World cup 98 campaign
| Date |
Stage |
Opponent |
Result |
Venue |
Spectators |
| 02-06-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Maldives |
17-0 |
DAMASCUS |
10,000 |
| 04-06-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Kyrgystan |
7-0 |
DAMASCUS |
25,000 |
| 06-06-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Syria |
1-0 |
DAMASCUS |
33,000 |
| 09-06-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Kyrgystan |
3-1 |
AZADI |
50,000 |
| 11-06-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Maldives |
9-0 |
AZADI |
120,000 |
| 13-06-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Syria |
2-2 |
AZADI |
120,000 |
| 13-09-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
China |
4-2 |
DALIAN |
31,000 |
| 21-09-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Saudi
Arabia |
1-1 |
AZADI |
120,000 |
| 26-09-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Kuwait |
1-1 |
KUWAIT CITY |
25,000 |
| 03-10-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Qatar |
3-0 |
AZADI |
70,000 |
| 17-10-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
China |
4-1 |
AZADI |
100,000 |
| 24-10-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Saudi
Arabia |
0-1 |
RIYADH |
0 |
| 31-10-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Kuwait |
0-0 |
AZADI |
100,000 |
| 07-11-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Qatar |
0-2 |
DOHA |
20,000 |
| 16-11-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Japan |
2-3 |
JOHOR BAHRU |
0 |
| 22-11-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Australia |
1-1 |
AZADI |
128,000 |
| 28-11-97 |
World Cup Qual. |
Australia |
2-2 |
MELBOURNE |
90,000 |
| 14-06-98 |
WC |
Yugoslavia |
0-1 |
Saint-Etienne |
30,392 |
| 21-06-98 |
WC |
USA |
2-1 |
LYON |
44,000 |
| 26-06-98 |
WC |
Germany |
0-2 |
MONTPELLIER |
33,500 |
| Seq No |
Player |
Games |
Goals |
| 1 |
ABEDZADEH Ahmed Reza |
Perspolis |
 |
18 |
|
| 2 |
AZIZI Khodadad |
FC Cologne |
 |
19 |
8 |
| |
BAGHERI Karim |
Arminia Bielefeld |
 |
17 |
20 |
| |
BAKHTIYARIZADEH |
Esteghlal |
 |
1 |
|
| |
DAEI
Ali |
Arminia Bielefeld |
 |
20 |
8 |
| |
DEENMOHAMADI Sirous |
Esteghlal |
 |
1 |
|
| |
ESTILI Hameed |
Geyland United |
 |
20 |
4 |
| |
GAROUSI Mohsin |
Pas |
 |
5 |
|
| |
GOLMOHAMADI Yahya |
Perspolis |
 |
7 |
|
| |
HAYDARI Hashim |
Esteghlal |
 |
1 |
|
| |
HELALI Ismael |
Perspolis |
 |
1 |
|
| |
KHAKPOUR Mohamad |
Vanspor |
|
18 |
|
| |
MAHDAVI-KIA Mehdi |
Perspolis |
 |
20 |
5 |
| |
MAJIDI Farhad |
Esteghlal |
 |
8 |
2 |
| |
MANSOURIAN Ali Reza |
Esteghlal |
 |
18 |
4 |
| |
MINAVAND Mehrdad |
Perspolis |
 |
15 |
2 |
| |
MODIR ROSTA Ali Asghar |
Paykan |
 |
6 |
2 |
| |
MOHAMEDKHANI Nader |
Perspolis |
 |
|
|
| |
MOUSAVI Sayed Ali |
Esteghlal |
 |
2 |
1 |
| |
NAKISA Nima |
Perspolis |
 |
3 |
|
| |
NAMJOO-MUTLAQ Majeed |
Perspolis |
 |
1 |
|
| |
OSTADASADI Ali Akbar |
Zob Ahan |
 |
12 |
|
| |
PASHAZADEH Mehdi |
Esteghlal |
 |
6 |
|
| |
PETROSSIAN Samson |
Ararat |
|
1 |
|
| |
PEYROVANI Afshin |
Perspolis |
 |
17 |
|
| |
SAADAVI Naim |
Perspolis |
 |
2 |
|
| |
SHAHROUDI Reza |
Altay Izmir |
 |
16 |
3 |
| |
SHOUKRI Javeed |
Esteghlal |
|
1 |
|
| |
TABATABAEI Sayed Hadi |
Esteghlal |
 |
1 |
|
| |
TAHAMI Ibrahim |
Esteghlal |
 |
2 |
|
| |
YAZDANI Dariush |
Esteghlal |
 |
5 |
|
| |
ZARINCHEH Javad |
Esteghlal |
 |
|
|
|
Biggest win |
vs. Maldives 17-0 (WC Record) |
|
Worst loss |
vs. Japan 3-2 |
|
Most games Played 1 |
Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia (20) |
|
Most games Played 2 |
Ali Daei (20) |
|
Most games Played 3 |
Hamid Estili (20) |
|
Highest aggregate Scorer |
Karim Bagheri 20 goals |
|
Highest scorer in a game |
Karim Bagheri 7 goals vs Maldives |
|
Total goals scored |
59 (Best in WC 98) |
|
Goal Average per game |
2.95 goals |
|
Goals conceded |
21 |
|
Goal Average against per game |
1.05 goals |
|
Number of games |
20 |
|
Total number of players used |
32 |
|
Games in Finals |
3 |
|
No of head coaches used |
4 |
|
Total spectators |
1,227, 892 |
|
Average spectator per game |
61,394 per game |
|
Total games won |
9 |
|
Total games drawn |
6 |
|
Total games lost |
5 |
|
Total Yellow cards |
23 |
|
Total red cards |
2 |
|
Most yellow cards |
Khakpour 5 times |
|
Expulsion 1 |
OSTADASADI vs Saudi Arabia |
|
Expulsion 2 |
BAGHERI vs Qatar |
|
Total no of substitutions |
47 |
|
Most Playing time |
Mehdi Mahdavi-Kia 1,828 minutes |
|
Least Playing Time |
Sohrab Bakhtiyari 4
minutes |
Top five players
Games
|
Mehdi MAHDAVI-KIA |
20 games |
|
Ali DAEI |
20 games |
|
Hamid ESTILI |
20 games |
|
Ahmed ABEDZADEH |
18 games |
|
Mohammed KHAKPOUR |
18 games |
Goals
|
Karim BAGHERI |
20 goals |
|
Ali DAEI |
8 goals |
|
Khodadad AZIZI |
8 goals |
|
Mehdi MAHDAVI-KIA |
5 goals |
|
Hamid ESTILI |
4 goals |
|
Ali Reza MANSOURIAN |
4 goals |
Most Playing Time
|
Mehdi MAHDAVI-KIA |
1828 minutes |
|
Ali DAEI |
1751 minutes |
|
Hamid ESTILI |
1729 minutes |
|
Ahmed ABEDZADEH |
1618 minutes |
|
Mohammed KHAKPOUR |
1603 minutes |
Least playing time
|
Sohrab BAKHTIYARI |
4 minutes |
|
Esmael HELALI |
9 minutes |
|
Sayed Ali MOUSAVI |
14 minutes |
|
Hashim HAYDARI . |
19 minutes |
|
Sirous DEENMOHAMADI |
20 minutes |
Most substitutions
|
Ali Reza MANSOURIAN |
11 matches |
|
Mehrdad MINAVAND |
11 matchess |
|
Farhad MAJIDI |
9 matches |
|
Khodadad AZIZI |
7 matches |
|
Ali Asghar MODIR ROSTA |
6 matches |
Yellow cards
|
Mohammed KHAKPOUR |
5 cards |
|
Khodadad AZIZI |
3 cards |
|
Reza SHAHROUDI |
2 cards |
|
GHOLMOHAMMADI |
2 cards |
|
|
|
World Class achievements.
Iran played 17 games before reaching the finals, this is a World Cup
record.
Iran scored a total of 59 goals, which is another World Cup
record
17-0 victory against Maldives is an International and World Cup
record
7 goals scored by Karim Bagheri in a single match against the
Maldives is a World Cup competition record
Total of 1,828 minutes (30 hours and 28 minutes) total playing time
played by Mahdavi-Kia is a single World Cup Competition record.
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