Iran national football team

The FIFA on Friday, June 9 released its latest ranking of women's national football teams in the world, according to which Iran's national women's team have ranked 60th in the world with 1409.89 points, moving up 6 places as compared to the last rankings. Led by Maryam Azmoun, the Iranian women have ranked above the teams of Greece, Turkey and Uruguay. In Asia, the teams of Australia, Japan, China, South Korea and Vietnam are in the first to fifth places in the FIFA rankings, while Iran's national women's team are in the 12th place. The team of the USA, Germany, Sweden, England, France, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Holland and Australia are standing first to tenth in the world rankings, respectively. MNA

DOHA/DUBAI Nov 21 (Reuters) - Iran's World Cup team declined to sing their anthem before their opening World Cup match on Monday in a sign of support for mass protests back home after many fans accused the squad of siding with a violent state crackdown on the unrest. Protests demanding the fall of the ruling Shi'ite Muslim theocracy have The players were solemn and silent as the anthem was played before the match with England at Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar, where thousands of Iranian fans in the stands shouted as the music rang out. Some jeered and others made thumbs-down gestures. Team Melli, as the Iranian soccer squad is known, have long been a huge source of national pride in Iran, but found themselves caught up in politics in the World Cup run-up, with anticipation over whether they would use soccer's showpiece event as a platform to get behind the protesters. Iran were trounced 6-2 by England in Monday's Group B opener, but the drubbing was not enough to silence the Iranian fans, who pounded drums and horns throughout the game. Ahead of the match, no Iranian player had voiced support for the demonstrations by compatriots from all walks of life, one of the most sustained challenges to the cleric elite since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. "All of us are sad because our people are being killed in Iran but all of us are proud of our team because they did not sing the national anthem - because it's not our national (anthem), it's only for the regime," said an Ira...

Iran will be aiming to secure a first-ever knockout stage spot at a World Cup as they compete at the 2022 tournament in Qatar. Carlos Queiroz's side face one of the shortest travels from any of the competing nations, as the World Cup heads to the Middle East for the first time. They will be backed by a horde of travelling fans as a result. After finishing as the top Asian qualifier for the competition, confidence has quietly grown over Iran being able to pull off an upset. As part of Group B, alongside England, Wales and the United States, Iran will fancy their chances of potentially ending their last-16 frustration. WORLD CUP 2022 SELECTED SQUADS: Iran World Cup roster Here's the final squad announced by head coach Carlos Queiroz ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Despite a 26-man limit to World Cup rosters, Queiroz has decided to only bring 25 players to the tournament, including four goalkeepers. Injured attacker Sardar Azmoun was included on the roster, despite a calf problem. Reports ahead of the roster release suggested that Queiroz was under pressure to exclude players who have spoken out in support of the recent protests in the nation, including Azmoun, but, if true, he has clearly resisted that pressure. There is no place for Al Wakrah midfielder Omid Ebrahimi, who suffered an injury in a friendly against Nicaragua just a few days before the tournament. Iran World Cup 2022 Squad Position No. Player Club Age Caps GK 22 Amir Abedzadeh Ponferradina (SPA) 29 1 GK 1 Ali...

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