Friendly Match of Bosnia and Iran to be played in Sarajevo

The “A” national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina will play a friendly match with the national team of Iran in our country on 12^th November.

B&H and Iran have met 6 times so far. Five matches were friendly, while the only competitive match was played at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Iran is more successful in mutual matches, because it achieved 4 victories, while one match ended in a draw. The BH team achieved its only victory against Iran at the World Cup in Brazil.

These national teams met for the first time on 22^nd July 2001 in Bihać, when they played tie 2:2. Goals for Bosnia and Herzegovina were scored by Sead Seferović in the 7^th, and Miroslav Dujmović in the 10^th, while Dinmohammadi in the 16^th and Fatemi in the 90^th minute scored for Iran.

In the next 4 matches, Iran won. First at the Azadi Sport Stadium in Tehran on 10.08.2001 with the result 4:0 (Hasheminasab 5^th and 90^th, Karimi 65^th, Daei 87^th minute), then on 02.02.2005 at the same venue with 2:1 (Daei 38^th, Borhani 74^th – Elvir Bolić 18^th minute).

The Azadi Sport Stadium hosted the fourth mutual duel between B&H and Iran on 31.05.2006. Iran then won 5:2. The national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina had a 2:0 advantage in that match with goals scored by Zvjezdan Misimović in the 4^th and Sergej Barbarez in the 17^th minute, but the Iranians reversed the result through Mehrzad Madanchi (26^th), Rahman Rezaei (45^th), Vahid Hashemian 46^th), Rezaa Enayatia (89^th) and Rasoula Khatibia (90^th minute).

The fifth match was played at the Asim Ferhatović-Hase Stadium in Sarajevo on 12.08.2009. And then Bosnia and Herzegovina took the lead with 2:0 with scored goals by Edin Džeko in the 52^nd and 65^th minute, but in the end, they were defeated with 2:3. Goals for Iran were scored by Shojaei Masoud in the 79^th, Borhani Arash in the 86^th and Teymouriian Andrenik in the 90^th minute.

The last mutual match of these teams was played on 25.06.2014 at the Fonte Nova Arena in El Salvador (Brazil) in the 3^rd round of Group F of the World Cup. Bosnia and Herzegovina won 3:1, and the goals were scored by Edin Džeko in the 23^rd, Miralem Pjanić in the 59^th and Avdija Vršajević in the 83^rd minute. The only goal for Iran was scored by Reza Ghoochannejad in the 82^nd minute.

The match will be played at the Asim Ferhatović-Hase Stadium in Sarajevo on 12.11.2020.