Team Melli has played the tiny territory of Hong Kong 8 times since 1968. The first match was during the Asian Nations Cup 1968 (Later changed to AFC Asian Cup) in Tehran where Team Melli won its first major international title in May 1968.
All 7 following matches against Hong Kong ended with victory for Iran, for Team Melli to establish a perfect record against the East Asian opposition. It took Hong Kong 53 years to score its solitary goal against Iran in a 3-1 Team Melli win in Bahrain.
Despite the superiority of Team Melli across the history of the two teams’ meetings, Hong Kong has never been an easy opponent for Iran. with the last encounter last January in the AFC Asian Cup ending in a narrow 1-0 victory.
RANKING
| Team | FIFA Ranking | AFC |
|---|---|---|
| IRAN | 20 | 2 |
| HONG KONG | 157 | 31 |
MATCHES
| ID | Date | Match Type | Score | Result | Scorers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 1968-05-10 | Asian Cup | 2 – 0 | W | Behzadi, Jabbari |
| 2006 | 1977-06-19 | World Cup Qualifier | 2 – 0 | W | Kazerani, Jahani |
| 2013 | 1977-11-18 | World Cup Qualifier | 3 – 0 | W | Jahani(2), Kazerani |
| 2077 | 1988-05-27 | Asian Cup Qualifier | 2 – 0 | W | Marfavi, Ghayeghran |
| 2554 | 2019-09-10 | World Cup Qualifier | 2 – 0 | W | Azmoun, Ansarifard |
| 2565 | 2021-06-03 | World Cup Qualifier | 3 – 1 | W | Gholizadeh, Amiri, Ansarifard |
| 2596 | 2023-11-16 | World Cup Qualifier | 4 – 0 | W | Azmoun(2),Taremi, Rezaeian |
| 2599 | 2024-01-19 | Asian Cup | 1 – 0 | W | Ghaedi |
| ID | Date | Match Type | Score | Result | Scorers |
SUMMARY TABLE
| MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | win% | GPM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 88.9% | 2.11 |
SCORERS TABLE
| Scorer | Number of Goals |
|---|---|
| Ghafour JAHANI | 3 |
| Sardar AZMOUN | 3 |
| Hossein KAZERANI | 2 |
| Karim ANSARIFARD | 2 |
| Ali JABBARI | 1 |
| Ali GHOLIZADEH | 1 |
| Homayoun BEHZADI | 1 |
| Mehdi GHAEDI | 1 |
| Mehdi TAREMI | 1 |
| Ramin REZAEIAN | 1 |
| Samad MARFAVI | 1 |
| Sirous GHAYEGHRAN | 1 |
| Vahid AMIRI | 1 |