Iran women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Team Melli Zanan ("The Ladies National Team") | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | IFF | ||
| Sub-confederation | CAFA (Central Asia) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Mahnaz Amir-Shaghaghi | ||
| Home stadium | Ararat Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | IRN | ||
| FIFA ranking |
54  1 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 48 (September 2008) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 144 (December 2007) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Iran 5–0 Syria  (Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
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Iran 13–0 Syria (Amman, Jordan; 3 September 2007) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Thailand 8–1 Iran (Bangkok, Thailand; 8 July 2009) | |||
The Iran women's national football team represents Iran in international women's football, and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation. The head of women's football at the IFF is Farideh Shojaei.
History
The Iranian women's national team featured freely without the hijab before the Iranian Revolution, with a women's Perspolis FC team dating back to 1976.[1][2] 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.[3]
Current management team
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Mahnaz Amir-Shaghaghi |
| Assistant coach | Leila Youssefizadeh |
| Goalkeeping coach | Kourosh Estakhri |
| Team manager | Farzaneh Miri Lavassani |
Banned from international competition
Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for being forced to wear hijabs.[4][5]
Gender verification tests
In February 2014, it was reported that four players had been removed from the national team squad after failing to be determined as women. The British newspaper The Telegraph reported that it was because the players "were either men who had not completed sex change operations, or were suffering from sexual development disorders".[6][7]
Results and fixtures
Previous matches
Win Draw Loss
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Iranian scorers | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February 2013 | Tehran, Iran |
 Jordan |
Friendly | 2–1 W | ||
| 13 February 2013 | Tehran, Iran |
Jordan |
Friendly | 2–0 W | ||
| 21 May 2013 |  Dhaka, Bangladesh |
 Philippines |
2014 ACQ | 0–6 L | ||
| 23 May 2013 | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
2014 ACQ | 2–0 W | ||
| 25 May 2013 | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Thailand |
2014 ACQ | 1–5 L | ||
| 8 February 2015 | Tehran, Iran |
 Uzbekistan |
Friendly | 0–1 L | ||
| 22 March 2015 |  Municipal Stadium, Taipei |
 Laos |
2016 Olympic Qualifier | 5–1 W | ||
| 24 March 2015 | Municipal Stadium, Taipei |
 Chinese Taipei |
2016 Olympic Qualifier | 0–1 L | ||
Forthcoming matches
| Date | Competition | Location | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | |||
| 31 March 2016 | Friendly match |  Friends Arena, Stockholm[8][9] |
Sweden |
Source:[10]
Records
World Cup record
| World Cup Finals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD |
 1991 to 2007 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2011 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2015 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 0/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC Women's Asian Cup record
| Women's Asian Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1975 to  2008 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 0/18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
| Football at the Summer Olympics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1996 to 2008 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2012 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2016 | To be determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 0/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
West Asian Football Federation Championship
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
 2010 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 16 |
See also
- Iran women's national football team results
- Women's football in Iran
- Football in Iran
- Iran women's national under-20 football team
- Iran women's national futsal team
- Iran national football team
- Niloufar Ardalan
- Helena Costa
References
- ↑ http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?105796-Best-of-IR-football-federation...&p=2116808&viewfull=1#post2116808
- ↑ تیم دخترای پرسپولیس
- ↑ http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/uae-triumph-in-west-asian-womens-championship
- ↑ "Iran women's soccer team thwarted by hijab ban". CBS News. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ "Iran’s women soccer team banned from Olympics, because of headscarves". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ Tait, Robert (7 February 2014). "Iranian women footballers to undergo gender tests". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ "Fan Forum". PersianFootball.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ Sweden plays international against Iran
- ↑ "It will be very much appreciated"
- ↑ http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/teams/country=irn/women/matches/index.html
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