Iran will face Palestine in the first match of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup group stage on January 14.

Iran discovered their opponents at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2023. The competition group stage is set to be a thrilling affair following the draw at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. The action promises to be spectacular as besides regional glory, the top three teams will qualify for the FIFA ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh on Sunday termed the decision of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to dismiss Irans hosting rights in World Cup qualifiers as politicized. Khatibzadeh made the remarks in a meeting with Sports Minister Masoud Soltanifar, President of Football Federation Shahabeddin Azizi Khadem, and President ...

IFP- Mahsa Qorbani, an Iranian woman football referee who has judged several international women and mens matches, is making headlines worldwide. Qorbani began her career as a referee at the age of 15. Her name has been put on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)s list of elite referees due to her good performance. She says her ambition is to judge ...

Financial Tribune- The Asian Football Confederation listed Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun as one of the six Asian stars that have shined during previous qualifying campaigns. According to The-afc.com, the best young talents in Asia will be looking to take their first steps to international glory when the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers begins ...

MNA The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in a letter, has officially invited three Iranian referees to make presence at the upcoming AFC U-16 Championship 2018 qualifiers. The prestigious continental event will be attended by some 45 Member Associations who have been divided into two zones of WEST (West, South and Central) with 23 teams and ...

Press TV- Iranianfutsalplayer Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh Navlighihas been awarded the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)Futsal Player of the Year title, thanks to his dazzling displays at the AFCFutsal Championship and Fdration Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) Futsal World Cup. During a grand Thursday ceremony held in Abu Dhabi, the United ...

Tehran, Oct 3, IRNA - Iran ranked second in Asian Football Confederation U-16 Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa, India, on Sunday. Iraq managed to defeat Iran 4-3 via penalty shootout to win the first title. The two sides could not produce any goal at the end of the 90-minute regulation time. No extra time was awarded and penalty ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has punished a Saudi Arabian club over the misbehavior of its fans toward an Iranian team, a report said. The fines and a warning to al-Ittihad stemmed from a match against Irans Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Esfahan, also known as Sephahan, the AFC said on its Twitter account on Friday, AFP ...

Tehran, June 11, IRNA - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced the eight candidates to be elected for the three available Asia places on the new FIFA Council. Ali Kafashian from Iran is among the list. At least one of the three remaining seats will be filled by a woman. The eight nominees will compete at the AFC Extraordinary Congress ...

Irans national junior football team, more commonly known as Nojavanan, has been drawn in Group A of the forthcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-16 Championship due to take place in India in September-October 2016. During the official draw conducted in the southwestern Indian city of Goaon Thursday, the Iranian outfit was put in Group ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League 2016 matches involving clubs from Iran and Saudi Arabia will be played in Oman, Qatar and the UAE. With no significant developments in the relationship between the two countries by the deadline, both the IR Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) and the Saudi Arabian Football ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Head of Iran Football Federation Ali Kafashian has been elected as the Vice President of the Asian Football Confederation from the Central Region on Thursday. The 26th Ordinary AFC Congress was held on April 30, 2015 in Manama, Bahrain and had re-elected Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa for a four-year term until 2019 for the ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has dismissed Irans complaint on Iraqi midfielder Alaa Abdul-Zahra's positive doping test. General Secretary of Iran Football Federation Mehdi Mohammad Nabi annouced this at the end of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) disciplinary committee meeting. The disciplinary committee did ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A two-people delegation from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is going to come to Iran to examine the country's facilities for hosting 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, the general secretary of Iran Football Federation (IFF), said. According to Nabi, the inspectors will travel to Iran on February 2. The AFC inspectors ...

Sydney, Jan 15, IRNA - The Iranian mens national football team defeated Qatar 1-0 on its second leg of the 16th edition of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup in Australia on Thursday. The Iranian squad made a lively start in the Group C contest staged at the Australia Stadium in Sydney. Sardar Azmun, 20, scored Iran's winning goal six mintues ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian national football team remained unchanged in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.   Iran is the Asian Football Confederation's highest place team in the rankings, placed a modest 51, followed by Japan in 54th and South Korea in 69th. World champion Germany completed the year top of the rankings,...

Kuala Lumpur, August 19, IRNA President of Iran?s Football Federation said Tuesday that reviewing the structure of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) would serve the interests of football in the old continent. Kaffashian, who is also the head of a committee tasked with reviewing the structure of AFC, told IRNA after a meeting of the committee in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran defeated Timor Leste 4-1 in its opening match of the AFC U-14 Championship on Monday. In the match held at the Hajibabaei Stadium in Iran's western city of Hamedan, Irans Zabhiollah Kohkan opened the scoring in the 22nd minute and Vahid Namdari extended the lead two minutes later. Mohsen Godarzi was on target in the 52nd ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Asian Football Confederation (AFC) supervisors will travel to Tehran in May to make an initial assessment of the countrys facilities in contention to host 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran has submitted its bid to host the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. After unsuccessful bid to host the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Iran has renewed its intention to host the ...