The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iranian Football Federation. According to the FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking, it is ranked 4th in the world, and 1st amongst Asian Football Confederation members.
The Iranian national team is a regular participant of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, reaching third place in 2016, after eliminating the favorites, Brazil, in the round of 16. Iran has won the first Futsal Confederations Cup in 2009, and also reached the second place in the Grand Prix de Futsal, known as Futsal Mini-World Cup, in multiple editions.
Team image Nicknames The Iranian national team has received several nicknames from supporters and media. The most common one used to refer the team is "Team Melli", which literally means "The National Team". Also, "Cheetahs" are often used due to the existence of cheetahs in Iran. The picture of a cheetah is on the home kit of Iran helping to support and protect them.
Home stadium
Iran plays the home games at the Azadi Indoor Stadium with a capacity of 6,583 spectators.
Results and fixtures
Previous matches
Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Iranian scorers Match report2022 10 April 2022 Gazprom Sports Complex, Bishkek 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification 17–0 W Aghapour 5' - 15', Derakhshani 6', Tayyebi 11' - 25' - 26', Karimi 20', Ahmadabbasi 20' - 20' - 23' - 33' - 33', Kadkhodaei 34' - 35', Yousef 37' - 37', Rafieipour 38' 11 April 2022 Gazprom Sports Complex, Bishkek 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification 3–0 W Tayyebi 12', Ahmadabbasi 20', Baýramdurdyýew 38' (o.g.) 12 April 2022 Gazprom Sports Complex, Bishkek 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification 8–1 W Tayyebi 14', Ezzati 14', Rafieipour 30' - 31', Derakhshani 34', Kadkhodaei 36', Abbasi 37', Yousef 40' 11 September 2022 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok Continental Futsal Championship 2–1 W Aghapour, Oladghobad 13 September 2022 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok Continental Futsal Championship 3–1 W Javan2, Karimi 15 September 2022 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok Continental Futsal Championship 3–2 W Derakhshani, Ahmadabbasi, Aghapour 16 September 2022 Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok Continental Futsal Championship 3–4 L Ahmadabbasi, Tayyebi2 28 September 2022 Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup 5–0 W Ahmadabbasi 2' - 22',Oladghobad 2',Asadshir 9',Tayyebi 24' Report (AFC) 30 September 2022 Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup 10–1 W Bazyar 2',Tayyebi 3' - 16' - 36',Ahmadabbasi 4' - 16' - 18',Aghapour 22',Javan 28',Karimi 35' Report (AFC) 2 October 2022 Saad Al Abdullah Hall, Kuwait City 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup 9–0 W Aghapour 8' - 32',Tayyebi 17' - 39',Rhyem 17' (o.g.),Oladghobad 19',Jafari 21',Karimi 28',Bazyar 27' Report (AFC)
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Head coach Vahid ShamsaeiAssistant coaches Shahabeddin Sofalmanesh Siamak DadashiGoalkeeping coach Asghar GhahremaniSupervisor Abolfazl KarimianDoctor Mohammad Hossein MoghaddamPhysiotherapist Meysam ShirzadMasseur Hamed MasoumiProcurement Hassan Faraji Ghaleh ShahrokhiMedia director Amir KhosraviGuard Reza Mobaraki
Last updated: 2 October 2022
Players Current squad
The following players were called up to the squad for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Head coach: Vahid Shamsaei
Previous squads
FIFA Futsal World Cup 1992 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup squads
AFC Futsal Asian Cup 1999 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2000 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2001 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2002 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2003 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2004 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2005 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2007 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2008 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2010 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2022 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2024 AFC Futsal Championship squads 2026 AFC Futsal Championship squads
Notable players Mehdi Abtahi Siamak Dadashi Mohsen Garousi Behzad Gholampour Mohammad Reza Heidarian Babak Masoumi Reza Nasseri Mostafa Nazari Saeid Rajabi Vahid Shamsaei Mohammad Reza Sangsefidi Sadegh Varmazyar
Captains FIFA Futsal World Cup #Matches as captain (goals)PlayerWorld Cup played as captain18 (3)Mehdi AbtahiHong Kong 199223 (2)Sadegh VarmazyarSpain 199633 (0)Babak MasoumiGuatemala 200043 (2)Mohammad Reza HeidarianChinese Taipei 200457 (5)Vahid ShamsaeiBrazil 200864 (0)Mohammad KeshavarzThailand 201276 (1)Mohammad KeshavarzColombia 201685 (3)Ali Asghar HassanzadehLithuania 20219Uzbekistan 2024
AFC Futsal Asian Cup #Matches as captain (goals)PlayerAsian Championship played as captain1Babak MasoumiMalaysia 19992Babak MasoumiThailand 20003Mohammad Reza HeidarianIran 20014Mohammad Reza HeidarianIndonesia 20025 6 (7)Mohammad Reza HeidarianIran 20036 7 (4)Mohammad Reza HeidarianMacau 200479 (3)Mohammad Reza HeidarianVietnam 20058Uzbekistan 200696 (1)Mohammad Reza HeidarianJapan 2007106 (4)Mohammad Reza HeidarianThailand 2008116 (2)Mohammad HashemzadehUzbekistan 2010126 (7)Vahid ShamsaeiUAE 2012136 (2)Mohammad TaheriVietnam 2014146 (5)Mohammad KeshavarzUzbekistan 2016156 (12)Ali Asghar HassanzadehChinese Taipei 2018166 (10)Hossein TayyebiKuwait 202217Ali Asghar HassanzadehThailand 2024
Competitive record *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. **Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. ***Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.
FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World CupQualificationYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGDMWDLGFGAGDLink 1988Did not enterNo qualification 1992Fourth place4th85033630+62200258+17Link 1996First round11th31021214–24400478+39Link 200010th310269–32000 AFC Futsal Championship– 200411th3102913–42004 AFC Futsal Championship– 2008Second round5th74212419+52008 AFC Futsal Championship– 2012Round of 1610th421198+12012 AFC Futsal Championship– 2016Third place3rd72322224–22016 AFC Futsal Championship– 2020Quarter-finals7th53021917+2Nominated by AFCLink 2024Round of 169th43012310+132024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup– 2028---------2028 AFC Futsal Asian Cup–Total : 9/10Third place3rd4422616160144+16 66007216+56–
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
AFC Futsal Asian Cup QualificationYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGDMWDLGFGAGDLink 1999Champions1st6600907+83No qualification 200066005610+46 200177009713+84 20026600617+54 200366006013+47 200477008112+69 200586115815+43 2006Third place3rd54014612+34Automatically qualifiedLink 2007Champions1st6600509+41Automatically qualifiedLink 20086600482+46Automatically qualifiedLink 20106600579+48Automatically qualifiedLink 2012Third place3rd6501459+36Automatically qualifiedLink 2014Runners-up2nd6510528+44Automatically qualifiedLink 2016Champions1st6600484+44Automatically qualifiedLink 20186600506+442200204+16Link 2020Qualified but cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2200123+9Link 2022Runners-up2nd6501395+343300281+27Link 2024Champions1st6510259+163300344+30Link 202665102714+133300260+26LinkTotal : 18/1814 titles1st11110344990164+826 13130012012+108–
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games recordYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGD 2005*Champions1st5500413+38 2007*Champions1st77007312+61 2009*Champions1st5410647+57 2013Champions1st5500439+34 2017Champions1st66005811+47 2026TBDTotal5 titles5/528271027942+237 * Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.
Grand Prix de Futsal
Grand Prix de Futsal recordYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGD 2005Did not enter 2006 2007Runners-up2nd64021917+2 2008Did not enter 2009Runners-up2nd64112622+4 2010Fourth place4th63122415+9 2011Fourth place4th64022213+9 2013Third place3rd52121516–1 2014Third place3rd43012511+14 2015Runners-up2nd5401238+15 2018Did not enterTotalRunners-up7/113824311154102+52
Futsal Confederations Cup
Futsal Confederations Cup recordYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGD 2009Champions1st4400154+11 2013Did not enter 2014Did not qualifyTotal1 title1/34400154+11
Islamic Solidarity Games
Islamic Solidarity Games recordYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGD 2025Champions1st5320177+10Total1 title1/15320177+10
West Asian Championship
West Asian Championship recordYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGD 2007*Champions1st3300214+17 2009Did not enter 2012Champions1st4400406+342022–onwardsNot a WAFF memberTotal2 titles2/477006110+51 * Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.
Central Asian Championship
Central Asian Championship recordYearRoundRankMWDLGFGAGD 2023Champions1st5401133+10Total1 title1/15401133+10 * Iran played with U-23 team in this tournament.
Head-to-head record The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the FIFA Futsal World Cup. OpponentWin %Total
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See also Futsal in Iran Iran national football team Iran national beach soccer team Iran women's national football team Iran women's national futsal team Futsal UEFA Futsal Champions League
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