FIFA WORLD CUP FRANCE '98 - Continental Qualification

MALDIVES REPUBLIC VS IRAN				0:17 (0:6)
AFC	02 JUNE 1997	DAMASCUS, SYR	15:30 HRS.	7,000

MATCH SUMMARY:
ABBASIEN STADIUM

MALDIVES REPUBLIC: 21 MOHAMED Iqbal; 9 MOHAMED AHMED Amir; 14 AHMED Haleem; 7 MOOSA Manik; 3 ALI Shahin; 15 IBRAHIM Rasheed; 4 MOHAMED Ibrahim; 12 ISMAIL Asif; 6 SHAH Ismail; 17 ISMAIL Mahfooz; 10 MOHAMED Nizam SUBSTITUTES: 1 ASLAM ABDUL Raheem; 13 ASHRAF Luthfy; 2 AHMED Azmoon; 19 ALI Rasheed; 11 MOOSA Mohamed; 16 HASSAN Nashid; 5 ISMAIL Anil COACH: CORTEZ Romulo IRAN: 1 ABEDZADEH Ahmad Reza; 5 PEYRAVANI Mohammad Ali; 4 KHAKPOUR Mohammad; 3 GOLMOHAMMADI Yahya; 16 SHAHRODI Reza; 7 MANSORIAN Ali Reza; 6 BAGHERI Kariem; 17 MAHDAVIKIA Mehdi; 9 ESTILI Hamid Reza; 10 DAEI Ali; 11 AZIZI Khodadad SUBSTITUTES: 22 TABATABAEI Seyed Hadi; 15 OSTAD ASADI Ali Akbar; 8 YAZDANI Daryoush; 25 MINAVAND CHAL Mehrdad; 19 MAJIDI Farhad; 12 HASAN ZADEH Ali Mosavi; 14 GAROUSI Mohsen COACH: MOHAMMAD MAYELI Kohan
SCORERS:	Maldives Republic: - Iran: 9' BAGHERI Kariem; 13' BAGHERI Kariem; 16' BAGHERI Kariem; 29' ESTILI Hamid Reza; 35' AZIZI Khodadad; 36' AZIZI Khodadad; 47' ESTILI Hamid Reza; 55' ESTILI Hamid Reza; 56' SHAHRODI Reza; 60' BAGHERI Kariem; 63' MAHDAVIKIA Mehdi; 66' BAGHERI Kariem; 67' BAGHERI Kariem; 75' DAEI Ali; 77' DAEI Ali; 83' BAGHERI Kariem; 87' MINAVAND CHAL Mehrdad
REFEREE:	AN Bong-Ki (KOR)
ASSISTANT REFEREES:	AL-GHATTAN Yousif Abdulla (BHR) SINGH Gajendra Man (NPL)
SUBSTITUTIONS:	Maldives Republic: 50' in MOOSA Mohamed out AHMED Haleem Iran: 72' in MINAVAND CHAL Mehrdad, MAJIDI Farhad out SHAHRODI Reza, ESTILI Hamid Reza; 78' in GAROUSI Mohsen out MANSORIAN Ali Reza
CAUTIONS:	Maldives Republic: - Iran: -
EXPULSIONS:	Maldives Republic: - Iran: - ** () beside name indicates 2^nd yellow card expulsion. (*) indicates direct expulsion (red card).