1998 FIFA World Cup France ™ Preliminaries
Second stage
Iran - China PR
4:1 (2:0)
Match | Date | Venue / Stadium | Time | Attendance |
| 12 | 17 October 1997 | Tehran / Azadi | 01:00 | 100000 |
- Ali Reza MANSOURIAN (IRN) 2',
- Aliasghar MODIRROUSTA (IRN) 44',
- Karim BAGHERI (IRN) 69',
- Ali DAEI (IRN) 73',
- MAO Yijun (CHN) 87'
Goals scored
Iran
- Ahmed ABEDZADEH
- Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA
- Mohammad KHAKPOUR
- Afshin PEYRAVANI
- Karim BAGHERI
- Ali Reza MANSOURIAN
- Hamid ESTILI (-85')
- Ali DAEI
- Ali Akbar OSTAD-ASADI
- Reza SHAHROUDI (-78')
- Aliasghar MODIRROUSTA (+70')(-70')
Line-up
- Yahya GOLMOHAMMADI
- Khodadad AZIZI
- Dariush YAZDANI
- Mohsen GAROUSI
- Farhad MAJIDI (+85')
- Nima NAKISA
- Mehrdad MINAVAND (+78')
Substitute(s)
China PR
- OU Chuliang
- ZHANG Enhua
- SUN Jihai
- LI Tie (+80')(-80')
- WU Chengying
- MA Mingyu (+65')(-65')
- HAO Haidong
- XU Hong
- YAO Xia (+40')(-40')
- MAO Yijun
- LIU Jun
Line-up
- LI Jinyu
- JIANG Jin
- LI Bing
- GAO Feng
- SUI Dongliang
- LI Hongjun
- PENG Weiguo
Substitute(s)
- ZHANG Enhua (CHN) 38'
- , Afshin PEYRAVANI (IRN) 40'
- , LI Tie (CHN) 69'
- , LIU Jun (CHN) 86'
Cautions
Sent off
Match Officials
Referee Ahmad Nabil AYAD (LIB) | |
| 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: | minutesPlayed |
| 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 |