(IranSportsPress – Translation from Mehr News Agency) – Esteghlal won the first game in the Persian New Year against Naft Tehrah. Winfried Schäfer allowed the national team players to rest in the start of the game. Esteghlal played with Mahdi Rahmati, khosro Heydari, Roozbeh Cheshmi, Armin Sohrabian, Milad Zakipoor, Farshid Bagheri (Minute 29 for
(IranSportsPress – Fox Asia) – Iran produced a fine display on Tuesday as they continued to build towards the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a 2-1 triumph over Algeria at the Merkur Arena in Graz. It took Team Melli just 11 minutes to open the scoring when Sardar Azmoun climbed majestically to meet a right-wing
(IranSportsPress.com – TehranTimes) Most recently, Sanak has worked at Czech Republic football team Mlada Boleslav. Sanak replaced Mick McDermott in Tehran-based team. Irish coach McDermott parted company with Esteghlal in late October. According to Iranian media, a Jamaican coach will be added to Esteghlal staff. Esteghlal German coach Winfried Schafer has already worked as Jamaica
(IranSportsPress.com – TehranTimes) – Ghoddos, who scored his first goal for Iran national football team on Thursday against Panama, will reportedly cost the German team five million euros. Ghoddos, whose contract expires in Östersund in December 2019, has been voted the best striker in Allsvenskan League this season. Also, Championship sides Wolverhampton Wanderers, QPR and
(IranSportsPress.com – Reuters) – Iran beat Panama 2-1 in a friendly in Graz, Austria on Thursday, in a match-up of two teams who have qualified for next year’s World Cup in Russia. Iran took the lead in the 16th minute with a penalty from Ashkan Dejagah after a wild, sliding challenge from Jan Vargas on Karim Ansarifard.
(IranSportsPress – Tehran Times) Team Melli came third in the prestigious event after beating Russia 4-2 in the third-place play-off on Saturday. “It was a very tough competition with the top teams of the world and I am very proud of my players’ performance. We are in the good way for the future,” Octavio told
(IranSportsPress.com – TehranTimes) – Persepolis striker Ali Alipour was brought down in penalty area in 22nd minute by Rouzbeh Cheshmi and converted his penalty. Esteghlal were dominant team in the second half but failed to create dangerous chance. The match was abandoned by referee Bijan Heydari in the last minutes as a result of the missile
(IranSportsPress.com – FourFourTwo)- Omar Kharbin followed up his first-leg hat-trick with two more goals to set up a final against either Urawa Red Diamonds or Shanghai SIPG. Al Hilal booked their place in the AFC Champions League final as Omar Kharbin scored twice in a 2-2 draw away to Persepolis that secured a 6-2 aggregate triumph.
(IranSportsPress.com – FIFA.com)– Iran made it four wins from four matches at the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 and qualified for the quarter-finals after fighting to make two early goals stand up against a game Mexican side. In just the seventh minute, Mohammad Sharifi converted a very confident penalty after Mohammad Ghaderi’s hard work
(IranSportsPress.com – Mehrnews Agency) – Iran’s national football team has been placed in the 34th position in the world and 1st in Asia in the latest FIFA World Ranking. The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men’s national teams in association football, currently led by Germany. The teams of the member nations of FIFA,