This football tournament was part of a festival of sporting and cultural events staged annually in Kabul from 1974-1977 to commemorate the anniversary of the Republic of Afghanistan, which was founded on 17th July 1973 when President Mohammed Daoud seized power. President Daoud was killed on 28th April 1978 during a communist coup (the Saur Revolution) which established the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
The festival was referred to as "Jashn-e-Jamhouriat" (which translates to "Republic festival"), "Jashn-e-Kabul", or simply "Jashn" (also spelled Jashan, Jashen, Jassan, Jasson, etc). The football tournament was referred to in the "Kabul Times" newspaper as the "Jame-Jamhouriat Cup" (i.e. the Republic Day Cup), or simply the "Jamhouriat Cup" (Republic Cup).
The anniversary of the Saur Revolution was also commemorated with a similar "Jashn" festival, including a football tournament.
Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup Ed. Year Winner 1 1974 Pamir Dushanbe (USSR) 2 1975 Pamir Dushanbe (USSR) 3 1976 Pamir Dushanbe (USSR) 4 1977 Pamir Dushanbe (USSR) Saur Revolution Anniversary Festival Tournament 1 1979 Pamir Dushanbe (USSR)
All matches were played at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul. - 7-74 Afghanistan - Naft Tehran - 7-74 Naft Tehran - India XI - 7-74 Afghanistan - Pamir 22- 7-74 Afghanistan 1-1 India XI 23- 7-74 Pamir 1-1 Naft Tehran 24- 7-74 Pamir 3-0 India XI 1.Pamir Dushanbe [Tajikistan, USSR] 2.Naft Tehran [Iran] 3.Afghanistan 4.India XI
All matches were played at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul. 17- 7-75 Afghanistan 0-1 Iran XI 18- 7-75 Pamir 4-0 Turkey XI 18- 7-75 Afghanistan bt Afghanistan Youth 19- 7-75 Pamir 2-2 Iran XI 19- 7-75 Turkey XI bt Afghanistan Youth 20- 7-75 Iran XI 2-0 Afghanistan Youth 21- 7-75 Pamir 4-0 Afghanistan 21- 7-75 Iran XI drw Turkey XI 22- 7-75 Pamir 3-0 Afghanistan Youth 22- 7-75 Afghanistan 0-0 Turkey XI 1.Pamir Dushanbe 4 3 1 0 13- 2 7 [Tajikistan, USSR] 2.Iran XI 4 2 2 0 - 6 3.Turkey XI 4 1 2 1 - 4 4.Afghanistan 4 1 1 2 - 3 5.Afghanistan Youth 4 0 0 4 - 0
All matches were played at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul.
17- 7-76 Afghanistan B 0-4 Pamir
17- 7-76 Iran XI 2-1 Pakistan
18- 7-76 Afghanistan A 0-0 Iran XI
18- 7-76 Pamir 5-0 India
19- 7-76 Afghanistan A 1-0 Pakistan
19- 7-76 Afghanistan B 1-2 India
[? / Shabbir Ali, Harjinder Singh]
21- 7-76 Afghanistan A 6-0 Afghanistan B
21- 7-76 India 1-1 Pakistan
[Harjinder Singh / ?]
22- 7-76 Afghanistan B 1-0 Iran XI
22- 7-76 Afghanistan A 0-2 Pamir
23- 7-76 Pamir 2-0 Pakistan
23- 7-76 India 3-0 Iran XI
[Bala Subramaniam, Koshy Abraham, ?]
24- 7-76 Afghanistan A 1-1 India
[? / Harjinder Singh]
24- 7-76 Afghanistan B 0-1 Pakistan
25- 7-76 Pamir 1-1 Iran XI
1.Pamir Dushanbe 5 4 1 0 14- 1 9 [Tajikistan, USSR]
2.Afghanistan A 5 2 2 1 8- 3 6 [Played as "Kabul A"]
3.India 5 2 2 1 7- 8 6
4.Iran XI 5 1 2 2 3- 6 4
5.Pakistan 5 1 1 3 3- 6 3
6.Afghanistan B 5 1 0 4 2-13 2 [Played as "Kabul B"]
Note: the precise identity of the Iran team is unclear; it was certainly not the
full national team, which was at the Olympic Games in Montréal at this time.
India squad:
Manager: Mr Khan [Jammu and Kashmir]
Coach: Jarnail Singh Dhillon [Punjab]
Players: Brahmanand Shankhwalkar [Goa], Y.Sundareshan [Karnataka],
J.Mohan Kumar [Karnataka], Jagir Singh [Punjab], Gurdev Singh Gill [Punjab],
C.C.Jacob [Kerala], Mohammed Mateen [Andhra Pradesh], Swadin Deka Raja [Assam],
A.Doraiswamy Devaraj [Karnataka], I.Kabui [Nagaland], Manjit Singh [c] [Punjab],
Sukhvinder Singh [Punjab], Bala Subramaniam [Services], Koshy Abraham [Tamil Nadu],
Shabbir Ali [Maharashtra], Harjinder Singh [Punjab], Bimal Das [Railways],
Parminder Singh [Punjab].
The Indian team also played a warmup match at home before travelling to Kabul:
11- 7-76 New Delhi Delhi FA XI 1-3 India
All matches were played at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul.
17- 7-77 Iran XI 3-1 India
17- 7-77 Pamir 2-0 Afghanistan B
18- 7-77 Afghanistan A 2-0 Shaheen FC
18- 7-77 Afghanistan B 0-2 Iran XI
19- 7-77 Afghanistan A 1-1 Afghanistan B
19- 7-77 India 1-2 Shaheen FC
21- 7-77 Afghanistan A 1-1 Iran XI
23- 7-77 Pamir 2-0 India
23- 7-77 Iran XI 4-1 Shaheen FC
24- 7-77 Afghanistan A 0-3 India
24- 7-77 Shaheen FC 1-3 Pamir
25- 7-77 Afghanistan B 1-2 India
25- 7-77 Pamir 1-1 Iran XI
26- 7-77 Pamir 4-0 Afghanistan A
26- 7-77 Afghanistan B 2-0 Shaheen FC
1.Pamir Dushanbe 5 4 1 0 12- 2 9 [Tajikistan, USSR]
2.Iran XI 5 3 2 0 11- 4 8
3.India 5 2 0 3 7- 8 4 [AIFF selection]
4.Afghanistan A 5 1 2 2 4- 9 4 [Played as "Kabul A"]
5.Afghanistan B 5 1 1 3 4- 7 3 [Played as "Kabul B"]
6.Shaheen FC 5 1 0 4 4-12 2 [Pakistan]
Note: the Iran team, which probably was identical to the Shahbaz club,
was captained by Nasser Hejazi, the national team's goalkeeper.
Provisional Indian squad (announced Jul 5 1977, subject to later amendments):
Coach: Jarnail Singh Dhillon (Punjab)
Players: Brahmanand Shankhwalkar, F.D'Souza (both Goa), S.N.Mitra, Robin Das, Ashok Chakravarty, Ashok Chandra (all Railways),
Kawala, Chowdhury, Dibasis Roy (all Assam), C.C.Jacob, Pius (both Kerala), Mathews, A.Doraiswamy Devaraj, P.Kumar,
Rajasekharan (all Karnataka), Gurdev Singh Gill, Sukhvinder Singh, Parminder Singh, Harjinder Singh (all Punjab),
Pratap Seelan (Andhra Pradesh), Prasanto Banerjee, Manosh Bhattacharjee (both Bengal), Bala Subramaniam (Services).
All matches were played at the Ghazi Stadium in Kabul.
Known fixtures/results:
- -79 Afghanistan B 0-4 Pamir Dushanbe
- -79 Afghanistan A 1-2 Pamir Dushanbe
[Kargar / ?]
2- 5-79 Afghanistan A - Pamir Dushanbe
- 5-79 Afghanistan B - Pamir Dushanbe
The format was presuambly a double round-robin, though it is unclear whether the two Afghan
teams played against each other.
Sources: The Kabul Times, The Times of India, indianfootball.de
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Last updated: 8 Jun 2017
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