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List of Iran international footballers

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File:Javad Nekounam.JPG is Iran's most capped international of all time with 149 caps.]]

The Iran national football team has represented Iran in international football since 1941. Organized by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran, it is one of the 47 members of the Asian Football Confederation. The team's first international was a 0–0 draw with Afghanistan on 25 August 1941.

Players

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File:2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Third Round, Iran 2–1 Japan (06).jpg is Iran's record goalscorer with 108 goals from 148 caps.]]

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|+ Iran national team footballers with at least 40 appearances

! scope="col" class="unsortable"|No.

! scope="col"|Name

! scope="col"|National career

! scope="col"|Caps

! scope="col"|Goals

1

!scope=row|{{sortname|Javad|Nekounam}}

|2000–2015

14938
2

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ali|Daei}}

|1993–2006

148108
3

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Ehsan|Hajsafi}}

|2008–

1427
4

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ali|Karimi}}

|1998–2012

12738
5

!scope=row|{{sortname|Seyed Jalal|Hosseini}}

|2007–2018

1158
6

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mehdi|Mahdavikia}}

|1996–2009

11013
7

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Karim|Ansarifard}}

|2009–

10430
8

!scope=row|{{sortname|Andranik|Teymourian}}

|2005–2016

1019
9

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Mehdi|Taremi}}

|2015–

9254
rowspan=2|10

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Sardar|Azmoun}}

|2014–

9157
scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Alireza|Jahanbakhsh}}

|2013–||91||17

rowspan=2|11

!scope=row|{{sortname|Karim|Bagheri}}

|1993–2010

8750
scope=row|{{sortname|Masoud|Shojaei}}

|2004–2019||87||8

12

!scope=row|{{sortname|Hossein|Kaebi}}

|2002–2010

841
13

!scope=row|{{sortname|Hamid|Estili}}

|1992–2000

8212
14

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mohammad|Nosrati}}

|2002–2013

815
15

!scope=row|{{sortname|Javad|Zarincheh}}

|1987–2000

801
16

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Alireza|Beiranvand}}

|2015–

790
rowspan=2|17

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ali|Parvin}}

|1970–1980

7613
scope=row|{{sortname|Seyed Mehdi|Rahmati}}

|2004–2012||76||0

18

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Saeid|Ezatolahi}}

|2015–

751
19

!scope=row|{{sortname|Yahya|Golmohammadi}}

|1993–2006

745
20

!scope=row|{{sortname|Ahmad Reza|Abedzadeh}}

|1987–1998

730
21

!scope=row|{{sortname|Alireza|Vahedi Nikbakht}}

|2000–2008

7214
rowspan=2|22

!scope=row|{{sortname|Vahid|Amiri}}

|2015–2023

712
scope=row|{{sortname|Ibrahim|Mirzapour}}

|2001–2010||71||0

rowspan=2|23

!scope=row|{{sortname|Hadi|Aghily}}

|2006–2012

6910
scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Milad|Mohammadi}}

|2015–||69||1

24

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mehrdad|Minavand}}

|1996–2003

684
25

!scope=row|{{sortname|Parviz|Qleechkhani}}

|1964–1977

6614
rowspan=2|26

!scope=row|{{sortname|Afshin|Peyrovani}}

|1993–2002

650
scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Ramin|Rezaeian}}

|2015–||65||6

rowspan=2|27

!scope=row|

{{sortname|Omid|Ebrahimi}}

|2012–2024

641
scope=row|{{sortname|Nader|Mohammadkhani}}

|1988–1999||64||1

28

!scope=row|{{sortname|Nasser|Hejazi}}

|1968–1980

620
rowspan=2|29

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mohammad Reza|Khalatbari|dab=footballer, born 1983}}

|2005–2015

605
scope=row|{{sortname|Eman|Mobali}}

|2001–2011||60||2

rowspan=3|30

!scope=row|{{sortname|Khosrow|Heydari}}

|2007–2015

590
scope=row|{{sortname|Ashkan|Dejagah}}

|2012–2019||59||11

scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Hossein|Kanaanizadegan}}

|2018–||59||6

31

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Saman|Ghoddos}}

|2017–

573
rowspan=2|32

!scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Morteza|Pouraliganji}}

|2015–

543
scope=row|{{sortname|Rahman|Rezaei}}

|2001–2009||54||3

33

!scope=row|{{sortname|Hamed|Kavianpour}}

|2000–2004

531
rowspan=2|34

!scope=row|{{sortname|Pejman|Montazeri}}

|2008–2019

511
scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Mehdi|Torabi}}

|2015–||51||6

rowspan=3|35

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mohammad|Khakpour}}

|1989–2000

502
scope=row|{{sortname|Gholamreza|Rezaei}}

|2008–2013||50||11

scope=row|{{sortname|Vahid|Hashemian}}

|1998–2009||50||15

rowspan=2|36

!scope=row|{{sortname|Pejman|Nouri}}

|2003–2013

494
scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Shojae|Khalilzadeh}}

|2009–||49||2

rowspan=2|37

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mostafa|Arab}}

|1959–1972

482
scope=row|

{{sortname|Hassan|Rowshan}}

|1974–1980||48||13

38

!scope=row|{{sortname|Alireza|Mansourian}}

|1996–1998

477
rowspan=3|39

!scope=row|{{sortname|Khodadad|Azizi}}

|1992–2004

4511
scope=row|{{sortname|Farhad|Majidi}}

|1996–2011||45||10

scope=row|{{sortname|Mohammad|Panjali}}

|1978–1991||45||0

rowspan=4|40

!scope=row|{{sortname|Majid|Namjoo-Motlagh}}

|1986–1997

444
scope=row|{{sortname|Sirous|Dinmohammadi}}

|1993–2002||44||6

scope=row|{{sortname|Reza|Ghoochannejhad}}

|2012–2018||44||17

scope=row|{{sortname|Javad|Kazemian}}

|2001–2011||44||4

41

!scope=row|{{sortname|Sirous|Ghayeghran}}

|1986–1993

436
rowspan=2|42

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mehrzad|Madanchi}}

|2003–2010

428
scope=row style="background:#FFFF99;"|{{sortname|Ali|Gholizadeh}}

|2018–||42||6

rowspan=3|43

!scope=row|{{sortname|Mehdi|Fonounizadeh}}

|1986–1994

412
scope=row|{{sortname|Hamid|Derakhshan}}

|1980–1993||41||9

scope=row|{{sortname|Sattar|Hamedani}}

|1988–2001||41||1

44

!scope=row|

{{sortname|Gholam Hossein|Mazloumi}}

|1969–1977

4019

References

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