Iran at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

This article deals with the Iranian national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1998 in France.

2.1 squad
2.2 Games

Qualification

First round

Second Round

The selection Iran not qualify automatically for the World Cup. You must be a play-off against Japan ( second in Group B) deny participating in the winner in the final round.

AFC playoff

Iran must after the defeat in the AFC playoff against Australia in the International Relegation (winner of Oceania ) in two games ( return match ) compete and find out the last World Cup participants.

Intercontinental Relegation

Iran qualified on the away goals rule a second time for a football World Cup.

Features:

Karim Bagheri scored 16 goals and is behind Ronaldo ( 17 goals ), the second highest scorer world
Iran sets world record: 17 matches of a team in an international match ( against Iran Maldives 17:0 )
Worldwide bestbesuchtes game as part of the qualification for the finals in France: 120,000 spectators at the match Iran against Saudi Arabia in the Azadi Stadium
Iran scored eight goals in the return match against the selection of China ( 2:4 and 4:1 )
Ali Reza Mansourian scored the fastest goal in the Asian qualifying for the World Cup in the match against China in Tehran ( 2 minutes )

1998 World Cup

Squad

Games

For details see World Cup 1998/Gruppe F

Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992 - Iran Iran 1-0 (0-0 )

Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998, 17:30 clock (CEST ) Stadium: Stade Geoffroy Guichard ( Saint- Étienne ) Attendance: 30,600 Referee: Tejada Noriega Peru

Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992: Kralj - Mirkovic, Đorović, Petrović, Jokanović, Brnović (50th Stanković ) - Jugović, Stojkovic ( 68 Kovačević ), Mihajlovic - Mijatovic, Milošević ( 58 Ognjenović )

Iran Iran: Nakisa - Khakpour, Mohammadkhani, Zarincheh, Pashazadeh - Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili ( 68 Mansourian ) Minavand - Daei, Azizi

Goals:

Match Report ( English)

United States United States - Iran Iran 1:2 ( 0:1)

Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998, 21:00 clock (CEST ) Stadium: Stade Gerland (Lyon ) Attendance: 39,100 Referee: Meier Switzerland

United States United States: Cellar - Pope, Dooley ( 82 Maisonneuve ), Régis, Hejduk - Ramos ( 57 Stewart), Reyna, Jones, Moore - McBride, Wegerle ( 58 Radosavljević )

Iran Iran: Abedzadeh - Khakpour, Mohammadkhani ( 75 Peyrovani ) Zarincheh ( 77 Saadavi ) Pashazadeh - Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili ( 68 Mansourian ) Minavand - Daei, Azizi ( 73 Mansourian )

Goals:

0:1 Estili ( 40th, header, Zarincheh )
0:2 Mahdavikia ( 84, right-footed shot )
1:2 McBride ( 87, right-footed shot )

Match Report ( English)

Germany Germany - Iran Iran 2-0 (0-0 )

Date: Thursday, June 25, 1998, 21:00 clock (CEST ) Stadium: Stade de la Mosson (Montpellier) Attendance: 29,800 Referee: González Paraguay 1990

Germany Germany: Kopke - Wörns, Kohler, Henry, Helmer - Thon ( 46 Hamann ), Tarnat ( 76 goats), Matthew Hassler ( 46 Kirsten ) - Klinsmann, Bierhoff

Iran Iran: Abedzadeh - Khakpour, Mohammadkhani, Zarincheh ( 70 Dinmohammadi ) Pashazadeh - Mahdavikia, Bagheri, Estili, Minavand - Daei, Azizi

Goals:

Match Report ( English)

For Iran, the tournament is completed after the preliminary round.

Features:

Iran is the surprise team in Group F
Through fair gestures before the match USA against Iran show both sides of the warring states that football and politics are two different things
Iran wins his first match in the finals ( 2-1 against the USA)
Many Iranian national team change after the World Cup to European ( top ) clubs

Qualification for the 1998 World Cup

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