Iran national beach soccer team

Iran
ایران
Nickname(s)	Team Melli Football Saheli ; (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال ساحلی); "The National Beach Football Team"
Association	IFF
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Abbass Hashempour
Captain	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Home stadium	Takhti Sport Complex
FIFA code	IRN
BSWW ranking	2 (as of December 2019)
; First colours	; Second colours
First international
	Iran 3–7 Japan; (Dubai; 23 May 2006)
Biggest win
	Iran 20–0 Philippines; (Doha; 22 January 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Iran 2–7 Bahrain; (Dubai; 25 May 2006)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2006)
Best result	Third place (2017)
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2013, 2017)
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2013, 2018, 2019)

The Iran national beach soccer team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال ساحلی) represents Iran in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the IFF, the governing body for football in Iran. Iran is the best ranked beach soccer team in Asia and is ranked second in the world.

Iran has won the AFC Beach Soccer Championship a record two times (2013, 2017). Iran has also appeared in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup seven times, reaching the quarterfinals on three occasions (2013, 2015, 2017), and finishing in third place once (2017).

Current squad

Correct as of November 2015^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Peyman Hosseini
2	DF	Amir Hossein Akbari
3	DF	Hassan Abdollahi
4	FW	Mohammad Moradi Farahabadi
5	DF	Ali Mirshekari
6	DF	Mostafa Kiani


No.	Pos.	Player
7	FW	Mehran Morshedizadeh
8	FW	Farid Boloukbashi
9	FW	Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
10	FW	Moslem Mesigar
11	FW	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
12	GK	Hamid Behzadpour

Coach: Marco Octávio

Fixtures & Results

Win Loss

Matches
Date	Competition	Location	Opponent	Result
2016
1 May 2016	Friendly Match	Italy	Italy	4–5 (L)
2 May 2016	Friendly Match	Italy	Italy	3–4 (L)
25 July 2016	Friendly Match	Sari, Iran	Thailand	7–1 (W)
21 August 2016	Friendly Match	Ordos, China	Vietnam	6–1 (W)
23 August 2016	2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament	Ordos, China	Bahrain	10–1 (W)
24 August 2016	2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament	Ordos, China	Japan	5–1 (W)
25 August 2016	2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament	Ordos, China	Oman	6–3 (W)
30 October 2016	Friendly Match	Dubai, UAE	Tahiti	6–1 (W)
1 November 2016	2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Dubai, UAE	United States	6–2 (W)
2 November 2016	2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Dubai, UAE	Egypt	4–1 (W)
3 November 2016	2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Dubai, UAE	Russia	3–3 (3–1 PSO) (W)
4 November 2016	2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Dubai, UAE	Tahiti	8–6 (W)
5 November 2016	2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup	Dubai, UAE	Brazil	2–6 (L)
2017
5 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Malaysia	14–0 (W)
6 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Afghanistan	6–1 (W)
7 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	China	10–0 (W)
8 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Bahrain	5–2 (W)
10 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	Japan	8–6 (W)
11 March 2017	2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship	Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia	United Arab Emirates	7–2 (W)
27 April 2017	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nassau, Bahamas	Mexico	3–2 (W)
29 April 2017	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nassau, Bahamas	Italy	4–5 (L)
1 May 2017	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nassau, Bahamas	Nigeria	4–4 (2–1 PSO) (W)
4 May 2017	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nassau, Bahamas	Switzerland	4–3 (AET) (W)
6 May 2017	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nassau, Bahamas	Tahiti	1–1 (2–3 PSO) (L)
7 May 2017	2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Nassau, Bahamas	Italy	5–3 (W)

Tournament record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005	Did not enter
2006	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	10	18	-8	0
2007	Round 1	3	1	0	0	2	14	14	0	3
2008	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	8	16	-8	0
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Round 1	3	0	0	0	3	13	17	-4	0
2013	Quarterfinals	4	1	0	0	3	13	16	-3	3
2015	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	0	2	16	16	0	6
2017	Third place	6	2	1	1	2	21	18	+3	9
2019	Did not qualify
Total	7/10	26	6	1	1	18	95	115	-20	21

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2011	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2013	Champions	5	2	0	3	0	19	17	+2	9
2014	Fourth place	5	2	0	0	3	12	12	0	6
2015	Third place	5	2	0	1	2	15	15	0	7
2016	Runner-up	5	3	0	1	1	23	18	+5	10
2017	Third place	5	3	0	0	2	20	15	+5	9
2018	Champions	5	5	0	0	0	22	8	+14	15
2019	Champions	5	3	0	2	0	22	14	+8	11
Total	7/9	35	20	0	7	8	133	99	+34	67

World Beach Games

World Beach Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2019	Third place	5	2	0	2	1	25	27	-2	8
Total	1/1	5	2	0	2	1	25	27	-2	8

Persian Beach Soccer Cup

Persian Beach Soccer Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2017	Champions	3	2	1	0	0	10	8	+2	7
2018	Champions	3	3	0	0	0	13	7	+6	9
Total	2/2	6	5	1	0	0	23	15	+8	16

Asian Championship

Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2006	Third place	4	2	0	0	2	19	21	-2	6
2007	Third place	4	2	0	0	2	20	15	+5	6
2008	Third place	4	2	0	0	2	11	7	+4	6
2009	Fourth place	5	3	0	0	2	20	12	+8	9
2011	Third place	5	3	1	0	1	23	11	+12	11
2013	Champions	5	4	0	1	0	43	13	+30	13
2015	Third place	5	4	0	0	1	29	12	+17	12
2017	Champions	5	5	0	0	0	50	11	+39	15
2019	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	0	2	10	9	+1	3
Total	9/9	40	26	1	1	12	225	111	+114	81

Asian Beach Games

Asian Beach Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2008	Quarterfinal	4	3	0	0	1	20	11	+9	9
2010	Third place	6	5	0	0	1	40	15	+25	15
2012	Champions	6	6	0	0	0	33	9	+24	18
2014	Champions	5	3	0	1	1	21	16	+5	10
2016	Did not enter
Total	4/5	21	17	0	1	3	120	51	+69	52

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2016	Champions	3	3	0	0	0	21	5	+16	9
Total	1/1	3	3	0	0	0	21	5	+16	9

WAFF Beach Soccer Championship

West Asian Beach Soccer Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2013	Champions	4	3	0	1	0	20	8	+12	10
Total	1/1	4	3	0	1	0	20	8	+12	10

World Cup record

World Cup matches (by opponent)
Against	Wins	Losses	Total
Brazil	0	2	2
Canada	0	1	1
France	0	2	2
Italy	1	2	3
Mexico	2	0	2
Nigeria	1	0	1
Portugal	0	1	1
Russia	0	1	1
Senegal	1	2	3
Spain	2	1	3
Switzerland	1	1	2
Tahiti	0	2	2
Ukraine	0	1	1
United States	0	1	1
Uruguay	0	1	1
Total	8	18	26

World Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
2006	Round 1	Iran 3 – 6 France	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 1 – 6 Spain	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 6 – 6 (0–1 P.S.O.) Canada	Lose
2007	Round 1	Iran 3 – 3 (0–1 P.S.O.) Portugal	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 6 – 7 United States	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 5 – 4 Spain	Won
2008	Round 1	Iran 1 – 6 Uruguay	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 6 – 6(1–2 P.S.O) France	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 1 – 4 Senegal	Lose
2011	Round 1	Iran 6 – 6(4–5 P.S.O) Italy	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 4 – 6 Switzerland	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 3 – 5 Senegal	Lose
2013	Round 1	Iran 1 – 4 Brazil	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 5 – 3 Senegal	Won
	Round 1	Iran 2 – 3 Ukraine	Lose
	Quarter Finals	Iran 5 – 6 Russia	Lose
2015	Round 1	Iran 6 – 5 Spain	Won
	Round 1	Iran 3 – 4 Brazil	Lose
	Round 1	Iran 3 – 2 Mexico	Won
	Quarter Finals	Iran 4 – 5 Tahiti	Lose
2017	Round 1	Iran 3 – 2 Mexico	Won
	Round 1	Iran 4 – 5 Italy	Loss
	Round 1	Iran 4 – 4(2–1 P.S.O) Nigeria	Won
	Quarter Finals	Iran 5 – 4 Switzerland	Won
	Semi-finals	Iran 1 – 1(2–3 P.S.O) Tahiti	Loss
	3rd place match	Iran 5 – 3 Italy	Won

History of coaches

Former notable players

References

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External links

FIFA.com profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by 2012 Russia	Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup 2013 (first title)	Succeeded by 2014 Brazil
Preceded by 2011 Japan	Asian Champions 2013 (first title)	Succeeded by 2015 Oman
Preceded by 2010 United Arab Emirates	Asian Beach Games 2012 (first title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

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v t e National beach soccer teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Beach Soccer Championship - Beach soccer at the Asian Beach Games
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v t e International beach soccer
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Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup
Europe	UEFA – League World Cup qualifiers Cup Club Winners Cup Men's Women's Baltic Sea & Scandinavian Beach Soccer League
Games	Asian Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games European Games Mediterranean Beach Games South American Beach Games

v t e FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021¹ 2023
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021¹ 2023 2024
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.