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Iran national football team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia 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.
Iran recorded their first World Cup victory in the second game [15] beating and eliminating the United States 2–1 with Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia scoring goals for Iran. The Iran-US World Cup match was preheated with certain excitement because of each country's political stance after the Iranian revolution and the Iran hostage crisis ...
The match, which is described as the "mother of all games" [2] and the "most politically charged game in World Cup history", [2] [3] ended with a 2–1 victory for Iran, the team's first ever victory in the history of the FIFA World Cup. [2] Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia scored for Iran, while Brian McBride scored for the United States. [1]
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First goal in a World Cup match Iraj Danaeifard, 1978 FIFA World Cup vs Scotland First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign Gholam Vafakhah vs Kuwait, 6 May 1973 (1974 World Cup qualification) Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup Yahya Golmohammadi, 35 years, 2006 Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup Mehdi Mahdavikia, 20 years, 1998
2002 World Cup Qualifier: 304 28-Sep-01 Saudi Arabia: D 2–2 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: 2002 World Cup Qualifier: 305 05-Oct-01 Thailand: W 1–0 Tehran: 2002 World Cup Qualifier: 306 12-Oct-01 Iraq: W 2–1 Tehran: 2002 World Cup Qualifier: 307 21-Oct-01 Bahrain: L 1–3 Riffa, Bahrain: 2002 World Cup Qualifier: 308 25-Oct-01 United Arab Emirates ...
The teams had met twice previously: Iran won 2–1 during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, and the teams drew 1–1 in a 2000 friendly. [66] Prior to the match, the United States Soccer Federation displayed the flag of Iran on social media without the emblem of the country .
A map showing all nations that have hosted a FIFA World Cup tournament and how many times they have done so. This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. [1]