Group D
IRAN
World Cup participations: 2
Greatest World Cup achievement: none
Iran has played a strong qualification and the
world cup draw caused delight in the whole country.
They believe to have a serious chance against Mexico
and Portugal to go to the last 16 and to be honest,
that's not completely impossible.
Playmaker Ali Karimi of Bayern Munich is the star,
although he has not made the breakthrough at his club
yet.
Captain is the old warhorse Ali Daei and with
Hashemian and Mahdavikia there are two more
acquaintances.
The offence really has potential, but there are worries
about the missing international experience of the team.
The odds on Iran as world cup winner were certainly extremely high
- 501.0 at Betandwin.
For a bet on group winner Iran you get 21.0.
Iran
Nickname Team Melli
Association I.R. Iran F.F.
Coach Branko Ivankovic (2003-)
Most caps Ali Daei (138)
Top scorer Ali Daei (104)
First International
Afghanistan 0 - 0 Iran
(Kabul, Afghanistan; January 1, 1941)
Largest win
Iran 19 - 0 Guam
(Tabriz, Iran; November 24, 2000)
Worst defeat
Turkey 6 - 1 Iran
(Istanbul, Turkey; May 28, 1950)
South Korea 5 - 0 Iran
(Tokyo, Japan; May 28, 1958)
World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1978)
Best result Round 1, 1978 and 1998
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances 10 (First in 1968)
Best result Winners, 1968, 1972, 1976
World Cup Squad Iran
This is the official world cup squad -
you can find here all the
world cup players
for Iran
Goalkeepers
Ebrahim Mirzapour
Vahid Talebloo
Hassan Roudbarian
Defenders
Yahya Golmohammadi
Mohammad Nosrati
Rahman Rezaei
Sattar Zare
Hossein Kaabi
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Amir Hossein Sadeqi
Midfielders
Javad Nekounam
Anderanik Teymourian
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Ferydoon Zandi
Ali Karimi
Mehrzad Madanchi
Javad Kazemian
Strikers
Ali Daei
Vahid Hashemian
Reza Enayati
Arash Borhani
Masoud Shojai
Rasoul Khatibi
Other World Cup Teams
Group A
Germany
Costa Rica
Poland
Ecuador
Group B
England
Paraguay
Trinidad and Tobago
Sweden
Group C
Argentina
Cote d'Ivoire
Serbia and Montenegro
Netherlands
Group D
Mexico
Iran
Angola
Portugal
Group E
Italy
Ghana
USA
Czech Republic
Group F
Brazil
Croatia
Australia
Japan
Group G
France
Switzerland
Korea Republic
Togo
Group H
Spain
Ukraine
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
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