Team Melli in Asian Cup Qualification

**maij** · 01-01-2009, 05:39 AM

In two weeks time , Team Melli will be facing Singapore in Azadi in the quest of qualifying for Asian Cup 2011 in Doha , Qatar.

Team Melli has by far the best record in Asia in the qualifying rounds with an impressive record of scoring 119 goals in 42 matches ( average 2.83 goals per match(.
However , the initial Team Melli record was not impressive , as Iran failed to qualify for the Final tournament on its first participation in 1959 when it faced Israel , India and Pakistan in the preliminary round. This was the one and only failure of Team Melli in the Asian Cup qualifiers.

In 1968 , Iran was the host nation , and did not need to play the qualification stages , in 1972 Iran qualified as the champions while in 1976 Iran was again the host and defending champions so no qualification matches were required , so was the case for Asian cup 1980.

The first Asian Cup qualification for Iran after these long years was in 1984 where Team Melli defeated Bangladesh 5-0 in Jakarta , Indonesia. This was after 27 years absence from qualifying rounds. A record that has not been matched by any team.

In 16 years of competition Since 1984 when Iran was required to compete in the qualification rounds , it first defeat did not occur until 2000 , when Team Melli lost by a solitary goal against Bahrain.

P:42

W:32

D:6

L:4

GF:119

GA: 23

GD:+96

121 players represented Team Melli in the Asian Cup Qualification rounds. 44 different players have managed to score at least one goal in these qualifying rounds.
The holder of the highest number of games and goals is Ali Daei , the current Team Melli coach. Daei played in 18 matches while scoring 24 goals ( and avaerage of 1.33 goals per game).

**maij** · 01-01-2009, 05:48 AM

Match Date Opponent Score Venue Attendance
1 05-Dec-59 Israel........3-0 Cochin 5,000
2 07-Dec-59 Pakistan......1-4 Cochin 15,000
3 08-Dec-59 India.........1-3 Cochin 20,000
4 12-Dec-59 Israel........1-1 Cochin 12,000
5 13-Dec-59 Pakistan......4-1 Cochin 16,000
6 15-Dec-59 India.........2-1 Cochin 25,000
7 07-Aug-84 Bangladesh....5-0 Jakarta 50,000
8 09-Aug-84 Syria........ 3-1 Jakarta 10,000
9 11-Aug-84 Thailand......5-0 Jakarta 15,000
10 13-Aug-84 Indonesia....1-0 Jakarta 65,000
11 15-Aug-84 Philippines..7-1 Jakarta 40,000
12 18-Aug-84 Syria........1-0 Jakarta 40,000
13 27-May-88 Hong Kong....2-0 Kathmandu 10,000
14 29-May-88 Syria........1-1 Kathmandu 25,000
15 02-Jun-88 Korea DPR....0-0 Kathmandu 20,000
16 04-Jun-88 Nepal........3-0 Kathmandu 20,000
17 11-May-92 Pakistan.....7-0 Calcutta 10,000
18 13-May-92 India........3-0 Calcutta 20,000
19 10-Jun-96 Nepal........8-0 Azadi 35,000
20 12-Jun-96 Sri Lanka....7-0 Azadi 20,000
21 14-Jun-96 Oman.........2-0 Azadi 100,000
22 17-Jun-96 Sri Lanka....4-0 Muscat 2,000
23 19-Jun-96 Nepal........4-0 Muscat 1,000
24 21-Jun-96 Oman.........2-1 Muscat 5,000
25 31-Mar-00 Maldives.....8-0 Aleppo
26 02-Apr-00 Syria........1-0 Aleppo
27 04-Apr-00 Bahrain......0-1 Aleppo
28 07-Apr-00 Bahrain......3-0 Azadi
29 09-Apr-00 Syria........1-1 Azadi
30 11-Apr-00 Maldives.....3-0 Azadi
31 05-Sep-03 Jordan.......4-1 Azadi 57,000
32 26-Sep-03 Jordan.......2-3 Amman 27,000
33 27-Oct-03 Korea DPR....3-1 Pyongyang 30,000
34 12-Nov-03 Korea DPR....1-0 Azadi 40,000
35 19-Nov-03 Lebanon......3-0 Beirut 5,000
36 28-Nov-03 Lebanon......1-0 Azadi 20,000
37 22-Feb-06 Taiwan.......4-0 Azadi 8000
38 16-Aug-06 Syria........1-1 Azadi 25000
39 02-Sep-06 Korea Rep....1-1 Seoul 60000
40 06-Sep-06 Syria........2-0 Damascus 30000
41 11-Oct-06 Taiwan.......2-0 Taipei 300
42 15-Nov-06 Korea Rep....2-0 Azadi 45000

**maij** · 01-01-2009, 06:18 AM

Player Name..........Caps..Goals
Daei..................18 24
Karimi................13 5
Mahdavikia............12 1
Estili................11 3
Nekounam..............11 2
Nosrati...............11 1
Peyrovani.............11 0
Bagheri...............10 9
Nikbakht-Vahedi........9 2
Kavianpour.............9 0
Majidi.................8 1
Abedzadeh..............8 0
Kaebi..................8 0
Mirzapour..............8 0
Deenmohamadi...........7 1
Kazemian...............7 0
NasserMohamedkhani.....6 9
Alidosti...............6 6
Dehdari................6 4
Marfavi................6 3
Ahadi..................6 2
Ghayeghran.............6 2
Golmohamadi............6 2
Moharrami..............6 2
Arabshahi..............6 1
Barmaki................6 1
Hajimokhtar............6 1
Mansourian.............6 1
Mobali.................6 1
Mokhtarifar............6 1
Shahroudi..............6 1
Teymourian.............6 1
Bayati Mohd............6 0
Emamifar...............6 0
Fonoonizadeh...........6 0
Mohamedkhani Nader.....6 0
Ostadasadi.............6 0
Panjali................6 0
Ranjbar................6 0
Hojri..................5 5
Peyous.................5 3
Darakhshan.............5 2
Garousi................5 2
Hakim-Zadeh............5 1
Jamali.................5 1
Navidkia...............5 1
Amirasefi..............5 0
Bakhtiyarizadeh........5 0
Dinvarzadeh............5 0
Ghalenoei..............5 0
Hajiloo................5 0
Hamadani...............5 0
Hasheminasab...........5 0
Navazi.................5 0
Nourian................5 0
Rezaei.................5 0
Saadavi................5 0
Sultani................5 0
Tabatabaei.............5 0
Zarincheh..............5 0
Bavi...................4 4
Madanchi...............4 2
Enayati................4 1
Me'Maar................4 1
Arab...................4 0
Ashoori................4 0
Gholizadeh.............4 0
Haydari D..............4 0
Kermani-Mughadam.......4 0
Khakpour...............4 0
Rasoul Khatibi.........4 0
Rahimpour..............4 0
Fekri M................3 1
Hashemian..............3 1
Akhtar.................3 0
Shahrokh Bayani........3 0
Bizik..................3 0
Kameli-Mofrad..........3 0
Namdar.................3 0
Namjoo-Mutlaq..........3 0
Sadeghi A.H............3 0
Sanjari................3 0
Shirzadegan............3 0
Taqavi.................3 0
Varmazyar..............3 0
Abtahi.................2 1
Hassanzadeh............2 1
Akbarpour S............2 0
Amirabadi..............2 0
Ansarian...............2 0
Fath-Abadi.............2 0
Gholampour.............2 0
Roudbarian.............2 0
Shakori................2 0
Shokori-Zadeh..........2 0
Taghipour..............2 0
Talebloo...............2 0
Abolqasimpour..........1 1
Badamaki...............1 1
Mousavi................1 1
Akhavi.................1 0
Mohammad Alavi.........1 0
Basherzad..............1 0
Dabir..................1 0
Fanaei.................1 0
Ibrahimhkah............1 0
Mojtaba Jabbari........1 0
Janfada................1 0
Modir Rosta............1 0
Noamooz................1 0
Noubari................1 0
Pejman Nouri...........1 0
Qleech.................1 0
Ranjbaran..............1 0
Rezaee.................1 0
Samereh................1 0
Shah-Mohamadi..........1 0
Shah-Zaydi.............1 0
Tahouni................1 0
Tohami.................1 0
Sattar Zare............1 0