Iran v UAE

2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

IranIranIRN

7-2-1, 23 PTS

United Arab EmiratesUAEUAE

3-1-3, 10 PTS

Sardar Azmoun - 45'+27'

Mohammad Mohebbi - 70'

1
Beiranvand
5
Mohammadi
4
Khalilzadeh
13
Kanani
2
Hardani
14
Ghoddos
15
Cheshmi
8
Mohebbi
10
Ghayedi
7
Jahanbakhsh
20
Azmoun

No.Name
1Alireza Beiranvand
4Shoja Khalilzadeh
13Hossein Kanani
5Milad Mohammadi
2Saleh Hardani
10Mehdi Ghayedi 16Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh
14Saman Ghoddos 17Seyed Mohammad Karimi
15Roozbeh Cheshmi
20Sardar Azmoun 18Ali Alipour
8Mohammad Mohebbi 19Ali Nemati
7Alireza Jahanbakhsh 11Ali Gholizadeh

Substitutes
3Mohammad Ghorbani
21Omid Norafkan
23Arya Yousefi
22Hossein Hosseini
6Mohammad Hosseinnezhad
12Payam Niazmand
9Mehdi Taremi

Azadi Stadium

12:00 AM, 21 March 2025

Tehran, Iran

Attendance: 20,469

Referees:
Ko Hyung-Jin

Iran on the verge of World Cup qualification after UAE win

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF IRAN BEATING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 2-0 IN SOCCER WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

Mar 21, 2026, 06:03 am - Reuters

Iran

United Arab Emirates

45+27
60
64
67
68
70
76
77
77
85
90
90+7

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Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Qatar	2	1	1	0	+1	4
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	0	3
Oman	2	0	1	1	-1	1

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