AFC Asian Cup 1996

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Qualifying Rounds

Group 5 The matches were played in Iran and Oman in a double round-robin format, each team playing the other twice.
 

Date

Stage

Home Team

Away Team

Result

Venue

Scorers
10.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Oman Sri Lanka 3 - 0 Azadi
10.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Iran Nepal 8 - 0 Azadi Karim BAGHERI (pen.) (10) Ali DAEI (14) Ali DAEI (36) Mohsen GAROUSI (51) Karim BAGHERI (60) Alireza HAKIMZADEH (73) Ali DAEI (84) Ali DAEI (87)
12.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Oman Nepal 7 - 0 Azadi
12.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Iran Sri Lanka 7 - 0 Azadi Mohsen GAROUSI Ali DAEI (30) Karim BAGHERI (62) Ali DAEI (64) Ali DAEI (65) Mohsen GAROUSI (69) Ali DAEI (70) Ali DAEI (77)
14.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Sri Lanka Nepal 3 - 1 Azadi
14.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Iran Oman 2 - 0 Azadi Ali DAEI (5) Hamidreza ESTILI (84)
17.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Sri Lanka Iran 0 - 4 Muscat Karim BAGHERI (17) Karim BAGHERI (54) Karim BAGHERI (68) Alireza MANSOURIAN (78)
17.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Oman Nepal 2 - 1 Muscat
19.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Nepal Iran 0 - 4 Muscat Ali DAEI (27) Karim BAGHERI (38) Karim BAGHERI (pen.) (44) Reza SHAHROUDI (66)
19.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Oman Sri Lanka 10 - 0 Muscat
21.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Nepal Sri Lanka 0 - 2 Muscat
21.Jun.1996 Qualifying Round  Oman Iran 1 - 2 Muscat Oman: Saif AL HABSI (60)Iran: Ali DAEI (23) ,Karim BAGHERI (pen.) (88)
   
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​ Sri Lanka

Group 2

Standing
Rank Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts   Iran flag flag Oman
1 Iran 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18 Iran flag - 2-0 7-0 8-0
2 Oman 6 4 0 2 23 5 +18 12 flag Oman 1-2 - 10-0 2-1
3 Sri Lanka 6 2 0 4 5 25 -20 6 flag Sri Lanka 0-4 0-3 - 3-1
4 Nepal 6 0 0 6 2 26 -26 0 NEPA0001 0-4 0-3 0-2 -
  [/tab] [tab title="Squad"] Asian Cup 1996 Team Melli Squad
No.
4

BAGHERI, Karim


24-Feb-74
26 years
Charlton Athletic (ENG)
Midfield
9

ESTILI, Hamidreza


1 -Apr-67
29 years
Persepolis
Midfield
11

AZIZI, Khodadad


22-Jun-71
25 years
San Jose Earthquakes(USA)
Foreward
20

YAZDANI, Dariush


6-Jun-77
19 years
Esteghlal
Midfield
12

MAHDAVIKIA, Mehdi


24-Jul-77
19 years
Hamburg (GER)
Midfield
25

MINAVAND, Mehrdad


30-Nov-75
21 years
Sturm Graz (AUT)
Midfield
10

DAEI, Ali


21-Mar-69
27 years
Hertha Berlin (GER)
Foreward
1

ABEDAZDEH, Ahmadreza


25-May-66
30 Years
Perspolis
2

SAADAVI, Naim


16-Jun-69
26 years
Persepolis
3

OSTADASADI, Ali Akbar


17-Sep-65
31 years
Zob Ahan
Defender
5

PEYROVANI, Afshin


6-Feb-70
26 years
Al Sadd (QAT)
Defender
6

DEENMOHAMMADI, Sirous


2-Jul-70
26 years
Shahrdari Tabriz
Midfield
7

MANSOURIAN, Alireza


12-Dec-71
25 years
Esteghlal
8

MOHARRAMI, Mojtaba


16-Apr-65
31 years
Persepolis
Defender
14

KHAKPOUR, Mohammad


20-Feb-69
27 years
Geylang United (SIN)
Defender
18

FALAHATZADEH, Farshad


21-Mar-67
29 years
Bahman
Defender
19

YOUSEFI, Ali Akbar


12-Sep-69
27 years
Bahman
Midfield
21

MOUSAVI, Ali


22-Apr-74
22 years
Pas Tehran
Forward
22

NAKISA, Nima


1-May-75
21 years
Payam Mashhad
24

MIRZA-OSTOVARI Ali


1-Jun-73
23 years
Polyacryl Esfahan
Forward
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AFC Asian Cup Finals - UAE 1996

Final Rounds

     
Group 'B'
Date Stage Home Team Away Team Result Venue Attendance Scorers
05-Dec-96 Group B Saudi Arabia Thailand 6 - 0 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 5,000 Al-Temawi (10' [pen.], (29') [pen.]) Al-Mehallel (15', 54') Al-Muwallid (18') Al-Jaber (52')    
05-Dec-96 Group B Iran      Iraq  1 – 2     Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 15,000 Iran: Daei (90' [pen.]) Iraq: Hussam Fawzi (37')  Khalid Sabbar (69')
08-Dec-96 Group B Saudi Arabia Iraq 1 - 0 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 12,000 Al-Mehallel (26')
08-Dec-96 Group B Thailand Iran      1 - 3 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 12,000 Thailand: Senamuang (80') Iran:  Saadavi (38')          Minavand (54')          Daei (70')
11-Dec-96 Group B Saudi Arabia Iran      0 - 3 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 12,000 Daei (12') Bagheri (37') Azizi (47')
11-Dec-96 Group B Iraq Thailand 4 - 1 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai 3,000 Iraq: Haidar Mahmoud (17', 50'), Laith Hussein (23', 63')Thailand:  Chalermsan (26')
16-Dec-96 Quarter Finals South Korea Iran 2-6 Al-Maktoum Stadium, Duba 19,000 Korea Rep.: Kim Do-Hoon (11'),Shin Tae-Yong (35') Iran: Bagheri (31'), Azizi (52'), Daei Goal (66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.))
 19-Dec-96  Semi-final  Iran  Saudi Arabia  0 -0 AET+PSO Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi  35,000  
 21-Dec-96  Third place playoff  Iran  Kuwait   1 -1AET+PSO Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi  60,000 Iran: Daei (40') Kuwait: Al Huwaidi (15')
   

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