Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart praised the performance of Iran Irans national football team (Team Melli) in the 2022 World Cup. During a phone conversation on Thursday night, Iran's top diplomat Hossein AmirAbdollahian and his Qatari counterpart discussed several issues ...

Iran football team will play a vital match against the U.S. on Tuesday in their last group stage match in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Team Melli will definitely meet a different team in Group B. Gregg Berhalters side were held to a goalless draw in their opening against Wales. They were 1-0 up but conceded a late goal against Wales. In their second ...

MNA The former Sanat Naft coach, Dragan Skocic of Croatia, has been named the new head coach for Iran national football team. Amir Mehdi Alavi, the spokesperson for the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI), broke the news on Thursday, adding that the future programs and schedule for Team Melli will be soon announced by the Football ...

MNA Multiple media reports suggest that Ali Daei is to be announced as the new head coach of Iran national football team in few hours. After the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) parted ways with Marc Wilmots, several coaches were shortlisted to take charge of Team Melli, however the federation has not appointed the new head ...

Press TV - Irans hopes of qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup, have taken a major blow as Team Melli suffered a 2-1 defeat against Iraq. Iraq opened the scoring in the 11th minute, when Mohanad Ali capitalized on a poor clearance by Irans defense to rifle the ball into the roof of the net. Iran drew level in the 25th ...

MNA Iran earned an impressive 14-0 win over minnow Cambodia at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023. Its Team Mellis second successive win in the competition after a 2-0 win over Hong Kong in September in Group C. Iran scored seven goals in the first half in Tehrans Azadi Stadium, where the Iranian women attended an international ...

MNA Iran national football team remained as the top team of Asia in the latest FIFA ranking published on Thursday. Iran stands at 23rd in the overall ranking with 1522 points, sharing the same position and points with Wales. In the Asian continent, Iran tops the ranking while Japan (1490), South Korea (1470), Australia (1441), and Qatar (1377) ...

Fox Sports Asia - IR Iran star Ashkan Dejagah has revealed that Carlos Queiroz indeed wanted to stay on as the head coach of Team Melli even after the teams semifinal exit from the AFC Asian Cup 2019. Queirozs contract was not renewed by Iran following the continental championship and the Portuguese has since then taken over as manager at South ...

MNA Italian Vincenzo Montella, former manager of AC Milan and Seville, has been named as a candidate to replace Carlos Queiroz in Team Melli. According to Goal.com, the Iranian football federation has offered a 3.5-year contract to Montella who is currently without a team. The fee of the offered contract is at 1.5 million, the report ...

MNA Carlos Queiroz left Tehran for Lisbon Thursday morning saying, we leave with tears in our hearts. He stepped down as Team Melli coach after the 3-0 defeat against Japan in the semifinal of AFC Asian Cup on Monday. According to reports, Irans Football Federation has not offered any proposal for extending Queiroz contract and the 65-year-old ...

Fox Sports Asia - AFC Asian Cup contenders Iran were given a reality check, after they were dumped out of the competition by Japan. Fans had touted 2019 to be Team Mellis best chance in years to win the entire thing, only to be let down in the end. And with a lot of stars of this generation nearing their end, we take a look at who could lead them in ...

IRNA - Iran's Karim Ansarifard spoke out his views set on realizing the dreams of a nation by winning the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 title. After comfortably beating China in the quarter-finals, Iran will now play Japan in the last four, a meeting which pits Carlos Queirozs charges against a side that has recorded five successive victories en route ...

Tasnim Iran national football team forward Sardar Azmoun has been picked among the five best performers from the quarterfinals of AFC Asian Cup 2019. With four teams remaining in the competition, it is Iran who continues to look the favorite to win the Asian Cup following its comprehensive 3-0 victory over China. And, with a player of Sardar ...

MNA Australian referee Christopher James Beath has been chosen to officiate Irans AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against Japan on Monday. Beath was added to the FIFA International Referees List in 2011, serving as a referee for matches including the Kirin Challenge Cup contest between Japan and Iceland. In 2017, Beath was appointed as one of ...

FOX Sports Asia - Japan skipper and defender Maya Yoshida has had his say on who he thinks is the best team in the AFC Asian Cup 2019. The Blue Samurai are into the last eight of the tournament after a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia. The Southampton player believes Carlos Queirozs IR Iran are the team to beat in the continental showpiece. Team Melli ...

Reuters - Three-times champions Iran came through an early scare before marching confidently into the Asian Cup quarter-finals for the 13th time in 14 attempts with a 2-0 victory over a spirited Oman team on Sunday. Iran goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand saved an Oman penalty in the opening minute but a goal from winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh and a successful ...

Tasnim Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz says they need to play with a killer instinct against their rivals. Iran booked a place in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup quarter-finals thanks to a 2-0 win over Oman at the competitions Round of 16. Title-chasing Iran survived a first-minute penalty in a chaotic start. Team Melli goalkeeper ...

Khaleej Times - Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Ashkan Dejagah were on target as Iran beat Oman 2-0 to advance to the quarterfinal of the AFC Asian Cup 2019. It would have been a different story had Oman, playing their first knock out game, converted a first-minute penalty kick. Omani striker Muhsen Al Ghassani was pinned inside the Iranian box by defender ...

AP Iran and Iraq advanced to the knockout stages of the Asian Cup on Saturday with a game to spare. Three-time champion Iran beat Vietnam 2-0 and secured its spot in the round of 16 when 2015 semifinalist Iraq beat Yemen 3-0 in another Group D game. Another three-time champion, Saudi Arabia, moved closer to gaining its spot in the next round ...

Mizan | Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak:�The national Iranian men�s football team took on Vietnam on Saturday for its second match at the group stage of 2019 AFC Asian Cup and defeated its eastern Asian rival 2-0 to secure a ticket to the next 16-team stage.