Iran national beach soccer team

Iran
ایران

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Football Saheli (Persian: ��یم ملی فوتبال ساحلی) "The National Beach Football Team"
Association	IFF
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Abbas Hashempour
Captain	Mohammad Ahmadzadeh
Home stadium	Takhti Sport Complex
FIFA code	IRN
BSWW ranking	7 (31 December 2020)[1]
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	8 (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).

Team[]

Current squad[]

Correct as of November 2015^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation 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. Nation 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
2021
2023	To be determined
Total	7/11	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
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
2021	Runner -up	3	2	0	0	1	17	11	+6	6
	To be determined
Total	8/10	37	22	0	7	8	147	106	+41	73

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
2023	To be determined
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
	Champions	3	2	1	0	0	10	8	+2	7
	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
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
	To be determined
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[]

History of coaches[]

• Farshad Falahatzadeh (2006)
• Marco Octávio (2007)
• Farshad Falahatzadeh (2008)
• (2009)
• Marco Octávio (2010)
• Behzad Dadashzadeh (2011)
• Marco Octávio (2012–2015)
• (2015–2017)
• Marco Octávio (2017–2019)
• (2021–)

Former notable players[]

• Behzad Dadashzadeh
• Farshad Falahatzadeh

References[]

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