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Iran vs New Zealand: match report

Iran hosted New Zealand at SoFi Stadium on Tuesday 16 June 2026, in the World Cup (round 1). César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos is the referee.

Result and scorers

Iran 2-2 New Zealand. Goals: Elijah Just 7' for New Zealand; Ramin Rezaeian 32' for Iran; Elijah Just 54' for New Zealand; Mohammad Mohebbi 64' for Iran. Attendance: 70,108.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 7' Goal: Elijah Just (New Zealand) 0-1
  • 32' Goal: Ramin Rezaeian (Iran) 1-1
  • 54' Goal: Elijah Just (New Zealand) 1-2
  • 64' Goal: Mohammad Mohebbi (Iran) 2-2
  • 89' Yellow card: Ehsan Hajsafi (Iran)
Match stats (contains the result)
48.5%Possession51.5%
17Shots14
4Shots on target8
4Corners1
10Fouls8
2Offsides0
6Saves2
1Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Iran 4-4-2

Coach: Amir Ghalenoei

  1. 1 Alireza Beiranvand GK
  2. 23 Ramin Rezaeian DEF
  3. 4 Shoja Khalilzadeh DEF
  4. 19 Ali Nemati DEF
  5. 5 Milad Mohammadi DEF
  6. 8 Mohammad Mohebi FWD
  7. 14 Saman Ghoddos MID
  8. 6 Saeid Ezatolahi MID
  9. 17 Aria Yousefi DEF
  10. 20 Shahriar Moghanlou FWD
  11. 9 Mehdi Taremi FWD

Bench

  • 10 Mehdi Ghayedi FWD
  • 11 Ali Alipour FWD
  • 3 Ehsan Haji Safi DEF
  • 18 Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh FWD
  • 22 Hossein Hosseini GK
  • 12 Payam Niazmand GK
  • 25 Danial Eiri DEF
  • 13 Hossein Kanaani DEF
  • 2 Saleh Hardani DEF
  • 26 Amirmohammad Razaghinia MID
  • 24 Dennis Eckert MID
  • 16 Mehdi Torabi MID
  • 21 Mohammad Ghorbani MID
  • 15 Roozbeh Cheshmi MID
  • 7 Alireza Jahanbakhsh FWD

New Zealand 4-2-3-1

Coach: Darren Bazeley

  1. 1 Max Crocombe GK
  2. 2 Tim Payne DEF
  3. 16 Finn Surman DEF
  4. 5 Michael Boxall DEF
  5. 13 Liberato Cacace MID
  6. 6 Joe Bell MID
  7. 8 Marko Stamenic MID
  8. 20 Callum McCowatt MID
  9. 10 Sarpreet Singh MID
  10. 11 Elijah Just FWD
  11. 9 Chris Wood FWD

Bench

  • 19 Benjamin Old DEF
  • 23 Ryan Thomas MID
  • 24 Callan Elliot DEF
  • 4 Tyler Bindon DEF
  • 21 Jesse Randall FWD
  • 12 Alex Paulsen GK
  • 22 Michael Woud GK
  • 3 Francis De Vries DEF
  • 15 Nando Pijnaker DEF
  • 26 Tommy Smith DEF
  • 14 Alex Rufer MID
  • 25 Lachlan Bayliss MID
  • 18 Ben Waine FWD
  • 17 Kosta Barbarouses FWD