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Iran

Group D

Founded 1920
Affiliated 1945
WC participations 2 (1978, 1998)
WC honours None
Continental Titles Asian Championships 3 times (1968, 1972, 1976), Asian Games 4 times (1974, 1990, 1998, 2002)
Facts

  • Iran first participated in the qualifiers in 1974 and reached their first finals tournament just four years later. The team lost to Holland and Peru in Argentina, but held Scotland to a 1-1 draw.

  • The Iranians had already proven their potential in previous years. Between 1968 and 1976, they lifted the Asian Cup on three occasions without losing a single game.

  • In 1998 Iran qualified for a FIFA World Cup™ for the second time. They also recorded their first victory in the finals with a 2-1 defeat of the USA. However, they failed to reach the last sixteen after finding themselves in a group with Germany and Yugoslavia.

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SQUAD
1 MIRZAPOUR Ebrahim (GK)
2 MAHDAVIKIA Mehdi
3 BAKHTIARIZADEH Sohrab
4 GOLMOHAMMADI Yahya
5 REZAEI Rahman
6 NEKOUNAM Javad
7 ZANDI Ferydoon
8 KARIMI Ali
9 HASHEMIAN Vahid
10 DAEI Ali
11 KHATIBI Rasoul
12 ROUDBARIAN Hassan (GK)
13 KAABI Hossein
14 TEYMOURIAN Andranik
15 BORHANI Arash
16 ENAYATI Reza
17 KAZEMEIAN Javad
18 ZARE Sattar
19 SADEQI Amir Hossein
20 NOSRATI Mohammad
21 MADANCHI Mehrzad
22 TALEBLOO Vahid (GK)
23 SHOJAEI Masoud
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