Iran women's national football team
The Iran women's national football team (recognized as IR Iran by FIFA) represents Iran in international women's football around the world, and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). The FFIRI official in charge of women's football is Seyyedeh Shohreh Mousavi. History. The first Iranian women's national team was established by Taj Tehran Football Club. The Iranian women's national team has a long history, with a women's Perspolis FC team dating back to 1976. Refounded in 2005, the team reached second place at the  2005 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in Amman, Jordan held in September and October 2005. In May 2006, the women's team hosted their first foreign visitors when a club from Berlin, Germany called BSV Al-Dersimspor played out a 2–2 draw in Ararat Stadium, Tehran. The team won second place again at the 2007 and 2011 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship. Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for wearing hijabs. This caused Iran to forfeit its bid to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The ban was lifted in 2012 . In 2015 there were reports that eight players on the team were males awaiting sex change operations. Iran qualified for their first ever AFC Women's Asian Cup when they won against Jordan on penalties in the qualifiers for the 2022 edition to be hosted in India. Attendance of women in football matches. On 9 November 2018 Fatma Samoura, Secretary General of International Federation of Football Association FIFA said she would ask Iranian government to end ban on women’s entry to sport stadiums. In September 2019 it was reported that Iranian female football star Sahar Khodayari, dubbed the "blue  girl", died after self-immolating in front of a court in Tehran when she found out she could face a two year sentence for attempting to enter a football stadium to watch her team play. Team image. Nicknames. The Iran women's national football team have been known or nicknamed as the ""Team Melli Baanovaan" (The Ladies National Team)". Home stadium. Iran plays their home matches on the Ararat Stadium. FIFA World Ranking. , "after the match against ". Results and fixtures. The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have  been scheduled. Kit suppliers. The table below shows the history of kit supplier for the Iranian national football team. Head-to-head record. , "after the match against ". Players. Current squad. The following 22 players were called up for the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 on 12 January 2022. "Information correct as of 12 January 2022." Recent call-ups. The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months. Records. "*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 August 2021." Competitive record. CAFA Women's Championship. Iran U-23 team participated at the 2018. WAFF Women 's Championship. Malavan F.C. participated at the 2010.