Iran’s national team, widely known as Team Melli, combines a deep football tradition with a demanding modern international schedule. The recorded squad includes M. Taremi and A. Jahanbakhsh alongside a seven-player defensive group and three goalkeeping options. Amir Ghalenoei is the latest recorded coach and is treated as current in this profile. World Cup qualification, the World Cup, the Asian Cup and regional competition form the team’s documented competitive landscape.
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Iran Team Roster
The recorded Iran squad contains 26 players. It features six attackers, seven defenders, three goalkeepers and ten midfielders, giving the selection broad coverage across every major area. M. Taremi and A. Jahanbakhsh are among the selected names, while E. Hajisafi, H. Kanani and S. Khalilzadeh form part of the defensive group. A. Beiranvand, H. Hosseini and P. Niazmand provide the goalkeeping choices. The roster also includes S. Ezatolahi, S. Ghoddos and R. Cheshmi in midfield, with numbered shirts ranging from 1 to 26.
position Goalkeeper
Alireza Safar Beiranvand
Seyed Payam Niazmand Ghader
Seyed Hossein Hosseini
position Defender
Saleh Hardani
Ehsan Hajisafi
Shoja Khalilzadeh
Milad Mohammadi Keshmarzi
Mohammad Hossein Kanani Zadegan
Ali Nemati
Danial Iri
position Midfielder
Saeed Ezatolahi Afagh
Alireza Jahanbakhsh Jirandeh
Mohammad Mohebi
Sayed Saman Ghoddos
Roozbeh Cheshmi
Mehdi Torabi
Aria Yousefi
Mohammad Ghorbani
Ramin Rezaeian Semeskandi
Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia
position Attacker
Mehdi Taremi
Mehdi Ghaedi
Ali Alipourghara
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh
Shahriyar Moghanlou
Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa
Last Iran Coachs
Amir Ghalenoei is the latest recorded coach, appointed in March 2023, and the timeline treats him as current. The chronology also records Portugal’s Carlos Queiroz from September 2022 to January 2023, Croatia’s Dragan Skočić from February 2020 to September 2022, and Belgium’s Marc Wilmots from May to December 2019. Queiroz had an earlier recorded spell beginning in April 2011 and ending in January 2019, placing the current period within a longer sequence of successive international coaching appointments.
Amir Ghalenoei
History
| Coach | Coach country | Coach since | Coach until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Ghalenoei | Iran | 1 March 2023 | |
| Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz | Mozambique | 1 September 2022 | 1 January 2023 |
| Dragan Skočić | Croatia | 1 February 2020 | 1 September 2022 |
| Marc Robert Wilmots | Belgium | 1 May 2019 | 1 December 2019 |
| Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz | Mozambique | 1 April 2011 | 1 January 2019 |
| Alireza Mansourian | Iran | 1 January 2011 | 1 April 2011 |
| Afshin Ghotbi | Jamaica | 1 April 2009 | 1 January 2011 |
| Ali Daei | Iran | 20 March 2008 | 28 March 2009 |
| Mansour Ebrahimzadeh | Iran | 10 January 2008 | 20 March 2008 |
| Amir Ghalenoei | Iran | 1 August 2006 | 1 December 2007 |
| Branko Ivanković | Croatia | 1 September 2003 | 1 June 2006 |
| Branko Ivanković | Croatia | 1 February 2002 | 1 February 2003 |
| Miroslav Blažević | Yugoslavia | 1 April 2001 | 1 February 2002 |
Iran Transfers
Iran has no recorded club-market arrivals because a national team does not sign, buy, loan or receive players through the transfer market. Additions to the selection instead come through eligibility, call-ups, recalls and returns to international duty. The latest recorded squad contains 26 players, but the roster snapshot does not identify which individuals were newly called up or returned during this cycle. This section therefore describes the selection mechanism rather than presenting a transfer total, and it does not treat club movements as national-team arrivals.
Iran has no recorded club-market departures because a national team does not sell or loan players, and players return to their clubs outside the selection cycle. Movement out of the international group occurs through omission, withdrawal or release from camp, although no individual omission or withdrawal is identified in the available information. The 26-player recorded roster is therefore a snapshot of selection, not a departures list. No fees, destinations or transfer totals apply to this national-team page.
Transfers Synthesis
For Iran, squad movement follows the rhythm of international windows rather than a club-season calendar. The federation’s senior selection is refreshed through eligibility checks, coach decisions, call-ups, recalls and withdrawals while players remain attached to their clubs outside national-team duty. The recorded 26-player group represents the available selection at that snapshot, not a permanent register or a complete account of every player considered during the cycle. Additions can reflect first selection, a return after absence or a change in eligibility, while departures from a camp can reflect omission, withdrawal or release back to club responsibilities. No individual arrivals or departures are documented for this period, so the recorded movement pattern supports a process-based description rather than a player-by-player narrative. Amir Ghalenoei’s tenure, treated as current in the timeline from March 2023, provides the coaching frame for the selection cycle.
Leagues Iran has participated in
Iran’s documented competition profile spans the World Cup from 2014 to 2026 and World Cup Qualification Asia from 2018 to 2026; both are recent active parts of the international schedule. The record also includes the CAFA Nations Cup from 2023 to 2025 and Friendlies from 2017 to 2025, both recent in the available timeline. The Asian Cup appears from 2011 to 2023 and is historical in this profile rather than a current entry. These records show a programme combining global tournaments, Asian qualifying, regional competition and preparation matches.
More about Iran
The Iran national football team, commonly known as Team Melli, represents Iran under the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, the country’s governing federation. Its team identity dates to 1920, while the federation has been affiliated with FIFA since 1948 and joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1958. Iran is an established Asian national selection rather than a club, bringing together players from domestic and overseas football for international windows.
The team’s defining early peak came in the late 1960s and 1970s. Iran won three consecutive Asian Cup titles in 1968, 1972 and 1976, a run that established continental dominance. Its global profile has since been shaped by World Cup participation, demanding qualification campaigns and memorable group-stage performances. Regional football remains important, with participation in the CAFA Nations Cup and a particularly intense sporting rivalry with Saudi Arabia.
Azadi Stadium in Tehran has historically hosted many of Iran’s major home fixtures, but the national team has no single permanent home ground. Matches may be staged at alternative venues in Iran or elsewhere in the region according to operational circumstances. Traditional white kits with green and red accents draw on the national flag, while Team Melli and Lions of Iran are among the team’s established nicknames. The selection also carries a strong nationwide following, with major qualification campaigns generating especially vocal support.
The federation’s wider football ecosystem connects the senior side with age-group teams from under-17 through under-23 level. This pathway is intended to carry developing players into the senior setup and preserve technical continuity across international tiers. Iran’s competitive calendar combines global tournaments, Asian qualifying, regional events and friendlies, giving the team a broad platform within the AFC and the wider international game.
Last matches statistics for Iran
| match | shots | Poss. | Pass % | Fouls | Cards | Saves |
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Qatar
1 - 0
Iran
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3 / 6 |
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87 | 19 | 4 1 | 2 |
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Iran
3 - 0
North Korea
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8 / 25 |
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84 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
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Russia
2 - 1
Iran
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2 / 8 |
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71 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
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Iran
1 - 2
Nigeria
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Costa Rica
0 - 5
Iran
|
0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Iran
3 - 1
Gambia
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0 / 0 |
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0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Iran
2 - 0
Mali
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0 / 0 |
|
0% | 0 | - | 0 |
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Iran
2 - 2
New Zealand
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4 / 17 |
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77 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
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Belgium
0 - 0
Iran
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3 / 7 |
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74 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
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Egypt
1 - 1
Iran
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4 / 12 |
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77 | 16 | 4 | 2 |
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Egypt vs Iran
World Cup 2026 - 1489414
Belgium vs Iran
World Cup 2026 - 1489395
Iran vs New Zealand
World Cup 2026 - 1489378
Russia vs Iran
Friendlies 2025 - 1367144
Iran vs North Korea
World Cup - Qualification Asia 2026 - 1218562
Qatar vs Iran
World Cup - Qualification Asia 2026 - 1218554
2026
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2026
2nd shirt
2022
1st shirt
2022
2nd shirt
2018-2019
1st shirt