Played 29 March-9 April 1981, at National Stadium, Dhaka
Note: Nepal and Oman reportedly participated with their national teams.
The Bangladesh Green team was the senior national team, while the
Bangladesh Red team comprised of players that participated in the
Asian U-19 Championship earlier that year.
GROUP A
29-3-81 Seoul City Hall 1-0 Singha Club
[Bang Eun Choi 42']
[Seoul City Hall: Choi In Young, Go Hayang Soog, Lee Yang Choi, Sin Eun Gi [c], Kwon Oh Son, Park Dai Ji, Son Jong Sook, Park Eun Gi, Bang Eun Choi, Joong In Choi, Kim Eun Choi (Joong Soon Haik)]
[Singha Club: Rangsak, Chaiwuth, Somporon (Pinith), Aris, Panitas [c], Charon, Vanchai, Narongsak, Sirichai, Pongpraoon, Chainarong (Buntham)]
[Referee: Munir Hossain (Bangladesh)]
[Linesmen: Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh) and Zahurul Haque (Bangladesh)]
30-3-81 Bangladesh Red 1-0 Oman
[Abdul Gaffar 48']
[Bangladesh Red: Lal Mohammad, Golam Mostafa Alo, Azmat Ali, Mazidul Islam Moni, Sawpan Kumar Das, Hasanuzzaman Bablu, Golam Rabbani Helal, Ashish Bhadra, Kazi Anwar Hossain (Khandoker Wasim Iqbal), Abdus Salam Murshedy, Abdul Gaffar]
[Oman: Suleiman Khayef, Mohamed Juma, Juma Habib, Abdulrahman Awadh, Ibrahim Saleh, Abdulaziz Awadh, Ghulam Khamis, Abdullah Abdul Razzak, Mohamed Al-Harthi, Hamadith Jumman (Mohamed Salem), Mohamed Musayeda]
[Referee: Kim Moon Sik (North Korea)]
[Assistant referee: Kim Soo Duk (South Korea) and Nurul Islam (Bangladesh)]
1-4-81 Seoul City Hall 2-0 Oman
[Park Eun Gi 40' 62']
[Seoul City Hall: Choi In Young, Go Hayang Soog, Sin Eun Gi [c], Kwon Oh Son, Lee Sang Choi, Park Dai Ji, Son Jong Sook, Bang Eun Choi, Park Eun Gi, Joong In Choi, Kim Eun Choi (Joong Soon Taik)]
[Oman: Suleiman Khayef, Juma Habib, Mohamed Juma, Abdullah Hamid, Abdulrahman Awadh, Ibrahim Salesh, Ghulam Khamis, Abdullah Ali, Mohamed Salim, Hastith Salim, Nasser Salim]
[Referee: Moiuddeen Chowdhury (Bangladesh)]
[Assisttant referee: Nurul Islam (Bangladesh) and Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh)]
1-4-81 Bangladesh Red 1-0 Singha Club
[Abdus Salam Murshedy 1']
[Bangladesh Red: Lal Mohammad, Golam Mostafa Alo, Mazidul Islam Moni, Azmat Ali, Sawpan Kumar Das, Hasanuzzaman Bablu, Ashish Bhadra, Kazi Anwar Hossain (Khandoker Wasim Iqbal), Abdus Salam Murshedy, Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, Abdul Gaffar]
[Singha Club: Rangsak, Chaiwuth (Pinith), Arim, Panitas [c], Somporon, Vanchai, Charon, Sirichai (Buntham), Pongpraoon, Sutep, Chainarong]
[Referee: Kim Su Duk (South Korea)]
[Assistant referee: Sambeh Achu (Oman) and Kim Moon Sik (North Korea)]
3-4-81 Oman 3-1 Singha Club
[Mubarak Taqi 14', Abdullah Hamood 72' 83' pen./Sutep 51']
[Oman: Mohammed Muflah, Abdulaziz Awad, Abdulrahman Awadh, Juma Habib, Abdullah Hamood, Ibrahim Saleh, Ghulam Khamis, Abdullah Abdul Razzak, Mubarak Taqi (Hadeb Khamis), Hamtuth, Nasser Salim]
[Singha Club: Rangsak, Pinith, Buntham, Aris, Panitas [c], Charon, Vanchai (Chaiwuth), Sutep, Sirichai, Pongpraoon, Chainarong]
[Referee: Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh)]
[Linesmen: Dalil Khan (Bangladesh) and Moiuddeen Chowdhury (Bangladesh)]
3-4-81 Bangladesh Red 1-1 Seoul City Hall
[Kwon Oh Son (own goal) 88'/Park Eun Gi 48']
[Bangladesh Red: Lal Mohammad, Golam Rabban Helal, Mazidul Islam Moni, Muktar Hossain, Sawpan Kumar Das, Abdus Salam Murshedy, Ashish Bhadra, Sawpan Jr, Kazi Anwar Hossain (Khandoker Wasim Iqbal), Mosabber Hossain, Abdu Gaffar
[Seoul City Hall: Choi In Young, Go Hayang Soog, Kwon Oh Son, Lee Sang Choi, Tong Son, Soon Taek (Bang Eun Choi), Lee Tae He (Park Eun Gi), Kim Jin Soo, Son Jong Sook, Joong In Choi, Dong Song]
[Referee: Sambeh Achu (Oman)]
[Assisttant referee: Bameshwar Rawat (Nepal) and Kim Moon Sik (North Korea)]
1.Seoul City Hall (South Korea) 3 2 1 0 4- 1 5
2.Bangladesh Red 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5
3.Oman 3 1 0 2 1- 5 2
4.Singha Club (Thailand) 3 0 0 3 3- 4 0
GROUP B
31-3-81 Pyongyang SC 1-1 Combined Baghdad XI
[Joo Gan Sang 38'/Benyamen Dhenka 74']
[Pyongyang SC: Kim Yang Soo, Kim Miyang Song, Joo Gan Sang, Sin Hak Euk, Kim Jong Man, Kim Soo Nam, Lee Jung Man, Kim Joo Sok, Yang Nam, Lee Song Gan, Lee Song Hoo]
[Combined Baghdad XI: Amin, Jamal Fateh, Khadem Tammar, Osman Nima, Abdul Jalil, Ali Hossain, Karim Kurdi, Bassim Jijiyas (Wamid Munir), Abdul Karis, Ghanem Erebi, Bezamen Dhenka]
[Referee: Dalil Khan (Bangladesh)]
[Assistant referee: Abdul Jail (Bangladesh) and Abdul Aziz (Bangladesh)]
31-3-81 Bangladesh Green 1-1 Nepal
[Krishna Tahpa 26'/Kazi Salahuddin 34']
[Bangladesh Green: Shahidur Rahman Shantoo, Abul Hossain, Abu Yusuf, Zakir Hossain Badal, Khandoker Rakibul Islam, Mohammed Mohsin, Kurshid Alam Babul, Sayed Nazmul Hassan Lovan (Mashuk Sathi), Badal Roy, Kazi Salahuddin, Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu]
[Nepal: Gopal Shrestha, Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan, Bhakta Rajkarnikar, Rupak Raj Sharma, Narendra Bahadur Shrestha, Bidur Bista, Narendra Man Singh, Man Bahadur Mala, Krishna Thapa, Ganesh Thapa, Ashok KC]
[Referee: Kim Soo Duk (South Korea)]
[Assistant referee: Kim Moon Sik (North Korea) and Sambeh Achu (Oman)]
2-4-81 Pyongyang SC 3-0 Nepal
[Lee Song Hoo 63' 65', Sin Hak Euk 89']
[Pyongyang SC: Kim Yang Soo, Joo Gan Sang, Sin Hak Euk, Kim Jong Man, Lee Song Gan, Kim Soo Nam, Lee Song Hoo, Lee Un Moo, Lee Goyang Eun, Lee Jung Man (Lee Yang Chul), Yang Nam]
[Nepal: Gopal Shrestha, Rupak Raj Sharma, Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan, Bhakta Rajkarnikar (Barun Manandhor), Narendra Bahadur Shrestha, Bidur Bista, Narendra Man Singh (Binaya Shrestha), Ashok KC, Man Bahadur Mala, Ganesh Thapa, Krishna Thapa]
[Referee: Zahurul Haque (Bangladesh)
[Linesmen: Munir Hossain (Bangladesh) and Abdul Aziz (Bangladesh)]
2-4-81 Bangladesh Green 3-1 Combined Baghdad XI
[Asharfuddin Ahmed Chunnu 33', Kazi Salahuddin 53' 88'/ Asam Abdul Razzak 69']
[Bangladesh Green: Shahidur Rahman Shantoo, Mostafa Hossain Mukul (Abul Hossain), Abu Yusuf, Zakir Hossain Badal, Khandoker Rakibul Islam, Kurshid Alam Babul, Mohammed Mohsin, Kohinoor Rahman, Kazi Salahuddin, Badal Roy, Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu]
[Combined Baghdad XI: Kashem Mohamed, Jamal Fateh (Asam Abdul Razzak), Hossain Thama, Kadum Matsar, Jalil Saleh, Bassim Ghorchi, Karim Kurdi, Ali Hossain, Abdul Karim, Khan Arabi, Benyamen Dhenka]
[Referee: Sambeh Achu (Oman)]
[Assistant referee: Bameshwar Rawat (Nepal) and Kim Soo Duk (South Korea)]
4-4-81 Combined Baghdad XI 8-0 Nepal
[Ali Hossain 9' 30', Wadim Munnir 14' 44', Asam Abdul Razzak 19', Ganem Arabi 20' 37', Benyamen Dhenka 25']
[Combined Baghdad XI: Abdullah, Jamal Fateh, Kadum Matsar, Karim Kurdi, Tareb Ahmed, Ali Hossain, Ganem Arabi, Bassim Jijiyas (Sad Dawod), Asam Abdul Razzak, Benyamen Dhenka, Wadim Munnir]
[Nepal: Gopal Shrestha, Rupak Raj Sharma, Bhakta Rajkarnikar, Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan, Ashok KC, Man Bahadur Mala, Binaya Shrestha, Narendra Bahadur Shrestha, Bidur Bista (Narendra Man Singh), Krishna Thapa, Ganesh Thapa]
[Referee: Munir Hossain (Bangladesh)]
[Assistant referee: Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh) and Moiuddeen Chowdhury (Bangladesh)]
4-4-81 Bangladesh Green 1-1 Pyongyang SC
[Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul 76'/Kim Jong Man 25']
[Bangladesh Green: Shahidur Rahman Shantoo, Abul Hossain, Abu Yusuf, Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul, Khandoker Rakibul Islam, Mohammed Mohsin (Abdus Salam), Kurshid Alam Babul, Kohinoor Rahman, Sayed Nazmul Hassan Lovan, Badal Roy, Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu]
[Pyongyang SC: Kim Yang Soo, Joo Gan Sang, Lee Song Gan, Yang Nam, Lee Goyang Eun (Kim Ju Mook), Kim Miyang Song, Lee Jing Man, Kim Soo Nam, Sin Hoy Gyang, Lee Mong Ho, Kim Jong Man (Loo Yang Bol)]
[Referee: Bameshwar Rawat (Nepal)]
[Assistant referee: Sambeh Achu (Oman) and Kim Soo Duk (South Korea)]
1.Pyongyang SC (North Korea) 3 1 2 0 5- 2 4
2.Bangladesh Green 3 1 2 0 5- 3 4
3.Combined Baghdad XI (Iraq) 3 1 1 1 10- 4 3
4.Nepal 3 0 1 2 1-12 1
Semi-final
6-4-81 Seoul City Hall 5-2 Bangladesh Green
[Kwon Oh Son 4', Park Eun Gi 23' 85' 90', Son Jong Sook 67'/ Kazi Salahuddin 73', 79']
[Seoul City Hall: Choi In Young, Go Hayang Soog, Lee Sang Choi, Sin Eun Gi [c], Kwon Oh Son, Bang Eun Choi (Joong Soon Taik), Park Dai Ji, Son Jong Sook, Park Eun Gi, Joong In Choi, Kim Eun Choi (Kim Jin Soo)]
[Bangladesh Green: Shahidur Rahman Shantoo, Abul Hossain, Zakir Hossain Badal, Abu Yusuf, Khandoker Rakibul Islam, Kurshid Alam Babul, Mohammed Mohsin, Badal Roy (Sayed Nazmul Hassan Lovan), Kazi Salahuddin, Kohinoor Rahman (Dewan Shafiul Arefin Tutul), Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu]
[Referee: Bameshwar Rawat (Nepal)]
[Assistant referee: Kim Soo Duk (South Korea) and Dalil Khan (Bangladesh)]
7-4-81 Bangladesh Red 1-1 Pyongyang SC [aet, 5-4 pen]
[Ashish Bhadra 56'/Loo Yang Bol 42']
[penalties:
Mazidul Islam Moni 1-0, Joo Gan Sang 1-1;
Sawpan Kumar Das 2-1, Kim Jong Man 2-2;
Azmat Ali 3-2, Kim Miyang Song 3-3;
Golam Rabbani Helal 4-3, Kim Soo Nam 4-4;
Kurshid Alam Babul 5-4 Yang Nam (missed)]
[Bangladesh Red: Lal Mohammad, Golam Mostafa Alo (Golam Rabbani Helal), Mazidul Islam Moni, Azmat Ali, Sawpan Kumar Das, Hasanuzzaman Bablu, Ashish Bhadra, Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, Khandoker Wasim Iqbal, Abdus Salam Murshedy, Abdul Gaffar]
[Pyongyang SC: Kim Yang Soo, Joo Gan Sang, Yang Nam, Lee Song Gan, Lee Goyang Eun, Kim Miyang Song, Lee Jing Man, Kim Soo Nam, Sin Hoy Gyang, Loo Yang Bol, Kim Jong Man]
[Referee: Bameshwar Rawat (Nepal)]
[Assistant referee: Kim Moon Sik (South Korea) and Munir Hossain (Bangladesh)]
Final
9-4-81 Seoul City Hall 2-0 Bangladesh Red
[Joong In Choi 43', Joong Soon Taik 70']
[Seoul City Hall: Um Sang Dak, Go Hayang Soog, Kwon Oh Son, Sin Eun Gi [c], Lee Sang Choi, Son Jong Sook, Park Dai Ji, Bang Eun Choi, Joong In Choi (Joong Soon Taik), Park Eun Gi, Kim Eun Choi (Lee Tae He)]
[Bangladesh Red: Lal Mohammad, Golam Rabbani Helal, Azmat Ali, Mazidul Islam Moni, Sawpan Kumar Das, Kurshid Alam Babul, Ashish Bhadra, Kazi Anwar Hossain (Golam Mostafa Alo), Abdus Salam Murshedy (Khandoker Wasim Iqbal), Sheikh Mohammad Aslam, Abdul Gaffar]
[Referee: Bameshwar Rawat (Nepal)]
[Assistant referee: Kim Soo Duk (South Korea) and Abdur Rashid (Bangladesh)]
Overview File President's Gold Cup 1981-1993
Sources: Dainik Bangla, The Daily Ittefaq and The Daily Sangbad (all local newspapers)
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