Iran 19 Guam 0 (World Cup qualifier, 24th November 2000)
The Iranians kicked off their qualifying campaign with an emphatic 19-0 thrashing of the amateurs, with one-time Charlton Athletic midfielder Karim Bagheri bagging six of those. Guam’s defending didn’t improve as they were humiliated 16-0 by Tajikistan two days later to crash out of the tournament.
Iran reached the qualifier play-off, before narrowly missing out on back-to-back world cups with a 2-1 aggregate defeat to the Republic of Ireland.
Guam’s players will be relieved we weren’t able to dig up a video of their humiliation.
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