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Iran National Football Team
 
 IRAN AT THE WORLD CUPS
  
  IRAN at the World Cups                  
                                         
                                         
                                             
     
 
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The Iran national football team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال ایران‎) represents Iran in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: فدراسیون فوتبال ایران‎, FFIRI), the governing body for football in Iran.


The FFIRI was founded in1920, became a member of FIFA in 1948, and a member of AFC in 1958. Iran did not have a professional league until 1970. Most teams participated in city championships. Taj (now known as Esteghlal F.C. (باشگاه فوتبال استقلال تهران)  and FC Persepolis were the two most popular football clubs in Iran of those times and continue to be in the present.  The 2001-2002 season saw the beginning of the first professional football league in Iran. The first champion of the professional era was FC Persepolis.


Iranians have won three times the Asian Cup, and they have finished third four times.
 
       
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File:Iran Football Logo.png
  Association
   Federasione Futbale Irān (FFIRI)   فدراسیون فوتبال ایران   
  Confederation
   AFC
  Nickname
   Team Melli   تیم ملی
File:Flag of Iran.svg
  Foundation year
  1920
  Affiliate since
  1948
  Topscorer in WC
   Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh - Yahya   Golmohammadi: 1
  Head Coach
   Carlos Queiroz (Brazil)
  Titles
   None
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
       
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   TITLES  
   
   
 
AFC ASIAN CUP
Gold
Silver
Bronze
 1968 Iran
1
1972 Thailand
1
1976 Iran
1
1980 Kuwait
 
3
1988 Qatar
 
3
1996 UAE
 
3
2004 China
 
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   IRAN APPEARANCES AT WORLD CUPS  
       
       
 
Nro
Flag
World Cup
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Perf.
Rd
Pos
Par
Pt
P/Par
Ap.
Total
9
1
2
6
6
18
-12
5
1.66
19.67
26.67
3
22.27
3
11
 1978 Argentina
3
0
1
2
2
8
-6
1
0.33
1R
14
16
1
0.87
1
16
 1998 France
3
1
0
2
2
4
-2
3
1.00
1R
20
32
1
0.62
2
18
 2006 Germany
3
0
1
2
2
6
-4
1
0.33
1R
25
32
1
0.78
3
 
       
 
 Where: Perf: Pts/Pld     Rd: Round     Pos: Position in the WC     Total Pos: SUM(Pos)/Ap     Par: No. participants    
 Pt: How many points scores in the WC. Champion: 32, Finalist: 16, TP: 12, FP: 8, QF: 4, R16: 2, FR: 1
 P/Par: Pos/Par     Total P/Par: SUM(P/Par + 1.25 * each World Cup uncontested)/19     Ap: Appearances
 
     
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   HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORDS (AT WORLD CUPS)  
   
     
 
More Matches Played
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
 Germany
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
2
 Mexico
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
3
 Netherlands
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
4
 Peru
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
5
 Portugal
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
6
 Yugoslavia
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
7
 Angola
1
0
1
0
0%
0%
8
 Scotland
1
0
1
0
0%
0%
9
 United States
1
1
0
0
100%
0%

 

Best Results
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
 United States
1
1
0
0
100%
0%

 

Worst Results
Nro
Flag
Team
Pld
W
D
L
%Won
%Lost
1
 Germany
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
2
 Mexico
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
3
 Netherlands
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
4
 Peru
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
5
 Portugal
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
6
 Yugoslavia
1
0
0
1
0%
100%
 
     
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   GOALSCORERS AT WORLD CUPS
   
   
Nro
Player
TG
30
34
38
50
54
58
62
66
70
74
78
82
86
90
94
98
02
06
10
 
6
2
2
2
1
   Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
1
1
  Iraj Danaeifard
1
1
  Hamid Reza Estili
1
1
  Yahya Golmohammadi
1
1
  Mehdi Mahdavikia
1
1
  Hassan Rowshan
1
1
 
     
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   TOP GOALSCORERS AT ALL COMPETITIONS  
       
    Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of November 15, 2013  
     
 
#
Name
Goals
Caps
Goals per matches
Career
1
   Ali Daei
109
149
0.73
1993-06
2
  Karim Bagheri
50
87
0.57
1993-10
3
   Ali Karimi
38
127
0.30
1998-Present
4
  Gholam Hossein Mazloomi
37
48
0.77
1969-77
5
   Javad Nekounam
36
140
0.26
2000-Present
6
   Farshad Pious
19
34
0.56
1984-94
7
  Ali Asghar Modir Roosta
18
32
0.56
1990-98
8
   Vahid Hashemian
15
50
0.30
1998-09
9
   Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
14
77
0.18
2000-08
10
   Ali Parvin
13
76
0.17
1970-80
  Hassan Rowshan
13
39
0.33
1974-80
  Mehdi Mahdavikia
13
111
0.12
1996-09
 
       
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   MOST CAPPED PLAYERS AT ALL COMPETITIONS  
       
    Players in bold are still active in the competence - As of November 15, 2013  
     
 
#
Name
Caps
Career
1
   Ali Daei
149
1993-06
2
   Javad Nekounam
140
2000-Present
3
   Ali Karimi
127
1998-Present
4
   Mehdi Mahdavikia
111
1996-09
5
   Hossein Kaebi
89
2002-Present
6
   Karim Bagheri
87
1993-10
7
   Mohammad Nosrati
83
2002-Present
8
   Hamid Reza Estili
82
1990-00
10
   Jalal Hosseini
81
2007-Present
11
   Javad Zarincheh
80
1987-00
 
       
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   AWARDED PLAYERS  
     
     
 
IFFHS PLAYER OF THE CENTURY
#
Name
Votes
Years
1
 
 Ali Daei
64
1988-07
2
 
 Khodadad Azizi
59
1988-06
3
 
 Karim Bagheri
47
1992-10
4
 
 Ali Parvin
23
1965-88
5
 
 Hassan Rowshan
21
1969-88

 

IFFHS GOALKEEPER OF THE CENTURY
#
Name
Votes
Years
1
 
 Naser Hejazi
18
1964-87
Author: Abtin Bitaraf

 
   
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   COACHES  
   
   
 
#
Cou
Name
P
W
D
L
%Won
Years
1
 Hossein Sadaghiani
5
2
0
3
40%
1941-51
2
 Mostafa Salimi
5
2
2
1
40%
1951-52
3
 József Mészáros
6
3
1
2
50%
1957-59
4
 Hossein Fekri
9
3
3
3
30%
1961-66, 67
5
 György Szűcs
7
4
0
3
57%
1966-67
6
 Mahmoud Bayati
13
9
2
2
69%
1967-69, 72-74
7
 Zdravko Rajkov
5
4
0
1
80%
1969
8
 Igor Netto
3
0
1
2
0%
1970-71
9
 Parviz Dehdari
22
11
6
5
50%
1971-72, 86-89
10
 Mohammad Ranjbar
9
5
1
3
55%
1972
11
 Danny McLennan
2
1
0
1
50%
1974
12
 Frank O'Farrell
9
7
0
2
78%
1974-75
13
 Heshmat Mohajerani
28
15
7
6
53%
1975-78
14
 Hassan Habibi
12
9
2
1
75%
1979-82
15
 Jalal Cheraghpour
4
2
0
2
50%
1982
16
 Mahmoud Yavari
6
6
0
0
100%
1984
17
 Nasser Ebrahimi
8
2
4
2
25%
1984-85
18
 Fereydoun Asgarzadeh
2
2
0
0
100%
1986
19
 Reza Vatankhah
3
3
0
0
100%
1989
20
 Mehdi Monajati
3
2
0
1
67%
1989
21
 Ali Parvin
34
15
11
8
44%
1989-93
22
 Stanko Poklepović
4
1
2
1
25%
1994-96
23
 Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
38
23
9
6
60%
1996-97
24
 Valdeir Vieira
3
0
2
1
0%
1997
25
 Tomislav Ivić
5
1
2
2
20%
1997-98
26
 Jalal Talebi
8
2
0
6
25%
1998, 00-01
27
 Mansour Pourheidari
17
9
5
3
53%
1998
28
 Ademar Braga
3
3
0
0
100%
2001
29
 Miroslav Blažević
19
10
4
5
53%
2001-02
30
 Branko Ivanković
52
33
10
9
63%
2002-03, 03-06
31
 Homayoun Shahrokhi
5
1
1
3
20%
2003
32
 Amir Ghalenoei
17
10
6
1
59%
2006-07
33
 Parviz Mazloomi
4
3
1
0
75%
2007
34
 Mansour Ebrahimzadeh
3
0
3
0
0%
2008
35
 Ali Daei
24
15
6
3
62%
2008-09
36
 Erich Rutemöller
1
0
1
0
0%
2009
37
 Afshin Ghotbi
30
16
6
8
53%
2009-11
38
 Ali Reza Mansourian
1
1
0
0
100%
2011
39
 Carlos Queiroz
31
17
10
4
55%
2011-Present
   
   
   Coaches with most appearances  
   
   
 
#
Cou
Name
P
W
D
L
%Won
Years
1
 Branko Ivanković
52
33
10
9
63%
2002-03, 03-06
2
 Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
38
23
9
6
60%
1996-97
3
 Ali Parvin
34
15
11
8
44%
1989-93
4
 Carlos Queiroz
31
17
10
4
55%
2011-Present
5
 Afshin Ghotbi
30
16
6
8
53%
2009-11
   
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   FIXTURES AND RESULTS  
   
   
   2013  
   
   
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
 6 Feb 13 Tehran, Iran
5-0
Lebanon
2
 26 Mar 13 Kuwait City, Kuwait
1-1
Kuwait
3
 22 May 13 Muscat, Oman
1-3
Oman
F
4
 4 Jun 13 Doha, Qatar
1-0
Qatar
5
 11 Jun 13 Tehran, Iran
4-0
Lebanon
6
 18 Jun 13 Ulsan, Korea Republic
1-0
South Korea
7
 15 Oct 13 Tehran, Iran
2-1
Thailand
8
 15 Nov 13 Bangkok, Thailand
3-0
Thailand
9
 19 Nov 13 Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanon
 
   
   
   2014  
   
   
 
#
Date
Place
Score
Competition
1
 5 Mar 14 Tehran, Iran
Kuwait
   
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   MATCHES AT WORLD CUPS  
   
   
   1978 Argentina World Cup
   
 First Round: Match 1
Netherlands
3-0
Iran  
 Date: 3 June 1978
R. Rensenbrink 40', 62', 79'
  
 Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de Mendoza    
 Venue: Mendoza    
 Attendance:  33,431  
 Referee: Alfonso González Archundia (Mexico)  
     
   
 First Round: Match 2
Scotland
1-1
Iran  
 Date: 7 June 1978
A. Eskandarian (o. g.) 43'
 I. Danaeifard 60'
 Stadium: Estadio Chateau Carreras    
 Venue: Córdoba    
 Attendance:  7,938  
 Referee: Youssou N'Diaye (Senegal)  
     
   
 First Round: Match 3
Peru
4-1
Iran  
 Date: 11 June 1978 H. Rowshan 41'
 Stadium: Estadio Chateau Carreras
T. Cubillas 36', 39', 79'
  
 Venue: Córdoba    
 Attendance:  21,262  
 Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)  
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   1998 France World Cup
   
 First Round: Match 4
Yugoslavia
1-0
Iran  
 Date: 14 June 1998  
 Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard    
 Venue: Saint-Étienne    
 Attendance: 30,600  
 Referee: Alberto Tejada (Peru)  
     
   
 First Round: Match 5
Iran
2-1
United States  
 Date: 21 June 1998 B. McBride 87'
 Stadium: Stade de Gerland  
 Venue: Lyon    
 Attendance: 39,100    
 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)  
     
   
 First Round: Match 6
Germany
2-0
Iran  
 Date: 25 June 1998  
 Stadium: Stade de la Mosson  
 Venue: Montpellier    
 Attendance: 29,800  
 Referee: Epifanio González (Paraguay)  
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   2006 Germany World Cup
   
 First Round: Match 7
Mexico
3-1
Iran  
 Date: 11 June 2006
O. Bravo 28', 76'
 V. Golmohammadi 36'
 Stadium: EasyCredit-Stadion
Sinha 79'
  
 Venue: Nuremberg    
 Attendance: 41,000  
 Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)  
     
   
 First Round: Match 8
Portugal
2-0
Iran  
 Date: 17 June 2006
Deco 63'
  
 Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena  
 Venue: Frankfurt    
 Attendance: 48,000    
 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)  
     
   
 First Round: Match 9
Iran
1-1
Angola  
 Date: 21 June 2006 Flávio 60'
 Stadium: Red Bull Arena    
 Venue: Leipzig    
 Attendance: 38,000  
 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)  
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          Last updated: 17 November 2013
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