Iran at the FIFA World Cup
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Iran have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on six occasions: in 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022. They are yet to have progressed from the group stages.[1][2]
Record at the FIFA World Cup qualification
[edit]- As of 1 April 2024
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 17 | 189 | 121 | 41 | 27 | 453 | 134 | +319 | 404 |
2 | ![]() | 16 | 165 | 99 | 40 | 26 | 422 | 125 | +297 | 337 |
3 | ![]() | 16 | 155 | 97 | 40 | 18 | 311 | 91 | +220 | 331 |
4 | ![]() | 17 | 187 | 93 | 47 | 47 | 309 | 184 | +125 | 326 |
5 | ![]() | 12 | 150 | 95 | 36 | 19 | 328 | 91 | +237 | 321 |
6 | ![]() | 15 | 159 | 91 | 42 | 26 | 270 | 137 | +133 | 315 |
7 | ![]() | 19 | 135 | 89 | 26 | 20 | 329 | 101 | +228 | 293 |
8 | ![]() | 19 | 168 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 287 | 191 | +96 | 292 |
9 | ![]() | 18 | 178 | 81 | 47 | 50 | 253 | 191 | +62 | 290 |
10 | ![]() | 19 | 125 | 87 | 26 | 12 | 291 | 81 | +210 | 287 |
Record at the FIFA World Cup
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
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![]() | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
![]() | First round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Squad | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |||
![]() | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | Disqualified | Disqualified | ||||||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | |||||||||||
![]() | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | ||||||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Squad | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 17 | |||
![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9 | |||||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 7 | |||
![]() | Did not qualify | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||
![]() | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 | |||
![]() | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Squad | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 5 | ||||
![]() | 26th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Squad | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 8 | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
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Total | First round | 6/26 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | — | 146 | 92 | 35 | 19 | 316 | 89 |
Argentina 1978
[edit]Group 4
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to second round |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Source: FIFA
Netherlands ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Rensenbrink ![]() | Report |
Scotland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Eskandarian ![]() | Report | Danaeifard ![]() |
France 1998
[edit]Group F
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Source: FIFA
Yugoslavia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mihajlović ![]() | (Report) |
United States ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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McBride ![]() | (Report) | Estili ![]() Mahdavikia ![]() |
Germany 2006
[edit]Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
Iran ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bakhtiarizadeh ![]() | (Report) | Flávio ![]() |
Brazil 2014
[edit]Group F
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Džeko ![]() Pjanić ![]() Vršajević ![]() | Report | Ghoochannejhad ![]() |
Russia 2018
[edit]Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Morocco ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Bouhaddouz ![]() |
Qatar 2022
[edit]Simultaneous to the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran, the team declined to sing the national anthem prior to their match with England.[3] Prior to the match, captain Ehsan Hajsafi, said that the team support protestors.[3]
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
By match
[edit]World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Iran scorer(s) |
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1978 | Group 4 | ![]() | 0–3 | L | |
![]() | 1–1 | D | Danaeifard ![]() | ||
![]() | 1–4 | L | Rowshan ![]() | ||
1998 | Group F | ![]() | 0–1 | L | |
![]() | 2–1 | W | Estili ![]() ![]() | ||
![]() | 0–2 | L | |||
2006 | Group D | ![]() | 1–3 | L | Golmohammadi ![]() |
![]() | 0–2 | L | |||
![]() | 1–1 | D | Bakhtiarizadeh ![]() | ||
2014 | Group F | ![]() | 0–0 | D | |
![]() | 0–1 | L | |||
![]() | 1–3 | L | Ghoochannejhad ![]() | ||
2018 | Group B | ![]() | 1–0 | W | Bouhaddouz ![]() |
![]() | 0–1 | L | |||
![]() | 1–1 | D | Ansarifard ![]() | ||
2022 | Group B | ![]() | 2–6 | L | Taremi ![]() |
![]() | 2–0 | W | Cheshmi ![]() ![]() | ||
![]() | 0–1 | L |
Records
[edit]Most appearances
[edit]Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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1 | Ehsan Hajsafi | 9 | 2014 and 2018 and 2022 |
2 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 8 | 2014 and 2018 and 2022 |
3 | Karim Ansarifard | 6 | 2014 and 2018 and 2022 |
Mehdi Taremi | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
Sardar Azmoun | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
Morteza Pouraliganji | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
Majid Hosseini | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
Mehdi Mahdavikia | 6 | 1998 and 2006 | |
Andranik Teymourian | 6 | 2006 and 2014 | |
10 | Ali Daei | 5 | 1998 and 2006 |
Javad Nekounam | 5 | 2006 and 2014 | |
Masoud Shojaei | 5 | 2006 and 2014 and 2018 |
Most goals
[edit]Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
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1 | Mehdi Taremi | 2 | 2022 |
2 | Iraj Danaeifard | 1 | 1978 |
Hassan Rowshan | 1 | 1978 | |
Hamid Estili | 1 | 1998 | |
Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1 | 1998 | |
Yahya Golmohammadi | 1 | 2006 | |
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 1 | 2006 | |
Reza Ghoochannejhad | 1 | 2014 | |
Karim Ansarifard | 1 | 2018 | |
Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 1 | 2022 | |
Ramin Rezaeian | 1 | 2022 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ O'Callaghan, Eoin (20 June 2018). "Great Satan 1-2 Iran: the most politically charged match in World Cup history". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "تاریخچه حضور ایران در جام جهانی" [History of Iran at the FIFA World Cup] (in Persian). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Iran players decline to sing national anthem". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
External links
[edit]- Profile at thesoccerworldcups.com
- FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2006
- FIFA official site