By sending an email to FIFA, the Iranian Football Federation condemned the action of the American Football Federation in displaying Iran's flag without the emblem. The US mens football team displayed Irans national flag on social media without the emblem of the Islamic Republic ahead of the two nations' World Cup match on Tuesday, saying it supports ...

Mirshad Majedi, acting president of Iran football federation, said that Dragan Skocic will coach Team Melli in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. There have been speculations that the football federation is going to change the Croatian coach but Majedi said Skocic will remain the head coach in the World Cup. Logically, its not good time to change the coach....

MNA A spokesman with the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation noted that Iran is fully ready to host international teams. Iran is fully ready to host various teams as it has been repeatedly proved during the past several years, Amirmahdi Alavi said on Friday, pointing to the successful holding of the 2018 AFC Champions League final at Azadi ...

AP Former Iran coach Carlos Queiroz has filed a complaint to FIFA saying the Iranian federation still owes him salary from his spell in charge of the national team. The Portuguese coach led Iran for eight years until January when the team was eliminated from the Asian Cup in the semifinals. He has since been hired by Colombia ahead of the Copa ...

MNA The head coach of Team Melli said that he has reached a verbal agreement with Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) but has not yet signed any contract. Carlos Queiroz made the remarks on Monday in Iran-Uzbakistan pre-match press conference. Queiroz said that although he has not yet signed a new contract with the Iranian federation,...

AP - Carlos Queiroz is ready to sign a new contract with Iran until the end of the 2019 Asian Cup, providing he receives an assurance of full support from the countrys soccer federation. The former Real Madrid head coach took control of Iran in 2011 but since just missing out on the second round of the 2018 World Cup, a first successive appearance ...

Al-Monitor | Zahra Alipour: The international governing body of soccer,FIFA, does not grant any individual or legal entity the right to control more than one member club at the same time. However, this rule has often been ignored in Iran, where two of the capitals most prominent soccer clubs,Esteghlal and Persepolis, are owned by the Ministry of Youth ...

Reza Shajie, head of the Environment and Sustainable Development Office at the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, announced that the picture of Iranian cheetah will appear on football players shirts once again following the recent talks with the Football Federation. According to a report by Fars, as translated by IFP, Shajie added that measures ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Mehdi Taj has been elected as new president of Iran Football Federation (IFF) on Saturday. In the elections held in Tehrans Olympic Academy, Taj managed to capture 50 votes in the election, followed by Mostafa Ajorlou with 15 votes and Aziz Mohammadi with six votes. Taj was elected for a four-year term until 2020. IFF vice ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iranian Football Federation Ali Kafashian announced that his Qatari counterpart has called on Iran to help the Arab country with hosting the world cup in 2022. The Qatari football federation has officially asked Iran to help the Arab country in holding the upcoming 2022 World Cup in that country, Kafashian told reporters ...

Tehran, April 15, IRNA - Iran Football Federation President Ali Kafashian said that Iran's national football team will not underestimate its rivals and would remain as Asia's top football team. Football Coach Ebrahim Ghasempour said in an interview with IRNA that it will be an easy task for Iran to win the four teams at home and away. Retired ...

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) Wednesday session between Irans Football Federation and Portuguese manager of football national squad has produced nothing. At the end of the session Carlos Queiroz left the Federation with apparent anger, which communicated the fact that his negotiations with Federation had produced nothing. Ali Kafashian, the Head of ...

[caption id="attachment_43592" align="alignright" width="229"] Flags of Iran & Italy[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The football friendly match between Iran and Italy will not be held as talks over the planned sports event are cancelled. Back in late February, Iran Football Federation (IFF) sent a letter to Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ...

[caption id="attachment_104684" align="alignright" width="182"] President of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian[/caption] Head of Irans Football Federation (IFF) says the Asian Football Confederation has rejected Irans bid for hosting Asian Cup 2019. Ali Kaffashian on Monday said the AFCs decision to dismissIrans bid for hosting 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) Mohammad Khakpour and Mansour Ebrahimzadeh have been shortlisted to take charge of the Iran Olympic football team. Iran Football Federation (IFF) will appoint one of the coaches soon. The team has no coach after suffering an early exit from the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. Iran football team has not participated ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran Football Federation (IFF) announced on Saturday that it has terminated the contract of Nelo Vingada as Iran Olympic coach. Weve terminated our contract with Vingada and Iran Olympic team will hold its training camp in Qatar without him, IFF president Ali Kaffashian said. Weve negotiated with some coaches but have not yet reached ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter congratulated head of Iran Football Federation (IFF) Ali Kaffashian for all good work the federation has done to promote football in the country. Many thanks for sending me a copy of the Iran Football Federations Annual Report for the Year 2014 and congratulations for all the good work you are doing ...

Tehran (AFP) - Portugal's Carlos Queiroz has signed a four-year contract extension to stay on as Iran coach until the 2018 World Cup. The 61-year-old, who guided Iran at the recent World Cup finals in Brazil, said in June he was on the verge of stepping down, claiming he had the support of neither the government nor the national federation. However,...

Tehran, Aug 20, IRNA -- Iran Football Federation President Ali Kafashian said on Wednesday that contract is prepared for Carlos Queiroz to lead Iran national football team from tomorrow. Kafashian said that Iran decided to hire Queiroz and sign a new contract with him. On small differences between the Iranian Football Federation and Queiroz, Kafashian ...