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
Nickname(s)Team Melli Baanovaan
("The Ladies National Team")
AssociationFootball Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationCAFA (Central Asia)
Head coachMaryam Irandoost
CaptainBehnaz Taherkhani
Top scorerZahra Ghanbari (13)[1]
Home stadiumArarat Stadium
FIFA codeIRN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 70 (25 March 2022)[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)
 Iran 0–7 China PR 
(Mumbai, India; 23 January 2022)
World Cup
Appearances0
Best result-
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2022)
Best resultGroup stage (2022)
Medal record
Women's football
CAFA Championship
2018 UzbekistanTeam
WAFF Women's Championship
2005 JordanTeam
2007 JordanTeam
2011 UAETeam

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]

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]

Team image

Nicknames

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

Home stadium

Iran plays their home matches on the Ararat Stadium.

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
70 (25 March 2022)[2]20222002 70 070 0
7020210000 70 070 0

Results and fixtures
Main article: Iran women's national football team results
See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

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

2021
8 June 2021 Friendly Belarus  6–0  Iran Mogilev, Belarus
Report (SW) Stadium: Spartak Stadium
11 June 2021 Friendly Uzbekistan  5–0  Iran Minsk, Belarus
Report (SW)
23 August 2021 Friendly Uzbekistan  2–0  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report (SW)
26 August 2021 Friendly Uzbekistan  1–1  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report (SW)
22 September 2021 (2021-09-22) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group G Iran  5–0  Bangladesh Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+3
Source (AFC) Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
25 September 2021 (2021-09-25) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification Group G Jordan  0–0
(2–4 p)		  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+3 Source (AFC) Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Penalties

2022
20 January 2022 (2022-01-20) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup India  Voided (0–0)  Iran Navi Mumbai, India
Report Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)
23 January 2022 (2022-01-23) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Iran  0–7  China PR Mumbai, India
Report Shuang 28', 49' (pen.)
Yuyi 43'
Shanshan 55', 59'
Jiali 77'
Adeli 82' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
26 January 2022 (2022-01-26) 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Chinese Taipei  5–0  Iran Navi Mumbai, India
 Report Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Kit suppliers

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

Kit supplier Period Notes
Adidas 1978
Puma[17] 1980
Amini[18] 1981–1993
Shekari 1993–1998
Puma 1998–2000
Shekari 2000–2003
Daei Sport 2003–2006
Puma 2006–2007
Merooj 2007–2008
Daei Sport 2008–2009
Legea 2009–2012
Uhlsport[19] 2012–2016
Givova[20] 2016
Adidas[21] 2016–2019
Uhlsport 2019–2022
Merooj 2022–Present

Head-to-head record
As of 26 January 2022, after the match against  Chinese Taipei.
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Confederation
 Bahrain220090+9AFC
 Bangladesh2200120+12AFC
 Belarus300319−8UEFA
 China PR100107−7AFC
 Chinese Taipei4103412−8AFC
 Hong Kong1010110AFC
 India4112550AFC
 Jordan105231615+1AFC
 Laos110051+4AFC
 Lebanon3300191+18AFC
 Myanmar300316−5AFC
   Nepal100103−3AFC
 Palestine3300200+20AFC
 Philippines200208−8AFC
 Singapore110060+6AFC
 Syria4400341+33AFC
 Thailand3003216−14AFC
 United Arab Emirates211063+3AFC
 Ukraine201112−2UEFA
 Uzbekistan7025216−14AFC
 Vietnam3003213−11AFC
Total6124730146119+27

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of 10 May 2021
Position Name Ref.
Head coach Maryam Irandoost [22]
Assistant coach Somayyeh Shahbazi
Technical manager Nosrat Irandoost
Supervisor Fatemeh Alipour

Manager history

Players
Main article: List of Iran women's international footballers

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 on 12 January 2022.[24]

Information correct as of 12 January 2022.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Zohreh Koudaei (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 30 0 Zobahan
12 1GK Maryam Yektaei (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 6 0 Beşiktaş J.K.
22 1GK Arefeh SeyedKazemi - 1 0 Shahrdari Sirjan
2 2DF Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani (1997-06-03) 3 June 1997 12 0 Shahrdari Sirjan
4 2DF Melika Motevalli (1998-05-06) 6 May 1998 15 2 Shahrdari Sirjan
5 2DF Ghazaleh Bani Talebi (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 5 0 Vechan Kurdistan
8 2DF Behnaz Taherkhani (captain) (1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 20 3 Bam Khatoon F.C
18 2DF Melika Mohammadi (2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 6 0 Bam Khatoon F.C
6 3MF Zahra Sarbali (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 21 0 Bam Khatoon F.C
10 3MF Sara Zohrabi (1996-11-13) 13 November 1996 25 6 Sepahan Isfahan
11 3MF Samaneh Chahkandi (1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 21 3 Bam Khatoon F.C
13 3MF Yasaman Farmani (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 8 0 Charleroi
19 3MF Fatemeh Adeli (1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 22 0 Sepahan Isfahan
9 4FW Zahra Ghanbari (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 17 13 Bam Khatoon F.C
20 4FW Hajar Dabbaghi (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 8 5 Sepahan Isfahan
7 4FW Afsaneh Chatrenoor (1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 16 0 Shahrdari Sirjan
17 4FW Negin Zandi (2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 4 1 Bam Khatoon F.C

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Zahra Khajavi (1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 - 0 Bam Khatoon F.C v.  Uzbekistan, 26 August 2021
GK Arefeh Seyedkazemi (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 1 0 Shahrdari Sirjan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
GK Raha Yazdani (1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 1 0 Shahrdari Bam v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Kosar Kamali (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 7 0 Sepahan Isfahan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Hadis Basat Shir (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 1 0 Shahrdari Sirjan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Shahnaz Jafari Zadeh (1994-03-16) 16 March 1994 1 0 Bam Khatoon F.C v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
DF Sarshin Kamangar (1995-02-13) 13 February 1995 4 0 Bam Khatoon F.C v.  Belarus, 8 June 2021
MF Mona Hamoudi (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 6 2 Bam Khatoon F.C v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021
FW Shaghayegh Rouzbahan (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 11 1 Sepahan Isfahan v.  Uzbekistan, 11 June 2021

Captains

Records
Main article: List of Iran women's international footballers

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

Honours

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

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991 to
2007		Did not enter
2011Did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
Total0/8––––––––
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
1996 to 2008Did not enter
2012Did not qualify
2016
2020
2024To be determined
2028
2032
Total0/7–––––––

AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1975 to
2008		Did not enter
2010Did not qualify
2014
2018
2022Group stage2002012-12
Total1/19–––––––
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CAFA Women's Championship
CAFA Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
2018Runners-up 4301163
Total1/14301163

Iran U-23 team participated at the 2018.

WAFF Women's Championship
WAFF Women's Championship record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
2005Runners-up 4301202
2007Runners-up3201172
2010Group stage200205
2011Runners-up5410217
2014Did not enter
2019–onward Not WAFF member
Total4/6149145816

Malavan F.C. participated at the 2010.

See also

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