim Dogan
*Coach: Adnan Süvari
Turkey Squad 1969:
*Sabri Dino
*Ayhan Asut
*Nuri Toygun
*Kamuran Yavuz
*Ercan Aktuna
*Yilmaz Sen
*Mesut Sen
*Can Bartu
*Yusuf Tunaoglu
*Nihat Yayoz
*Ender Konca
*Mümin Ozkasap
*Metin Kurt
*Sanli Sarialiglu
*Coach: Abdullah Gegiç
Iran Squad 1970:
*Nasser Hejazi
*Jafar Kashani
*Ibrahim Ashtiani
*Hasan Habibi
*Reza Vatankhah
*Karo Haqverdian
*Parviz Mirza Hassan
*Mehdi Monajati
*Hossein Kalani
*Gholam Vafakhah
*Mehdi Haj Mohammad
*Ali Parvin
*Mahmoud Yavari
*Coach: Mohammad Bayati

Turkey Squad 1974:
*Yasin Özdenak
*Ahmet Bortecene
*Niko Kovi
*Ismail Arca
*Müjdat Yalman
*Tuncay Temeller
*Bülent Under
*Mehmet Turkan
*Dogan Kucukduru
*Melih Atacan
*Tugrul Sener
*Sinan Alayoglu
*Coach: Coşkun Özari

Iran Squad 1993:
*Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
*Behzad Gholampour
*Javad Zarincheh
*Nader Mohammadkhani
*Sadegh Varmazyar
*Mohammad Khakpour
*Yahya Golmohammadi
*Afshin Peyrovani
*Farshad Falahatzadeh
*Arash Noamouz
*Hamid Derakhshan
*Mehdi Fonoonizadeh
*Karim Bagheri
*Sirous Dinmohammadi
*Reza Rezaeimanesh
*Hamid Estili
*Mohsen Garousi
*Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
*Majid Namjoo-Motlagh
*Ali Akbar Yousefi
*Javad Manafi
*Hassan Shirmohammadi
*Samad Marfavi
*Ali Daei
*Coach: Ali Parvin

See also

*AFC
*Asian Cup
*East Asian Cup
*West Asian Football Federation Championship
*Gulf Cup of Nations
*South Asian Football Federation Cup
*Tiger Cup

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/rcd-pact.html RSSSF Page on RCD Cup tournament]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/eco93.html RSSSF Page on ECO Cup tournament]
* [http://www.teammelli.com/ TeamMelli.com page for squad list]