The 1986 Fajr International Cup () was a friendly football tournament that took place in Tehran, Iran. Opening game was played on February 13, 1986, two days after Iranian Revolution Day which is a national public holiday and the final was played on February 21, 1986.
Participant teams
The tournament's participants were from three confederations:
Iran AFC Iran B AFC Khuzestan XI AFC Pakistan AFC Al-Fotuwa SC AFC Ghana CAF Poland U21 UEFA Romania U21 UEFA
Venues Tehran Tehran Azadi StadiumShahid Shiroudi Stadium Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 30,000
Referees
Mehdi Abarnirooei Mohammad Abarnirooei Jamshid Akhbari Ali Arbabi (Mashhad FA) Mostafa Bahrami Bahman Behlouli Hossein Dashtgerd (Tehran FA) Hadi Dezfouli Mohammad Reza Emami Fereydoun Karamati(Anzali FA) Hamid Khoshkhan(Tehran FA) Ali Mohammad Lajmiri(Khuzestan FA) Mohammadi(Bushehr FA) Manouchehr Nazari(Tehran FA) Jamshid Nikmehr Mohammad Riahi Mohammad Salehi(Tehran FA) Hossein Tehrani(Tehran FA) Mohammad Yusuf
Group stage
Group 1
Group 2
Knock-out stage
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Champion
Statistics Goalscorers
Squads Iran
Head coach: Fereydoun Asgarzadeh
Iran B
Head coach: Nasser Ebrahimi
Khuzestan XI
Head coach: Haj Rahim Safarian
Pakistan
Head coach: Younus Changezi
Al-Fotuwa SC
Head coach: Anouar Abdul Kader
Ghana
Head coach: Anthony Edusei
Romania U21
Head coach: Gheorghe Staicu
*Retired Romania national team goalkeeper Necula Raducanu who is assistant coach of the team was an unused sub in the group stage match versus Ghana.
*Bold players are over age of 23.
Poland U21
Head coach: Edmund Zientara
*Bold players are over age of 23.
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