Iran national football team records and statistics

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Iran national team results
1941–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present

Win    Draw    Loss

This is a list of the Iran national football team's competitive records.

Individual records[]

Appearances[]

Most capped players

As of 12 November 2020, the players with the most caps for Iran are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Javad Nekounam	2000–2015	151	39
2	Ali Daei	1993–2006	149	109
3	Ali Karimi	1998–2013	127	38
4	Jalal Hosseini	2007–2018	115	8
5	Ehsan Hajsafi	2008–0000	112[1]	6
6	Mehdi Mahdavikia	1996–2009	111	13
7	Andranik Teymourian	2005–2016	101	9
8	Karim Bagheri	1993–2010	87	50
	Masoud Shojaei	2004–		8
10	Hossein Kaebi	2002–2011	85	1
11	Hamid Reza Estili	1990–2000	82	12
	Karim Ansarifard	2009–		26
12	Mohammad Nosrati	2002–2013	81	5
14	Javad Zarincheh	1987–2000	80	1
15	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	1987–1998	79	0
16	Ali Parvin	1970–1980	76	13
	Mehdi Rahmati	2004–2012		0
18	Yahya Golmohammadi	1993-2006	74	5
19	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht	2000–2008	73	14

The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
bold names denotes a player still playing or available for selection.

Most capped goalkeepers

Rank	Name	Caps	Career
1	Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh	79	1987–1998
2	Mehdi Rahmati	77	2004–2012
3	Ebrahim Mirzapour	71	2001–2011
4	Nasser Hejazi[2]	62	1968–1980
5	Alireza Beiranvand	44	2014–

World Cup appearances

• Mehdi Mahdavikia, 6 Games, 1998, 2006
• Andranik Teymourian, 6 Games, 2006, 2014
• Ehsan Hajsafi, 6 Games, 2014, 2018
• Alireza Jahanbakhsh, 6 Games, 2014, 2018

World Cup event appearances

• Masoud Shojaei, 3 World Cups, 2006, 2014, 2018

Oldest player to feature at the World Cup

Ali Daei, 37 years, 2006

Youngest player to feature at the World Cup

Hossein Kaebi, 20 years and 9 months, 2006.

Oldest player to feature at the Asian Cup

Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004

First appearance by a player who had never played for an Iranian club

Ferydoon Zandi, vs Bahrain on 9 February 2005

First player to debut as a substitute

, on 25 August 1941 vs Afghanistan

Goals[]

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ali Daei (list)	109	148	0.74	1993–2006
2	Karim Bagheri	50	87	0.57	1993–2010
3	Javad Nekounam	39	148	0.26	2000–2015
4	Ali Karimi	38	127	0.3	1998–2012
5	Sardar Azmoun	37	55	0.67	2014–
6	Karim Ansarifard	29	85	0.34	2009–
7	Mehdi Taremi	24	51	0.47	2015–
8	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	19	40	0.48	1969–1977
9	Farshad Pious[3]	18	34	0.53	1984–1994
	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta		32	0.56	1990–1998

First goal

Masoud Boroumand vs  Turkey in a Friendly 26-Oct-47

Most goals in a match

• Karim Bagheri, 7 goals, vs  Maldives on 02-Jun-97 (1998 World Cup Qualification)

• Karim Bagheri, 6 goals, vs  Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)

• Ali Daei, 5 goals, vs  Sri Lanka on 12-Jun-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)

Four goals in a match

• Behtash Fariba, vs  Bangladesh on 22-Sep-80 (1980 AFC Asian Cup)
• Nasser Mohammadkhani, vs  Bangladesh on 07-Aug-84 (1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification);
• Ali Asghar Modir Roosta, vs  Taiwan on 25-Jun-93 (1994 World Cup qualification)
• Ali Daei, vs    Nepal on 10-Jun-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
• Ali Daei, vs  South Korea on 16-Dec-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup)
• Ali Karimi, vs  Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
• Ali Daei, vs  Laos on 17-Nov-04 (2006 World Cup qualification)
• Karim Ansarifard, vs  Cambodia on 11-Oct-2019 (2022 World Cup qualification)

Three goals in a match

• Masoud Boroumand, vs  Pakistan on 27-Oct-50
• Abbas Hajari, vs  Pakistan on 14-Dec-59 (1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
• Ali Jabbari, vs  Pakistan on 12-Mar-69
• Hossein Kalani, vs  Iraq on 9-May-72 (1972 AFC Asian Cup)
• Ali Jabbari, vs  Thailand on 13-May-72 (1972 AFC Asian Cup)
• Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, vs  Pakistan on 3-Sep-74 (1974 Asian Games)
• Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, vs  South Yemen on 8-Jun-76 (1976 AFC Asian Cup)
• Karim Bavi, vs    Nepal on 4-Jun-88 (1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
• Farshad Pious, vs  Malaysia on 24-Sep-90 (1990 Asian Games)
• Karim Bagheri, vs  Sri Lanka on 17-Jun-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
• Hamid Estili, vs  Maldives on 02-Jun-97 (1998 World Cup Qualification)
• Ali Daei, vs  Uzbekistan on 14-Dec-98 (1998 Asian Games)
• Ali Daei, vs  Maldives on 31-Mar-00 (2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
• Ali Daei, vs  Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
• Farhad Majidi, vs  Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
• Sirous Dinmohammadi, vs  Oman on 8-Aug-01
• Ali Karimi, vs  Slovakia on 15-Aug-01
• Ali Daei, vs  Lebanon on 17-Jun-04 (2004 WAFF West Asian Championship)
• Ali Karimi, vs  South Korea on 31-Jul-04 (2004 AFC Asian Cup)
• Javad Nekounam, vs  Lebanon on 6-Feb-13 (2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
• Sardar Azmoun, vs  North Macedonia on 2-Jun-16
• Mehdi Taremi, vs  Syria on 6-Jun-19
• Sardar Azmoun, vs  Cambodia on 11-Oct-2019 (2022 World Cup qualification)

First goal in a World Cup match

Iraj Danaeifard, 1978 FIFA World Cup vs  Scotland

First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign

Gholam Vafakhah, vs  Kuwait on 6-May-73 (1974 World Cup Qualification)

Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup

Yahya Golmohammadi, 35 years, 2006

Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup

Mehdi Mahdavikia, 20 years, 1998

Oldest goalscorer at the Asian Cup

Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004

Most goals scored from penalties

Ali Daei 16 Goals.

Youngest goalscorer

allahyar Sayyadmanesh, 17 years and 342 days, 2019

First goal by a substitute

First Iranian goalscorer at the Azadi Stadium  : Parviz Ghelichkhani vs Australia 24 August 1973

Hat-tricks

#	Player	Against	Goals	Date	Competition
1	Masoud Boroumand	Pakistan	3	27-Oct-1950	International Match
2	Abbas Hajari	Pakistan	3	14-Dec-1959	1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	Ali Jabbari	Pakistan	3	12-Mar-1969	International Match
4	Hossein Kalani	Iraq	3	9-May-1972	1972 AFC Asian Cup
5	Ali Jabbari	Thailand	3	13-May-1972	1972 AFC Asian Cup
6	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	Pakistan	3	3-Sep-1974	1974 Asian Games
7	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi	South Yemen	3	8-Jun-1976	1976 AFC Asian Cup
8	Behtash Fariba	Bangladesh	4	22-Sep-1980	1980 AFC Asian Cup
9	Nasser Mohammadkhani	Bangladesh	4	07-Aug-1984	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification
10	Karim Bavi	Nepal	3	4-Jun-1988	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification
11	Farshad Pious	Malaysia	3	24-Sep-1990	1990 Asian Games
12	Ali Asghar Modir Roosta	Taiwan	4	25-Jun-1993	1994 World Cup qualification
13	Ali Daei	Nepal	4	10-Jun-1996	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
14	Ali Daei	Sri Lanka	5	12-Jun-1996	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
15	Karim Bagheri	Sri Lanka	3	17-Jun-1996	1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification
16	Ali Daei	South Korea	4	16-Dec-1996	1996 AFC Asian Cup
17	Karim Bagheri	Maldives	7	02-Jun-1997	1998 World Cup Qualification
18	Hamid Estili	Maldives	3	02-Jun-1997	1998 World Cup Qualification
19	Ali Daei	Uzbekistan	3	14-Dec-1998	1998 Asian Games
20	Ali Daei	Maldives	3	31-Mar-2000	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
21	Karim Bagheri	Guam	6	24-Nov-2000	2002 World Cup Qualification
22	Ali Karimi	Guam	4	24-Nov-2000	2002 World Cup Qualification
23	Ali Daei	Guam	3	24-Nov-2000	2002 World Cup Qualification
24	Farhad Majidi	Guam	3	24-Nov-2000	2002 World Cup Qualification
25	Sirous Dinmohammadi	Oman	3	8-Aug-2001	International Match
26	Ali Karimi	Slovakia	3	15-Aug-2001	International Match
27	Ali Daei	Lebanon	3	17-Jun-2004	2004 WAFF West Asian Championship
28	Ali Karimi	South Korea	3	31-Jul-2004	2004 AFC Asian Cup
29	Ali Daei	Laos	4	17-Nov-2004	2006 World Cup qualification
30	Javad Nekounam	Lebanon	3	6-Feb-2013	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
31	Sardar Azmoun	North Macedonia	3	2-Jun-2016	International Match
32	Mehdi Taremi	Syria	3	6-Jun-2019	International Match
33	Karim Ansarifard	Cambodia	4	11-Oct-2019	2022 World Cup qualification
34	Sardar Azmoun	Cambodia	3	11-Oct-2019	2022 World Cup qualification

Team records[]

Top Results[]

Include only official results.

Biggest Draws[]

As of 11 June 2021

Number	Year	Opponent	Result
1	2015	Iraq	3 – 3
2		23 Times	2 – 2
3		58 Times	1 – 1
4		55 Times	0 – 0

PSO matches[]

PSO: 8 Matches in AFC Asian Cup - 4 Matches in Asian Games - Some of Matches in others Tournaments.

As of 11 June 2021

Number	Year	Opponent	Result
AFC Asian Cup
1	1984 AFC Asian Cup	Saudi Arabia	4 – 5
2	1984 AFC Asian Cup	Kuwait	3 – 5
3	1988 AFC Asian Cup	China PR	3 – 0
4	1996 AFC Asian Cup	Saudi Arabia	3 – 4
5	1996 AFC Asian Cup	Kuwait	3 – 2
6	2004 AFC Asian Cup	China PR	3 – 4
7	2007 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	2 – 4
8	2015 AFC Asian Cup	Iraq	6 – 7
Football at the Asian Games
1	1986 Asian games	South Korea	4 – 5
2	1990 Asian Games	North Korea	4 – 1
3	2002 Asian Games	South Korea	5 – 3
4	2006 Asian Games	China PR	8 – 7
WAFF Championship
1	2002 WAFF	Iraq	5 – 6
2	2002 WAFF	Syria	4 – 2
International Tournament
1	1977 International	Argentina	1 – 4
2	1986 International	Poland	3 – 1
3	1986 International	Poland	1 – 3
4	1989 International	South Korea	3 – 4
5	1989 International	Uganda	8 – 9
6	1998 International	Chile	4 – 2
7	2000 International	Egypt	7 – 8
8	2001 International	Italy	5 – 6
9	2002 International	Algeria	9 – 8
10	2002 International	Morocco	4 – 3
11	2002 International	Paraguay	4 – 3
12	2003 International	Uruguay	2 – 4
13	2005 International	Morocco	3 – 4
14	2005 International	Syria	5 – 3
15	2005 International	Syria	1 – 4

Source:^[4][5]

AET matches[]

AET: Only matches that result defined in overtime (without penalty kicks).

As of 11 June 2021

Number	Year	Opponent	Result
AFC Asian Cup
1	1972 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	2 – 1
2	1976 AFC Asian Cup	China PR	2 – 0
3	2000 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	1 – 2
4	2011 AFC Asian Cup	South Korea	0 – 1
Football at the Asian Games
1	1951 Asian games	Japan	0 – 0
2	1982 Asian games	Kuwait	0 – 1
3	1990 Asian games	South Korea	1 – 0
World Cup qualification
1	1998 Qualification	Japan	2 – 3

Home matches[]

As of 30 Mars 2021

Stadium	City	Played	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	First Match	Most Recent
Amjadieh Stadium	Tehran	26	17	4	5	69	19	+50	65.38%	26 October 1950, v. Afghanistan	15 March 1977, v. Hungary
Aryamehr/Azadi Stadium	Tehran	152	108	30	14	354	82	+272	70.86%	4 May 1973, v. North Korea	30 Mars 2021, v. Syria
Rah ahan Stadium (not official - Iran B)	Tehran	0(2)	0(2)	0	0	0(5)	0(2)	0(3)	100%	14 July 1975, v. Zaie	16 July 1975, v. Egypt
Taj Gozari/Hafezieh Stadium	Shiraz	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100%	6 April 1977, v. Syria	22 April 1977, v. Saudi Arabia
Takhti Mashhad Stadium	Mashhad	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%	5 February 1985, v. North Korea	5 February 1985, v. North Korea
Takhti Tabriz Stadium	Tabriz	5	4	1	0	27	1	+26	80%	17 May 1996, v. Qatar	19 September 2002, v. Paraguay
Yadegar-e Emam Stadium	Tabriz	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0%	14 April 1998, v. Kuwait	10 August 2002, v. Azerbaijan
Takhti Tehran Stadium	Tehran	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	100%	7 August 2008, v. Palestine	13 August 2008, v. Syria
Enghelab Stadium	Karaj	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%	3 March 2014, v. Kuwait	3 March 2014, v. Kuwait
Total		192	136	37	19	471	107	+364	70.83%	26 October 1950, v. Afghanistan	30 Mars 2021, v. Syria

Competition records[]

World Cup[]

World Cup finals											World Cup qualifications
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member										No qualification
1934											Not a FIFA member
1938
1950	Did not enter										Did not enter
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974	Did not qualify										8	5	1	2	9	6
1978	Round 1	14th	3	0	1	2	2	8	Squad		12	10	2	0	20	3
1982	Withdrew										Withdrew
1986	Disqualified										Disqualified
1990	Did not qualify										6	5	0	1	12	5
1994											11	5	3	3	23	13
1998	Group stage	20th	3	1	0	2	2	4	Squad		17	8	6	3	57	17
2002	Did not qualify										14	9	3	2	36	9
2006	Group stage	25th	3	0	1	2	2	6	Squad		12	9	1	2	29	7
2010	Did not qualify										14	5	8	1	15	9
2014	Group stage	28th	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad		16	10	4	2	30	7
2018	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad		18	12	6	0	36	5
2022	To be determined										8	6	0	2	34	4
2026											To be determined
Total	Round 1	5/21	15	2	4	9	9	24	—		136	84	34	18	301	85

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympic Games Record											Qualifications record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1908–1960	Did not enter										Did not enter
1964	Group Stage	12th	3	0	1	2	1	6	Squad		6	4	1	1	14	3
1968	Did not enter										Did not enter
1972	Group Stage	12th	3	1	0	2	1	9	Squad		5	3	2	0	6	0
1976	Quarter-finals	7th	3	1	0	2	4	5	Squad		4	3	1	0	8	1
1980	Boycotted the event										5	3	2	0	18	2
1984											Did not enter
1988	Did not qualify										2	1	0	1	2	2
1992–present	See Iran national under-23 team										See Iran national under-23 team
Total	Quarter-finals	4 / 17	9	2	1	6	6	20	—		22	14	6	2	48	8

Asian Cup[]

AFC Asian Cup finals											AFC Asian Cup qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Withdrew										Withdrew
1960	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	12	10
1964	Withdrew										Withdrew
1968	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	2	Squad		Automatic qualification as hosts
1972	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	12	4	Squad		Automatic qualification as champions
1976	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	13	0	Squad		Automatic qualification as hosts
1980	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	16	6	Squad		Automatic qualification as champions
1984	Fourth place	4th	6	2	4	0	8	3	Squad		5	5	0	0	21	2
1988	Third place	3rd	6	2	2	2	3	4	Squad		4	2	2	0	6	1
1992	Round 1	5th	3	1	1	1	2	1	Squad		2	2	0	0	10	0
1996	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	14	6	Squad		6	6	0	0	27	1
2000	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	1	1	7	3	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	2
2004	Third place	3rd	6	3	3	0	14	8	Squad		6	5	0	1	16	5
2007	Quarterfinals	5th	4	2	2	0	6	3	Squad		6	4	2	0	12	2
2011	Quarterfinals	5th	4	3	0	1	6	2	Squad		6	4	1	1	11	2
2015	Quarterfinals	6th	4	3	1	0	7	3	Squad		6	5	1	0	18	5
2019	Semifinals	3rd	6	4	1	1	12	3	Squad		8	6	2	0	26	3
2023	Qualified										8	6	0	2	34	4
Total	3 titles	15/18	68	41	19	8	131	48	—		69	52	10	7	209	37

Asian Games[]

Host nation(s) / year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts	Squad
1951	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	6	Squad
1954	Did not enter
1958	Round 1	14th	2	0	0	2	0	9	9	0	Squad
1962	Did not enter
1966	Runners-up	2nd	7	4	0	3	9	6	3	12	Squad
1970	Round 1	8th	2	0	1	1	2	3	1	1	Squad
1974	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	20	1	19	21	Squad
1978	Withdrew
1982	Quarterfinals	8th	4	2	0	2	3	2	1	6	Squad
1986	Quarterfinals	6th	5	3	1	1	13	2	11	10	Squad
1990	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	7	1	6	13	Squad
1994	Round 1	9th	4	1	2	1	5	2	3	5	Squad
1998	Champions	1st	8	7	0	1	25	7	18	21	Squad
2002–present	See Iran national under-23 team
Total	3 titles	10/13	47	30	5	12	86	34	+52	95	—

WAFF Championship[]

Host nation(s) / year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts	Squad
2000	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	7	1	6	13	Squad
2002	Third place	3rd	4	1	2	1	4	3	1	5	Squad
2004	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	17	3	14	12
2007	Champions1	1st	4	3	1	0	5	1	4	10	Squad
2008	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	13	2	11	12
2010	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	8	5	3	7	Squad
2012	Group Stage	6th	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	5	Squad
2014	Did not enter
2019–onwards	Not WAFF member
Total	4 Titles	7/9	28	19	7	2	56	16	+40	64	—

¹ Iran played their B team in this tournament

Minor competitions[]

LG Cup Four Nations Tournament[]

Host nation(s) / year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1998 LG Cup	Third Place	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3
2000 LG Cup	Third Place	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
2001 LG Cup (Egypt)	Fourth Place	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	0
2001 LG Cup (Iran)	Champions	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7	6
2002 LG Cup (Morocco)	Champions	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
2002 LG Cup (Iran)	Champions	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
2003 LG Cup (Nigeria)	Fourth Place 1	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
2003 LG Cup (Iran)	Third Place	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
2006 LG Cup (Jordan)	Unknown 2	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Total (All Matches)	9/9	17	7	5	5	24	14	+10	26
Total (Only Official Matches) *	9/9	13	6	3	4	19	10	+9	21

• consists of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
• Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lgcup.html
• Third Place Match [Jun 1] Iran did not play Ghana [Iran waited for 35 minutes on the pitch, while Ghana did not show up at all, apparently demanding prize money for the fourth-place finishers (uncommon in LG tournaments). Eventually Iran left, without obtaining any information from the Nigerian 'organisers'. One day later, the Nigerian FA awarded Ghana third place (and the relevant prize money) because Iran had left the pitch (sic!). Iran have protested.]
• apparently only 2 matches were played ([Oct 4] Iraq 0-2 Iran and [Oct 6] Jordan 0-0 Iran), structure of tournament unclear.

Minor Tournament[]

Host nation(s) / year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1969 Friendship Cup	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9
1971 Cyrus Cup	Champions	5	5	0	0	10	2	+8	15
1972 Independence Cup	Round 1	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	1
1974 Iran Cup	Champions	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3	8
1975 Iran Cup	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
1978 Afro-Asian Cup	Champions	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
	Champions	6	5	1	0	22	1	+21	16
1985 Nehru Cup	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3
1986 Fajr Cup	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	11	2	+9	11
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Fourth Place	5	1	3	1	5	4	+1	6
1991 Afro-Asian Cup	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
1998 Lunar New Year Cup	Third Place	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	3	4	-1	3
1999 Canada Cup	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
	Third Place	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
2003 Lunar New Year Cup	Runners-up	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
2003 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup	Champions	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
	Third Place	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
	Third Place	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
2010 Qatar Friendship Cup	Fourth Place	3	1	0	2	4	5	-1	3
Total (All Matches)	20/20	60	30	15	15	107	52	+55	105
Total (Only Official Matches) *	20/20	37	18	8	11	70	34	+36	62

• consist of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
• Quaid-E-Azam International Cup
• 1985 Nehru Cup
• 1999 Ciao February Cup
• 2001 Civilization Cup
• 2005 Tehran Cup

Special Tournament[]

Two Tournament for A team but Iran sent B team and club team.

Host nation(s) / year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2003 Afro-Asian Games	Round 1	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1
2005 Islamic Solidarity Games	Third Place	6	3	3	0	16	1	+15	12
Total	2/2	9	3	4	2	18	5	+13	16

• all matches is unofficial international "A" Senior matches.

Special Friendly Match[]

Host nation(s) / year	Opponent	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1999 Kirin World Challenge Cup		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Total	2/2	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2

Friendly Match Results[]

This table consist of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not including 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament). Also only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).

• As of 11 Nov 2016

Year	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1941 Friendly Match	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1950 Friendly Match	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6
1952 Friendly Match	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1962 Friendly Match	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
1966 Friendly Match	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1971 Friendly Match	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
1973 Friendly Match	1	1	0	0	0	1	-1	0
1974 Friendly Match	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
1975 Friendly Match	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0
1976 Friendly Match	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
1977 Friendly Match	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	2
1978 Friendly Match	5	0	2	3	2	5	-3	2
1980 Friendly Match	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
1985 Friendly Match	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
1986 Friendly Match	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3
1989 Friendly Match	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
1990 Friendly Match	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0
1992 Friendly Match	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
1996 Friendly Match	9	4	3	2	9	6	+3	15
1997 Friendly Match	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10
1998 Friendly Match	3	0	1	2	1	6	-1	1
1999 Friendly Match	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2000 Friendly Match	7	2	3	2	8	11	-3	9
2001 Friendly Match	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
2002 Friendly Match	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
2003 Friendly Match	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0
2004 Friendly Match	2	1	0	1	1	2	-1	3
2005 Friendly Match	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4	9
2006 Friendly Match	4	3	1	0	11	6	+5	10
2007 Friendly Match	5	3	1	1	13	7	+6	10
2008 Friendly Match	6	3	2	1	5	3	+2	11
2009 Friendly Match	10	3	4	2	10	10	0	13
2010 Friendly Match	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
2011 Friendly Match	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10	12
2012 Friendly Match	5	1	3	1	10	6	+4	6
2013 Friendly Match	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
2014 Friendly Match	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2	9
2015 Friendly Match	5	3	1	1	6	4	+2	10
2016 Friendly Match	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9
Total	124	54	35	35	180	123	+57	196

Summary[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Asian Championship	3	0	5	8
Asian Games	3	2	0	5
West Asian Championship	4	1	1	6
West Asian Games	1	1	1	3
ECO Cup	3	3	0	6
LG Cup	3	0	3	6
Minor Tournament	5	6	4	15
AFC–OFC Challenge Cup	1	0	0	1
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	0	1	0	1
Total	22	14	15	51

The list shown below shows the Iran national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Head-to-head records[]

As of 15 June 2021

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation	Best win	Worst loss
Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	AFC	4–0	X
Albania	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Algeria	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	CAF	2–1	0–1
Angola	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	CAF	1–0	X
Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	CONMEBOL	X	0–1
Armenia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA	3–1	X
Australia	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	AFC / OFC	2–0	0–3
Austria	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	UEFA	X	1–5
Azerbaijan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	UEFA	2–1	X
Bahrain	18	8	5	5	32	13	+19	AFC	6–0	2–4
Bangladesh	6	6	0	0	28	1	+27	AFC	6–0	X
Belarus	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	UEFA	X	1–2
Bolivia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	CONMEBOL	2–1	X
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	5	1	1	19	10	+9	UEFA	4–0	1–3
Botswana	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	CONMEBOL	X	0–3
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA	X	X
Cambodia	4	4	0	0	28	1	+27	AFC	14–0	X
Cameroon	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
Canada	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	CONCACAF	1–0	0–1
Chile	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	CONMEBOL	2–0	1–2
China PR	23	13	6	4	39	18	+21	AFC	4–0	0–2
Chinese Taipei	5	5	0	0	22	0	+22	AFC	6–0	X
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	CONCACAF	3–2	X
Croatia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	UEFA	X	0–2
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA	X	X
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Denmark	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA	X	X
Ecuador	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	CONMEBOL	X	0–1
Egypt	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
France	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	UEFA	X	1–2
Georgia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA	2–1	X
Germany	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	UEFA	X	0–2
Ghana	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	CAF	3–0	X
Guam	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	AFC	19–0	X
Guatemala	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CONCACAF	X	X
Guinea	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	CAF	X	1–2
Hong Kong	6	6	0	0	14	1	+13	AFC	3–0	X
Hungary	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	UEFA	X	0–2
Iceland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA	1–0	X
India	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	AFC	4–0	1–3
Indonesia	5	4	1	0	11	3	+8	AFC	4–1	X
Iraq	26	14	6	6	33	21	+12	AFC	3–0	1–2
Ireland, Republic of	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	UEFA	1–0	0–2
Israel	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	UEFA / AFC	3–0	0–4
Jamaica	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	CONCACAF	8–1	X
Japan	18	6	6	6	19	21	−2	AFC	2–0	0–3
Jordan	13	6	3	4	15	10	+5	AFC	4–1	2–3
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	UEFA / AFC	3–0	X
Kenya	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF	3–0	X
Korea, North	18	14	4	0	28	7	+21	AFC	3–0	X
Korea, South	31	13	9	9	33	33	0	AFC	6–2	0–5
Kuwait	30	13	10	7	39	31	+8	AFC	3–1	0–3
Kyrgyzstan	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	AFC	7–0	X
Laos	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	AFC	7–0	X
Lebanon	10	8	1	1	27	2	+25	AFC	5–0	0–1
Libya	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF	4–0	X
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA	1–0	X
Macedonia, North	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	UEFA	3–1	X
Madagascar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CAF	1–0	X
Malaysia	4	4	0	0	8	0	+8	AFC	3–0	X
Maldives	6	6	0	0	42	0	+42	AFC	17–0	X
Mali	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	CAF	X	1–2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	CONCACAF	X	0–4
Montenegro	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	UEFA	2–1	X
Morocco	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CAF	1–0	X
Myanmar	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	AFC	3–1	0–1
Nepal	5	5	0	0	25	0	+25	AFC	8–0	X
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	UEFA	X	0–3
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	OFC	3–0	X
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	CAF	X	0–1
Oman	13	7	4	2	26	15	+11	AFC	4–0	2–4
Pakistan	14	12	1	1	58	10	+48	AFC	9–1	1–4
Palestine	5	3	2	0	14	2	+12	AFC	7–0	X
Panama	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	CONCACAF	2–1	X
Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	OFC	8–1	X
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONMEBOL	X	X
Peru	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	CONMEBOL	X	1–4
Philippines	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	AFC	7–1	X
Poland	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	UEFA	X	0–2
Portugal	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	UEFA	X	0–3
Qatar	23	15	5	3	37	16	+21	AFC	6–1	0–2
Romania	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	UEFA	X	X
Russia	4	1	1	2	2	4	−2	UEFA	1–0	0–2
Saudi Arabia	14	4	6	4	19	13	+6	AFC	3–0	3–4
Scotland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA	X	X
Senegal	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
Serbia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	UEFA	X	1–3
Sierra Leone	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF	4–0	X
Singapore	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	AFC	6–0	X
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	UEFA	4–3	2–3
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	AFC	7–0	X
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	UEFA	X	1–3
Syria	28	16	11	1	48	15	+33	AFC	7–1	0–1
Tajikistan	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	AFC	6–1	X
Thailand	14	11	3	0	32	5	+27	AFC	5–0	X
Togo	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF	2–0	X
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	CONCACAF	2–0	X
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	CAF	X	0–1
Turkey	6	0	2	4	2	13	−11	UEFA	X	1–6
Turkmenistan	8	3	3	2	10	8	+2	AFC	3–1	0–1
Uganda	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CAF	X	X
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA	1–0	X
United Arab Emirates	16	12	3	1	24	4	+20	AFC	3–0	1–3
United States	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	CONCACAF	2–1	X
Uruguay	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONMEBOL	X	X
Uzbekistan	11	9	1	1	15	3	+12	AFC	4–0	0–1
Venezuela	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	CONMEBOL	1–0	X
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	AFC	2–0	X
Wales	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Yemen	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	AFC	5–0	X
Yemen, South	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	AFC	8–0	X
Zambia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	CAF	3–2	X
Total	561	317	136	108	1071	439	+632

• FIFA considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union.
• FIFA considers Serbia as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.
• FIFA considers Czech Republic as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia.

All Time General Statistics Record / Overview of Results[]

As of 11 September 2018

• consists of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
FIFA World Cup	15	2	4	9	9	24	-15	10
FIFA World Cup Qualification	122	75	31	16	261	79	+182	256
AFC Asian Cup	62	37	18	7	119	45	+74	129
AFC Asian Cup Qualification *	53	40	8	5	143	30	+113	128
Olympics (not official)	9	2	1	6	6	20	-14	7
Olympics Qualification (not official)	22	14	6	2	48	8	+40	48
Asian Games	47	30	5	12	86	34	+52	95
West Asian Championship	28	19	7	2	56	16	+40	64
Central Asian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Official Matches (Exclude Olympics Qual and Olympics)	324	202	72	50	683	232	+451	678
RCD Cup / ECO Cup	11	8	1	2	27	9	+18	25
LG Cup	13	6	3	4	19	10	+9	22
Minor Tournament	37	18	8	11	70	34	+36	62
Special Friendly Match	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Friendly Match**	124	54	35	35	180	123	+57	196
All of Friendly Matches and Other Tournaments	187	86	49	52	298	178	+120	307
Total Official and Friendly Matches	511	288	121	102	981	410	+571	985

• Excluding 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qual matches as they are counted in FIFA World Cup Qual (2018).
  • consists of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not including 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament).

FIFA World Ranking records[]

Highest FIFA ranking

15 (July 2005)^[6]

Lowest FIFA ranking

122 (May 1996)^[6]

Best mover

65 (July 1996)^[6]

Worst mover

-43 (October 1995)^[6]

Unofficial matches[]

1940s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
23-Aug-41	India XI	W	1–0	Kabul, Afghanistan	Friendly
26-Oct-47	Istanbul XI	L	1–3	Tehran	Friendly
28-Oct-48	Istanbul XI	D	1–1	Tehran	Friendly

1950s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
30-May-50	Ankara XI	D	2–2	Ankara, Turkey	Friendly

1960s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
04-Oct-63	Pakistan (Amateur)	W	4–1	Tehran	1964 Olympic Games Qualifier
01-Nov-63	Pakistan (Amateur)	L	0–1	Lahore, Pakistan	1964 Olympic Games Qualifier
12-Dec-63	Iraq (Amateur)	W	4–0	Tehran	1964 Olympic Games Qualifier
03-Jan-64	Iraq (Amateur)	D	0–0	Baghdad, Iraq	1964 Olympic Games Qualifier
06-Jun-64	India (Amateur)	W	3–0	Tehran	1964 Olympic Games Qualifier
19-Jun-64	India (Amateur)	W	3–1	Kolkata, India	1964 Olympic Games Qualifier
11-Oct-64	East Germany (Amateur)	L	0–4	Yokohama, Japan	1964 Olympic Games
13-Oct-64	Mexico (Amateur)	D	1–1	Shinjuku, Japan	1964 Olympic Games
15-Oct-64	Romania (Amateur)	L	0–1	Omiya, Japan	1964 Olympic Games
22-May-65	Turkey XI	L	1–2	Tehran	Friendly
24-May-65	Turkey XI	W	2–1	Tehran	Friendly

1970s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
03-Sep-70	Turkey XI	D	1–1	Tehran	1970 RCD Cup
25-Jun-71	Netherlands (Amateur)	W	3–0	Tehran	1971 Cyrus Tournament
27-Jun-71	Turkey (Amateur)	W	1–0	Tehran	1971 Cyrus Tournament
02-Jul-71	Austria (Amateur)	W	3–1	Tehran	1971 Cyrus Tournament
03-Dec-71	Kuwait (Amateur)	W	2–0	Tehran	1972 Olympic Games Qualifier
15-Jan-72	Kuwait (Amateur)	W	2–0	Athens, Greece	1972 Olympic Games Qualifier
03-May-72	North Korea (Amateur)	D	0–0	Pyongyang, North Korea	1972 Olympic Games Qualifier
26-May-72	North Korea (Amateur)	D	0–0	Tehran	1972 Olympic Games Qualifier
03-Jun-72	North Korea (Amateur)	W	2–0	Rawalpindi, Pakistan	1972 Olympic Games Qualifier
27-Aug-72	Hungary (Amateur)	L	0–5	Nuremberg, West Germany	1972 Olympic Games
29-Aug-72	Denmark (Amateur)	L	0–4	Augsburg, West Germany	1972 Olympic Games
31-Aug-72	Brazil (Amateur)	W	1–0	Regensburg, West Germany	1972 Olympic Games
17-Jan-74	Pakistan	W	2–1	Karachi, Pakistan	1974 RCD Cup
19-Jan-74	Turkey	L	0–1	Karachi, Pakistan	1974 RCD Cup
13-Jul-74	Soviet Union U23	W	1–0	Tehran	1974 Iran Cup
12-Jul-75	Poland U23	W	2–1	Tehran	1975 Iran Cup
15-Jul-75	Soviet Union U23	L	0–1	Tehran	1975 Iran Cup
20-Aug-75	Bahrain (Amateur)	W	3–0	Tehran	1976 Olympic Games Qualifier
22-Aug-75	Kuwait (Amateur)	D	1–1	Tehran	1976 Olympic Games Qualifier
24-Aug-75	Saudi Arabia (Amateur)	W	3–0	Tehran	1976 Olympic Games Qualifier
24-Aug-75	Iraq (Amateur)	D	1–1	Tehran	1976 Olympic Games Qualifier
28-May-76	Brazil (Amateur)	D	2–2	Shiraz	Friendly
25-Jun-76	Soviet Union U23	W	1–0	Tehran	Friendly
27-Jun-76	Soviet Union U23	D	2–2	Tehran	Friendly
16-Jul-76	France (Amateur)	W	4–3	Ottawa, Canada	Friendly
20-Jul-76	Cuba (Amateur)	W	1–0	Ottawa, Canada	1976 Olympic Games
22-Jul-76	Poland (Amateur)	L	2–3	Montreal, Canada	1976 Olympic Games
25-Jul-76	Soviet Union (Amateur)	L	1–2	Sherbrooke, Canada	1976 Olympic Games
01-Aug-77	Soviet Union U23	D	1–1	Tehran	Friendly
01-Oct-77	Hungary XI	W	3–1	Tehran	Friendly
22-Jun-79	Soviet Union XI	L	0–2	Moscow, Soviet Union	Friendly
25-Jun-79	Soviet Union XI	L	1–3	Tehran	Friendly

1980s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
25-Feb-80	North Korea (Amateur)	D	0–0	Singapore	1980 Olympic Games Qualifier
27-Feb-80	China PR (Amateur)	D	2–2	Singapore	1980 Olympic Games Qualifier
01-Mar-80	Singapore (Amateur)	W	3–0	Singapore	1980 Olympic Games Qualifier
07-Mar-80	India (Amateur)	W	2–0	Singapore	1980 Olympic Games Qualifier
09-Mar-80	Sri Lanka (Amateur)	W	11–0	Singapore	1980 Olympic Games Qualifier
12-Mar-80	Singapore (Amateur)	W	4–0	Singapore	1980 Olympic Games Qualifier
25-Jun-84	China PR	L	0–1	Beijing, China	Friendly
24-Jan-85	China PR B	W	4–0	Kochi, India	1985 Nehru Cup
18-Feb-86	Poland U21	D	0–0	Tehran	1986 Fajr Cup
21-Feb-86	Poland U21	D	2–2	Tehran	1986 Fajr Cup
27-Feb-87	Kuwait (Amateur)	W	2–1	Doha, Qatar	1988 Olympic Games Qualifier
06-Mar-87	Kuwait (Amateur)	L	0–1	Doha, Qatar	1988 Olympic Games Qualifier
14-Oct-88		L	0–1	Delitzsch, East Germany	Friendly
16-Oct-88	East Germany U21	L	0–3	Dessau, East Germany	Friendly
22-Jan-89	Japan	W	3–1	Tehran	Friendly
05-Sep-89	Poland XI	W	3–0	Tehran	Friendly
07-Sep-89	Poland XI	W	1–0	Tehran	Friendly

1990s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
18-Feb-90	Soviet Union U21	L	0–1	Tehran	Friendly
20-Feb-90	Soviet Union U21	L	0–1	Tehran	Friendly
12-Sep-93	Bosnia and Herzegovina XI	L	1–3	Tehran	Friendly

2000s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
12-Jan-00	Ecuador U23	W	2–1	Los Angeles, United States	Friendly
17-Jan-01	Italy U21	D	2–2	Tehran	2001 Civilization Cup
03-Mar-02	Algeria B	D	0–0	Casablanca, Morocco	2002 LG Cup
04-Apr-02	Palestine	D	2–2	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2002 West Asian Games
08-Apr-02	Qatar B	W	2–1	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2002 West Asian Games
10-Apr-02	Syria B	D	1–1	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2002 West Asian Games
12-Apr-02	Kuwait	D	0–0	Kuwait City, Kuwait	2002 West Asian Games
17-Sep-02	Morocco U23	D	1–1	Tabriz	2002 LG Cup
01-Feb-03	Denmark League XI	W	1–0	Hong Kong	2003 Lunar New Year Cup
30-May-03	Cameroon B	L	1–2	Abuja, Nigeria	2003 LG Cup
15-Aug-03	Cameroon B	W	4–1	Tehran	2003 LG Cup
11-Nov-05	Macedonia B	L	1–2	Tehran	Tehran Tournament
28-Jun-07	Ghana U23	W	4–2	Tehran	Friendly
27-Dec-08	Galicia	L	2–3	A Coruña, Spain	Friendly
23-Mar-09	Kuwait	W	1–0	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Friendly
26-May-09	Indonesia U23	W	5–0	Karaj	Friendly

2010s[]

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Venue	Competition
18-Apr-12	Mauritania	W	2–0	Tehran	Friendly
02-May-12	Mozambique	W	3–0	Karaj	Friendly

1-7 As Roma

2-4 AC Milan

1-3 Vienna

References[]

External links[]

• Team Melli records
• FIFA.com
• RSSSF archive of Iran's results, by Majeed Panahi, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
• World Football Elo Ratings: Iran