Iran national football team all-time record

The list shown below shows the Iran national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Result by nations

As of 24 March 2016

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation	Best win	Worst loss
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	AFC	4–0	X
Albania	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Algeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	CAF	2–1	0–1
Angola	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	CAF	1–0	X
Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	CONMEBOL	X	0–1
Armenia	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA	3–1	X
Australia	6	3	2	1	7	6	+1	AFC / OFC	2–0	0–3
Austria	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	UEFA	X	1–5
Azerbaijan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	UEFA	2–1	X
Bahrain	16	7	5	4	29	12	+17	AFC	6–0	2–4
Bangladesh	6	6	0	0	28	1	+27	AFC	6–0	X
Belarus	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	UEFA	X	1–2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	4	1	1	17	10	+7	UEFA	4–0	1–3
Botswana	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	CONMEBOL	X	0–3
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	AFC	2–0	X
Cameroon	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
Canada	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	CONCACAF	1–0	0–1
Chile	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	CONMEBOL	2–0	1–2
China PR	20	11	5	4	35	18	+17	AFC	4–0	0–2
Chinese Taipei	5	5	0	0	22	0	+22	AFC	6–0	X
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	CONCACAF	3–2	X
Croatia	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	UEFA	X	0–2
Cyprus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA	X	X
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Denmark	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA	X	X
Ecuador	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	CONMEBOL	X	0–1
Egypt	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
France	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	UEFA	X	1–2
Georgia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA	2–1	X
Germany	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	UEFA	X	0–2
Ghana	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CAF	3–0	X
Guam	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	AFC	19–0	X
Guinea	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	CAF	X	1–2
Hong Kong	4	4	0	0	9	0	+9	AFC	3–0	X
Hungary	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	UEFA	X	0–2
Iceland	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA	1–0	X
India	8	5	1	2	17	6	+11	AFC	4–1	1–3
Indonesia	5	4	1	0	11	3	+8	AFC	4–1	X
Iraq	25	14	7	4	36	19	+17	AFC	3–0	1–2
Ireland, Republic of	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	UEFA	1–0	0–2
Israel	5	3	1	1	7	6	+1	UEFA / AFC	3–0	0–4
Jamaica	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	CONCACAF	8–1	X
Japan	18	7	6	5	22	19	+3	AFC	3–1	1–3
Jordan	13	6	3	4	15	10	+5	AFC	4–1	2–3
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	UEFA / AFC	3–0	X
Kenya	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF	3–0	X
Korea, North	17	13	4	0	27	7	+20	AFC	3–0	X
Korea, South	28	12	7	9	31	32	−1	AFC	6–2	0–5
Kuwait	28	12	9	7	34	27	+7	AFC	3–1	0–3
Kyrgyzstan	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	AFC	7–0	X
Laos	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	AFC	7–0	X
Lebanon	10	8	1	1	27	2	+25	AFC	5–0	0–1
Libya	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CAF	4–0	X
Macedonia	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	UEFA	3–1	X
Madagascar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CAF	1–0	X
Malaysia	4	4	0	0	8	0	+8	AFC	3–0	X
Maldives	6	6	0	0	42	0	+42	AFC	17–0	X
Mali	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	CAF	X	1–2
Mexico	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	CONCACAF	X	0–4
Montenegro	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA	X	X
Myanmar	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	AFC	3–1	0–1
Nepal	5	5	0	0	25	0	+25	AFC	8–0	X
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	UEFA	X	0–3
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	OFC	3–0	X
Nigeria	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	CAF	X	0–1
Oman	11	5	4	2	22	15	+7	AFC	4–0	2–4
Pakistan	14	12	1	1	58	10	+48	AFC	9–1	1–4
Palestine	4	3	1	0	13	1	+12	AFC	7–0	X
Panama	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF	1–0	X
Paraguay	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONMEBOL	X	X
Peru	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	CONMEBOL	X	1–4
Philippines	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	AFC	7–1	X
Poland	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	UEFA	X	0–2
Portugal	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	UEFA	X	0–3
Qatar	20	12	5	3	32	15	+17	AFC	6–1	0–2
Romania	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	UEFA	X	X
Russia	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	UEFA	1–0	0–2
Saudi Arabia	14	5	6	4	22	13	+9	AFC	3–0	3–4
Scotland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA	X	X
Senegal	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF	X	X
Serbia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	UEFA	X	1–3
Singapore	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	AFC	6–0	X
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	UEFA	4–3	2–3
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	AFC	7–0	X
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	UEFA	X	1–3
Syria	24	14	9	1	38	13	+25	AFC	7–1	0–1
Tajikistan	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	AFC	6–1	X
Thailand	14	11	3	0	32	6	+26	AFC	5–0	X
Togo	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	CAF	2–0	X
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	CONCACAF	2–0	X
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CAF	X	X
Turkey	7	1	2	4	4	14	−10	UEFA	2–1	1–6
Turkmenistan	8	3	4	2	10	8	+2	AFC	3–1	0–1
Uganda	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CAF	X	X
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA	1–0	X
United Arab Emirates	16	12	3	1	24	4	+20	AFC	3–0	1–3
United States	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	CONCACAF	2–1	X
Uruguay	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CONMEBOL	X	X
Uzbekistan	7	5	1	1	9	2	+7	AFC	4–0	0–1
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONMEBOL	1–0	X
Wales	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA	X	0–1
Yemen	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	AFC	4–0	X
Yemen, South	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	AFC	8–0	X
Zambia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	CAF	3–2	X
Total	496	275	119	102	939	405	+534

• FIFA considers Russia as the inheritor of the records of Soviet Union.
• FIFA considers Serbia as the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia.
• FIFA considers Czech Republic as the inheritor of the records of Czechoslovakia.

All Time General Statistics Record / Overview of Results

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
FIFA World Cup	12	1	3	8	7	22	-15	6
FIFA World Cup qualification	110	66	28	16	231	76	+155	226
AFC Asian Cup	62	37	18	7	119	45	+74	129
AFC Asian Cup qualification	53	40	8	5	143	30	+113	128
Olympics	9	2	1	6	6	20	-14	7
Olympics qualification	22	14	6	2	48	8	+40	48
Asian Games	47	30	5	12	86	34	+52	95
West Asian Championship	28	19	7	2	56	16	+40	64
Friendly matches and other tournaments	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Total	344	210	76	58	696	255	+449	689

Rivalry

Iran is known for having rivalries with Iraq,^[1] Saudi Arabia^[2] and South Korea^[3][4] due to historic occurrences with one another throughout Football history. Iran matches versus Saudi Arabia is among 10 Greatest International Rivalries.^[2]

See also

• Iran national football team results
• Iran–Saudi Arabia football rivalry
• Iran–South Korea football rivalry

References

1. Montague, James (January 13, 2011). "Pitch Warfare: Iran face Iraq in soccer grudge match". CNN. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
2. "Football's 10 Greatest International Rivalries". Goal.com. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
3. "South Korea proposes a friendly match with Iran". teammelli.com. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
4. "The (Hopefully) Last Qualifier – Korea vs Iran". taegukwarriors.com. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.

• TeamMelli.com

External links

• FIFA.com
• RSSSF archive of Iran's results, by Majeed Panahi, RSSSF, 21 Jan 2006
• World Football Elo Ratings: Iran