Iran qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on
June 8th, 2005.
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World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Iran's 3rd appearance at the World Cup Finals.
Iran's Best World Cup Performance
For the country as a whole, probably beating America (2:1) on 21st June, 1998.
Iran chose the same same facilities they used for the Confederations
Cup, in Friedrichshafen.
Iran Team Hotel
Ringhotel
Krone Schnetzenhausen:
Untere Muehlbachstrasse 1, Friedrichshafen.
Situated in rural surroundings on the outskirts of Friedrichshafen, near Lake Constance,
the Ringhotel
Krone Schnetzenhausen will be Iran's World Cup base once again.
Iran Friendly
Matches
Beat Costa Rica (3:2), Wednesday 1st
March. (Tehran)
Drew with Croatia (2:2), Sunday 28th May.
(Osijek)
Beat Bosnia-Herzegovina (5:2), Wednesday 31st May. (Mashad)
Group D
Mexico vs Iran in Nürnberg:
Iran kept things tight with Mexico in the first half then let in two goals in three
minutes, near the end of the game.
Portugal vs Iran in Frankfurt:
Iran started to grow in confidence, just before the break and managed to keep the game
tight for over an hour but they eventually lost their grip and stumble out of the 2006
World Cup.
Iran vs Angola in Leipzig:
At least Iran went home with a point.
Knockout Stage
Iran failed to qualify for the Second Round.
Team Melli
Goalkeepers:
1 Ebrahim Mirzapour (Foolad Khuzestan)
12 Hassan Roudbarian (Pas)
22 Vahid Talebloo (Esteghlal Tehran)
Defenders:
3 Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Saba Battery)
4 Yahya Golmohammadi (Saba Battery)
5 Rahman Rezaei (Messina, Italy)
13 Hossein Kaabi (Foolad Khuzestan)
18 Moharram Navidkia (Sepahan Isfahan)
19 Amir Hossein Sadeqi (Esteghlal Tehran)
20 Mohammad Nosrati (Pas)
Midfielders:
2 Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburg, Germany)
6 Javad Nekounam (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
7 Ferydoon Zandi (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
8 Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich, Germany)
14 Andranik Teymourian (Abomoslem Khorasan)
17 Javad Kazemian (Persepolis)
21 Mehrzad Madanchi (Persepolis)
23 Masoud Shojaei (Saipa Karadj)
Forwards:
9 Vahid Hashemian (Hanover 96, Germany)
10 Ali Daei (Saba Battery)
11 Rasoul Khatibi (Sepahan Isfahan)
15 Arash Borhani (Pas)
16 Reza Enayati (Esteghlal Tehran)
Trainer:
Branko Ivankovic (Croatia).
Players to watch:
8 Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich, Germany)
10 Ali Daei (Saba Battery)
9 Vahid Hashemian (Hanover 96, Germany)
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