Iran national football team records
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This article lists various football records in relation to the Iran national football team. The page is updated where necessary after each Iran match, and is correct as of 9 January 2008.
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[edit] Appearances
- Most appearances
- Ali Daei, 149 caps, 1993 - 2006
- Other centurions
- Ali Karimi, 105 caps, 1998 - 2008
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, 102 caps, 1996 - 2008
- Most consecutive appearances
- ?,
- Most appearances as a substitute
- ?
- Most appearances as a substitute without ever starting a game
- ?
- Longest Iranian career
- Karim Bagheri, 15 years and ... months, Still Active
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, 13 years and ... months, Still Active
- Mohammad Panjali, 13 years and 5 months
- Ali Daei, 13 years and ... months
- Yahya Golmohammadi, 13 years and ... months
- Parviz Ghelichkhani, 13 years and ... months
- Hamid Derakhshan, 13 years and ... months
- Mostafa Arab, 12 years and ... months
- Shortest Iranian career
- ?
- Youngest player
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- Oldest player
- ?
- Oldest debutant
- ?
- Most appearances at the World Cup finals
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, 6 Games, 1998, 2006
- Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals
- ?
- Most non-playing selections for the World Cup finals
- ?
- Oldest player to feature at the World Cup finals
- Ali Daei, 37 years, 2006
- Oldest outfield player to feature at the World Cup finals
- ?
- Youngest player to feature at the World Cup finals
- Hossein Kaebi, 20 years and 9 months, 2006.
- First player to debut at the World Cup finals
- ?
- Most appearances at the Asian Championship finals
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- Most consecutive appearances at the Asian Championship finals
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- Most appearances without ever playing at the Asian Championship finals
- ?
- Appearances at three Asian Championship final tournaments
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, 4 Tournaments 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
- Most non-playing selections for the Asian Championship finals
- ?
- Oldest player to feature at the Asian Championship finals
- Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004
- Oldest outfield player to feature at the Asian Championship finals
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- Youngest player to feature at the Asian Championship finals
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- First player to debut at the Asian Championship finals
- ?
- Most appearances on aggregate at the World Cup and Asian Championship finals
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, 2 World Cups 1998, 2006 and 4 Asian Cups 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
- Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals or the Asian Championship finals
- ?
- Fewest appearances while still playing at the World Cup finals and Asian Championship finals
- ?
- Most appearances without ever being in a World Cup or Asian Championship finals squad
- ?
- Most consecutive years of appearances
- ?
- Longest wait between appearances
- ?
- Most tournaments appeared in consecutively
- ?
- Appearances in three separate decades
- Mostafa Arab 50s,60s,70s
- Nasser Hejazi 60s,70s,80s
- Mohammad Panjali 70s,80s,90s
- Mohammad Khakpour 80s,90s,00s
- Javad Zarincheh 80s,90s,00s
- First player to make tournament appearances in three separate decades
- Mostafa Arab
- First appearance by a player who had never played for an Iranian club
- Ferydoon Zandi, vs
Bahrain on 9 February 2005 - First player to debut as a substitute
- Mohammad Mohajer, on 25 August 1941 vs Afghanistan
- Last appearance by a player from outside the top division of a country
- ?
- Most appearances per Iranian club
- Most appearances with non-Iranian
[edit] Goals
- First goal
- Masoud Boroumand vs
Turkey in a Friendly 26-Oct-47 - Most goals
- Ali Daei, 109, 1993 - 2006
- Most goals in competitive matches
- ?
- Most goals in a match
- Karim Bagheri, 7 goals, vs
Maldives on 02-Jun-97 - Ali Daei, 5 goals, vs
Sri Lanka on 12-Jun-96 1996 Asia Cup Qualification
- Four goals in a match
- Behtash Fariba, vs
Bangladesh on 22-Sep-80 1980 AFC Asian Cup - Nasser Mohammadkhani, vs
Bangladesh on 07-Aug-84 Asia Cup Qualification 1986; - Ali Asghar Modir Roosta, vs
Chinese Taipei on 25-Jun-93 1994 World Cup Qualification - Ali Daei, vs
Nepal on 10-Jun-96 1996 Asia Cup Qualification - Ali Daei, vs
South Korea on 16-Dec-96 1996 AFC Asian Cup - Ali Daei, vs
Guam on 24-Nov-00 2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification
- Three goals in a match
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- Scoring in most consecutive matches
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- Most goals on debut
- ?
- Most goals in a single World Cup tournament
- ?
- Most goals in total at World Cup tournaments
- ?
- Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying campaign
- ?
- Most goals in a single World Cup finals match
- ?
- Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying match
- ?
- First goal in a World Cup finals match
- Iraj Danaeifard, 1978 FIFA World Cup vs
Scotland. - First goal in a World Cup qualifying campaign
- ?
- Oldest goalscorer at the World Cup finals
- Yahya Golmohammadi, 35 years, 2006
- Youngest goalscorer at the World Cup finals
- Mehdi Mahdavikia, 20 years, 1998
- Most goals in a single Asian Championship tournament
- ?
- Most goals in total at Asian Championship tournaments
- ?
- Most goals in a single Asian Championship qualifying campaign
- ?
- Most goals in a single Asian Championship finals match
- ?
- Most goals in a single Asian Championship qualifying match
- ?
- First goal in an Asian Championship finals match
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- First goal in an Asian Championship qualifying campaign
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- Oldest goalscorer at the Asian Championship finals
- Ali Daei, 35 years, 2004
- Youngest goalscorer at the Asian Championship finals
- ?
- Most goals in a single calendar year
- ?
- Most goals scored from penalties
- ?
- Most goals in penalty shoot-outs [1]
- ?
- Most goals scored by a defender
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- Oldest goalscorer
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- Youngest goalscorer
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- First goal by a substitute
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- Fastest goal from kickoff
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- Fastest goal at Azadi
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- Fastest goal at the World Cup finals
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- Fastest goal at the Asian Championship finals
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- Fastest goal by a substitute
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- Most appearances for an outfield player without ever scoring
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- Goals in three separate decades
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- Most consecutive goalscoring tournaments
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- First Iranian goalscorer at the Azadi Stadium
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[edit] Captains
[edit] Red cards
- Most red cards
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- List of all Iranian players sent off
[edit] Miscellaneous
- First substitute
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- Club providing the most Iranian internationals in total
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- Non-Iranian club providing the most Iranian internationals in total
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- Most appearances on aggregate from one club's players
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- Most goals on aggregate from one club's players
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- Most penalty saves
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- Most penalty saves in shoot outs
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- Most penalty misses
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- Shortest player
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- Tallest player
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- Heaviest player
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- Longest-lived player
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- Most clubs represented by one player in an Iranian career
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- Iranian players who later became manager/head coach
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[edit] References
- ^ Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs do not count on a player's overall scoring tally.

