Iran national futsal team

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Iran

Nickname(s)	Team Melli (Persian: تیم ملی ) "The National Team", Cheetahs (Persian: یوزها) (Persian: شیرهای ایرانی) "Iranian Lions"
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Vahid Shamsaei
Captain	Hossein Tayyebi
Most caps	Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (297)
Top scorer	Vahid Shamsaei (392)
Home stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
FIFA ranking	4 (6 May 2024)[1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Iran 19–6 Kuwait  (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992[2])
Biggest win
Iran 36–0 Singapore  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 7 March 1999)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 8–1 Iran  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 6 October 2000)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1992)
Best result	Third Place (2016 )
AFC Futsal Asian Cup
Appearances	17 (all) (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2024) Runners up (2014, 2022) Third Place (2006, 2012)
CAFA Futsal Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2023 Muhammad Futsal Cup)
Best result	Champions (2023)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2009, 2022)
Best result	Champions (2009) Runners up (2022)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	7 (First in 2007)
Best result	Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2015) Third Place (2013, 2014) 4th place (2010, 2011)

The Iran national futsal team represents Iran in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Futsal Commission of the Iranian Football Federation. According to the FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking, it is ranked 4th in the world, and 1st amongst Asian Football Confederation members.

The Iranian national team is a regular participant of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, reaching third place in 2016, after eliminating the favorites, Brazil, in the round of 16.^[3] Iran has won the first Futsal Confederations Cup in 2009, and also reached the second place in the Grand Prix de Futsal, known as Futsal Mini-World Cup, in multiple editions.