Iran national football team results (2000–2009)

Main article: Iran national football team results
Iran national football team results

This is a list of official football games played by Iran national football team between 2000 and 2009.

2000

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Friendly

Mexico 2–1 Iran
Hernández 3'
Blanco 19'		 Report Daei 26' (pen.)
Attendance: 34,289

Friendly

United States 1–1 Iran
Armas 48' Report Mahdavikia 6'
Attendance: 50,181

Friendly

Kuwait 1–1 Iran
Al-Huwaidi 13' Report Abolghasempour 71'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Abul Mansoor (Kuwait)

Friendly

Cyprus 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 500

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Maldives 0–8 Iran
Report Hasheminasab 19'
Dinmohammadi 20'
Mahdavikia 23'
Estili 33'
Daei 39', 61', 73'
Mousavi 79'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Iran 1–0 Syria
Daei 58' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Bahrain 1–0 Iran
Salmeen 15' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Iran 3–0 Bahrain
Fekri 60'
Karimi 70'
Daei 82'		 Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Syria 1–1 Iran
Al-Seyed 15' Report Hasheminasab 40'
Attendance: 50,000

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Iran 3–0 Maldives
Abolghasempour 3'
Estili 32'
Daei 63' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 35,000

2000 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Iran 3–0 Kazakhstan
Karimi 6', 73'
Hashemian 45'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Salem Mahmoud (Jordan)

2000 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Palestine 1–1 Iran
Lafi 90+2' Report Samereh 54'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

2000 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Iran 1–0 Syria
Karimi 56' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Hazem Eisa (Iraq)

2000 WAFF West Asian Championship – Semifinal

Jordan 0–1 Iran
Report Karimi 14'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

2000 WAFF West Asian Championship – Final

Iran 1–0 Syria
Bakhtiarizadeh 37' Report
Attendance: 2,000

2000 LG Cup – Semifinal

Iran 1–1 Egypt
Daei 58' Report Hassan 51'
Penalties
Daei soccer ball with check mark
Karimi soccer ball with check mark
Hamedani soccer ball with check mark
Kavianpour soccer ball with check mark
Bakhtiarizadeh soccer ball with check mark
Yazdani soccer ball with red X
Rahbarifar soccer ball with check mark
Minavand soccer ball with red X
Nekounam soccer ball with check mark
Hasehemian soccer ball with red X		 7–8 soccer ball with check mark Kamouna
soccer ball with check mark Homos
soccer ball with check mark El-Said
soccer ball with check mark Sabry
soccer ball with check mark Hassan
soccer ball with red X Khashaba
soccer ball with check mark Emam
soccer ball with red X Hassan
soccer ball with check mark El-Saqua
soccer ball with check mark Farouk
Attendance: 60,000

2000 LG Cup – 3rd place match

Iran 3–1 Macedonia
Bagheri 3'
Daei 8'
Kavianpour 88'		 Report Hristov 5'
Attendance: 40,000

Friendly

Iran 2–1 Georgia
Jamshidi 3'
Majidi 30'		 Report Kavelashvili 65'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ahmad Abharan (Iran)

Friendly

Austria 5–1 Iran
Herzog 39'
Kocijan 44'
Mayrleb 47', 68'
Kühbauer 66'		 Report Majidi 7'
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Goran Marić (Croatia)

Friendly

Qatar 1–2 Iran
Hamzah 75' Report Daei 17', 52'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sultan Al-Muzahmi (Oman)

2000 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary round

Lebanon 0–4 Iran
Report Bagheri 19'
Estili 75', 87'
Daei 90+1'
Attendance: 52,418
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

2000 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary round

Iran 1–1 Thailand
Daei 73' Report Piturat 12'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Saad Kamil (Kuwait)

2000 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary round

Iran 1–0 Iraq
Daei 77' Report
Attendance: 8,582

2000 AFC Asian Cup – Quarterfinal

Iran 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Bagheri 71' Report Kim Sang-sik 90'
Lee Dong-gook gold-colored soccer ball 99'
Attendance: 5,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – First round

Iran 19–0 Guam
Majidi 12', 76', 79'
Bagheri 13', 24', 34', 49', 67', 77'
Karimi 18', 56', 59', 85'
Nikbakht 31'
Daei 36' (pen.), 53', 72'
Bakhtiarizadeh 42', 68'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – First round

Iran 2–0 Tajikistan
Daei 55'
Hasheminasab 60'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mahmoud Al-Rifaee (Syria)

2001

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2001 Civilization Cup – 3rd place match

Iran 4–0 China
Daei 13'
Mahdavi 24'
Nikbakht 38'
Akbari 81'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Moajib Al-Dossary (Saudi Arabia)

2001 LG Cup – Semifinal

Iran 0–1 South Korea
Report Kim Do-hoon 6' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohamed Kamal Risha (Egypt)

2001 LG Cup – 3rd place match

Iran 0–1 Canada
Report Kusch 25'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohamed Kamal Risha (Egypt)

Friendly

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–2 Iran
Seferović 8'
Dujmović 11'		 Report Dinmohammadi 17'
Fatemi 90'
Attendance: 5,000

Friendly

Qatar 2–1 Iran
Hassan 70', 90' Report Nikbakht 88'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Jaafar Mahdi Al-Khabbaz (Bahrain)

2001 LG Cup – Semifinal

Iran 5–2 Oman
Golmohammadi 2'
Dinmohammadi 19', 35', 85'
Daei 38' (pen.)		 Report Al-Saadi 40'
Bashir 61'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)

2001 LG Cup – Final

Iran 4–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hasheminasab 6'
Karimi 72'
Daei 78', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)

Friendly

Slovakia 3–4 Iran
Oravec 18', 19'
Vittek 30'		 Report Karimi 7', 17', 83'
Nikbakht 43'
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Drago Kos (Slovenia)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Daei 55' (pen.), 65' Report
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Thailand 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 30,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iraq 1–2 Iran
Mohammed 20' Report Karimi 29'
Daei 83'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 50,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Saudi Arabia 2–2 Iran
Al-Waked 20'
Al-Yami 59'		 Report Daei 42'
Dinmohammadi 83'
Attendance: 30,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 1–0 Thailand
Nikbakht 32' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 2–1 Iraq
Mahdavikia 27'
Karimi 70'		 Report Chathir 51'
Attendance: 100,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Bahrain 3–1 Iran
Al-Marzooqi 7'
Ali 45'
Husain 90'		 Report Daei 81'
Attendance: 25,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Bagheri 45' Report
Attendance: 40,000

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

United Arab Emirates 0–3 Iran
Report Daei 7'
Bagheri 76'
Minavand 79'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Play-off AFC/UEFA

Republic of Ireland 2–0 Iran
Harte 44' (pen.)
Keane 50'		 Report
Attendance: 36,538

2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Play-off AFC/UEFA

Iran 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Golmohammadi 90' Report
Attendance: 100,000

2002

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Friendly

Iran 2–3 Slovakia
Karimi 19', 80' (pen.) Report Reiter 5', 25'
Mintál 67'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)

2002 LG Cup – Semifinal

Iran 1–0 Venezuela
Khaziravi 12' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Khalil Rouissi (Morocco)

Friendly

Kuwait 1–3 Iran
Abdullah 35' (pen.) Report Navazi 22'
Rezaei 62'
Majidi 90+2'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdulkhaliq (Bahrain)

Friendly

Iran 1–1 Azerbaijan
Karimi 33' (pen.) Report Ismayilov 16'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Rahim Rahimi (Iran)

Friendly

Ukraine 0–1 Iran
Report Daei 58'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Asim Khudiev (Azerbaijan)

2002 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Iran 0–1 Jordan
Report Shelbaieh 11'
Attendance: 1,000

2002 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Iran 2–0 Lebanon
Nikbakht 22'
Karimi 90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Khader Haj Khader (Syria)

2002 WAFF West Asian Championship – Semifinal

Iraq 0–0 (a.e.t.) Iran
Report
Penalties
Abdul-Jabar soccer ball with check mark
Abu Al-Hail soccer ball with check mark
Abdul-Jabar soccer ball with check mark
Mohammed soccer ball with check mark
Kadhim soccer ball with red X
Akram soccer ball with check mark
Abbas soccer ball with check mark		 6–5 soccer ball with check mark Nekounam
soccer ball with check mark Bakhtiarizadeh
soccer ball with check mark Navidkia
soccer ball with check mark Nosrati
soccer ball with red X Nikbakht
soccer ball with check mark Bayatinia
soccer ball with red X Azizzadeh
Attendance: 2,000

2002 WAFF West Asian Championship – 3rd place match

Syria 2–2 Iran
Sari 15', 89' Report Kameli 58'
Nikbakht 88'
Penalties
Mustafa soccer ball with check mark
Ibrahim soccer ball with check mark
Jabban soccer ball with red X		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Nekounam
soccer ball with check mark Bakhtiarizadeh
soccer ball with check mark Navidkia
soccer ball with check mark Kazemian
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ibrahim Abu-Ayash (Palestine)

2002 LG Cup – Final

Iran 1–1 Paraguay
Daei 41' Report Bareiro 35'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Saad Kamil (Kuwait)

2003

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2003 Lunar New Year Cup – Final

Uruguay 1–1 (a.e.t.) Iran
Estoyanoff 84' Report Samereh 28'
Penalties
Rodríguez soccer ball with check mark
Estoyanoff soccer ball with check mark
Lima soccer ball with check mark
Silva soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X Nekounam
soccer ball with check mark Akbari
soccer ball with red X Nosrati
soccer ball with check mark Mobali
Attendance: 17,877
Referee: Fong Yau Fat (Hong Kong)

2003 LG Cup – Semifinal

Iran 0–1 Iraq
Report Swadi 52'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Saad Kamil (Kuwait)

Friendly

Belarus 2–1 Iran
Romaschenko 9' (pen.)
Shtanyuk 41'		 Report Nouri 84'
Attendance: 10,000

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Final round

Iran 4–1 Jordan
Daei 45+2', 90'
Nikbakht 75'
Mobali 82'		 Report Salim 3'
Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Final round

Jordan 3–2 Iran
Salim 40'
Shelbaieh 45'
Al-Shagran 80'		 Report Golmohammadi 5'
Majidi 59'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Qassim Shaaban (Kuwait)

2004 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup

Iran 3–0 New Zealand
Karimi 24', 37'
Kaebi 67'		 Report
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Mohammad Kousa (Syria)

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Final round

North Korea 1–3 Iran
Myong Song-chol 65' Report Karimi 49', 79'
Navidkia 87'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Qassim Shaaban (Kuwait)

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Final round

Iran 3–0
Awarded		 North Korea
Daei 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Khader Haj Khader (Syria)

* The match was abandoned after 61 minutes with Iran leading 1–0 after North Korea walked off the pitch due to firecrackers thrown from the crowd; despite the instructions of the referee, North Korea refused to return to the pitch. The match was awarded 3–0 to Iran.

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Final round

Lebanon 0–3 Iran
Report Daei 40' (pen.)
Golmohammadi 61'
Nikbakht 80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohammed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

2004 AFC Asian Cup qualifier – Final round

Iran 1–0 Lebanon
Daei 22' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

Friendly

Kuwait 3–1 Iran
Abdullah 27' (pen.), 34'
Ali 64'		 Report Daei 77'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Abdulla Al-Qahtani (Qatar)

2004

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2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 3–1 Qatar
Nikbakht 8'
Mahdavikia 44'
Daei 62' (pen.)		 Report Hamzah 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Khader Haj Khader (Syria)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Laos 0–7 Iran
Report Daei 9', 17' (pen.)
Enayati 32', 36'
Khouphachansy 54' (o.g.)
Taghipour 68', 83'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Yang Mu-sheng (Chinese Taipei)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 0–1 Jordan
Report Al-Shboul 83'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

2004 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Iran 4–0 Lebanon
Daei 17' (pen.), 62', 88'
Nekounam 80'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hazim Hussein (Iraq)

2004 WAFF West Asian Championship – Preliminary round

Iran 7–1 Syria
Daei 29'
Nikbakht 30'
Nosrati 45+3'
Borhani 55', 85'
Karimi 86'
Majidi 89' (pen.)		 Report Al-Sayed 82'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Jordan)

2004 WAFF West Asian Championship – Semifinal

Iran 2–1 Iraq
Nekounam 4'
Borhani 54'		 Report Mnajed 35'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Qassim Shaaban (Kuwait)

2004 WAFF West Asian Championship – Final

Iran 4–1 Syria
Karimi 34'
Daei 59'
Borhani 69'
Nekounam 75'		 Report Rafe 3'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Qassim Shaaban (Kuwait)

2004 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary round

Iran 3–0 Thailand
Enayati 71'
Nekounam 80'
Daei 86' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Mohammad Kousa (Syria)

2004 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary round

Oman 2–2 Iran
Al-Hosni 31', 40' Report Karimi 61'
Nosrati 90+4'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Delawar (Bahrain)

2004 AFC Asian Cup – Preliminary round

Japan 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 52,000

2004 AFC Asian Cup – Quarterfinal

South Korea 3–4 Iran
Seol Ki-hyeon 16'
Lee Dong-gook 25'
Kim Nam-il 68'		 Report Karimi 10', 20', 77'
Park Jin-sub 51' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Saad Kamil (Kuwait)

2004 AFC Asian Cup – Semifinal

China 1–1 (a.e.t.) Iran
Shao Jiayi 18' Report Alavi 38'
Penalties
Zheng Zhi soccer ball with check mark
Zhao Junzhe soccer ball with red X
Li Xiaopeng soccer ball with check mark
Sun Xiang soccer ball with check mark
Shao Jiayi soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Daei
soccer ball with check mark Mahdavikia
soccer ball with check mark Nekounam
soccer ball with red X Mobali
soccer ball with red X Golmohammadi
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

2004 AFC Asian Cup – 3rd place match

Iran 4–2 Bahrain
Nekounam 9'
Karimi 52'
Daei 80' (pen.), 90'		 Report Yousef 48'
Farhan 57'
Attendance: 10,000

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Jordan 0–2 Iran
Report Nikbakht 80'
Daei 90+1'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Friendly

Iran 0–2 Germany
Report Ernst 5'
Brdarić 53'
Attendance: 110,000
Referee: Saad Kamil (Kuwait)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Qatar 2–3 Iran
Mohammed 18'
Golmohammadi 75' (o.g.)		 Report Hashemian 9', 89'
Borhani 78'
Attendance: 8,000

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Second round

Iran 7–0 Laos
Daei 8', 20', 28', 58'
Nekounam 63', 72'
Borhani 69'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedow (Turkmenistan)

Friendly

Iran 1–0 Panama
Daei 38' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fereydoun Esfahanian (Iran)

2005

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Friendly

Iran 2–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daei 39'
Borhani 73'		 Report Bolić 18'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

Bahrain 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 25,000

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

Iran 2–1 Japan
Hashemian 25', 74' Report Fukunishi 65'
Attendance: 110,000

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

North Korea 0–2 Iran
Report Mahdavikia 32'
Nekounam 79'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Mohammad Kousa (Syria)

Friendly

Iran 2–1 Azerbaijan
Zandi 9'
Nekounam 35'		 Report Gurbanov 68'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Saad Kamil (Kuwait)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

Iran 1–0 North Korea
Rezaei 45' Report
Attendance: 35,000

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

Iran 1–0 Bahrain
Nosrati 47' Report
Attendance: 80,000

2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier – Third round

Japan 2–1 Iran
Kaji 28'
Oguro 76'		 Report Daei 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 66,098
Referee: Qassim Shaaban (Kuwait)

Friendly

Iran 4–0 Libya
Alavi 7'
Nekounam 41', 90+2'
Daei 56'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Delawar (Bahrain)

Friendly

South Korea 2–0 Iran
Cho Won-hee 1'
Kim Jin-kyu 90'		 Report
Attendance: 61,457

2005 Tehran Cup – 3rd place match

Iran 2–0 Togo
Daei 11' (pen.)
Hashemian 59' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Delawar (Bahrain)

2006

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2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Iran 4–0 Chinese Taipei
Teymourian 35'
Madanchi 47', 60'
Daei 82'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ala Abdul-Kadir (Iraq)

Friendly

Iran 3–2 Costa Rica
Karimi 10'
Daei 16'
Hashemian 34'		 Report Hernández 44'
Fonseca 60'
Attendance: 30,000

Friendly

Croatia 2–2 Iran
Pršo 31'
Babić 90+7' (pen.)		 Report Karimi 21'
Borhani 82'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

Friendly

Iran 5–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Madanchi 25'
Rezaei 45'
Hashemian 45+1'
Enayati 88'
Khatibi 90'		 Report Misimović 5'
Barbarez 17'
Attendance: 40,000

2006 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary round

Mexico 3–1 Iran
Bravo 28', 76'
Zinha 79'		 Report Golmohammadi 36'
Attendance: 41,000

2006 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary round

Portugal 2–0 Iran
Deco 63'
Ronaldo 80' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

2006 FIFA World Cup – Preliminary round

Iran 1–1 Angola
Bakhtiarizadeh 75' Report Flávio 60'
Attendance: 38,000

Friendly

Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Enayati 5' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Mahmoud Rafiei (Iran)

2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Iran 1–1 Syria
Nekounam 71' Report Chaabo 88'
Attendance: 40,000

2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

South Korea 1–1 Iran
Seol Ki-hyeon 45' Report Hashemian 90+2'
Attendance: 63,113

2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Syria 0–2 Iran
Report Nosrati 27'
Nekounam 56'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

2006 LG Cup

Iran 2–0