Iran women's national football team

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Iran
Nickname(s) Team Melli Banovan
("The Ladies National Team")
Association IFF
Sub-confederation CAFA (Central Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Karina LeBlanc
Captain Fatemeh Arzhangi
Home stadium Ararat Stadium
FIFA code IRN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 59 Steady (18 December 2015)
Highest 48 (September 2008)
Lowest 144 (December 2007)
First international
 Iran 5–0 Syria 
(Amman, Jordan; 23 September 2005)

The Iran women's national football team represents Iran in international women's football, and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation. The head of women's football at the IFF is Farideh Shojaei.

History

The Iranian women's national team featured freely without the hijab before the Iranian Revolution, with a women's Perspolis FC team dating back to 1976.[1][2] Refounded in 2005, the team reached second place at the 2005 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship in Amman, Jordan held in September and October 2005.

In May 2006, the women's team hosted their first foreign visitors when a club from Berlin, Germany called BSV Al-Dersimspor played out a 2–2 draw in Ararat Stadium, Tehran.

The team won second place again at the 2007 and 2011 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship.[3]

Banned from international competition

Iran were briefly banned by FIFA from international competition in 2011 for wearing hijabs.[4][5]

Gender verification tests

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See also: Gender verification in sports

In February 2014, it was reported that four players had been removed from the national team squad after failing to be determined as women. The British newspaper The Telegraph reported that it was because the players "were either men who had not completed sex change operations, or were suffering from sexual development disorders".[6][7]

On 28 September 2015, it was claimed by Al Arabiya that eight players of the Iran women's national football team were actually transgender women who had not yet undertaken sex change operations.[8][9] FIFA later rejected these claims, stating there is no scientific basis.[10]

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Iranian scorers
11 February 2013 Iran Tehran, Iran  Jordan Friendly 2–1 W
13 February 2013 Iran Tehran, Iran  Jordan Friendly 2–0 W
21 May 2013 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh  Philippines 2014 ACQ 0–6 L
23 May 2013 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh  Bangladesh 2014 ACQ 2–0 W
25 May 2013 Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh  Thailand 2014 ACQ 1–5 L
8 February 2015 Iran Tehran, Iran  Uzbekistan Friendly 0–1 L
22 March 2015 Taiwan Municipal Stadium, Taipei  Laos 2016 Olympic Qualifier 5–1 W
24 March 2015 Taiwan Municipal Stadium, Taipei  Chinese Taipei 2016 Olympic Qualifier 0–1 L

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Location Opponent
2016
TBD Friendly match Sweden Friends Arena, Stockholm[11][12]  Sweden

Source:[13]

Records

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year Result Position GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 to
China 2007		 Did not enter - - - - - - - -
Germany 2011 Did not qualify - - - - - - - -
Canada 2015 Did not qualify - - - - - - - -
Total 0/7 - - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

Women's Asian Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 to
Australia 2006		 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Vietnam 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
China 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Vietnam 2014 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Total 0/18 - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification record

Women's Asian Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
Hong Kong 1975 to
Australia 2006		 Did not enter - - - - - - -
Vietnam 2008 Did not qualify 5 2 0 3 10 12 -2
China 2010 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 12 -2
Vietnam 2014 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 3 11 -8
Total 3/18 10 3 0 7 15 35 -20

Olympic Games

Football at the Summer Olympics
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
1996 to 2008 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
United Kingdom 2012 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Total 0/6 - - - - - - -

Olympic Games qualification record

Football at the Summer Olympics
Year Round GP W D L GF GA GD
1996 to 2008 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
United Kingdom 2012 Did Not Qualify 7 2 1 4 7 13 -6
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3
Total 2/6 9 3 1 5 12 15 -3

West Asian Football Federation Championship

Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Jordan 2005 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 20 2
Jordan 2007 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 17 2
United Arab Emirates 2010 Group stage 2 0 0 2 0 5
United Arab Emirates 2011 Runners-up 5 4 1 0 21 7
Total 14 9 1 4 58 16

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.persianfootball.com/forums/showthread.php?105796-Best-of-IR-football-federation...&p=2116808&viewfull=1#post2116808
  2. ↑ تیم دخترای پرسپولیس
  3. ↑ http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/uae-triumph-in-west-asian-womens-championship
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  8. ↑ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/sports/2015/09/28/Eight-players-from-Iran-s-female-team-not-fully-women-.html
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  10. ↑ http://sports.yahoo.com/news/doctor-refutes-claim-iran-broke-gender-rules-174223101--sow.html
  11. ↑ Sweden plays international against Iran
  12. ↑ "It will be very much appreciated"
  13. ↑ http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/teams/country=irn/women/matches/index.html
  14. ↑ http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-iran-a-womens-soccer-revolution-1440424818

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