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The first time participation of Iran in the World Cup tournament.
The first stage of the competition was in a form of a round robin home and away format. Iran’s group matches were all played in Tehran in Amjadieha Stadium. The stage was a Home and away playoff against the winner of the other Asian Zone group , Australia.
Iran did not make it to the finals is West Germany.
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Players Stats
Name | Openin. | Subst. | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
1. | ADELKHANI, Mohammadreza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2. | ASHTIANI, Ebrahim | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3. | GHLEECHKHANI, Parviz | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
4. | GHURAB, Javad | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5. | HAGHVERDIAN, Karo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6. | HAJ RAHIMIPOUR, Ismael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7. | HEJAZI, Nasser | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8. | IRANPAK, Safar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9. | JABBARI, Ali | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10. | KALANI, Hossein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11. | KARGARJAM, Akbar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
12. | KASHANI, Jaffar | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13. | KAZERANI, Hossein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14. | LAVASANI, Mehdi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15. | MAZLOOMI, Gholamhossein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16. | MOJDEHI, Masoud | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17. | MONAJATI, Mehdi | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
18. | NOUVINROZEGAR, Abbas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19. | PARVIN, Ali | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
20. | RASHEEDI, Mansour | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21. | SADEGHI, Mohammad | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
22. | SALEEMI, Nasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23. | SHARAFI, Asghar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24. | TABIBI, Ghassim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25. | VAFAKHAH, Ghulam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
26. | ZOLFAGHARNASAB, Bijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Group 1 (matches played in Tehran)
Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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1 | Iran | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 |
2 | Syria | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
3 | North Korea | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
4 | Kuwait | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
Date | Home team | Away team | Result | Goals Scorers | Spectators |
04.05.1973 | Iran | Korea DPR | 0 – 0 | 80,000 | |
06.05.1973 | Iran | Kuwait | 2 – 1 | Vafakhah ; Parvin | 25,000 |
08.05.1973 | Iran | Syria | 1 – 0 | Kargarjam | 25,000 |
11.05.1973 | Iran | Korea DPR | 2 – 1 | Monajati ;Sadeghi | 60,000 |
13.05.1973 | Iran | Kuwait | 2 – 0 | Ghleechkhani ; Jabbari | 25,000 |
15.05.1973 | Iran | Syria | 0 – 1 | 20,000 | |
18.08.1973 | Australia | Iran | 3 – 0 | 31,000 | |
24.08.1973 | Iran | Australia | 2 – 0 | Ghleechkhani | 110,000 |
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