FACTBOX-Soccer-Iran v Japan - Asian Cup semi-final

Factbox ahead of Monday's Asian Cup semi-final between Iran and Japan: WHERE & WHEN:

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain (capacity: 25,053) Kickoff 6.00pm local time (1400 GMT)

MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Assistant referees: Matthew Cream, Anton Shchetinin (both Australia) Fourth Official: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy) IRAN

FIFA world ranking: 29 Ranking in Asia: 1

Previous Asian Cups: 13 Best performance: Champions (1968, 1972, 1976)

2015: Quarter-finals Nickname: Team Melli

Coach: Carlos Queiroz Top scorer at 2019 Asian Cup: Sardar Azmoun (4)

Players suspended: Mehdi Taremi ROAD TO THE SEMI-FINAL

Group D (First) Iran 5-0 Yemen

Iran 2-0 Vietnam Iran 0-0 Iraq

Round of 16 Iran 2-0 Oman

Quarter-final Iran 3-0 China

JAPAN FIFA world ranking: 50

Ranking in Asia: 3 Previous Asian Cups: 8

Best performance: Champions (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) 2015: Quarter-finals

Nickname: Samurai Blue Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Top scorer at 2019 Asian Cup: Ritsu Doan (2) Players suspended: None

ROAD TO THE SEMI-FINAL Group F (First)

Japan 3-2 Turkmenistan Japan 1-0 Oman

Japan 2-1 Uzbekistan Round of 16

Japan 1-0 Saudi Arabia Quarter-final

Japan 1-0 Vietnam (Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Christian Radnedge)