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Iran

National team · Iran

«Team Melli»

73 Matches

49 wins

14 draws

10 losses

153–57 Goals

+96 Difference

2.1 Scored per game

Form W D D D L L

Готово — вот текст карточки для сборной Ирана (на английском, как требует задание):

Iran's first steps on a football pitch were taken far from Tehran: in Kabul, on 23 August 1941, the national side beat British India 1-0. The country's football federation, founded in the capital only two decades before that, was still finding its shape. The team plays under a name that needs no translation, Team Melli — occasionally the Persian Cheetahs — taking the field in green, white and red, the same order as the flag on its shirts.

Home matches are played at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, a bowl that once held close to 100,000 spectators before a 2016 rebuild made it all-seater and brought capacity down to 78,116.

Three Asian Cup titles, won in 1968, 1972 and 1976, remain the high point of the team's history. Iran has not lifted the trophy since, finishing third at the same tournament five times instead, most recently in 2023. The Asian Games brought three golds, in 1974, 1990 and 1998, and the West Asian Championship was claimed four times between 2000 and 2008. The newest addition to the cabinet is the CAFA Nations Cup, won in 2023 — for now, the closest thing Team Melli has to a current title.

Замечание: в переданных фактах не было материала о конкретном соперничестве сборной Ирана, поэтому текст открывается первым международным матчем 1941 года — старейшим проверяемым фактом, который годится для живого начала, а не датой основания.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

29 Sep	Friendlies	Russia A	0:2	L
24 Sep	Friendlies	Uzbekistan A	1:3	L
27 Jun	World Cup	Egypt A	1:1	D
21 Jun	World Cup	Belgium A	0:0	D
16 Jun	World Cup	New Zealand H	2:2	D
11 Jun	Friendlies	Grenada H

Standing

Asian Cup

Group stage · Group C

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	7:2	9
2	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	5:4	4
3	Palestine	3	1	1	1	5:5	4
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	1:7	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 73

73 Matches

49 wins

14 draws

10 losses

153–57 Goals

+96 Difference

2.1 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 73

49 14 10

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	73	37	36
Scored	153	77	76
Conceded	57	25	32
Scored per game	2.1	2.1	2.1
Conceded per game	0.8	0.7	0.9
Difference	+96	+52	+44

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa Forward 5 Matches

Mehdi Taremi Forward 5 Matches

Ali Nemati Defender 5 Matches

Saeed Ezatolahi Afagh Midfielder 5 Matches

Seyed Hossein Hosseini Goalkeeper 5 Matches

Aria Yousefi Midfielder 5 Matches

S. Hardani Defender 5 Matches

Ehsan Hajisafi Defender 5 Matches

Squad of Iran

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
24	Dennis-Yerai Eckert Ayensa	Forward	29	5
9	Mehdi Taremi	Forward		5
19	Ali Nemati	Defender		5
6	Saeed Ezatolahi Afagh	Midfielder		5
22	Seyed Hossein Hosseini	Goalkeeper		5
17	Aria Yousefi	Midfielder		5
2	S. Hardani	Defender		5
3	Ehsan Hajisafi	Defender		5
4	Shoja Khalilzadeh	Defender		5
23	R. Rezaeian	Defender		5
12	Payam Niazmand	Goalkeeper		5
16	Mohammad Ghorbani	Midfielder		5
1	Alireza Safar Beiranvand	Goalkeeper		5
29	Mohammad Mohebi	Forward		4
20	S. Moghanlou	Forward		3
26	A. Razzaghinia	Midfielder		3
11	A. Alipour	Forward		3
13	H. Kanaani	Defender		3
18	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	Forward		3
5	Milad Mohammadi Keshmarzi	Defender		3
16	Mehdi Torabi	Midfielder		3
15	Roozbeh Cheshmi	Midfielder		3
14	S. Ghoddos	Midfielder		3
10	Mehdi Ghaedi	Forward		3
7	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Forward		3
13	Mehdi Zare	Defender		2
20	Sardar Azmoun	Midfielder		2
28	Mohammad Naderi	Defender		2
11	Mehdi Limouchi	Forward		2
21	Omid Noorafkan	Midfielder		2
27	Aref Haji Eydi	Midfielder		2
26	M. Sourgi	Forward		2
18	S. Fallah	Defender		2
8	Shahab Zahedi Tabar	Forward	31	2
33	A. Aghasi	Defender		2
25	Danial Eiri	Defender		2
29	M. Mohebi	Midfielder		1
25	A. Mahmudi	Forward		1