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Iran

5,350Reputation
32FIFA rank (calc)
—Population

National team staff

12
Manager First TeamMarc Wilmotsuntil 31 Dec 2022
Assistant Manager First TeamManu Ferrera
Coach First TeamAlireza Emamifar
Coach First TeamVahid Hashemian
Coach First TeamThierry Verjans
Assistant Manager (U23 Team)Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Manager (U21 Team)Gholam Peyrovani
Manager (U19 Team)Hossein Faraki
Manager (U19 Team)Sirous Pourmousavi
Coach (U19 Team)Davoud Fanaei
Chief Data AnalystHerman De Landtsheer
GK CoachLaurent Spinosi

The database names no national squad: the game picks it when a new game starts.

Football

FIFA points
1,471.00
FIFA member
Yes
League standard (calc)
11
Youth rating
105
Game importance
Very Important
Coefficient, 5 years (calc)
47.700
Coefficient, 10 years (calc)
47.700
Morale
14
FA financial power
11
FA patience
—
Foreign manager likelihood
—
Continental federation affiliation
1958
Association founded
1920
FIFA affiliation
1945
Max youth age
—
Hashtag
—
Nickname
Team Melli

Country

Capital
Tehran
Continent
Asia (regional strength 0.8500)
Region
Middle East
Nationality
Iranian
Citizenship for foreigners
Accumulatively
Currency
Iranian Rial
Population
—
Development
Developing State
Economic factor
15
Minimum full-time wage
—
Playable leagues
No

Player pool

Players
3,454
Average CA
65.1
CA 150+
0
Unattached
1,007
Playing abroad
112 of 2,447 (5%)

The site’s own figures over players whose main nationality is this country (recorded nationality, not eligibility). Abroad: contracted to a club of another country, out of those whose club country is stored.

League pyramid

Level 1Iranian Professional League
Level 2Iranian First Division
Level 3Iranian Second Division · Iranian Second Division Group A · Iranian Second Division Group B

The country’s senior league divisions with a stored level, grouped by it. No promotion links are inferred.

Best players of this nationality

NameClubPositionsCAPA
Sardar AzmounZenit St. PetersburgST (C)135140
Mehdi TaremiRio Ave Futebol ClubeAM (L), ST (C)135144
Alireza JahanbakhshBrighton and Hove AlbionM (RL), AM (RLC)129139
Saman GhoddosAmiens SCAM (RLC), ST (C)129132
Alireza BeiranvandPersepolis TehranGK124138
Vouria GhafouriEsteghlal TehranD/WB/M (R)123139
Rouzbeh Cheshmi—D (C), DM122138
Ali AlipourPersepolis TehranAM (C), ST (C)121141
Reza GhoochannejhadPEC ZwolleAM (RL), ST (C)121127
Mehrdad Pouladi—D (L), DM, AM (L)121135
Mehdi TorabiPersepolis TehranM (RC), AM (RL)120131
Milad MohammadiKAA GentD/WB (L)120125
Morteza PouraliganjiAl-Arabi Sports Club (QAT)D (C), DM, M (C)120132
Kaveh RezaeiClub Brugge KVAM (RL), ST (C)120125
Ehsan HajsafiTractor-Sazi TabrizD/WB (L), M (LC)120130
Karim AnsarifardAl-Sailiya Sports ClubST (C)120125
Majid HosseiniTrabzonspor A.Ş.D (C)120135
Mehrdad MohammadiClube Desportivo das AvesAM (RL), ST (C)120128
Masoud Shojaei—AM (LC)120140
Mohsen MosalmanSepahan IsfahanM (C), AM (RC)119136
Mohammad Reza KhalatbariZob-Ahan IsfahanM (R), AM (RL)119135
Ashkan DejagahTractor-Sazi TabrizM/AM (RL)119138
Mohammad Reza KhanzadehTractor-Sazi TabrizD (RLC)118131
Kamaleddin KamyabiniaPersepolis TehranDM, M (C)118124
Soroush RafieiShahr-e Khodro FCAM (RC)118133

Most capped

NameCapsGoals
Javad Nekounam15139
Ali Daei149109
Ali Karimi12738
Jalal Hosseini1168
Mehdi Mahdavikia11113
Ehsan Hajsafi1077
Andranik Teymourian1019
Karim Bagheri8750
Masoud Shojaei849
Mohammad Nosrati835
Hamid Reza Estili8212
Javad Zarincheh801
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh790
Karim Ansarifard7819
Seyed Mehdi Rahmati770
Yahya Golmohammadi745
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht7314
Ebrahim Mirzapour710
Hadi Aghili6910
Mehrdad Minavand674
Afshin Peyrovani660
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari605
Ashkan Dejagah5711
Rahman Rezaei563
Mohammad Khakpour521
Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadi510
Pejman Montazeri501
Hamed Kavianpour501
Vahid Hashemian5013
Gholam Reza Rezaei5011

Top clubs

Persepolis TehranIranian Professional League5,550
Esteghlal TehranIranian Professional League5,500
Sepahan IsfahanIranian Professional League5,350
Tractor-Sazi TabrizIranian Professional League5,200
Foulad KhuzestanIranian Professional League4,950
Zob-Ahan IsfahanIranian Professional League4,900
Padideh Khorasan—4,800
Shahr-e Khodro FCIranian Professional League4,800
Saipa KarajIranian Professional League4,750
Esteghlal Meli-Sanati KhuzestanIranian First Division4,350
Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi Fars—4,100
Paykan TehranIranian Professional League4,100
Gostaresh Foulad Tabriz—3,950
Naft Masjed-SoleymanIranian Professional League3,950
Sanat Naft AbadanIranian Professional League3,900
Pars Jonoubi Jam BushehrIranian Professional League3,900
Fajr Sepasi ShirazIranian First Division3,850
Mashin-Sazi TabrizIranian Professional League3,850
Nassaji Mazandaran GhaemshahrIranian Professional League3,850
FC Mashhad—3,800
Malavan Bandar-e AnzaliIranian First Division3,800
Meshki Poushan Khorasan—3,750
Sepidroud RashtIranian First Division3,750
Mes Sarcheshme Kerman—3,700
Sanat Mes KermanIranian First Division3,600
Sorkh-Poushan Samasha PakdashtIranian First Division3,550
Baadraan TehranIranian First Division3,500
Gol Gohar SirjanIranian Professional League3,500
Khooneh Be Khooneh Mazandaran—3,450
Shirin Faraz Kermanshah—3,400

Competitions

Iranian Professional LeagueDomestic Top Division
Iranian Premier Division Group ADomestic Top Division
Iranian Premier Division Group BDomestic Top Division
Iranian First DivisionDomestic Division
Iranian First Division Group ADomestic Division
Iranian First Division Group BDomestic Division
Iranian First Division Group CDomestic Division
Iranian First Division Group DDomestic Division
Iranian Second DivisionDomestic Division
Iranian Second Division Group ADomestic Division
Iranian Second Division Group BDomestic Division
Iranian Second Division Group CDomestic Division
Iranian Second Division Group DDomestic Division
Iranian Lower DivisionInactive Competition
Iranian FA CupDomestic Main Cup
Iranian Super CupSuper Cup

Rivals

Association coefficients

2018/1918.500
2017/1816.200
2016/1713.000

Cities

60

Honours

CompetitionWonRunner-upLast won
Asian Games Football Tournament422002
West Asian Football Federation Championship412008
Asian Under 19 Championship411976
Asian Nations Cup3—1976
Economic Cooperation Organisation Cup331993
Afro-Asian Cup of Nations111978
Asian/Oceanian Challenge Cup1—2003
Asian Under 16 Championship112008
West Asian Games Football Tournament111997
South East Asian Under 19 Championship1—2012

Counted by the site from the stored past winners.

Kits

Home
Away
Third

Languages

PersianIndo European › Indo Iranian › Iranian14
KurdishIndo European › Indo Iranian › Indo Aryan14

Tax rules

TaxApplies toRateBand
Income TaxAll15%— – £548
Income TaxAll20%£548 – £1,827
Income TaxAll25%£1,827 – £4,568
Income TaxAll30%£4,568 – £18,274
Income TaxAll35%£18,274 – —
VATAll1.5%
Corporation TaxAll25%

Across versions

VersionReputationFIFA pointsFIFA rank
FM27 27.0.064001,609.8522
FM26 26.2.066501,624.3020
FM26 26.0.066501,624.3020
FM24 24.3.053501,556.0022
FM23 23.4.053501,558.0022
FM23 23.3.053501,558.0022
FM23 23.0.053501,558.0022
FM22 22.4.053501,500.0031
FM22 22.3.053501,500.0031
FM22 22.1.053501,500.0031
FM22 22.0.153501,500.0031
FM22 22.0.053501,500.0031
FM21 21.4.053501,489.0033
FM21 21.3.053501,489.0033
FM21 21.1.153501,489.0033
FM21 21.0.153501,489.0033
FM21 21.0.053501,489.0033
FM20 20.4.053501,471.0032
FM20 20.3.053501,471.0032
FM20 20.1.053501,471.0032
FM20 20.0.153501,471.0032
FM20 20.0.053501,471.0032
FM19 19.3.053501,471.0032
FM19 19.1.053501,471.0032
FM19 19.0.153501,471.0032
FM19 19.0.053501,471.0032
FM18 18.3.05350674.0039
FM18 18.1.05350674.0039
FM18 18.0.05350674.0039
FM17 17.3.05550——
FM17 17.0.05550——
FM16 16.3.05550——
FM16 16.0.15550——
FM16 16.0.05550——
FM15 15.3.05550——
FM15 15.0.05550——
FM14 14.3.05550——
FM14 14.0.05550——
FM13 13.3.0———
FM13 13.0.0———
FM12 12.2.05500——
FM12 12.0.05100——
FM10 10.0.05100——

The same FM id in each loaded build, as each build stores it (FIFA rank is calculated).