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23 June 2007

Next Match - Wed, Jul. 11, 2007
AFC Asian Cup 200711:20 UK - National Stadium Bukit Jalil
Iran	v	Uzbekistan
Match

Current Squad
G1 Ebrahim Mirzapour	M14 Andranik Teymourian
G12 Hassan Roudbarian	M18 Moharram Navidkia
G22 Vahid Talebloo	M21 Mehrzad Madanchi
D3 Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	SMehdi Rajabzadeh
D4 Yahya Golmohammadi	S2 Mehdi Mahdavikia
D5 Rahman Rezaei	S8 Ali Karimi
D13 Hossein Kaebi	S9 Vahid Hashemian
D19 Amir Hossein Sadeqi	S10 Ali Daei
D20 Mohammad Nosrati	S11 Rasoul Khatibi
D23 Massoud Shojaei	S15 Arash Borhani
MAdel Kolahkaj	S16 Reza Enayati
M6 Javad Nekounam	S17 Javad Kazemeian
M7 Ferydoon Zandi
· Complete Squad

Latest Fixtures/Scores
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	COMPETITION
Sun 6/11	Mexico	L, 3 - 1	World Cup
Sat 6/17	Portugal	L, 2 - 0	World Cup
Wed 6/21	Angola	D, 1 - 1	World Cup
· Complete Team Fixtures

2006 World Cup Group D Table
TEAM	GP	W	L	D	PTS	GD
Portugal	3	3	0	0	9	4
Mexico	3	1	1	1	4	1
Angola	3	0	1	2	2	-1
Iran	3	0	2	1	1	-4
· Complete Table

2006 World Cup Leaders
PLAYER	GOALS
Yahya Golmohammadi	1
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	1
PLAYER	YELLOW CARDS
Javad Nekounam	2
Mehrzad Madanchi	2
Yahya Golmohammadi	1
Ferydoon Zandi	1
Andranik Teymourian	1
Hossein Kaebi	1
· Complete Statistics

July 5, 2007: Iran's Karimi eager to silence critics; Striker Ali Karimi hopes to use the Asian Cup to prove his critics wrong after being slammed by Iran's media for being overweight and losing his touch.

February 16, 2007: Iran side booted out of Asian Champions League; Iran's Esteghlal Tehran have been thrown out of the Asian Champions League for failing to register their players in time.

December 20, 2006: FIFA lifts international competition ban on Iran; FIFA officially lifted Iran's ban from international competition Wednesday after the soccer governing body was assured by Iranian officials that the sport would be free of political interference.
: FIFA lifts international suspension on Iran; FIFA has lifted its international ban on Iran on Wednesday. FIFA's executive committee suspended Iran from all international competitions last month because of government interference in running the g

December 17, 2006: FIFA president Blatter to lift ban on Iran; World soccer's ruling body FIFA has decided to lift its international ban on Iran, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Sunday.

August 29, 2006: Bolton sign Iranian midfielder Teymourian; Bolton have signed Iran midfielder Andranik Teymourian on a two-year contract.

July 17, 2006: Iran replace national coach with league winner; Iran's football federation has appointed Amir Qalenoei, the coach of league champions Esteghlal, as their new manager of the national side.
June 22, 2006: Iran seek new direction after coach departs; Iran were left to find new leadership on Thursday, a day after their hopes for at least one victory at the World Cup were shattered by finishing bottom of their group with one point.

June 21, 2006: Iran 1-1 Angola: Just not enough

World Cup History

Argentina 1978

France 1998

Germany 2006

Top Stories


	Mahmoud pays Vieira tribute
	AFC Asian Cup-winning goal scorer Younes Mahmoud paid tribute to coach Jorvan Vieira after the Brazilian guided Iraq to their first-ever continental title with victory over Saudi Arabia.


	Akram - Victory sends right message
	Midfielder Nashat Akram is adamant that he and his Iraq team-mates successfully sent a message to the whole world following their AFC Asian Cup triumph on Sunday.

Good times ahead for Saudi Arabia - dos Anjos


	Good times ahead for Saudi Arabia - dos Anjos
	Saudi Arabia coach Helio dos Anjos believes that football in Saudi Arabia has a bright future despite their loss to Iraq in the final of the AFC Asian Cup on Sunday evening.


	Iraq players beam with victory
	Ahmed Mnajed admitted he is living a dream as Iraq’s players attempted to put into word’s their delight after landing a maiden AFC Asian Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on Sunday.


	Sabri delighted to upset odds
	Iraq goalkeeper Noor Sabri felt the newly-crowned AFC Asian Cup champions had surpassed all expectations just by getting to the knockout stage of Asia’s showpiece tournament.


	I learned from Iraqis, says Vieira
	Victorious Iraq coach Jorvan Vieira hailed his players and their ability to overcome the worst of situations following their 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia in the final of the AFC Asian Cup.


	Iraq secure historic triumph
	Younis Mahmoud headed home his fourth goal of the tournament as Iraq secured a memorable 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Sunday to win the AFC Asian Cup.

Interviews

Politicians can learn from Iraqi team: Saeed

Football, and the on-going success of Iraq at the Asian Cup, can play a major role in giving the country a more positive future believes Hussein Saeed, the nation’s football federation president.

Taisir optimistic about Saudi future

Taisir Al Jassim during the AFC Asian Cup 2007

Having reached the final of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 with a young and relatively inexperienced squad, attacking midfielder Taisir Al Jassim believe that Saudi Arabia are capable of becoming a force to be reckoned with in the near future.

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