Iran national futsal team

All you want to know about Iran national futsal team

Iran
Shirt badge/Association crest
Association I.R.I.F.F.
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Flag of Iran Hossein Shams
Captain Mohammad Reza Heidarian
Most caps
Top scorer Vahid Shamsaee (335)
FIFA code IRN
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Away kit
First international
Flag of Iran Iran 19 - 6 Kuwait Flag of Kuwait
(Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
Largest win
Flag of Iran Iran 36 - 0 Singapore Flag of Singapore
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999)
Worst defeat
Flag of Brazil Brazil 8 - 1 Iran Flag of Iran
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000)
Futsal World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1992)
Best result Fourth place, 1992
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances 9 (First in 1999)
Best result Winners, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation. Iran have by far the strongest team in Asia, the nine time champions in Asian Futsal Championship.[1] As of December 2007, Iran is ranked 6 in the Futsal World Ranking, the highest ranking Asian team in the latest World Rankings.[2]

Iranians have played in four editions of FIFA Futsal World Championship reaching the semi-finals in their first appearance in 1992.[3] They also reached the finals of Grand Prix de Futsal known as Futsal Mini-World Cup in 2007 in Brasil.

Contents

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup record

AFC Futsal Championship record

Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championship record

WAFF Futsal Championship record

Grand Prix de Futsal record

Players

Current Squad

The following players were called up to the Iranian futsal squad to participate in the 2008 AFC Futsal Championship:[4]

# Position Name Club
1 GK Asghar Ghahremani Islamic Azad University
2 FP Ali Kiaei
3 FP Mohammad Taheri Shahid Mansouri
4 FP Mohammad Keshavarz
5 FP Mohammad Hashemzadeh Elmo Adab Mashhad
6 FP Javad Asghari Moghaddam Post Esfahan
7 FP Ahmad Pari Azar Elmo Adab Mashhad
8 FP Kazem Mohammadi Tirabadi
9 FP Vahid Shamsaee Tam Iran Khodro
10 FP Mohammad Reza Heidarian (C) Qatar Sports Club
11 FP Majid Latifi Rah Ahan Tehran
12 GK Mostafa Nazari
13 FP Morteza Azimaei
14 FP Masoud Daneshvar
15 FP Majid Raeisi
16 FP Alireza Samimi
17 FP Mohammad Zahmatkesh
18 FP Mostafa Tayyebi
19 FP Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh
20 GK Hamidreza Abrarinia

Coaches

References

  1. ^ "Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2006-10-22.
  2. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". FutsalWorldRanking. Retrieved on 2007-10-30.
  3. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 1992". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2006-10-22.
  4. ^ "Players". The-AFC.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

See also


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