Iran national futsal team

Iran

Nickname(s)

Team Melli Futsal
(Persian: تیم ملی فوتسال ایران)
"The National Futsal Team"

Association

FFIRI

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Mohammad Nazemosharia

Captain

Mohammad Taheri

Most caps

Vahid Shamsaei

Top scorer

Vahid Shamsaei (393goals)

Home stadium

Azadi Indoor Stadium

FIFA code

IRN

FIFA ranking

6 (1 October 2016)^[1]

Home colours

Away colours

First international

Iran 19–6 Kuwait

(Hong Kong; 2 May 1992^[2])

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

7 (First in 1992)

Best result

Third Place: 2016

AFC Futsal Championship

Appearances

14 (all) (First in 1999)

Best result

Champions: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016

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.

Home stadium

Main article: Azadi Indoor Stadium

Iran plays the home games at the Azadi Indoor Stadium with a capacity of 12,000 spectators.

A view of Azadi Indoor Stadium

Iran national futsal team plays against Brazil in a friendly match

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".

Tournament records

*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

Asian Championship

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	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/4	22	21	1	0	221	31	+190	64

Grand Prix de Futsal

Confederations Cup

West Asian Championship

China International Futsal Tournament

CFA Futsal International Tournaments - Changshu Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2014	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	Champions	3	3	0	0	23	6	+17	9
2016	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hangzhou International Futsal Tournaments Record
2009	Third place	3	0	2	1	10	11	-1	2
2010	Fourth place	3	0	0	3	4	12	-8	0
2011	Third place	4	1	2	1	15	10	+5	5
2012	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
2013	Champions	3	3	0	0	14	6	+8	9
2014	Champions	3	3	0	0	23	5	+18	9
Total	7/8	22	11	5	6	96	57	+39	38

Source :

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1997	Fifth place	4	2	0	2	20	14	+6	6
1999	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Fifth place	4	3	0	1	22	7	+15	9
2003	Third place	3	2	0	1	22	4	+18	6
2008	Fifth place	6	4	0	2	26	11	+15	12
Total	4/5	17	11	0	6	90	36	+54	33

Source :

Futsal Mundialito

Minor Tournament

this table consist of only senior A team Results (not include u21 and u23 match results)

Four/Three Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1995 Abu Dhabi	?	?	1	?	?	2	1	+1	3
2000 Rio Cup	Runners-up	4	2	0	2	12	13	-1	6
2000 Moscow Cup	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	5	-3	3
2003 Tehran Cup	Champions	2	1	1	0	22	4	+18	4
2004 Tehran Cup	Champions	2	1	1	0	8	6	+2	4
2007 B Five Cup	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	8	2	+6	3
2007 Fonix Cup	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	12	14	-2	6
2008 Tehran Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	19	3	+16	9
2009 Tashkent Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6
2010 Thailand Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	9	5	+4	9
2016 Thailand Cup	Third place	3	1	1	1	12	12	0	4
Total	11/11	27	18	3	6	116	65	+51	57

Friendly Match Results

This table consist of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not include 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament).

As a 10 Nov 2016

Year	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1996 Friendly Match	1	1	0	0	6	4	+2	3
1997 Friendly Match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998 Friendly Match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999 Friendly Match	2	0	0	2	2	6	-4	0
2000 Friendly Match	2	0	1	1	5	6	-1	1
2001 Friendly Match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002 Friendly Match	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003 Friendly Match	4	0	3	1	12	16	-4	3
2004 Friendly Match	6	1	0	5	24	35	-11	3
2005 Friendly Match	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	3
2006 Friendly Match	6	2	1	3	27	17	+10	7
2007 Friendly Match	4	3	1	0	17	7	+10	10
2008 Friendly Match	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
2009 Friendly Match	14	6	3	5	35	40	-5	21
2010 Friendly Match	5	2	2	1	17	14	+3	8
2011 Friendly Match	10	5	1	4	37	25	+12	16
2012 Friendly Match	8	5	2	1	18	13	+5	17
2013 Friendly Match	8	5	3	0	45	16	+29	18
2014 Friendly Match	5	3	2	0	19	5	+14	11
2015 Friendly Match	8	5	1	2	19	12	+7	16
2016 Friendly Match	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6	6
Total	92	43	21	28	308	230	+78	150

Results and fixtures

Main articles: Iran national futsal team results and Iran national futsal team all-time record

Previous matches

Win Draw Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2015
10 October 2015	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Russia	Friendly	3 – 1 W	Tayyebi 2', Ahmadi 5', Hassanzadeh 39'	Report
11 October 2015	Ghadir Arena, Urmia	Russia	Friendly	2 – 2 D	Javid 29', Esmaeilpour 32'	Report
20 October 2015	Estra Forum, Prato	Italy	Friendly	0 – 2 L		Report
21 October 2015	Estra Forum, Prato	Italy	Friendly	2 – 3 L	Ahmadi 9', Bahadori 18'	Report
4 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Colombia	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	4 – 1 W	Tayyebi 11' - 23', Hassanzadeh 20', Ahmadi 20'	Report
5 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Angola	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	7 – 0 W	Tavakoli 2, Hassanzadeh 2, Ahmadi, Esmaeilpour, Bahadori	Report
6 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Uruguay	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	7 – 3 W	Tayyebi 8', Tavakoli 13', Hassanzadeh 17' - 38', Hajibandeh 18', Javid 23', Taheri 36'	Report
7 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Paraguay	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	2 – 0 W	Javid 17', Hassanzadeh 38'	Report
8 November 2015	Centro Olímpico Engenheiro Wagner do Nascimento, Uberaba	Brazil	2015 Grand Prix de Futsal	3 – 4 L	Bahadori 7', Javid 29', Tayyebi 36'	Report
18 December 2015	Changshu Sports Center, Changshu	Myanmar	Changshu International Tournament	15 – 2 W	Hassanzadeh 4, Javid 4, Safari 3, Vafaei, Kazemi, Kohestani, Shajari	Report
19 December 2015	Changshu Sports Center, Changshu	Mexico	Changshu International Tournament	5 – 1 W	Javid 2, Hassanzadeh, Safari, Kohestani	Report
20 December 2015	Changshu Sports Center, Changshu	China	Changshu International Tournament	3 – 3 D	Vafaei, Kazemi, Kohestani	Report
2016
28 January 2016	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Khorasan XI	Unofficial friendly	3 – 0 W	Bahadori 9', Javid 31', Esmaeilpour 38'	Report
10 February 2016	Universal Stadium, Tashkent	Jordan	2016 AFC Futsal Championship / Group stage	6 – 0 W	Hassanzadeh 2' - 27', Tayebi 10', Bahadori 31', Javid 34' - 36'	Report
12 February 2016	Universal Stadium, Tashkent	China	2016 AFC Futsal Championship / Group stage	7 – 0 W	Taheri 1', Hassanzadeh 6', Ahmadi 17', Keshavarz 26' - 28', Tayebi 27', Bahadori 32'	Report
14 February 2016	Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent	Iraq	2016 AFC Futsal Championship / Group stage	13 – 2 W	Taheri 1' - 10', Tayebi 3' - 11' - 18' - 28', Hassanzadeh 5' - 40', Ahmadi 6', Javid 6' - 15' - 34', Tavakoli 20'	Report
17 February 2016	Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent	Kyrgyzstan	2016 AFC Futsal Championship / Quarter-finals	7 – 0 W	Tayebi 7' - 15' - 32', Taheri 8', Hassanzadeh 26', Bahadori 26', Alighadr 29'	Report
17 February 2016	Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent	Vietnam	2016 AFC Futsal Championship / Semi-finals	13 – 1 W	Javid 2' - 20' - 32', Tavakoli 8' - 8' - 20' - 22', Ahmadi 13', Tayebi 16' - 27', Vafaei 26', Keshavarz 37' - 39'	Report
21 February 2016	Uzbekistan Stadium, Tashkent	Uzbekistan	2016 AFC Futsal Championship / Final	2 – 1 W	Bahadori 9', Keshavarz 14'	Report
1 June 2016	Iran National Futsal Camp, Tehran	Balan Sanat Fars	Unofficial friendly	3 – 6 L	Javid, Alighadr, Kazemi	Report
20 August 2016	Bangkok Arena, Bangkok	Kazakhstan	2016 Thailand Five's	3 – 3 D	Tavakoli 12', Alighadr 13', Javid 25'	Report
21 August 2016	Bangkok Arena, Bangkok	Thailand	2016 Thailand Five's	5 – 7 L	Esmaeilpour 1', Tavakoli 12', Sangsefidi 14', Javid 27', Alighadr 31'	Report
23 August 2016	Bangkok Arena, Bangkok	Japan	2016 Thailand Five's	4 – 2 W	Taheri 8' - 27', Tavakoli 7', Alighadr 17'	Report
28 August 2016	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Uzbekistan	Friendly	3 – 0 W	Tavakoli 23', Taheri 26', Keshavarz 28'	Report
29 August 2016	Shahid Beheshti Arena, Mashhad	Uzbekistan	Friendly	6 – 3 W	Tavakoli 2' - 40', Tayebi 9' - 29', Bahadori 19', Javid 39'	Report
12 September 2016	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín	Spain	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Group stage	1 – 5 L	Hassanzadeh 28'	Report
15 September 2016	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín	Morocco	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Group stage	5 – 3 W	Tayebi 10', Javid 15', Hassanzadeh 16' - 24', Tavakoli 18'	Report
18 September 2016	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín	Azerbaijan	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Group stage	3 – 3 D	Esmaeilpour 1', Tavakoli 21', Tayebi 38'	Report
21 September 2016	Coliseo Bicentenario, Bucaramanga	Brazil	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Round of 16	4 - 4 aet, 3 - 2 Penalty W	Tayebi 14', Kazemi 31', Hassanzadeh 37', Keshavarz 48'	Report
24 September 2016	Coliseo Bicentenario, Bucaramanga	Paraguay	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Quarter-finals	4 – 3 aet W	Esmaeilpour 16', 50', Javid 23', 36'	Report
27 September 2016	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín	Russia	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Semi-finals	3 – 4 L	Esmaeilpour 17', Hassanzadeh 30', Javid 40'	Report
1 October 2016	Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali	Portugal	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup / Third place match	2 - 2, 4 - 3 Penalty W	Kazemi 26', Javid 36'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2016
5 December^#	FIFA official match day	Handball Federation Arena	Russia
6 December^#	FIFA official match day	Handball Federation Arena	Russia
2017
23 January – 1 February ^#	FIFA official match day		Ukraine
	FIFA official match day		Ukraine
	FIFA official match day
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3–12 April^#	FIFA official match day
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10–13 September^#	FIFA official match day
10–13 September^#	FIFA official match day
24–27 September^#	FIFA official match day
24–27 September^#	FIFA official match day
3–6 December^#	FIFA official match day
3–6 December^#	FIFA official match day
2018
2018 AFC Futsal Championship 6–18 February hosted by: TBD
1–4 April^#	FIFA official match day
1–4 April^#	FIFA official match day
23–26 September^#	FIFA official match day
23–26 September^#	FIFA official match day
28–31 October^#	FIFA official match day
28–31 October^#	FIFA official match day
2–5 December^#	FIFA official match day
2–5 December^#	FIFA official match day
2019
28 January – 6 February^#	FIFA official match day
	FIFA official match day
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8–17 April^#	FIFA official match day
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22–25 September^#	FIFA official match day
22–25 September^#	FIFA official match day
21–30 October^#	FIFA official match day
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1–4 December^#	FIFA official match day
1–4 December^#	FIFA official match day
2020
2020 AFC Futsal Championship 28 January – 9 February hosted by: TBD
12–15 April^#	FIFA official match day
12–15 April^#	FIFA official match day
2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup 12 September – 4 October hosted by: TBD
1–4 November^#	FIFA official match day
1–4 November^#	FIFA official match day
6–9 December^#	FIFA official match day
6–9 December^#	FIFA official match day

^#FIFA International match days 2016-2020^[5]

Coaching staff

Main article: List of Iran national futsal team managers

Head Coach	Mohammad Nazemosharia
Assistant coach	Mohammad Hashemzadeh
Goalkeeping coach	Amir Farashi Moghari
Fitness coach	Ghodratollah Bagheri
Team supervisor	Abbas Torabian
Team doctor	Shahram Kharabian Masouleh
Physiotherapist	Mohamad Ebadi

Players

Current squad

Match date: 5 - 6 December 2016
Opposition: Russia^[6]
Caps and goals correct as of:

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Sepehr Mohammadi	(1989-08-08) 8 August 1989	Giti Pasand
FP	Ahmad Esmaeilpour	(1988-09-08) 8 September 1988	Giti Pasand
FP	Afshin Kazemi	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991	Giti Pasand
FP	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh	(1987-11-02) 2 November 1987	Giti Pasand
FP	Mahdi Javid	(1987-05-03) 3 May 1987	Giti Pasand
FP	Mehran Alighadr	(1989-05-24) 24 May 1989	Giti Pasand
FP	Saeed Afshar	(1992-05-24) 24 May 1992	Giti Pasand
1GK	Alireza Samimi	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991	Mes Sungun
FP	Hamid Ahmadi	(1988-11-24) 24 November 1988	Dabiri Tabriz
FP	Babak Akbari	(1985-08-26) 26 August 1985	Dabiri Tabriz
FP	Meysam Khayam	(1992-05-04) 4 May 1992	Mes Sungun
1GK	Amir Hossein Alvandi Fard	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995	Moghavemat Alborz
FP	Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989	Tasisat Daryaei
FP	Ghodrat Bahadori	(1988-01-30) 30 January 1988	Farsh Ara Mashhad
FP	Rahman Sarani	(1992-11-08) 8 November 1992	Farsh Ara Mashhad
FP	Saeed Sarvari		Farsh Ara Mashhad
FP	Farhad Tavakoli	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989	Melli Haffari
1GK	Morteza Farahani	(1988-09-15) 15 September 1988	Melli Haffari
FP	Peyman Hafizi	(1985-05-02) 2 May 1985	Melli Haffari
FP	Mohammad Baniasadi	(1990-01-29) 29 January 1990	Azarakhsh Bandar Abbas
FP	Taha Mortazavi	(1988-05-27) 27 May 1988	Shahrvand Sari
FP	Hossein Tayyebi	(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988	Kairat Almaty

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club	Latest call-up
	Ali Assadi	(1991-06-17) 17 June 1991	Farsh Ara	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
GK	Mehrdad Azamei	(1990-11-14) 14 November 1990	Misagh	Changshu International Tournament, Camp
	Mohammad Naser Safari	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991	Melli Haffari	2016 AFC Futsal Championship, Mashhad Camp, 24–30 January 2015
	Alireza Vafaei	(1989-03-20) 20 March 1989	Yasin Pishro	Tehran Camp, 28 May – 1 June 2016
	Abolghasem Orouji	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989	Tasisat Daryaei	Tehran Camp, 28 May – 1 June 2016
GK	Saeed Momeni	(1993-09-24) 24 September 1993	Mes Sungun	Tehran Camp, 8–13 July 2016
	Mohammad Kohestani	(1986-09-22) 22 September 1986	Yasin Pishro	Tehran Camp, 8–13 July 2016
GK	Amir Ahmadpour	(1992-09-28) 28 September 1992	Moghavemat Alborz	Tehran Camp, 8–13 July 2016
	Majid Hajibandeh	(1988-02-15) 15 February 1988	Tasisat Daryaei	Tehran Camp, 6–8 August 2016
	Hamidreza Rahanjam	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994	Shahrvand Sari	Tehran Camp, 6–8 August 2016
	Meysam Barmashori^INJ	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989	Arjan Shiraz	2016 Thailand Five's, 20–23 August 2016
	Behroz Jafari	(1987-11-22) 22 November 1987	Dabiri Tabriz	v. Uzbekistan, 28–29 August 2016
	Mohammad Shajari	(1991-08-30) 30 August 1991	Tasisat Daryaei	v. Uzbekistan, 28–29 August 2016
GK	Javad Esfandiari	(1988-05-28) 28 May 1988	Azad University	v. Uzbekistan, 28–29 August 2016
	Saeed Ahmadabbasi	(1992-07-31) 31 July 1992	Tasisat Daryaei	v. Uzbekistan, 28–29 August 2016
	Mohammad Keshavarz^Withdrew	(1982-07-05) 5 July 1982	Giti Pasand	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, 10 September – 1 October 2016
	Mohammad Taheri^INJ	(1985-05-02) 2 May 1985	Shahrvand Sari	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, 10 September – 1 October 2016

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

First Squad

Players called up for the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification:

Head Coach: Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
Assistant Coach: Majid Jahanpour

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
FP	Saeid Rajabi	(1965-03-10)10 March 1965	Gostaresh
FP	Mohammad Habibi	(1966-01-08)8 January 1966	Malavan
GK	Vahid Ghelich	(1957-12-16)16 December 1957	Persepolis
FP	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard	(1962-09-09)9 September 1962	Persepolis
FP	Mehdi Abtahi	(1963-03-02)2 March 1963	Vahdat
FP	Hamid Estili	(1967-04-01)1 April 1967	PAS Tehran
FP	Mohammad Khakpour	(1969-02-20)20 February 1969	Persepolis
FP	Hassan Shirmohammadi	(1965-05-22)22 May 1965	Persepolis
FP	Arash Noamouz	(1967-06-06)6 June 1967	PAS Tehran
FP	Asgar Akbari	(1968-04-12)12 April 1968	Keshavarz

World Cups

Asian Championships

Asian Championship 1999 squad
Asian Championship 2000 squad
Asian Championship 2001 squad
Asian Championship 2002 squad
Asian Championship 2003 squad
Asian Championship 2004 squad
Asian Championship 2005 squad
Asian Championship 2007 squad
Asian Championship 2008 squad
Asian Championship 2010 squad
Asian Championship 2016 squad

Iran captains

World Cup captains

#	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

Asian Championship captains

#	Matches as captain (goals)	Player	Asian Championship played as captain
1			Malaysia 1999
2			Thailand 2000
3			Iran 2001
4			Indonesia 2002
5			Iran 2003
6			Macau 2004
7	9 (3)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Vietnam 2005
8			Uzbekistan 2006
9	6 (1)	Mohammad Reza Heidarian	Japan 2007
10			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

Notable players

References

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)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inaugural champions	Futsal Confederations Cup 2009 (first title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inaugural champions	WAFF Futsal Championship 2007 (first title)	Succeeded by 2009 Iraq
Preceded by 2009 Iraq	WAFF Futsal Championship 2012 (second title)	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Inaugural champions	Asian Indoor Games 2005 (first title) 2007 (second title) 2009 (third title) 2013 (fourth title)	Succeeded by Incumbent

WAFF Championship · Champions

	2007: Iran 2009: Iraq 2012: Iran

AFC Futsal Championship · Champions

1999: Iran 2000: Iran 2001: Iran 2002: Iran 2003: Iran 2004: Iran 2005: Iran 2006: Japan 2007: Iran 2008: Iran 2010: Iran 2012: Japan 2014: Japan 2016: Iran

AFC Futsal Championship squads navigation boxes

Iran squad – 1999 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Ghahremani 2 Seifi 3 Farrashi 4 Heidarian 5 Rezaeinejad 6 Masoumi 7 Kazemi 8 Rezaei Kamal 9 Baghbanbashi 10 Afzal 11 Mohammadi 12 Saneei Coach: Shams

Iran squad – 2000 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Farrashi 2 Ghahremani 3 Kazemi 4 Heidarian 5 Rezaei Kamal 6 Baghbanbashi 7 Pariazar 8 Mohammadi 9 Saneei 10 Masoumi 11 Shamsaei 12 Dadashi Coach: Shams

Iran squad – 2001 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Farrashi 2 Molaei 3 Nasseri 4 Heidarian 5 Saneei 6 Hashemzadeh 7 Pariazar 8 Mohammadi 9 Raeisi 10 Shandizi 11 Shamsaei 12 Dadashi 13 Moeini 14 Molazem Coach: Hermans

Iran squad – 2002 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Shamsaei 2 Dadashi 3 Moeini 4 Abrarinia 5 Shandizi 6 Hashemzadeh 7 Raeisi 8 Pariazar 9 Molaei 10 Abdollahnejad 11 Nasseri 12 Saneei 13 Ahangaran 14 Heidarian Coach: Ansarifard

Iran squad – 2003 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Shamsaei 2 Hashemzadeh 3 Dadashi 4 Abdollahnejad 5 Heidarian 6 Nasseri 7 Shandizi 8 Mohammadi 9 Zareei 10 Saneei 11 Pariazar 12 Raeisi 13 Neshatjoo 14 Abrarinia Coach: Ansarifard

Iran squad – 2004 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Nasseri 2 Sadeghi 3 Abrarinia 4 Heidarian 5 Dadashi 6 Mohammadi 7 Zareei 8 Shamsaei 9 Raeisi 10 Keshavarz 11 Hashemzadeh 12 Hanifi 13 Masoumi 14 Fakhim Coach: Ansarifard

Iran squad – 2005 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Nasseri 2 Hashemian 3 Azimaei 4 Zareei 5 Hashemzadeh 6 Soltani 7 Imanvand 8 Raeisi 9 Shamsaei 10 Heidarian 11 Tikdarinejad 12 Abrarinia 13 Taheri 14 Maheri Coach: Dutra

Iran squad – 2007 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Ghahremani 2 Masoumi 3 Taheri 4 Keshavarz 5 Hashemzadeh 6 Asghari Moghaddam 7 Pariazar 8 Mohammadi 9 Shamsaei 10 Heidarian 11 Nazari 12 Zahmatkesh 13 Molaei 14 Latifi Coach: Shams

Iran squad – 2008 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Ghahremani 2 Taheri 3 Keshavarz 4 Hashemzadeh 5 Asghari Moghaddam 6 Mohammadi 7 Shamsaei 8 Heidarian 9 Latifi 10 Nazari 11 Raeisi 12 Tayyebi 13 Hassanzadeh 14 Abrarinia Coach: Shams

Iran squad – 2010 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Abrarinia 2 Soltani 3 Keshavarz 4 Hashemzadeh 5 Asghari Moghaddam 6 Hassanzadeh 7 Raeisi 8 Daneshvar 9 Taheri 10 Zahmatkesh 11 Nazari 12 Tayyebi 13 Rahnama 14 Nassirnia Coach: Shams

Iran squad – 2016 AFC Futsal Championship

1 Mohammadi 2 Samimi 3 Esfandiari 4 Keshavarz 5 Ahmadi 6 Vafaei 7 Hassanzadeh 8 Bahadori 9 Sangsefidi 10 Taheri 11 Alighadr 12 Tayyebi 13 Tavakoli 14 Javid Coach: Nazemasharieh

Iran squad – 2009 Al-Fateh Confederations Futsal Cup

1 Nazari 2 H. Soltani 3 Shamsaei 4 Taheri 5 Keshavarz 6 Hashemzadeh 7 Asghari Moghaddam 8 Rahnama 9 Zahmatkesh 10 Tikdarinejad 11 Azimaei 12 J. Soltani 13 Mahdavi Coach: Shams

International futsal

AMF AMF Futsal World Cup FIFA FIFA Futsal World Cup Women's Futsal World Tournament Grand Prix Confederations Cup Pan American Games South American Games Futsal Mundialito Mediterranean Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Lusophony Games Southeast Asian Games Futsal Awards Teams

Asia	AFC – Futsal Championship – Women's Futsal Championship

Africa	CAF – Futsal Cup of Nations

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Futsal Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América – Copa América Femenina

Oceania	OFC – Futsal Championship

Europe	UEFS – UEFS Futsal Men's Championship – UEFS Futsal Women's Championship; UEFA – Futsal Championship

Futsal in Iran

League competitions	Iranian Futsal Super League 1st Division 2nd Division

National teams	Men Women

Lists and categories	League system Champions List of clubs List of Arena

Iran Football Federation

National sports teams of Iran

Baseball Basketball M M U19 M U17 W Beach soccer Boxing Cricket M W Field hockey M W Football M M B M U23 M U20 M U17 W W U20 W U17 Futsal M W Goalball M W Handball M W Ice hockey M W Inline hockey M W Kabaddi Rugby union M M 7s W W 7s Squash Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Volleyball M W Volleyball (sitting) M W Water polo Wrestling FS GR

Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Universiade

National futsal teams of Asia (AFC)

AFC competitions

Men's football

Senior national team	Asian Cup Solidarity Cup Gulf Cup of Nations AFF Championship EAFF East Asian Championship SAFF Championship WAFF Championship

Age-restricted	U-23 Championship Asian Games U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Championship

Futsal and Beach competitions	Futsal Championship GCC Futsal Cup U-20 Futsal Championship Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Beach Soccer Championship Asian Beach Games

Defunct	Challenge Cup (defunct)

Men's club competitions

Active competitions	Champions League AFC Cup

Defunct competitions	President's Cup (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Championship (defunct)

Futsal and Beach competitions	Futsal Club Championship

Women's football

Senior national team	Asian Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Asian Games

Age-restricted	U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Girls' Regional Championship

Futsal and Beach competitions	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Futsal Championship

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FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1989	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992	Fourth place	8	5	0	3	36	30	+6	15
1996	Round 1	3	1	0	2	12	13	-1	3
2000	Round 1	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3
2004	Round 1	3	1	0	2	9	13	-4	3
2008	Round 2	7	4	2	1	24	19	+5	14
2012	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	9	8	+1	7
2016	Third Place	7	2	3	2	22	24	-2	9
Total	7/8	35	16	6	13	118	116	+2	54

Futsal Mundialito record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
1994	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Seventh place	4	1	0	3	17	15	+2	3
2006	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	4	1	0	3	17	15	+2	3

Iran national futsal team

Home stadium

Nicknames

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Asian Championship

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Grand Prix de Futsal

Confederations Cup

West Asian Championship

China International Futsal Tournament

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal

Futsal Mundialito

Minor Tournament

Friendly Match Results

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

First Squad

World Cups

Asian Championships

Iran captains

World Cup captains

Asian Championship captains

Notable players

See also

References