Iran national futsal team

Iran
Nickname(s)	Team Melli ; (Persian: تیم ملی ); "The National Team", Cheetahs ; (Persian: یوزها); (Persian: شیرهای ایرانی) ; "Iranian Lions"
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Vahid Shamsaei
Captain	Hossein Tayyebi
Most caps	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (297)
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaei (392)
Home stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
FIFA ranking	6 (11 Oct 2024)
File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Away colours
First international
	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 19–6 Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg; (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
Biggest win
	File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran 36–0 Singapore File:Flag of Singapore.svg; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999)
Biggest defeat
	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 8–1 Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg; (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1992)
Best result	Bronze Third Place (2016 )
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Appearances	17 (all) (First in 1999)
Best result	Gold Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024); Silver Runners-up (2014, 2022); Bronze Third place (2006, 2012)
CAFA Futsal Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2023 Muhammad Futsal Cup)
Best result	Gold Champions (2023)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2009, 2022)
Best result	File:Gold medal with cup.svg Champions (2009); File:Silver medal with cup.svg Runners up (2022)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	7 (First in 2007)
Best result	2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2015); 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (2013, 2014); 4th place (2010, 2011)

The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iranian Football Federation. According to the FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking, it is ranked 4th in the world, and 1st amongst Asian Football Confederation members. The Iranian national team is a regular participant of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, reaching third place in 2016, after eliminating the favorites, Brazil, in the round of 16.^[3] Iran has 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 from supporters and media. The most common one used to refer the team is "Team Melli", which literally means "The National Team". Also, "Cheetahs" are often used due to the existence of cheetahs in Iran. The picture of a cheetah is on the home kit of Iran helping to support and protect them.^[4]

Home stadium

Iran plays the home games at the Azadi Indoor Stadium with a capacity of 6,583 spectators.

File:Azadi Indoor Stadium 9.jpg

A view of Azadi Indoor Stadium

File:Iran Brazil Futasl game.jpg

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
2022
10 April 2022	Gazprom Sports Complex, Bishkek	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	17–0 W	Aghapour 5' - 15', Derakhshani 6', Tayyebi 11' - 25' - 26', Karimi 20', Ahmadabbasi 20' - 20' - 23' - 33' - 33', Kadkhodaei 34' - 35', Yousef 37' - 37', Rafieipour 38'
11 April 2022	Gazprom Sports Complex, Bishkek	File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	3–0 W	Tayyebi 12', Ahmadabbasi 20', Baýramdurdyýew 38' (o.g.)
12 April 2022	Gazprom Sports Complex, Bishkek	File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	8–1 W	Tayyebi 14', Ezzati 14', Rafieipour 30' - 31', Derakhshani 34', Kadkhodaei 36', Abbasi 37', Yousef 40'
11 September 2022	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	Continental Futsal Championship	2–1 W	Aghapour, Oladghobad
13 September 2022	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok	File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam	Continental Futsal Championship	3–1 W	Javan2, Karimi
15 September 2022	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok	File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand	Continental Futsal Championship	3–2 W	Derakhshani, Ahmadabbasi, Aghapour
16 September 2022	Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Continental Futsal Championship	3–4 L	Ahmadabbasi, Tayyebi2
28 September 2022	Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City	File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	5–0 W	Ahmadabbasi 2' - 22',Oladghobad 2',Asadshir 9',Tayyebi 24'	Report (AFC)
30 September 2022	Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City	File:Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986–2010).svg Chinese Taipei	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	10–1 W	Bazyar 2',Tayyebi 3' - 16' - 36',Ahmadabbasi 4' - 16' - 18',Aghapour 22',Javan 28',Karimi 35'	Report (AFC)
2 October 2022	Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City	File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon	2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	9–0 W	Aghapour 8' - 32',Tayyebi 17' - 39',Rhyem 17' (o.g.),Oladghobad 19',Jafari 21',Karimi 28',Bazyar 27'	Report (AFC)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Head coach	Iran Vahid Shamsaei
Assistant coaches	Iran Shahabeddin Sofalmanesh Iran Siamak Dadashi
Goalkeeping coach	Iran Asghar Ghahremani
Supervisor	Iran Abolfazl Karimian
Doctor	Iran Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam
Physiotherapist	Iran Meysam Shirzad
Masseur	Iran Hamed Masoumi
Procurement	Iran Hassan Faraji Ghaleh Shahrokhi
Media director	Iran Amir Khosravi
Guard	Iran Reza Mobaraki

Last updated: 2 October 2022

Team

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Sina Parkas	(1992-08-17)17 August 1992 (aged 30)	Iran Sunich
2	1GK	Saeid Momeni	(1992-11-23)23 November 1992 (aged 29)	Iran Crop
3	2DF	Mehdi Asadshir		Iran Sunich
4	2DF	Alireza Rafieipour	(1993-10-09)9 October 1993 (aged 28)	Iran Crop
5	3MF	Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani	(1993-04-01)1 April 1993 (aged 29)	Iran Giti Pasand
6	3MF	Bahman Jafari		Iran Farsh Ara
7	3MF	Mehdi Karimi	(1997-01-28)28 January 1997 (aged 25)	Iran Giti Pasand
8	3MF	Moslem Oladghobad	(1995-11-29)29 November 1995 (aged 26)	Spain Palma
9	4FW	Saeid Ahmadabbasi	(1992-07-31)31 July 1992 (aged 30)	Spain Valdepeñas
10	4FW	Hossein Tayyebi (captain)	(1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 33)	Spain Palma
11	4FW	Alireza Javan	(1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 27)	Iran Crop
12	4FW	Salar Aghapour	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 22)	Iran Mes Sungun
13	3MF	Mohammad Hossein Bazyar	(2003-11-29)29 November 2003 (aged 18)	IranSanaye Poshtiban
14	3MF	Hamzeh Kadkhodaei	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 25)	Iran Mes Sungun

Previous squads

Iran's first squad in 1992

FIFA Futsal World Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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
8	5 (3)	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Lithuania 2021
9			Uzbekistan 2024

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

#	Matches as captain (goals)	Player	Asian Championship played as captain
1		Babak Masoumi	Malaysia 1999
2		Babak Masoumi	Thailand 2000
3		Mohammad Reza Heidarian	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
15	6 (12)	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Chinese Taipei 2018
16	6 (10)	Hossein Tayyebi	Kuwait 2022
17		Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	Thailand 2024

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	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter										Did not enter
Hong Kong 1992	Fourth place	4th	8	5	0	3	36	30	+6	15	2	2	0	0	25	8
Spain 1996	First round	11th	3	1	0	2	12	14	–2	3	4	4	0	0	47	8
Guatemala 2000		10th	3	1	0	2	6	9	–3	3	Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship
Taiwan 2004		11th	3	1	0	2	9	13	–4	3
Brazil 2008	Second round	5th	7	4	2	1	24	19	+5	14
Thailand 2012	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	7
Colombia 2016	Third place	3rd	7	2	3	2	22	24	–2	9
Lithuania 2021	Quarter-finals	7th	5	3	0	2	19	17	+2	9	Nominated by AFC
Uzbekistan 2024	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	23	10	+13	9	Qualification via AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Total	Third place	9/10	44	22	6	16	160	144	+16	72	6	6	0	0	72	16

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	M	W	D	L	GF	GA
Malaysia 1999	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	90	7	+83	18	No qualification
Thailand 2000	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	56	10	+46	18
Iran 2001	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	97	13	+84	21
Indonesia 2002	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	61	7	+54	18
Iran 2003	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	60	13	+47	18
Macau 2004	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	81	12	+69	21
Vietnam 2005	Champions	1st	8	6	1	1	58	15	+43	19
Uzbekistan 2006	Third place	3rd	5	4	0	1	46	12	+34	12	Automatically qualified
Japan 2007	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	50	9	+41	18
Thailand 2008	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	48	2	+46	18
Uzbekistan 2010	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	57	9	+48	18
United Arab Emirates 2012	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	45	9	+36	15
Vietnam 2014	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	1	0	52	8	+44	16
Uzbekistan 2016	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	48	4	+44	18
Taiwan 2018	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	50	6	+44	18	2	2	0	0	20	4
Turkmenistan 2020	Qualified but cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic										2	2	0	0	12	3
Kuwait 2022	Runners-up	2nd	6	5	0	1	39	5	+34	15	3	3	0	0	28	1
Thailand 2024	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	25	9	+16	16	3	3	0	0	34	4
Indonesia2026	To be determined
Total	13 titles	17/17	105	98	3	4	963	150	+813	297	10	10	0	0	94	12

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
Thailand 2005^*	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	41	3	+38	15
Macau 2007^*	Champions	1st	7	7	0	0	73	12	+61	21
Vietnam 2009^*	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	64	7	+57	13
South Korea 2013	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	43	9	+34	15
Turkmenistan 2017	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0	58	11	+47	18
Thailand 2021	Cancelled
Saudi Arabia 2025	to be determined
Total	5 titles	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	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
Brazil 2005	Did not enter
Brazil 2006	Did not enter
Brazil 2007	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	19	17	+2	12
Brazil 2008	Did not enter
Brazil 2009	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	26	22	+4	13
Brazil 2010	Fourth place	4th	6	3	1	2	24	15	+9	10
Brazil 2011	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	22	13	+9	12
Brazil 2013	Third place	3rd	5	2	1	2	15	16	–1	7
Brazil 2014	Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	25	11	+14	9
Brazil 2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	23	8	+15	12
Brazil 2018	Did not enter
Total	Runners-up	7/11	38	24	3	11	154	102	+52	75

Futsal Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
Libya 2009	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12
Brazil 2013	Did not enter
Kuwait 2014	Did not qualify
Thailand 2022	Runners-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	11	8	+3	9
Total	1 title	2/4	8	7	0	1	26	12	+14	21

West Asian Championship

West Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
Iran 2007^*	Champions	1st	3	3	0	0	21	4	+17	9
Jordan 2009	Did not enter
Iran 2012	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	40	6	+34	12
2022–onwards	Not a WAFF member
Total	2 titles	2/4	7	7	0	0	61	10	+51	21

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

Central Asian Championship

Central Asian Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
Tajikistan 2023^*	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	12
Total	1 title	1/1	5	4	0	1	13	3	+10	12

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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	000.00
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	2	1	0	1	6	7	−1	050.00
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	3	0	1	2	7	13	−6	000.00
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	3	3	0	0	18	4	+14	100.00
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
File:Flag of France.svg France	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	1	1	0	0	9	4	+5	100.00
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	2	1	1	0	12	10	+2	050.00
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
File:Flag of Libya (1977–2011).svg Libya	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	066.67
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100.00
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	2	2	0	0	14	9	+5	100.00
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	000.00
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	6	1	2	3	18	28	−10	016.67
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	1	1	0	0	5	4	+1	100.00
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	2	1	0	1	6	6	+0	050.00
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	9	8	+1	100.00
File:Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Venezuela	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total	44	22	6	16	160	144	+16	050.00

References

↑ FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking
↑ اولین تیم رسمی فوتسال ایران (عکس)
↑ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2016". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 October 2006.
↑ "Iran To Restore Asiatic Cheetah Design To World Cup Kit". ifpnews.com. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Futsalworldranking.be".

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 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Preceded by 2006 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Asian Champions 2007 (eighth title) 2008 (ninth title) 2010 (tenth title)	Succeeded by 2012 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Preceded by 2014 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan	Asian Champions 2016 (eleventh title) 2018 (twelfth title)	Succeeded by 2022 File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

[1] FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking

[2] اولین تیم رسمی فوتسال ایران (عکس)

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

[4] "Iran To Restore Asiatic Cheetah Design To World Cup Kit". ifpnews.com. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

[futsalworldranking.be-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 "Futsalworldranking.be".

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Current coaching staff

Team

Current squad

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

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Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Grand Prix de Futsal

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