1998 FIFA World Cup France ™

Group matches

Germany - Iran

2:0 (0:0)

Match	Date	Time	Venue / Stadium	Attendance
43	25 June 1998	21:00	Montpellier / La Mosson	29800

Match Officials

Referee Epifanio GONZALEZ CHAVEZ (PAR)	Assistant Referee 1 Celestino GALVAN (PAR)
Fourth Official Javier CASTRILLI (ARG)	Assistant Referee 2 Jorge DIAZ GALVEZ (CHI)

Goals scored

Oliver BIERHOFF (GER) 50',
Juergen KLINSMANN (GER) 57'

Germany

Line-up

[1]
Andreas KOEPKE (GK)
[2]
Christian WOERNS
[3]
Joerg HEINRICH
[4]
Juergen KOHLER
[5]
Thomas HELMER
[6]
Olaf THON (-46' HT)
[8]
Lothar MATTHAEUS
[10]
Thomas HAESSLER (-69')
[18]
Juergen KLINSMANN (C)
[20]
Oliver BIERHOFF
[21]
Michael TARNAT (-76')

Substitute(s)

[7]
Andreas MOELLER
[9]
Ulf KIRSTEN (+69')
[11]
Olaf MARSCHALL
[12]
Oliver KAHN
[13]
Jens JEREMIES
[14]
Markus BABBEL
[15]
Steffen FREUND
[16]
Didi HAMANN (+46' HT)
[17]
Christian ZIEGE (+76')
[19]
Stefan REUTER
[22]
Jens LEHMANN

Coach

Berti VOGTS (GER)

Iran

Line-up

[1]
Ahmed ABEDZADEH (GK)(C)
[2]
Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA
[4]
Mohammad KHAKPOUR
[6]
Karim BAGHERI
[9]
Hamid ESTILI
[10]
Ali DAEI
[11]
Khodadad AZIZI
[14]
Nader KHANI
[17]
Javad ZARINCHEH (-70')
[20]
Mehdi PASHAZADEH
[21]
Mehrdad MINAVAND

Substitute(s)

[3]
Naim SADAVI
[5]
Afshin PEYRAVANI
[7]
Ali Reza MANSOURIAN
[8]
Sirous DIN MOHAMMADI (+70')
[12]
Nima NAKISA
[13]
Ali LATIFI
[15]
Ali Akbar OSTAD-ASADI
[16]
Reza SHAHROUDI
[18]
Satar HAMEDANI
[19]
Behnam SERAJ
[22]
Parviz BOROMAND

Coach

Jalal TALEBI (IRN)

Cautions

Juergen KLINSMANN (GER) 31'
, Thomas HAESSLER (GER) 45'
, Ali DAEI (IRN) 47'

Expulsions

a.e.t.:	After extra time	(C):	Captain	PSO:	Penalty Shoot-out
GK:	Goalkeeper	N:	Not eligible to play	I:	Injured
Y:	Yellow cards	Pos:	Positions	A:	Absent
D:	Defender	M:	Midfielder	Min:	Minutes played
GF:	Goals for	GA:	Goals against	PK:	Penalty Kicks
FC:	Fouls Committed	FS:	Fouls Suffered	R:	Direct Expulsions
F:	Forward	SG/S:	Shots on Goal/Shots	Y: 2Y=R:	Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution