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| Federation founded: 1920 |
| FIFA member since: 1948 |
| Confederation: AFC |
| Colours: All white with red and green borders |
| Nickname: Team Melli
|
| World Cups qualified for: 5 (of 21) |
| Best results: 14th place in 1978 |
|
 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 15
|
W 2
|
D 4
|
L 9
|
GF 9
|
GA 24
|
Pts 10
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Iran
is 48th on the all-time table.
|
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TEAM RECORDS
|
| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
- |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
- |
| Biggest win |
2-1 vs United States 1998 |
| Biggest loss |
1-4 vs Peru 1978 |
| Most wins in a row |
1 |
| Most losses in a row |
3 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
2 |
| Longest run without win |
7 |
| Longest run qualifying |
2 (2014- ) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
4 (1982-94) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
- |
| IRN vs Europe |
W0 - D2 - L6 |
| IRN vs South America |
W0 - D0 - L2 |
| IRN vs Africa |
W1 - D2 - L0 |
| IRN vs N/C America |
W1 - D0 - L1 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Ehsan Haji Safi |
6 |
2014-18 |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh |
6 |
2014-18 |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia |
6 |
1998-06 |
| Andranik Timotian |
6 |
2006-14 |
| Ali Daei |
5 |
1998-06 |
| Javad Nekounam |
5 |
2006-14 |
| Masoud Shojaei |
5 |
2006-18 |
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MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Karim Ansarifard |
1 |
2014-18 |
| Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh |
1 |
2006 |
| Iraj Danaifar |
1 |
1978 |
| Hamid Estili |
1 |
1998 |
| Reza Ghoochannejad |
1 |
2014 |
| Yahya Golmohammadi |
1 |
2006 |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia |
1 |
1998-06 |
| Hassan Rowshan |
1 |
1978 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1978 1R Netherlands L 0-3
1R Scotland D 1-1
1R Peru L 1-4
1998 1R Yugoslavia L 0-1
1R United States W 2-1
1R Germany L 0-2
2006 1R Mexico L 1-3
1R Portugal L 0-2
1R Angola D 1-1
2014 1R Nigeria D 0-0
1R Argentina L 0-1
1R Bosnia-Herzegovina L 1-3
2018 1R Morocco W 1-0
1R Spain L 0-1
1R Portugal D 1-1
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