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Iran

Short name:
IR
Middle size name:
Iran
The Lions of Persia are England’s first opponents in the group stage in what will be a first meeting between the nations and although the Iran World Cup 2022 odds indicate they are not expected to go far, they qualified with ease as group winners, finishing two points clear of South Korea. Qatar will be their third successive appearance at the World Cup and they will hope to cause a stir as they did in Russia where they ended up third in Group B, a point behind Spain and Portugal. However, they have never beaten European opposition at the World Cup, although they drew with Portugal four years ago thanks to a stoppage-time penalty having beaten Morocco in their opener for their first victory at the finals in 20 years. Head coach Carlos Queiroz has a couple of dangerous strikers at his disposal in the shape of Bayer Leverkusen’s Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi, who scored 20 goals in Porto’s title-winning season in Portugal. Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Amir Abedzadeh (Ponferradina), Seyed Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Payam Niazmand (Sepahan) Defenders: Ehsan Hajsafi (AEK Athens), Morteza Pouraliganji (Persepolis), Ramin Rezaeian (Sepahan), Milad Mohammadi (AEK Athens), Hossein Kanaanizadegan (Al Ahli), Shojae Khalilzadeh (Al Ahli), Sadegh Moharrami (Dinamo Zagreb), Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Majid Hosseini (Kayserispor), Abolfazl Jalali (Esteghlal) Midfielders: Ahmad Noorollahi (Shabab Al Ahli), Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis), Saeid Ezatolahi (Vejle), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord), Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis), Ali Gholizadeh (Charleroi), Ali Karimi (Kayserispor) Forwards: Karim Ansarifard (Omonia Nicosia), Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen), Mehdi Taremi (Porto)

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Results

Date Team Location Results
29-11-2022 19:00USA USAH
25-11-2022 10:00Wales WalesA
21-11-2022 13:00England EnglandA
Name Matches playedMatches Line UpPlayed minutesSubs inSubs out Yellow card Penalty Goal Assist Missed penalty Red card Own Goal Yellow-Red card Shootout missed Shootout scored Total goals
101910 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3322603 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3219212 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
319821 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2211001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
215911 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3323802 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2116010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
104410 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
204120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3327000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3327000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
305830 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3319902 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3327000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2218000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
215911 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
119000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3221711 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
104410 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3212612 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
00000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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