1976 AFC Asian Cup final explained

1976 AFC Asian Cup Final
Event:	1976 AFC Asian Cup
Team1:	Iran
Team1association:
Team1score:	1
Team2:	Kuwait
Team2score:	0
Stadium:	Aryamehr Stadium
City:	Tehran
Referee:	Jean Dubach (Switzerland)
Attendance:	100,000^[1]
Previous:	1972
Next:	1980

The 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match which determined the winner of the 1976 AFC Asian Cup, the 6th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of the Asian Football Confederation.^[2] The match was won by Iran, defeating Kuwait 1–0 to win their third AFC Asian Cup.

Venue

See main article: Azadi Stadium.

The Aryamehr Stadium (now Azadi Stadium), located in Tehran, Iran, hosted the 1976 AFC Asian Cup Final. The 78,116-seat stadium was built in 1971 and is primarily used by the Iran national football team. It was the main stadium used to host the 1976 Asian Cup; seven matches were played in the stadium including the final.

Route to the final

Iran		Round	Kuwait
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
	2–0	Match 1		2–0
	8–0	Match 2		1–0
Group B winners		Final standings	Group A winners
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Semi-finals		3–2 (a.e.t.)

Match

GK		Mansour Rashidi
RB		Hassan Nazari
CB		Bijan Zolfagharnasab
CB		Nasrollah Abdollahi
LB		Andranik Eskandarian
RM		Ali Parvin
CM			capt
CM		Ebrahim Qasempour
LM
CF
CF		Hassan Rowshan
Substitutions:
MF
Manager:
Heshmat Mohajerani

GK
RB		Saleh Al-Asfour
CB		Abdullah Mayouf
CB		Mahboub Juma'a
LB			capt
CM		Faruq Ibrahim
CM
CM		Hamad Bu-Hamad
RW		Fathi Kameel
CF		Faisal Al-Dakhil
LW		Mohammed Abdullah
Manager:
Mario Zagallo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ettelaat13550324.
2. Web site: Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) | Goal.com. www.goal.com.