Iran national futsal team

Iran
Nickname(s)	Team Melli ; (Persian: تیم ملی ); "The National Team", Cheetahs ; (Persian: یوزها); Team Melli Futsal ; (Persian: تیم ملی فوتسال ); "The National Futsal Team"
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Vahid Shamsaei
Captain	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
Most caps	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (297)
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaei (392)
Home stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
FIFA ranking	6 (7 January 2022)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Iran 19–6 Kuwait ; (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
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
Appearances	8 (First in 1992)
Best result	Third Place (2016)
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Appearances	15 (all) (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018)
WAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2007)
Best result	Champions (2007, 2012)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions (2009)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	7 (First in 2007)
Best result	Runners-up (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.

Team image[]

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".Also often "Cheetahs" is used due to existence of "Asiatic cheetah" in Iran helping support and protect them, a picture of a cheetah is on the home kit of Iran.

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

Results and fixtures[]

Previous matches[]

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Match report
2019
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, 34'	Report (AFC)
25 October 2019 (2019-10-25)	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Kyrgyzstan	AFC Futsal Championship 2020 qualification	8–3 W	Javid 13' - 18' - 39', 10' - 32', Ahmadi 2', Hassanzadeh 7', Nematian 15'	Report (AFC)
1 December 2019 (2019-12-01)	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Slovakia	Mashhad Cup	5–5 D	Sangsefidi2, Ahmadi, Tavakoli, Ahmadabbasi	Report (Fut5al)
3 December 2019 (2019-12-03)	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Belarus	Mashhad Cup	2–3 L	Javid, Hassanzadeh	Report (Fut5al)
4 December 2019 (2019-12-04)	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Slovakia	Friendly	6–3 W	Bahadori3, Tayyebi2,	Report (Fut5al)
2020
7 October 2020 (2020-10-07)	Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Friendly	2–1 W	Nematian 9', 13'	Report (Fut5al)
9 October 2020 (2020-10-09)	Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Friendly	3–2 W	9', 19' (o.g), 23'	Report (Fut5al)
2021
25 July		Lithuania	Continental Futsal Championship	5–0 W
26 July		Tajikistan	Continental Futsal Championship	7–0 W
27 July		Egypt	Continental Futsal Championship	2–2 D
29 July		Uzbekistan	Continental Futsal Championship	7–5 W
30 July		Thailand	Continental Futsal Championship	5–1 W
30 August		Belarus	Friendly	8–2 W
31 August		Belarus	Friendly	5–1 W
14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)	Avia Solutions Group Arena, Vilnius	Serbia	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup	3–2 W	Ahmadi 4', Fakhim 4', Esmaeilpour 37'	Report (FIFA)
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17)	Avia Solutions Group Arena, Vilnius	United States	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup	4–2 W	Tavakoli 3', Javid 7', Esmaeilpour 10', Ahmad Abbasi 39'	Report (FIFA)
20 September 2021 (2021-09-20)	Avia Solutions Group Arena, Vilnius	Argentina	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup	1–2 L	Hassanzadeh 30'	Report (FIFA)
24 September 2021 (2021-09-24)	Avia Solutions Group Arena, Vilnius	Uzbekistan	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup	9–8 W	Hassanzadeh 1' 28', Javid 5' 25', Ahmad Abbasi 16' 22' 37', Tavakoli 18', Oladghobad 30',	Report (FIFA)
27 September 2021 (2021-09-27)	Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas	Kazakhstan	2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup	2–3 L	Oladghobad 8', Esmaeilpour 15'	Report (FIFA)

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Head coach	Vahid Shamsaei
Assistant coach	Shahaboddin Sofalmanesh
Goalkeeping coach	Mostafa Nazari
Supervisor	Abolfazl Karimian
Doctor	Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam
Physiotherapist	Meysam Shirzad
Masseur	Hamed Masoumi
Procurment	Hassan Faraji
Media director	Amir Khosravi
Guard	Reza Mobaraki

Last updated: 17 January 2022

Team[]

Current squad[]

Match date: 8 – 11 August 2019^[4]
Opposition: Tehran Camp
Caps and goals correct as of:

No.

Pos.

Player

Date of birth (age)

Caps

Club

FP

24 May 1992 (age 29)

Crop

GK

Kowsar

FP

22 March 1990 (age 31)

Zandi Beton

FP

Moghavemat

FP

21 August 1991 (age 30)

Kremlin-Bicêtre United

FP

Zandi Beton

FP

Crop

GK

4 July 2000 (age 21)

Pas

FP

2 September 1994 (age 27)

Moghavemat

FP

2 April 1988 (age 33)

Moghavemat

GK

Free Agent

FP

Ahmad Esmaeilpour

8 September 1988 (age 33)

Shenzhen Nanling

GK

Giti Pasand

FP

30 April 1994 (age 27)

Akzhayyk Baiterek

FP

Taha Nematian

8 February 1995 (age 27)

Sunich

FP

28 January 1997 (age 25)

Giti Pasand

FP

2 February 1995 (age 27)

Sunich

FP

3 August 1994 (age 27)

Gohar Zamin

FP

Mehran Alighadr

24 May 1989 (age 32)

Crop|}

Recent call-ups[]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
		(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 24)	Naft Al Wasat	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
		(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 30)	Soro Company	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
		(1991-11-26) 26 November 1991 (age 30)	Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
		(1995-06-29) 29 June 1995 (age 26)	Crop	Tehran Camp, 18 – 20 August 2018
		(1991-03-06) 6 March 1991 (age 30)	Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 15 – 17 September 2018
		(1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 29)	Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018
	Saeid Ghalandari	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989 (age 33)	Shahrdari Saveh	Tehran Camp, 5–7 October 2018
		(1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 34)	Shahrvand	Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018
GK		(1997-11-03) 3 November 1997 (age 24)	Crop	Tehran Camp, 12–14 October 2018
	Ghodrat Bahadori	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988 (age 34)	Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 24–26 November 2018
GK	Alireza Samimi	(1987-06-29) 29 June 1987 (age 34)	Mes Sungun	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
		(1998-12-10) 10 December 1998 (age 23)	Moghavemat	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
	Mahdi Javid	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987 (age 34)	Crop	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
	Mehran Alighadr	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989 (age 32)	Crop	Slovak Futsal Week 2018, 3–5 December 2018
		(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 26)	Soro Company	Tehran Camp, 12–14 January 2019
		(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 28)	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
		(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993 (age 28)	Moghavemat	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
			Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
GK		(1992-08-17) 17 August 1992 (age 29)	Crop	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
		(1993-04-01) 1 April 1993 (age 28)	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
		(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 28)	Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
GK	Esmaeil Abbasian	(1989-08-31) 31 August 1989 (age 32)	Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2014
		(1990-12-05) 5 December 1990 (age 31)	Pas	Tehran Camp, 18–20 January 2019
	Moslem Oladghobad	(1995-11-29) 29 November 1995 (age 26)	Crop	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Mohammad Shajari	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 30)	Mes Sungun	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 32)	Giti Pasand	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Abolghasem Orouji	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 32)	Mes Sungun	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Hamid Ahmadi	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 33)	Giti Pasand	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987 (age 34)	Giti Pasand	Vs. Serbia, 4–5 February 2019
GK		(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 26)	Moghavemat	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
GK	Bagher Mohammadi	(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 30)	Sunich	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
			Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Jafar Najafi		Pas	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
	Ruhollah Isari	(1992-06-02) 2 June 1992 (age 29)	Ferdows	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
		(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 26)	Shahrvand	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
			Sunich	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
		(1991-12-28) 28 December 1991 (age 30)	Gohar Zamin	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
		(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 31)	Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 1–3 March 2019
		(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 21)	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
GK	Sepehr Mohammadi	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 32)	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Saeid Ahmadabbasi	(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 29)	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
GK		(1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 26)	Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Meysam Khayyam	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992 (age 29)	Giti Pasand	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Alireza Rafieipour	(1993-10-09) 9 October 1993 (age 28)	Free Agent	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
		(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 28)	Farsh Ara	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
			Crop	Tehran Camp, 10–12 July 2019
	Hossein Tayyebi	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 33)	Benfica	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[]

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

AFC Futsal Asian Cup[]

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

Notable players[]

Captains[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

#	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

AFC Futsal Asian Cup[]

#	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

Competitive record[]

*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 Futsal World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Did not enter									Did not enter
1992	Fourth place	8	5	0	3	36	30	+6	15	2	2	0	0	25	8
1996	Round 1 - 11th	3	1	0	2	12	13	-1	3	4	4	0	0	47	8
2000	Round 1 - 10th	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3	Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship
2004	Round 1 - 11th	3	1	0	2	9	13	-4	3
2008	Round 2 - 5th	7	4	2	1	24	19	+5	14
2012	Round of 16 - 10th	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	7
2016	Third Place	7	2	3	2	22	24	-2	9
2021	Quarter Finals - 7th	5	3	0	2	19	17	+2	9	nominated by AFC
2024	To be determined									Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship
Total	8/9	40	19	6	15	137	133	+4	63	6	6	0	0	72	16

AFC Futsal Asian Cup[]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1999	Champions	6	6	0	0	90	7	+83	18	Automatic Qualification
2000	Champions	6	6	0	0	56	10	+46	18
2001	Champions	7	7	0	0	97	13	+84	21
2002	Champions	6	6	0	0	61	7	+54	18
2003	Champions	6	6	0	0	60	13	+47	18
2004	Champions	7	7	0	0	81	12	+69	21
2005	Champions	8	6	1	1	58	15	+43	19
2006	Third place	5	4	0	1	46	12	+34	12
2007	Champions	6	6	0	0	50	9	+41	18
2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	48	2	+46	18
2010	Champions	6	6	0	0	57	9	+48	18
2012	Third place	6	5	0	1	45	9	+36	15
2014	Runners-up	6	5	1	0	52	8	+44	16
2016	Champions	6	6	0	0	48	4	+44	18
2018	Champions	6	6	0	0	50	6	+44	18	2	2	0	0	20	4
2020	Was qualified but tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia									2	2	0	0	12	3
2022	To be determined
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
2005^*	Champions	5	5	0	0	41	3	+38	15
2007^*	Champions	7	7	0	0	73	12	+61	21
2009^*	Champions	5	4	1	0	64	7	+57	13
2013	Champions	5	5	0	0	43	9	+34	15
2017	Champions	6	6	0	0	58	11	+47	18
2023	To be determined
2025	To be determined
Total	5/5	28	27	1	0	279	42	+237	82

^* Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.^[5]

Grand Prix de Futsal[]

Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2005	Did not enter
2006	Did not enter
2007	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	19	17	+2	12
2008	Did not enter
2009	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	26	22	+4	13
2010	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	24	15	+9	10
2011	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	22	13	+9	12
2013	Third place	5	2	1	2	15	16	-1	7
2014	Third place	4	3	0	1	25	11	+14	9
2015	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	23	8	+15	12
	Did not enter
Total	7/11	38	24	3	11	154	102	+52	75

Futsal Confederations Cup[]

Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2009	Champions	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12
2013	Did not enter
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
2007^*	Champions	3	3	0	0	21	4	+17	9
2009	Did not enter
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.^[5]

References[]

^ Futsal World Ranking
^ اولین تیم رسمی فوتسال ایران (عکس)
^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
^ دعوت ۱۸ بازیکن به اردوی تیم ملی فوتسال
^ ^a ^b http://www.futsalworldranking.be/tournament/waff07.htm^{[dead link]}

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 2006 Japan
Preceded by 2006 Japan	Asian Champions 2007 (eighth title) 2008 (ninth title) 2010 (tenth title)	Succeeded by 2012 Japan
Preceded by 2014 Japan	Asian Champions 2016 (eleventh title) 2018 (twelfth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

[1] Futsal World Ranking

[2] اولین تیم رسمی فوتسال ایران (عکس)

[3] "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2006.

[4] دعوت ۱۸ بازیکن به اردوی تیم ملی فوتسال

[futsalworldranking.be-5] ttp://www.futsalworldranking.be/tournament/waff07.htm^{[dead link]}

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Contents

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

Home stadium[]

Results and fixtures[]

Previous matches[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

Team[]

Current squad[]

Recent call-ups[]

Previous squads[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup[]

Notable players[]

Captains[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup[]

Competitive record[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup[]

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games[]

Grand Prix de Futsal[]

Futsal Confederations Cup[]

West Asian Championship[]

See also[]

References[]