Iran national futsal team
represents Iran in international futsal
The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal tournaments. They have qualified at every FIFA Futsal World Cup since 1992 with its best finish being third place in 2016.
| Nickname(s) | Team Melli (Persian: تیم ملی ) "The National Team", Cheetahs (Persian: یوزها) (Persian: شیرهای ایرانی) "Iranian Lions" | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | FFIRI | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Vahid Shamsaei | ||
| Captain | Hossein Tayyebi | ||
| Most caps | Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (297) | ||
| Top scorer | Vahid Shamsaei (392) | ||
| Home stadium | Azadi Indoor Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | IRN | ||
| FIFA ranking | 4 (6 May 2024)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Iran 19–6 Kuwait  (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992[2]) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Iran 36–0 Singapore  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 8–1 Iran (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1992) | ||
| Best result |  Third Place (2016) | ||
| AFC Futsal Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 17 (all) (First in 1999) | ||
| Best result |  Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024)
 Third Place (2006, 2012) | ||
| CAFA Futsal Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2023 Muhammad Futsal Cup) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2023) | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 2009, 2022) | ||
| Best result |  Champions (2009) Runners up (2022) | ||
| Grand Prix de Futsal | |||
| Appearances | 7 (First in 2007) | ||
| Best result |  Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2015)
4th place (2010, 2011) | ||
Competitive record
change- *Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts.
**Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil.
***Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.
FIFA Futsal World Cup
change| FIFA Futsal World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | Dif | Pts | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1989 |
did not enter | did not enter | |||||||||||||||
 1992 |
Fourth Place | 4th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 | |
 1996 |
First round | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 8 | |
 2000 |
First round | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 3 | Qualification via AFC Futsal Championship | ||||||
 2004 |
First round | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 3 | |||||||
| 2008 |
Second round | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 14 | |||||||
 2012 |
Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 7 | |||||||
 2016 |
Third Place | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 24 | -2 | 9 | |||||||
 2021 |
Quarter-finals | 7th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 9 | Nominated by AFC | ||||||
 2024 |
Qualified | Qualification via AFC Futsal Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Third Place | 9/10 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 137 | 133 | +4 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 16 | |
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
change| AFC Futsal Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1999 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 7 | +83 | 18 | No qualification | ||||||
| 2000 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 10 | +46 | 18 | |||||||
| 2001 |
Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 13 | +84 | 21 | |||||||
 2002 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 7 | +54 | 18 | |||||||
| 2003 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13 | +47 | 18 | |||||||
 2004 |
Champions | 1st | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 12 | +69 | 21 | |||||||
 2005 |
Champions | 1st | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 15 | +43 | 19 | |||||||
| 2006 |
Third Place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 12 | +34 | 12 | Automatically qualified | ||||||
 2007 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 9 | +41 | 18 | |||||||
| 2008 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | +46 | 18 | |||||||
| 2010 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 9 | +48 | 18 | |||||||
 2012 |
Third Place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 9 | +36 | 15 | |||||||
| 2014 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 8 | +44 | 16 | |||||||
| 2016 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4 | +44 | 18 | |||||||
| 2018 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 6 | +44 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
 2020 |
Qualified but tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2022 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 5 | +34 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2024 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | |
| Total | 13 titles | 17/17 | 105 | 98 | 3 | 4 | 963 | 150 | +813 | 297 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 12 | |
