National Football Team
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Russian embassy voices support for Iran's natl. team vs USA
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – The Russian Embassy in Tehran announced in a statement on its Telegram channel on Tuesday evening that it supports Iran’s national football team (Team Melli) against the United States in the World Cup match tonight.
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Iran to play Nicaragua in empty Azadi Stadium in Tehran
TEHRAN, Oct. 25 (MNA) – Iran national football team will play Nicaragua in Tehran Azadi Stadium without the presence of spectators.
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New but familiar coach of Iran Team Melli in World Cup
TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) – The upcoming global sporting event in Qatar Cup will mark the third straight World Cup for Carlos Queiroz as Iran’s head coach.
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Team Melli to depart Iran for Qatar on Nov. 14
TEHRAN, Oct. 11 (MNA) – Iran national football team will travel to Doha, Qatar on Nov. 14.
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Iran wins Uruguay in friendly
TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Iran national football team edged past Uruguay 1-0 in a friendly match in preparation for Qatar World Cup.
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By: Mohammad Reza Abbasi
First training of Team Melli under tutelage of Carlos Queiroz
TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – The first training of Iran National Football Team (Team Melli), under the tutelage of new head coach of the team Carlos Queiroz, was held at the training camp of national teams on Wednesday afternoon.
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Iran national football team head coach arrives in Tehran
TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – New head coach of the Iran national football team Carlos Queiroz arrives in Tehran on Wednesday.
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Footballer Ghoddos; invited by Sweden but loves Iran jersey
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – The Swedish-born Iranian midfielder has made up his mind to wear the jersey of Iran’s national football team despite being invited to play for Sweden.
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Sardar Azmoun; ‘Iranian Messi’
TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Iran national football team forward Sardar Azmoun has been dubbed the "Iranian Lionel Messi". The striker is also considered the most decorated Iranian player in European leagues.
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Iran football goalkeeper; Like father, like son
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – When it comes to talking about Iran’s best goalkeepers in football, the name Abedzadeh comes up. Once Ahmadreza, now Amir.
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Dragan Skocic sacked as Iran Natl. Football Team coach
TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Dragan Skocic has been sacked by Iran Football Federation (IFF) with little more than four months to go to the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals.
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Taremi misses MVP award, commentator defends
TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – While Mehdi Taremi lost the chance to receive the 2021/22 I Liga Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, the Portuguese commentator said that the player deserved the title.
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Iran's football goalkeeper in Guinness book
TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand holds the Guinness World Record for the longest throw in a football match; the player whose life story also has attracted the attention of sports lovers.
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Algeria beats Iran in friendly
TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Algeria football team defeated Iran 2-1 in a friendly match held at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar Sunday night.
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Iran, Algeria sign contract to hold friendly in Qatar
TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) – The national Iranian football team will hold a preparatory match against Algeria in Doha, Qatar as its first match in preparation for the 2022 Qatar World Cup.
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Iran draws against Qatar in AFC U-23 Asian Cup opening match
TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Iran played Qatar in its first match in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup on Wednesday in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan.
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Friendly match for Iran soccer against Uruguay cancelled
TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Yet another friendly match for Iranian men's national football team in preparation for the Qatar World Cup against Uruguay has been cancelled.
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Iran, Canada football friendly match to be held in Vancouver
TEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) – The national Iranian men's football team will face Canada in a friendly match as part of preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Canadian sports media have said.
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Iran likely to play Albania in pre-World Cup friendly
TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) – Iran football team will likely play Albania in a friendly ahead of this year's World Cup, the football federation’s secretary-general Hassan Kamranifar said Tuesday.
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Iran football federation denies it offered bid to Queiroz
TEHRAN, Apr. 11 (MNA) – The Secretary-General of Iran's football federation rejected as false the reports by some sports Arab media that it had offered Carlos Queiroz to lead the national Iranian football team during the world cup again.
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VIDEO: Iran vs Lebanon in Asian qualifiers
TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – The national Iranian men's football team known as Team Melli in Iran beat Lebanon 2-0 on Tuesday at its last match at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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Iran beats Lebanon 2-0 to finish WC Asian qualifiers at top
TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – The national Iranian men's football team defeated Lebanon 2-0 on Tuesday in its last match at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.
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S Korea defeats Iran 2-0 in 2022 World Cup Qualifying Match
TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) – In absence of some influential stars and in a match that did not perform well, Iran national football team lost to South Korea by two goals to hand over top of 2022 World Cup qualifiers in first group of Asia to this opponent.
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Hamid Estili becomes director of national men's soccer team
TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – The former Iranian football player Hamid Estili has been appointed as the new manager of the national Iranian men's football team.
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Iran U18 women's football team to compete at CAFA
TEHRAN, Feb. 12 (MNA) – The Iranian national women's under-18 football team will participate in at the Central Asian Football Association (CAFA).
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By: Ali Haddadi Asl, Saeed Reza Razavi
Happiness of Tehraners on victory of Iran Nat'l Football Team
TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – The successive and authoritative victories of Iran's national football team in Qatar, brought a wave of joy and happiness for the Iranians, especially for the Tehran's people.
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By: Ali Hadadi Asl
National women's football team departs for Asian nation cup
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The national Iranian women's football team departed for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup during a ceremony in Tehran attended by sports officials on Saturday.
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Fans can go to stadiums to see national football team games
TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The government spokesman said that the National Taskforce For Fighting Coronavirus has agreed that spectators can go to stadiums to watch Iran’s national football team's games in the World Cup qualifiers.
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Iran national football team remain number 21 in FIFA ranking
TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Iran national football team is still the best squad in Asia while its world ranking has not changed, according to the latest ranking of the world’s soccer governing body.
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Iran win Lebanon in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – National Iranian men's football team beat the national team of Lebanon in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday.
