Iran
2014 WORLD CUP - NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
Goalkeepers:
Daniel Davari
(Eintracht Braunschweig)
Alireza Haghighi
(Sporting Covilha, on loan from Rubin Kazan)
Rahman Ahmadi
(Sepahan)
Defenders:
Hossein Mahini
(Persepolis)
Steven Beitashour
(Vancouver Whitecaps)
Pejman Montazeri
(Umm Salal)
Jalal Hosseini
(Persepolis)
Amir-Hossein Sadeghi
(Esteghlal)
Ahmad Alenemeh
(Naft)
Hashem Beikzadeh
(Esteghlal)
Mehrdad Pouladi
(Persepolis)
Midfielders:
Javad Nekounam
(Kuwait SC)
Andranik Teymourian
(Esteghlal)
Reza Haghighi
(Persepolis)
Ghasem Haddadifar
(Zob Ahan)
Bakhtiar Rahmani
(Foolad)
Ehsan Hajsafi
(Sepahan)
Forwards:
Ashkan Dejagah
(Fulham)
Masoud Shojaei
(Las Palmas)
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
(NEC Nijmegen)
Reza Ghoochannejhad
(Charlton)
Karim Ansarifard
(Tractor Saz, on loan from Persepolis)
Khosro Heydari
(Esteghlal)
Ten African national football teams have qualified
So far, nine African national teams have qualified.
The 2026 World Cup will take place in Canada, Mexico, and the USA from 11 June to 19 July
USA reaches the last sixteen
Iran beats Wales
England beats Iran
Portugal through to the last sixteen.
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