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Iran Futsal team to play Argentina in friendlies

The Iranian national futsal team will play two friendly matches against the Argentine national futsal team on July 6th and 8th in Argentina.

The Iranian national futsal team, in preparation for the Asian Cup 2022 and defense of its title, has decided upon these two friendly matches, thus, Vahid Shamsaei’s players will encounter the best preparation possible by playing against a top team in the shape of Argentina.

 

Previously, the national futsal team was scheduled to play against Argentina and Paraguay in a tripartite tournament in July, but with the discretion of the coaching staff of the national futsal team, the match against Paraguay was canceled and instead, it was decided that the two futsal teams of Iran and Argentina would play two friendly matches.  Also, the coaching staff of the national futsal team, headed by Vahid Shamsaei, is looking to hold a friendly match with the national team of Spain or Portugal, both matches are under negotiation.

After the last Futsal World Cup in Lituinaia, The Iranian national futsal team is going through a major transformation in which it saw the change of the Coaching staff with the legendary  Vahid Shamsaei appointed as head coach on 18th May 2022. A horde of new players were picked by the newly formed team while the seniors have either quit or sidelined.

Rank 30 for Team Melli

Iran climbed 3 places to number 30 in the world in the latest ranking figures that was published by FIFA on the 25th October 2018.

While still maintaining the top title in the AFC Zone , Team Melli managed to add 3 extra points to its grand total.  All other Asian teams maintained the same place in the AFC zone ranking.

 

FIFA Ranking Oct 2018

Rank Team Points Previous  Change
28 SVKSlovakia 1483 1491 -2
29 VENVenezuela 1479 1476 3
30 IRNIR Iran 1478 1474 3
31 PARParaguay 1477 1477 0
32 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 1476 1468 2

 

 

AFC Zone

 

Asia

Rank

 World Rank Positions Total Points Previous Points +/-
1 30 IRNIR Iran 1478 1474 3
2 42 AUSAustralia 1432 1431 1
3 50 JPNJapan 1409 1398 4
4 53 KORKorea Republic 1401 1395 2
5 72 KSASaudi Arabia 1334 1337 -1

 

 

 

Iran maintains top Asian FIFA Ranking Feb. 2016

IRAN               Iran

  • 44         CURRENT FIFA WORLD RANKING
  • 47        AVERAGE POSITION SINCE FIFA WORLD RANKING CREATION

 Team Melli continued leading the Asian FIFA Ranking while remaining unchanged in the world at number 44.
In the figures published for the month of February 2016 today in Zürich, Iran was ranked ahead of Scotland while one rank below Paraguay.
Japan maintained its second place while Korea republic is third.
2016 (100 %) 2015 (50 %) 2014 (30 %) 2013 (20 %)
Rank Team Total Points Previous

Points

 +/- Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT
1 44 IRN   Iran 627(626.53) 626 0 275.78 275.78 323.29 161.65 460.10 138.03 255.35 51.07
 2 56 JPN   Japan 575(575.15) 569 2 263.60 263.60 327.02 163.51 205.07 61.52 432.61 86.52
 3 57 KOR   Korea Republic 566(565.74) 580 -4 282.46 282.46 343.57 171.78 225.59 67.68 219.09 43.82
 4 60 KSA   Saudi Arabia 562(562.38) 571 -5 384.56 384.56 122.58 61.29 297.06 89.12 137.05 27.41
 5 64 UAE   United Arab Emirates 517(517.42) 520 1 236.30 236.30 245.47 122.73 377.77 113.33 225.27 45.05
 6 67 AUS   Australia 506(505.85) 510 1 253.52 253.52 272.38 136.19 259.19 77.76 191.91 38.38
 7 74 UZB   Uzbekistan 484(484.31) 502 -3 239.19 239.19 202.48 101.24 287.67 86.30 287.89 57.58
 8 80 QAT   Qatar 441(440.99) 444 -2 292.40 292.40 141.62 70.81 150.66 45.20 162.91 32.58
 9 82 JOR   Jordan 414(413.65) 418 0 234.41 234.41 102.88 51.44 310.32 93.10 173.52 34.70
10 91 IRQ   Iraq 371(370.87) 372 -2 204.28 204.28 230.16 115.08 67.61 20.28 156.14 31.23
 11 94 PRK   Korea DPR 356(355.68) 350 1 283.58 283.58 42.12 21.06 16.51 4.95 230.44 46.09
 12 96 CHN   China PR 351(350.77) 365 -3 158.99 158.99 244.98 122.49 189.38 56.81 62.39 12.48
 13 97 OMA   Oman 342(341.55) 345 0 160.69 160.69 146.02 73.01 255.33 76.60 156.29 31.26
 14 105 KGZ   Kyrgyzstan 324(324.34) 324 0 246.80 246.80 66.96 33.48 146.86 44.06 0.00 0.00
15 113 TKM   Turkmenistan 298(298.41) 298 1 207.98 207.98 64.50 32.25 64.50 19.35 194.11 38.82

Iran climbs 1 place in August 2014 FIFA Ranking

Team Melli climbed 1 place up  in the August 2014 FIFA ranking to 48th place below Paraguay and above Montenegro. Iran dropped 6 places last month despite playing in the FIFA World Cup down in the world ranking to no. 49

There is no change in the continental ranking top 2 in  Asia as Japan maintains  its top rank followed by Iran in second.

Officially there is only one friendly match arranged between now and the start of the AFC 2015 Asian Cup in Australia starting mid January.

Iran is also without a coach as the negotiations between FFIRI and Queiroz has stalled,

 

Aug 2014
Last Updated 14 Aug 2014
Next Release 18 Sep 2014

Rnk Zon. Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos
44 1  Japan 593 1 Up
48 2  Iran 563 1 Up
51 3  Uzbekistan 528 1 Up
56 4  Jordan 500 1 Up
57 5  Korea Republic 499 -1 Down
65 6  United Arab Emirates 464 0 Equal
67 7  Oman 447 2 Up
79 8  Australia 391 -3 Down
83 9  Saudi Arabia 377 -5 Down
88 10  Palestine 363 -3 Down