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Iran

5,350Reputation
31FIFA rank (calc)
—Population

National team staff

15
Manager First TeamDragan Skočić
Assistant Manager First TeamVahid Hashemian
Coach First TeamMario Tot
Physio First TeamAlireza Shahab
Physio First TeamHadi Nejatpour
Gk Coach First TeamMladen Zganjer
Head PhysioParhan Khanlari
Fitness Coach First TeamJuan Carlos Gómez Perlado
Manager (U23 Team)Mehdi Mahdavikia
Manager (U23 Team)Dariush Mostafavi
Assistant Manager (U23 Team)John Lammers
Assistant Manager (U23 Team)Mehran Shadidipour
Fitness Coach (U23 Team)Timo Rosenberg
Physio (U23 Team)Shahid Oryani
Performance Analyst First TeamMehdi Hosseinpour

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

Football

FIFA points
1,500.00
FIFA member
Yes
League standard (calc)
11
Youth rating
110
Game importance
Very Important
Coefficient, 5 years (calc)
58.200
Coefficient, 10 years (calc)
58.200
Morale
14
FA financial power
11
FA patience
—
Foreign manager likelihood
—
Continental federation affiliation
1958
Association founded
1920
FIFA affiliation
1945
Max youth age
21
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
2,530
Average CA
71.3
CA 150+
0
Unattached
377
Playing abroad
137 of 2,153 (6%)

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
Mehdi TaremiFC PortoAM (C), ST (C)143146
Sardar AzmounBayer 04 LeverkusenST (C)140143
Alireza JahanbakhshFeyenoord RotterdamM (RL), AM (RLC)130139
Amir AbedzadehPonferradaGK130136
Ali GholizadehRoyal Charleroi Sporting ClubM/AM (RL)125130
Mehdi GhaediShabab Al-Ahli Dubai Football ClubAM (RL), ST (C)125145
Shahab ZahediZoria LuhanskAM (RL), ST (C)122122
Saman GhoddosBrentfordAM (RLC)121131
Kaveh RezaeiOud-Heverlee LeuvenAM (RL), ST (C)121125
Reza Ghoochannejhad—AM (RL), ST (C)121127
Milad MohammadiAEK AthensD/WB (L)120125
Sadegh MoharramiGNK Dinamo ZagrebD/WB (R)120122
Mehrdad MohammadiAl-Arabi Sports ClubAM (RL), ST (C)120128
Karim AnsarifardAEK AthensST (C)120130
Allahyar SayyadmaneshFenerbahçe A.Ş.ST (C)119120–150
Saeid EzatolahiVejle BoldklubDM, M (C)119129
Ahmad NourollahiShabab Al-Ahli Dubai Football ClubDM, M (C)118128
Ali AlipourClube Sport Marítimo - SADST (C)118126
Hossein KanaaniAl-Ahli Sports Club DohaD (C)117127
Mehdi TorabiPersepolis Football ClubAM (RLC)117128
Omid EbrahimiAl-Wakrah Sports ClubDM, M (C)117132
Ramin RezaeianPersepolis Football ClubD/WB/M (R)117120
Sosha MakaniMjøndalen IFGK116122
Ali Karimi—DM, M (C)115124
Mohammad NaderiAltayD (L)115125

Most capped

NameCapsGoals
Javad Nekounam15139
Ali Daei149109
Ali Karimi12738
Jalal Hosseini1148
Ehsan Hajsafi1146
Mehdi Mahdavikia11113
Andranik Teymourian1019
Karim Bagheri8750
Masoud Shojaei878
Karim Ansarifard8427
Mohammad Nosrati835
Hamid Reza Estili8212
Javad Zarincheh801
Seyed Mehdi Rahmati770
Yahya Golmohammadi745
Ebrahim Mirzapour710
Hadi Aghili6910
Afshin Peyrovani660
Mehrzad Madanchi638
Iman Mobali602
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari605
Ashkan Dejagah5811
Vahid Amiri572
Rahman Rezaei563
Sardar Azmoun5537
Alireza Jahanbakhsh538
Omid Ebrahimi520
Pejman Montazeri512
Mehdi Taremi5123
Gholam Reza Rezaei5011

Top clubs

Persepolis Football ClubIranian Professional League5,700
Esteghlal Football ClubIranian Professional League5,650
Sepahan IsfahanIranian Professional League5,500
Tractor Sport ClubIranian Professional League5,200
Foolad KhuzestanIranian Professional League4,950
Zob Ahan IsfahanIranian Professional League4,900
Shahr Khodro FC—4,800
Padideh Khorasan Football ClubIranian Professional League4,800
Saipa KarajIranian First Division4,750
Esteghlal Meli-Sanati KhuzestanIranian First Division4,350
Paykan TehranIranian Professional League4,250
Moghavemat Shahid Sepasi Fars—4,100
Naft Masjed SoleymanIranian Professional League3,950
Gostaresh Foolad Tabriz—3,950
Pars Jonoubi Jam BushehrIranian First Division3,900
Malavan Bandar-e AnzaliIranian First Division3,900
Sanat Naft AbadanIranian Professional League3,900
Machine Sazi TabrizIranian First Division3,850
Fajr Sepasi ShirazIranian Professional League3,850
Nassaji Mazandaran GhaemshahrIranian Professional League3,850
FC Mashhad—3,800
Meshki Poushan Khorasan—3,750
Mes Sarcheshme Kerman—3,700
Sepidroud RashtIranian Second Division Group A3,650
Sanat Mes KermanIranian First Division3,600
Sorkh-Poushan Samasha Pakdasht—3,550
Havadar Sport ClubIranian Professional League3,550
Baadraan TehranIranian Lower Division3,500
Gol Gohar SirjanIranian Professional League3,500
Khooneh Be Khooneh Mazandaran—3,450

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

2019/2010.500
2018/1918.500
2017/1816.200
2016/1713.000

Cities

60

National records

Most overall appearances Javad Nekounam 151 games
Most overall goals Ali Daei 109 goals

Famous players

Ali DaeiClinical Striker · Medium20
Ali KarimiExplosive Attacking Midfielder · Medium · Central18
Mehdi MahdavikiaCommanding Full-back · Medium17
Ali ParvinCultured Forward · Small16
Javad NekounamTireless Defensive Midfielder · Medium15
Hassan RowshanClinical Striker · Small15
Karim BagheriIndustrious Defensive Midfielder · Tall15
Ahmad Reza AbedzadehCommanding Goalkeeper · Tall15
Farhad MajidiExplosive Striker · Medium · Central14
Jalal HosseiniSolid Centre-back · Medium12
Javad ZarinchehCommanding Right-back · Medium12

The players the game compares this nation's newly generated players to.

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 Championship122008
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%— – £513
Income TaxAll20%£513 – £1,711
Income TaxAll25%£1,711 – £4,277
Income TaxAll30%£4,277 – £17,110
Income TaxAll35%£17,110 – —
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).