1977 President's Cup Football Tournament

1977 President's Cup Football Tournament

Tournament details
Dates	3–15 September 1977
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	São Paulo U-21 (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Malaysia  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	72 (4 per match)

1977 President's Cup was the seventh competition of President's Cup. The competition was held from 3 September 1977 to 15 September 1977. The tournament was won by São Paulo state under-21 team for the second time, who defeated Korea Republic in the final.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	4	0	0	16	3	+13	8
Thailand	4	3	0	1	12	7	+5	6
Racing Beirut	4	1	0	3	8	14	−6	2
Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	2
India	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	2

3 September 1977

South Korea	5 – 1	Thailand
Kim Jae-Han  24', 37' Cha Bum-Kun  51' Huh Jung-Moo  58', 68'		?

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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3 September 1977

Racing Beirut	2 – 1	Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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5 September 1977

South Korea	3 – 0	India
Cha Bum-Kun  57', 89' Kim Jae-Han  85'

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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5 September 1977

Thailand	2 – 1	Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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7 September 1977

South Korea	4 – 1	Racing Beirut
Cho Kwang-Rae  34' Cha Bum-Kun  44' Kim Jae-Han  85', 86'		Zreizi  48'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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7 September 1977

Thailand	4 – 0	India

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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9 September 1977

Thailand	5 – 3	Racing Beirut

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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9 September 1977

Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.	1 – 0	India

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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11 September 1977

South Korea	6 – 1	Middlesex Wanderers A.F.C.
Kim Jin-Kuk  42', 83' Shin Hyun-Ho  51', 76', 86' Cha Bum-Kun  54'		Webb  59'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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11 September 1977

India	4 – 2	Racing Beirut

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
São Paulo U-21	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Malaysia	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3
Korea Republic B	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

4 September 1977

São Paulo U-21	4 – 0	Bahrain

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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4 September 1977

Korea Republic B	1 – 1	Malaysia
Shin Dong-Min  28'		Suabaka  19'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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6 September 1977

São Paulo U-21	3 – 1	Malaysia

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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6 September 1977

Korea Republic B	1 – 1	Bahrain
Park Min-Jae  30'		Faran  75'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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8 September 1977

Malaysia	3 – 1	Bahrain

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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8 September 1977

Korea Republic B	1 – 1	São Paulo U-21
Kim Chang-Ho  75'		Araújo  85'

Daegu Civil Stadium, Daegu

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	September 13
	South Korea	3
					September 15
	Malaysia	0
					South Korea	0
	September 13
					São Paulo U-21	1
	São Paulo U-21	4
	Thailand	0
					Third place
					September 15
					Malaysia	1
					Thailand	1

Semi-finals

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13 September 1977

South Korea	3 – 0	Malaysia
Choi Jong-Deok  19' Cha Bum-Kun  47' Kim Sung-nam  49'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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13 September 1977

São Paulo U-21	4 – 0	Thailand

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Third place match

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15 September 1977

Malaysia	1 – 1	Thailand
Bakri Aibni  47'		Sompon  31'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Final

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15 September 1977

South Korea	0 – 1	São Paulo U-21
		13'

Seoul Stadium, Seoul

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Winner

President's Cup 1977 Winners
São Paulo U-21 2nd Title

References

• President's Cup 1977 at RSSSF.com
• The Dong-a Ilbo Article
• Kyunghyang Sinmun Article