Portugal 2 vs. Iran 0 in the 2006 World Cup

Information about the 1st Round Group D game played in the 2006 Soccer World Cup between the National Teams of Iran and Portugal with details about goals, starters and reserves, substitutions, cards and more.

Game played in the 2006 World Cup, 1st Round Group D

Date: Saturday, June 17, 2006

Portugal

2 - 0

Iran

Goals:

63'

Deco

80'

Cristiano Ronaldo

(penalty)

Players

Portugal
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Ricardo
DF	5.	Fernando Meira
DF	13.	Miguel
DF	14.	Nuno Valente
DF	16.	Ricardo Carvalho
MF	6.	Costinha
MF	18.	Maniche 67'
MF	20.	Deco 80'
FW	7.	Luis Figo (C) 88'
FW	9.	Pauleta
FW	17.	Cristiano Ronaldo
		Entered
MF	8.	Petit 67'
MF	19.	Tiago 80'
FW	11.	Simao 88'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Quim
GK	22.	Paulo Santos
DF	2.	Paulo Ferreira
DF	3.	Caneira
DF	4.	Ricardo Costa
MF	10.	Hugo Viana
FW	15.	Boa Morte
FW	21.	Nuno Gomes
FW	23.	Helder Postiga
	Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Iran
Pos	Je	Player
		Starters
GK	1.	Ebrahim Mirzapour
DF	4.	Yahya Golmohammadi (C) 88'
DF	5.	Rahman Rezaei
DF	13.	Hossein Kaabi
DF	20.	Mohammad Nosrati
MF	2.	Mehdi Mahdavikia
MF	6.	Javad Nekounam
MF	8.	Ali Karimi 65'
MF	14.	Andranik Teymourian
MF	21.	Mehrzad Madanchi 66'
FW	9.	Vahid Hashemian
		Entered
DF	3.	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 88'
MF	7.	Ferydoon Zandi 65'
FW	11.	Rasoul Khatibi 66'
		Other Reserves
GK	12.	Hassan Roudbarian
GK	22.	Vahid Talebloo
DF	19.	Amir Hossein Sadeghi
MF	18.	Moharram Navidkia
MF	23.	Masoud Shojaei
FW	10.	Ali Daei
FW	15.	Arash Borhani
FW	16.	Reza Enayati
FW	17.	Javad Kazemeian
	Coach: Branko Ivankovic

Abbreviations and Notes:
Pos = Position. It shows the player's natural position but not necessarily the one he played in this particular game
Positions: GK: Goalkeeper / DF: Defender / MF: Midfielder / FW: Forward
Je. = Jersey number / (C) = Captain / HT: at half-time

Cards

National Team	Player	Card and Minutes
Iran	Javad Nekounam	20' yellow card
Iran	Mehrzad Madanchi	32' yellow card
Portugal	Pauleta	45'+1' yellow card
Portugal	Deco	48' yellow card
Portugal	Costinha	61' yellow card
Iran	Hossein Kaabi	73' yellow card
Iran	Yahya Golmohammadi	88' yellow card

Substitutions

Portugal
Minute 67		Petit	replaced	Maniche
Minute 80		Tiago	replaced	Deco
Minute 88		Simao	replaced	Luis Figo
Iran
Minute 65		Ferydoon Zandi	replaced	Ali Karimi
Minute 66		Rasoul Khatibi	replaced	Mehrzad Madanchi
Minute 88		Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	replaced	Yahya Golmohammadi