The FIFA World Cup 2018 is scheduled to be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities.
The final will be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Current World Cup squad
Alireza Beiranvand, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Rashid Mazaheri, Amir Abedzadeh; Ramin Rezaeian, Voria Ghafouri, Steven Beitashour, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Morteza Pouraliganji, Mohammad Ansari, Pejman Montazeri, Seyed Majid Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi, Omid Norafkan, Saeid AGhaei, Roozbeh Cheshmi; Saeid Ezatolahi, Masoud Shojaei, Ahmad Abdolahzadeh, Saman Ghoddos, Mahdi Torabi, Ashkan Dejagah, Omid Ebrahimi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Ali Karimi, Soroush Rafiei, Ali Gholizadeh, Vahid Amiri; Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Karim Ansarifard, Mahdi Taremi, Sardar Azmoun, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Kaveh Rezaei
Coach for 2018:
Iran's coach Carlos Queiroz.
Carlos Queiroz
Fixtures:
June 15: vs Morocco
June 20: vs Spain
June 25: vs Portugal
Past records
No. of times team has played in WC (number): 4
No. of matches played (number): 12
No. of matches won: 1
No. of matches lost: 8
No. of times lost in finals (Number):
No. of times world cup won (number):
No. of goals scored in WC: 7
Top 3 players to watch: Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Masoud Shojaei
Road to WC (text): Iran became the first team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to book their place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Player who has played most world cups (appearances): Andranik Timotian: 9
Player who has scored most no. of goals (Player:No. of goals): Iraj Danaeifard: 1
