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Iran
Nickname(s)Team Melli Futsal
(Persian: تیم ملی فوتسال ایران)
"The National Futsal Team"
AssociationFFIRI
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachMohammad Nazemosharia
CaptainAli Asghar Hassanzadeh
Most capsAli Asghar Hassanzadeh (297)
Top scorerVahid Shamsaei (392)
Home stadiumAzadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA codeIRN
FIFA ranking6 (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
Appearances7 (First in 1992)
Best result Third Place (1): 2016
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances15 (all) (First in 1999)
Best result Champions (12): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018
WAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances2 (First in 2007)
Best result Champions (2): 2007, 2012
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2009)
Best result Champions (1): 2009
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances7 (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
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992 Fourth place 8 5 0 3 36 30 +6 15 2 2 0 0 25 8
Spain 1996 Round 1 3 1 0 2 12 13 -1 3 4 4 0 0 47 8
Guatemala 2000 Round 1 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3 Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship
Chinese Taipei 2004 Round 1 3 1 0 2 9 13 -4 3
Brazil 2008 Round 2 7 4 2 1 24 19 +5 14
Thailand 2012 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 7
Colombia 2016 Third Place 7 2 3 2 22 24 -2 9
Lithuania 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
Malaysia 1999 Champions 6 6 0 0 90 7 +83 18 Automatic Qualification
Thailand 2000 Champions 6 6 0 0 56 10 +46 18
Iran 2001 Champions 7 7 0 0 97 13 +84 21
Indonesia 2002 Champions 6 6 0 0 61 7 +54 18
Iran 2003 Champions 6 6 0 0 60 13 +47 18
Macau 2004 Champions 7 7 0 0 81 12 +69 21
Vietnam 2005 Champions 8 6 1 1 58 15 +43 19
Uzbekistan 2006 Third place 5 4 0 1 46 12 +34 12
Japan 2007 Champions 6 6 0 0 50 9 +41 18
Thailand 2008 Champions 6 6 0 0 48 2 +46 18
Uzbekistan 2010 Champions 6 6 0 0 57 9 +48 18
United Arab Emirates 2012 Third place 6 5 0 1 45 9 +36 15
Vietnam 2014 Runners-up 6 5 1 0 52 8 +44 16
Uzbekistan 2016 Champions 6 6 0 0 48 4 +44 18
Chinese Taipei 2018 Champions 6 6 0 0 50 6 +44 18 2 2 0 0 20 4
Turkmenistan 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
Thailand 2005* Champions 5 5 0 0 41 3 +38 15
Macau 2007* Champions 7 7 0 0 73 12 +61 21
Vietnam 2009* Champions 5 4 1 0 64 7 +57 13
South Korea 2013 Champions 5 5 0 0 43 9 +34 15
Turkmenistan 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
Brazil 2005 Did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007 Runners-up 6 4 0 2 19 17 +2 12
Brazil 2008 Did not enter
Brazil 2009 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 26 22 +4 13
Brazil 2010 Fourth place 6 3 1 2 24 15 +9 10
Brazil 2011 Fourth place 6 4 0 2 22 13 +9 12
Brazil 2013 Third place 5 2 1 2 15 16 -1 7
Brazil 2014 Third place 4 3 0 1 25 11 +14 9
Brazil 2015 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 23 8 +15 12
Brazil 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
Libya 2009 Champions 4 4 0 0 15 4 +11 12
Brazil 2013 Did not enter
Kuwait 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
Iran 2007 Champions* 3 3 0 0 21 4 +17 9
Jordan 2009 Did not enter
Iran 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 Turkmenistan Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena, Ashgabat  Saudi Arabia
8 August 2018 (2018-08-08) 2020 AFC Futsal Championship Turkmenistan Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena, Ashgabat  South Korea
10 August 2018 (2018-08-10) 2020 AFC Futsal Championship Turkmenistan Ashgabat Main Indoor Arena, Ashgabat  Thailand
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2 – 11 November# FIFA official match day
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6 – 9 December# FIFA official match day
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2021
25 January – 3 February# FIFA official match day
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1 – 10 March# FIFA official match day
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5 – 14 April# FIFA official match day
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2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup
12 September – 3 October
hosted by:  Lithuania[5]
2022 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
13 – 24 October[6]
hosted by: hosted by: TBD
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13 – 22 December# FIFA official match day
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2022
2022 AFC Futsal Championship
16 – 27 February[6]
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12 – 21 September# FIFA official match day
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3 – 12 October# FIFA official match day
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6 – 9 November# FIFA official match day
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2023
27 February – 8 March# FIFA official match day
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10 – 19 April# FIFA official match day
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11 – 20 September# FIFA official match day
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2 – 11 October# FIFA official match day
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2024
2024 AFC Futsal Championship
29 January – 11 February
hosted by: hosted by: TBD
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2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup
14 September – 6 October
hosted by: TBD
3 – 6 November# FIFA official match day
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9 – 18 December# FIFA official match day
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Coaching staff

Head coach Iran Mohammad Nazemasharieh
Assistant coach Iran Mohammad Hashemzadeh
Goalkeeping coach Iran Michael Petros
Fitness coach Iran Jalil Doran
Supervisor Iran Mohammad Karimian
Physiotherapist Iran Akbar Rezaei

Last updated: July 14, 2020

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
FP Saeid Afshar (1992-05-24) 24 May 1992 (age 32) Iran Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr
1GK Mohammad Navidbakhsh Iran Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr
FP Mohsen Montazami (1990-03-22) 22 March 1990 (age 34) Indonesia Cosmo FC Jakarta
FP Ehsan Soheili Moghaddam Iran Moghavemat Alborz
FP Peyman Sarlak (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 (age 32) France Kremlin-Bicêtre United
FP Rahman Sarani Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad
FP Behzad Azimi Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad
1GK Farhad Ebrahimi (2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 23) Iran Ahoora Behbahan
FP Shahab Talebi (1994-09-02) 2 September 1994 (age 29) Iran Melli Haffari
FP Sajjad Masihi (1988-04-02) 2 April 1988 (age 36) Iran Ahoora Behbahan
1GK Saeid Torabideh Free Agent
FP Ahmad Esmaeilpour (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 35) China Shenzhen Nanling
1GK Farid Naderi Free Agent
FP Hamid Reza Rahanjam (1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 (age 30) Iraq Naft Al-Wasat
FP Taha Nematian (1995-02-08) 8 February 1995 (age 29) Iran Sunich Saveh
FP Mahdi Karimi (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 27) Iran Sunich Saveh
FP Alireza Javan (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 (age 29) Iran Sunich Saveh
FP Poriya Golshani (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994 (age 29) Iran 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) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
Mohammad Taheri (1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 27) Iran Shahrdari Qazvin Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
Mahdi Mostafaei (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) Free Agent Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
Eshagh Sourghali (1991-11-26) 26 November 1991 (age 32) Iran Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
Danial Givili (1995-06-29) 29 June 1995 (age 28) Iran Naam Avaran Resalat Sari Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
Majid Hajibandeh (1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 33) Iran Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018
Majid Khazaei (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 32) Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018
Saeid Ghalandari (1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 35) Iran Sohan Mohammad Sima Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018
Saeid Belbasi (1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 36) Free Agent Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018
GK Abolfazl Shahbazi (1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 (age 26) Iran Parsian Shahr-e Qods Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018
Ghodrat Bahadori (1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 36) Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad Tehran Camp, 24–26 November 2018
GK Alireza Samimi (1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 36) Iran Mes Sungun Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
Tohid Lotfi (1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 (age 25) Iran Mes Sungun Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
Mahdi Javid (1987-05-03) 3 May 1987 (age 37) Iran Mes Sungun Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
Mehran Alighadr (1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 35) Iran Giti Pasand Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
Mohsen Mohammadzadeh (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 28) Iran Melli Haffari Tehran Camp, 12–14 January 2019
Saeid Momeni (1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 30) Iran Mes Sungun Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
Morteza Ezzati (1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 30) Iran 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 (age 31) Iran Shahrvand Sari Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani (1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 31) Iran Giti Pasand Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
Saeid Sarvari (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
Mehdi Zahedi (1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 33) Iran Hyper Shahr Shahin Shahr Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
Moslem Oladghobad (1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 28) Iran Mes Sungun Vs.  Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
Mohammad Shajari (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 32) Iran Mes Sungun Vs.  Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 34) Iran Giti Pasand Vs.  Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
Abolghasem Orouji (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 34) Iran Mes Sungun Vs.  Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
Hamid Ahmadi (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 35) Iran Giti Pasand Vs.  Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 36) Iran Giti Pasand Vs.  Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
GK Sajjad Babaei (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 28) Iran Melli Haffari Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
GK Masoud Mohammadi (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 32) Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Ali Rostami Iran Farsh Ara Mashhad Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Jafar Najafi Iran Sohan Mohammad Sima Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Ruhollah Isari (1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 32) Iran Sohan Mohammad Sima Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Morad Nazeri (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 29) Iran Shahrvand Sari Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Ali Morovati Iran Sunich Saveh Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Amin Nasrollahzadeh (1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 32) Iran Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Mehrdad Ghanbarzadeh (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) Iran Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
Salar Aghapour (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24) Iran Mes Sungun Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
GK Sepehr Mohammadi (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 34) Russia Gazprom-Ugra Yugorsk Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
Saeid Ahmadabbasi (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 31) Iran Giti Pasand Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
GK Ali Rahimi (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28) Iran Moghavemat Alborz Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
Meysam Khayyam (1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 32) Iran Mes Sungun Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
Alireza Rafieipour (1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 30) Indonesia SKN FC Kebumen Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
Amin Majidipour (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31) Iran Setaregan Varamin Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
Mohammad Najafzangi Iran Setaregan Varamin Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
Hossein Tayyebi (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 35) Kazakhstan 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
Iran's first squad in 1992

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Asian Championships

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ^ اولین تیم رسمی فوتسال ایران (عکس)
  3. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
  4. ^ a b http://www.futsalworldranking.be/tournament/waff07.htm
  5. ^ Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events
  6. ^ a b 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
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
Preceded by Asian Champions
2007 (eighth title)
2008 (ninth title)
2010 (tenth title)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Champions
2016 (eleventh title)
2018 (twelfth title)
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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