Iran women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Iran national football team.

Iran

Nickname(s)	Iranian lionesses ("Shirzanan") Persian ladies
Association	Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	CAFA (Central Asia)
Head coach	Maryam Azmoon
Captain	Zahra Ghanbari
Most caps	Sara Ghomi (34)
Top scorer	Zahra Ghanbari (13) [1]
Home stadium	Ararat Stadium
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	61 2 (15 March 2024) [2]
Highest	48 (September 2008 – March 2009)
Lowest	72 (June – August 2021)
First international
Iran 5–0 Syria   (Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005)
Biggest win
Iran 13–0 Syria   (Amman, Jordan; 3 September 2007)
Biggest defeat
Thailand 8–1 Iran   (Bangkok, Thailand; 8 July 2009)   China 7–0 Iran   (Mumbai, India; 23 January 2022)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2022 )
Best result	Group stage (2022)
CAFA Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2018 )
Best result	Runners-up (2018, 2022)
Medal record Women's football CAFA Women's Championship 2018 Uzbekistan Team 2022 Tajikistan Team WAFF Women's Championship 2005 Jordan Team 2007 Jordan Team 2011 UAE Team

The Iran women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, represents Iran in international women's football around the world, and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). The Iran women's team played its first international match in September 2005 against Syria.

History

Early years

The first Iranian women's national team was established by Taj Tehran Football Club. ^{[3] [4] [5]} The Iranian women's national team has a long history, with a women's Perspolis FC team dating back to 1976. ^{[6] [7]}

Refounded in 2005, Trying to start over

Refounded in 2005, the team reached second place at the 2005 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in Amman, Jordan held in September and October 2005.

In May 2006, the women's team hosted their first foreign visitors when a club from Berlin, Germany called BSV Al-Dersimspor played out a 2–2 draw in Ararat Stadium, Tehran.

The team won second place again at the 2007 and 2011 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship. ^[8]

2010s

See also: Women's rights in Iran and Zahra Khajavi

Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for wearing hijabs. This caused Iran to forfeit its bid to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^{[9] [10]} The ban was lifted in 2012. ^[11]

In 2015 there were reports that eight players on the team were males awaiting sex change operations. ^{[12] [13]}

Zahra Khajavi, considered as an important goalkeeper in the Iranian national football team history

Iran vs Belarus friendly in 2019

On 27 December 2019, Zahra Khajavi broke the clean sheet record of Iranian football by not conceding any goal for 953 minutes. ^{[14] [15] [16]} Also, she, along with Alireza Biranvand, are known as the record holders of the longest hand throws in Iranian football. ^[17] As one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Iranian football, Khajavi was able to once again draw the attention of the domestic media to the Iranian women's national football team. Her achievements played a key role in the progress of the women's national football team in these years. ^[17]

2020s

In the 2020s, women's football became more popular among young Iranians, both boys and girls. ^[18]

• 
  Khajavi playing for Iran in 2022
• 
  Iran national football team before the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
• 
  Iran against Australia, 2023

Iran qualified for their first ever AFC Women's Asian Cup when they won against Jordan on penalties in the qualifiers for the 2022 edition to be hosted in India. ^[19] In Iran's historic debut, Iran impressed by holding India goalless, but following India's withdrawal due to COVID-19 pandemic, Iran's only point was lost, and thus Iran was left vulnerable to China and Chinese Taipei, losing 0–7 and 0–5 in process and was eliminated as the worst third-placed team.

In 2023, a report on BBC Persian reported the lack of facilities and friendly matches for the team. This report mentioned the "unwillingness" of the Iranian Football Federation to have a women's team. ^[20] In the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Maryam Azmoun's team had one draw and two defeats (in second round of the tournament), although their slight loss against powerful Australia was predictable for the fans. ^{[21] [22] [23]}

Team image

Nicknames

Artwork referring to the team's nickname "Lionesses"

The Iran women's national football team have been known or nicknamed as the "Iranian Lionesses" (in Persian: Shirzanan). ^[24] The Iran women's national football team is widely nicknamed the Persian stars since 2010. "Parsi women" or Persian ladies are another nicknames of the team in Asian football. ^[24]

Media coverage and promotion

In the decades after 1979, the media coverage of women's football in Iran had problems, but the matches of the women's national team are usually followed by Iranian men and women in the national and foreign media. ^[18]

Persian-language documentaries and sports programs are made about the team's winning potential and history. ^[18]

Kits and crest

Kit suppliers

The table below shows the history of kit supplier for the Iranian national football team.

Kit supplier	Period	Notes
Uhlsport	2019–2022
Merooj	2022–present	[25]

Home stadium

Iran plays their home matches on the Ararat Stadium.

Attendance of women in football matches

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On 9 November 2018 Fatma Samoura, Secretary General of International Federation of Football Association FIFA said she would ask Iranian government to end ban on women’s entry to sport stadiums. ^[26]

In September 2019 it was reported that Iranian female football star Sahar Khodayari, dubbed the "blue girl", died after self-immolating in front of a court in Tehran when she found out she could face a two year sentence for attempting to enter a football stadium to watch her team play. ^[27]

Results and fixtures

Main article: Iran women's national football team results

See also: 2024 in association football, 2024 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of matches in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Fixture

2022

Iran   v   Belarus

12 November Friendly	Iran	1–0	Belarus	Tehran, Iran
--:--  UTC+3:30	Motevalli 45'	Report		Stadium: Ararat Stadium

Iran   v   Belarus

15 November Friendly	Iran	1–1	Belarus	Tehran, Iran
15:30  UTC+3:30	Ghanbari 45'	Report	Olkhovik 76'	Stadium: Ararat Stadium

2023

Iran   v   Myanmar

5 April 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	Iran	1–0	Myanmar	Yangon, Myanmar
16:00  UTC+6:30	Chatrenoor 52'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Attendance: 880 Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)

Myanmar   v   Iran

8 April 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 1	Myanmar	1–1	Iran	Yangon, Myanmar
16:00  UTC+6:30	Win Theingi Tun 57'	Report	Zandi 14'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

Russia   v   Iran

14 July Unofficial Friendly	Russia	4–0	Iran	Kazan, Russia
16:30  UTC+3	Abdullina 28' Belomyttseva 38' (pen.) Bizenkova 43' Mashina 83'	Report		Stadium: Central Stadium

Russia   v   Iran

18 July Friendly	Russia	2–0	Iran	Russia
		Report

Australia   v   Iran

26 October 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2	Australia	2–0	Iran	Perth, Australia
19:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium

Iran   v   Chinese Taipei

29 October 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2	Iran	0–0	Chinese Taipei	Perth, Australia
18:10 UTC+8				Stadium: Perth Stadium

Philippines   v   Iran

1 November 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers Round 2	Philippines	1–0	Iran	Perth, Australia
15:50 UTC+8	Annis 19'	Report		Stadium: Perth Rectangular Stadium Attendance: 3,111 Referee: Yu Hong (China)

• Fixtures and Results (Iran)– Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

As of 26 July 2023, after the match against   Russia .

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Australia	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	AFC
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	AFC
Bahrain	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	AFC
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	12	0	+12	AFC
Belarus	5	1	1	3	3	10	−7	UEFA
China	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7	AFC
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	4	12	−8	AFC
Hong Kong	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	AFC
India	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	AFC
Jordan	10	5	2	3	16	15	+1	AFC
Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	AFC
Laos	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	AFC
Lebanon	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	AFC
Myanmar	5	1	1	3	3	7	−4	AFC
Nepal	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	AFC
Palestine	3	3	0	0	20	0	+20	AFC
Philippines	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	AFC
Russia	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	UEFA
Singapore	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	AFC
Syria	4	4	0	0	34	1	+33	AFC
Thailand	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	AFC
Tajikistan	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	AFC
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	AFC
United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	AFC
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	UEFA
Uzbekistan	8	0	2	6	2	17	−15	AFC
Vietnam	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	AFC
Total	71	29	9	33	160	128	+32

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 14 June 2022

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Maryam Azmoon
Assistant coach
Technical manager	Akbar Mohammadi
Supervisor	Fatemeh Alipour

Manager history

• Shahrzad Mozafar (2005)
• Zhu Fang Shin (2008) ^[28]
• Maryam Irandoost (2010–2012) ^[29]
• Helena Costa (2012–2014) ^[30]
• Mahnaz Amirshaghaghi (2014–2016)
• Maryam Azmoon (2016–2020)
• Maryam Irandoost (2021–2022) ^[29]
• Maryam Azmoon (2022–)

Players

Main article: List of Iran women's international footballers

See also: Category:Iran women's international footballers

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament#Second round. ^[31]

Caps correct as of 12 January 2022.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Zahra Khajavi	(1999-02-08) 8 February 1999 (age 25)	12	0	Bam Khatoon F.C.
	1 GK	Mina Nafeei	(1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 (age 25)	?	?	Sepahan Isfahan
	1 GK	Raha Yazdani	(1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 (age 36)	2	0	Shahrdari Sirjan
	2 DF	Zeinab Abbaspour	(2003-06-24) 24 June 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Shahrdari Sirjan
	2 DF	Fatemeh Amineh Borazjani	(1997-06-03) 3 June 1997 (age 26)	19	0	Shahrdari Sirjan
	2 DF	Hadis Basat Shir	(1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26)	6	0	Shahrdari Sirjan
	2 DF	Fatemeh Shaban	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21)	11	2	Zare Batri Sanandaj
	2 DF	Behnaz Taherkhani	(1995-05-22) 22 May 1995 (age 28)	20	3	Bam Khatoon F.C
	2 DF	Sepideh Nozhati	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Malavan Anzali
19	3 MF	Fatemeh Adeli	(1995-07-16) 16 July 1995 (age 28)	22	0	Sepahan
	3 MF	Shabnam Behesht	(1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 25)	12	1	Shahrdari Sirjan
	3 MF	Hasti Foroozandeh	(1999-04-04) 4 April 1999 (age 25)	?	?	Shahrdari Sirjan
	3 MF	Zahra Ghanbari (captain)	(1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32)	21	16	Bam Khatoon F.C
	3 MF	Mona Hamoudi	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30)	5	2	Bam Khatoon F.C
	3 MF	Golnoosh Khosravi	(2001-05-12) 12 May 2001 (age 22)	5	1	Vachan Kurdistan
	3 MF	Fatemeh Makhdoumi	(2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23)	9	1	Shahrdari Sirjan
	3 MF	Melika Mohammadi	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 24)	9	0	Bam Khatoon F.C
	3 MF	Zahra Sarbali	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 30)	8	0	Bam Khatoon F.C
	3 MF	Mohadeseh Zolfi	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 (age 19)	5	1	Peykan Alborz
	4 FW	Samaneh Chahkandi	(1989-03-28) 28 March 1989 (age 35)	20	4	Bam Khatoon F.C
	4 FW	Afsaneh Chatrenoor	(1998-04-14) 14 April 1998 (age 26)	18	4	Shahrdari Sirjan
	4 FW	Negin Zandi	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	7	1	Bam Khatoon F.C

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past year.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Samira Mohammadi	(1992-06-14) 14 June 1992 (age 31)	0	0	Malavan Anzali	v.   Myanmar, 8 April 2023
MF	Asma Nazari Pakdel	(2000-10-28) 28 October 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Badrood Tehran	v.   Myanmar, 8 April 2023
MF	Sahar Ramezani	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Palayesh Gaz Ilam	v.   Myanmar, 8 April 2023
MF	Shaghayegh Rouzbahan	(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994 (age 29)	11	1	Sepahan	v.   Myanmar, 8 April 2023
MF	Sana Sadeghi	(2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 23)	13	0	Sepahan	v.   Myanmar, 8 April 2023
FW	Hajar Dabbaghi	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)	20	6	Gokulam Kerala	v.   Myanmar, 8 April 2023

Current foreign-based players available for selection for national team

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Parisa Geravandi [32]	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
	1 GK	Maryam Yektaei [33]	(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 30)	6	0	Vavacars Fatih Karagumruk
	2 DF	Faezeh Esfahanian [34]	(1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
	2 DF	Sara Valad Khani [35]	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 24)	0	0	FC Bergedorf 85
	3 MF	Hananeh Aminghashghay [36]	(2003-07-14) 14 July 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Altay
	3 MF	Masha Mehri [37]	(1986-01-01) 1 January 1986 (age 38)	0	0	Union Kleinmünchen 1c
	3 MF	Yasaman Farmani	(1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 29)	6	0	Free Agent
	3 MF	Kimya Raietparvar Taloukie [38]	(1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Dallas Texans
	3 MF	Vida Raietparvar Taloukie [39]		0	0	Dallas Texans
	3 MF	Annahita Zamanian	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Sassuolo
	4 FW	Hajar Dabbaghi	(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 25)	20	6	Gokulam Kerala
	4 FW	Shiva Alicia Fannipour [40]	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25)	0	0	FC Bergedorf 85
	4 FW	Fatemeh Ghasemi [41]	(2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 23)	3	2	Ataşehir Belediyespor
	4 FW	Hadis Roustareh [42]	(2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 20)	0	0	?
	4 FW	Dajan Hashemi [43]	(2000-11-21) 21 November 2000 (age 23)	4	0	Brøndby IF

Players of Iranian heritage in other national teams

• Unfortunately, due to strict FIFA rules, Iran women's team is unable to acquire experienced footballers who have many caps for other national teams. Two players of Iranian heritage are Sara Doorsoun who is a current player for Germany and unfortunately ineligible for selection for Iran, and Natasha Shirazi who is a current player for Uganda and might be able to switch nationality to Iran, be available for selection for Iran depending on the number of caps for Uganda.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	2 DF	Sara Doorsoun	(1991-11-17) 17 November 1991 (age 32)	-	-	Eintracht Frankfurt
	4 FW	Natasha Shirazi [44]	(1996-02-08) 8 February 1996 (age 28)	-	-	KF Tirana

Captains

• Zahra Ghanbari (20xx–present)

Honours

Regional

• WAFF Women's Championship

Runners-up: 2005, 2007, 2011

• CAFA Women's Championship

Runners-up: 2018, 2022

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991 to 2007	did not enter
2011	did not qualify
2015
2019
2023
2027	to be determined
Total	0/9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1996 to 2008	did not enter
2012	did not qualify
2016
2020
2024
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975 to 2008	did not enter
2010	did not qualify
2014
2018
2022	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12
Total	1/19	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1990 to 2022	did not enter
2026	to be determined
2030
2034
Total	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

WAFF Women's Championship

WAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	20	2
2007	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	17	2
2010	Group stage	2	0	0	2	0	5
2011	Runners-up	5	4	1	0	21	7
2014	did not enter
2019–onward	Not WAFF member
Total	4/7	14	9	1	4	58	16

Malavan F.C. participated at the 2010.

CAFA Women's Championship

CAFA Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2018	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	16	3
2022	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	10	1
Total	2/2	8	6	0	2	26	4

Iran U-23 team participated at the 2018.

FIFA World Ranking

As of 26 January 2022, after the match against   Chinese Taipei .

 Best Ranking   Best Mover   Worst Ranking   Worst Mover  

Iran's FIFA World Ranking History
Rank	Year	Games Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Best		Worst
						Rank	Move	Rank	Move
61 2 (15 March 2024) [2]	2022	2	0	0	2	70	0	70	0
70	2021	0	0	0	0	70	0	70	0

See also

• Asia portal
• Iran portal
• Sports portal
• Association football portal
• Women's association football portal

• Sport in Iran
  • Football in Iran
    • Women's football in Iran
• Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (IFF)
• Iran women's national football team
  • Iran women's national football team results
  • List of Iran women's international footballers
• Iran women's national under-20 football team
• Iran women's national under-17 football team
• Iran women's national futsal team
• Iran men's national football team

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External links

• Iran women's national football team – official website (in Persian)
• FIFA profile
• Iran Women's National Football Team