Iran women's national football team

The Iran women's national football team (recognized as IR Iran by FIFA) represents Iran in international women's football around the world, and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). The FFIRI official in charge of women's football is Seyyedeh Shohreh Mousavi.

Iran
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team Melli Baanovaan
("The Ladies National Team")
AssociationFootball Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationCAFA (Central Asia)
Head coachMaryam Azmoon
CaptainZahra Ghanbari
Top scorerZahra Ghanbari (13)[1]
Home stadiumArarat Stadium
FIFA codeIRN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 67 Increase 1 (24 March 2023)[2]
Highest48 (September 2008)
Lowest144 (December 2007)
First international
 Iran 5–0 Syria 
(Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005)
Biggest win
 Iran 13–0 Syria 
(Amman, Jordan; 3 September 2007)
Biggest defeat
 Thailand 8–1 Iran 
(Bangkok, Thailand; 8 July 2009)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)
CAFA Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best resultRunners-up (2018, 2022)

History

The first Iranian women's national team was established by Taj Tehran Football Club.[3][4][5] The Iranian women's national team has a long history, with a women's Perspolis FC team dating back to 1976.[6][7] Refounded in 2005, the team reached second place at the 2005 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in Amman, Jordan held in September and October 2005.

In May 2006, the women's team hosted their first foreign visitors when a club from Berlin, Germany called BSV Al-Dersimspor played out a 2–2 draw in Ararat Stadium, Tehran.

The team won second place again at the 2007 and 2011 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship.[8]

Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for wearing hijabs. This caused Iran to forfeit its bid to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[9][10] The ban was lifted in 2012.[11]

In 2015 there were reports that eight players on the team were males awaiting sex change operations.[12][13]

Iran qualified for their first ever AFC Women's Asian Cup when they won against Jordan on penalties in the qualifiers for the 2022 edition to be hosted in India.[14] In Iran's historic debut, Iran impressed by holding India goalless, but following India's withdrawal due to COVID-19 pandemic, Iran's only point was lost, and thus Iran was left vulnerable to China and Chinese Taipei, losing 0–7 and 0–5 in process and was eliminated as the worst third-placed team.

Team image

Nicknames

The Iran women's national football team have been known or nicknamed as the "Team Melli Baanovaan (The Ladies National Team)".

Kit suppliers

The table below shows the history of kit supplier for the Iranian national football team.

Kit supplier Period Notes
Germany Uhlsport 2019–2022
Iran Merooj 2022–present

Home stadium

Iran plays their home matches on the Ararat Stadium.

Attendance of women in football matches

On 9 November 2018 Fatma Samoura, Secretary General of International Federation of Football Association FIFA said she would ask Iranian government to end ban on women’s entry to sport stadiums.[15]

In September 2019 it was reported that Iranian female football star Sahar Khodayari, dubbed the "blue girl", died after self-immolating in front of a court in Tehran when she found out she could face a two year sentence for attempting to enter a football stadium to watch her team play.[16]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

8 July 2022 2022 CAFA Women's Championship Kyrgyzstan  0–1  Iran Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5 Report Behesht 52' Stadium: Republic Central Stadium
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
14 July 2022 2022 CAFA Women's Championship Iran  5–0  Tajikistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan
22:00 UTC+5
Report Stadium: Republic Central Stadium
Referee: Resul Mammedov (Turkmenistan)
17 July 2022 2022 CAFA Women's Championship Iran  4–0  Turkmenistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5
Report Stadium: Republic Central Stadium
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
20 July 2022 2022 CAFA Women's Championship Uzbekistan  1–0  Iran Dushanbe, Tajikistan
19:00 UTC+5 Report Stadium: Republic Central Stadium
Referee: Malika Kadyrova (Kyrgyzstan)
12 November 2022 Friendly Iran  1–0  Belarus Tehran, Iran
--:-- UTC+3:30 Motevalli 45' Report Stadium: Ararat Stadium
15 November 2022 Friendly Iran  1–1  Belarus Tehran, Iran
15:30 UTC+3:30 Ghanbari 45' Report Olkhovik 76' Stadium: Ararat Stadium

2023

5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 Iran  1–0  Myanmar Yangon, Myanmar
16:00 UTC+6:30 Report Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
Attendance: 880
Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)
8 April 2023 (2023-04-08) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1 Myanmar  1–1  Iran Yangon, Myanmar
16:00 UTC+6:30 Report
Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium
October 2023 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers–Round 2 TBD v  Iran
October 2023 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers–Round 2  Iran v TBD
October 2023 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers–Round 2 TBD v  Iran


Head-to-head record

As of 5 April 2022, after the match against  Myanmar.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Bahrain220090+9AFC
 Bangladesh2200120+12AFC
 Belarus5113310−7UEFA
 China100107−7AFC
 Chinese Taipei4103412−8AFC
 Hong Kong1010110AFC
 India3102550AFC
 Jordan105231615+1AFC
 Kyrgyzstan110010+1AFC
 Laos110051+4AFC
 Lebanon3300191+18AFC
 Myanmar511337−4AFC
   Nepal100103−3AFC
 Palestine3300200+20AFC
 Philippines200208−8AFC
 Singapore110060+6AFC
 Syria4400341+33AFC
 Thailand3003216−14AFC
 Tajikistan110050+5AFC
 Turkmenistan110040+4AFC
 United Arab Emirates211063+3AFC
 Uzbekistan8026217−15AFC
 Vietnam3003213−11AFC
Total6828931159122+37

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 14 June 2022
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Iran Maryam Azmoon
Assistant coach
Technical manager
Supervisor Iran Fatemeh Alipour

Manager history

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament#Group B.[19]

Caps correct as of 12 January 2022.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Zahra Khajavi (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 12 0 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C.
1GK Samira Mohammadi (1992-06-14) 14 June 1992 0 0 Iran Malavan Anzali
1GK Raha Yazdani (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 2 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan

2DF Zeinab Abbaspour (2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 3 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
2DF Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani (1997-06-03) 3 June 1997 19 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
2DF Hadis Basatshir (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 6 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
2DF Behnaz Taherkhani (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 20 3 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C
2DF Sepideh Nozhati (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 0 0 Iran Malavan Anzali
2DF Fatemeh Shaban (2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 11 2 Iran Zare Batri Sanandaj

3MF Shabnam Behesht (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 12 1 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
3MF Samaneh Chahkandi (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 20 4 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C
3MF Zahra Ghanbari (captain) (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 21 16 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C
3MF Fatemeh Makhdoumi (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 9 1 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
3MF Melika Mohammadi (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 9 0 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C
3MF Asma Nazari Pakdel (2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 0 0 Iran Badrood Tehran
3MF Sahar Ramezani (1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 0 0 Iran Palayesh Gaz Ilam
3MF Shaghayegh Rouzbahan (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 11 1 Iran Sepahan
3MF Sana Sadeghi (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 13 0 Iran Sepahan
3MF Mohadeseh Zolfi (2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 5 1 Iran Peykan Alborz

4FW Hajar Dabbaghi (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 20 6 Iran Sepahan
4FW Afsaneh Chatrenoor (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 18 4 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan
4FW Negin Zandi (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 7 1 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 2 years.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Zohreh Koudaei (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 30 0 Iran Zobahan 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
GK Maryam Yektaei (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 6 0 Turkey Vavacars Fatih Karagumruk 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
GK Arefeh Seyed Kazemi  ? 0 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
GK Mina Nafei (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999  ?  ? Iran Sepahan Isfahan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
GK Parisa Geravandi (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996  ?  ? Turkey Ataşehir Belediyespor -

DF Melika Motevalli (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 15 2 Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
DF Ghazaleh Bani Talebi (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 5 0 Iran Vechan Kurdistan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
DF Fatemeh Yousefi (2005-07-08) 8 July 2005  ?  ? Iran Palayesh Gaz Ilam 2022 CAFA Women's Championship

MF Annahita Zamanian (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 0 0 Italy Juventus Training camp, August 2022
MF Hasti Foroozandeh -  ?  ? Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Zahra Sarbali (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 21 0 Iran Bam Khatoon F.C 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Sara Zohrabi (1996-11-13) 13 November 1996 25 6 Iran Sepahan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Yasaman Farmani (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 8 0 Free Agent 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
MF Fatemeh Adeli (1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 22 0 Iran Sepahan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Golnoosh Khosravi (2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 5 1 Iran Vachan Kurdistan 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
MF Fatemeh Pasandideh (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004  ?  ? Iran Bam Khatoon F.C 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Zahra Masoumi (2004-06-18) 18 June 2004  ?  ? Iran Peykan Alborz 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Maryam Mohammadi Chenari  ?  ? Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
MF Fatemeh Sotoudeh Bahreini  ?  ? Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship

FW Roghayeh Jalalnasab (2003-11-03) 3 November 2003  ?  ? Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
FW Fatemeh Ghasemi (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001  ?  ? Turkey Ataşehir Belediyespor 2022 CAFA Women's Championship

Foreign-based players not yet called up to national team

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Marzieh Feyzi - 0 0 Kazakhstan Tomiris Turan
2DF Sara Valad Khani - 0 0 Germany FC Bergedorf 85

3MF Hananeh Aminghashghay (2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 0 0 Turkey Altay
3MF Mahsa Mehri - 0 0 Austria Union Kleinmünchen 1c
3MF Kimya Raietparvar Taloukie (2000-08-25) 25 August 2000 0 0 United States FC Dallas
3MF Vida Raietparvar Taloukie - 0 0 United States Dallas Texans

4FW Hadis Roustareh (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 0 0 Turkey Ilkadim Belediyespor

Captains

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics as of 1 August 2021.

Honours

Regional

Runners-up: 2005, 2007, 2011
Runners-up: 2018, 2022

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 to
China 2007
did not enter
Germany 2011did not qualify
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023
2027to be determined
Total0/9
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
United States 1996 to China 2008did not enter
United Kingdom 2012did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024to be determined
United States 2028
Australia 2032
Total0/7

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 to
Vietnam 2008
did not enter
China 2010did not qualify
Vietnam 2014
Jordan 2018
India 2022Group stage2002012−12
Total1/192002012−12
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1990 to
Indonesia 2018
did not enter
China 2022to be determined
Japan 2026
Qatar 2030
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total0/8

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Jordan 2005Runners-up 4301202
Jordan 2007Runners-up3201172
United Arab Emirates 2010Group stage200205
United Arab Emirates 2011Runners-up5410217
Jordan 2014did not enter
2019–onward Not WAFF member
Total4/7149145816

Malavan F.C. participated at the 2010.

CAFA Women's Championship

CAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Uzbekistan 2018Runners-up 4301163
Tajikistan 2022Runners-up 4301101
Total2/28602264

Iran U-23 team participated at the 2018.

FIFA World Ranking

As of 26 January 2022, after the match against  Chinese Taipei.

  Best Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Ranking    Worst Mover  

Iran's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank Year Games
Played
Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
67 Increase 1 (24 March 2023)[2]2022200270 Steady 070Steady 0
702021000070 Increase 070Steady 0

See also

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