Iran national futsal team

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Iran

Association

I.R.I.F.F.

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Hossein Shams

Captain

Mohammadreza Heidarian

Most caps

Top scorer

Vahid Shamsaee

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 FIFA Futsal World Cup)

Best result

Fourth place, 1992

AFC Futsal Championship

Appearances

8 (First in 1999)

Best result

Winners, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005

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. It is one of the strongest teams in Asia, the seven times consecutive champion in Asian Futsal Championship.^[1]

Iran has played in four FIFA Futsal World Championships. Its best result was the fourth place in 1992 in Hong Kong.^[2]

1 Tournament records
- 1.1 FIFA Futsal World Championship record
- 1.2 AFC Futsal Championship record
2 Players
- 2.1 Current Squad
- 2.2 Recent callups
3 Coaches
4 Matches
- 4.1 Recent matches
- 4.2 Upcoming matches
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Tournament records

[edit] FIFA Futsal World Championship record

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

[edit] AFC Futsal Championship record

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

[edit] Players

[edit] Current Squad

#	Name	Age	Club
1	Reza Naseri (GK)	30	Persepolis FC
2	Morteza Azimian	24	Rahsazi
3	Amin Hashemian	23	Shahid Mansori Varamin
4	Mohsen Zareie	27	Tam Irankhodro
5	Mohammad Hashemzadeh	30	Esteghlal FC
6	Hossein Soltani	24	Shahid Mansori
7	Majid Raeesi	26	Tam Irankhodro
8	Kazem Mohammadi	33	Azad University
9	Vahid Shamsaee	31	Tam Irankhodro
10	Mohammadreza Heidarian (captain)	32
11	Majid Tikdarinejad	24	Esteghlal FC
12	Mostafa Nazari (GK)	24	Shensa Saveh
13	Mohammad Golzadeh	26	Azad University
14	Arash Shini	26	Chini Hamgam Shahrekord
15	Mohammad Taheri	21	Shahid Mansori Gharchak
16	Majid Latifi	25	Pegah Gilan
17	Masoud Daneshvar	19	Bashgah Sadra
18	Shahram Sharifzadeh Borhan	20	Lazaniaye Azarbaijan Sharghi
19	Hadi Ali Mohammadpour (GK)	20	Ferdosi Karaj
20	Asghar Hassanzadeh
	Asghar Ghahremani (GK)
	Javad Asghari
	Ahmad Pariazar
	Hasan Karimpour
	Hamid Shandizi
	Mohammad Keshavarz
	Abolfazl Seyedi

[edit] Recent callups

The following players have been called up to the Iranian futsal squad to face Italy in the recent double friendly match held in Bisceglie, Italy on November 18th and 19th, 2006:^[3]

#	Name	Age	Club
12	Mostafa Nazari (GK)	24	Shensa Saveh
	Asghar Ghahremani (GK)
2	Morteza Azimian	24	Rahsazi
5	Mohammad Hashemzadeh	30	Esteghlal FC
7	Majid Raeesi	26	Tam Irankhodro
10	Mohammadreza Heidarian (captain)	32
15	Mohammad Taheri	21	Shahid Mansori Gharchak
16	Majid Latifi	25	Pegah Gilan
	Javad Asghari
	Ahmad Pariazar
	Hasan Karimpour
	Hamid Shandizi
	Mohammad Keshavarz
	Abolfazl Seyedi