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Iran
Nickname(s)Team Melli Baanovaan
("The Ladies National Team")
AssociationFootball Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationCAFA (Central Asia)
Head coachMaryam Irandoost
CaptainBehnaz Taherkhani
Most capsSara Ghomi (34)
Top scorerZahra Ghanbari (13)
Home stadiumArarat Stadium
FIFA codeIRN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 64 Decrease 1 (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest48 (September 2008)
Lowest144 (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)
World Cup
Appearances0
Best result-
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultTBD (2022)

The Iran women's national football team (recognized as IR Iran by FIFA) represents Iran in international women's football around the world, and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). The FFIRI official in charge of women's football is Seyyedeh Shohreh Mousavi.

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]

Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for wearing hijabs. This caused Iran to forfeit its bid to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[8][9] The ban was lifted in 2012.[10]

Iran qualified for their first ever AFC Women's Asian Cup when they won against Jordan on penalties in the qualifiers for the 2022 edition to be hosted in India.[11]

Attendance of women in football matches

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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]

Team image

Nicknames

The Iran women's national football team have been known or nicknamed as the "Team Melli Baanovaan (The Ladies National Team)".

Home stadium

Iran plays their home matches on the Ararat Stadium.

FIFA world rankings

As of 18 April 2021[14]

  Best Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Ranking    Worst Mover  

Iran's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
Played 		Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
70 2021 0 0 0 0 70 Increase 0 70 Decrease 0

Results and fixtures

Main article: Iran women's national football team results
The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

8 June 2021 Friendly Belarus  6–0  Iran Mogilev, Belarus
Report (SW) Stadium: Spartak Stadium
11 June 2021 Friendly Uzbekistan  5–0  Iran Minsk, Belarus
Report (SW)
23 August 2021 Friendly Uzbekistan  2–0  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report (SW)
26 August 2021 Friendly Uzbekistan  1–1  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report (SW)
22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group G Iran  5–0  Bangladesh Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+3
Source (AFC) Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group G Jordan  0–0
(2–4 p)		  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+3 Source (AFC) Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Penalties

2022

January 2022 (2022-01) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Iran  v TBD India
January 2022 (2022-01) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Iran  v TBD India
January 2022 (2022-01) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Iran  v TBD India

Head-to-head record

As of 9 September 2021
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Bahrain 2 1 0 1 8 1 +7
 Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7
 Belarus 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8
 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 9 4 1 4 12 19 −7
 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
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 6 3 +3
 Uzbekistan 7 0 2 5 2 16 −14
 Vietnam 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11
Total 51 23 4 24 134 91 +53

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 10 May 2021
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Iran Maryam Irandoost
Assistant coach Iran Somayyeh Shahbazi
Technical manager Iran Nosrat Irandoost
Supervisor Iran Fatemeh Alipour

Manager history

Players

Main article: List of Iran women's international footballers
See also: Category:Iran women's international footballers

Up-to-date caps, goals, and statistics are not publicly available; therefore, caps and goals listed may be incorrect.

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for the match against xxxx on 1 august 2021.

Information correct as of 1 august 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
22 1GK Maryam Yektaei (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 31) - 0 Turkey Beşiktaş J.K.
2 2DF Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani (1997-06-03) 3 June 1997 (age 27) - - Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
4 2DF Melika Motevalli (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 (age 26) - - Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
5 2DF Ghazaleh Bani Talebi (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 22) 4 0 Iran Vechan Kurdistan
8 2DF Behnaz Taherkhani (captain) (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 (age 29) - - Iran Shahrdari Bam
18 2DF Melika Mohammadi (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24) 5 0 Iran
6 3MF Zahra Sarbali (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31) 8 0 Iran Shahrdari Bam
10 3MF Sara Zohrabi (1996-11-13) 13 November 1996 (age 27) - - Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan
11 3MF Samaneh Chahkandi (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 (age 35) 10 3 Iran Shahrdari Bam
13 3MF Yasaman Farmani (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29) - - Belgium Charleroi
19 3MF Fatemeh Adeli (1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 29) - - Iran Sepahan Isfahan
9 4FW Zahra Ghanbari (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32) 16 12 Iran Shahrdari Bam
20 4FW Hajar Dabbaghi (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25) 8 5 Iran Sepahan Isfahan

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Zahra Khajavi (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25) - 0 Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan v.  Uzbekistan, 26 August 2021
GK Arefeh Seyedkazemi (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
GK Raha Yazdani (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Iran Shahrdari Bam v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Kosar Kamali (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 29) 7 0 Iran Sepahan Isfahan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Hadis Basat Shir (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26) 1 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Shahnaz Jafari Zadeh (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Iran Shahrdari Bam v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Sarshin Kamangar (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Iran Shahrdari Bam v.  Belarus, 8 June 2021
MF Mona Hamoudi (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) 6 2 Iran Shahrdari Bam v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
FW Shaghayegh Rouzbahan (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29) 11 1 Iran Sepahan Isfahan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021

Captains

Records

Main article: List of Iran women's international footballers
See also: Category:Iran women's international footballers

*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 August 2021.

Honours

Regional

Runners-up: 2018

Iran Under-23 team participated at the above tournament.

Runners-up: 2005, 2007, 2011

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 to
China 2007		 Did not enter
Germany 2011 Did not qualify
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total 0/8 – – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
1996 to 2008 Did not enter
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
Total 0/7 – – – – – – –

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 to
Vietnam 2008		 Did not enter
China 2010 Did not qualify
Vietnam 2014
Jordan 2018
India 2022 Qualified
Total 0/19 – – – – – – –
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CAFA Women's Championship

CAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Uzbekistan 2018 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 16 3
Total 1/1 4 3 0 1 16 3

Iran U-23 team participated at the 2018.

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Jordan 2005 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 20 2
Jordan 2007 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 17 2
United Arab Emirates 2010 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 5
United Arab Emirates 2011 Runners-up 5 4 1 0 21 7
Jordan 2014 Did not enter
2019–onward Not WAFF member
Total 4/6 14 9 1 4 58 16

Malavan F.C. participated at the 2010.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/140165
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  5. ^ "Best of IR football federation... - Page 9".
  6. ^ تیم دخترای پرسپولیس
  7. ^ "UAE triumph in West Asian Women's Championship".
  8. ^ "Iran women's soccer team thwarted by hijab ban". CBS News. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  9. ^ "Iran's women soccer team banned from Olympics, because of headscarves". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
  10. ^ "Lifting of hijab ban in world soccer welcomed". CBC News. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Iran's Women's Football Team Makes History - Sports news". Tasnim News Agency. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  12. ^ FIFA To Engage With Iran To Lift Ban On Women In Stadiums
  13. ^ "'Blue girl': Iran's football fan, denied stadium entry, dies". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  14. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Associations - Iran - Women's". FIFA. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
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