Fun Fact of the Week [Video]
Iran’s first ever goal in a World Cup was scored at the 1978 tournament in Argentina against Scotland. Down 1-0 in the second half due to an own-goal from Andranik… Read more »
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Blog: Tough Group for Iran
The World Cup draw was on 1 December and as always, I was full of stress due to the fact that I am half-Mexican and I never want to see… Read more »
The Miracle at Melbourne
We have reached the 20th anniversary of the Miracle at Melbourne! Join us for debut episode of Great Moments in Team Melli History as we relive that epic night in… Read more »
Did You Know?
Did you know that Team Melli – the National Team of Iran – played its first ever World Cup qualifying match in 1973? Iran did not participate in World Cup… Read more »
Team Melli beats Venezuela 1-0 [Video]
Iran completed its camp in Europe with a win over Venezuela on 13 November in a friendly played in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The only goal of the match was scored by… Read more »
Iran defeats Panama 2-1 [Video]
Another good result for Team Melli in a 2-1 victory over Panama on 9 November in a match that was played in Austria. Goals were scored by Ashkan Dejagah and… Read more »
Amir Abedzadeh called up to Team Melli
Iran has two friendly matches coming up against Panama on 9 November in Austria and four days later against Venezuela in Netherlands. After looking at the list of TM players… Read more »
Iran show strong performance in U17 World Cup
Okay it has been a while but I hope all you Iranian football fans caught some of the U17 World Cup. It was great to see our young TM make… Read more »
Östersunds Making The Most of Opportunity in Europe
Okay let’s face it, a lot of football fans aren’t very big on Europa League because everybody is all about Champions League but Europa League is worth paying attention to… Read more »
Mission Impossible for Persepolis
We are two days away from the second leg of the Asian Champions League Semi-Final between Iranian club Persepolis and Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. Persepolis was demolished 4-0 in the… Read more »