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	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Most caps	Vahid Shamsaei
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaei (392 goals)
Home stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
FIFA ranking	6 (12 May 2020)[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 6,583 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										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter									Did not enter
1992	Fourth place	8	5	0	3	36	30	+6	15	2	2	0	0	25	8
1996	Round 1	3	1	0	2	12	13	-1	3	4	4	0	0	47	8
2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3	Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship
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
2020	To be determined
Total	7/9	35	16	6	13	118	116	+2	54	6	6	0	0	72	16

Asian Championship

Asian Championship record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA

1999	Champions	6	6	0	0	90	7	+83	18		Automatic Qualification
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		2	2	0	0	20	4
2020	Qualified										2	2	0	0	12	3
Total	15/15	93	88	2	3	899	136	+763	266	4	4	0	0	36	7

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.[4]

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2018
4 December 2018 (2018-12-04)	Hant Arena, Bratislava	Russia	Slovak Futsal Week 2018	5 – 4 W	Hassanzadeh3, Javid, Orouji	Report
5 December 2018 (2018-12-05)	Hant Arena, Bratislava	Slovakia	Slovak Futsal Week 2018	0 – 0 D	-	Report
2019
4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)	Sportski centar Lagator, Loznica	Serbia	Friendly	6 – 3 W	Ahmadabbasi 7' - 30' - 38', Tayyebi 12', Shajari 14', Oladghobad 28'	Report
5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)	Hala Sportova Zorka, Šabac	Serbia	Friendly	4 – 3 W	Tayyebi 19' - 24', Rajčević 3' o.g, Hassanzadeh 10'	Report
22 September 2019 (2019-09-22)	Zvozdnyy, Astrakhan	Kazakhstan	Caspian Cup	2 – 1 W	Hassanzadeh 10', Tavakoli 11'	Report
23 September 2019 (2019-09-23)	Zvozdnyy, Astrakhan	Azerbaijan	Caspian Cup	2 – 2 D	Javid 21', Orouji 34'	Report
25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)	Zvozdnyy, Astrakhan	Russia	Caspian Cup	3 – 9 L	Esmaeilpour 15', Orouji 36', Azimi 38'	Report
23 October 2019 (2019-10-23)	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Turkmenistan	AFC Futsal Championship 2020 qualification	4 – 0 W	Hassanzadeh 3', Javid 18', Sähedow 27' o.g, Karimi 34'	Report
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Kyrgyzstan	AFC Futsal Championship 2020 qualification	8 – 3 W	Javid 13' - 18' - 39', Karimi 10' - 32', Ahmadi 2', Hassanzadeh 7', Nematian 15'	Report
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Slovakia	Mashhad Cup	5 – 5 D	Sangsefidi2, Ahmadi, Tavakoli, Ahmadabbasi	Report
3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Belarus	Mashhad Cup	2 – 3 L	Javid, Hassanzadeh	Report
4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Slovakia	Friendly	6 – 3 W	Bahadori3, Tayyebi2, Karimi	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2020
6 August 2018 (2018-08-06)	2020 AFC Futsal Championship	Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena, Ashgabat	Saudi Arabia
8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)	2020 AFC Futsal Championship	Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena, Ashgabat	South Korea
10 August 2018 (2018-08-10)	2020 AFC Futsal Championship	Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena, Ashgabat	Thailand
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
2021
2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup 12 September – 4 October hosted by: Lithuania[5]
2022 AFC Futsal Championship qualification 13 – 24 October[6] hosted by: hosted by: TBD
2022
2022 AFC Futsal Championship 16 – 27 February[6] hosted by: hosted by: TBD

^#FIFA International match days 2016-2020[7]

Coaching staff

Head coach	Mohammad Nazemasharieh
Assistant coach	Mohammad Hashemzadeh
Goalkeeping coach	Michael Petros
Supervisor	Mohammad Karimian
Doctor	Meysam Shirzad

Last updated: June 25, 2020

Players

Current squad

Match date: 8 – 11 August 2019 [8]
Opposition: Tehran Camp
Caps and goals correct as of:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
FP	Saeid Afshar	(1992-05-24) 24 May 1992	Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr
1GK	Mohammad Navidbakhsh		Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr
FP	Mohsen Montazami	(1990-03-22) 22 March 1990	Cosmo FC Jakarta
FP	Ehsan Soheili Moghaddam		Moghavemat Alborz
FP	Peyman Sarlak	(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991	Kremlin-Bicêtre United
FP	Rahman Sarani		Farsh Ara Mashhad
FP	Behzad Azimi		Farsh Ara Mashhad
1GK	Farhad Ebrahimi	(2000-07-04) 4 July 2000	Ahoora Behbahan
FP	Shahab Talebi	(1994-09-02) 2 September 1994	Melli Haffari
FP	Sajjad Masihi	(1988-04-02) 2 April 1988	Ahoora Behbahan
1GK	Saeid Torabideh		Free Agent
FP	Ahmad Esmaeilpour	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	Shenzhen Nanling
1GK	Farid Naderi		Free Agent
FP	Hamidreza Rahanjam	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994	Naft Al-Wasat
FP	Taha Nematian	(1995-02-08) 8 February 1995	Sunich Saveh
FP	Mahdi Karimi	(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997	Sunich Saveh
FP	Alireza Javan	(1995-02-02) 2 February 1995	Sunich Saveh
FP	Poriya Golshani	(1994-08-03) 3 August 1994	Azarakhsh

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	(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997	Shahrdari Qazvin	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Mahdi Mostafaei	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Eshagh Sourghali	(1991-11-26) 26 November 1991	Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Danial Givili	(1995-06-29) 29 June 1995	Naam Avaran Resalat Sari	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
	Majid Hajibandeh	(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991	Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr	Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018
	Majid Khazaei	(1992-04-08) 8 April 1992	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018
	Saeid Ghalandari	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989	Sohan Mohammad Sima	Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018
	Saeid Belbasi	(1987-08-15) 15 August 1987	Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018
GK	Abolfazl Shahbazi	(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997	Parsian Shahr-e Qods	Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018
	Ghodrat Bahadori	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 24–26 November 2018
GK	Alireza Samimi	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987	Mes Sungun	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
	Tohid Lotfi	(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998	Mes Sungun	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
	Mahdi Javid	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987	Mes Sungun	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
	Mehran Alighadr	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989	Giti Pasand	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
	Mohsen Mohammadzadeh	(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995	Melli Haffari	Tehran Camp, 12–14 January 2019
	Saeid Momeni	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Morteza Ezzati	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Hadi Ahmadi		Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
GK	Sina Parkas	(1992-08-17) 17 August 1992	Shahrvand Sari	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani	(1993-04-01) 1 April 1993	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Saeid Sarvari	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Mehdi Zahedi	(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990	Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Moslem Oladghobad	(1995-11-29) 29 November 1995	Mes Sungun	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Mohammad Shajari	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991	Mes Sungun	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989	Giti Pasand	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Abolghasem Orouji	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989	Mes Sungun	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Hamid Ahmadi	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988	Giti Pasand	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Giti Pasand	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
GK	Sajjad Babaei	(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995	Melli Haffari	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
GK	Masoud Mohammadi	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991	Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Ali Rostami		Farsh Ara Mashhad	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Jafar Najafi		Sohan Mohammad Sima	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Ruhollah Isari	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992	Sohan Mohammad Sima	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Morad Nazeri	(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995	Shahrvand Sari	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Ali Morovati		Sunich Saveh	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Amin Nasrollahzadeh	(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991	Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Mehrdad Ghanbarzadeh	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990	Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Salar Aghapour	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
GK	Sepehr Mohammadi	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989	Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Saeid Ahmadabbasi	(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
GK	Ali Rahimi	(1996-01-14) 14 January 1996	Moghavemat Alborz	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Meysam Khayyam	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Alireza Rafieipour	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993	SKN FC Kebumen	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Amin Majidipour	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993	Setaregan Varamin	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Mohammad Najafzangi		Setaregan Varamin	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Hossein Tayyebi	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988	Kairat Almaty	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019

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

Iran's first squad in 1992

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		Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Indonesia 2002
5	6 (7)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Iran 2003
6	7 (4)	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
14	6 (12)	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Chinese Taipei 2018

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) 2018 (twelfth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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[1] Futsal World Ranking

[2] اولین تیم رسمی فوتسال ایران (عکس)

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

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

[5] Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events

[AFC_Calendar-6] AFC Competitions Calendar From 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31

[7] "FIFA futsal international match calendar 2016-2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[8] دعوت ۱۸ بازیکن به اردوی تیم ملی فوتسال

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Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002)
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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