Amir Abedzadeh makes debut for Team Melli
Iran defeated Uzbekistan in its last friendly match at home as we get closer to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Roozbeh Cheshmi scored his first goal as a… Read more »
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Iran drawn with Iraq in 2019 Asian Cup
The draw for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup took place on 4 May and Team Melli has been drawn with Iraq, Vietnam, and Yemen in Group D. Obviously it is… Read more »
Player Profile: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
The player in our spotlight this week is Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, former center-back for Team Melli. Although Bahktiarizadeh played for Iran from 1997 to 2006, he was an on-and-off member who… Read more »
Anyone remember the CAFA?
Back in 2014, Iran left the West Asian Football Federation to help form the Central Asian Football Association with Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. I was glad Iran left… Read more »
Closer to Russia 2018 [Video]
In the newest video edition of Team Melli Talk, we introduce a new segment called “Team Melli Radar” and talk about Iran’s preparation ahead of the 2018 World Cup in… Read more »
Player Profile: Yahya Golmohammadi
The player in our spotlight this week is Yahya Golmohammadi, former center back for Team Melli. Golmohammadi played for Iran from 1993 to 2006 and became a mainstay with Team… Read more »
Zdravko Rajkov: The Man Who Helped Change Iranian Football
I had some free time this week and I went to Glendale to have lunch with Garnik Mehrabian and Karo Haghverdian. Garnik is a former manager of Ararat Tehran, Machine… Read more »
Blog: Great to See Shojaei Back in Action!
Hey everyone, I think it is safe to say that Iran had a good string of recent friendly matches that consisted of victories over Sierra Leone and Algeria. The loss… Read more »
The Right Back Dilemma [Video]
In this new edition of Team Melli Talk, we talk about the right back dilemma for Carlos Queiroz as we get closer to the 2018 World Cup in Russia! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIFSMP0ELHA
Going Back to ACL 1993
In this edition of Team Melli Talk, we talk to Arash Noamouz about his experience of helping PAS Tehran FC win the 1993 edition of the Asian Champions League. To… Read more »