IR Iran vs Qatar, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - AFC, Third Round

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

IR Iran

42': Sardar Azmoun
48': Sardar Azmoun
65': Mohammad Mohebbi
90'+8': Ismail Mohamad (OG)

FT
4 - 1

Qatar

17': Almoez Ali

About

IR Iran are hosting Qatar at Rashid Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC.

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

Venue: Rashid Stadium
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Attendance: 7,890

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

IR Iran (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Alireza Beiranvand (GK)
13	Ali Nemati
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh
21	Omid Norafkan
5	Milad Mohammadi
9	Mehdi Taremi
6	Saeid Ezatolahi
17	Seyed Mohammad Karimi
20	Sardar Azmoun
10	Mehdi Ghayedi
8	Mohammad Mohebbi

IR Iran Substitutes:

Shahriar Moghanlou, Payam Niazmand, Mohammad Hosseinnezhad, Amin Hazbavi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Aria Yousefi, Mehdi Torabi, Mohammad Daneshgar, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Hossein Hosseini, Ali Gholizadeh, Mohammad Ghorbani.

Qatar (4-4-1-1)

No.	Name
22	Meshaal Barsham (GK)
12	Lucas Mendes
16	Boualem Khoukhi
3	Abdelkarim Hassan
5	Tarek Salman
20	Ahmed Fathi
8	Jassem Gaber
10	Akram Afif
9	Edmílson Junior
19	Almoez Ali
6	Abdulaziz Hatem

Qatar Substitutes:

Ismail Mohamad, Yusuf Abdurisag, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Mohammed Waad, Ibrahim Mohammad Al Hassan Ibrahim Mohammad Ali, Abdulla Badr Alyazidi, Abdelrahman Moustafa, Almahdi Ali Mukhtar, Ahmed Al Ganehi, Salah Zakaria, Sultan Al-Brake, Saad Al-Sheeb.

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