President's Gold Cup (Dhaka, Bangladesh)


This tournament succeeded the Aga Khan Gold Cup, held irregularly between 1958 and 1981. It appears not to have been played since 1993.

Palmares

Year    Winners      
1981    South Korea          2-0 Bangladesh Red
1982    Beijing              4-0 Thailand Youth
1983    Al-Shorta (Baghdad)  2-0 Malaysia
1984-85   not held
1986    Vevey Sports         3-2 Turun PS (Turku)
1987    Syria                4-1 Guangdong
1988      not held
1989    Bangladesh           1-1 South Korea University   [4-3 pen]
1990-92   not held
1993    FC Petrolul Ploiesti 1-0 Polonia Warszawa

NB: a separate club tournament was held in Dhaka 1991 in aid to flood victims.


President's Gold Cup 1982

August 21-30 in Dhaka

Group A
South Korea       1-0 Thailand Youth
South Korea       3-1 Iran	
South Korea       1-0 Bangladesh Red	
Thailand Youth    0-0 Iran	
Thailand Youth    1-0 Bangladesh Red		
Iran              0-0 Bangladesh Red
 
 1.SOUTH KOREA		 3  3  0  0  5- 1  6
 2.THAILAND YOUTH	 3  1  1  1  1- 1  3
 3.Iran			 3  0  2  1  1- 3  2
 4.Bangladesh Red	 3  0  1  2  0- 2  1

Group B
Malaysia          1-0 Beijing		
Malaysia          0-0 Bangladesh Green	
Malaysia          4-1 Pakistan		
Beijing           2-0 Bangladesh Green		
Beijing           4-0 Pakistan		
Bangladesh Green  2-0 Pakistan

 1.MALAYSIA		 3  2  1  0  5- 1  5
 2.BEIJING		 3  2  0  1  6- 1  4
 3.Bangladesh Green	 3  1  1  1  2- 2  3
 4.Pakistan		 3  0  0  3  1-10  0

Semifinals
South Korea       0-2 Beijing
Malaysia          1-2 Thailand Youth

Third Place Match
Malaysia          1-0 South Korea		

Final
Beijing           4-0 Thailand Youth


President's Gold Cup 1983

Third edition
Dhaka, 25 Aug - 9 Sep

Note: it is unclear which of the two Bangladesh teams (if any) was the senior
 national team. In 1982 it was the Red team.

GROUP X

MALAYSIA                   4  3  0  1  5- 2  6
MIDDLESEX WANDERERS (ENG)  3  2  0  1  4- 2  4
India B                    3  1  1  1  4- 4  3
Jilin (China)              4  0  2  2  4- 8  2
Bangladesh Green           2  0  1  1  3- 4  1

Note: the standard of the Malaysia team is unclear.

25- 8-1983 Malaysia          2-1 Bangladesh Green
26- 8-1983 Jilin             2-2 India B
27- 8-1983 Malaysia          1-0 Middlesex Wanderers
29- 8-1983 Malaysia          2-0 Jilin
30- 8-1983 Bangladesh Green   -  Middlesex Wanderers
31- 8-1983 Malaysia          0-1 India B
 1- 9-1983 Jilin             0-2 Middlesex Wanderers
 3- 9-1983 Jilin             2-2 Bangladesh Green
 3- 9-1983 India B           1-2 Middlesex Wanderers (or Sep 4)
 ?- ?-1983 India B            -  Bangladesh Green

GROUP Y

AL-SHORTA (Iraq)    4  2  2  0  8- 3  6
SOUTH KOREA XI      3  1  2  0  5- 4  4
Bangladesh Red      4  1  3  0  6- 4  5
Thailand            3  0  1  2  3- 6  1
Nepal               2  0  0  2  2- 7  0

Note: the standard of the Thailand and Nepal teams is unclear.

 ?- 8-1983 South Korea XI    2-1 Thailand  (before Aug 28)
29- 8-1983 Bangladesh Red    0-0 Thailand
30- 8-1983 Al-Shorta         1-1 South Korea XI
 1- 9-1983 South Korea XI    2-2 Bangladesh Red
 5- 9-1983 Bangladesh Red    4-2 Nepal
 5- 9-1983 Al-Shorta         4-2 Thailand
 ?- ?-1983 Al-Shorta         3-0 Nepal
 ?- ?-1983 Al-Shorta         0-0 Bangladesh Red
 ?- ?-1983 South Korea XI     -  Nepal
 ?- ?-1983 Thailand           -  Nepal


Semifinals
 6- 9-1983 Malaysia          3-2 South Korea XI
 8- 9-1983 Al-Shorta         2-2 Middlesex Wanderers   (4-3 pen)

Final
 9- 9-1983 Malaysia          0-2 Al-Shorta



Jilin squad:
Leader: Huang Zejun
Coaches: Zheng Dongquan and Zheng Zhisheng.
Players: Jin Guangzhu, Cui Jing, Ju Zaiyi, Cui Longzhe, Lin Chunquan, Li Zaihao, Jin Donghao,
 Jin Yongzhu, Zhang Chunshaw, Cui Chunhu, Lin Jide, Jin Minshan, Han Chengzhe, Jin Yingri,
 Cui Jinfan.


Sources: Xinhua News Agency, The Times, The Guardian, www.niiis.com, zuqiuziliao.cn,
 El Mundo Deportivo
Thanks: "Tanaka"


President's Gold Cup 1986


Played January 17-29

Group stage:
17- 1 Beijing         2-0 Bangladesh Green
        [Gong Lei 32' pen, Jin Changguan 83']
18- 1 Wolmido         0-2 Vevey Sports
        [Gabor Pavoni x2]
18- 1 Syria B         1-1 Bangladesh Red
19- 1 TPS (Turku)     4-0 Wolmido
        [Ari Heikkinen 25', Li Yong-Chol 37' OG, Heikki Suhonen 52', Vesa Salmela 83']
19- 1 Syria B         0-0 Bangladesh Green
20- 1 Beijing         0-2 TPS (Turku)
        [Heikki Suhonen, Jyrki Näveri 67']
20- 1 Vevey Sports    3-1 Bangladesh Red
        [Gabor Pavoni, Stéphane De Siebenthal x2 / ?]
21- 1 Wolmido         1-0 Syria B
        [Chang Chol-Hun 64']
21- 1 Vevey Sports    1-1 Bangladesh Green
        [Patrick Gavillet]
22- 1 TPS (Turku)     2-1 Syria B
        [5' 15' / 58']
22- 1 Beijing         1-0 Bangladesh Red
        [Tang Pengju 42']
23- 1 Vevey Sports    2-1 Beijing
        [Wang Wenzong OG, Patrick Gavillet 70' / Shen Xiangfu 76' pen]
23- 1 Wolmido         0-0 Bangladesh Green
24- 1 Syria B         2-2 Vevey Sports
        [Mohamed Jaklan 26' 49' pen / Gabor Pavoni 35' 44']
24- 1 TPS (Turku)     1-3 Bangladesh Red
        [Tommi Paavola 7' / Mohammad Aslam 8' 25' 76']
25- 1 Beijing         0-3 Wolmido
        [Chong Chol-Hun 2' 6' 62']
25- 1 TPS (Turku)      -  Bangladesh Green
26- 1 Beijing         1-2 Syria B
        [Li Gongyi 18' / Radwan Al-Hassan 8', Romio Iskander 81']
26- 1 Wolmido          -  Bangladesh Red
27- 1 Vevey Sports    2-1 TPS (Turku)
        [Carlos Fernandez, Pierre-André Schürmann / ?]
27- 1 Bangladesh Red   -  Bangladesh Green

VEVEY SPORTS (Switzerland)  6  4  2  0  12- 6 10
TPS (Turku, Finland)        5  3  0  2  10- 6  6
Wolmido (North Korea)       5  2  1  2   4- 6  5
Syria B                     6  1  3  2   6- 7  5
Beijing (China)             6  2  0  4   5- 9  4
Bangladesh Red              4  1  1  2   5- 6  3
Bangladesh Green            4  0  3  1   1- 3  3

Note: Bangladesh Red was reportedly the senior national team, and
      Green was the junior team.

Final
29- 1 Vevey Sports    3-2 TPS (Turku)      AET
        [Stéphane De Siebenthal 63' 106', Pascal Cacciapaglia 70' / 
         Heikki Suhonen 24', Mika Aaltonen 57']


Source: Xinhua General News


President's Gold Cup 1987


Note: presumably the Bangladesh White team was the full national team, and the 
      Bangladesh Blue team was a secondary or junior national team, but this has not
      been confirmed.

Group A
 7- 2 Bangladesh Blue    1-0 Syria (opening match)
 9- 2 Guangdong          3-4 Syria
        [Wu Qunli 71' 76', Huang Debao 74' / Walid Abou El-Sel 5', Nizar Mahrous 24', ? 69', ? 80']
 9- 2 Bangladesh Blue    1-1 Mohammedan
        [Fakhrul Kamal 43' / Emeka 58']
        [interrupted for 10 minutes during the 2nd half due to fighting]
11- 2 Guangdong          3-0 Bangladesh Blue
        [Wu Qunli 63' 79', Chen Haixian 64']
12- 2 Syria              3-0 Mohammedan
        [Abdul Kader Kerdoghli 42', Nizar Mahrous 51', Romeo Iskander 75']
14- 2 Guangdong          2-0 Mohammedan
         [Li Chaoyang 13' pen, Pang Zhenqiang 68']

 1.GUANGDONG (China)      3  2  0  1  8- 4  4
 2.SYRIA                  3  2  0  1  7- 4  4
 3.Bangladesh Blue        3  1  1  1  2- 4  3
 4.Mohammedan SC (India)  3  0  1  2  1- 6  1

Note: the Syrian team was reported as the full national team, and the known goal-scorers 
      suggest that to be correct.

Group B
 8- 2 Bangladesh White   2-2 Thailand
        [Badal Das 83', ? 85' / Suravudh 67' 75']
10- 2 Bangladesh White   0-1 Fakel Voronezh
        [Gennadiy Miliuria 42']
11- 2 Thailand           2-1 East Bengal
        [Pradubapan Jaruaya 44' pen 73' / Sudip Chatterjee 13' pen]
12- 2 Bangladesh White   2-0 East Bengal
        [Badal Das 62', Manu 79']
13- 2 Thailand           0-3 Fakel Voronezh
        [Vadim Sosulin 39' pen, ? 82', Andrey Shashkin 85']
14- 2 Fakel Voronezh     6-0 East Bengal

 1.FAKEL VORONEZH (USSR)  3  3  0  0 10- 0  6
 2.BANGLADESH WHITE       3  1  1  1  4- 3  3
 3.Thailand               3  1  1  1  4- 6  3
 4.East Bengal (India)    3  0  0  3  1-10  0

Note: the Thai team was reported as the full national team; it is not clear if that is correct.
      The full national team played in the Thai King's Cup which began on 20th February.

Semifinals
15- 2 Guangdong          1-1 Bangladesh White   (AET, 4-3 pen)
16- 2 Syria              3-1 Fakel Voronezh
        [Walid Abou El-Sel 13' 33', Nizar Mahrous 69' / Viktor Rybakov 27']

Third place match
18- 2 Fakel Voronezh     5-0 Bangladesh White

Final
18- 2 Syria              4-1 Guangdong
        [Walid Abou El-Sel 14', Hussein Deeb 52', Nizar Mahrous 73' 80' / Wu Qunli 3']

Official award:
Player of the tournament: Walid Abou El-Sel (Syria)

Sources: Xinhua General News, New Straits Times, Indian Express,
         Soviet Football Yearbook (Yuriy Lander), zuqiuziliao.cn
hanks: Frank Rankmore.


President's Gold Cup 1989

Played January 21-31, at National Stadium, Dhaka.

Group A
22- 5-1989 Liaoning          1-1 India
22- 5-1989 Bangladesh U-21   1-1 Korea Rep. Univ.
24- 5-1989 Korea Rep. Univ.  3-1 Liaoning
24- 5-1989 Bangladesh U-21   1-0 India
26- 5-1989 India             0-0 Korea Rep. Univ.
27- 5-1989 Bangladesh U-21   1-0 Liaoning
 
 1.BANGLADESH U-21       3  2  1  0  3- 1  5  [Bangladesh Green]
 2.KOREA REP. UNIV.      3  1  2  0  4- 2  4
 3.India                 3  0  2  1  1- 2  1
 4.Liaoning              3  0  1  2  2- 5  1
 
Group B
21- 5-1989 Bangladesh        1-1 Thailand B
23- 5-1989 Iran B            1-0 Thailand B
25- 5-1989 Bangladesh        0-0 Iran B
 
 1.IRAN B                2  1  1  0  1- 0  3
 2.BANGLADESH            2  0  2  0  1- 1  2  [Bangladesh Red]
 3.Thailand B            2  0  1  1  1- 2  1
 -.Sea Horse (USA)       withdrew

Semifinals
28- 5-1989 Bangladesh U-21   0-1 Bangladesh           
29- 5-1989 Iran B            3-3 Korea Rep. Univ.        [3-4 pen]
 
Final [att: 47,345; ref: Sagar Sen (India)]
31- 5-1989 Bangladesh        1-1 Korea Rep. Univ.        [4-3 pen (5-3?)]
             [Asiam 53; Kim Byung Soo 87]


7th President's Gold Cup 1993

Played January 6-16, at National Stadium, Dhaka.

Group A
 6- 1 Polonia        1-0 Bangladesh Red
        [Jan Karas 62; att: 25,000; aef: Zamil Zakaria (Malaysia)]
 7- 1 Krylya Sovetov 2-1 Malaysia U-23
        [Evgeni Harlatchev 40, Vladimir Filippov 69; Sanbagarnaran 51;
         att: 7,000; ref: R.Alam (Bangladesh)]
 9- 1 Krylya Sovetov 1-1 Polonia 
        [Roustyam Fahrouddinov 34; Pawel Kowalewski 67; att: 7,600;
         ref: S.K. Badruddin (Bangladesh)]
 9- 1 Bangladesh Red 1-1 Malaysia U-23
        [Zakir 8; Paul Raj 37; att: 12,000; ref: Bezubyak Taras (Russia)]
11- 1 Polonia        6-1 Malaysia U-23
        [Kowaliewski 10, Rosicki 18, Dznigaza 37, Tietz 47, Krzeminski 77pen,
         Dziceol ?pen; Azharuddin Mohd Aziz; red cards: Piotr Rowicki (P) 76,
         Mohd Faizul (M) 76, Paul Raj (M) 83; att: 1,800; ref: Rafiqul
         Islam (Bangladesh)]
11- 1 Krylya Sovetov 2-0 Bangladesh Red
        [Vyatcheslav Fomine 44, Dimitri Ivanov 77; red card: Monem Munna
         (B) 40; att: 9,000; ref: Zamil Zakaria (Malaysia)]

 1.POLONIA WARSZAWA      3  2  1  0  8- 2  5
 2.KRYLYA SOVETOV SAMARA 3  2  1  0  5- 2  5
 3.Bangladesh Red        3  0  1  2  1- 4  1
 4.Malaysia U-23         3  0  1  2  3- 9  1
 
Group B

 8- 1 Petrolul       2-0 Housing Bank
        [Stefan Matei 26, Ciprian Pura 69; att: 13,600; ref: Nazir Hossain 
         (Bangladesh)]
 8- 1 Tatran         1-0 Bangladesh Green
        [Jozef Danko 43; att: 21,000; ref: Choi Chan Goun (South Korea)]
10- 1 Petrolul       1-1 Tatran
        [Florin Simion 53; Viduminsky Vilam 71pen; att: 31,000; ref: A.H.
         Chopwdhury (Bangladesh)]
10- 1 Housing Bank   1-0 Bangladesh Green
        [Choi Tae Ho 41; att: 13,200; ref: Ryszard Wojcik (Poland)]
12- 1 Housing Bank   4-1 Tatran  
        [Choi Tae Ho 39, 56, Shin Ho Chul 43, Kim Jin Tae 81; Vilam
         Vidumsky 69pen; red card: Rachid Galatberov (T) 49; att: 11,000;
         ref: R.Alam (Bangladesh)]
12- 1 Petrolul       4-2 Bangladesh Green
        [Florin Simion 13, Stefan Matel 68, Ciprian Rupa 74, Marian Grama 77;
         Nakib 76, Arman 82; att: 8,200; ref: Ryszard Wajcik (Poland)]

 1.PETROLUL PLOIESTI     3  2  1  0  7- 3  5
 2.HOUSING BANK          3  2  0  1  5- 3  4
 3.Tatran Presov         3  1  1  1  3- 5  3
 4.Bangladesh Green      3  0  0  3  2- 6  0 
 
Semifinals
13- 1 Polonia        2-0 Housing Bank
        [Mariusz Sawa 49, Bogdan Tereszerynslu 69; att: 3,400; ref: Zamil
         Zakaria (Malaysia)]
14- 1 Petrolul       1-0 Krylya Sovetov          [aet]
        [Valentin Negoit 117; att: 2,600; ref: Choi Chang Seon (South Korea)]

Third Place Match
16- 1 Krylya Sovetov 3-1 Housing Bank
        [Vladimir Filippov 2, 19, Vyatcheslav Fomine; Lee Oh Kyun 47;
         att: 1,200; ref: Nazir Hossain (Bangladesh)]
 
Final
16- 1 Petrolul       1-0 Polonia 
        [Florin Simion 27; att: 12,300; ref: Choi Chang Seon (South Korea)]
        [Petrolul: Iulian Cadar, Daniel Popa, Sandu Pitulice, Nicolae Ruse,
                   Bujorel Mocanu, Valeriu Rachita, Octavian Grigore, Stefan
                   Matei (Marcel Catinca), Florin Simion, Marian Garama, 
                   Ciprian Puru (Valentin Negoita); 
         Polonia: Wieslaw Rutkowski, Arkadiusz Gmur, Wlodzmierz Filaber,
                  Zbigniew Tietz, Pawel Krzeminski, Ryszard Stromecki,
                  Dariusz Dzwigala, Pawel Kowalescu (Jacek Prerzyk), Pawel
                  Dzieciok, Piotr Rowicki, Mariusz Sawa)]


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Source for 1982: ytyz.8u8.com (Chinese website); source for 1989: [sss 14]; for 1993: [sss 45]

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