Javad Nekounam - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Iranian player, who obtained 149 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap   Goals	Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition
 
  1	      28- 5-00	Amman	 	Syria		1-0	WAFF Tournament
  2	      31- 5-00	Amman		Jordan		1-0	WAFF Tournament
  3	       2- 6-00	Amman		Syria		1-0	WAFF Tournament
  4	       7- 6-00	Tehran		Egypt   	1-1 [1]	LG Cup
  5	       9- 6-00	Tehran		Macedonia	3-1	LG Cup
  6	      16- 8-00	Tehran		Georgia		2-1	
  7	      19- 1-01	Tehran		China		4-0	Civilization Cup
  8	      26- 4-01	Cairo		Canada		0-1	LG Cup
  9	       8- 8-01	Tehran		Oman		5-2	LG Cup
 10	      15- 8-01	Bratislava	Slovakia	4-3	
 11	      24- 8-01	Tehran		Saudi Arabia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 12	       1- 9-01	Bangkok		Thailand	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 13	       5-10-01	Tehran		Thailand	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 14	      12-10-01	Tehran		Iraq		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 15	      19-10-01	Manama		Bahrain		1-3	World Cup Qualifier
 16	      25-10-01	Tehran		UA Emirates	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 17	      31-10-01	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 18	       6- 2-02	Tehran		Slovakia	2-3	
 19	      30- 5-02	Safat		Kuwait		3-1	
 20	      10- 8-02	Tabriz		Azerbaijan	1-1	
 21	      21- 8-02	Kyiv		Ukraine		1-0	
 22	      30- 8-02	Damascus	Jordan		0-1	WAFF Tournament
 23	       3- 9-02	Damascus	Lebanon		2-0	WAFF Tournament
 24	       5- 9-02	Damascus	Iraq   		0-0 [2]	WAFF Tournament
 25	       7- 9-02	Damascus	Syria  		2-2 [3] WAFF Tournament
 26	      19- 9-02	Tabriz		Paraguay 	1-1 [4]	LG Cup
 27	       4- 2-03	Hongkong	Uruguay 	1-1 [5]	Carlsberg Cup
 28	      13- 8-03	Tehran		Iraq		0-1	LG Cup
 29	      20- 8-03	Minsk		Belarus		1-2	
 30	       5- 9-03	Tehran		Jordan		4-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 31	      12-10-03	Tehran		New Zealand	3-0	AFC-OFC Cup
 32	      27-10-03	Pyongyang	North Korea	3-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 33	      12-11-03	Tehran		North Korea 	3-0 [6]	Asian Cup Qualifier
 34	      19-11-03	Beirut		Lebanon		3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 35	      28-11-03	Tehran		Lebanon		1-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 36	       2-12-03	Kuwait City	Kuwait		1-3	
 37	      18- 2-04	Tehran		Qatar		3-1	World Cup Qualifier
 38	      31- 3-04	Vientiane	Laos		7-0	World Cup Qualifier
 39	       9- 6-04	Tehran		Jordan		0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 40   1  1    17- 6-04	Tehran		Lebanon		4-0	WAFF Tournament
 41	 1    21- 6-04	Tehran		Syria		7-1	WAFF Tournament
 42   1	 2    23- 6-04	Tehran		Iraq		2-1	WAFF Tournament
 43   1	 3    25- 6-04	Tehran		Syria		4-1	WAFF Tournament
 44   1	 4    20- 7-04	Chongqing	Thailand	3-0	Asian Nations Cup
 45	 4    24- 7-04	Chongqing	Oman		2-2	Asian Nations Cup
 46	 4    28- 7-04	Chongqing	Japan		0-0	Asian Nations Cup
 47	 4    31- 7-04	Jinan		South Korea	4-3	Asian Nations Cup
 48	 4     3- 8-04	Beijing		China 		1-1 [7]	Asian Nations Cup
 49   1	 5     6- 8-04	Beijing		Bahrain		4-2	Asian Nations Cup
 50	 5     8- 9-04	Amman		Jordan		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 51	 5     9-10-04	Tehran		Germany		0-2	
 52	 5    13-10-04	Doha		Qatar		3-2	World Cup Qualifier
 53   2	 7    17-11-04	Tehran		Laos		7-0	World Cup Qualifier
 54	 7    18-12-04	Tehran		Panama		1-0	
 55	 7     2- 2-05	Tehran		Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-1	
 56	 7     9- 2-05	Manama		Bahrain		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 57	 7    25- 3-05	Tehran		Japan		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 58   1	 8    30- 3-05	Pyongyang	North Korea	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 59   1	 9    29- 5-05	Tehran		Azerbaijan	2-1	
 60	 9     3- 6-05	Tehran		North Korea	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 61	 9     8- 6-05	Tehran		Bahrain		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 62	 9    17- 8-05	Yokohama	Japan		1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 63   2	11    24- 8-05	Tehran		Libya		4-0	
 64	11    12-10-05	Seoul		South Korea	0-2	
 65	11    13-11-05	Tehran		Togo		2-0	LG Cup
 66	11    22- 2-06	Tehran		Taiwan		4-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 67	11     1- 3-06	Tehran		Costa Rica	3-2	
 68	11    28- 5-06	Osijek		Croatia		2-2	
 69	11    31- 5-06	Tehran		Bosnia-Herzeg.	5-2	
 70	11    11- 6-06	Nürnberg	Mexico		1-3	World Cup
 71	11    17- 6-06	Frankfurt	Portugal	0-2	World Cup
 72   1	12    16- 8-06	Tehran		Syria		1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 73	12     2- 9-06	Seoul		South Korea	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 74   1	13     6- 9-06	Aleppo		Syria		2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 75	13    11-10-06	Taipei		Taiwan		2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 76	13    15-11-06	Tehran		South Korea	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 77     13     7- 2-07  Tehran          Belarus         2-2
 78     13    24- 3-07  Doha            Qatar           1-0
 79     13     2- 6-07  San Luis Potosí Mexico          0-4
 80   2 15     2- 7-07  Tehran          Jamaica         8-1
 81     15    11- 7-07  Kuala Lumpur    Uzbekistan      2-1     Asian Nations Cup
 82   1 16    15- 7-07  Kuala Lumpur    China           2-2     Asian Nations Cup
 83   1 17    18- 7-07  Kuala Lumpur    Malaysia        2-0     Asian Nations Cup
 84     17    22- 7-07  Kuala Lumpur    South Korea     0-0 [8] Asian Nations Cup
 85   1 18    25- 5-08  Tehran          Zambia          3-2
 86     18     2- 6-08  Tehran          UA Emirates     0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 87     18     7- 6-08  Al-Ain          UA Emirates     1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 88     18    14- 6-08  Damascus        Syria           2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 89   1 19    22- 6-08  Tehran          Kuwait          2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 90   1 20     6- 9-08  Riyadh          Saudi Arabia    1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 91   1 21    15-10-08  Tehran          North Korea     2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 92     21    19-11-08  Dubai           UA Emirates     1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 93   1 22    11- 2-09  Tehran          South Korea     1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 94     22    28- 3-09  Tehran          Saudi Arabia    1-2	World Cup Qualifier
 95     22    10- 6-09  Tehran          UA Emirates     1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 96     22    17- 6-09  Seoul           South Korea     1-1 	World Cup Qualifier
 97     22    12- 8-09  Sarajevo        Bosnia & Herz.  3-2
 98     22     5- 9-09  Tashkent        Uzbekistan      0-0
 99   1 23    14-11-09  Tehran          Jordan          1-0     Asian Cup Qualifier
100     23    18-11-09  Tehran          Macedonia       1-1
101   1 24     3- 3-10  Tehran          Thailand        1-0     Asian Cup Qualifier
102     24    11- 8-10  Yerevan         Armenia         3-1
103     24     3- 9-10  Zhengzhou       China           2-0
104     24     7- 9-10  Seoul           South Korea     1-0
105     24    10-10-10  Abu Dhabi       Brazil          0-3
106     24    28-12-10  Doha            Qatar           0-0
107   1 25     2- 1-11  Rayyan          Angola          1-0
108     25    11- 1-11  Rayyan          Iraq            2-1     Asian Nations Cup
109     25    15- 1-11  Doha            North Korea     1-0     Asian Nations Cup
110     25    22- 1-11  Doha            South Korea     0-1     Asian Nations Cup
111   2 27     2- 9-11  Tehran          Indonesia       3-0     World Cup Qualifier
112     27     6- 9-11  Doha            Qatar           1-1     World Cup Qualifier
113   1 28     5-10-11  Tehran          Palestine       7-0
114     28    11-10-11  Tehran          Bahrain         6-0     World Cup Qualifier
115     28    11-11-11  Manama          Bahrain         1-1     World Cup Qualifier
116   1 29    15-11-11  Jakarta         Indonesia       4-1     World Cup Qualifier
117	29    29- 2-12	Tehran		Qatar		2-2	World Cup Qualifier
118	29    27- 5-12	Istanbul	Albania		0-1
119	29     3- 6-12	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
120	29    12- 6-12	Tehran		Qatar		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
121	29    15- 8-12	Kecskemet	Tunisia		2-2
122	29     5- 9-12	Amman		Jordan		0-0
123	29    11- 9-12	Beirut		Lebanon		0-1	World Cup Qualifier
124   1 30    16-10-12	Tehran		South Korea	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
125	30    14-11-12	Tehran		Uzbekistan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
126   3	33     6- 2-13	Tehran		Lebanon		5-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
127	33    26- 3-13	Kuwait City	Kuwait		1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
128	33     4- 6-13	Doha		Qatar		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
129   2	35    11- 6-13	Tehran		Lebanon		4-0	World Cup Qualifier
130	35    18- 6-13	Ulsan		South Korea	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
131	35    15-10-13	Tehran		Thailand	2-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
132	35    15-11-13	Bangkok		Thailand	3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
133   1	36    19-11-13	Beirut		Lebanon		4-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
134     36     5- 3-14  Tehran          Guinea          1-2
135     36    18- 5-14	Kapfenberg	Belarus		0-0
136     36    26- 5-14	Hartberg	Montenegro 	0-0
137     36    30- 5-14	Hartberg	Angola 		1-1
138	36     8- 6-14	São Paulo       Trinidad/Tobago 2-0
139	36    16- 6-14	Curitiba	Nigeria         0-0	World Cup
140	36    21- 6-14	Belo Horizonte  Argentina       0-1	World Cup
141	36    25- 6-14	Salvador	Bosnia-Herzeg.  1-3	World Cup
142	36    18-11-14  Tehran          South Korea     1-0 
143	36     4- 1-15	Wollongong	Iraq     	1-0
144	36    11- 1-15	Melbourne	Bahrain		2-0	Asian Nations Cup
145	36    15- 1-15	Sydney		Qatar		1-0	Asian Nations Cup
146	36    19- 1-15	Brisbane	UA Emirates	1-0	Asian Nations Cup
147	36    23- 1-15	Canberra	Iraq     	3-3 [9]	Asian Nations Cup
148   1	37    26- 3-15	Sankt Pölten    Chile           2-0
149   1	38    31- 3-15	Stockholm       Sweden          1-3

[1] Iran lost 8-9 on penalty kicks.
[2] Iran lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[3] Iran won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[4] Iran won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[5] Iran lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[6] Match abandoned in 61' at 1-0 (North Korea walked off) and awarded 3-0 to Iran.
[7] Iran lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[8] Iran lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[9] Iran lost 6-7 on penalty kicks. 

Remarks: These matches which Nekounam has played are not full "A" and therefore not included here:
	  12- 1-00	Los Angeles	Ecuador Olympic Team	2-1  
	   3- 3-02	Casablanca	Algeria Olympic Team	0-0	LG Cup
	  12- 4-02	Kuwait City	Kuwait “B”		0-0	West Asian Games
	  17- 8-02	Tabriz		Morocco Olympic Team	1-1	LG Cup
(1 goal)   1- 2-03	Hongkong	Denmark	League XI	1-0 	Carlsberg Cup
	  30- 5-03	Abuja		Cameroon League XI	1-2	LG Cup
	  15- 8-03	Tehran		Cameroon Team XI	4-1	LG Cup
(1 goal)  28- 6-07      Tehran          Ghana U-23              4-2 


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   149    88   37   24  273- 122     213      71.48


     		     Matches	Goals
Friendlies		44	10
World Cup Qualifier	44	13
Asian Cup Qualifier	18	 8
Asian Nations Cup	17	 4
WAFF Tournament		11	 3
Other Tournaments	10	 0
World Cup		 5	 0

Total: 		       149	38

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