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ፌዴሬሽን" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85" title="اتحاد إيران لكرة القدم – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="اتحاد إيران لكرة القدم" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_de_F%C3%BAtbol_d%27Ir%C3%A1n" title="Federación de Fútbol d'Irán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Federación de Fútbol d'Irán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88" title="ایران فوتبال فدراسیونو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ایران فوتبال فدراسیونو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8" title="ইরান ফুটবল ফেডারেশন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইরান ফুটবল ফেডারেশন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3_de_Futbol_de_la_Rep%C3%BAblica_Isl%C3%A0mica_de_l%27Iran" title="Federació de Futbol de la República Islàmica de l'Iran – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Federació de Futbol de la República Islàmica de l'Iran" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%9F%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%99%CF%83%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%99%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία Ισλαμικής Δημοκρατίας του Ιράν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία Ισλαμικής Δημοκρατίας του Ιράν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federaci%C3%B3n_de_F%C3%BAtbol_de_Ir%C3%A1n" title="Federación de Fútbol de Irán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Federación de Fútbol de Irán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="فدراسیون فوتبال ایران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فدراسیون فوتبال ایران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_d%27Iran_de_football" title="Fédération d'Iran de football – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Fédération d'Iran de football" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%9E%80_%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%AC%EB%9E%8C_%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD_%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC_%EC%97%B0%EB%A7%B9" title="이란 이슬람 공화국 축구 연맹 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이란 이슬람 공화국 축구 연맹" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federasi_Sepak_Bola_Republik_Islam_Iran" title="Federasi Sepak Bola Republik Islam Iran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Federasi Sepak Bola Republik Islam Iran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federazione_calcistica_dell%27Iran" title="Federazione calcistica dell'Iran – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Federazione calcistica dell'Iran" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9B%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA" title="פדרציית הכדורגל האיראנית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פדרציית הכדורגל האיראנית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A1ni_labdar%C3%BAg%C3%B3-sz%C3%B6vets%C3%A9g" title="Iráni labdarúgó-szövetség – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Iráni labdarúgó-szövetség" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persekutuan_Bola_Sepak_Republik_Islam_Iran" title="Persekutuan Bola Sepak Republik Islam Iran – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Persekutuan Bola Sepak Republik Islam Iran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraanse_voetbalbond" title="Iraanse voetbalbond – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Iraanse voetbalbond" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A0%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%80%A3%E7%9B%9F" title="イラン・イスラム共和国サッカー連盟 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イラン・イスラム共和国サッカー連盟" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irans_fotballforbund" title="Irans fotballforbund – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Irans fotballforbund" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_de_Futebol_da_Rep%C3%BAblica_Isl%C3%A2mica_do_Ir%C3%A3" title="Federação de Futebol da República Islâmica do Irã – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Federação de Futebol da República Islâmica do Irã" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federa%C8%9Bia_de_Fotbal_din_Iran" title="Federația de Fotbal din Iran – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Federația de Fotbal din Iran" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Федерация футбола Ирана – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Федерация футбола Ирана" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Фудбалски савез Ирана – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Фудбалски савез Ирана" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски 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div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1948</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1958<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Central_Asian_Football_Association" title="Central Asian Football Association">CAFA</a> affiliation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2015</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Taj" title="Mehdi Taj">Mehdi Taj</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ffiri.ir">www<wbr />.ffiri<wbr />.ir</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1042614#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran</b> (<b>FFIRI</b>; <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">فدراسیون فوتبال جمهوری اسلامی ایران</span>, <i>Fadrasion fotbal Jamehori Eslami Iran</i>) is the governing body for <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. It was founded in 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The federation has been a member of <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> since 1948 and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asian Football Confederation</a> since 1958.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2001, Iran were founding members of the <a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Football_Federation" title="West Asian Football Federation">West Asian Football Federation</a>, along with <a href="/wiki/Iraq_Football_Association" title="Iraq Football Association">Iraq</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Football_Association" title="Jordan Football Association">Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Football_Association" title="Lebanese Football Association">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Football_Association" title="Palestinian Football Association">Palestine</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Football_Association" title="Syrian Football Association">Syria</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 23 November 2006, the federation was suspended by FIFA,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> due to government interference in football matters. FIFA rules decree that a national football federation should remain autonomous from the national government. However, on 17 December 2006, the ban was lifted and a new Transitory Board was composed. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_election_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Iranian election protests">2009 Iranian election protests</a>, seven members of the <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran national football team</a> were initially reported to have been banned for life by the federation for wearing green armbands in support of the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Green_Movement" title="Iranian Green Movement">Iranian Green Movement</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Iran women's national football team">Iran women's national football team</a> was briefly suspended by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> from international competition in 2011 for being required by the federation to wear headscarves.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sub-confederation_change">Sub-confederation change</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sub-confederation change"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Iran joined the <a href="/wiki/Central_Asian_Football_Association" title="Central Asian Football Association">Central Asian Football Association</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 2015, the federation banned players from the men's national team due to <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscription</a> problems.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2017, the federation banned <a href="/wiki/Masoud_Shojaei" title="Masoud Shojaei">Masoud Shojaei</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ehsan_Hajsafi" title="Ehsan Hajsafi">Ehsan Hajsafi</a> from the national team after they played against the Israeli club <a href="/wiki/Maccabi_Tel_Aviv" title="Maccabi Tel Aviv">Maccabi Tel Aviv</a> in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 9 November 2018 <a href="/wiki/Fatma_Samoura" title="Fatma Samoura">Fatma Samoura</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 August 2019, <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Jafar_Montazeri" title="Mohammad Jafar Montazeri">Mohammad Jafar Montazeri</a>, prosecutor general of Iran, supporting the ban, said that it should not concern FIFA, if women in Iran can enter sports stadiums or not.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, after continuous pressure from FIFA, <a href="/wiki/IRNA" class="mw-redirect" title="IRNA">IRNA</a> deputy Sports Minister Jamshid Taghizadeh said, women would be allowed to enter <a href="/wiki/Azadi_Stadium" title="Azadi Stadium">Azadi Stadium</a> to watch the men's <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">World Cup 2022</a> qualifier match between Iran and <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> in October.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Competitions">Competitions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Competitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Men's"><span id="Men.27s"></span>Men's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Men's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_Pro_League" title="Persian Gulf Pro League">Persian Gulf Pro League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azadegan_League" title="Azadegan League">Azadegan League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_2_(Iran)" title="League 2 (Iran)">League 2 (Iran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_3_(Iran)" title="League 3 (Iran)">League 3 (Iran)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazfi_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazfi Cup">Hazfi Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Super_Cup" title="Iranian Super Cup">Iranian Super Cup</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Women's"><span id="Women.27s"></span>Women's</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Women's"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kowsar_Women_Football_League" title="Kowsar Women Football League">Kowsar Women Football League</a></li> <li>Hazfi Cup (women)</li> <li>Iranian Supercup (women)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Organization </th> <th>Affiliation </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> </td> <td>since 1948<span class="noprint">; 76 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1948</span>)</span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">AFC</a> </td> <td>since 1958<span class="noprint">; 66 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1958</span>)</span> </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Football_Federation" title="West Asian Football Federation">WAFF</a> </td> <td>2001–2014; 13 years </td> <td rowspan="2">Founding member </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Asian_Football_Association" title="Central Asian Football Association">CAFA</a> </td> <td>since 2015<span class="noprint">; 9 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2015</span>)</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidents">Presidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F.i.f-iran.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/F.i.f-iran.svg/200px-F.i.f-iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/F.i.f-iran.svg/300px-F.i.f-iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/F.i.f-iran.svg/400px-F.i.f-iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Old Logo of the Iran Football Federation (until 1979)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran_Football_Federation_Logo_1970s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Iran_Football_Federation_Logo_1970s.jpg/200px-Iran_Football_Federation_Logo_1970s.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Iran_Football_Federation_Logo_1970s.jpg/300px-Iran_Football_Federation_Logo_1970s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Iran_Football_Federation_Logo_1970s.jpg 2x" data-file-width="355" data-file-height="464" /></a><figcaption>Jersey badge of <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Team Melli</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978 FIFA World Cup</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Presidency <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>President </th> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Note </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:علی کنی">Dr.Ali Kani</a> </td> <td>1947 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>Runners-up of <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1951_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1951 Asian Games">1951 Asian Games</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hedayatollah_Gilanshah" title="Hedayatollah Gilanshah">Hedayatollah Gilanshah</a> </td> <td>1950 </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>Commander of <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Iranian_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Iranian Air Force">Imperial Iranian Air Force</a> (1952) </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td>Mohsen Haddad </td> <td colspan="2">1952 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td>Hossein Siasi </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>1953 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(3) </th> <td>Mohsen Haddad </td> <td>1953 </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>second term </td></tr> <tr> <th>(4) </th> <td>Hossein Siasi </td> <td colspan="2">1954 </td> <td>second term </td></tr> <tr> <th>(1) </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:علی کنی">Dr.Ali Kani</a> </td> <td>1954 </td> <td>1955 </td> <td>second term </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Salimi" title="Mostafa Salimi">Mostafa Salimi</a> </td> <td>1955 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:حسین مبشر">Hossein Mobasher</a> </td> <td>1956 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Makri" class="mw-redirect" title="Mostafa Makri">Mostafa Makri</a> </td> <td>1958 </td> <td>1960 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B0%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AD%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%AE%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:ذبیح‌الله خبیری">Zabih Khabiri</a> </td> <td>1960 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Soroudi" title="Hossein Soroudi">Hossein Soroudi</a> </td> <td>1961 </td> <td>1962 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(6) </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:حسین مبشر">Hossein Mobasher</a> </td> <td>1962 </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>second term<br />qualified to <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Olympics</a><br />Runners-up of <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1966_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1966 Asian Games">1966 Asian Games</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(9) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Soroudi" title="Hossein Soroudi">Hossein Soroudi</a> </td> <td>1967 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>second term </td></tr> <tr> <th>(7) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Makri" class="mw-redirect" title="Mostafa Makri">Mostafa Makri</a> </td> <td>1968 </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>second term<br />winner of <a href="/wiki/1968_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1968 AFC Asian Cup">1968 Asian Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/1972_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1972 AFC Asian Cup">1972 Asian Cup</a><br />qualified to <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics">1972 Olympics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kambiz_Atabay" title="Kambiz Atabay">Kambiz Atabay</a> </td> <td>1972 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of AFC">Presidents of AFC</a><br />(1 August 1976 - 9 December 1978)<br />qualified to <a href="/wiki/1978_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1978 FIFA World Cup">1978 World Cup</a><br />qualified to <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics">1976 Olympics</a><br />winner of <a href="/wiki/1976_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1976 AFC Asian Cup">1976 Asian Cup</a><br />Founder of <a href="/wiki/Takht_Jamshid_Cup" title="Takht Jamshid Cup">Takht Jamshid Cup</a><br />winner of <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1974_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1974 Asian Games">1974 Asian Games</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2" class="extiw" title="fa:ناصر نوآموز">Naser Noamooz</a> </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>first president after Revolution <br />qualified to <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics">1980 Olympics</a> but boycotted the event<br />Third place of <a href="/wiki/1980_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1980 AFC Asian Cup">1980 Asian Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hadi_Tavoosi" title="Hadi Tavoosi">Hadi Tavoosi</a> </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>1981 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:حسین آبشناسان"> Hossein Abshenasan</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1981 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%BA%D9%81%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:حسین راغفر">Hossein Raghfar</a> </td> <td>1981 </td> <td>1982 </td> <td>youngest president of FFIRI ever with 28 years old<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(13) </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:حسین آبشناسان"> Hossein Abshenasan</a> </td> <td>1982 </td> <td>1983 </td> <td>second term </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2_%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:بهروز صحابه تبریزی"> Behrooz Sahabeh</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1984 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nasrollah_Sajjadi" title="Nasrollah Sajjadi">Nasrollah Sajjadi</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1985 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td>Ali Mohammad Mortazavi </td> <td>1986 </td> <td>1987 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td>Mohammad Reza Pahlavan </td> <td>1987 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>Third place of <a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988 Asian Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(11) </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2" class="extiw" title="fa:ناصر نوآموز">Naser Noamooz</a> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>second term<br />winner of <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1990_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1990 Asian Games">1990 Asian Games</a><br />Founder of <a href="/wiki/Azadegan_League" title="Azadegan League">Azadegan League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B5%D9%81%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87" class="extiw" title="fa:محمد صفی‌زاده">Mohammad Safizadeh</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Amir_Abedini" title="Amir Abedini">Amir Abedini</a> </td> <td colspan="2">1994 </td> <td>chairman of <a href="/wiki/Persepolis_F.C." title="Persepolis F.C.">Persepolis</a><br />(1993—2001) </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dariush_Mostafavi" title="Dariush Mostafavi">Dariush Mostafavi</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>Third place of <a href="/wiki/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1996 AFC Asian Cup">1996 Asian Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Safaei_Farahani" title="Mohsen Safaei Farahani">Mohsen Safaei Farahani</a> </td> <td>1997 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>qualified to <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 World Cup</a><br />winner of <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_1998_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 1998 Asian Games">1998 Asian Games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2002_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 2002 Asian Games">2002 Asian Games</a><br />Founder of <a href="/wiki/Iran_Pro_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran Pro League">Iran Pro League</a><br />winner of 1998 <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Fair_Play_Award" title="FIFA Fair Play Award">FIFA Fair Play Award</a><br /> member of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Iranian Parliament</a> (2000-2004) </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Dadkan" title="Mohammad Dadkan">Mohammad Dadkan</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>Third place of <a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004 Asian Cup</a><br />qualified to <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 World Cup</a><br />Third place of <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2006_Asian_Games" title="Football at the 2006 Asian Games">2006 Asian Games</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(22) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Safaei_Farahani" title="Mohsen Safaei Farahani">Mohsen Safaei Farahani</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>second term<br />interim, appointed by <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Kafashian" title="Ali Kafashian">Ali Kafashian</a> </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>2016<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>qualified to <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 World Cup</a><br />2008 and 2012 Best Asian Football Federation of the Year <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Taj" title="Mehdi Taj">Mehdi Taj</a> </td> <td>2016<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>qualified to <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 World Cup</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>— </th> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF" class="extiw" title="fa:حیدر بهاروند">Heydar Baharvand</a> (acting) </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahaboddin_Azizi_Khadem" title="Shahaboddin Azizi Khadem">Shahaboddin Azizi Khadem</a> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>qualified to <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 World Cup</a> <br />Dismissal due to incompetence </td></tr> <tr> <th>— </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mirshad_Majedi" title="Mirshad Majedi">Mirshad Majedi</a> (acting) </td> <td colspan="2">2022 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(25) </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Taj" title="Mehdi Taj">Mehdi Taj</a> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Present </td> <td>second term </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>President </th> <th>Stability<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ali_Kafashian" title="Ali Kafashian">Ali Kafashian</a> </td> <td>8 years and 4 months </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kambiz_Atabay" title="Kambiz Atabay">Kambiz Atabay</a> </td> <td>7 years and 6 months </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Safaei_Farahani" title="Mohsen Safaei Farahani">Mohsen Safaei Farahani</a> </td> <td>4 years and 9 months </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Makri" class="mw-redirect" title="Mostafa Makri">Mostafa Makri</a> </td> <td>4 years and 6 months </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AD%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="fa:حسین مبشر">Hossein Mobasher</a> </td> <td>4 years </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2" class="extiw" title="fa:ناصر نوآموز">Naser Noamooz</a> </td> <td>3 years and 10 months </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Dadkan" title="Mohammad Dadkan">Mohammad Dadkan</a> </td> <td>3 years and 9 months </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">8 </td> <td><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:علی کنی">Dr.Ali Kani</a> </td> <td>3 years and 7 months </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Taj" title="Mehdi Taj">Mehdi Taj</a> </td> <td>3 years and 7 months </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Board_members">Board members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Board members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181218190659/http://www.ffiri.ir/%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B6%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86/FederationBoard">reference</a></li></ul> <table> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#000000; color:#FFC900; font-weight: bold;" align="center"> <td>Position </td> <td>Name </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">President </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Taj" title="Mehdi Taj">Mehdi Taj</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">General Secretary </td> <td align="center">Hedayat Mombeyni (acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">First Vice President </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mahdi_Mohammadnabi" title="Mahdi Mohammadnabi">Mahdi Mohammadnabi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Second Vice President </td> <td align="center">Mansour Ghanbarzadeh </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Third Vice President and Women Section </td> <td align="center">Maryam Monazami (acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Representative of Provincial Football Boards </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ehsan_Osuli" title="Ehsan Osuli">Ehsan Osuli</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Representative of Provincial Football Boards </td> <td align="center">Tahmoures Heydari </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Representative of Club chairpersons </td> <td align="center">Bahram Rezaeian </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Representative of Club chairpersons </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Saket" title="Mohammad Reza Saket">Mohammad Reza Saket</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Board Member </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mirshad_Majedi" title="Mirshad Majedi">Mirshad Majedi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Board Member </td> <td align="center">Ahmad-Reza Barati </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Board Member </td> <td align="center">Khodadad Afsharian </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_teams">National teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Football_Federation_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: National teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Iran national football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Amir_Ghalenoei" title="Amir Ghalenoei">Amir Ghalenoei</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_under-23_football_team" title="Iran national under-23 football team">Iran national under-23 football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Reza_Enayati" title="Reza Enayati">Reza Enayati</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_under-20_football_team" title="Iran national under-20 football team">Iran national under-20 football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Samad_Marfavi" title="Samad Marfavi">Samad Marfavi</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_under-17_football_team" title="Iran national under-17 football team">Iran national under-17 football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Abdi" title="Hossein Abdi">Hossein Abdi</a></i> </p> <ul><li>Iran national under-15 football team</li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Ali_Doustimehr" title="Ali Doustimehr">Ali Doustimehr</a> </i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_futsal_team" title="Iran national futsal team">Iran national futsal team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Vahid_Shamsaei" title="Vahid Shamsaei">Vahid Shamsaei</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iran_national_under-20_futsal_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iran national under-20 futsal team (page does not exist)">Iran national under-20 futsal team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Ali_Sanei" title="Ali Sanei">Ali Sanei</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Iran national beach soccer team">Iran national beach soccer team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: Ali Naderi</i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Iran women's national football team">Iran women's national football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/Maryam_Azmoon" title="Maryam Azmoon">Maryam Azmoon</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Iran_women%27s_national_under-23_football_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Iran women's national under-23 football team (page does not exist)">Iran women's national under-23 football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Iran women's national under-20 football team">Iran women's national under-20 football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Iran women's national under-17 football team">Iran women's national under-17 football team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadi_Mahini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shadi Mahini (page does not exist)">Shadi Mahini</a></i> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Iran women's national futsal team">Iran women's national futsal team</a></li></ul> <p><i>Head coach: <a href="/wiki/To_be_determined" class="mw-redirect" title="To be determined">TBD</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Football Federation of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team#History" title="Iran national football team">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iran_national_football_team_managers" title="List of Iran national football team managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_national_football_team_matches" title="Category:Iran national football team matches">Notable matches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azadi_Stadium" title="Azadi Stadium">Azadi Stadium</a> (1972–present), <a href="/wiki/Shahid_Shiroudi_Stadium" title="Shahid Shiroudi Stadium">Amjadieh Stadium</a> (1942–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_National_Football_Camp" title="Iran National Football Camp">National Football Camp</a> (training)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Statistics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results" title="Iran national football team results">All-time match results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_head-to-head_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran national football team head-to-head record">All-time record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran national football team records">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_records#Top_goalscorers" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran national football team records">All-time goalscorers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_records#Most_capped_players" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran national football team records">Players (by caps)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team#Iran_captains" title="Iran national football team">Captains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Iran_men%27s_international_footballers" title="Category:Iran men's international footballers">International players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Iranian_expatriate_footballers" title="Category:Iranian expatriate footballers">Expatriate players</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Goals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_goals_scored_by_Ali_Daei" title="List of international goals scored by Ali Daei">Ali Daei</a></li> <li>Sardar Azmoun</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">World Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">Summary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup#Argentina_1978" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup#France_1998" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup#Germany_2006" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup#Brazil_2014" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup#Russia_2018" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup#Qatar_2022" title="Iran at the FIFA World Cup">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">AFC Asian Cup Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="Iran at the AFC Asian Cup">Summary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1968 AFC Asian Cup"><b>1968</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1972 AFC Asian Cup"><b>1972</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1976 AFC Asian Cup"><b>1976</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1980 AFC Asian Cup">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1984 AFC Asian Cup">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1988 AFC Asian Cup">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1992 AFC Asian Cup">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="1996 AFC Asian Cup">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2000 AFC Asian Cup">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2004 AFC Asian Cup">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2007 AFC Asian Cup">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2011 AFC Asian Cup">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2015 AFC Asian Cup">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2019 AFC Asian Cup">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2023 AFC Asian Cup">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/2027_AFC_Asian_Cup" title="2027 AFC Asian Cup">2027</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Other tournaments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">The Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Asian_Games" title="Football at the Asian Games">Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFF_Championship" title="WAFF Championship">West Asian Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAFA_Nations_Cup" title="CAFA Nations Cup">CAFA Nations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ECO_Cup" title="ECO Cup">ECO Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LG_Cup_(association_football)" title="LG Cup (association football)">LG Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Asian_Games" title="West Asian Games">West Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afro-Asian_Cup_of_Nations" title="Afro-Asian Cup of Nations">Afro-Asian Cup of Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futsal_Confederations_Cup" title="Futsal Confederations Cup">Confederations Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Iran_International_Tournament" title="1975 Iran International Tournament">Iran Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Cyrus_International_Tournament" title="1971 Cyrus International Tournament">Cyrus Cup</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Rivalries <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_football_rivalry" title="Iran–Iraq football rivalry">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_football_rivalry" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia football rivalry">Saudi Arabia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team#Political_protests" title="Iran national football team">Political protests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Senior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team" title="Iran national football team">Men's</a> <a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results" title="Iran national football team results">results</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(1941%E2%80%931959)" title="Iran national football team results (1941–1959)">1941–59</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(1960%E2%80%931979)" title="Iran national football team results (1960–1979)">1960–79</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="Iran national football team results (1980–1989)">1980s</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="Iran national football team results (1990–1999)">1990s</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="Iran national football team results (2000–2009)">2000s</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="Iran national football team results (2010–2019)">2010s</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_football_team_results_(2020%E2%80%93present)" title="Iran national football team results (2020–present)">2020s</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#DA0000; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #239F40, inset -2px -2px 0 #239F40;;width:1%">Other Iran teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_football_team" title="Iran women's national football team">Women's</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_football_team_results" title="Iran women's national football team results">Results</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_B_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran B national football team">Men's B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_under-23_football_team" title="Iran national under-23 football team">Men's U23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_under-20_football_team" title="Iran national under-20 football team">Men's U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_under-20_football_team" title="Iran women's national under-20 football team">Women's U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_under-17_football_team" title="Iran national under-17 football team">Men's U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_under-17_football_team" title="Iran women's national under-17 football team">Women's U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_futsal_team" title="Iran national futsal team">Men's futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Iran women's national futsal team">Women's futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_national_beach_soccer_team" title="Iran national beach soccer team">Men's beach soccer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_football_associations_of_Asia_(AFC)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:AFC_associations" 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