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Iran national football team records and statistics


Iran national football team records and statistics


This is a list of the Iran national football team's competitive records.

Individual records

Appearances

Most capped players

As of 26 March 2024, the players with the most caps for Iran are:

The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
bold names denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

Most capped goalkeepers
World Cup appearances
  • Ehsan Hajsafi, 9 Games, 2014, 2018, 2022
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh, 8 Games, 2014, 2018, 2022
  • Mehdi Mahdavikia, 6 Games, 1998, 2006
  • Andranik Teymourian, 6 Games, 2006, 2014


World Cup event appearances
  • Masoud Shojaei, 3 World Cups, 2006, 2014, 2018
  • Ehsan Hajsafi, 3 World Cups, 2014, 2018, 2022
  • Karim Ansarifard, 3 World Cups, 2014, 2018, 2022
  • Alireza Jahanbakhsh, 3 World Cups, 2014, 2018, 2022
Oldest player to feature at the World Cup
Ali Daei, 37 years, 2006
Youngest player to feature at the World Cup
Hossein Kaebi, 20 years and 9 months, 2006.
Oldest player to feature at the Asian Cup
Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004
First appearance by a player who had never played for an Iranian club
Ferydoon Zandi, vs Bahrain on 9 February 2005
First player to debut as a substitute
Mohammad Mohajer, on 25 August 1941 vs Afghanistan

Goals

Top goalscorers
First goal
Masoud Boroumand vs  Turkey, Friendly, 26 October 1947
Most goals in a match
  • Karim Bagheri, 7 goals vs  Maldives, 2 June 1997 (1998 World Cup qualification)
  • Karim Bagheri, 6 goals vs  Guam, 24 November 2000 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
  • Ali Daei, 5 goals vs  Sri Lanka, 12 June 1996 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Four goals in a match
  • Behtash Fariba vs  Bangladesh, 22 September 1980 (1980 AFC Asian Cup)
  • Nasser Mohammadkhani vs  Bangladesh, 7 August 1984 (1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification);
  • Ali Asghar Modir Roosta vs  Taiwan, 25 June 1993 (1994 World Cup qualification)
  • Ali Daei vs    Nepal, 10 June 1996 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
  • Ali Daei vs  South Korea, 16 December 1996 (1996 AFC Asian Cup)
  • Ali Karimi vs  Guam, 24 November 2000 (2002 World Cup qualification)
  • Ali Daei vs  Laos, 17 November 2004 (2006 World Cup qualification)
  • Karim Ansarifard vs  Cambodia, 11 October 2019 (2022 World Cup qualification)
Three goals in a match
  • Masoud Boroumand vs  Pakistan, 27 October 50
  • Abbas Hajari vs  Pakistan, 14 December 1959 (1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
  • Ali Jabbari vs  Pakistan, 12 March 1o69
  • Hossein Kalani vs  Iraq, 9 May 1972 (1972 AFC Asian Cup)
  • Ali Jabbari vs  Thailand, 13 May 1972 (1972 AFC Asian Cup)
  • Gholam Hossein Mazloumi vs  Pakistan, 3 September 1974 (1974 Asian Games)
  • Gholam Hossein Mazloumi vs  South Yemen, 8 June 1976 (1976 AFC Asian Cup)
  • Karim Bavi vs    Nepal, 4 June 1988 (1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
  • Farshad Pious vs  Malaysia, 24 September 1990 (1990 Asian Games)
  • Karim Bagheri vs  Sri Lanka, 17 June 1996 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
  • Hamid Estili vs  Maldives, 2 June 1997 (1998 World Cup qualification)
  • Ali Daei vs  Uzbekistan, 14 December 1998 (1998 Asian Games)
  • Ali Daei vs  Maldives, 31 March 2000 (2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
  • Ali Daei vs  Guam, 24 November 2000 (2002 World Cup qualification)
  • Farhad Majidi vs  Guam, 24 November 2000 (2002 World Cup qualification)
  • Sirous Dinmohammadi vs  Oman, 8 August 2001
  • Ali Karimi vs  Slovakia, 15 August 2001
  • Ali Daei vs  Lebanon, 17 June 2004 (2004 WAFF West Asian Championship)
  • Ali Karimi vs  South Korea, 31 July 2004 (2004 AFC Asian Cup)
  • Javad Nekounam vs  Lebanon, 6 February 2013 (2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
  • Sardar Azmoun vs  North Macedonia, 2 June 2016
  • Mehdi Taremi vs  Syria, 6 June 2019
  • Sardar Azmoun vs  Cambodia, 11 October 2019 (2022 World Cup qualification)
  • Mehdi Taremi vs  Afghanistan, 13 June 2023 (2023 CAFA Nations Cup)
  • Mehdi Taremi vs  Kyrgyzstan, 16 June 2023 (2023 CAFA Nations Cup)
First goal in a World Cup match
Iraj Danaeifard, 1978 FIFA World Cup vs  Scotland
First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign
Gholam Vafakhah vs  Kuwait, 6 May 1973 (1974 World Cup qualification)
Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup
Yahya Golmohammadi, 35 years, 2006
Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup
Mehdi Mahdavikia, 20 years, 1998
Oldest goalscorer at the Asian Cup
Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004
Most goals scored from penalties
Ali Daei 16 Goals.
Youngest goalscorer
Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, 17 years and 342 days, 2019
First goal by a substitute
First Iranian goalscorer at the Azadi Stadium  : Parviz Ghelichkhani vs Australia 24 August 1973
Hat-tricks

Team records

Top Results

Include only official results.

Biggest Draws

As of 26 March 2024

PSO matches

PSO: 9 Matches in AFC Asian Cup - 4 Matches in Asian Games - Some of Matches in others Tournaments.

As of 26 March 2024

Source:

AET matches

AET: Only matches that result defined in overtime (without penalty kicks).

As of 26 March 2024

Home matches

As of 26 March 2024

Consecutive Win Matches

10 Wins (World Record: Germany 15 Wins):

Consecutive Unbeaten Matches

18 Matches (World Record - Longest Unbeaten Streaks: Italy 37 / Argentina 36 / Algeria 35 / Spain 35 / Brazil 35):

Competition records

International Tournament

FIFA World Cup

Olympic Games

Continental Tournament

AFC Asian Cup

Asian Games

Regional Tournament

WAFF Championship

West Asian Games

CAFA Nations Cup

RCD Cup/ECO Cup

Intercontinental Tournament

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Afro-Asian Games

AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

Multinational Tournament

Islamic Solidarity Games

Minor tournament

LG Cup Four Nations Tournament

  • Note: The list only includes editions that were participated by the Iran national team.
  • consists of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
  • Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lgcup.html
  • Third Place Match [Jun 1] Iran did not play Ghana [Iran waited for 35 minutes on the pitch, while Ghana did not show up at all, apparently demanding prize money for the fourth-place finishers (uncommon in LG tournaments). Eventually Iran left, without obtaining any information from the Nigerian 'organisers'. One day later, the Nigerian FA awarded Ghana third place (and the relevant prize money) because Iran had left the pitch (sic!). Iran have protested.]
  • apparently only 2 matches were played ([Oct 4] Iraq 0–2 Iran and [Oct 6] Jordan 0–0 Iran), structure of tournament unclear.

Other Minor Tournament

  • consist of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
  • Quaid-E-Azam International Cup
  • 1985 Nehru Cup
  • 1999 Ciao February Cup
  • 2001 Civilization Cup
  • 2005 Tehran Cup

Special Friendly Match

Friendly Match Results

This table consist of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not including 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament). Also only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).

  • As of 9 January 2024

Summary

The list shown below shows the Iran national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Head-to-head records

As of 26 March 2024
  • FIFA considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union.
  • FIFA considers Serbia as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.
  • FIFA considers Czech Republic as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia.

All Time General Statistics Record / Overview of Results

As of 26 March 2024
  • consists of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
  • Excluding 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qual matches as they are counted in FIFA World Cup Qual (2018).
    • consists of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not including 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament).

FIFA World Ranking records

Highest FIFA ranking
15 (July 2005)
Lowest FIFA ranking
122 (May 1996)
Best mover
65 (July 1996)
Worst mover
-43 (October 1995)

Unofficial matches

Matches against clubs not listed.

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

External links

  • Team Melli records
  • FIFA.com
  • RSSSF archive of Iran's results, by Majeed Panahi, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
  • World Football Elo Ratings: Iran

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