Iran national futsal team

The **Iran national futsal team** represents Iran in international futsal tournaments. They have qualified at every FIFA Futsal World Cup since 1992 with its best finish being third place in 2016.

## 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

|colspan=11|FIFA Futsal World Cup record|style="width:1" rowspan="12"||colspan=6|Qualification record||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989|_did not enter_|_did not enter_|||||||||||||||
|1992|Fourth Place|4th|8|5|0|3|36|30|+6|15|2|2|0|0|25|8|
|1996|First round|11th|3|1|0|2|12|13|-1|3|4|4|0|0|47|8|
|2000|First round|10th|3|1|0|2|6|9|-3|3|_Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship_||||||
|2004|First round|11th|3|1|0|2|9|13|-4|3|||||||
|2008|Second round|5th|7|4|2|1|24|19|+5|14|||||||
|2012|Round of 16|10th|4|2|1|1|9|8|+1|7|||||||
|2016|**Third Place**|3rd|7|2|3|2|22|24|-2|9|||||||
|2021|Quarter-finals|7th|5|3|0|2|19|17|+2|9|_Nominated by AFC_||||||
|2024|_Qualified_|_Qualification via AFC Futsal Asian Cup_|||||||||||||||

### AFC Futsal Asian Cup

|colspan=11|AFC Futsal Asian Cup record|style="width:1" rowspan="21"||colspan=6|Qualification record||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1999|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|90|7|+83|18|_No qualification_||||||
|2000|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|56|10|+46|18|||||||
|2001|**Champions**|1st|7|7|0|0|97|13|+84|21|||||||
|2002|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|61|7|+54|18|||||||
|2003|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|60|13|+47|18|||||||
|2004|**Champions**|1st|7|7|0|0|81|12|+69|21|||||||
|2005|**Champions**|1st|8|6|1|1|58|15|+43|19|||||||
|2006|Third Place|3rd|5|4|0|1|46|12|+34|12|_Automatically qualified_||||||
|2007|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|50|9|+41|18|||||||
|2008|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|48|2|+46|18|||||||
|2010|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|57|9|+48|18|||||||
|2012|Third Place|3rd|6|5|0|1|45|9|+36|15|||||||
|2014|Runners-up|2nd|6|5|1|0|52|8|+44|16|||||||
|2016|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|48|4|+44|18|||||||
|2018|**Champions**|1st|6|6|0|0|50|6|+44|18|2|2|0|0|20|4|
|2020|_Qualified but tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic_|2|2|0|0|12|3||||||||||
|2022|Runners-up|2nd|6|5|0|1|39|5|+34|15|3|3|0|0|28|1|
|2024|**Champions**|1st|6|5|1|0|25|9|+16|16|3|3|0|0|34|4|

## Infobox (national futsal team)

- **badge size**: 130px
- **fifa trigramme**: IRN
- **fifa rank**: 4 (6 May 2024)
- **nickname**: _Team Melli_
(Persian language, Persian: **تیم ملی  **)
"The National Team",
_Cheetahs_
(Persian: **یوزها**)
 (Persian: **شیرهای ایرانی**)
"Iranian Lions"
- **association**: Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, FFIRI
- **confederation**: Asian Football Confederation, AFC (Asia)
- **coach**: Vahid Shamsaei
- **assistant coach**: Shahabeddin Sofalmanesh
- **captain**: Hossein Tayyebi
- **most caps**: Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (297)
- **top scorer**: Vahid Shamsaei (392)
- **home stadium**: Azadi Indoor Stadium
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- **first game**: 19–6
(Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
- **largest loss**: 8–1
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000)
- **largest win**: 36–0
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999)
- **world cup apps**: 9
- **world cup first**: 1992
- **world cup best**: **Third Place** (2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, 2016)
- **regional name**: AFC Futsal Asian Cup
- **regional cup apps**: 17 (all)
- **regional cup first**: 1999 AFC Futsal Championship, 1999
- **regional cup best**: **Champions** (1999 AFC Futsal Championship, 1999, 2000 AFC Futsal Championship, 2000, 2001 AFC Futsal Championship, 2001, 2002 AFC Futsal Championship, 2002, 2003 AFC Futsal Championship, 2003, 2004 AFC Futsal Championship, 2004, 2005 AFC Futsal Championship, 2005, 2007 AFC Futsal Championship, 2007, 2008 AFC Futsal Championship, 2008, 2010 AFC Futsal Championship, 2010, 2016 AFC Futsal Championship, 2016, 2018 AFC Futsal Championship, 2018, 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, 2024)
 **Runners up** (2014 AFC Futsal Championship, 2014, 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup, 2022)
 **Third Place** (2006 AFC Futsal Championship, 2006, 2012 AFC Futsal Championship, 2012)
- **2ndregional name**: CAFA Futsal Cup
- **2ndregional cup apps**: 1
- **2ndregional cup first**: 2023 CAFA Futsal Cup, 2023 Muhammad Futsal Cup
- **2ndregional cup best**: **Champions** (2023 CAFA Futsal Cup, 2023)
- **grand prix apps**: 7
- **grand prix first**: 2007 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2007
- **grand prix best**: Runners-up (2007 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2007, 2009 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2009, 2015 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2015)
 Third Place (2013 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2013, 2014 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2014)
4th place (2010 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2010, 2011 Grand Prix de Futsal, 2011)
- **confederations cup apps**: 2
- **confederations cup first**: 2009 Al-Fateh Confederations Futsal Cup, 2009, Futsal Confederations Cup, 2022
- **confederations cup best**:  **Champions** (2009 Al-Fateh Confederations Futsal Cup, 2009)
  **Runners up** (Futsal Confederations Cup, 2022)