FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Iran vs United Arab Emirates, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC
Iran
  • 45'+27': Sardar Azmoun
  • 70': Mohammad Mohebbi
FT
2 - 0
United Arab Emirates

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    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

    Venue: Azadi Stadium
    Location: Tehran, Iran
    Attendance: 20,469

    WCQ - AFC Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Qatar 2 +1 4
    2 United Arab Emirates 2 0 3
    3 Oman 2 -1 1
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    IRN Iran (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
    4 Shoja Khalilzadeh
    13 Hossein Kanani
    5 Milad Mohammadi
    2 Saleh Hardani
    10 Mehdi Ghayedi
    14 Saman Ghoddos
    15 Roozbeh Cheshmi
    20 Sardar Azmoun
    8 Mohammad Mohebbi Yellow Card
    7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh
    Iran Substitutes:
    Mohammad Ghorbani, Omid Norafkan, Arya Yousefi, Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Ali Nemati, Hossein Hosseini, Mohammad Hosseinnezhad, Ali Alipour, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Payam Niazmand, Mehdi Taremi, Ali Gholizadeh.

    UAE United Arab Emirates (5-4-1)

    No. Name
    17 Khalid Eisa (GK)
    3 Lucas Pimenta
    4 Kouame Autonne
    12 Khalifa Al-Hammadi
    18 Mackenzie Hunt
    19 Khaled Ebraheim
    6 Abdalla Ramadan
    15 Yahia Nader
    20 Yahya Al-Ghassani
    9 Harib Abdalla Al-Maazmi Yellow Card
    14 Caio
    United Arab Emirates Substitutes:
    Jonathan Santos, Isam Feiz, Caio Canedo, Sultan Adil, Fábio Lima, Bruno, Tahnoon Al Zaabi, Mohamad Al-Attas, Hamad Al Meqebaali, Ali Khaseif, Alaeddine Zouhir, Abdullah Idrees.

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