Persepolis FC | Iran National Football Team (Teammelli) since 1941

Top Goal Scorers :

Current Top 5 Scorers

Scorer Name	L	H	A	T
Ali Alipour	10	2	1	13
Serdar Dursun	4	0	0	4
Giorgi Gvelesiani	2	0	2	4
Issa Alekasir	3	0	0	3
Vahid Amiri	3	0	0	3

L: League | H: Hazfi | A: ACL | O: Other | T: Total

All Time Top 5 Scorers

Scorer Name	Goals
Farshad Pious	229
Ali Parvin	153
Ali Alipour	84
Safar Iranpak	74
Hamid Derakhshan	68

Latest Game Report :

Player Name	Out	Goals
04/05/2025 League
Persepolis 0 - 0 Esteghlal Khuzestan
Ali Alipour
Vahid Amiri	46
Farshad Faraji	90
Giorgi Gvelesiani
Hossein Kanaanizadegan
Soroush Rafiei
Oston Urunov	74
Alexis Guendouz
Milad Mohammadi
Serdar Dursun	74
Alireza Enayatzadeh	62
Coach: Ismail Kartal
Substitutes	In	Goals
Farshad Ahmadzadeh	46
Issa Alekasir	74
Morteza Pouraliganji
Saeid Sadeghi
Milad Sarlak
Masoud Rigi
Amir Reza Rafiei
Mohammad Khodabandelou	62
Yaghoob Barajeh	90
Abolfazl Babaei	74

Future Games :

League
Nassaji Mazandaran	04/11/2025	Persepolis

Iran Team Results and Stats :

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06.09.2008 at 22:15 King Fahad Stadium -Riyadh

Attendance: 60000

Saudi Arabia

1 - 1

Iran

Referee: Mark Alexander Shield (AUS)

World Cup Qualifier-match

Goalscorers

Saad AlHarthi (29)

Javad Nekounam (82)

Opening squads

Substitutes

Mehdi Rahmati
Hadi Aghili
Jalal Hosseini
Majid Gholamnejad
Sattar Zare
Andranik Teymourian
Fereydoon Zandi
Javad Nekounam
Masoud Shojaei
Reza Enayati
Vahid Hashemian

Vahid Taleblou
Mohsen Bengar
Kianoush Rahmati
Mehrzad Madanchi
Mojtaba Jabbari
Rasoul Khatibi

Substitutions

Mehrzad Madanchi

Fereydoon Zandi (62)
Mehrzad Madanchi

GholamReza Rezaei (62)
Mojtaba Jabbari

Andranik Teymourian (75)

Yellow cards

Red cards

Hadi Aghili (48)
Mehrzad Madanchi (90)

None.

Match report

RIYADH, A late header from Javad Nekounam helped Iran salvage a 1-1 draw with Saudi Arabia in their opening Group Two match of the final round of 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying at King Fahad International Stadium on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia had taken the lead thanks to a 29th-minute strike from Saad Al Harthi but Nekounam s equaliser nine minutes from the end denied the hosts the chance of getting their campaign under way with a victory.

Saudi Arabia were the better side in the early stages and their first sight of goal came after 16 minutes when Mohammed Al Shalhoub saw a powerful shot fly wide.

Iran had their first opportunity four minutes later from a free-kick but Nekounam’s effort was pushed away by Saudi Arabia goalkeeper Mansour Al Najei.

The hosts then saw appeals for a penalty waved away when Faisal Al Sultan claimed to have been fouled inside the area by Mageed Gholamnejhad but Australian referee Mark Shield ordered play to continue.

Al Sultan had a chance to open the scoring four minutes later when he drove into the area and had only Seyyed Mehdi Rahmati to beat but his shot was saved by the Iranian goalkeeper.

However, Saudi Arabia eventually broke the deadlock after 29 minutes when Abdullah Shuhail cut into the box from the left before feeding Al Harthi, who found the top left corner with a first-time shot past Rahmati.

Iran looked to hit back at the start of the second-half and Masoud Shojaei almost worked an opening for himself when he beat three defenders but lost control of the ball while Al Harthi headed over the bar at the other end.

Saudi Arabia came close to doubling their advantage on the hour mark but Mohammed Al Shalhoub saw a well-struck free kick pushed away by Rahmati.

Iran pressed forward in search of an equaliser with time running out and they were rewarded for their endeavours in the 81st minute when Shojaei headed a corner into the path of Nekounam and he nodded home from close range to seal a share of the spoils for Iran.

AFC

Javad Nekounam after Scoring with a header
Pictures from the match

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