Group
Finish probabilities
1st 0%
2nd 0%
3rd place 100.0% Qualified from 3rd 0% Eliminated in 3rd 100.0%
4th 0%
Group G
Iran
Carlos Queiroz has left his mark permanently on Iranian football: compact low block, disciplined counter, minimal risk. It works more often than it should. Creative attacking play is virtually absent by design. The political context around the squad adds a dimension of tension that rarely helps performance.
This profile summarizes Iran's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.
Champion 0%
Group qualification 0%
Squad market €32.6m
Avg age 30.4
Avg height 1.829m
Manager Amir Ghalenoei
Current-state snapshot
This profile is based on 10k current-state simulations using the WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.
Latest result included: France 0-2 Spain
Guide
How to read this team profile
Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Iran's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.
This page uses Knockout-phase current-state snapshot using latest committed Match Updates, official locked results, current ratings, and fixed knockout bracket state as of 15 Jul 2026 1:47 PM UTC+3. Other public forecast pages may still use root compatibility datasets until they are updated separately, and custom Team Strength settings can change future tournament paths in the live simulator.
Tournament
Stage reach probabilities
R32 0%
R16 0%
QF 0%
SF 0%
Final 0%
Champion 0%
Conditional path
Path by group finish
| Finish | Sample | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | Final | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | No longer possible | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd | No longer possible | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd | 100.0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Overall opponent pool
Most common opponents by round
If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.
R32
No opponent samples.
R16
No opponent samples.
QF
No opponent samples.
SF
No opponent samples.
Final
No opponent samples.
Finish 1st
Iran opponent pool if finishing 1st
For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.
R32
No longer possible
R16
No longer possible
QF
No longer possible
SF
No longer possible
Final
No longer possible
Finish 2nd
Iran opponent pool if finishing 2nd
For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.
R32
No longer possible
R16
No longer possible
QF
No longer possible
SF
No longer possible
Final
No longer possible
Finish 3rd
Iran opponent pool if finishing 3rd
For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.
R32
Not enough samples.
R16
Not enough samples.
QF
Not enough samples.
SF
Not enough samples.
Final
Not enough samples.
Squad
Current squad
| Pos | Player | Age | Height | Club | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Payam Niazmand | 31 | 1,94m | Persepolis FC | €700k |
| GK | Alireza Beiranvand | 33 | 1,94m | Tractor FC | €650k |
| GK | Seyed Hossein Hosseini | 33 | 1,87m | Sepahan FC | €500k |
| CB | Hossein Kanaani | 32 | 1,88m | Persepolis FC | €1.6m |
| CB | Danial Eiri | 22 | 1,85m | Malavan Bandar Anzali | €1.0m |
| CB | Ali Nemati | 30 | 1,82m | Foolad FC | €550k |
| CB | Shoja Khalilzadeh | 37 | 1,80m | Tractor FC | €100k |
| LB | Milad Mohammadi | 32 | 1,78m | Persepolis FC | €900k |
| LB | Ehsan Hajsafi | 36 | 1,78m | Sepahan FC | €250k |
| RB | Arya Yousefi | 24 | 1,81m | Sepahan FC | €1.5m |
| RB | Saleh Hardani | 27 | 1,76m | Esteghlal FC | €800k |
| RB | Ramin Rezaeian | 36 | 1,84m | Foolad FC | €250k |
| DM | Saeed Ezatolahi | 30 | 1,84m | Shabab Al-Ahli Club | €1.8m |
| DM | Mohammad Ghorbani | 25 | 1,90m | Al-Wahda FC | €1.2m |
| DM | Roozbeh Cheshmi | 32 | 1,82m | Esteghlal FC | €450k |
| CM | Amirmohammad Razzaghinia | 20 | 1,87m | Esteghlal FC | €1.2m |
| AM | Saman Ghoddos | 32 | 1,75m | Kalba FC | €1.2m |
| LW | Mehdi Ghayedi | 28 | 1,66m | Al-Nasr SC (UAE) | €4.5m |
| LW | Mohammad Mohebi | 27 | 1,86m | FC Rostov | €2.5m |
| LW | Mehdi Torabi | 31 | 1,78m | Tractor FC | €1.2m |
| RW | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 32 | 1,81m | FCV Dender EH | €600k |
| CF | Mehdi Taremi | 33 | 1,85m | Olympiacos Piraeus | €2.5m |
| CF | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | 25 | 1,78m | Tractor FC | €2.2m |
| CF | Dennis Eckert Ayensa | 29 | 1,83m | Standard Liège | €2.0m |
| CF | Ali Alipour | 30 | 1,81m | Persepolis FC | €1.7m |
| CF | Shahriar Moghanlou | 31 | 1,93m | Kalba FC | €800k |
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