1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
First stage
Maldives - Iran
0:17 (0:6)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 68 | 02 June 1997 | Damascus / Al-Abbasiyin | 01:00 | 7000 |
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 9',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 13',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 16',
- Hamid ESTILI (IRN) 29',
- Khodadad AZIZI (IRN) 35',
- Khodadad AZIZI (IRN) 36',
- Hamid ESTILI (IRN) 47',
- Hamid ESTILI (IRN) 55',
- Reza SHAHROUDI (IRN) 56',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 60',
- Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA (IRN) 63',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 66',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 67',
- Ali DAEI (IRN) 75',
- Ali DAEI (IRN) 77',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 86',
- Mehrdad MINAVAND (IRN) 87'
Goals scored
Maldives
- Mohamed IQBAL (GK)
- Ali SHIHAM
- Mohamed IBRAHIM
- Shah ISMAIL
- Moosa MANIK
- Ahmed AMIR
- Mohamed NIZAM
- Ismail ASIF
- Ahmed HALEEM (-50')
- Ibrahim RASHEED
- Ismail MAHFOOZ
Line-up
- Abdul Raheem ASLAM
- Ahmed AZMOON
- Ismail ANIL
- Mohamed MOOSA (+50')
- Ashraf LUTHFY
- Hassan NASHID
- Ali RASHEED
Substitute(s)
Iran
- Ahmed ABEDZADEH (GK)
- Yahya GOLMOHAMMADI
- Mohammad KHAKPOUR
- Afshin PEYRAVANI
- Karim BAGHERI
- Ali Reza MANSOURIAN (-78')
- Hamid ESTILI (-72')
- Ali DAEI
- Khodadad AZIZI
- Reza SHAHROUDI (-72')
- Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA
Line-up
- Dariush YAZDANI
- Ali MOUSAVI
- Mohsen GAROUSI (+78')
- Ali Akbar OSTAD-ASADI
- Farhad MAJIDI (+72')
- Seyed Hadi MIRTABATABAEI
- Mehrdad MINAVAND (+72')
Substitute(s)
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee AN Bong-Ki (KOR) | |
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Misses next match if booked | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| DF: | Defender | MF: | Midfielder | MinP: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK (PG/PS): | Penalty Kicks (Goals/Shots) |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Red Cards |
| FW: | Forward | SOG/S: | Shots on Target | Y: 2YC: | Yellow cards Second yellow card and red card |