Egypt v Iran, 26 June 2026

Score1-1
RefereeSzymon Marciniak
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Group G
VenueLumen Field, Seattle WA
Attendance66,925

View Egypt v Iran head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm local . FIFA World Ranking: Egypt 29th, Iran 20th . The only previous meeting was played in the LG Cup Four Nations Tournament in Tehran, Iraq in June 2000. Egypt won 8-7 on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

1 Egypt

Manager: Hossam Hassan

1 Iran

Manager: Amir Ghalenoei

Goals:

Maumoud Saber 5 G

Goals:

Ramin Rezaeian 14 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir
Defender Mohamed Abdelmoneim
Defender Mohamed Hany
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed El Fetouh
Defender/Midfielder Ramy Rabia
Midfielder Mohanad Lasheen
Midfielder Maumoud Saber
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Emam Ashour
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Mostafa Zico

Starting lineup:

Alireza Beiranvand Goalkeeper
Hossein Kanani Defender
Shoja Khalilazadeh Defender
Milad Mohammadi Defender
Ali Nemati Defender
Ramin Rezaeian Defender/Midfielder
Saeid Ezatolahi Midfielder
Mohammad Ghorbani Midfielder
Saman Ghoddos Midfielder/Forward
Mohammad Mohebbi Midfielder/Forward
Mehdi Taremi Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Yasser Ibrahim for Mohamed Abdelmoneim 14
Marwan Attia for Maumoud Saber 46
Omar Marmoush for Emam Ashour 46
Zizo for Mohamed Salah 57
Hamza Abdelkarim for Mostafa Zico 76

Substitutions:

Saleh Hardani for Hossein Kanani 46
Shahriar Moghanlou for Saman Ghoddos 67
Alireza Jahanbakhsh for Mohammad Mohebbi 90+1

Cards:

Maumoud Saber 19 Y
Yasser Ibrahim 41 Y
Mohanad Lasheen 90+2 Y

Cards:

Hossein Kanani 18 Y
Ali Nemati 43 Y
Saeid Ezatolahi 79 Y
Shoja Khalilazadeh 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mohammed Alaa
Goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy
Goalkeeper El Mahdi Soliman
Defender Karim Hafez
Defender Yasser Ibrahim
Defender/Midfielder Tarek Alaa
Defender/Midfielder Marwan Attia
Midfielder Ibrahim Adel
Midfielder Nabil Dunga
Midfielder/Forward Zizo
Forward Hamza Abdelkarim
Forward Haissem Hassan
Forward Omar Marmoush

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini
Goalkeeper Payam Niazmand
Defender Danial Eiri
Defender Aria Yousefi
Defender/Midfielder Rouzbeh Cheshmi
Defender/Midfielder Ehsan Hajsafi
Defender/Midfielder Saleh Hardani
Defender/Midfielder Mehdi Torabi
Midfielder Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Midfielder Amirmohammad Razzaghinia
Midfielder/Forward Mehdi Ghayedi
Midfielder/Forward Amir Hosseinzadeh
Forward Ali Alipour
Forward Dennis Eckert Ayensa
Forward Shahriar Moghanlou

Comments:

Egypt had now finished as runners-up in Group G behind Belgium on goal difference to progress beyond the opening round of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time. . The Pharaohs now remained unbeaten in three consecutive games at FIFA World Cup finals for the first time. . They had now scored in each of their last five games at FIFA World Cup tournaments. . Egypt named 13 of a possible 15 substitutes. Hamdy Fathy was unavailable due to a muscle injury. Hossam Abdelmaguid was unavailable following his concussion in the previous game.

Comments:

Finishing third in Group G, Iran failed to progress to the knockout phase of a FIFA World tournament for the first time due to finishing outside of the best eight third-placed nations (9th). . They had now become the second-ever nation to draw their three games at FIFA World Cup finals with three different scorelines: previously Belgium 1998 in France, also 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2. . Iran had now won one of their last eight games at FIFA World Cup tournaments (lost three). . Mehdi Taremi’s penalty in the 11th minute was saved. . Shoja Khalilazadeh scored in the third minute of added time at the end of the game but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to a offside decision.

1 Egypt

Manager: Hossam Hassan

Goals:

Maumoud Saber 5 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir
Defender Mohamed Abdelmoneim
Defender Mohamed Hany
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed El Fetouh
Defender/Midfielder Ramy Rabia
Midfielder Mohanad Lasheen
Midfielder Maumoud Saber
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Emam Ashour
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Mostafa Zico

Substitutions:

Yasser Ibrahim for Mohamed Abdelmoneim 14
Marwan Attia for Maumoud Saber 46
Omar Marmoush for Emam Ashour 46
Zizo for Mohamed Salah 57
Hamza Abdelkarim for Mostafa Zico 76

Cards:

Maumoud Saber 19 Y
Yasser Ibrahim 41 Y
Mohanad Lasheen 90+2 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mohammed Alaa
Goalkeeper Mohamed El Shenawy
Goalkeeper El Mahdi Soliman
Defender Karim Hafez
Defender Yasser Ibrahim
Defender/Midfielder Tarek Alaa
Defender/Midfielder Marwan Attia
Midfielder Ibrahim Adel
Midfielder Nabil Dunga
Midfielder/Forward Zizo
Forward Hamza Abdelkarim
Forward Haissem Hassan
Forward Omar Marmoush

Comments:

Egypt had now finished as runners-up in Group G behind Belgium on goal difference to progress beyond the opening round of a FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time. . The Pharaohs now remained unbeaten in three consecutive games at FIFA World Cup finals for the first time. . They had now scored in each of their last five games at FIFA World Cup tournaments. . Egypt named 13 of a possible 15 substitutes. Hamdy Fathy was unavailable due to a muscle injury. Hossam Abdelmaguid was unavailable following his concussion in the previous game.

1 Iran

Manager: Amir Ghalenoei

Goals:

Ramin Rezaeian 14 G

Starting lineup:

Alireza Beiranvand Goalkeeper
Hossein Kanani Defender
Shoja Khalilazadeh Defender
Milad Mohammadi Defender
Ali Nemati Defender
Ramin Rezaeian Defender/Midfielder
Saeid Ezatolahi Midfielder
Mohammad Ghorbani Midfielder
Saman Ghoddos Midfielder/Forward
Mohammad Mohebbi Midfielder/Forward
Mehdi Taremi Forward (captain)

Substitutions:

Saleh Hardani for Hossein Kanani 46
Shahriar Moghanlou for Saman Ghoddos 67
Alireza Jahanbakhsh for Mohammad Mohebbi 90+1

Cards:

Hossein Kanani 18 Y
Ali Nemati 43 Y
Saeid Ezatolahi 79 Y
Shoja Khalilazadeh 90+4 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Hossein Hosseini
Goalkeeper Payam Niazmand
Defender Danial Eiri
Defender Aria Yousefi
Defender/Midfielder Rouzbeh Cheshmi
Defender/Midfielder Ehsan Hajsafi
Defender/Midfielder Saleh Hardani
Defender/Midfielder Mehdi Torabi
Midfielder Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Midfielder Amirmohammad Razzaghinia
Midfielder/Forward Mehdi Ghayedi
Midfielder/Forward Amir Hosseinzadeh
Forward Ali Alipour
Forward Dennis Eckert Ayensa
Forward Shahriar Moghanlou

Comments:

Finishing third in Group G, Iran failed to progress to the knockout phase of a FIFA World tournament for the first time due to finishing outside of the best eight third-placed nations (9th). . They had now become the second-ever nation to draw their three games at FIFA World Cup finals with three different scorelines: previously Belgium 1998 in France, also 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2. . Iran had now won one of their last eight games at FIFA World Cup tournaments (lost three). . Mehdi Taremi’s penalty in the 11th minute was saved. . Shoja Khalilazadeh scored in the third minute of added time at the end of the game but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to a offside decision.