Iran Squad, Fixtures, Results, Stats and Ratings

Recent Matches

A record of the recent fixtures played by Iran with their matchratings. The matchratings (which displays the performance/form) range from zero to 10 and are calculated via our algorithms.

Comp	Date		Fixture
WQA	Nov 19, 2024	W	Kyrgyz Rep 2 - 3 Iran
WQA	Mar 20, 2025	W	Iran 2 - 0 UAE
WQA	Mar 25, 2025	D	Iran 2 - 2 Uzbekistan
WQA	Jun 5, 2025	L	Qatar 1 - 0 Iran
WQA	Jun 10, 2025	W	Iran 3 - 0 Korea DPR
FWC	Jun 16, 2026		Iran 03:00 New Zealand
FWC	Jun 21, 2026		Belgium 21:00 Iran
FWC	Jun 27, 2026		Egypt 05:00 Iran

All Matches

Squad Season 2026 Canada/Mexico/USA Stats

Below is the Iran first-team squad for the 2026 Canada/Mexico/USA season ranked by position from goalkeeper to strikers. Use the menu to sort the list per statistic including their FC Player Form Ranking.

General information
FIFA World Cup

General
Discipline
Defending
Errors
Disruption
Passing
Creation
Attacking
Decisive
Goalkeeping

NAME	POSITION	AGE	HEIGHT	WEIGHT
Goalkeepers
Goalkeepers
Mohammad Reza Akhbari GK	GK	33	191	87	N/A
Ahmad Gohari GK	GK	30	188		N/A
Hossein Hosseini GK	GK	33	187	81	N/A
Mohammad Khalifeh GK	GK	21			N/A
Payam Niazmand GK	GK	30	195	90	N/A
Ali Reza Beiranvand GK	GK	33	195	84	N/A
Defenders
Defenders
Danial Esmaeilifar D (R)	D (R)	32			N/A
Saleh Hardani D (R)	D (R)	27	176		N/A
Arya Yousefi D (R)	D (R)	23	181	73	N/A
Milad Mohammadi D (L)	D (L)	32	178	70	N/A
Omid Nor Afkan D (L), DM (C)	D (L), DM (C)	28	181	78	N/A
Amin Hazbavi D (C)	D (C)	22			N/A
Majid Hosseini D (C)	D (C)	29	183	86	N/A
Danial Iri D	D	22			N/A
Hossein Kanani D (C)	D (C)	31	185	89	N/A
Shojae Khalilzadeh D (CR)	D (CR)	36	179	75	N/A
Ali Nemati D (CL)	D (CL)	30	182		N/A
Mahdi Zare D (C)	D (C)	23			N/A
Midfielders
Midfielders
Saeid Ezatolahi DM, M (C)	DM, M (C)	29	191	89	N/A
Mehdi Tikdari M (R)	M (R)	29	184		N/A
Ali Reza Kooshki M (L)	M (L)	26	170		N/A
Saman Ghoddoos M, DM (C)	M, DM (C)	32	175	79	41
Mohammad Ghorbani M, DM (C)	M, DM (C)	24			N/A
Hadi Habibi Nezhad M	M	30	175		N/A
Mahdi Hashemnezhad AM (R)	AM (R)	24			N/A
Mohammad Omari AM (C)	AM (C)	25			N/A
Attackers
Attackers
Mohammad Mohebbi F (LC)	F (LC)	27	187	83	N/A
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh F, AM (C)	F, AM (C)	25	179	80	N/A
Ali Alipour S (C), AM (L)	S (C), AM (L)	30	181		N/A
Mehdi Taremi S, AM (C)	S, AM (C)	33	185	82	62

Profile

Nation: IR Iran
City:
Manager: Amir Ghalehnoy
Nicknames: تیم ملی / شیران ایران / شاهزادگان پارسی

Team Colors:
Youngest Player: Mohammad Khalifeh (21)
Oldest Player: Shojae Khalilzadeh (36)

This season competition(s): FIFA World Cup (2026 Canada/Mexico/USA)

About Iran

The Iranian Football Federation was not established until 1920 and it would take a further 58 years to make their first appearance at a World Cup. In 1978 they made their bow in a tough group alongside Peru, Scotland, and the Netherlands. They managed to claim one point in their group, against the fancied Scots and it was regarded as a hugely positive step forward for the nation. The 1979 Iranian Revolution put football in the background but they would eventually return to the competition in France 98 which would be the location of their best-ever World Cup moment. When Iran was drawn alongside the United States in the group stage, organisers were concerned due to the political unrest between the two nations. However, both sets of players, in a great display of solidarity, exchanged pictures and flowers before the match, before Iran went on to win 2-1 with Hamid Estili and Mehdi Mahdavikia getting the goals, securing the nation’s first and only win at the World Cup. Iran subsequently qualified for the 2006 and 2014 editions of the tournament, and claimed their first-ever clean sheet in the latter, when they held Nigeria to a goalless draw. They also qualified for the 2018 World Cup, with their recent successes coming under the control of former Real Madrid boss Carlos Queiroz. Iran’s record appearance-maker is Javad Nekounam with 151 caps, while their top scorer is Ali Daei, who is the world’s all-time leading goalscorer in international matches.