Iran B national football team

Iran B
ایران ب

Nickname(s)	Team melli B (Persian: 'تیم ملی ب‎‎) "The National B Team
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC
Home stadium	Azadi Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Zaire 1–3 Iran B (Tehran, Iran; 14 July 1975) 1975 Iran International Tournament
Biggest win
Tajikistan 0–9 Iran B (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 10 April 2005)
Biggest defeat
Singapore 4–1 Iran B (Tianjin, China; 17 July 1983)[1]

Iran B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the Iran national football team. At times they have played other nations' full teams; they have also played matches against 'A' and 'B' teams from other football associations.

Statistics

Recent results

• Iran B 0–0  Saudi Arabia at Kuwait City, Kuwait, 9 December 2012
• Iran B 0–0  Bahrain at Kuwait City, Kuwait, 12 December 2012
• Iran B 2–1  Yemen at Kuwait City, Kuwait, 15 December 2012

Tournament

• 1974 Iran International Tournament: Semifinals
• 1975 Iran International Tournament: Runners-up
• 1st Great Wall Cup 1983:^[2] 9th place
• 1986 Fajr International Tournament: Group stage
• President's Gold Cup 1989:^[3] Third place
• 2005 Islamic Games: Third place
• 2007 WAFF: Champions

Managers

• Nasser Ebrahimi (February 1986)
• Bijan Zolfagharnasab (April 2005)
• Parviz Mazloumi (June 2007 to July 2007)
• Markar Aghajanian (January 2012 to November 2012)
• António Simões (November 2012 to February 2014)

Players

Current squad

Match Date: 9 December 2012, 12 December 2012, 15 December 2012^[4]
Opposition:  Saudi Arabia,  Bahrain,  Yemen (2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship)
Caps and goals correct as of: 16 November 2012

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Alireza Haghighi 1 May 1988 2 0 Rubin Kazan 20 GK Sosha Makani 18 November 1986 1 0 Persepolis 12 GK Hamed Lak 24 November 1990 0 0 Saba Qom 13 DF Hossein Mahini 16 September 1986 12 0 Persepolis 2 DF Milad Fakhreddini 26 May 1990 1 0 Tractor Sazi 15 DF Pejman Montazeri 6 September 1983 10 1 Umm Salal 4 DF Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh 20 January 1992 0 0 Persepolis 16 DF Shoja' Khalilzadeh 14 May 1989 2 0 Mes Kerman 23 DF Mehrdad Pooladi 26 February 1987 11 0 Persepolis 3 DF Ehsan Hajsafi 25 February 1990 50 2 Tractor Sazi DF Vahid Esmaeil Beigi 26 February 1992 0 0 Mes Kerman 5 MF Omid Nazari 29 April 1991 3 1 Ängelholms 17 MF Ghasem Dehnavi 21 March 1981 3 3 Tractor Sazi 19 MF Ahmad Hassanzadeh 31 January 1985 2 1 Mes Kerman 14 MF Milad Nouri 3 May 1986 1 0 Saba Qom 11 MF Mohsen Mosalman 27 January 1991 1 0 Zob Ahan 18 MF Omid Ebrahimi 16 September 1987 0 0 Sepahan 10 FW Jalal Rafkhaei 24 April 1984 9 2 Malavan Anzali 7 FW Arash Afshin 20 January 1989 4 1 Foolad F.C. 9 FW Payam Sadeghian 29 February 1992 1 0 Zob Ahan 8 FW Yaghoub Karimi 31 August 1991 1 2 Esteghlal FW Mohammad Mehdi Nazari 1 March 1989 0 0 Tractor Sazi

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/greatwall.html#83
2. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesg/greatwall.html
3. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/presgold.html#89
4. http://www.goal.com/iran/news/1825/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/2012/11/07/3508841/%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-30%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7