Iran face New Zealand in the Group G · Matchday 1 of the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Los Angeles Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, June 15 (9:00 PM ET).
- Stage
- Group G · Matchday 1
- Kickoff (ET)
- 9:00 PM ET
- Date
- Monday, June 15
- Venue
- Los Angeles Stadium
- City
- Los Angeles, USA
- Capacity
- 70,240
🇮🇷Iran squad
Coach: Amir Ghalenoei
- Goalkeepers
- Hossein Hosseini · Payam Niazmand · Alireza Beiranvand
- Defenders
- Ehsan Hajsafi · Ramin Rezaeian · Milad Mohammadi · Hossein Kanaanizadegan · Shojae Khalilzadeh · Rouzbeh Cheshmi · Saleh Hardani · Ali Nemati · Danial Eiri
- Midfielders
- Saeid Ezatolahi · Mehdi Torabi · Mohammad Ghorbani · Ariya Yousefi · Medhi Ghayedi · Amir Razzaghinia
- Forwards
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh · Mehdi Taremi · Dennis Eckert · Ali Alipour · Shahriar Moghanlou · Mohammad Mohebi · Saman Ghoddos · Amir Hosseinzadeh
🇳🇿New Zealand squad
Coach: Darren Bazeley
- Goalkeepers
- Max Crocombe · Michael Woud · Alex Paulsen
- Defenders
- Liberato Cacace · Tommy Smith · Michael Boxall · Francis De Vries · Callan Elliot · Tim Payne · Nando Pijnaker · Finn Surman · Tyler Bindon
- Midfielders
- Alex Rufer · Sarpreet Singh · Ryan Thomas · Callum McCowatt · Joe Bell · Marko Stamenic · Ben Old
- Forwards
- Kosta Barbarouses · Chris Wood · Ben Waine · Elijah Just · Matthew Garbett · Lachlan Bayliss · Jesse Randall