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FIFA #20 · 43 matches on record
Form (last 10) latest →
D D W W W L L W W L
5W · 2D · 3L
Squad avg
37
/ 100 · 26 players
Best XI
44
/ 100 · starting 11
Best player
Mehdi Taremi
Forward 53
Squad radar
Strengths by zone overall · 0–100
Offense
— players
Midfield
— players
Defense
— players
GK
— players
Amir Ghalenoei
Head coach
Amir Ghalenoei
62 yrs · contract —
Squad 26 players
Name Age Pos Club MV Caps Form Qual Exp Lev Play
Shahriyar Moghanlou 31 FWD Ittihad Kalba €772k 21 46 30 47 32 39 36
Danial Iri 22 5 39 1 13 0 11 10
Shoja Khalilzadeh 37 DEF Tractor €99k 49 37 18 84 32 36 35
Mohammad Mohebi 27 FWD FK Rostov €2.4m 38 44 42 52 52 48 46
Aria Yousefi 24 DEF Sepahan €1.5m 18 33 42 29 32 15 34
Alireza Jahanbakhsh 32 FWD Dender €461k 92 41 24 82 63 30 41
Milad Mohammadi 32 DEF Persepolis €842k 77 23 43 82 32 18 41
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh 25 FWD Tractor €2.2m 26 34 39 38 32 15 33
Amirmohammad Razzaghinia 20 MID Esteghlal F.C. €1.1m 21 29 24 22 32 8 23
Payam Niazmand 31 GK Persepolis €635k 15 23 42 42 32 3 32
Ehsan Hajsafi 36 DEF Sepahan €255k 88 34 33 91 32 15 39
Dennis Eckert 29 FWD St. Liege €1.9m 0 44 41 25 58 31 40
Roozbeh Cheshmi 32 MID Esteghlal F.C. €421k 41 25 23 66 32 50 35
Hossein Kanaani 32 DEF Persepolis €1.5m 65 25 52 82 32 14 44
Ramin Rezaeian 36 DEF Foolad €230k 72 29 31 91 32 19 38
Mehdi Ghaedi 27 MID Al Nasr €4.3m 37 43 51 51 32 38 45
Saeid Ezatolahi 29 MID Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai €1.8m 84 54 40 75 32 59 49
Hossein Hosseini 33 GK Sepahan €496k 14 29 42 46 32 3 34
Mehdi Torabi 31 FWD Tractor €1.2m 53 31 37 74 32 9 37
Ali Nemati 30 DEF Foolad €507k 18 24 28 42 32 33 31
Mohammad Ghorbani 25 DEF Al Wahda €1.1m 25 42 37 37 32 30 36
Saleh Hardani 27 DEF Esteghlal F.C. €828k 17 32 33 35 32 14 30
Ali Alipour 30 FWD Persepolis €1.5m 12 24 39 37 32 6 31
Mehdi Taremi 33 FWD Olympiacos Piraeus €2.0m 104 52 49 84 47 43 53
Saman Ghoddos 32 MID Ittihad Kalba €1.2m 69 50 39 82 40 57 49
Alireza Beiranvand 33 GK Tractor €618k 85 39 49 84 32 31 47
Upcoming fixtures 4
Jun 27 WC Egypt vs Iran
Jan 9 AC Iran vs China
Jan 13 AC Kyrgyzstan vs Iran
Jan 18 AC Iran vs Syria
Last 20 results
Jun 21 WC Belgium 0–0 Iran D
Jun 16 WC Iran 2–2 New Zealand D
Jun 4 FI Iran 2–0 Mali W
May 29 FI Iran 3–1 Gambia W
Mar 31 FI Costa Rica 0–5 Iran W
Mar 27 FI Iran 1–2 Nigeria L
Nov 18 FI Uzbekistan 1–0 Iran L
Nov 13 FI Iran 1–0 Cape Verde W
Oct 14 FI Iran 2–0 Tanzania W
Oct 10 FI Russia 2–1 Iran L
Sep 8 CAC Uzbekistan 1–0 Iran L
Sep 4 CAC Tajikistan 2–2 Iran D
Sep 1 CAC India 0–3 Iran W
Aug 29 CAC Iran 3–1 Afghanistan W
Jun 10 WC Iran 3–0 North Korea W
Jun 5 WC Qatar 1–0 Iran L
Mar 25 WC Iran 2–2 Uzbekistan D
Mar 20 WC Iran 2–0 United Arab Emirates W
Nov 19 WC Kyrgyzstan 2–3 Iran W
Nov 14 WC North Korea 2–3 Iran W