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

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Individual records

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Appearances

Most capped players

As of 10 June 2025, the players with the most caps for Iran are:

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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
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World Cup appearances
World Cup event appearances
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 Bahrain on 9 February 2005
First player to debut as a substitute
Mohammad Mohajer, on 25 August 1941 vs  Afghanistan

Goals

Top goalscorers
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Ali Daei is the world's former all-time leading goalscorer in international matches, having scored 108 goals in 148 matches
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Karim Bagheri is the world's most scoring midfielder of all-time with 50 goals in 87 matches.
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Mehdi Mahdavikia is the all-time assist leader in history of Team Melli.
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First goal
Masoud Boroumand vs  Turkey, Friendly, 26 October 1947
Most goals in a match
Four goals in a match
Three goals in a match


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, 6 May 1973 (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 Australia 24 August 1973
Hat-tricks
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Masoud Boroumand, scorer of first hat-trick for Iran.
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Ali Daei, scorer of eight hat-tricks for Iran.
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Team records

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Top Results

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Biggest Draws

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PSO matches

PSO: 9 Matches in AFC Asian Cup - 4 Matches in Asian Games - Some of Matches in others Tournaments.

As of 10 June 2025

Source:[4][5]

AET matches

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

As of 10 June 2025
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Home matches

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Consecutive Win Matches

10 Wins (World Record: Germany 15 Wins):

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Consecutive Unbeaten Matches

18 Matches (World Record - Longest Unbeaten Streaks: Italy 37 / Argentina 36 / Algeria 35 / Spain 35 / Brazil 35):

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Competition records

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International tournaments

FIFA World Cup

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Olympic Games

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Continental tournaments

AFC Asian Cup

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Asian Games

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Regional tournaments

WAFF Championship

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  1. Iran played their B team in this tournament, however all matches are recognised as international "A" matches.

West Asian Games

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  1. The tournament was for Senior teams. However, Iran played their U23 team in this tournament, therefore matches are not recognized as international "A" matches.

CAFA Nations Cup

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RCD Cup/ECO Cup[a]

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  1. The tournament was not organized by an official sub-confederation, but was part of a socio-economic pact between its member states. Therefore, it is not considered an official regional tournament.
  2. Match against Turkey XI is not recognized as international "A" match.
  3. Iran sent Malavan F.C. to this tournament, therefore matches against Pakistan and Turkey are not recognized as international "A" matches.

Intercontinental Tournament

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

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  1. The trophy was not awarded, because the second leg was cancelled.

Afro-Asian Games

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  1. Iran sent Malavan F.C. to this tournament, therefore matches are not recognized as international "A" matches.

AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

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Multinational Tournament

Islamic Solidarity Games

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  1. The 2005 tournament was for Senior teams. However, Iran played their B team in this tournament, therefore matches are not recognized as international "A" matches.

Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup

  1. 1974 Silver
  2. 1975 Silver
  3. 1976 4th place
  4. 1977 Silver

Iran national football B team

Korea Cup

Minor tournament

LG Cup Four Nations Tournament

  • Note: The list only includes editions that were participated by the Iran national team.
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  • consists of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
  • Source: https://www.rsssf.org/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.

Other Minor Tournament

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Special Friendly Match

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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 9 January 2024
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Head-to-head records

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As of 10 June 2025

Source:[8][9][10]

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Iran national football team all opponents

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

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All Time General Statistics Record / Overview of Results

As of 10 June 2025[11]
  • consists of only official international "A" Senior matches (not including Youth, B Team and club team results).
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  • 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).
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Results by decades

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Results by years

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FIFA World Ranking records

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FIFA World Rankings for Iran, August 1993 – March 2018[12]

Main: AFC National Team of the Year

9 1st place, gold medalist(s) , 10 2nd place, silver medalist(s) , 2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) , 5 (Fourth Place) (26/32) (1993–2024)[13]


Highest FIFA ranking
15 (July 2005)[12]
Lowest FIFA ranking
122 (May 1996)[12]
Best mover
65 (July 1996)[12]
Worst mover
-43 (October 1995)[12]

Ranking

Source:[14][15]

As of 25 March 2025

Average Rank: 43 / Biggest Climb: 65 / Biggest Fall: 43

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  • Australia in all dates was considered of Asian but joined to AFC in 2006.
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Unofficial matches

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Matches against clubs not listed.[16][17]

1940s

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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2000s

2002  Iran 2-2  Azerbaijan

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2010s

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2020s

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