1989 Peace and Friendship Cup

The 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup was a seven-team friendly football tournament, held in Kuwait City, Kuwait from 30 October to 12 November 1989. The timing of this tournament was a year after the end of Iran-Iraq War. Some notable sporting personalities attended this tournament such as Juan Antonio Samaranch[1], João Havelange and Michel Platini. The seven-teams that participated in this tournament were: Kuwait as Host, Iran Third Place Team of 1988 Asian Cup, Iraq who had Participated in 1988 Olympic Games, South Yemen, Lebanon and two countries from Africa Uganda and Guinea.

Contents

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Kuwait 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 +5
 Uganda 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
 Lebanon 0 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7
October 30, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Kuwait  5 – 0  Lebanon Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City

November 2, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Uganda  2 – 0  Lebanon Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Magid Musisi  ?'
Umar Senoga  ?'

November 4, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
 Kuwait 1 – 1  Uganda Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Ronald Vvubya  ?'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 4 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2
Iraq 3 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3
Guinea 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 0
South Yemen 2 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5
October 31, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Guinea  1 – 0 Iraq Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: ?

November 1, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Iran  2 – 0  South Yemen Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jean-François Crucke
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh  ?'
Majid Namjoo-Motlagh  ?'
Report

November 3, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Iraq 6 – 2  South Yemen Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: ?

November 3, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
 Iran 1 – 1  Guinea Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Issa Al-Jassas
Mojtaba Moharrami  ?' Report

November 5, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
South Yemen  1 – 0  Guinea Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: ?

November 5, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
 Iran 0 – 0 Iraq Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Freddie Vilburg
Report

Semi finals

November 8, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
 Iran 2 – 2 (6-7 penalty shoot out)  Uganda Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Nielsen
Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard  ?'
Shahrokh Bayani  ?'
Report Ronald Vvubya  ?'
Magid Musisi ?'

November 8, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Iraq 2 – 1  Kuwait Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Ahmed Radhi  ?'
Ahmed Radhi  ?'[2]
Hamad Al-Saleh

Third Place Match

November 12, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
 Iran 0 – 1 Kuwait  Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Thomas Donnelly
Report Abdullah Al-Asfoor  5'

Final

November 12, 1989
00:00 UTC-3
Iraq 1 – 1 (4-3 penalty shoot outs)  Uganda Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City
Ahmad Radhi Paul Hasule  ?'

Goal Scorers

2 Goals

1 Goals

Squads

Guinea

Iran

Head coach: Ali Parvin

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh 25 May 1966 (aged 23) Tam Esfehan F.C.
GK Behrouz Soltani 31 December 1957 (aged 31) Persepolis F.C.
2 DF Javad Zarincheh 23 July 1966 (aged 23) Esteghlal F.C.
5 DF Mohammad Panjali(c) 26 July 1955 (aged 34) Persepolis F.C.
DF Nader Mohammadkhani 23 August 1963 (aged 26) Persepolis F.C.
? DF Mojtaba Moharrami 16 April 1965 (aged 24) Persepolis F.C.
DF Mehdi Fonounizadeh 19 May 1962 (aged 27) Daraei F.C.
? MF Majid Namjoo-Motlagh 13 May 1967 (aged 22) Esteghlal F.C.
? MF Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard 24 September 1961 (aged 28) Persepolis F.C.
? MF Sirous Ghayeghran 22 September 1962 (aged 27) Malavan F.C.
? MF Ali Eftekhari 29 June 1965 (aged 24) Esteghlal Rasht F.C.
? MF Mehdi Abtahi 31 December 1962 (aged 26) Vahdat F.C.
? MF Jafar Mokhtarifar Esteghlal F.C.
9 FW Shahrokh Bayani 1 January 1961 (aged 28) Esteghlal F.C.
FW Mohsen Garousi 28 November 1968 (aged 20) Esteghlal F.C.
FW Mohsen Ashouri 2 January 1965 (aged 24) Persepolis F.C.
? FW Reza Ahadi 30 November 1962 (aged 26) Esteghlal F.C.
? FW Reza Abedian Persepolis F.C.
? FW Jamshid Shahmohammadi

Iraq

Kuwait

Lebanon

South Yemen

Uganda

Head Coach: Polly Ouma

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Sadiq Wassa
GK Tom Musoke Nsambya FC
DF George Nsimbe 29 December 1966 (aged 22) Kampala City Council
DF William Nkemba 1 January 1967 (aged 22) SC Villa
DF Paul Hasule(c) 20 November 1959 (aged 29) SC Villa
DF Sam Kabugo Kampala City Council
DF Isaac Nkada Express FC
DF Richard Mugalu Coffee FC
MF Stephen Bogere 1 January 1966 (aged 23) SC Villa
MF Ronald Vvubya SC Villa
MF Sula Kato 1 January 1964 (aged 25) SC Villa
FW Umar Senoga 1 January 1967 (aged 22) Express FC
FW Magid Musisi 15 September 1967 (aged 22) SC Villa

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