Iran women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Team Melli Baanovaan ("The Ladies National Team") | ||
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| Association | IFF | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | CAFA (Central Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Maryam Azmoon | ||
| Captain | Sara Ghomi | ||
| Home stadium | Ararat Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | IRN | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 61  2 (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
| Highest | 48 (September 2008) | ||
| Lowest | 144 (December 2007) | ||
| First international | |||
 Iran 5–0 Syria  (Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Iran 13–0 Syria (Amman, Jordan; 3 September 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Thailand 8–1 Iran (Bangkok, Thailand; 8 July 2009) | |||
The Iran women's national football team represents Iran in international women's football, and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation (IFF). The IFF official in charge of women's football is Leila Soufizadeh.
History
The first Iranian women's national team was established by Taj Tehran Football Club.[2][3][4] The Iranian women's national team has a long history, with a women's Perspolis FC team dating back to 1976.[5][6] Refounded in 2005, the team reached second place at the 2005 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in Amman, Jordan held in September and October 2005.
In May 2006, the women's team hosted their first foreign visitors when a club from Berlin, Germany called BSV Al-Dersimspor played out a 2–2 draw in Ararat Stadium, Tehran.
The team won second place again at the 2007 and 2011 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship.[7]
Banned from international competition
Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for wearing hijabs.[8][9]
In 2015 there were reports that eight players on the team were males awaiting sex change operations.[10][11]
On 9 November 2018 Fatma Samoura, Secretary General of International Federation of Football Association FIFA said she would ask Iranian government to end ban on women’s entry to sport stadiums.[12]
In September 2019 it was reported that an Iranian female football star, dubbed the "blue girl", died after self-immolating in front of a court in Tehran when she found out she could face a two year sentence for attempting to enter a football stadium to watch her team play.[13]
Coaching staff
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| Head coach | Maryam Azmoon
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Players
Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.
Current squad
The following 20 players were named to the squad for the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (second round) in April 2019.
Caps and goals as of 9 April 2019 after match against 
Chinese Taipei.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Zahra Khajavi | 8 February 1999 | 6 | 0 | Vachan Kurdistan
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| 12 | GK | Maryam Nami | 25 January 1995 | 2 | 0 | Heyat Alborz
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| 13 | GK | Raha Yazdani | 22 June 1987 | 0 | 0 | Shahrdari Bam
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| 2 | DF | Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani | 3 June 1997 | 8 | 0 | Shardari Shirjan
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| 3 | DF | Melika Motevalli | 6 May 1998 | 7 | 1 | Shardari Shirjan
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| 4 | DF | Fatemi Sohrabi | 6 September 1990 | 7 | 0 | Mes Rafsanjan
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| 5 | DF | Elham Farahmand | 12 September 1993 | 7 | 0 | Vachan Kurdistan
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| 7 | DF | Zahra Pourheidar | 15 April 1994 | 1 | 0 | Sepahan Isfahan
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| 8 | DF | Sara Zohrabi | 13 November 1996 | 10 | 5 | Heyat Alborz
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| 14 | DF | Behnaz Taherkhani | 22 May 1995 | 6 | 0 | Shahrdari Bam
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| 18 | DF | Fatemeh Adeli | 16 July 1995 | 5 | 0 | Sepahan Isfahan
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| 6 | MF | Zahra Sarbali | 13 August 1993 | 8 | 0 | Shahrdari Bam
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| 11 | MF | Samaneh Chahkandi | 28 March 1989 | 10 | 3 | Shahrdari Bam
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| 16 | MF | Mona Hamoudi | 11 November 1993 | 5 | 2 | Shahrdari Bam
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| 9 | FW | Zahra Ghanbari | 4 March 1992 | 16 | 12 | Shahrdari Bam
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| 10 | FW | Sara Ghomi | 20 August 1987 | 16 | 6 | Heyat Alborz
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| 15 | FW | Leila Moallem | 31 January 1995 | 0 | 0 | Sina Bushehr
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| 17 | FW | Shaghayegh Rouzbahan | 6 December 1994 | 9 | 1 | Sepahan Isfahan
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| 19 | FW | Foroogh Mouri | 30 September 1989 | 6 | 2 | Vachan Kurdistan
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| 20 | FW | Hajar Dabbaghi | 22 March 1999 | 8 | 5 | Sepahan Isfahan
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Recent call-ups
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Player records
- Active players in bold, statistics as of 2020.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Managers
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Maryam Azmoon 2016 – present
Recent results and schedule
Win Draw Lose
The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2020
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All-time record
As of 9 April 2019
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Bahrain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 |
 Bangladesh |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
 Belarus |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Chinese Taipei |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 |
 Hong Kong |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 India |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
 Jordan |
10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 19 | −3 |
 Laos |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 |
 Lebanon |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 |
 Myanmar |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
 Nepal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 |
 Palestine |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 |
 Philippines |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 |
 Singapore |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
| Syria |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | +33 |
| Thailand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 |
 Uzbekistan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 |
 Vietnam |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 |
| Total | 50 | 22 | 2 | 26 | 128 | 93 | +35 |
Honours
Regional
Runners-up: 2018
Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
 1991 to 2007 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 2011 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2015
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 2019
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  2023 |
To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
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| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1996 to 2008 | Did not enter | |||||||
 2012 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2016
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 2020
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| Total | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
AFC Women's Asian Cup
| AFC Women's Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1975 to 2008 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2010 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2014
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| 2018
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| 2022 |
To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | 0/19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
CAFA Women's Championship
| CAFA Women's Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
| 2018 |
Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Total | 1/1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||
WAFF Women's Championship
| WAFF Women's Championship record | |||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
| 2005 |
Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | ||
| 2007 |
Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | ||
 2010 |
Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2011 |
Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | ||
| 2014 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2019–onward | Not WAFF member | ||||||||
| Total | 4/6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 16 | ||
See also
- Iran women's national football team results
- Women's football in Iran
- Football in Iran
- Iran women's national under-20 football team
- Iran women's national under-17 football team
- Iran women's national futsal team
- Iran national football team
- Niloufar Ardalan
- Helena Costa
References
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/140165
- ^ http://www.ghatreh.com/news/nn13036095/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE%DA%86%D9%87-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
- ^ http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?105796-Best-of-IR-football-federation...&p=2116808&viewfull=1#post2116808
- ^ تیم دخترای پرسپولیس
- ^ http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/uae-triumph-in-west-asian-womens-championship
- ^ "Iran women's soccer team thwarted by hijab ban". CBS News. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ^ "Iran's women soccer team banned from Olympics, because of headscarves". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ^ News.com.au (2015-10-01). "Most players on Iran's women's team are men: official". New York Post. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Eight of Iran women's football team are men, official claims". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ FIFA To Engage With Iran To Lift Ban On Women In Stadiums
- ^ "'Blue girl': Iran's football fan, denied stadium entry, dies". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
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