Iran at the AFC Asian Cup

The Iran men's national football team has participated in 14 editions of the AFC Asian Cup, first appearing in the 1968 Asian Cup after automatically qualifying as hosts. Overall, Iran is one of the most successful teams in Asia, having won three titles from 1968 to 1976. However, after the 1976 Asian Cup, Iran's best performance is just third place.

Overall results

AFC Asian Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Withdrew										Withdrew
1960	Did not qualify										6	3	1	2	12	10
1964	Withdrew										Withdrew
1968	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	11	2	Squad		Qualified as host
1972	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	12	4	Squad		Qualified as champion
1976	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	13	0	Squad		Qualified as host
1980	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	16	6	Squad		Qualified as champion
1984	Fourth place	4th	6	2	4	0	8	3	Squad		6	6	0	0	22	2
1988	Third place	3rd	6	2	2	2	3	4	Squad		4	2	2	0	6	1
1992	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	1	Squad		2	2	0	0	10	0
1996	Third place	3rd	6	3	2	1	14	6	Squad		6	6	0	0	27	1
2000	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	1	1	7	3	Squad		6	4	1	1	16	2
2004	Third place	3rd	6	3	3	0	14	8	Squad		6	5	0	1	16	5
2007	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	2	0	6	3	Squad		6	4	2	0	12	2
2011	Quarter-finals	7th	4	3	0	1	6	2	Squad		6	4	1	1	11	2
2015	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	7	3	Squad		6	5	1	0	18	5
2019	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	1	1	12	3	Squad		8	6	2	0	26	3
2023	Semi-finals	3rd	6	4	1	1	12	7	Squad		8	6	0	2	34	4
2027	Qualified										6	4	2	0	16	4
Total	3 titles	16/19	74	45	20	9	143	55	—		76	57	12	7	226	41

Head-to-head record

AFC Asian Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahrain	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
China	7	3	4	0	12	5	+7
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
India	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Iraq	7	4	2	1	12	6	+6
Israel	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Japan	5	1	2	2	2	5	–3
Kuwait	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Malaysia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Myanmar	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
North Korea	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
Oman	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Palestine	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Qatar	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2
Saudi Arabia	4	1	2	1	4	2	+2
Singapore	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
South Korea	7	3	1	3	13	12	+1
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Syria	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Republic of China	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Thailand	4	3	1	0	10	4	+6
United Arab Emirates	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Yemen	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5

1968 Asian Cup

It was Iran's first ever Asian Cup debut, as they were awarded as host. Iran lifted the trophy for the first time.^[1]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran (H)	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	8	Champions
2	Burma	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	5	Runners-up
3	Israel	4	2	0	2	11	5	+6	4	Third place
4	Republic of China	4	0	2	2	3	10	−7	2	Fourth place
5	Hong Kong	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1	Fifth place

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Iran	2–0	Hong Kong
Behzadi 70' Jabbari 88'

10 May 1968

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Norman Boswell (Malaysia)

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Iran	4–0	Republic of China
Behzadi 31' Kalani 34' Eftekhari 51' Farzami 56'

13 May 1968

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alex Joseph Vaz (India)

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Burma	1–3	Iran
Aung Khi 50'		Kalani 2' Eftekhari 60' Behzadi 71'

16 May 1968

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Natrajan (India)

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Iran	2–1	Israel
Behzadi 75' Ghelichkhani 86'		Spiegel 56'

19 May 1968

Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Alex Joseph Vaz (India)

1972 Asian Cup

Group allocation match

Iran	2–0	Khmer Republic
Kalani 45' Iranpak 51'

7 May 1972

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Kim Jo-Wong (South Korea)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Thailand (H)	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	Iraq	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Iran	3–0	Iraq
Kalani 34', 70', 78'

9 May 1972

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

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Thailand	2–3	Iran
Tantariyanond 69', 70'		Jabbari 80', 86', 88'

13 May 1972

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Matolzi (Malaysia)

Semi-finals

Iran	2–1	Khmer Republic
Iranpak 13' Ghelichkhani 47'		Doeur Sokhom 18'

16 May 1972

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Matolozi (Malaysia)

Final

Iran	2–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Jabbari 48' Kalani 108'		Park Lee-Chun 65'

19 May 1972

National Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Sivapalan Kathiravale (Malaysia)

1976 Asian Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran (H)	2	2	0	0	10	0	+10	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	2
3	South Yemen	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Iran	2–0	Iraq
Nouraei 45' Roshan 58'

4 June 1976

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Marijan Raus (Yugoslavia)

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Iran	8–0	South Yemen
Azizi 17', 73' Nouraei 40', 42' Khorshidi 45' Mazloumi 63', 74', 80'

8 June 1976

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Akram Ul Haq (India)

Semi-finals

Iran	2–0 (a.e.t.)	China
Khorshidi 100' Roshan 119'

11 June 1976

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Asami (Japan)

Final

Iran	1–0	Kuwait
Parvin 71'

13 June 1976

Aryamehr Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 100,000^{[citation needed]}

Referee: Jean Dubach (Switzerland)

It would have been the last time Iran has ever won the title, as for 2019. However, Iran holds record as the most consecutive champion, having won three strait titles comparing to Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, bot have two strait titles.

1980 Asian Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	4	2	2	0	12	4	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	North Korea	4	3	0	1	9	7	+2	6
3	Syria	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1	5
4	China	4	1	1	2	9	5	+4	3
5	Bangladesh	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

Source: RSSSF

Iran	0–0	Syria

17 September 1980

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 15,000

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China	2–2	Iran
Chen Jingang 74' Xu Yonglai 89'		Alidousti 35' Fariba 70'

20 September 1980

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

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Bangladesh	0–7	Iran
		Fariba 11', 34', 80', 82' Roshan 21' Barzegari 27', 87'

22 September 1980

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 2,000

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Iran	3–2	North Korea
Alidousti 27' Danaeifard 57' Fariba 60'		Hwang Sang-hoi 68' Pak Jong-hun 90'

24 September 1980

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

Semi-finals

Iran	1–2	Kuwait
Faraki 90'		Yaqoub 63' Al-Dakhil 85'

28 September 1980

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kok Lee (Singapore)

Third place match

Iran	3–0	North Korea
Fariba 49' Faraki 66', 76'

29 September 1980

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Enrique Mendoza (Mexico)

1984 Asian Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
3	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	3	8	−5	4
4	Singapore (H)	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
5	India	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Iran	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Alidousti 27' Shahrokh Bayani 85' (pen.) Mohammadkhani 87'

1 December 1984

21:00

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

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Iran	2–0	China
Mohammadkhani 57' Arabshahi 69'

3 December 1984

19:00

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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Iran	0–0	India

7 December 1984

19:00

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia)

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Singapore	1–1	Iran
Saad 61'		Shahrokh Bayani 55' (pen.)

10 December 1984

19:00

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Shahin Bayani 88' (o.g.)		Shahrokh Bayani 43'
Penalties
Abdullah Abduljawad Nu'eimeh Al-Jam'an Al-Musaibeah	5 – 4	Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Panjali Shahrokh Bayani

13 December 1984

20:00

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

Third place match

Iran	1 – 1	Kuwait
Mohammadkhani 80'		Al-Haddad 26'
Penalties
Hajiloo Derakhshan Ahadi Mokhtarifar	3 – 5	Al-Dakhil Al-Suwayed Juma'a Al-Jasem Al-Qabendi

16 December 1984

18:00

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 26,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

1988 Asian Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	5
3	Qatar (H)	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4
4	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	2	4	−2	2
5	Japan	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Iran	2–0	Qatar
Bavi 6' Pious 89'	Report

2 December 1988

16:00

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

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Japan	0–0	Iran
	Report

4 December 1988

15:00

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Samuel Chan (Hong Kong)

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Iran	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Pious 27'	Report

8 December 1988

15:00

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Steven Ovinis (Malaysia)

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South Korea	3–0	Iran
Byun Byung-Joo 26', 57' Hwang Sun-Hong 42'	Report

11 December 1988

17:00

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iran
Abdullah 16'	Report

15 December 1988

16:00

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: George Courtney (England)

Third place match

China	0–0	Iran
	Report
Penalties
Duan Ju Wang Baoshan Wu Wenbing	0–3	Moharrami Ansarifard Ghayeghran

17 December 1988

16:00

Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

1992 Asian Cup

The 1992 tournament was considered as the most disappointing tournament for Iran, after ended up in group stage and got eliminated for the first time in the history. It remains as the only time Iran failed to qualify from the group stage.

The last match between Japan and Iran has been a significant subject on the criticism. Iran came to the match with four points, an advantage comparing to its Japanese rival which was forced to gain a win after two draws. However, the match was marred with three red cards for the Iranian team, the first red card in early second half for Jamshid Shahmohammadi in 54' caused drain for the Iranian side when they played only with ten men. In 86', Kazuyoshi Miura scored the decisive goal for Japan that Iranian side had protested to be offside, but instead Nader Mohammadkhani and Farshad Pious were issued red card as well, thus Iran had to play entire of the last minutes with eight players, and eventually, lost 0–1 and eliminated from the competition; Japan went on to win its first Asian title, and marked the rise of Japan as an Asian football power.^[2] Many Iranian supporters have continued to hold the match as the biggest robbery in their football history.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Iran	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
4	North Korea	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: WorldFootball.net
(H) Hosts

North Korea	0–2	Iran
	Report	Pious 30' Ghayeghran 80'

30 October 1992

17:00

Bingo Sports Park, Onomichi

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

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Iran	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report

1 November 1992

12:00

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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Japan	1–0	Iran
Miura 87'	Report

3 November 1992

14:00

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 37,000^[4]

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

1996 Asian Cup

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Iraq	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: RSSSF

Iran	1–2	Iraq
Daei 90' (pen.)	Report	Fawzi 37' Sabbar 69'

5 December 1996

19:00

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

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Thailand	1–3	Iran
Senamuang 80'	Report	Saadavi 38' Minavand 54' Daei 70'

8 December 1996

19:00

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

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Saudi Arabia	0–3	Iran
	Report	Daei 12' Bagheri 37' Azizi 47'

11 December 1996

16:45

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Masayoshi Okada (Japan)

Quarter-finals

South Korea	2–6	Iran
Kim Do-Hoon 11' Shin Tae-Yong 35'	Report	Bagheri 31' Azizi 52' Daei 66', 76', 83', 89' (pen.)

16 December 1996

16:45

Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

Semi-finals

Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia
	Report
Penalties
Daei Peyrovani Yazdani Estili Bagheri Khakpour	3–4	Al-Temawi Sulaimani Zubromawi Al-Muwallid Al-Harbi Madani

19 December 1996

19:30

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Third place match

Iran	1–1	Kuwait
Daei 40'	Report	Al-Huwaidi 15'
Penalties
Moharrami Estili Peyrovani Bagheri	3–2	Badr Haji Bashar Abdullah Al-Lenqawi Abdulrahman Al-Huwaidi

21 December 1996

16:45

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)

2000 Asian Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Thailand	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Lebanon (H)	3	0	2	1	3	7	−4	2

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Lebanon	0–4	Iran
	Report	Bagheri 19' Estili 75', 87' Daei 90+1'

12 October 2000

20:45

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 52,418

Referee: Lu Jun (China)

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Iran	1–1	Thailand
Daei 73'	Report	Pituratana 12'

15 October 2000

17:00

Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

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Iran	1–0	Iraq
Daei 77'	Report

18 October 2000

19:30

Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon

Attendance: 8,582

Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

Quarter-finals

Iran	1–2 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Bagheri 71'	Report	Kim Sang-Sik 90' Lee Dong-Gook 99'

23 October 2000

16:45

International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

2004 Asian Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Oman	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
4	Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: RSSSF

Iran	3–0	Thailand
Enayati 71' Nekounam 80' Daei 86' (pen.)	Report

20 July 2004

20:30

Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Mohammad Kousa (Syria)

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Oman	2–2	Iran
Al-Hosni 31', 40'	Report	Karimi 61' Nosrati 90+4'

24 July 2004

18:00

Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain)

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Japan	0–0	Iran
	Report

28 July 2004

18:15

Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Quarter-finals

South Korea	3–4	Iran
Seol Ki-Hyeon 16' Lee Dong-Gook 25' Kim Nam-Il 68'	Report	Karimi 10', 20', 77' Park Jin-Seop 51' (o.g.)

31 July 2004

21:00

Shandong Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

Semi-finals

China	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Shao Jiayi 18'	Report	Alavi 38'
Penalties
Zheng Zhi Zhao Junzhe Li Xiaopeng Sun Xiang Shao Jiayi	4–3	Daei Mahdavikia Nekounam Mobali Golmohammadi

3 August 2004

21:00

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

Third place match

Iran	4–2	Bahrain
Nekounam 9' Karimi 52' Daei 80' (pen.), 90'	Report	Yousef 48' Farhan 57'

6 August 2004

20:00

Workers Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)

2007 Asian Cup

Group C

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	China	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Malaysia (H)	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Iran	2–1	Uzbekistan
Hosseini 55' Kazemian 78'	Report	Rezaei 16' (o.g.)

11 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 1,863

Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

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China	2–2	Iran
Shao Jiayi 7' Mao Jianqing 33'	Report	Zandi 45+1' Nekounam 74'

15 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 5,938

Referee: Khalil Al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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Malaysia	0–2	Iran
	Report	Nekounam 29' (pen.) Teymourian 77'

18 July 2007

20:30 UTC+8

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 4,520

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Quarter-finals

Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report
Penalties
Zandi Mahdavikia Enayati Khatibi	2–4	Lee Chun-Soo Kim Sang-Sik Kim Do-Heon Cho Jae-Jin Kim Jung-Woo

22 July 2007

18:15 UTC+8

Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 8,629

Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

2011 Asian Cup

Group D

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	North Korea	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 January 2011
Iraq	1–2	Iran
15 January 2011
Iran	1–0	North Korea
19 January 2011
United Arab Emirates	0–3	Iran

Quarter-finals

Iran	0–1 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
	Report	Yoon Bit-Garam 105'

22 January 2011

19:30

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 7,111

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

2015 Asian Cup

Group C

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Qatar	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 January 2015
Iran	2–0	Bahrain	AAMI Park, Melbourne
15 January 2015
Qatar	0–1	Iran	Stadium Australia, Sydney
19 January 2015
Iran	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane

Quarter-finals

Iran	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Iraq
Azmoun 24' Pouraliganji 103' Ghoochannejhad 119'	Report	Yasin 56' Mahmoud 93' Ismail 116' (pen.)
Penalties
Hajsafi Pouraliganji Nekounam Hosseini Ghafouri Jahanbakhsh Teymourian Amiri	6–7	Abdul-Amir Salem Ismail Adnan Mahmoud Kasim Hussein Shaker

23 January 2015

17:30 AEDT (UTC+11)

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 18,921^[5]

Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

With a third straight defeat in the quarter-finals, Iran had failed to pass through the quarter-finals for three consecutive Asian Cup. Adding with the last time Iran crowned as champion in 1976, Iran had not won the Asian Cup for 43 years.

2019 Asian Cup

Ali Daei, former Iran's international, stated Iran would have to be more confident to win the Asian Cup and ended their 47 years in drought of the title, citing their 2018 World Cup participation as useful to help Iran.^[6]

Group D

Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	7	0	+7	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Yemen	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Iran	5–0	Yemen
Taremi 12', 25' Dejagah 23' Azmoun 53' Ghoddos 78'	Report

7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)

20:00

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 5,301

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

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Vietnam	0–2	Iran
	Report	Azmoun 38', 69'

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12)

15:00

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 10,841

Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

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Iran	0–0	Iraq
	Report

16 January 2019 (2019-01-16)

20:00

Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 15,038

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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Round of 16

Iran	2–0	Oman
Jahanbakhsh 32' Dejagah 41' (pen.)	Report

20 January 2019 (2019-01-20)

21:00

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 31,945

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

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Quarter-finals

China	0–3	Iran
	Report	Taremi 18' Azmoun 31' Ansarifard 90+1'

24 January 2019 (2019-01-24)

20:00

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 19,578

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

Semi-finals

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Iran	0–3	Japan
	Report	Osako 56', 67' (pen.) Haraguchi 90+1'

28 January 2019 (2019-01-28)

18:00

Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 23,262

Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

2023 Asian Cup

Group C

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
3	Palestine	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Iran	4–1	Palestine
Ansarifard 2' Khalilzadeh 12' Ghayedi 38' Azmoun 55'	Report	Seyam 45+6'

14 January 2024 (2024-01-14)

20:30

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 27,691

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

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Hong Kong	0–1	Iran
	Report	Ghayedi 24'

19 January 2024 (2024-01-19)

20:30

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 36,412

Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)

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Iran	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Taremi 26', 65'	Report	Al-Ghassani 90+3'

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)

18:00

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 34,259

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

Round of 16

Iran	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Syria
Taremi 34' (pen.)	Report	Khribin 64' (pen.)
Penalties
Ansarifard Rezaeian Ebrahimi Torabi Hajsafi	5–3	Sabbag Youssef Ousou Al Dali

31 January 2024 (2024-01-31)

19:00

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 8,720

Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Quarter-finals

Iran	2–1	Japan
Mohebi 55' Jahanbakhsh 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Morita 28'

3 February 2024 (2024-02-03)

14:30

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 35,640

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Semi-finals

Iran	2–3	Qatar
Azmoun 4' Jahanbakhsh 51' (pen.)	Report	Gaber 17' Afif 43' Ali 82'

7 February 2024 (2024-02-07)

18:00

Al Thumama Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 40,342

Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

See also

• Iran at the FIFA World Cup
• Iranian football clubs in the AFC Champions League
• AFC Champions League clubs performance comparison

References

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6. "Daei Confident Iran Will Win AFC Asian Cup Title". 4 May 2018.