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The first match that Team Melli played was on 23 August 1941, away at Kabul in a 1–0 win against British India, while Iran's first FIFA international match was on 25 August 1941, away at Afghanistan. [2] Iran won the Asian Cup three consecutive times (1968, 1972, 1976), to which the team has not been able to add since.
This Tehran Select team is the predecessor of Iran's national football team. The first match that Team Melli played was on 23 August 1941, away at Kabul in a 1–0 win against British India while Iran's first FIFA international match was on 25 August 1941, away at Afghanistan . [ 12 ]
The Iran national football team has represented Iran in international football since 1941. Organized by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, it is one of the 47 members of the Asian Football Confederation. The team's first international was a 0–0 draw with Afghanistan on 25 August 1941.
Top goalscorers Ali Daei is the world's former all-time leading goalscorer in international matches, having scored 108 goals in 148 matches Karim Bagheri is the world's most scoring midfielder of all-time with 50 goals in 87 matches.
Shortly, the team was qualified for the Montreal Olympic games and for the first time in Iran's history, the team qualified for the next round. The pinnacle of Mohajerani's achievement, however, was the first ever advancement of the Iran national football team to the World Cup finals in Argentina in 1978.
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Pages in category "Iran national football team records and statistics" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Name First match Last match Pld W D L GF GA GD Hassan Habibi: 5 August 1980: 25 February 1982: 12: 9: 2: 1: 39: 6 +33 Jalal Cheraghpour: 21 November 1982: 28 November 1982