Back منتخب إيران لكرة القدم Arabic فريق ايران لكورة القدم ARZ Seleición masculina de fútbol d'Irán AST İran milli futbol komandası Azerbaijani ایران میلّی فوتبال تیمی AZB Tim nasional sépakbola Iran BAN Зборная Ірана па футболе Byelorussian Зборная Ірану па футболе BE-X-OLD Национален отбор по футбол на Иран Bulgarian ইরান জাতীয় ফুটবল দল Bengali/Bangla
The Iran national football team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال مردان ایران, romanized: Team Mellie Futbâle Mardâne Irân), recognised by FIFA as IR Iran,[10] represents Iran in international senior football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI).[citation needed]
At the continental level, Iran has won three AFC Asian Cup championships in 1968, 1972, and 1976. They have also won three Asian Games in 1974, 1990, and 1998. The nation's best performance at the world level was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the FIFA World Cup, Iran have qualified six times (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022) but have never progressed beyond the group stages; they have however, won three matches: against the United States in 1998, Morocco in 2018, and Wales in 2022. At the regional level, Iran has won four WAFF Championships and one CAFA Nations Cup. The team also won intercontinental AFC–OFC Challenge Cup in 2003.
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