Iran national beach soccer team

Iran
ایران
Nickname(s)Team Melli Football Saheli
(Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال ساحلی , شیران ساحل)
"The National Beach Football Team"
AssociationFFIRI
ConfederationAFC
Head coachAli Naderi
CaptainMohammad Ali Mokhtari
Home stadiumTakhti Sport Complex
FIFA codeIRN
BSWW ranking 5 2 (9 April 2025)[1]


First colours


Second colours
First international
  3–7 Japan 
(Dubai; 23 May 2006)
Biggest win
  20–0 Philippines 
(Doha; 22 January 2013)
Biggest defeat
  2–7 Bahrain 
(Dubai; 25 May 2006)
World Cup
Appearances9 (first in 2006)
Best result Third place (2017 and 2024)
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances11 (first in 2006)
Best result Champions (2013, 2017, 2023, 2025)
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Appearances9 (first in 2013)
Best result Champions (2013, 2018, 2019, 2022)

The Iran national beach soccer team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال ساحلی) represents Iran in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the IFF, the governing body for football in Iran.

Iran has won the AFC Beach Soccer Championship four times (2013, 2017, 2023,2025). Iran has also appeared in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup seven times, reaching the quarterfinals on three occasions (2013, 2015, 2017), and finishing in third place twice (2017, 2024).

Team

Current squad

Correct as of 26-February-2024[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Hamid Behzadpour
2 DF   Amir Hossein Akbari
3 DF   Reza Amirizadeh
4 DF   Saeed Piramoon
5 FW   Mohammad Moradi
6 FW   Mahdi Shir Mohammadi
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW   Ali Mirshekari
8 DF   Movahed Mohammadpour
9 FW   Mohammad Ali Mokhtari
10 FW   Moslem Mesigar
11 FW   Mohammad Masoumizadeh
12 GK   Seyed Mahdi Mirjalili

Coach: Ali Naderi Hoseinabadi

Fixtures & Results

  Win   Loss

Matches
Date Competition Location Opponent Result
2016
1 May 2016 Friendly Match Italy  Italy 4–5 (L)
2 May 2016 Friendly Match Italy  Italy 3–4 (L)
25 July 2016 Friendly Match Sari, Iran  Thailand 7–1 (W)
21 August 2016 Friendly Match Ordos, China  Vietnam 6–1 (W)
23 August 2016 2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament Ordos, China  Bahrain 10–1 (W)
24 August 2016 2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament Ordos, China  Japan 5–1 (W)
25 August 2016 2016 Continental Beach Soccer Tournament Ordos, China  Oman 6–3 (W)
30 October 2016 Friendly Match Dubai, UAE  Tahiti 6–1 (W)
1 November 2016 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  United States 6–2 (W)
2 November 2016 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  Egypt 4–1 (W)
3 November 2016 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  Russia 3–3 (3–1 PSO) (W)
4 November 2016 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  Tahiti 8–6 (W)
5 November 2016 2016 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  Brazil 2–6 (L)
2017
5 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Malaysia 14–0 (W)
6 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Afghanistan 6–1 (W)
7 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  China 10–0 (W)
8 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Bahrain 5–2 (W)
10 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  Japan 8–6 (W)
11 March 2017 2017 AFC Beach Soccer Championship Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia  United Arab Emirates 7–2 (W)
27 April 2017 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Nassau, Bahamas  Mexico 3–2 (W)
29 April 2017 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Nassau, Bahamas  Italy 4–5 (L)
1 May 2017 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Nassau, Bahamas  Nigeria 4–4 (2–1 PSO) (W)
4 May 2017 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Nassau, Bahamas   Switzerland 4–3 (W) (a.e.t.)
6 May 2017 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Nassau, Bahamas  Tahiti 1–1 (2–3 PSO) (L)
7 May 2017 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Nassau, Bahamas  Italy 5–3 (W)
2022
23 August 2022 Friendly Match Yazd, Iran  Azerbaijan 3–2 (W)
24 August 2022 Friendly Match Dubai, UAE  Azerbaijan 5–3 (W)
25 August 2022 Friendly Match Dubai, UAE  Azerbaijan 7–0 (W)
1 November 2022 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  Paraguay 6–2 (W)
2 November 2022 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  United States 6–4 (W)
3 November 2022 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Dubai, UAE  Japan 4–3 (W) (a.e.t.)
5 November 2022 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Semi-finals Dubai, UAE  United Arab Emirates 5–2 (W)
6 November 2022 2022 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup Finals Dubai, UAE  Brazil 2–1 (W)
2023
1 February 2023 Friendly Match Oman  Oman 2-2 (3-2 PSO) (W)
3 February 2023 Friendly Match Oman  Oman 3–4 (L)
28 February 2023 Friendly Match Iran  Belarus 5–0 (W)
1 March 2023 Friendly Match Iran  Belarus 7–3 (W)
16 March 2023 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya, Thailand  Malaysia 14–5 (W)
18 March 2023 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya, Thailand  Uzbekistan 11–2 (W)
20 March 2023 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya, Thailand  United Arab Emirates 7–2 (W)
22 March 2023 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup quarter-finals Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya, Thailand  Bahrain 10-0 (W)
24 March 2023 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Semi-finals Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya, Thailand  Oman 6-3 (W)
26 March 2023 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Finals Jomtien Beach Arena, Pattaya, Thailand  Japan 6-0 (W)

2025

Tournament record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2005 did not enter
2006 Round 1 3 0 0 0 3 10 18 -8 0
2007 3 1 0 0 2 14 14 0 3
2008 3 0 0 0 3 8 16 -8 0
2009 did not qualify
2011 Round 1 3 0 0 0 3 13 17 -4 0
2013 Quarterfinals 4 1 0 0 3 13 16 -3 3
2015 4 2 0 0 2 16 16 0 6
2017 Third place 6 2 1 1 2 21 18 +3 9
2019 did not qualify
2021
2024 Third place 6 4 0 1 1 27 17 +10 13
2025 Quarterfinals 4 2 0 0 2 18 16 +3 6
Total 9/12 36 12 1 2 21 140 148 -7 27

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2011 did not qualify
2012
2013 Champions 5 2 0 3 0 19 17 +2 9
2014 Fourth place 5 2 0 0 3 12 12 0 6
2015 Third place 5 2 0 1 2 15 15 0 7
2016 Runner-up 5 3 0 1 1 23 18 +5 10
2017 Third place 5 3 0 0 2 20 15 +5 9
2018 Champions 5 5 0 0 0 22 8 +14 15
2019 Champions 5 3 0 2 0 22 14 +8 11
2021 Runner -up 5 3 0 0 2 26 19 +7 9
2022 Champions 5 4 1 0 0 23 12 +11 14
Total 9/11 45 27 1 7 10 182 130 +52 90

World Beach Games

World Beach Games record
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2019 Third place 5 2 0 2 1 25 27 -2 8
2023 Qualified but tournament cancelled
Total 1/1 5 2 0 2 1 25 27 -2 8

Persian Beach Soccer Cup

Persian Beach Soccer Cup
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2017 Champions 3 2 1 0 0 10 8 +2 7
2018 Champions 3 3 0 0 0 13 7 +6 9
Total 2/2 6 5 1 0 0 23 15 +8 16

AFC beach Soccer Asian Cup Championship

Asian Championship record
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2006 Third place 4 2 0 0 2 19 21 -2 6
2007 Third place 4 2 0 0 2 20 15 +5 6
2008 Third place 4 2 0 0 2 11 7 +4 6
2009 Fourth place 5 3 0 0 2 20 12 +8 9
2011 Third place 5 3 1 0 1 23 11 +12 11
2013 Champions 5 4 0 1 0 43 13 +30 13
2015 Third place 5 4 0 0 1 29 12 +17 12
2017 Champions 6 6 0 0 0 50 11 +39 18
2019 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 0 2 10 9 +1 3
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
2023 Champions 6 6 0 0 0 54 12 +42 18
2025 Champions 6 6 0 0 0 55 6 +49 18
Total 11/11 53 39 1 1 12 334 129 +205 120

Asian Beach Games

Asian Beach Games record
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2008 Quarterfinal 4 3 0 0 1 20 11 +9 9
2010 Third place 6 5 0 0 1 40 15 +25 15
2012 Champions 6 6 0 0 0 33 9 +24 18
2014 Champions 5 3 0 1 1 21 16 +5 10
2016 did not enter
2020 Qualified but later Cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Total 4/5 21 17 0 1 3 120 51 +69 52

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament

Continental Beach Soccer Tournament record
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2016 Champions 3 3 0 0 0 21 5 +16 9
Total 1/1 3 3 0 0 0 21 5 +16 9

WAFF Beach Soccer Championship

West Asian Beach Soccer Championship record
Year Round M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
2013 Champions 4 3 0 1 0 20 8 +12 10
Total 1/1 4 3 0 1 0 20 8 +12 10

World Cup record

History of coaches

Former notable players

References

  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  2. ^ "IR Iran". FIFA.
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