Team Melli

By: Farrokh Hesabi

AFC’s clear favoritism

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has chosen Bahrain as host of FIFA World Cup qualifiers in Group C and the decision is a clear favoritism that has deeply wounded 85-million ardent football fans in Iran.

Skocic optimistic about advancing to 2022 World Cup

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Head coach of the Iranian men’s national football team Dragan Skocic says his hopes are high for winning the 2022 Qatar ticket.

Iran football remains 2nd in Asia, 29th in world: FIFA

TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – The national Iranian football team remained the second-best in Asia and they have ranked 29th in the world according to the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday.

2022 World Cup qualifiers set to be centralized

TEHRAN, Feb. 16 (MNA) – The Asian Football Confederation is planning to centralize the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 AFC Asian Cup.

Iran to host qualifier matches despite earlier reports

TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – The Asian Football Confederation has officially announced the time and place of the next two matchdays of Iran in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

AFC to centralize World Cup qualifiers: report

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – The Asian Football Confederation has reportedly decided to stage all matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Qatar.

AFC declares Iran matches dates at 2022 World Cup qualifiers

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – The dates of the remaining four games of Iran in the second round of qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup has been announced by AFC.

Briefing on Iran’s daily developments

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran’s latest developments in the last 24 hours.

Iran defeats Bosnia 2-0 in friendly (+highlights)

TEHRAN, Nov. 12 (MNA) – The Iranian National Football Team gained a 2-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a friendly match staged in Sarajevo on Thursday.

Team Melli tech. staff busy analyzing Bosnia

TEHRAN, Nov. 07 (MNA) – Technical staff of the Iranian National Football Team held a meeting on Saturday to analyze their next stop for getting acquainted with the team.

Iran to hold friendly with Bosnia on Nov. 12

TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Iranian men’s national football team is scheduled to hold a friendly match against Bosnia on Thursday, November 12.

Iran may hold friendly with Senegal in Nov.

TEHRAN, Oct. 18 (MNA) – Iranian men’s national football team may hold a friendly match against Senegal in November FIFA days as the request has been submitted by an Iranian envoy.

Iran-Mali friendly canceled: official

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Football Federation announced a statement on Tuesday morning, noting that the friendly match between Iran and Mali senior men’s team have been canceled.

Iran-Mali football friendly may be canceled

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – The Iranian Football Federation has announced that the body is closely following the reports of some Malian players’ infection with COVID-19.

Skocic invites 23 players for first camp after pandemic

TEHRAN, Oct. 04 (MNA) – Dragan Skocic, head coach of the Iranian national football team, has invited 23 players to the team’s camp for two upcoming friendly matches.

Skocic has good ideas for Team Melli: Beiranvand

TEHRAN, Sep. 09 (MNA) – Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand is optimistic about the future of Team Melli under the leadership of Croatian coach Dragan Skocic.

By: Masoud Hossein

Skocic’s future remains unclear in Iran football

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Iran football faces multiple problems because of mismanagement over the past years.

AFC announces postponement of 2022 World Cup qualifiers

TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – In a statement, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that due to concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, the qualifications for the 2022 World Cup will be rescheduled for 2021.

Haji Safi hopes Team Melli return to heyday under Skocic

TEHRAN, Aug. 03 (MNA) – Team Melli’s left-back Ehsan Haji Safi hoped that Dragan Skocic could revitalize the team in the path to the 2022 World Cup.

Team Melli 2nd in Asia, 33rd in world

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – Iran national football team still remains the second-best Asian team and the 33rd one in the world based on the latest FIFA’s World Ranking.

Skocic needs support for achieving success in Team Melli: Jahanbakhsh

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Brighton’s and Team Melli winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh said that the new coach of Team Melli Dragan Skocic needs the support of fans and media.

Skocic ‘optimistic’ about ending Team Melli’s current ‘bad position’

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Iran National Football team coach Dragan Skocic said that he is optimistic about the performance of his team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Dragan Skocic calls for lifting US sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus pandemic

TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) – Iran's national football team head coach Dragan Skocic called on the US to lift sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus pandemic.

FIFA postpones 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Asia  

TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – FIFA announced on Monday that all the matches of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers slated to be held in March and June have been postponed over the novel coronavirus outbreak.