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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10.06.2009 at 19:00 Tehran/Azadi Stadium

Attendance: 50000

Iran

1 - 0

UAE

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (UZB)

World Cup Qualifier-match

Goalscorers

Mohammad Ali Karimi (53)

None

Opening squads

Substitutes

Mehdi Rahmati
Hadi Aghili
Hossein Kaabi
Jalal Hosseini
Andranik Teymourian
Javad Nekounam
Masoud Shojaei
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Mohammad Ali Karimi
Pejman Nouri
Vahid Hashemian

Vahid Taleblou
Khosro Heydari
Mohammad Nosrati
Fereydoon Zandi
Mehrzad Madanchi
Arash Borhani
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

Substitutions

Mohammad Reza Khalatbari

Mehdi Mahdavikia (46)
Arash Borhani

Vahid Hashemian (58)
Khosro Heydari

Masoud Shojaei (80)

Yellow cards

Red cards

Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (51)
Mohammad Ali Karimi (78)

None.

Match report

TeamMelli.com -
Iran remain in the hunt for a spot at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ as a second-half wonder strike by Ali Karimi earned them a 1-0 defeat of United Arab Emirates in Tehran today. Needing a win to keep alive any realistic hope of qualifying for their third FIFA World Cup in four attempts, Afshin Ghotbi's team were continually frustrated by their visitors' defence and goalkeeper Majed Naser.

But Karimi eased the concerns of the home fans at the Azadi Stadium with a classy winning goal in the 53rd minute. It was only the second win in Group B for the Iranians, which elevated them to ten points, one behind both Korea DPR and Saudi Arabia, who meet next Wednesday in Riyadh.

Iran can ensure at least a play-off spot with victory at the already-qualified Korea Republic in their final Group B game. An away win and a draw in Riyadh would even see them finish second, giving them an automatic berth in South Africa.

Entering the match with only one win in six group games, Iran immediately set to make things right, threatening in the opening minute when Vahid Hashemian chested down Karimi's cross in the box but fired his effort straight at goalkeeper Majed Naser. In the tenth minute, Hashemian rose to meet Pejman Nouri's cross from the left but sent his header wide.

UAE rarely threatened in the opening half but on one of their rare attacks, Nawaf Mubarak nearly opened the scoring with a free-kick which was deflected wide. Javad Nekounam saw his header stopped by Naser, while Masoud Shojaei's shot deflected off a defender and flew over the crossbar.

Half-time substitute Mohammad Khalatbari almost broke the deadlock early in the second half when his header off a Nouri cross was superbly stopped by Naser.

The home side's frustrations were finally ended eight minutes after the interval by a fine individual effort by Karimi. Receiving a pass from Andranik Teymourian in midfield, the Persepolis midfielder displayed great control and composure to take the ball into the box, holding off a couple of challenges before slotting the ball home.

UAE threatened on the hour when Abdulsalam Jumma's shot from 20 metres was easily stopped by goalkeeper Seyed Rahmati. But it was the Iranians who had the better of the opportunities as the clock ticked down.

Arash Borhani failed to get enough purchase on an effort which was cleared off the line by Obaid Khaleifa, and with six minute remaining, Hossein Kaebi made a brilliant run in from the right flank before firing a low shot that rolled narrowly past the upright.

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