Iran national futsal team
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Nickname(s) | Team Melli Futsal (Persian: تیم ملی فوتسال ایران) "The National Futsal Team" | ||
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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 (2 December 2019)[1] | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992[2]) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000) | |||
FIFA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 1992) | ||
Best result | ![]() | ||
AFC Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 15 (all) (First in 1999) | ||
Best result | ![]() | ||
WAFF Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 2 (First in 2007) | ||
Best result | ![]() | ||
Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (First in 2009) | ||
Best result | ![]() | ||
Grand Prix de Futsal | |||
Appearances | 7 (First in 2007) | ||
Best result | ![]() |
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Azadi_Indoor_Stadium_9.jpg/200px-Azadi_Indoor_Stadium_9.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Iran_Brazil_Futasl_game.jpg/200px-Iran_Brazil_Futasl_game.jpg)
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 | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
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Fourth place | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | |
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Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 | |
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Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 3 | Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship | ||||||
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Round 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 3 | |||||||
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Round 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 14 | |||||||
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Round of 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | |||||||
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Third Place | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 9 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7 | +83 | 18 | Automatic Qualification | ||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 10 | +46 | 18 | |||||||
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Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 13 | +84 | 21 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 7 | +54 | 18 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13 | +47 | 18 | |||||||
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Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 12 | +69 | 21 | |||||||
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Champions | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 15 | +43 | 19 | |||||||
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Third place | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 12 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | +41 | 18 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | +46 | 18 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 | +48 | 18 | |||||||
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Third place | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 9 | +36 | 15 | |||||||
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Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 8 | +44 | 16 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | +44 | 18 | |||||||
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Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | +44 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
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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 | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts |
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Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | +38 | 15 |
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Champions | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 12 | +61 | 21 |
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Champions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 7 | +57 | 13 |
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Champions | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | +34 | 15 |
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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 | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts | |
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Did not enter | |||||||||
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Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 12 | |
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Did not enter | |||||||||
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Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 13 | |
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Fourth place | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 10 | |
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Fourth place | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 12 | |
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Third place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 7 | |
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Third place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 9 | |
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Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 12 | |
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Did not enter | |||||||||
Total | 7/11 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 154 | 102 | +52 | 75 |
Confederations Cup
Confederations Cup record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts | |
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Champions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 | |
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Did not enter | |||||||||
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Did not qualify | |||||||||
Total | 1/3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 12 |
West Asian Championship
West Asian Championship record | ||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts | |
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Champions* | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 9 | |
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Did not enter | |||||||||
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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 |
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2018 | ||||||
4 December 2018 | Hant Arena, Bratislava | ![]() |
Slovak Futsal Week 2018 | 5 – 4 W | Hassanzadeh3, Javid, Orouji | Report |
5 December 2018 | Hant Arena, Bratislava | ![]() |
Slovak Futsal Week 2018 | 0 – 0 D | - | Report |
2019 | ||||||
4 February 2019 | Sportski centar Lagator, Loznica | ![]() |
Friendly | 6 – 3 W | Ahmadabbasi 7' - 30' - 38', Tayyebi 12', Shajari 14', Oladghobad 28' | Report |
5 February 2019 | Hala Sportova Zorka, Šabac | ![]() |
Friendly | 4 – 3 W | Tayyebi 19' - 24', Rajčević 3' o.g, Hassanzadeh 10' | Report |
22 September 2019 | Zvozdnyy, Astrakhan | ![]() |
Caspian Cup | 2 – 1 W | Hassanzadeh 10', Tavakoli 11' | Report |
23 September 2019 | Zvozdnyy, Astrakhan | ![]() |
Caspian Cup | 2 – 2 D | Javid 21', Orouji 34' | Report |
25 September 2019 | Zvozdnyy, Astrakhan | ![]() |
Caspian Cup | 3 – 9 L | Esmaeilpour 15', Orouji 36', Azimi 38' | Report |
23 October 2019 | Ghadir Arena, Urmia | ![]() |
AFC Futsal Championship 2020 qualification | 4 – 0 W | Hassanzadeh 3', Javid 18', Sähedow 27' o.g, Karimi 34' | Report |
25 October 2019 | Ghadir Arena, Urmia | ![]() |
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 | Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad | ![]() |
Mashhad Cup | 5 – 5 D | Sangsefidi2, Ahmadi, Tavakoli, Ahmadabbasi | Report |
3 December 2019 | Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad | ![]() |
Mashhad Cup | 2 – 3 L | Javid, Hassanzadeh | Report |
4 December 2019 | Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad | ![]() |
Friendly | 6 – 3 W | Bahadori3, Tayyebi2, Karimi | Report |
Forthcoming matches
Date | Competition | Location | Opponent | |||
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2020 | ||||||
2020 AFC Futsal Championship 25 February – 5 March[5] hosted by: ![]() | ||||||
12–15 April# | FIFA official match day | |||||
FIFA official match day | ||||||
![]() 12 September – 4 October hosted by: ![]() | ||||||
1–4 November# | FIFA official match day | |||||
FIFA official match day | ||||||
6–9 December# | FIFA official match day | |||||
FIFA official match day | ||||||
2021 | ||||||
2022 AFC Futsal Championship qualification 13 – 24 October[5] hosted by: hosted by: TBD | ||||||
2022 | ||||||
2022 AFC Futsal Championship 16 – 27 February[5] hosted by: hosted by: TBD |
- #FIFA International match days 2016-2020[6]
Coaching staff
Head Coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Fitness coach | ![]() |
Team supervisor | ![]() |
Team doctor | ![]() |
Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Players
Current squad
Match date: 8 – 11 August 2019 [7]
Opposition: Tehran Camp
Caps and goals correct as of:
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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FP | Saeid Afshar | 24 May 1992 | ![]() | ||
GK | Mohammad Navidbakhsh | ![]() | |||
FP | Mohsen Montazami | 22 March 1990 | ![]() | ||
FP | Ehsan Soheili Moghaddam | ![]() | |||
FP | Peyman Sarlak | 21 August 1991 | ![]() | ||
FP | Rahman Sarani | ![]() | |||
FP | Behzad Azimi | ![]() | |||
GK | Farhad Ebrahimi | 4 July 2000 | ![]() | ||
FP | Shahab Talebi | 2 September 1994 | ![]() | ||
FP | Sajjad Masihi | 2 April 1988 | ![]() | ||
GK | Saeid Torabideh | Free Agent | |||
FP | Ahmad Esmaeilpour | 8 September 1988 | ![]() | ||
GK | Farid Naderi | Free Agent | |||
FP | Hamidreza Rahanjam | 30 April 1994 | ![]() | ||
FP | Taha Nematian | 8 February 1995 | ![]() | ||
FP | Mahdi Karimi | 28 January 1997 | ![]() | ||
FP | Alireza Javan | 2 February 1995 | ![]() | ||
FP | Poriya Golshani | 3 August 1994 | ![]() |
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 |
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Mohammad Taheri | 16 March 1997 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018 | |||
Mahdi Mostafaei | 6 March 1991 | Free Agent | Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018 | |||
Eshagh Sourghali | 26 November 1991 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018 | |||
Danial Givili | 29 June 1995 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018 | |||
Majid Hajibandeh | 6 March 1991 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018 | |||
Majid Khazaei | 8 April 1992 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018 | |||
Saeid Ghalandari | 17 February 1989 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018 | |||
Saeid Belbasi | 15 August 1987 | Free Agent | Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018 | |||
GK | Abolfazl Shahbazi | 3 November 1997 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018 | ||
Ghodrat Bahadori | 30 January 1988 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 24–26 November 2018 | |||
GK | Alireza Samimi | 29 June 1987 | ![]() |
Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018 | ||
Tohid Lotfi | 10 December 1998 | ![]() |
Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018 | |||
Mahdi Javid | 3 May 1987 | ![]() |
Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018 | |||
Mehran Alighadr | 24 May 1989 | ![]() |
Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018 | |||
Mohsen Mohammadzadeh | 9 October 1995 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 12–14 January 2019 | |||
Saeid Momeni | 24 September 1993 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | |||
Morteza Ezzati | 24 September 1993 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | |||
Hadi Ahmadi | Free Agent | Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | ||||
GK | Sina Parkas | 17 August 1992 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | ||
Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani | 1 April 1993 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | |||
Saeid Sarvari | 11 November 1993 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | |||
Mehdi Zahedi | 5 December 1990 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019 | |||
Moslem Oladghobad | 29 November 1995 | ![]() |
Vs. ![]() | |||
Mohammad Shajari | 30 August 1991 | ![]() |
Vs. ![]() | |||
Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi | 2 November 1989 | ![]() |
Vs. ![]() | |||
Abolghasem Orouji | 2 December 1989 | ![]() |
Vs. ![]() | |||
Hamid Ahmadi | 24 November 1988 | ![]() |
Vs. ![]() | |||
Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | 2 November 1987 | ![]() |
Vs. ![]() | |||
GK | Sajjad Babaei | 6 July 1995 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | ||
GK | Masoud Mohammadi | 21 June 1991 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | ||
Ali Rostami | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | ||||
Jafar Najafi | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | ||||
Ruhollah Isari | 2 June 1992 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | |||
Morad Nazeri | 17 April 1995 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | |||
Ali Morovati | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | ||||
Amin Nasrollahzadeh | 28 December 1991 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | |||
Mehrdad Ghanbarzadeh | 26 December 1990 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019 | |||
Salar Aghapour | 7 March 2000 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | |||
GK | Sepehr Mohammadi | 8 August 1989 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | ||
Saeid Ahmadabbasi | 31 July 1992 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | |||
GK | Ali Rahimi | 14 January 1996 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | ||
Meysam Khayyam | 4 May 1992 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | |||
Alireza Rafieipour | 9 October 1993 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | |||
Amin Majidipour | 10 March 1993 | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | |||
Mohammad Najafzangi | ![]() |
Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019 | ||||
Hossein Tayyebi | 29 September 1988 | ![]() |
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
FIFA Futsal World Cup
- 1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads
- 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads
- 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads
- 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
14 | 6 (12) | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh | Chinese Taipei 2018 |
Notable players
- Mehdi Abtahi
- Siamak Dadashi
- Mohsen Garousi
- Behzad Gholampour
- Mohammad Reza Heidarian
- Babak Masoumi
- Reza Nasseri
- Mostafa Nazari
- Saeid Rajabi
- Vahid Shamsaei
- Sadegh Varmazyar
See also
- Futsal in Iran
- Iran national under-20 futsal team
- Iran national football team
- Iran national beach soccer team
- Iran women's national football team
- Iran women's national futsal team
References
- ^ Futsal World Ranking
- ^ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1340163/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-(%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3)
- ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
- ^ a b http://www.futsalworldranking.be/tournament/waff07.htm
- ^ a b c AFC Competitions Calendar From 2019-01-01 to 2022-12-31
- ^ "FIFA futsal international match calendar 2016-2020" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ دعوت ۱۸ بازیکن به اردوی تیم ملی فوتسال