Iran at the FIFA World Cup

Iran have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on three occasions in 1978, 1998 and 2006.

Contents

1 Record at the World Cup
2 Iran at Argentina 1978
- 2.1 Group 4
3 Iran at France 1998
- 3.1 Group F
4 Iran at Germany 2006
- 4.1 Group D
5 References
6 External links

Record at the World Cup

World Cup Finals											World Cup Qualifications
Hosts/Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1970	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		8	5	1	2	9	6
1978	Round 1	14th	3	0	1	2	2	8	Squad		12	10	2	0	20	3
1982	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Disqualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		6	5	0	1	12	5
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		11	5	3	3	23	13
1998	Round 1	20th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad		17	8	6	3	57	17
\| 2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		14	9	3	2	36	9
2006	Round 1	25th	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad		12	9	1	2	29	7
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		14	5	8	1	15	9
2014	To be determined										7	5	2	0	20	3
Total	-	3/19	9	1	2	6	6	18	-		100	60	26	14	221	72

Iran at Argentina 1978

Iran squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Hejazi 2 Danaeifard 3 Fariba 4 Bishkar 5 Allahverdi 6 Nayebagha 7 Parvin 8 Ghasempour 9 Sadeghi 10 Roshan 11 Ghesghayan 12 Mavaddat 13 Majd Teymouri 14 Nazari 15 Eskandarian 16 Nouraei 17 Jahani 18 Faraki 19 Shojaei 20 Abdollahi 21 Kazerani 22 Korbekandi Coach: Mohajerani

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Peru	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	3
Scotland	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	3
Iran	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

3 June 1978 16:45 ART	Netherlands	3 – 0	Iran	Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza Attendance: 33,431 Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)
	Rensenbrink 40' (pen.), 62', 78' (pen.)	Report

7 June 1978 16:45 ART	Scotland	1 – 1	Iran	Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 7,938 Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)
	Eskandarian 43' (o.g.)	Report	Danaeifard 60'

11 June 1978 16:45 ART	Peru	4 – 1	Iran	Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba Attendance: 21,262 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)
	Velásquez 2' Cubillas 36' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 79'	Report	Rowshan 41'

Iran at France 1998

Iran squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Abedzadeh (C) 2 Mahdavikia 3 Saadavi 4 Khakpour 5 Peyrovani 6 Bagheri 7 Mansourian 8 Dinmohammadi 9 Estili 10 Daei 11 Azizi 12 Nakisa 13 Latifi 14 Mohammadkhani 15 Ostad‑Asadi 16 Shahroudi 17 Zarincheh 18 Hamedani 19 Seraj 20 Pashazadeh 21 Minavand 22 Broumand Coach: Talebi

Group F

Main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Iran	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
United States	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0

14 June 1998 17:30	Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Iran	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne Attendance: 30,392 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)
	Mihajlović 72'	(Report)

21 June 1998 21:00	United States	1 – 2	Iran	Stade Gerland, Lyon Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	McBride 87'	(Report)	Estili 40' Mahdavikia 84'

25 June 1998 21:00	Germany	2 – 0	Iran	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier Attendance: 29,800 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)
	Bierhoff 50' Klinsmann 57'	(Report)

Iran at Germany 2006

Iran squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Mirzapour 2 Mahdavikia 3 Bakhtiarizadeh 4 Golmohammadi 5 Rezaei 6 Nekounam 7 Zandi 8 Karimi 9 Hashemian 10 Daei (c) 11 Khatibi 12 Roudbarian 13 Kaebi 14 Teymourian 15 Borhani 16 Enayati 17 Kazemian 18 Navidkia 19 Sadeghi 20 Nosrati 21 Madanchi 22 Talebloo 23 Shojaei Coach: Ivanković

Group D

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9
Mexico	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Angola	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
Iran	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

11 June 2006 18:00	Mexico	3 – 1	Iran	FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
	Bravo 28', 76' Zinha 79'	(Report)	Golmohammadi 36'

17 June 2006 15:00	Portugal	2 – 0	Iran	FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
	Deco 63' Ronaldo 80' (pen.)	(Report)

21 June 2006 16:00	Iran	1 – 1	Angola	Zentralstadion, Leipzig Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Bakhtiarizadeh 75'	(Report)	Flávio 60'

References

External links

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

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¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.