Iran national football team

**Iran national football team** is the national football team of Iran.

## Most appearances

|Pos|Player|Apps|Goals|Career|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ali Daei|149|109|1993-2006|
|2|**Ali Karimi**|109|35|1998-present|
|3|**Mehdi Mahdavikia**|103|12|1996-present|
|4|**Javad Nekounam**|97|22|2000-present|
|5|**Karim Bagheri**|82|48|1993-2010|
|5|Hamid Reza Estili|82|12|1990-2000|
|6|Javad Zarincheh|80|1|1987-2000|
|8|Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh|79|0|1987-1998|
|9|Ali Parvin|76|13|1970-1980|
|10|**Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht**|74|14|2000-present|

## Top scorers

|Pos|Player|Goals|Apps|Career|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ali Daei|109|149|1993-2006|
|2|**Karim Bagheri**|51|82|1993-2010|
|3|**Ali Karimi**|35|109|1998-present|
|4|**Javad Nekounam**|22|97|2000-present|
|5|Gholam Hossein Mazloomi|19|40|1969-1977|
|5|Farshad Pious|19|34|1984-1994|
|7|Ali Asghar Modir Roosta|18|32|1990-1998|
|8|**Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht**|14|74|2000-present|
|9|Ali Parvin|13|76|1970-1980|
|9|**Vahid Hashemian**|13|41|1998-2012|
|9|Hassan Rowshan|13|39|1974-1980|

## Infobox (national football team)

- **name**: Iran national football team
- **nickname**: _Team Melli_
_Iran men's national football team#Nicknames, other nicknames_
- **association**:
_Fedrāsion-e Futbāll-e Irān_
- **fifa trigramme**: IRN
- **fifa rank**: 22  2 (29 June 2023)
- **fifa max**: 15
- **fifa max date**: August 2005
- **fifa min**: 122
- **fifa min date**: May 1996
- **elo max**: 18
- **elo max date**: 12 April 2005, 24 January 2019
- **elo min**: 77
- **elo min date**: 11 December 1959
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **sub-confederation**: Central Asian Football Association, CAFA (Central Asia)
- **coach**: Amir Ghalenoei
- **captain**: Ehsan Hajsafi
- **most caps**: Javad Nekounam (149)
- **top scorer**: Ali Daei (109)
- **home stadium**: Azadi Stadium
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- **first game**: 0–0
(Kabul, Afghanistan; 25 August 1941)
- **largest win**: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round#Group 2, 19–0
(Tabriz, Iran; 24 November 2000)
- **largest loss**: 6–1
(Istanbul, Turkey; 28 May 1950)
- **world cup apps**: 6
- **world cup first**: 1978
- **world cup best**: Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022
- **regional name**: AFC Asian Cup, Asian Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 15
- **regional cup first**: Asian Cup 1968, 1968
- **regional cup best**: Champions (Asian Cup 1968, 1968, Asian Cup 1972, 1972, Asian Cup 1976, 1976)
- **2ndregional name**: Summer Olympics, Olympic Games
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 3
- **2ndregional cup first**: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968
- **2ndregional cup best**: Quarter-finals (Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976)