Iran national futsal team

Iran
Nickname(s)	Team Melli Futsal ; (Persian: تیم ملی فوتسال ایران); "The National Futsal Team"
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohammad Nazemosharia
Captain	Mohammad Taheri
Most caps	Vahid Shamsaei
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaei (392 goals)
Home stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
FIFA ranking	6 (10 February 2018)[1]
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Iran 19–6 Kuwait ; (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992[2])
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	7 (First in 1992)
Best result	Third Place (1): 2016
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	15 (all) (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (12): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018
WAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2): 2007, 2012
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions (1): 2009
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	7 (First in 2007)
Best result	Runners-up (3): 2007, 2009, 2015

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" are by far the strongest Asian team and one of the best teams in the world according to the Futsal World Ranking.

The Iranians are the regular participants of the FIFA Futsal World Cup reaching the third place in 2016 after eliminating the favorites, Brazil.^[3] Iran have won the first Futsal Confederations Cup in 2009 and also reached the second place in the Grand Prix de Futsal known as Futsal Mini-World Cup in multiple editions.

Home stadium

Iran plays the home games at the Azadi Indoor Stadium with a capacity of 12,000 spectators.

A view of Azadi Indoor Stadium

Iran national futsal team plays against Brazil in a 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 Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1989	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Fourth place	8	5	0	3	36	30	+6	15
1996	Round 1	3	1	0	2	12	13	-1	3
2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3
2004	Round 1	3	1	0	2	9	13	-4	3
2008	Round 2	7	4	2	1	24	19	+5	14
2012	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	7
2016	Third Place	7	2	3	2	22	24	-2	9
Total	7/8	35	16	6	13	118	116	+2	54

Asian Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1999	Champions	6	6	0	0	90	7	+83	18
2000	Champions	6	6	0	0	56	10	+46	18
2001	Champions	7	7	0	0	97	13	+84	21
2002	Champions	6	6	0	0	61	7	+54	18
2003	Champions	6	6	0	0	60	13	+47	18
2004	Champions	7	7	0	0	81	12	+69	21
2005	Champions	8	6	1	1	58	15	+43	19
2006	Third place	5	4	0	1	46	12	+34	12
2007	Champions	6	6	0	0	50	9	+41	18
2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	48	2	+46	18
2010	Champions	6	6	0	0	57	9	+48	18
2012	Third place	6	5	0	1	45	9	+36	15
2014	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	52	8	+44	16
2016	Champions	6	6	0	0	48	4	+44	18
2018	Champions	6	6	0	0	50	6	+44	18
Total	15/15	93	88	2	3	899	136	+763	266

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005^*	Champions	5	5	0	0	41	3	+38	15
2007^*	Champions	7	7	0	0	73	12	+61	21
2009^*	Champions	5	4	1	0	64	7	+57	13
2013	Champions	5	5	0	0	43	9	+34	15
2017	Champions	6	6	0	0	58	11	+47	18
Total	5/5	28	27	1	0	279	42	+237	82

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

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	19	17	+2	12
2008	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	26	22	+4	13
2010	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	24	15	+9	10
2011	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	22	13	+9	12
2013	Third place	5	2	1	2	15	16	-1	7
2014	Third place	4	3	0	1	25	11	+14	9
2015	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	23	8	+15	12
2018	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	7/11	38	24	3	11	154	102	+52	75

Confederations Cup

Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2009	Champions	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12
2013	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	1/3	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12

West Asian Championship

West Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2007	Champions^*	3	3	0	0	21	4	+17	9
2009	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Champions	4	4	0	0	40	6	+34	12
Total	2/3	7	7	0	0	61	10	+51	21

^* Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.^[5]

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2017
26 September 2017 (2017-09-26)	Ice Palace Hall 1, Ashgabat	Uzbekistan	2017 Asian Indoor Games / Finals	7 – 1 W	Javid 4' - 9' - 32' - 36', Hassanzadeh 21' - 37', Ahmadi 31'	Report
15 October 2017 (2017-10-15)	Shahid Poursharifi, Tabriz	Afghanistan	2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification	8 – 2 W	Javid 2' - 18' - 28', Hassanzadeh 6' - 7' - 29', Talebi 15', Ahmadabbasi 19'	Report
17 October 2017 (2017-10-17)	Shahid Poursharifi, Tabriz	Tajikistan	2018 AFC Futsal Championship qualification	8 – 2 W	Tavakoli 3' - 4', Orouji 6', Alighadr 17' - 18' - 31', Javid 18' - 18', Lotfi 19', Talebi 30', Ahmadabbasi 34', Hassanzadeh 39'	Report
26 November 2017 (2017-11-26)	Qamar Bani Hashem, Kermanshah	Shahin Kermanshah	Unofficial friendly	3 – 1 W	Givili, Lotfi, Nematiyan	Report
3 December 2017 (2017-12-03)	25 Aban Arena, Isfahan	Azerbaijan	Isfahan 2017	3 – 3 D	Hassanzadeh 3', Tayyebi 3', Shajari 39'	Report
4 December 2017 (2017-12-04)	25 Aban Arena, Isfahan	Kazakhstan	Isfahan 2017	2 – 1 W	Tayyebi 4', Esmaeilpour 40'	Report
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06)	25 Aban Arena, Isfahan	Russia	Isfahan 2017	4 – 0 W	Javid 19' - 29', Rafiepour 32', Shajari 38'	Report
2018
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14)	Handball Federation Arena, Tehran	Belarus	Friendly	5 – 0 W	Esmaeilpour 10', Orouji 15', Tavakoli 16', Hassanzadeh 30', Alighadr 33'	Report
15 January 2018 (2018-01-15)	Handball Federation Arena, Tehran	Belarus	Friendly	2 – 1 W	Esmaeilpour 8', Hassanzadeh 11'	Report
23 January 2018 (2018-01-23)	Baku Sports Hall, Baku	Azerbaijan	Friendly	3 – 3 D	Alighadr 8', Tayyebi 20', Javid 35'	Report
24 January 2018 (2018-01-24)	Baku Sports Hall, Baku	Azerbaijan	Friendly	4 – 1 W	Tayyebi 12', Orouji 16', Oladghobad 32', Tavakoli 36'	Report
2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei	Myanmar	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	14 – 0 W	Javid 1' - 8' - 22' - 31', Hassanzadeh 1' - 4' - 8' - 39', Tayyebi 6' - 8' - 15', Alighadr 7', Abbasi 35', Oladghobad 37'	Report
4 February 2018 (2018-02-04)	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei	China	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	11 – 1 W	Tayyebi 3' - 14' - 37', Tavakoli 10' - 27', Javid 10' - 14', Shajari 14', Hassanzadeh 21' - 24', Esmaeilpour 24'	Report
6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)	University of Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei	Iraq	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	5 – 3 W	Tayyebi 8' - 38', Hassanzadeh 12', Oladghobad 26', Tavakoli 31'	Report
8 February 2018 (2018-02-08)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City	Thailand	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	9 – 1 W	Esmaeilpour 1' - 3', Hassanzadeh 4', Tayyebi 5' - 16' - 36', Javid 21', Shajari 24' - 35'	Report
9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City	Uzbekistan	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	7 – 1 W	Javid 2' - 15' - 16', Hassanzadeh 3' - 30', Tayyebi 10' - 34'	Report
11 February 2018 (2018-02-11)	Xinzhuang Gymnasium, New Taipei City	Japan	2018 AFC Futsal Championship	4 – 1 W	Hassanzadeh 19' - 28', Tavakoli 21', Tayyebi 39'	Report
23 September 2018 (2018-09-23)	Shahid Poursharifi, Tabriz	Belarus	Tabriz 2018	3 – 1 W	Abbasi, Sangsefidi, Javid	Report
24 September 2018 (2018-09-24)	Shahid Poursharifi, Tabriz	Japan	Tabriz 2018	3 – 3 D	Javid 2', Orouji 26', Shajari	Report
26 September 2018 (2018-09-26)	Shahid Poursharifi, Tabriz	Ukraine	Tabriz 2018	2 – 1 W	Oladghobad, Javid	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2018
26 October	Friendly	TBD, Brazil	Brazil
28~31 October	Friendly	TBD, Brazil	TBD
28~31 October	Friendly	TBD, Brazil	TBD
Kazakhstan 4 Nation Tournament ( Kazakhstan, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan) 2–5 December hosted by: Almati
2019
28 January – 6 February	Friendly	TBD, Iran	Slovenia
28 January – 6 February	Friendly	TBD, Iran	Slovenia
8–17 April	Friendly	TBD, Iran	Brazil
8–17 April	Friendly	TBD, Iran	Brazil
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^[6]

Coaching staff

Head Coach	Mohammad Nazemosharia
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: 22 - 26 September 2018 ^[7]
Opposition: Tabriz 4 Nation Tournament
Caps and goals correct as of:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Sepehr Mohammadi	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989	Giti Pasand
2	1GK	Saeed Momeni	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993	Mes Sungun
3	FP	Alireza Rafieepour	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993	Melli Haffari
4	FP	Tohid Lotfi	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998	Mes Sungun
5	FP	Mohammad Shajari	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991	Giti Pasand
6	FP	Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989	Mes Sungun
7	FP	Abolfazl Hosseini	(1992-05-01) 1 May 1992	Parsian Shahr-e Qods
8	FP	Abolghasem Orouji	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989	Mes Sungun
9	FP	Saeed Ahmadabbasi	(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992	Giti Pasand
10	FP	Amin Nasrolahzadeh	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991	Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas
11	FP	Morteza Ezafi	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993	Mes Sungun
12	FP	Moslem Oladghobad	(1995-11-29) 29 November 1995	Giti Pasand
13	FP	Mehrdad Ghanbarzadeh		Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas
14	FP	Mahdi Javid	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987	Giti Pasand
15	FP	Amin Majidipour	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993	Parsian Shahr-e Qods

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
	Mohammad Taheri	(1985-05-02) 2 May 1985	Shahrvand Sari	v. Shahin Kermanshah, 26 November
	Alireza Asgarikohan	(1990-07-17) 17 July 1990	Mes Sungun	v. Belarus, 14 - 15 January 2018
	Ghodrat Bahadori	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 27 - 28 January 2018
	Hamid Ahmadi^INJ	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 27 - 28 January 2018
	Ahmad Esmaeilpour	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	Giti Pasand	2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 1 – 11 February 2018
	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Giti Pasand	2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 1 – 11 February 2018
	Hossein Tayyebi	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988	Kairat Almaty	2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 1 – 11 February 2018
	Mehran Alighadr	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989	Tasisat Daryaei	2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 1 – 11 February 2018
	Farhad Tavakoli	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989	Melli Haffari	2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 1 – 11 February 2018
	Mohammad Taheri	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
GK	Sina Parkas	(1992-08-17) 17 August 1992	Shahrvand Sari	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Hamidreza Rahanjam	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994	Shahrvand Sari	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Mahdi Mostafaei	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	Sunich Saveh	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Soroush Ahmadniya	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Saeed Ghalandari	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989	Sohan Mohammad Sima	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Ehsan Sorghali	(1991-11-26) 26 November 1991	Arjan Shiraz	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Danial Givili	(1995-06-29) 29 June 1995	Naam Avaran Resalat Sari	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Shahab Talebi	(1994-09-02) 2 September 1994	Melli Haffari	Tehran Camp, 1 – 3 September 2018
	Taha Nematiyan	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	Sohan Mohammad Sima	Tehran Camp, 1 – 3 September 2018
GK	Sajad Babaei^INJ	(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995	Melli Haffari	Tehran Camp, 1 – 3 September 2018
	Saeed Sarvari	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993	Moghavemat Alborz	Tehran Camp, 1 – 3 September 2018
	Ali Rahimi		Moghavemat Alborz	Tehran Camp, 1 – 3 September 2018
	Alireza Samimi	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018
GK	Masoud Mohammadi	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018
	Majid Hajibandeh	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	Sunich Saveh	Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018

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

First Squad

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Asian Championships

1999 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2000 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2001 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2002 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2003 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2004 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2005 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2007 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2008 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2010 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2016 AFC Futsal Championship squads
2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads

Iran captains

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
7	6 (1)	Mohammad Keshavarz	Colombia 2016

Asian Championship captains

#	Matches as captain (goals)	Player	Asian Championship played as captain
1			Malaysia 1999
2			Thailand 2000
3			Iran 2001
4			Indonesia 2002
5			Iran 2003
6		Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Macau 2004
7	9 (3)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Vietnam 2005
8			Uzbekistan 2006
9	6 (1)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Japan 2007
10	6 (4)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Thailand 2008
11	6 (2)	Mohammad Hashemzadeh	Uzbekistan 2010
12	6 (7)	Vahid Shamsaei	UAE 2012
13	6 (2)	Mohammad Taheri	Vietnam 2014
14	6 (5)	Mohammad Keshavarz	Uzbekistan 2016

Notable players

References

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 2014 Japan	Asian Champions 2016 (eleventh title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[3] "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2006.

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

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

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[7] اعلام فهرست نهایی تیم ملی برای تورنمنت تبریز

Futsal in Iran
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Lists and categories	League system Champions List of clubs List of Arena
Iran Football Federation

Iran national futsal team

Home stadium

Nicknames

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Asian Championship

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Grand Prix de Futsal

Confederations Cup

West Asian Championship

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

First Squad

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Asian Championships

Iran captains

World Cup captains

Asian Championship captains

Notable players

See also

References