Iran in the World Cup Finals

Iran qualified for the 2006 World Cup Finals on June 8th, 2005.

World Cup Appearances:
Germany 2006 is Iran's 3rd appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
For the country as a whole, probably beating America 2-1 on 21st June, 1998.

Iran World Cup Preparations

Iran chose the same same facilities they used for the Confederations Cup, in July 2004.

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)
Goals from: Ali Karimi (10), Ali Daei (17), Vahid Hashemian (34).

Croatia, Sunday 28th May. (Osijek)

Bosnia-Herzegovina, Wednesday 31st May. (Mashad)

Iran in the 2006 World Cup
Group D
Sunday, 11th June
Mexico vs Iran
Nürnberg -- (18:00)

Saturday, 17th June
Portugal vs Iran
Frankfurt -- (15:00)

Wednesday, 21st June
Iran vs AngolaLeipzig -- (16:00)

Knockout Stage
Group D winner travels to Nuernberg and the runner-up goes to Leipzig.

If Iran are runners-up, they will stay in Leipzig for another 3 days.

Iran World Cup Squad 2006
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 Sattar Zare (Bargh Shiraz)
19 Amir Hossein Sadeqi (Esteghlal Tehran)
20 Mohammad Nosrati (Pas)

Midfielders:
2 Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburg, Germany)
6 Javad Nekounam (Sharjah, United Arab Emirates)
8 Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich, Germany)
9 Ferydoon Zandi (Kaiserslautern, Germany)
14 Anderanik 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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