Team Melli History: Refuse to Lose in Doha
13 October 2004 It was the second round of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup and Iran had found themselves in a tough situation. Iran was grouped with Jordan, Qatar,… Read more »
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Friendly with Brazil?
Rumor has it that Qatar has invited Iran to participate in a four-team friendly tournament in March 2019. Brazil is expected to be one of the four teams at the… Read more »
Iran eliminated from Asian U16 Championship [Update]
Iran U16 was defeated 2-0 by Indonesia in its first match of the 2018 AFC U16 Championship in Malaysia on 21 September. Things didn’t get any better three days later… Read more »
Excellent comeback from Persepolis in ACL!
Persepolis scored a huge victory 3-1 over Qatari club Al-Duhail at Azadi Stadium on 17 September in the Asian Champions League quarterfinals. Entering the match, Persepolis was down 1-0 on… Read more »
Ezatolahi to Reading! [Video]
In the newest YouTube edition of Team Melli Talk we hear from one of our analysts about Saied Ezatolahi’s recent move to the Championship in England and we locate another… Read more »
The Tactics of Carlos Queiroz
In this newest podcast, we go back to the 2018 FIFA World Cup and talk about the tactics of Carlos Queiroz with Team Melli analyst Sahand Salari and Arya Allahverdi… Read more »
Champions League for Kaveh Rezaei? [Video]
Check out the newest YouTube edition of Team Melli Talk as we talk about Kaveh Rezaei’s recent move to Belgian giants Club Brugge! It doesn’t stop there as we also… Read more »
Player Profile: Vahid Hashemian
Did you know that legendary Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian scored his first goal for Team Melli at the 1998 Asian Games against Kazakhstan? Iran defeated Kazakhstan 2-0 and both goals… Read more »
Talking Team Melli with a Comedian!
In this edition of Team Melli Talk we chat with Sarah Fatemi, Standup Comedian and die-hard Team Melli supporter! Known as a rising star in the world of comedy, Sarah… Read more »
Editorial: Why Stanislav Cherchesov would be a good replacement for Carlos Queiroz
by Sherwin Razmy Portuguese manager Carlos Queiroz is the longest tenured coach in Iranian football history. However, he will not be the coach forever. He inherited a team when Iran… Read more »