Iran national futsal team

Iran
Nickname(s)	Team Melli Futsal; (Persian: تیم ملی فوتسال); "The National Futsal Team"
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohammad Nazemolshari'eh
Captain	Mohammad Keshavarz
Most caps	Vahid Shamsaei
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaei (392)
Home stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
FIFA ranking	6 (28 December 2015)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Iran 19–6 Kuwait ; (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
Biggest win
	Iran 36–0 Singapore ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 8–1 Iran; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 1992)
Best result	Fourth place: 1992
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	13 (all) (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010

The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iranian Football Federation. The "Kings of Asian Futsal" have won ten editions of Asian Futsal Championship^[2] and are the 5th strongest team in the world according to the most recent Futsal World Ranking. Iranians have played in six editions of FIFA Futsal World Cup reaching the semi-finals in their first appearance in 1992.^[3] Iran have won the first Futsal Confederations Cup in 2009, and reached the finals of Grand Prix de Futsal known as Futsal Mini-World Cup in the 2007, 2009, and 2015 editions.

Home stadium

Iran plays the home games at the Azadi Indoor Stadium with a capacity of 12,000 spectators. The government restricts Iranian women from attending football matches such as the ones held in Azadi stadium.

File:نمایی از ورزشگاه ۱۲ هزار نفری.JPG

A view of Azadi Indoor Stadium

File:Iran Brazil Futasl game.jpg

Iran national futsal team plays against Brazil in friendly match

Nicknames

The Iranian national team has received several nicknames by supporters and media. The most common one used to refer the team is "Team Melli", which literally means "The National Team".

Tournament records

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hong Kong 1992	Fourth place	8	5	0	3	36	30
Spain 1996	Round 1	3	1	0	2	12	14
Guatemala 2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	6	7
TPE 2004	Round 1	3	1	0	2	9	13
Brazil 2008	Round 2	7	4	2	1	24	19
Thailand 2012	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	9	8
Colombia 2016	To be determined	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	6/8	28	14	3	11	96	91

Asian Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Malaysia 1999	Champions	6	6	0	0	90	7
Thailand 2000	Champions	6	6	0	0	56	10
Iran 2001	Champions	7	7	0	0	97	13
Indonesia 2002	Champions	6	6	0	0	61	7
Iran 2003	Champions	6	6	0	0	60	13
Macao 2004	Champions	7	7	0	0	81	12
Vietnam 2005	Champions	8	6	1	1	58	15
Uzbekistan 2006	Third place	5	4	0	1	46	12
Japan 2007	Champions	6	6	0	0	50	9
Thailand 2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	48	2
Uzbekistan 2010	Champions	6	6	0	0	57	9
United Arab Emirates 2012	Third place	6	5	0	1	45	9
Vietnam 2014	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	52	8
Uzbekistan 2016	Qualified	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	14/14	81	76	2	3	801	126

Asian Indoor Games

Asian Indoor Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Thailand 2005	Champions	5	5	0	0	41	3
Macao 2007	Champions	7	7	0	0	73	12
Vietnam 2009	Champions	5	4	1	0	64	7
Korea 2013	Champions	5	5	0	0	43	9
Total	4/4	22	21	1	0	221	31

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Brazil 2005	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2006	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2007	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	19	17
Brazil 2008	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Brazil 2009	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	26	22
Brazil 2010	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	24	15
Brazil 2011	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	22	13
Brazil 2013	Third place	5	2	1	2	15	16
Brazil 2014	Third place	4	3	0	1	25	11
Brazil 2015	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	23	8
Total	7/10	38	24	3	11	154	102

Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Libya 2009	Champions	4	4	0	0	15	4
Brazil 2013	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kuwait 2014	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	1/3	4	4	0	0	15	4

West Asian Championship

West Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Iran 2007	Champions^*	3	3	0	0	21	4
Jordan 2009	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
Iran 2012	Champions	4	4	0	0	40	6
Total	2/3	7	7	0	0	61	10

^* Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.^[4]

All Time General Statistics Record / Overview of Results

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
FIFA World Cup record	28	14	3	11	96	91	+5	45
Asian Championship record	81	76	2	3	801	126	+675	230
Asian Indoor Games record	22	21	1	0	221	31	+190	64
Grand Prix de Futsal record	38	24	3	11	154	102	+52	75
Confederations Cup record	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12
West Asian Championship record	7	7	0	0	61	10	+51	21
Total	180	146	9	25	1348	364	+984	447

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2015
10 February 2015	Športno društvo Kidričevo, Kidričevo	Slovenia	Friendly	4–2 W	Javid 3', Ahmadi 17', Tavakoli 29', Orouji 32'	Report
11 February 2015	Športno društvo Tri lilije, Laško	Slovenia	Friendly	2–1 W	Esmaeilpour 7', Tavakoli 32'	Report
10 October 2015	Handball Arena, Tehran	Iran U-23	Unofficial friendly	3–1 W	Taheri 2, Tayyebi
10 October 2015	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Russia	Friendly	3–1 W	Tayyebi 2', Ahmadi 5', Hassanzadeh 39'	Report
11 October 2015	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Russia	Friendly	2–2 D	Javid 29', Esmaeilpour 32'	Report
20 October 2015	Estra Forum, Prato	Italy	Friendly	0–2 L		Report
21 October 2015	Estra Forum, Prato	Italy	Friendly	2–3 L	Ahmadi 9':30", Bahadori 18':18"	Report
4 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Colombia	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	4–1 W	Tayyebi 11' - 23', Hassanzadeh 20', Ahmadi 20'	Report
5 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Angola	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	7–0 W	Tavakoli 2, Hassanzadeh 2, Ahmadi, Esmaeilpour, Bahadori	Report
6 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Uruguay	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	7–3 W	Tayyebi 8', Tavakoli 13', Hassanzadeh 17' - 38', Hajibandeh 18', Javid 23', Taheri 36'	Report
7 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Paraguay	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal / Semi-finals	2–0 W	Javid 17', Hassanzadeh 38'	Report
8 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Brazil	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal / Finals	3–4 L	Bahadori 7', Javid 29', Tayyebi 36'	Report
18 December 2015	Changshu Sports Center, Changshu	Myanmar	Changshu International Tournament	15–2 W	Hassanzadeh 4, Javid 4, Safari 3, Vafaei, Kazemi, Kohestani, Shajari	Report
19 December 2015	Changshu Sports Center, Changshu	Mexico	Changshu International Tournament	5–1 W	Javid 2, Hassanzadeh, Safari, Kohestani	Report
20 December 2015	Changshu Sports Center, Changshu	China	Changshu International Tournament	3–3 D	Vafaei, Kazemi, Kohestani	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2016
2016	Friendly	TBD	Thailand
2016	Friendly	TBD	Tajikistan
10 February	2016 AFC Futsal Championship	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Jordan
12 February	2016 AFC Futsal Championship	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	China
14 February	2016 AFC Futsal Championship	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Iraq
12–27 March^#	FIFA official match day
12–27 March^#	FIFA official match day
10–13 April^#	FIFA official match day
10–13 April^#	FIFA official match day
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 10 September – 2 October hosted by: Colombia
30 October - 2 November^#	FIFA official match day
30 October - 2 November^#	FIFA official match day
4–7 December^#	FIFA official match day
4–7 December^#	FIFA official match day
2017
23 January – 1 February ^#	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
3–12 April^#	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
10–13 September^#	FIFA official match day
10–13 September^#	FIFA official match day
24–27 September^#	FIFA official match day
24–27 September^#	FIFA official match day
3–6 December^#	FIFA official match day
3–6 December^#	FIFA official match day
2018
2018 AFC Futsal Championship 6–18 February hosted by: TBD
1–4 April^#	FIFA official match day
1–4 April^#	FIFA official match day
23–26 September^#	FIFA official match day
23–26 September^#	FIFA official match day
28–31 October^#	FIFA official match day
28–31 October^#	FIFA official match day
2–5 December^#	FIFA official match day
2–5 December^#	FIFA official match day
2019
28 January – 6 February^#	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
8–17 April^#	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
22–25 September^#	FIFA official match day
22–25 September^#	FIFA official match day
21–30 October^#	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
1–4 December^#	FIFA official match day
1–4 December^#	FIFA official match day
2020
2020 AFC Futsal Championship 28 January – 9 February hosted by: TBD
12–15 April^#	FIFA official match day
12–15 April^#	FIFA official match day
2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup 12 September – 4 October hosted by: TBD
1–4 November^#	FIFA official match day
1–4 November^#	FIFA official match day
6–9 December^#	FIFA official match day
6–9 December^#	FIFA official match day

^#FIFA International match days 2016-2020^[5]

,

Coaching staff

Head Coach	Mohammad Nazemolshari'eh
Assistant coach	Mohammad Hashemzadeh
Goalkeeping coach	Amir Farashi Moghari
Fitness coach	Ghodratollah Bagheri
Team supervisor	Abbas Torabian
Team doctor	Shahram Kharabian Masouleh
Physiotherapist	Mohamad Ebadi

Players

Current squad

Match date: 13–20 January 2015
Opposition: Tehran Camp
Caps and goals correct as of: 20 December 2015

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
GK	Alireza Samimi	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 36)	Mes Sungun
GK	Sepehr Mohammadi	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34)	Giti Pasand
GK	Saeed Momeni	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 30)	Mes Sungun
FP	Hamid Ahmadi	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 35)	Tasisat Daryaei
FP	Saeed Afshari	(1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 31)	Giti Pasand
FP	Ahmad Esmaeilpour	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 35)	Giti Pasand
FP	Farhad Tavakoli	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 (age 35)	Melli Haffari
FP	Ghodrat Bahadori	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36)	Tasisat Daryaei
FP	Mahdi Javid	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987 (age 36)	Giti Pasand
FP	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 36)	Tasisat Daryaei
FP	Mohammad Naser Safari	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991 (age 33)	Melli Haffari
FP	Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 34)	Tasisat Daryaei
FP	Mohammad Taheri	(1985-05-02) 2 May 1985 (age 38)	Shahid Mansouri
FP	Hossein Tayyebi	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 35)	Mes Sungun
FP	Mehran Alighadr	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 34)	Giti Pasand
FP	Afshin Kazemi	(1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 37)	Shahid Mansouri FSC
FP	Mohammad Keshavarz	(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982 (age 41)	Tasisat Daryaei
FP	Alireza Vafaei	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989 (age 35)	Yasin Pishro

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
	Ali Ebrahimi	(1991-07-24) 24 July 1991 (age 32)	Tasisat Daryaei	v. Slovenia, 10–11 February 2015
	Alireza Rafieepour	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 30)	Melli Haffari	v. Slovenia, 10–11 February 2015
GK	Mostafa Nazari^Withdrew	(1982-12-11) 11 December 1982 (age 41)	Tasisat Daryaei	v. Russia, Camp
	Saeed Ahmadabbasi^INJ	(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 31)	Tasisat Daryaei	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
	Babak Akbari	(1985-08-26) 26 August 1985 (age 38)	Dabiri Tabriz	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
	Abolghasem Orouji^INJ	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 34)	Tasisat Daryaei	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
	Ali Assadi	(1991-06-17) 17 June 1991 (age 32)	Farsh Ara	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
GK	Javad Esfandyari	(1988-05-28) 28 May 1988 (age 35)	Melli Haffari	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
GK	Mehrdad Azamei	(1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 (age 33)	Misagh	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
	Meysam Barmashori	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 35)	Mes Sungun	Changshu International Tournament, 18–20 December 2015
	Majid Hajibandeh	(1988-02-15) 15 February 1988 (age 36)	Misagh	Changshu International Tournament, 18–20 December 2015
	Mohammad Shajari	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 32)	Melli Haffari	Changshu International Tournament, 18–20 December 2015
	Mohammad Kohestani	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986 (age 37)	Yasin Pishro	Changshu International Tournament, 18–20 December 2015

|}

Notes

^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
^Withdrew Player withdrew from the squad due to personal issues.
^RC Player withdrew from the squad due to red card in last game.

Previous squads

World Cups

Players called up for the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification:

Head Coach: Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Assistant Coach: Majid Jahanpour

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
FP	Saeid Rajabi	(1965-03-10)10 March 1965	Gostaresh
FP	Mohammad Habibi	(1966-01-08)8 January 1966	Malavan
GK	Vahid Ghelich	(1957-12-16)16 December 1957	Persepolis
FP	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard	(1962-09-09)9 September 1962	Persepolis
FP	Mehdi Abtahi	(1963-03-02)2 March 1963	Vahdat
FP	Hamid Estili	(1967-04-01)1 April 1967	PAS Tehran
FP	Mohammad Khakpour	(1969-02-20)20 February 1969	Persepolis
FP	Hassan Shirmohammadi	(1965-05-22)22 May 1965	Persepolis
FP	Arash Noamouz	(1967-06-06)6 June 1967	PAS Tehran
FP	Asgar Akbari	(1968-04-12)12 April 1968	Keshavarz

Asian Cups

Iran captains

Iran World Cup captains

#	Matches as captain (goals)	Player	World Cup played as captain
1	8 (3)	Mehdi Abtahi	Hong Kong 1992
2	3 (2)	Sadegh Varmazyar	Spain 1996
3	3 (0)	Babak Masoumi	Guatemala 2000
4	3 (2)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Chinese Taipei 2004
5	7 (5)	Vahid Shamsaei	Brazil 2008
6	4 (0)	Mohammad Keshavarz	Thailand 2012

Notable players

References

↑ Futsal World Ranking
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
↑ http://www.futsalworldranking.be/tournament/waff07.htm
↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural champions	Asian Champions 1999 (first title) 2000 (second title) 2001 (third title) 2002 (fourth title) 2003 (fifth title) 2004 (sixth title) 2005 (seventh title)	Succeeded by 2006 Japan
Preceded by 2006 Japan	Asian Champions 2007 (eighth title) 2008 (ninth title) 2010 (tenth title)	Succeeded by 2012 Japan
Preceded by Inaugural champions	Futsal Confederations Cup 2009 (first title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inaugural champions	WAFF Futsal Championship 2007 (first title)	Succeeded by 2009 Iraq
Preceded by 2009 Iraq	WAFF Futsal Championship 2012 (second title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inaugural champions	Asian Indoor Games 2005 (first title) 2007 (second title) 2009 (third title) 2013 (fourth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

Script error: The function "top" does not exist.

Script error: The function "bottom" does not exist.

[1] Futsal World Ranking

[2] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[3] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[4] ttp://www.futsalworldranking.be/tournament/waff07.htm

[5] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Futsal in Iran
League competitions	Iranian Futsal Super League 1st Division 2nd Division
National teams	Men Women
Lists and categories	League system Champions List of clubs List of Arena
Iran Football Federation

Iran national futsal team

Contents