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Iran

IRN · IRAN · EST. 1920

No. 01

WC 2026 Fixtures

SCHEDULE · GROUP G

GROUP_GMATCH No. 01TUE JUN 16

🇮🇷IRAN· IRN

×03:00

NZL ·NEW ZEALAND🇳🇿

SOFI STADIUM · LOS ANGELESOPENING MATCH

GROUP_GMATCH No. 02SUN JUN 21

🇧🇪BELGIUM· BEL

×21:00

IRN ·IRAN🇮🇷

SOFI STADIUM · LOS ANGELES

GROUP_GMATCH No. 03SAT JUN 27

🇪🇬EGYPT· EGY

×05:00

IRN ·IRAN🇮🇷

LUMEN FIELD · SEATTLE

No. 02

The Squad

PLAYERS · 26 REGISTERED

Goalkeepers

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps
1	Alireza Beiranvand	33	Tractor	86
12	Payam Niazmand	31	Persepolis	15
22	Hossein Hosseini	33	Sepahan	13

Defenders

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps	Gls
2	Saleh Hardani	27	Esteghlal	18	1
3	Ehsan Hajsafi	36	Sepahan	146	7
4	Shojae Khalilzadeh	37	Tractor	58	2
5	Milad Mohammadi	32	Persepolis	76	1
13	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	32	Persepolis	65	6
17	Aria Yousefi	24	Sepahan	14	1
19	Ali Nemati	30	Foolad	17	0
23	Ramin Rezaeian	36	Foolad	74	8
25	Danial Eiri	22	Malavan	0	0

Midfielders

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps	Gls
6	Saeid Ezatolahi	29	Shabab Al Ahli	83	2
7	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	32	Dender	98	17
8	Mohammad Mohebi	27	Rostov	36	14
14	Saman Ghoddos	32	Kalba	68	3
15	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	32	Esteghlal	40	3
16	Mehdi Torabi	31	Tractor	52	7
21	Mohammad Ghorbani	24	Al Wahda	16	0
26	Amirmohammad Razzaghinia	20	Esteghlal	4	0

Forwards

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps	Gls
9	Mehdi Taremi	33	Olympiacos	105	60
10	Mehdi Ghayedi	27	Al Nasr	30	10
11	Ali Alipour	30	Persepolis	14	1
18	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	25	Tractor	18	5
20	Shahriyar Moghanlou	31	Kalba	21	2
24	Dennis Eckert	29	Standard Liège	0	0

No. 03

One to Watch

DISPATCHES · THE STUDIO

Player to Watch

One name worth knowing before kick-off

Mehdi TaremiFW

Age 33 · Inter Milan

WC Apps

WC Goals

Iran's finest export to European football. Taremi moved from Porto to Inter Milan and scored on his Serie A debut — a statement of quality at the highest level. His bicycle kick in the 2021 Champions League quarterfinals remains one of the competition's most beautiful goals ever scored.

No. 04

Group Standing

STANDINGS · GROUP G

GROUP · G

STANDINGS · AFTER MATCHDAY 3

№	TEAM	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	PT
1	🇧🇪BELGIUM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	🇪🇬EGYPT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	🇮🇷IRAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

QUALIFIED · ROUND OF 16UPDATED · JUN 14 · 22:00 CET