Persepolis F.C. 6–0 Taj F.C.

Persepolis v Taj Tehran
Homayoun Behzadi Scoring Against Nasser Hejazi
Event Takht Jamshid Cup 1973–74
Date 6 September 1973[1]
Venue Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran[1]
Referee Nicolae Petrochyanv[2]
Attendance ~ 50,000[2]

The 1973–74, inaugural season of the Takht Jamshid Cup first leg match between Persepolis and Taj at Aryamehr Stadium (Now Azadi) took place on 6 September 1973.[1] The match Which is Known as Shishtayiha Match[3] (The 6-goals match, Persian: بازی شیش‌تایی‌ها, Persian pronunciation: [ˈbɒːziː-e-ˈʃiːʃˈtɒːiːɒː]) or Shishtay-e-Panjahodo[4] (The 6-goals in year 52 (in Iranian calendar), Persian: ۵۲ شیش‌تای, Persian pronunciation: [ˈʃiːʃˈtɒːje ˈpændʒɒːhodo]), specially among fans of the winner, Persepolis,[3] is one of the most notable matches between the two,[5] and the Largest victory in the history of Tehran derby.[6] Persepolis fans have since made slogans related to the match to blame rival fans, which is still used.[3][2]

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Background

The rivalry between Persepolis and Taj has led to some of the most heated and exciting matches in Iranian football history. The derby match which took place on September 6, 1973

Match details

6 September 1973
18:00 Iran Standard Time
Persepolis 6 – 0 Taj Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 50,000[2]
Referee: Nicolae Petrochyanv (Romania)[2]
Hossein Kalani  33'
Iraj Soleimani  45'56'
Homayoun Behzadi  50'86'92'
Persepolis
Taj Tehran
Persepolis:[2][1]
GK Bahram Mavaddat
RB 2 Ebrahim Ashtiani
CB Masih Masihnia
CB 4 Jafar Ashraf Kashani
LB Reza Vatankhah
RM 7 Ali Parvin
CM Iraj Soleimani
LM Asghar Adibi
RW Esmail Haji Rahimipour
CF 10 Homayoun Behzadi
LW 8 Hossein Kalani
Substitutes:
GK Mehdi Asgarkhani
Davoud Mirtousi
Mohammadreza Khalatbari
Mohammad Dastjerdi
Manager:
Alan Rogers
Taj:[2]
GK Mansour Rashidi 64'
RB Akbar Kargarjam
CB Nasrollah Abdollahi
CB Javad Allahverdi
LB Ezzat Janmaleki
RM Ali Jabbari
CM Karo Haghverdian
LM Javad Ghorab
RW Hassan Rowshan 58'
CF Gholam Hossein Mazloumi 58'
LW Mohammad Reza Adelkhani
Substitutes:
GK Nasser Hejazi 64'
Hadi Naraghi 58'
Masoud Mojdehi 58'
Abbas Novin-Rouzegar
Mansour Pourheidari
Manager:
Zdravko Rajkov
Match officials
  • Assistant referees:
    • Akbar Haghbin (Iran)[2]
    • Mahmoud Khoshkhan (Iran)[2]
Match rules
  • 90 minutes
  • No extra-time or penalties
  • Three named substitutes

Media Coverage

Filming

National Iranian Radio & Television

At the same time, 1973 World Wrestling Championships was held in Tehran, so National Iranian Radio & Television decided to Broadcasted Wrestling competitions, which was more important. There were no videos captured from the match by National Radio & Television.[2]

Simultaneous picturing of "Mamal Amricayi" at the stadium

At the same time with the match, some scenes of a Film Farsi named "Mamal Amricayi" (Mamal The American), Directed by Shapour Gharib was shot at the stadium.[3] In a sequence, lead role actor Behrouz Vossoughi (Mamal) manages to steal car rings in the stadium's parking lot.[3] Gharib later explained that they brought the camera inside the stadium and took some videos, including 4 goals.[3][2] but quality of these videos was too low, and was replaced with some videos from Iran–Burma and Iran–Israel matches in 1968 AFC Asian Cup.[2] uneditted original film taken from this match seems to be lost forever.[3][2] there are rumors that Gharib has given the films to Samuel Khachikian to edit it.[3][2] According to Goal.com, efforts for finding uneditted original films at Khachikian's personal archive has been failed.[3] According to Hamshahri Tamashagar, film editor Rubik Mansouri could not help finding the films.[2]

Shishtayiha film

References