Last match included: Iran-Uzbekistan, 20 Jun 2023
Note that the match of Iran against an Ecuador Olympic team played on
12 Jan 2000 in Los Angeles, which originally was considered official by
the Iranian FA, was deleted from the list of official matches because
of a FIFA decision in 2021. This change (which costed both Nekounam
and Daei a cap and Daei a goal as well) is reflected in the list below.
The following matches by Iran are not considered official:
Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
12- 1-2000 Los Angeles Ecuador Olympic 2-1
3- 3-2002 Casablanca Algeria Olympic 0-0 LG Cup
4- 4-2002 Kuwait City Palestine B 2-2 East Asian Games
8- 4-2002 Kuwait City Qatar B 2-1 East Asian Games
10- 4-2002 Kuwait City Syria B 1-1 East Asian Games
12- 4-2002 Kuwait City Kuwait B 0-0 East Asian Games
8- 8-2002 Tabriz Azerbaijan 2-2 [*]
17- 9-2002 Tabriz Morocco Olympěc 1-1 LG Cup
1- 2-2003 Hongkong Denmark League 1-0 Carlsberg Cup
30- 5-2003 Abuja Cameroon League 1-2 LG Cup
15- 8-2003 Tehran Cameroon League 4-1 LG Cup
11-11-2005 Tehran Macedonia League 2-1 LG Cup
28- 6-2007 Tehran Ghana U-23 4-2
18- 3-2017 Tehran Iraq 1-0 [!]
[*] Iran fielded U-23 team
[!] this was a training match without spectators or media requested by
Iran coach Carlos Queiroz; both FIFA and the Iraqi FA considered it
official by the Iranian FA insisted it was a training match and the
referee did not supply a match report
On the other hand, the following matches by Iran have been accepted official
in spite of initial doubts:
Date Venue Opponent Score Remark
23- 3-2009 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-0 Iran used 11 subs
5-10-2011 Tehran Palestine 7-0 Iran used 7 subs
2- 5-2012 Tehran Mozambique 3-0 no match report supplied
5- 9-2012 Amman Jordan 0-0 Iran used 7 subs
4- 1-2015 Wollongong Iraq 1-0 training match
Name Years Caps Goals Date of Birth Javad NEKOUNAM * 2000-2015 149 38 6-Sep-1980 Ali DAEI 1993-2006 148 108 21-Mar-1969 Ehsan HAJSAFY * 2008-2023 129 7 26-Feb-1990 Mohammed Ali KARIMI * 1998-2012 127 38 8-Nov-1978 Seyed Jalal HOSSEINI * 2007-2018 114 8 3-Mar-1982 Mehdi MAHDAVIKIA 1996-2009 110 13 24-Jul-1977 Andranik TEYMOURIAN * 2005-2016 101 9 6-Mar-1983 Karim ANSARIFARD * 2009-2022 96 29 3-Apr-1990 Karim BAGHERI 1993-2010 87 50 20-Feb-1974 Masoud SHOJAEI * 2004-2019 87 8 9-Jun-1984 Hossein KAEBI 2002-2010 84 1 23-Sep-1985 Hamid Reza ESTILI 1990-2000 81 12 4-Jan-1967 Mohammad NOSRATI * 2002-2013 80 5 10-Jan-1982 Ahmad Reza ABEDZADEH 1987-1998 79 0 25-May-1966 Javad ZARINCHEH 1987-2000 79 1 23-Jul-1966 Ali PARVIN 1970-1980 76 13 25-Sep-1947 Seyed Mehdi RAHMATI * 2004-2012 76 0 2-Feb-1983 Yahya GOLMOHAMMADI 1996-2006 73 5 19-Mar-1971 Vahid AMIRI * 2015-2023 72 2 Ali Reza NIKBATH-VAHEDI 2000-2008 72 14 30-Jun-1980 Sardar AZMOUN * 2014-2023 71 44 Alireza JAHANBAKHSH * 2013-2023 70 14 Ibrahim MIRZAPOUR 2001-2010 70 0 16-Sep-1978 Seyed Hadi AGHILI * 2006-2012 69 10 15-Jan-1981 Mehdi TAREMI * 2015-2023 69 38 Mehrdad MINAVAND CHAL 1996-2002 66 4 30-Nov-1975 Afshin Esf. PEYROVANI 1994-2003 66 0 6-Feb-1970 Parviz QLEECHKHANI 1964-1977 66 14 4-Nov-1946 Nader MOHAMMEDKHANI 1988-1999 64 1 23-Aug-1963 Khosrow HEYDARI * 2007-2015 60 0 14-Sep-1983 Mohammad R. KHALATBARY * 2008-2014 60 5 14-Sep-1983 Ashkan DEJAGAH * 2012-2019 59 11 5-Jul-1986 Alireza BIRANVAND * 2015-2023 58 0 Nasser HEJAZI 1969-1980 58 0 13-Dec-1950 Eman MOBALI * 2001-2011 57 2 3-Nov-1982 Omid EBRAHIMI * 2012-2022 54 0 Saeid EZZATOLLAH * 2015-2023 54 1 Rahman REZAEI 2001-2007 54 3 20-Feb-1975 Ramin REZAEIAN * 2015-2023 53 4 Mohammad KHAKPOUR 1989-2000 51 2 20-Feb-1969 Pejman MONTEZARI * 2008-2019 51 1 6-Sep-1983 Morteza POURALIGANJI * 2015-2023 51 2 Milad MOHAMMADI * 2015-2022 50 1 Gholamreza REZAEI * 2008-2013 50 11 6-Aug-1984 Vahid HASHEMIAN 1998-2009 49 15 21-Jul-1976 Hamid KAVIANPOUR 2000-2004 49 1 1-Dec-1978 Mostafa ARAB 1959-1972 48 2 31-Dec-1942 Ali Reza MANZOURIAN 1996-1998 46 8 2-Dec-1971 Khodadad AZIZI 1992-2004 45 11 22-Jun-1971 Farhad MAJIDI * 1997-2011 45 10 3-Jun-1977 Majeed NAMJOO-MUTLAQ 1986-1997 45 4 31-May-1967 Sayed Mohammed PANJALI 1978-1991 45 0 2-Dec-1961 Pejman NOURI * 2003-2013 44 4 13-Jul-1980 Sirous DEENMOHAMMADI 1993-2001 43 6 1-Oct-1970 Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD * 2012-2018 43 17 20-Sep-1987 Mahdi FONOONIZADEH 1986-1993 42 3 19-May-1955 Mehrzad MADANCHI 2003-2010 42 8 10-Jan-1985 Hamid DARAKHSHAN 1980-1993 41 9 13-Jan-1958 Mehdi TORABI * 2015-2023 41 6 Sirous GHAYEGHRAN 1986-1992 40 6 31-Dec-1962 Satar HAMEDANI 1998-2001 40 1 6-Jun-1974 Javad KAZEMIAN * 2001-2011 40 3 23-Apr-1981 Gholamhussain MAZLOOMI 1969-1977 40 19 13-Jan-1950 Reza SHAHROUDI 1996-1998 40 5 21-Mar-1972 Hassan ROWSHAN 1974-1980 39 13 2-Jun-1955 Nassrollah ABDOLLAHIE 1976-1980 38 0 2-Sep-1951 Sayed Mehdi ABTAHI 1985-1993 38 2 2-Mar-1963 Mohammed SADEGHI 1972-1978 38 4 16-Mar-1952 Arash BORHANI 2003-2009 37 10 14-Sep-1983 Ali JABBARI 1065-1974 37 10 20-Jun-1947 Hosein KANANI-ZADEGAN * 2018-2023 37 2 Mojtaba MOHARRAMI 1988-1996 37 5 16-Apr-1965 Sattar ZARE 2004-2009 36 0 27-Jan-1982 Ebrahim ASHTIANI 1969-1974 35 1 4-Jan-1942 Homayoun BEHZADI 1962-1972 35 11 20-Jun-1942 Mehrdad POOLADI * 2010-2015 35 1 26-Feb-1987 Saman GHODDOS * 2017-2022 34 2 6-Sep-1993 Jaffar KASHANI 1968-1974 34 0 4-Mar-1945 Hassan NAZARI 1975-1978 34 1 19-Aug-1956 Farshad PEYOUS 1984-1994 34 19 12-Jan-1962 Sohrab BAKHTIYARIZADEH 1997-2006 33 3 11-Sep-1974 Shahrokh BAYANI 1984-1990 33 8 31-Dec-1961 Ali Akbar OSTADASADI 1996-1998 33 0 17-Sep-1965 Ali Asghar Modir ROSTA 1990-1998 32 18 25-Jul-1968 Ebrahim GHASIMPOUR 1975-1978 31 1 11-Sep-1957 Samad MARFAVI 1987-1993 31 11 18-May-1965 Gholam Reza ENAYATI 2002-2008 30 7 23-Sep-1976 Mohsin GAROUSI 1989-1997 30 5 28-Nov-1968 Ali GHOLAZADEH * 2018-2023 30 6 Mehdi HASHEMINASAB 1999-2001 30 3 27-Jan-1974 Akbar KARGHARJAM 1971-1974 30 1 26-Dec-1944
Ali DAEI 1993-2006 108 Karim BAGHERI 1993-2009 50 Sardar AZMOUN * 2014-2023 45 Mohammed Ali KARIMI * 1998-2012 38 Javad NEKOUNAM * 2000-2015 38 Mehdi TAREMI * 2015-2023 38 Karim ANSARIFARD * 2009-2022 29 Gholamhussain MAZLOOMI 1969-1977 19 Farshad PEYOUS 1984-1994 19 Ali Asghar Modir ROSTA 1990-1998 18 Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD * 2012-2018 17 Hamid ALIDOOSTI 1977-1986 15 Vahid HASHEMIAN 1998-2009 15 Alireza JAHANBAKHSH * 2013-2023 14 Nasser MOHAMMADKHANI 1982-1990 14 Ali Reza NIKBATH-VAHEDI 2000-2008 14 Parviz QLEECHKHANI 1964-1977 14
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