This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Iran women ‘s national football team
Iran national football team ( irani : تیم ملی فوتبال مردان ایران, romanized : Tīm-e Melli-e Fūtbāl-e Mardān-e Īrān ), recognised by FIFA as IR Iran, [ 8 ] represents Iran in international football and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation. Between December 2014 until May 2018, Iran was the highest-ranked team in Asia, the longest continuous time period of prison term that a team has held that distinction. [ 9 ]
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At the continental level, Iran has won three asian Cup championships in 1968, 1972 and 1976. The state ‘s best performance at the Olympics was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1976 Montreal Games. At the FIFA World Cup, Iran have qualified five times ( 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014 and 2018 ) and have never progressed beyond the group stages ; they have won entirely two matches : against the United States in 1998 and Morocco in 2018 .
history
early years
The very first Iran selection football team that traveled to Baku in 1926. The iranian Football Federation was founded in 1920. [ 10 ] In 1926 Tehran XI ( selected players from Tehran Club, Toofan F.C. and armenian Sports Club ) traveled across the molding to Baku, USSR, this was the first gear away football match for an irani team. This Tehran Select team is the harbinger of Iran ‘s national football team. The first match that Team Melli played was on 23 August 1941, away at Kabul in a 1–0 winnings against british India while Iran ‘s first FIFA international couple was on 25 August 1941, away at Afghanistan. [ 4 ] Iran won the asian Cup three straight times ( 1968, 1972, 1976 ) to which the team has not been able to add since .
1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina
Iran ‘s team play in ’78 World Cup equal against Scotland in Cordoba, Estadio Cordoba, Argentina on 7 June 1978 ( 16:45 ) In 1978, Iran made its first appearance in the World Cup after defeating Australia in Tehran. Iran lost two of three group phase matches against the Netherlands and Peru. [ 11 ] Team Melli managed to surprise some in the footballing community [ 12 ] by securing one bespeak in its first ever World Cup appearance against Scotland which saw Iraj Danaeifard cancel out an own finish scored by Andranik Eskandarian for the 1–1 reap. [ 13 ]
After the revolution
After the 1979 Revolution, football was slightly ignored and draw aside. During the 1980s, the iranian national team did not feature in World Cup competitions due to the Iran–Iraq War ( 1980–88 ) and domestic football embraced the inevitable effects of conflict. The national team retire from the asian qualifiers for the 1982 World Cup and refused to participate in the qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup because of having to play on neutral ground. The war and political upheavals left Iran without major club competitions until 1989 when the Qods League was established. A year late, the Qods League was renamed the Azadegan League. Despite failing to qualify for either the 1990 or the 1994 World Cups, it was said that during this period, a act of choice players burst onto the iranian football scene laying the basis for one-third place in the 1996 AFC asian Cup ( victories in that tournament included a 3–0 victory against Saudi Arabia and a 6–2 victory against South Korea ) and their second jab at World Cup glory in 1998. [ 14 ]
1998 FIFA World Cup in France
In November 1997, Iran qualified for the 1998 World Cup after eliminating Australia in a close playoff series. Both games finished undecided but Iran managed to qualify due to the away goals rule. Iran held Australia to a 1–1 draw at home plate, and a 2–2 draw in Melbourne ; however, since Iran had scored more away goals, they were able to qualify for the Cup. [ 15 ] At their beginning game of the Group F at the 1998 FIFA World Cup against Yugoslavia, Iran lost 1–0 to a absolve kick finish by Siniša Mihajlović. [ 14 ] Iran recorded their first World Cup victory in the second game [ 13 ] beating the United States 2–1 with Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia scoring goals for Iran. The Iran v USA World Cup equal was preheated with certain excitement because of each country ‘s political position after the iranian rotation and the Iran hostage crisis. however, in an dissemble of defiance against all forms of hate or politics in sports, both sides presented one another with gifts and flowers and took ceremonial pictures before the match kickoff. [ 16 ] Following get the better of against Iran, the United States was eliminated from the World Cup. [ 17 ] Iran played against Germany in the one-third game. The game was lost 2–0. The goals were scored by Oliver Bierhoff and Jürgen Klinsmann. [ 18 ] The one winnings and two losses meant Iran came third base in the final examination group standing and failed to make it to the future polish. [ 19 ] ( Farhad Majidi and Mehdi Fonounizadeh were some of the absentees in the tournament. )
2000 AFC asian Cup
Iran finished first in the group stage of the tournament but lost to South Korea in the quarter-finals .
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
Iran failed to qualify for World Cup 2002 after an aggregate frustration to the Republic of Ireland, losing 2–0 in Dublin and winning 1–0 in Tehran. The elimination saw coach Miroslav Blažević step down from the top blemish to be replaced by his adjunct Branko Ivanković who stepped up from assistant coach .
2004 AFC asian Cup
After qualifying to the asian Cup 2004, Iran was drawn with Thailand, Oman and Japan in the tournament. Iran finished second in this group. In quarter-final brush against South Korea, Iran won 4–3 in normal time. In the semi-final, Iran lost to the host China on penalty kicks. Iran won against Bahrain 4–2 to finish third gear locate in the tournament .
2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany
On 8 June 2005, Iran together with Japan became the first state to qualify for the 2006 World Cup making it Iran ‘s 3rd appearance on the worldly concern degree of football. The reservation round both in 2001 and 2004–05 resulted in celebrations, hysteria and rioting causing internal chaos and agitation between youth and government officials. The Iran versus Japan stage of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers in Tehran played on 24 March 2005 was the highest attend qualifying match among all confederations. The match ended with 5 fans killed and respective others injured as they left the Azadi Stadium at the end of the match. [ 20 ] Iran started their 2006 FIFA World Cup appearance with certain expectations from fans and media. Their first equal was against Mexico in Group D. The game was level 1–1 at the half-time but Iran lost at the end because of a defensive error. The final score, 3–1, was brought about by goals from Omar Bravo and Sinha for Mexico with Yahya Golmohammadi scoring the only Iran goal. Iran played against Portugal in the second game. The game was lost 2–0. The goals were scored by Deco and Cristiano Ronaldo ( penalty ). The two losses meant Iran was eliminated from the competition before their third and final game against Angola. Iran drew 1–1 with Angola on 21 June 2006, Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh scoring the Iran goal .
temp suspension
In November 2006, Iran was suspended by FIFA from all engagement in international football on the grounds of governmental hindrance in the national football association. [ 21 ] The ban lasted less than a calendar month [ 22 ] and as a dispensation was given to allow the Iran under-23 team to participate in the football competition of the 2006 asian Games, [ 23 ] fixtures were unmoved .
2007 AFC asian Cup
- Additional information: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C
IRIFF appointed Amir Ghalenoei as head coach of the Iran national football team on 17 July 2006 to succeed Branko Ivanković. After finishing first in the qualify round 2 points ahead of South Korea and then finishing foremost in the group stage of the final tournament in Malaysia, Iran lost to South Korea in a punishment shoot-out of the quarterfinal match and was eliminated from the 2007 asian Cup. Ghalenoei was criticized by the press. After a time period of discussion in the irani football federation, his shrink was not renewed and Team Melli was left with a caretaker coach for several months .
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
Ali Daei was chosen to become the newfangled coach after spanish bus Javier Clemente had been close to signing on as Iran ‘s national team coach but talks collapsed when he refused to live full-time in the country. [ 24 ] Iran was in the same FIFA World Cup qualifying group as Kuwait, Syria and United Arab Emirates in the one-third circle. They played home and away against each of the other three teams in group 5. In the middle of the fourthly round, Ali Daei was let go from his position as the irani home coach on 29 March 2009. [ 25 ] He was replaced by Afshin Ghotbi. Iran failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after ranking 4th overall in its group. [ 26 ]
2009 political protests
During the final examination game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against South Korea in Seoul on 17 June 2009, seven members of the team, Javad Nekounam, Ali Karimi, Hossein Kaebi, Masoud Shojaei, Mohammad Nosrati, Vahid Hashemian and captain Mehdi Mahdavikia wore park wristbands in corroborate of the irani Green Movement during the 2009 iranian election protests. initial rumors and false reports were that all seven players were banned for life by the irani Football Federation, however, state-run media claimed that all seven had “ retired ”. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] On 24 June 2009, FIFA wrote to Iran ‘s Football Federation asking for clearing on the position. The iranian Football Federation replied that no disciplinary action has been taken against any player. [ 29 ] As of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, some of the above players have played again for the national team notably Javad Nekounam, Masoud Shojaei, Mehdi Mahdavikia and Ali Karimi .
2011 AFC asian Cup
- Additional information: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Iran renewed the contract with Afshin Ghotbi until the end of 2011 AFC asian Cup and the team qualified to the tournament with 13 points as the group winners. During the final examination qualification match against South Korea, several iranian players started the match wearing green armbands or wristbands, a symbol of protest at the consequence of the iranian presidential election. [ 30 ] Most removed them at half-time. The newspaper Iran reported that Ali Karimi, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hosein Kaebi and Vahid Hashemian had received life bans from the iranian FA for the gesticulate. [ 31 ] however, the iranian FA denied this claim in a reply to FIFA ‘s inquiry saying that “ the comments in extraneous media are nothing but lies and a mischievous act. ” [ 32 ] Head coach Afshin Ghotbi besides confirmed that it was a rumor and iranian FA “ has not taken any official stand on this publish. ” [ 33 ] Afshin Ghotbi was able to qualify for 2011 asian Cup and finished second in West asian Football Federation Championship 2010 fair a few months before the 2011 asian Cup. Iran was able to gain all nine points in the group stagecoach of the 2011 asian Cup but after an extra time goal from South Korea, Iran was yet again unable to get to the semifinals of the rival .
2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil
reservation
On 4 April 2011, former Real Madrid director Carlos Queiroz agreed to a two-and-a-half-year deal to coach the iranian national team until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. [ 34 ] Under Queiroz, Iran began their World Cup reservation campaign successfully defeating the Maldives 4–0 in the beginning leg of their second round of qualifiers. After winning 5–0 on aggregate, Iran advanced to the third gear round of qualifiers where they were drawn with Indonesia, Qatar and Bahrain. Iran highlighted their situation at the top of their group by defeating Bahrain 6–0 at home plate in the Azadi Stadium american samoa well as inviting former German youth international Ashkan Dejagah who scored doubly on his debut against Qatar. After a 4–1 win at Indonesia, Iran qualified for the final round of calculate qualifiers, the fourth beat. In the one-fourth round, Iran was drawn with South Korea, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Lebanon in their group. Queiroz made new foreign-based additions to his squad, adding players such as Reza Ghoochannejhad to his team. Iran started their fourth round of asian qualifiers with a 1–0 acquire in Uzbekistan. Team Melli then drew Qatar and lost in Lebanon before defeating South Korea at the Azadi on 16 October with a goal from captain Javad Nekounam. After a 1–0 loss in Tehran against Uzbekistan, Iran defeated Qatar 1–0 in Doha and Lebanon 4–0 at home. In their last qualification match, Iran defeated South Korea 1–0 in Ulsan Munsu with a goal from Ghoochannejhad resulting in their qualification to the 2014 FIFA World Cup as group winners with 16 points. thus, Iran became the third gear team that Queiroz has managed to qualify for the World Cup, having reached the 2002 edition with South Africa and the 2010 version with Portugal, leading the latter to a knockout stage polish. Iran continued their win streak, securing qualification to the 2015 asian Cup months belated a well. [ 35 ]
Foreign-based call-ups
Since Queiroz ‘s character as director of the iranian national team, he has been renowned for introducing players from the irani diaspora to the home squad. These players include German-Iranians Daniel Davari and Ashkan Dejagah, Dutch-Iranian Reza Ghoochannejhad, Swedish-Iranians Omid Nazari and Saman Ghoddos, and Iranian-American Steven Beitashour among others. [ 36 ] [ 37 ]
Finals
Iran qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup as group winners and competed in Group F alongside Argentina, Nigeria and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The sold out Argentina peer tickets were among the eight most purchased for this edition of the tournament. [ 38 ] On 1 June 2014, Queiroz announced his 23-man team. [ 39 ] Prior to the tournament, they founded the Central Asian Football Association. [ 40 ] In the possibility match of the tournament on 16 June, Iran drew Nigeria 0–0 making it their first cleanse sheet of the FIFA World Cup. [ 41 ] In their following match, Iran was defeated by Argentina 1–0 with a late goal from Lionel Messi and received praise after holding Argentina for 90 minutes while creating some attacking opportunities of their own. [ 42 ] Iran was eliminated from the tournament in their following game, a 3–1 kill to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Iran ‘s alone finish was scored by Reza Ghoochannejhad. [ 43 ] After the tournament, Queiroz declared he would resign as coach of Iran but late switched and extended his contract until the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [ 44 ]
2015 AFC asian Cup
- Additional information: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Iran qualified for the 2015 AFC asian Cup as group winners where Team Melli were the highest rate seed. [ 45 ] Iran faced Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE in Group C. Queiroz announced his police squad on 30 December 2014. [ 46 ] With the irregular highest issue of fans in the tournament after hosts Australia, the Iranians defeated Bahrain 2–0 with circumscribed preparations. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] A defensive minded Iran then defeated Qatar 1–0 thanks to a Sardar Azmoun goal before defeating UAE by the lapp scoreline to reach the top of their group. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] In the quarter-finals Iran faced Iraq who they had beaten weeks anterior in a friendly equal. Having received a controversial crimson circuit board in the beginning half, Iran competed with ten men, managing to score goals recently in extra meter to draw the match 3–3. In the ensuing punishment gunfight, Iran lost 7–6 in sudden death. [ 51 ] [ 52 ]
2018 FIFA World Cup
- Additional information: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B
Iran began their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign with friendly matches against Chile and Sweden in March 2015. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ] Queiroz resigned from his managerial post thereafter due to disagreements with the irani Football Federation. [ 56 ] On 14 April 2015, Iran were drawn with Oman, India, Turkmenistan and Guam in the second round of qualifiers. [ 57 ] On 26 April, Queiroz announced that he would continue as the coach of Iran for their 2018 World Cup political campaign. Iran became the irregular team to qualify for the 2018 World Cup [ 58 ] after a 2–0 winnings at home over Uzbekistan on 12 June 2017. [ 59 ] They besides clinched 1st place in their reservation group after South Korea ‘s get the better of to Qatar. [ 60 ] Iran won the first match against Morocco after Aziz Bouhaddouz scoring an own goal. [ 61 ] The second match Iran lost against Spain with a goal scored by Diego Costa. [ 62 ] The third pit against Portugal ended in a draw after the penalty scored by Karim Ansarifard [ 63 ] and because Morocco could only manage a 2–2 draw to Spain, Iran was eliminated. [ 64 ] however, this has become Iran ‘s best performance in the World Cup to date, when they achieved four points .
2019 AFC asian Cup
- Additional information: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Having qualified for the 2019 AFC asian Cup early, Iran was drawn into group D, where they shared fortune with Iraq, Vietnam and Yemen, the two latter was the beginning time Iran faced up. Iran opened their tournament against Yemen slower and about conceded a goal but after 10 minutes, Iran regained the flat coat and proved more dominant in certain aspects, thrashing Yemen 5–0. [ 65 ] A 2–0 win over the vietnamese side gave Iran direct reservation to the hard stage. [ 66 ] Iran ended their group stage with a scoreless drawing card over neighbor Iraq and took the first seat of the group. [ 67 ] After the group stage, Iran encountered Oman, a defending err about cost Iran ‘s prospect but Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri ‘s penalty was saved by Alireza Beiranvand. After the early daunt, Iran once again proved its laterality over Oman, beating Oman 2–0 to reach the concluding eight. [ 68 ] In the quarter-finals against a defensive China, Iran outclassed the taiwanese 3–0 to meet Japan in the semi-finals. [ 69 ] Iran missed the opportunity to reach the final once again when they fell 0–3 with all goals scored in second one-half. [ 70 ] Following the elimination, Queiroz left the Team Melli .
2022 FIFA World Cup
Iran was the highest-ranked team to be seeded in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. Iran was drawn into the second turn where they would have to deal with two arabian rivals, Iraq and Bahrain, along with Cambodia and Hong Kong. Iran, under new coach Marc Wilmots, began with a 2–0 acquire over Hong Kong away ; before a 14–0 succeed over Cambodia, the latter game was historic as women were allowed to enter the stadium for the first prison term since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. [ 71 ] [ 72 ] Their following away encounters against Bahrain and Iraq, went on to be back-to-back defeats which Iran lost 0–1 and 1–2, respectively. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] Following by two consecutive draws between Iraq and Bahrain, Iran was left with the possibility of losing any casual to reach the World Cup outright in the second round and this led to the displace of Marc Wilmots as coach. [ 75 ] however, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the remaining fixtures to be played without spectators in June 2021, thus this forced Iran to play their remaining games in Bahrain under modern bus Dragan Skočić ; but with Bahrain losing its dwelling subscribe as an advantage, and Iraq assured a target in the final phase, Iran was able to stage a rejoinder, finally took the first base invest and, together with Iraq, progressed to the final examination phase. [ 76 ]
team persona
Nicknames
The iranian national team has received several nicknames by supporters and media. The most common one used is “Team Melli” ( iranian : تیم ملی ), meaning “ The National Team ” in persian lyric. Although the iranian supporters have popularized “Team Melli”, [ 77 ] [ 78 ] other nicknames for the team include “ persian Stars ” [ 79 ] [ 80 ] [ 81 ] ( entitled since the World Cup 2006 ) “Shiran e Iran”, [ 82 ] [ 83 ] mean “ The irani Lions “ or “ The Lions of Persia ”, [ 84 ] “Shirdelan”, “ leo Hearts ” and “ Princes of Persia ” [ 85 ] [ 86 ] ( used since AFC Asian Cup 2011 ). [ 87 ] Iran ‘s motto for the 2014 FIFA World Cup was Honour of Persia, selected in an internet poll held by FIFA. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] A more recently used dub, due to the presence of the Asiatic cheetah on the 2014 World Cup jersey, is Youzpalangan which means “ The Cheetahs ” .
Kits and crests
The Iran national football team ‘s kit out traditionally use white and secondary kit out is crimson, sometimes green shirts with white shorts and crimson socks are used .
Kit suppliers
The table below shows the history of kit supplier for the iranian national football team .
primary sponsors include Adidas, Bank Pasargad, 9090, Golrang, Oila and Kaspid. [ 95 ] On 1 February 2014, Iran announced the addition of the endangered Asiatic cheetah on their 2014 FIFA World Cup kits in club to bring attention to its conservation efforts .
Rivalries
Iran and South Korea are sporting rivals [ 96 ] [ 97 ] and have played against each other formally since 1958, wholly 32 matches as of October 2021, including eight World Cup qualifiers. These two teams were among the strongest asian national football teams ( in a specific expression ) during the 1960s and 1970s. Since then, the teams have developed one of Asia ‘s greatest rivalries. [ 98 ] Although the teams only had one prospect to play against each other in the final peer of the AFC asian Cup in 1972, they faced each other five straight times at the quarterfinals stage from 1996 to 2011. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] Iran leads the series with 13 wins, 10 draws and 9 losses. Iran and Saudi Arabia are rivals. [ 101 ] The game has been ranked 9th in Bleacher Report’s “ International Football ‘s 10 Most Politically-Charged football Rivalries ” [ 102 ] and 8th in Goal.com’s “ Football ‘s 10 Greatest International Rivalries ”. [ 103 ] All of their matches have been competitive and they have never played a friendly equal. The first match was played on 24 August 1975, with Iran defeating Saudi Arabia 3–0. Iran leads the series with 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses. Iran and Iraq are neighboring countries, sharing a history. According to the Malay Mail, “ Emotions are always high when Iran and Iraq meet on the football lurch ”. In the contemporary earned run average, specially during the reign of Saddam Hussein, the two countries had worsened relations and fought the Iran–Iraq War for 8 years. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] [ 106 ] [ 107 ] [ 108 ] In 2001, for the first gear clock time in decades, an Iran-Iraq match was not held at a neutral venue. [ 106 ] The competition was escalated after Iraq knocked Iran out of the 2015 AFC asian Cup in controversial circumstances. [ 109 ] [ 110 ] Iran leads the series with 17 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses .
Stadiums
Since 1972, Iran ‘s home stadium has been Tehran ‘s Azadi Stadium with a nominal capacity of 78,116 spectators. [ 111 ] Azadi Stadium is the 28th largest affiliation football stadium in the world, 7th in Asia and 1st in West Asia. A record was set in Azadi for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Australia with over 128,000 in attendance. [ 112 ] The politics restricts irani women from entering the stadiums. [ 113 ] however, FIFA condemned the move and wrote to Iranian Football Federation in June 2019. The federation in their letter gave deadline to uplift the restrictions and let women enter the stadiums. On 25 August 2019, deputy Sports Minister Jamshid Taghizadeh stated : “ Women can go to Tehran ‘s Azadi stadium to watch the match between Iran ‘s home team and Cambodia in October for the Qatar World Cup qualifier. ” [ 114 ] From 1942 to 1972, Amjadieh Stadium was Iran ‘s national stadium. The other stadiums that Iran has been played international games are Takhti and Yadegar Emam Stadium ( Tabriz ), Takhti Stadium ( Tehran ), Enghelab Stadium ( Karaj ), Hafezieh Stadium ( Shiraz ) and Takhti Stadium ( Mashhad ).
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The Iran National Football Camp is the team ‘s discipline ground .
Results and fixtures
Matches
The succeed is a list of peer results in the last 12 months, angstrom well as any future matches that have been scheduled .
previous
W in D raw L os
Forthcoming
- *FIFA International match days 2020–2024[115]
Coaching staff
Players
current police squad
The following players have been called up for 2022 WC qualification against 
Syria on 16 November 2021. [ 116 ]
Caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021, after the match against Syria.
late call-ups
The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months .
player records
- As of 16 November 2021[117]
- Players in bold are still active with Iran.
Most capped players
exceed goalscorers
Most cap goalkeepers
irani iconic goalkeeper Ahmadreza Abedzadeh is the most cap goalkeeper in the history of Iran with 79 caps .
Karim Bagheri is the world’s most scoring midfielder of all-time with 50 goals in 87 matches.
rival records
World Cup
Olympic Games
1900 – 1904 cabaret team. 1908 – 1964 national football team. 1968 – 1988 national amateurish football team. 1992 – deliver national under-23 football team .
asian Cup
asian Games
Host nation(s) / year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GS
GA
Dif
Pts
Squad
1951
Runners-up
2nd
3
2
0
1
2
1
1
6
Squad
1954
Did not enter
1958
Round 1
14th
2
0
0
2
0
9
9
0
Squad
1962
Did not enter
1966
Runners-up
2nd
7
4
0
3
9
6
3
12
Squad
1970
Round 1
8th
2
0
1
1
2
3
1
1
Squad
1974
Champions
1st
7
7
0
0
20
1
19
21
Squad
1978
Withdrew
1982
Quarterfinals
8th
4
2
0
2
3
2
1
6
Squad
1986
Quarterfinals
6th
5
3
1
1
13
2
11
10
Squad
1990
Champions
1st
5
4
1
0
7
1
6
13
Squad
1994
Round 1
9th
4
1
2
1
5
2
3
5
Squad
1998
Champions
1st
8
7
0
1
25
7
18
21
Squad
2002–present
See Iran national under-23 team
Total
3 titles
10/13
47
30
5
12
86
34
+52
95
—
WAFF Championship
Host nation(s) / year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GS
GA
Dif
Pts
Squad
2000
Champions
1st
5
4
1
0
7
1
6
13
Squad
2002
Third place
3rd
4
1
2
1
4
3
1
5
Squad
2004
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
17
3
14
12
Squad
2007
Champions1
1st
4
3
1
0
5
1
4
10
Squad
2008
Champions
1st
4
4
0
0
13
2
11
12
Squad
2010
Runners-up
2nd
4
2
1
1
8
5
3
7
Squad
2012
Group Stage
6th
3
1
2
0
2
1
1
5
Squad
2014
Did not enter
2019–onwards
Not WAFF member
Total
4 Titles
7/9
28
19
7
2
56
16
+40
64
—
- 1 Iran played their B team in this tournament
tete-a-tete record
- As of 16 June 2021[120]
Opponent
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
All Nations
561
317
136
108
1,071
439
+632
0 56.51
- Highest FIFA ranking
- 15 (July 2005)[98]
- Lowest FIFA ranking
- 122 (May 1996)[98]
- Best mover
- +65 (July 1996)[98]
- Worst mover
- –43 (October 1995)[98]
Last update was on 21 December 2020 [ 122 ] Best Ranking Worst Ranking Best Mover Worst Mover
Iran ‘s FIFA world rankings
Rank
Year
Games
Played
Won
Lost
Drawn
Best
Worst
Rank
Move
Rank
Move
29
2020
29
33
33
2019
20
33
29
2018
28
37
32
2017
29
2016
45
2015
51
2014
33
2013
59
2012
45
2011
66
2010
64
2009
43
2008
41
2007
38
2006
19
2005
20
2004
28
2003
33
2002
29
2001
37
2000
49
1999
27
1998
46
1997
83
1996
108
1995
75
1994
59
1993
Iran captains
- As of 16 November 2021[ citation needed]
Most matches as captain
- As of 16 November 2021, the 10 players with the most matches as captain:
Honours
Iran ‘s police squad against South Korea in 1978 World Cup qualification, Tehran, 11 November 1977
summary
Continental
regional
* as B team
intercontinental
minor Tournament ( Friendly )
See besides
References
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