Iran national futsal team

Iran

Association	I.R.I.F.F.
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Hossein Shams
Captain	Mohammad Reza Heidarian
Most caps
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaee (335)
FIFA code	IRN
Home kit Away kit
First international Iran 19 - 6 Kuwait (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
Largest win Iran 36 - 0 Singapore (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999)
Worst defeat Brazil 8 - 1 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 1 Tournament records 1.1 FIFA Futsal World Cup record 1.2 AFC Futsal Championship record 1.3 Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championship record 1.4 WAFF Futsal Championship record 1.5 Grand Prix de Futsal record 2 Players 2.1 Current Squad 3 Coaches 4 References 5 See also

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup record

• 1989 - Did not enter
• 1992 - Fourth place
• 1996 - Round 1
• 2000 - Round 1
• 2004 - Round 1
• 2008 - Qualified

AFC Futsal Championship record

• 1999 - Champions
• 2000 - Champions
• 2001 - Champions
• 2002 - Champions
• 2003 - Champions
• 2004 - Champions
• 2005 - Champions
• 2006 - Third place
• 2007 - Champions
• 2008 - Champions

Asian Indoor Games Futsal Championship record

• 2005 - Champions
• 2007 - Champions

WAFF Futsal Championship record

• 2007 - Champions

Grand Prix de Futsal record

• 2007 - Runners-up

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

• Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (1991-92)
• Hossein Shams
• Victor Hermans (2001-02)
• Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard (2002-04)
• Jurandir Dutra de Azeredo (2004-06)
• Hossein Shams (current coach) (2006-Present)

References

See also

• Futsal in Iran
• Iran national football team

National sports teams of Iran v • d • e
Baseball | Basketball (Men, Men U-19, Women) | Boxing | Cricket | Field Hockey (Men, Women) Football (Men, Men U-23, Men U-20, Men U-17, Women, Beach) | Futsal (Men, Women) Handball (Men, Women) | Rugby Union | Tennis | Volleyball (Men, Men U-21, Men U-19, Women) Water Polo | Wrestling (Freestyle, Greco-Roman)
National futsal teams of Asia (AFC) v • d • e
Afghanistan | Australia | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Brunei | Cambodia | China PR | Chinese Taipei | East Timor | Guam | Hong Kong, China | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Lebanon | Macau, China | Malaysia | Maldives | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | Oman | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Syria | Tajikistan | Thailand | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen

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