Iran at the FIFA World Cup

Iran have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on four occasions in 1978, 1998, 2006 and 2014.

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	Round 1	28th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad	16	10	4	2	30	7
Total	-	4/20	12	1	3	8	7	22	-	110	66	28	16	230	76

Iran at Argentina 1978

Iran squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup

1 Hejazi 2 Danaeifard 3 Fariba 4 Bishkar 5 Allahverdi 6 Nayebagha 7 Parvin (c) 8 Ghasempour 9 Sadeghi 10 Rowshan 11 Ghashghaean 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

Netherlands v Iran

3 June 1978
16:45 ART

Netherlands	3 – 0	Iran
Rensenbrink 40' (pen.), 62', 78' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza, Mendoza
Attendance: 33,431
Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)

Scotland v Iran

7 June 1978
16:45 ART

Scotland	1 – 1	Iran
Eskandarian 43' (o.g.)	Report	Danaeifard 60'

Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba
Attendance: 7,938
Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)

Peru v Iran

11 June 1978
16:45 ART

Peru	4 – 1	Iran
Velásquez 2' Cubillas 36' (pen.), 39' (pen.), 79'	Report	Rowshan 41'

Estadio Chateau Carreras, Córdoba
Attendance: 21,262
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

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 Hamadani 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

Yugoslavia v Iran

14 June 1998
17:30

Yugoslavia	1 – 0	Iran
Mihajlović 72'	(Report)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Attendance: 30,392
Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)

United States v Iran

21 June 1998
21:00

United States	1 – 2	Iran
McBride 87'	(Report)	Estili 40' Mahdavikia 84'

Stade Gerland, Lyon
Attendance: 39,100
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Germany v Iran

25 June 1998
21:00

Germany	2 – 0	Iran
Bierhoff 50' Klinsmann 57'	(Report)

Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
Attendance: 29,800
Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)

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

Mexico v Iran

11 June 2006
18:00

Mexico	3 – 1	Iran
Bravo 28', 76' Zinha 79'	(Report)	Golmohammadi 36'

FIFA WM Stadion Nürnberg, Nuremberg
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Portugal v Iran

17 June 2006
15:00

Portugal	2 – 0	Iran
Deco 63' Ronaldo 80' (pen.)	(Report)

FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

Iran v Angola

21 June 2006
16:00

Iran	1 – 1	Angola
Bakhtiarizadeh 75'	(Report)	Flávio 60'

Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Iran at Brazil 2014

Iran squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

1 Ahmadi 2 Heydari 3 Hajsafi 4 Hosseini 5 Sadeghi 6 Nekounam (c) 7 Shojaei 8 R. Haghighi 9 Jahanbakhsh 10 Ansarifard 11 Haddadifar 12 A. Haghighi 13 Mahini 14 Teymourian 15 Montazeri 16 Ghoochannejhad 17 Alenemeh 18 Rahmani 19 Beikzadeh 20 Beitashour 21 Dejagah 22 Davari 23 Pooladi Coach: Queiroz

Group F

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Iran	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Iran v Nigeria

16 June 2014
16:00 UTC−3

Iran	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Attendance: 39,081
Referee: Carlos Vera (Ecuador)

Argentina v Iran

21 June 2014
13:00 UTC−3

Argentina	1–0	Iran
Messi 90+1'	Report

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 57,698
Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Iran

25 June 2014
13:00 UTC−3

Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Iran
Džeko 23' Pjanić 59' Vršajević 83'	Report	Ghoochannejhad 82'

Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
Attendance: 48,011
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain)

References

External links

Iran national football team

General	Football Federation of Iran History Managers

Venues	National stadiums: Azadi Stadium (1972–), Amjadieh Stadium (1942–1972) Trainings: National Football Camp

Statistics	All-time match results All-time record Records All-time goalscorers

Players	Players (by caps) Captains International players Expatriate players

World Cup Finals	1978 1998 2006 2014

AFC Asian Cup Finals	1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015

Other tournaments	The Olympics Asian Games West Asian Championship ECO Cup

Culture	Iraq rivalry Saudi Arabia rivalry South Korea rivalry Iran–Australia play-off Political protests

Senior	Men's results 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Other Iran teams	Women's (Results) Men's B Men's U23 Men's U20 Women's U20 Men's U17 Women's U17 Men's futsal Women's futsal Men's beach soccer

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia² China PR Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates

CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

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.

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