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

Top Goal Scorers :

Current Top 5 Scorers

Scorer Name	L	H	A	T
Ali Alipour	12	2	1	15
Oston Urunov	4	0	1	5
Serdar Dursun	5	0	0	5
Giorgi Gvelesiani	2	0	2	4
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	86
Safar Iranpak	74
Hamid Derakhshan	68

Latest Game Report :

Player Name	Out	Goals
05/15/2025 League
Persepolis 2 - 0 Havadar
Farshad Ahmadzadeh	71
Ali Alipour	87
Vahid Amiri	62
Giorgi Gvelesiani
Soroush Rafiei
Milad Sarlak	62
Alexis Guendouz
Yaghoob Barajeh		98
Milad Mohammadi
Soheil Sahraei
Serdar Dursun	71
Coach: Ismail Kartal
Substitutes	In	Goals
Issa Alekasir	71
Abolfazl Hajizadeh
Saeid Sadeghi
Masoud Rigi
Amir Reza Rafiei
Oston Urunov	62	82
Mohammad Khodabandelou	62
Ayoub El Amloud	71
Saeid Mehri
Alireza Enayatzadeh	87

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Iran Team Results and Stats :

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25.03.2025 at 19:30 Tehran/Azadi Stadium

Attendance:

Iran

2 - 2

Uzbekistan

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

World Cup Qualifier / Group A-match

Goalscorers

Mehdi Taremi (52)
Mehdi Taremi (83)

Hojimat Erkinov 16
Abbosbek Fayzullaev 53

Opening squads

Substitutes

Alireza Beiranvand
Hossein Kanani-Zadegan
Milad Mohammadi
Saleh Hardani
Shojae Khalilzadeh
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Saeid Ezatolahi
Saman Ghoddos
Mehdi Ghayedi
Mehdi Taremi
Sardar Azmoun

Seyyed Hossein Hosseini
Ali Nemati
Amin Hezbavi
Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh
Aria Yousefi
Mohammad Ghorbani
Mohammad Karimi
Omid Noorafkan
Ali Gholizadeh

Substitutions

Ali Gholizadeh

Alireza Jahanbakhsh (69)
Mohammad Karimi

Saeid Ezatolahi (81)
Omid Noorafkan

Milad Mohammadi (81)
Aria Yousefi

Saleh Hardani (81)
Ali Nemati

Mehdi Ghayedi (90)

Yellow cards

Red cards

None.

Match report

Tehran - TeamMelli.com

Assit:
Sardar Azmoun (58)

Mehdi Taremi scored twice as Iran clinched their berth at the FIFA World Cup 2026 after a 2-2 stalemate with Uzbekistan in their AFC Asian Qualifiers™ – Road to 26 Group A tie on Tuesday.
Iran twice had to come from behind to deny Uzbekistan victory, with the result taking them to 20 points which assures them of their ticket to the United States, Canada and Mexico showpiece.

Uzbekistan - on 17 points - remain in pole position to reach their first-ever FIFA World Cup with only the United Arab Emirates still able to catch them.
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Taremi and Sardar Azmoun combined in the ninth minute with the latter taking the former pass on the run but sliced his shot just wide.

Against the run of play, Uzbekistan found themselves ahead thanks to a surging run down the left from Farrukh Sayfiev in the 16th minute, with his subsequent cross landing at the feet of Hojimat Erkinov who picked his spot in the bottom corner past Alireza Beiranvand.

Iran pushed for the equaliser with Mehdi Ghayedi forcing Uzbekistan goalkeeper Utkir Yusupov into a block before Azmoun stabbed wide after he was put through on goal with the home side building up pressure on the visitors.

Another chance fell the way of Azmoun in first half added time but once again the Shabab Al Ahli forward narrowly missed as Uzbekistan went into the break in front.

The second half turned out to be a classic with Iran equalising in the 52nd minute after a lob by Azmoun over Manchester City defender Abdukodir Khusanov was volleyed home by Taremi to the delight of the packed Azadi Stadium.

Parity, however, only lasted a minute as Uzbekistan regained the advantage after a curling free-kick by Abbosbek Fayzullaev from the left was completely missed by a line of Iran players as it bounced straight into the net.

Uzbekistan rode their luck in the 69th minute when Azmoun met a cross by Taremi with a point-blank header that hit right leg of Foolad Khuzestan keeper Yusupov before a scramble on the goal line saw Rustamjon Ashurmatov beating Azmoun to the ball to clear.

The relentless pressure of Team Melli almost paid off in the 78th minute when Saeid Ezatolahi powered a header past Yusupov but found Khojiakbar Alijonov positioned perfectly to block the effort.
The home side were not to be denied five minutes later when substitute Ali Gholizadeh swung in a deep cross which Uzbekistan failed to deal with, allowing Taremi the chance to steer in from close range to take Iran to a fourth consecutive FIFA World Cup.

IR of Iran Selection Team:

25.03.2025 19:30

World Cup Qualifier / Group A

Iran

2 - 2

Uzbekistan

20.03.2025 19:30

World Cup Qualifier / Group A

Iran

2 - 0

UAE

19.11.2024 20:00

World Cup Qualifier / Group A

Kyrgyzstan

2 - 3

Iran