The 1986 Fajr International Cup () was a friendly football tournament that took place in

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. Opening game was played on February 13, 1986, two days after Iranian Revolution Day which is a national public holiday and the final was played on February 21, 1986.

Participant teams

The tournament's participants were from three confederations:

Squads

Iran

Head coach: Fereydoun Asgarzadeh

Iran B

Head coach:

Nasser Ebrahimi Nasser Ebrahimi (born 15 May 1941 in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian retired football player and manager. Ebrahimi began playing football with the Shahin in the age of 22. He was joined to the Taj in 1968. He also played for Bargh from 1970 to 1979 ...

Khuzestan XI

Head coach: Haj Rahim Safarian

Pakistan

Head coach: Younus Changezi

Al-Fotuwa SC

Head coach: Anwar Abdelkader

Ghana

Head coach: Anthony Edusei

Romania XI

Head coach:

Gheorghe Staicu Gheorghe "Gigi" Staicu (18 December 1935 – 10 June 2021) was a Romanian professional football player and manager who played for Steaua București, having developed in the club's academy.

:''*Retired Romania national team goalkeeper Necula Raducanu who is assistant coach of the team was an unused sub in the group stage match versus Ghana.''

Poland U21

Head coach: Edmund Zientara :''Bold indicates overage players for U21 teams.''

Venues

Referees

* Mehdi Abarnirooei * Mohammad Abarnirooei * Jamshid Akhbari * Ali Arbabi (Mashhad FA) * Mostafa Bahrami * Bahman Behlouli * Hossein Dashtgerd (Tehran FA) * Hadi Dezfouli * Mohammad Reza Emami * Fereydoun Karamati(Anzali FA) * Hamid Khoshkhan(Tehran FA) * Ali Mohammad Lajmiri(Khuzestan FA) * Mohammadi(Bushehr FA) * Manouchehr Nazari(Tehran FA) * Jamshid Nikmehr * Mohammad Riahi * Mohammad Salehi(Tehran FA) *

Hossein Tehrani Hussein, Hossein, Hussain, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein, Hussin, Hoessein, Houcine, Hocine or Husain (; ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N (), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", "handsome" or ...

(Tehran FA) * Mohammad Yusuf

Group stage

Group 1

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Group 2

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Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Third place match

Final

Champion

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

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