1990 World Cup Qualifying Campaign

[KC McElroy]

There was definitely some politics involved. I can't remember the exact details but read in several interviews. His performances were anything but normal.

I have all the Keyhan Varzeshi magazines from the 1st round of qualification in 1993. I'll look through them to see if they mention anything.

[_Navid_]

What was the deal with Golampour? I thought he was in goal due to a injury to Abedzadeh.

There was definitely some politics involved. I can't remember the exact details but read in several interviews. His performances were anything but normal.

[branco]

What was the deal with Golampour? I thought he was in goal due to a injury to Abedzadeh.

Yes I thought so too. And to be honest, from what I remember, Gholampour was fantastic in the first round of qualifiers but somehow managed to screw up in the second round.

Btw great post KC McElroy! much appreciated

[KC McElroy]

Real dissapointment. Political involvement in Iran penetrate and dictate every aspect of society.
Who in their right mind would send home 3 of the most influential players on their team. Same scenario in 1993 qualifications with Gholampour in goal alowing goals because if political reasons.
Great post and thank you.

What was the deal with Golampour? I thought he was in goal due to a injury to Abedzadeh.

[_Navid_]

Freaking IFF and IR. They cost us on missing so many world cups. So many players that could have shone in 1982, 1986 and 1990.

[Ararat Tehran]

Real dissapointment. Political involvement in Iran penetrate and dictate every aspect of society.
Who in their right mind would send home 3 of the most influential players on their team. Same scenario in 1993 qualifications with Gholampour in goal alowing goals because of political reasons.
Great post and thank you.

[KC McElroy]

I read an interview with Monjati last year in which he talks about the suspensions. For starters he says it was 5 players, not 3. I would imagine the other 2 were lesser players who wouldn't have played anyway and that's why their cutting didn't make much noise. While he doesn't give the reason why they were cut, he gives a reason why they weren't cut, in that he stresses they were some of the most disciplined and hard working players he had in camp thus implying other factors (such as the ones mentioned above) played a role in their cutting.

[KC McElroy]

Pius, Abedzadeh, Kermani Moghadam, and Ghayeghran were the gods of that generation.

This post without Moharrami is worthless.

[Surenas]

Thanks for this post.
Hard to believe that there were times when we won only 1-0 against Bangladesh in front of our home crowd. You can see the big progress that Iranian football made in the course of the 1990s. In general, the period between 1980-1990 are dark years of our football, which most of the - me too - post-revolutionary children do not know. It makes me proud to see that we are now a team that has not only made this progress, but has become a good team in world football, which brings on good days, even Argentina to the brink of defeat. These posts always reminds me what we have reached.

[PersianLegion]

Pius, Abedzadeh, Kermani Moghadam, and Ghayeghran were the gods of that generation.