Year Winners 1958 Karachi Kickers (West Pakistan) 1959 Mohammedan SC (Dacca, East Pakistan) 1960 Mohammedan SC (Calcutta, India) 1961 Indonesia (national team) 1962 Victoria SC (Dacca, East Pakistan) 1963 Western Railway (West Pakistan) 1964 Mohammedan SC (Dacca, East Pakistan) and Karachi Port Trust (West Pakistan) 1965 not held 1966 PSSI Garuda (Indonesia junior national team) 1967 PSMS (Medan, Indonesia) 1968 Mohammedan SC (Dacca, East Pakistan) 1969 not held 1970 Bargh (Shiraz, Iran) 1971-74 not held 1975 tournament abandoned 1976 Penang (Malaysia) 1977/78 Sepid-Rud (Iran) 1978 not held 1979 NIAC Mitra (Surabaya, Indonesia) 1980 not held 1981/82 Bangkok Bank (Thailand) and Brothers Union (Dhaka, Bangladesh) [shared] 1982 not held (due to coup in Bangladesh)
Began on 20th September. Participants from India, Burma, Ceylon, Iran, and several from East and West Pakistan. Malaya declined an invitation due to the proximity to the Merdeka tournament. Winners: Karachi Kickers (West Pakistan)
Singapore declined an invitation. Winners: Mohammedan SC (Dacca, East Pakistan)
Malaya and Singapore declined invitations due to other
commitments.
23 teams reportedly took part.
3-10-60 PSM (Makassar, Indonesia) 8-1 Al-Hilal (Gujranwala)
Semifinal
9-10-60 PSM (Makassar, Indonesia) 8-0 Dacca Wanderers
Final
11-10-60 Mohammedan SC (Calcutta) 4-1 PSM (Makassar) [crowd 40000]
[Oomar x2, Jaffer, Rahmatullah / Noor Salam]
Results reported in an article dated 10th October:
Indonesia 6-2 Karachi Municipal Corporation
"Dacca" 5-1 "Ceylon"
"Thailand" 2-2 Mohammedan SC (Dacca)
Another known result:
Indonesia 2-0 Victoria SC
Final
16-10-61 Indonesia 5-0 Pakistan Railways
Post-tournament friendly:
Indonesia 2-1 Mohammedan SC
Indonesia's team was a combination of the senior national team
(which had won the Merdeka tournament in Malaysia in August)
and the national youth team (which was joint champion of the
Asian youth tournament in April). It is regarded as the full
national team.
Squad: Tjong, Hardi Purnomo, Ishak Udin, Sonny Sandra,
Faisal Jusuf, Rasjid Dahlan, Ipong Silalahi,
John Simon, Sunarto, Muhadi, Manan, Agam, Dirhamsjah,
Andjiek, Eddy Simon, Frans Jo.
Round 1
Persib received a bye
Round 2
6-10-62 Persib 5-0 Azad SC (Dacca)
?-10-62 South Korea Youth 4-2 "Department of Public Works"
Quarterfinal
12-10-62 Pakistan Railways 2-0 Persib (Bandung, Indonesia)
Semifinal (?)
??-10-62 South Korea Youth 4-1 Pakistan Airlines
Final
20-10-62 Victoria SC 5-1 South Korea Youth
Post-tournament tour matches (at Singapore)
23-10-62 Singapore Sino-Malays 3-3 Persib
[Quah Kim Swee 12' 15', Tahir Abu 51' / Witarsa 39' 75', Adedana 42' pen]
24-10-62 All-Singapore 3-1 Persib
[Urquhart 43', Majid Ariff 57', Ali Ariff / Rokman 67']
Note: Persib were without five players on duty with the Indonesian
national team, which was touring South Korea, Japan, and
South Vietnam during this period.
Malaysia withdrew shortly before the tournament began, after the FAM learned that an Indonesian team would compete in the tournament. Indonesia entered their "Garuda" national team, i.e. a junior team. Winners: Western Railway (West Pakistan)
Group A
29-10-64 Persija 1-1 Mohammedan SC
29-10-64 Ceylon XI 2-2 Karachi Port Trust
31-10-64 Persija 4-2 Ceylon XI
-64 Ceylon XI 0-3 Mohammedan SC
-64 Mohammedan SC 0-1 Karachi Port Trust
-64 Persija 1-2 Karachi Port Trust
1.Karachi Port Trust 3 2 1 0 5- 3 5
2.Mohammedan SC 3 1 1 1 4- 2 3
3.Persija (Indonesia) 3 1 1 1 6- 5 3
4.Ceylon XI 3 0 1 2 4- 9 1
Group B
Burma XI 1-1 Pakistan Railways
Burma XI 2-1 Victoria SC
Burma XI 1-0 Warsak
Victoria SC 0-0 Pakistan Railways
Warsak 0-2 Pakistan Railways
Warsak 0-4 Victoria SC
1.Burma XI 3 2 1 0 4- 2 5
2.Pakistan Railways 3 1 2 0 3- 1 4
3.Victoria SC 3 1 1 1 5- 2 3
4.Warsak 3 0 0 3 0- 7 0
Semifinals
Karachi P.T. bt Pakistan Railways
Mohammedan SC bt Burma XI
Final
Mohammedan SC drw Karachi Port Trust
NB: Mohammedan SC and KPT declared joint winners
Indonesia entered their "Garuda" national team, i.e. a junior team. Known results: Indonesia Garuda 4-1 Pakistan Railways [Sucipto x3, Basri / ?] Indonesia Garuda 4-2 Karachi Port Trust [Sucipto x3, Bob Mathias / ?] Indonesia Garuda 3-0 Pas (Tehran) [Sucipto x2, Aliandu] Final (assumed) Indonesia Garuda 2-1 Mohammedan SC [Sucipto, Aliandu; ?]
Malaysia declined an invitation. Winners: PSMS (Medan)
In September, the Asian Football Confederation told the East Pakistan FA that it was forbidden from holding the tournament due to a FIFA suspension of the Pakistan FF for non-payment of dues. The suspension was ended by the beginning of October, and the tournament went ahead as originally planned (opening 21st October). Teams were invited from Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Iran, Ceylon, and Saudi Arabia. The Indonesian team was a selection of players from Persija (Jakarta) and PSMS (Medan). Winners: Mohammedan SC (Dacca, East Pakistan) NB: Ceylon were reportedly the runners-up.
Quarterfinal league round 19-10-70 Peshawar 1-0 "Ceylon" A report on 19th October said :"Iran and Indonesia have yet to play following the elimination of Nepal" Final (at Dacca) 31-10-70 Bargh (Iran) 2-1 Persebaya (Surabaya, Indonesia) [abandoned at 2-1 at 85' due to a brawl after the Indonesian goal]
Participants included Rajvithi (Thailand) Tournament abandoned due to military coup in Bangladesh.
(in Dacca)
Opened 4th November. 16 local teams participated (including BJIC), as well as
teams from Thailand, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.
NB: the following match by a visiting Korean university team was not
part of the tournament:
3-11-76 Mohammedan SC 0-1 Han Yang University (South Korea)
15-11-76 Ababi Club drw Rajvithi (Thailand)
15-11-76 Victoria SC 0-4 "Sri Lanka"
[Palitha x2, Adhikaran, de Silva]
Final
30-11-76 Penang (Malaysia) 3-0 Mohammedan SC
[Isa Bakar, Ali Bakar, Namat]
Dacca, Bangladesh
Group 1
1.Bangkok Bank (Thailand)
2.Abahani KC (Dacca)
.Penang (Malaysia)
.PIA (Pakistan)
.Brothers Union (Dacca)
.Bangladesh Army
Note: PIA = Pakistan International Airlines
Known results:
7-12-77 PIA 1-1 Brothers Union (opening match)
[Afzal Kashem / ?]
14-12-77 Penang 4-1 Bangladesh Army
[Ali Bakar 41' 65' pen, Shukor Salleh 55', Isa Bakar]
15-12-77 Bangkok Bank 3-1 Brothers Union
17-12-77 Bangkok Bank 1-0 Penang
[Chaiwat]
26-12-77 Bangkok Bank 8-2 Bangladesh Army
26-12-77 Penang 3-3 PIA
[Isa Bakar x2, Noordin / Idris x2, Amir Bux]
Group 2
1.Sepid-Rud (Iran)
2.AIFF XI (India) ^ 5 3 0 2 18-6 6
.DI Aceh (Indonesia) *
.Mohammedan SC (Dacca)
.Sri Lanka FA XI
.WAPDA (Dacca)
Note: WAPDA = Water and Power Development Authority
^ The AIFF XI was, in effect, the Indian national team.
* The DI Aceh (special region of Aceh) team was sent by the PSSI after
finishing 3rd in the Pekan Olahraga Nasional (National Sports Week)
1977 (23rd July - 3rd August).
Known results:
8-12-77 DI Aceh 2-1 Mohammedan SC
12-12-77 AIFF XI 4-2 DI Aceh
[Devraj 4', Balasubramaniam 7' 32', Xavier Pius / ?, ?]
15-12-77 Sepid-Rud 2-1 DI Aceh
[Hossein Beyis, Hashan Ruhi / Usman]
18-12-77 Sepid-Rud 1-0 AIFF XI
[Mohammed Reza Shifdar 68']
18-12-77 Mohammedan SC 2-0 Sri Lanka XI
20-12-77 Mohammedan SC 2-1 AIFF XI
[Mosabbir 43', Moksed 55' pen / Xavier Pius 81']
25-12-77 AIFF XI 7-0 WAPDA
[Gurdev Singh x4, Shabbir Ali x2, Devraj]
26-12-77 AIFF XI 6-1 Sri Lanka XI
[Gurdev Singh, Prabha Mishra, Xavier Pius x2, Shyamal Banerjee, Balasubramaniam / Adhikaran]
Semifinals
30-12-77 AIFF XI 3-1 Bangkok Bank [score also reported as 2-1]
31-12-77 Sepid-Rud 2-0 Abahani KC
[Mohammed Reza Shigfdar, Abdul Hossain Etratti]
Third place match
Bangkok Bank won
Final
1- 1-78 Sepid-Rud 3-0 AIFF XI
[Javed Jehangiri 6', Hashan Ruhi 53', Kamiabi 68']
November 8-December 6, in Dacca
First Phase - local teams only, ended November 13
Known results:
10-11 Dacca Wanderers 5-4 Bangladesh Police
10-11 Arambagh KS 1-0 Barisal District SA
Rahmatganj, Dacca Wanderers, Brothers Union, and Arambagh KS qualified.
In addition, Mohammedan SC, Abahani KC, and BJMC received byes to the second phase.
Second Phase
Group W
1.NIAC MITRA (Indonesia) 3 2 1 0 8- 2 5
2.SINGAPORE B 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4
3.South Korea XI 3 1 1 1 6- 4 3
4.Rahmatganj (Bangladesh) 3 0 0 3 2-11 0
Note: Singapore's full national team was competing in the King's Cup
in Thailand at this time, as was South Korea's national B team.
15-11-79 Singapore B 2-1 Rahmatganj
[Goh Swee Heng, Abdul Halim / Kala]
17-11-79 NIAC Mitra 4-1 South Korea XI
[Dullah Rahim x2, Joko Malis, Rudy Wiljam Kelces / Kang Chong-Tae]
19-11-79 Singapore B 0-0 South Korea XI
19-11-79 NIAC Mitra 4-1 Rahmatganj
23-11-79 South Korea XI 5-0 Rahmatganj
[Yoo Dong-Chun x2, Cho Dong-Hyun x2, Hwang Nam-Sun]
23-11-79 NIAC Mitra 0-0 Singapore B
Group X
1.BURMA TRADE MINISTRY 3 3 0 0 13- 1 6
2.ABAHANI KC 2 1 0 1 5- 3 2
3.Dacca Wanderers 3 1 0 2 1-12 2
4.Sri Lanka XI 2 0 0 2 0- 3 0
Note: Sri Lanka's full national team was competing in the King's Cup
in Thailand at this time.
15-11-79 Wanderers 1-0 Sri Lanka XI
17-11-79 Burma T.M. 2-0 Sri Lanka XI
[Khin Maung Lay x2]
18-11-79 Abahani KC 4-0 Wanderers
??-11-79 Abahani KC - Sri Lanka XI
24-11-79 Burma T.M. 8-0 Wanderers
26-11-79 Burma T.M. 3-1 Abahani K.C.
[Win Sein x2, Thein Htay / Salahuddin]
Group Y
1.LORESTAN PROVINCE (Iran) 3 2 1 0 4- 0 5
2.AFGHANISTAN XI 3 2 1 0 4- 1 5
3.Bangladesh Jute Ind. Corp. 3 1 0 2 6- 5 2
4.Brothers Union 3 0 0 3 2-10 0
Note: the nature of the Afghanistan team is unclear.
15-11-79 Lorestan Prov. 1-0 Brothers Union
16-11-79 Afghanistan XI 1-0 BJIC
18-11-79 Afghanistan XI 0-0 Lorestan Prov.
19-11-79 BJIC 6-1 Brothers Union
22-11-79 Afghanistan XI 3-1 Brothers Union
?-11-79 Lorestan Prov. 3-0 BJIC
Group Z
1.LIAONING (China) 4 3 1 0 14- 1 7
2.PORT AUTHORITY (Thailand) 4 2 2 0 8- 2 6
3.Mohammedan SC 4 2 0 2 3- 2 4
4.Arambagh KS 4 1 0 3 2-10 2
4.All Nepal FA XI 4 0 1 3 2-14 1
16-11-79 Mohammedan SC 2-0 Nepal XI
16-11-79 Port Authority 4-0 Arambagh KS
18-11-79 Liaoning 9-0 Nepal XI
20-11-79 Port Authority 2-0 Mohammedan SC
20-11-79 Arambagh KS 1-0 Nepal XI
22-11-79 Liaoning 5-1 Arambagh KS
22-11-79 Nepal XI 2-2 Port Authority
24-11-79 Liaoning 0-0 Port Authority
?-11-79 Mohammedan SC 1-0 Arambagh KS
27-11-79 Liaoning W-O Mohammedan SC (Mohammedan withdrew - awarded to Liaoning)
Third Phase
Group X
1.LIAONING (China) 3 2 0 1 5- 2 4
2.NIAC MITRA (Indonesia) 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4
3.Singapore B 3 1 1 1 3- 3 3
4.Port Authority (Thailand) 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1
29-11-79 NIAC Mitra 0-0 Port Authority
29-11-79 Liaoning 1-0 Singapore B
1-12-79 Singapore B 3-2 Port Authority
[Ahmad Safiee, Kamaruzaman, Hassan Ismail / Boonnum Sukswat (2)]
1-12-79 NIAC Mitra 2-1 Liaoning
3-12-79 Liaoning 3-0 Port Authority
3-12-79 NIAC Mitra 0-0 Singapore B
Group Y
1.ABAHANI KC 3 2 1 0 7- 2 5
2.BURMA TRADE MINISTRY 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4
3.Lorestan Province (Iran) 3 0 2 1 2- 3 2
4.Afghanistan XI 3 0 1 2 3- 8 1
[table missing goals of one match]
28-11-79 Burma T.M. 2-1 Afghanistan XI
28-11-79 Lorestan Prov. 0-0 Abahani KC (Abandoned after 55' due to pitch invasion after sending off of a Abahani player)
30-11-79 Abahani KC 5-1 Afghanistan XI
30-11-79 Lorestan Prov. 0-0 Burma T.M.
2-12-79 Afghanistan XI 1-1 Lorestan Prov.
2-12-79 Burma T.M. drw Abahani KC
?- ?-79 Lorestan Prov. 1-2 Abahani KC (replay)
Semifinals
4-12-79 Liaoning 2-1 Burma T.M.
[Zong Rongguo, Zhang Zengqun / Tin Win]
5-12-79 NIAC Mitra 2-0 Abahani KC
Final
6-12-79 NIAC Mitra 1-1 Liaoning [AET, 4-2 pen (or 2-1 pen)]
[Siamsul Arifin / Fan Guangmin]
Note: one source reported the official player of the tournament award
winner as Dullah Rahim (NIAC Mitra), whereas another reported
Patrick Wee (Singapore B).
Post-tournament friendly:
8-12-79 Abahani KC 0-2 Liaoning
Preliminary round
20-12-81 BWAPDA 0-1 Dacca Wanderers
21-12-81 Wari Club 1-0 Sadharan Bima
Qualifying round
22-12-81 Brothers Union 3-2 Combined Services XI
23-12-81 BJMC 2-2 Dacca Wanderers [3-0 pen]
24-12-81 Rahmatganj 0-0 Bangladesh Army [4-2 pen]
25-12-81 Mohammedan SC 4-1 Wari Club
Group A
29-12-81 Oman 0-0 BJMC
1- 1-82 Oman 1-0 Farrer Park United
[Nasser Hamdan 56']
2- 1-82 PIA 0-0 BJMC
4- 1-82 Farrer Park U. 2-2 Mohammedan SC
[Rahman Nongchik x2 / Badal x2]
5- 1-82 Oman 3-0 PIA
[Salem Jumaan 32', Younes Aman 67', Nasser Hamdan 73']
6- 1-82 BJMC 0-2 Mohammedan SC
7- 1-82 PIA 4-2 Farrer Park United
[Idris x2, Iftekhar, Wahid / Nasir Jalil, Jerry Lewis]
9- 1-82 Farrer Park U. 0-2 BJMC
10- 1-82 PIA 0-1 Mohammedan SC
12- 1-82 Oman 3-3 Mohammedan SC
[Salem Jumaan 14', Ghulam Khamis, Younes Aman / Kohinoor 22' 51', Rama 49' pen]
1.OMAN (national team) 4 2 2 0 7- 3 6
2.MOHAMMEDAN SC (Bangladesh) 4 2 2 0 8- 5 6
3.BJMC (Bangladesh) 4 1 2 1 2- 2 4
4.Pakistan International Airlines 4 1 1 2 4- 6 3
5.Farrer Park United (Singapore) 4 0 1 3 4- 9 1
Group B
28-12-81 Bangkok Bank 1-0 Persipal
[Boonnum Sukswat]
30-12-81 Brothers Union 1-0 Rahmatganj
1- 1-82 Abahani 0-2 Bangkok Bank
[Pichai Kongsri 22', Longkot Phenchapak 41']
2- 1-82 Rahmatganj 1-1 Persipal
3- 1-82 Abahani 3-2 Brothers Union
4- 1-82 Bangkok Bank 3-0 Rahmatganj
5- 1-82 Brothers Union 3-0 Persipal
[Babul 50' 53' 65']
7- 1-82 Abahani 0-1 Rahmatganj
9- 1-82 Abahani 5-0 Persipal
11- 1-82 Brothers Union 2-2 Bangkok Bank
1.BANGKOK BANK (Thailand) 4 3 1 0 8- 2 7
2.BROTHERS UNION (Bangladesh) 4 2 1 1 8- 5 5
3.Abahani KC (Bangladesh) 4 2 0 2 8- 5 4
4.Rahmatganj (Bangladesh) 4 1 1 2 2- 5 3
5.Persipal (Indonesia) 4 0 1 3 1-10 1
Semi-finals
14- 1-82 Brothers Union 3-1 Oman [abandoned at 88' after Oman refused to continue]
[Waseem 65', Fazlu 78', Babloo 88' / ?]
[Sent off: Habib Khamis, Ghulam Khamis (both Oman)]
14- 1-82 Bangkok Bank 3-1 Mohammedan SC
[Sripitaya 12', Boonnum Sukswat 22', Pichai Kongsri 33' / Somboon Suparrop 60' OG]
Final
15- 1-82 Brothers Union 1-1 Bangkok Bank [AET; trophy shared]
Sources included: [MB 85] (list of winners), [PSS 80] (1966 PSSI Garuda results), Sepakbola Indonesia, Straits Times, New Straits Times, Xinhua News, Times of India
Thanks to Frank Rankmore and Rafiqul Ameer
Prepared and maintained by Tom Lewis, Neil Morrison, Novan Herfiyana and Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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