This article lists various football records in relation to the Iran national football team (Team Melli). The page is updated where necessary after each Iran match, and is correct as of 9 January 2008.
Most appearances
Javad Nekounam, 151 caps, 2000 - 2015
Ali Daei, 149 caps, 1993 - 2006
Other centurions
Ali Karimi, 127 caps, 1998 - 2013
Mehdi Mahdavikia, 111 caps, 1996 - 2009
Most consecutive appearances
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Most appearances as a substitute
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Most appearances as a substitute without ever starting a game
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Longest Iranian career
Javad Nekounam, 16 years and ... months
Karim Bagheri, 15 years and ... months
Mehdi Mahdavikia, 13 years and ... months
Mohammad Panjali, 13 years and 5 months
Ali Daei, 13 years and ... months
Yahya Golmohammadi, 13 years and ... months
Parviz Ghelichkhani, 13 years and ... months
Hamid Derakhshan, 13 years and ... months
Mostafa Arab, 12 years and ... months
Shortest Iranian career
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Youngest player
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Oldest player
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Oldest debutant
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Most appearances at the World Cup finals
Mehdi Mahdavikia, 6 Games, 1998, 2006
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals
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Most non-playing selections for the World Cup finals
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Oldest player to feature at the World Cup finals
Ali Daei, 37 years, 2006
Oldest outfield player to feature at the World Cup finals
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Youngest player to feature at the World Cup finals
Hossein Kaebi, 20 years and 9 months, 2006.
First player to debut at the World Cup finals
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Most appearances at the Asian Championship finals
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Most consecutive appearances at the Asian Championship finals
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Most appearances without ever playing at the Asian Championship finals
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Appearances at three Asian Championship final tournaments
Mehdi Mahdavikia, 4 Tournaments 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
Most non-playing selections for the Asian Championship finals
?
Oldest player to feature at the Asian Championship finals
Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004
Oldest outfield player to feature at the Asian Championship finals
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Youngest player to feature at the Asian Championship finals
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First player to debut at the Asian Championship finals
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Most appearances on aggregate at the World Cup and Asian Championship finals
Mehdi Mahdavikia, 2 World Cups 1998, 2006 and
4 Asian Cups 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals or the Asian Championship finals
?
Fewest appearances while still playing at the World Cup finals and Asian Championship finals
?
Most appearances without ever being in a World Cup or Asian Championship finals squad
?
Most consecutive years of appearances
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Longest wait between appearances
?
Most tournaments appeared in consecutively
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Appearances in three separate decades
Mostafa Arab 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Nasser Hejazi 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Mohammad Panjali 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Mohammad Khakpour 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Javad Zarincheh 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
First player to make tournament appearances in three separate decades
Mostafa Arab
First appearance by a player who had never played for an Iranian club
Ferydoon Zandi,
vs Bahrain on 9 February 2005
First player to debut as a substitute
Mohammad Mohajer,
on 25 August 1941 vs Afghanistan
Last appearance by a player from outside the top division of a country
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Most appearances per Iranian club
Most appearances with non-Iranian
As of 2 September 2016, the players with the most caps for Iran are:
The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
bold names denotes a player still playing or available for selection.
First goal
Masoud Boroumand vs Turkey in a Friendly 26-Oct-47
Most goals
Ali Daei, 109, (1993 - 2006)
Most goals in a match
Karim Bagheri, 7 goals, vs Maldives on 02-Jun-97 (1998 World Cup Qualification)
Karim Bagheri, 6 goals, vs Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
Ali Daei, 5 goals, vs Sri Lanka on 12-Jun-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Four goals in a match
Behtash Fariba, vs Bangladesh on 22-Sep-80 (1980 AFC Asian Cup)
Nasser Mohammadkhani, vs Bangladesh on 07-Aug-84 (1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification);
Ali Asghar Modir Roosta, vs Taiwan on 25-Jun-93 (1994 World Cup qualification)
Ali Daei, vs Nepal on 10-Jun-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Ali Daei, vs South Korea on 16-Dec-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup)
Ali Karimi, vs Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
Ali Daei, vs Laos on 17-Nov-04 (2006 World Cup qualification)
Three goals in a match
Masoud Boroumand, vs Pakistan on 27-Oct-50
Abbas Hajari, vs Pakistan on 14-Dec-59 (1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Ali Jabbari, vs Pakistan on 12-Mar-69
Hossein Kalani, vs Iraq on 9-May-72 (1972 AFC Asian Cup)
Ali Jabbari, vs Thailand on 13-May-72 (1972 AFC Asian Cup)
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, vs Pakistan on 3-Sep-74 (1974 Asian Games)
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, vs South Yemen on 8-Jun-76 (1976 AFC Asian Cup)
Karim Bavi, vs Nepal on 4-Jun-88 (1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Farshad Pious, vs Malaysia on 24-Sep-90 (1990 Asian Games)
Karim Bagheri, vs Sri Lanka on 17-Jun-96 (1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Hamid Estili, vs Maldives on 02-Jun-97 (1998 World Cup Qualification)
Ali Daei, vs Uzbekistan on 14-Dec-98 (1998 Asian Games)
Ali Daei, vs Maldives on 31-Mar-00 (2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Ali Daei, vs Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
Farhad Majidi, vs Guam on 24-Nov-00 (2002 World Cup Qualification)
Sirous Dinmohammadi, vs Oman on 8-Aug-01
Ali Karimi, vs Slovakia on 15-Aug-01
Ali Daei, vs Lebanon on 17-Jun-04 (2004 WAFF West Asian Championship)
Ali Karimi, vs South Korea on 31-Jul-04 (2004 AFC Asian Cup)
Javad Nekounam, vs Lebanon on 6-Feb-13 (2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification)
Sardar Azmoun, vs Macedonia on 2-Jun-16
Scoring in most consecutive matches
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Most goals on debut
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Most goals in a single World Cup tournament
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Most goals in total at World Cup tournaments
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Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying campaign
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Most goals in a single World Cup finals match
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Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying match
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First goal in a World Cup finals match
Iraj Danaeifard, 1978 FIFA World Cup vs
Scotland
First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign
Gholam Vafakhah,
vs Kuwait on 6-May-73 (1974 World Cup Qualification)
Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup finals
Yahya Golmohammadi,
35 years, 2006
Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup finals
Mehdi Mahdavikia,
20 years, 1998
Most goals in a single Asian Championship tournament
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Most goals in total at Asian Championship tournaments
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Most goals in a single Asian Championship qualifying campaign
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Most goals in a single Asian Championship finals match
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Most goals in a single Asian Championship qualifying match
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First goal in an Asian Championship finals match
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First goal in an Asian Championship qualifying campaign
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Oldest goalscorer at the Asian Championship finals
Ali Daei,
35 years, 2004
Youngest goalscorer at the Asian Championship finals
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Most goals in a single calendar year
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Most goals scored from penalties
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Most goals in penalty shoot-outs
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Most goals scored by a defender
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Oldest goalscorer
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Youngest goalscorer
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First goal by a substitute
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Fastest goal from kickoff
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Fastest goal at Azadi
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Fastest goal at the World Cup finals
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Fastest goal at the Asian Championship finals
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Fastest goal by a substitute
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Most appearances for an outfield player without ever scoring
?
Goals in three separate decades
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Most consecutive goalscoring tournaments
?
First Iranian goalscorer at the Azadi Stadium
Parviz Ghelichkhani vs
Australia 24 August 1973
As of 8 June 2014, the players with the most goals for Iran are:
The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
bold names denotes a player still playing or available for selection.
First captain
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Most appearances as captain
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Youngest captain
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Most red cards
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List of all Iranian players sent off
First substitute
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Club providing the most Iranian internationals in total
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Non-Iranian club providing the most Iranian internationals in total
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Most appearances on aggregate from one club's players
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Most goals on aggregate from one club's players
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Most penalty saves
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Most penalty saves in shoot outs
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Most penalty misses
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Shortest player
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Tallest player
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Heaviest player
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Longest-lived player
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Most clubs represented by one player in an Iranian career
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Iranian players who later became manager/head coach
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As of 5 March 2014
consist of only official international "A" Senior matches (not include Youth, B Team and club team results).
Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesl/lgcup.html
1-Third Place Match [Jun 1] Iran not play Ghana [Iran waited for 35 minutes on the pitch, while Ghana did not show up at all, apparently demanding prize money for the fourth place finishers (uncommon in LG tournaments). Eventually Iran left, without obtaining any information from the Nigerian 'organisers'. One day later, the Nigerian FA awarded Ghana third place (and the relevant prize money) because Iran had left the pitch (sic!). Iran have understandably protested.]
2-apparently only 2 matches were played ([Oct 4] Iraq 0-2 Iran and [Oct 6] Jordan 0-0 Iran), structure of tournament unclear.
consist of only official international "A" Senior matches (not include Youth, B Team and club team results).
Quaid-E-Azam International Cup
1985 Nehru Cup
1999 Ciao February Cup
2001 Civilization Cup
2005 Tehran Cup
Two Tournament for A team but iran send B team and club team.
all matches is unofficial international "A" Senior matches.
This table consist of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not include 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament). Also only official international "A" Senior matches (not include Youth, B Team and club team results).
As a 11 Nov 2016
As of 11 November 2016
consist of only official international "A" Senior matches (not include Youth, B Team and club team results).
Exclude of 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qual because of counted in FIFA World Cup Qual (2018) matches.
consist of only 2 sided team friendly match results (not include 3 and 4 nations cup and other friendly and Minor Tournament).
Highest FIFA ranking
15 (July 2005)
Lowest FIFA ranking
122 (May 1996)
Best mover
65 (July 1996)
Worst mover
-43 (October 1995)
