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First international
<\/STRONG>Afghanistan 0 – 0 Iran (Kabul, Afghanistan; August 25, 1941)

Biggest win
<\/STRONG>Iran 19 – 0 Guam (Tabriz, Iran; November 24, 2000)

Biggest defeat
<\/STRONG>South Korea 5 – 0 Iran (Tokyo, Japan; May 28, 1958)
Turkey 6 – 1 Iran (Istanbul, Turkey; May 28, 1950)<\/P>

World Cup
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 5
Best Result: <\/STRONG>Round 1<\/P>

Asian Cup
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 5
Best Result: Champions: 1968, 1972 and 1976

Most caps
<\/STRONG>Javad Nekounam (151)

Top scorer
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CONTINENTAL<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P>

Asian Cup
<\/STRONG>Champions (3): 1968, 1972, 1976
Tird place (4):1980, 1988, 1996, 2004

Asian Games
<\/STRONG>Champions (4): 1974, 1990, 1998, 2002
Runners-Up(2): 1951, 1966

REGIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG>

West Asian Football Federation Championship
<\/STRONG>Champions (4): 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008
Runners-Up(1): 2010
Third place (1): 2002

ECO Cup
<\/STRONG>Champions (3): 1965, 1970, 1993
Runners-Up(2): 1967, 1969<\/P>

INTERCONTINENTAL<\/U><\/STRONG>

AFC\/OFC Challenge Cup
<\/STRONG>Champions (1): 2003

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
<\/STRONG>Runners-Up(1): 1991<\/P>

Canada Cup<\/STRONG>
Runner-up (1): 1999

OTHER
<\/U><\/STRONG>
Carlsberg Cup
<\/STRONG>Runners-up (1): 2003
Third place (1): 1998<\/P>

LG Cup
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The Iran national football team, recognised by FIFA as IR Iran,[8] represents Iran in international football and is controlled by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran[better source needed] (FFIRI).

At the continental level, Iran has won three Asian Cup championships in 1968, 1972 and 1976. The nation's best performance at the Olympics was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1976 Montreal Games. At the FIFA World Cup, Iran have qualified six times (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022) but have never progressed beyond the group stages; they have won only two matches: against the United States in 1998 and Morocco in 2018.<\/P>","CC02AD5B3CF69E6DCAD0426C64DE8022":"Iran","87C021F1E71FC6CD6E05BF0B3DD05793":"","4215859A20E707AF2C0683BB3A054242":"66","41780118C08E58E3":"","34A0AE9CBA0644B6":"http:\/\/www.ffiri.ir\/","A71E2A228B763CFB":"Tehran","90CF36599B563A1AA6EE0398DF07A98F":"No. 2\/2 Third St.Seoul Ave.TEHRAN - 19958-73591","e_index":3};