Iranian football legendries Ali Daei and Mehdi Mahdavikia attended the opening ceremony of 2019 AFC Asian Cup Saturday night. The 2019 Asian Cup got under way at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, the UAE. Among those in attendance were FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai. There were […]

Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, the president of Asian Football Confederation, presented ‘AFC Referees Special Award’ of 2018 to world-class Iranian referees. In a ceremony held on Friday on the sideline of AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, the AFC chief presented Alireza Faghani, Reza Sokhandan, and Mohammadreza Mansouri with their ‘AFC Referees […]

Kevin Constant, former AC Milan midfielder has signed a 3.5-year contract with Iran’s Tractor Sazi FC on Friday in Istanbul. According to reports, the 31-year-old defensive midfielder has moved to the Tabriz-based club for €5 million. The French-Guinea national began representing the French U-17 squad in 2004 but in 2007, played for the senior football […]

The 2018 World Cup’s performance has boosted Iran national football team confidence, Team Melli defensive midfielder Omid Ebrahimi says. Ebrahimi, 31, stole the show in the 2018 World Cup in Russia where Team Melli narrowly missed the chance to reach the knockout phase. Iran defeated Morocco 1-0, lost to Spain 1-0 and drew 1-1 with […]

Iranian football club Esteghlal is set to have its winter training camp in Doha, Qatar. According to the team’s website, the Blues will fly to Qatar on Sunday to hold their camp from January 6 to 20 in Doha. Esteghlal will be preparing for the second half of the Iran Professional League (IPL) season. Esteghlal […]

Tractor Sazi’s Irish striker Anthony Stokes returned to Iran Thursday morning. The 30-year-old forward had left Tractor Sazi football team in late November due to personal issues but later announced that he would return to Tabriz. Stokes, who played for Republic of Ireland from 2007 to 2014, scored 10 goals in 11 matches for the […]

 Yemen national football team coach Jan Kocian says they can dream of victory over Iran in their 2019 AFC Asian Cup opener. The Middle Eastern side, the lowest-ranked team in the competition at 135th in the world, begin their Group D campaign next Monday against Iran, the continent’s top team at 29th, at the Mohamed […]

 Esteghlal’s German midfielder Markus Neumayr joined Swiss football club Aarau on Monday. The 32-year-old player joined Iran’s Esteghlal on July 31 on a two-year contract but was released by the team on Dec. 16. Neumayr started his football career playing for local clubs before moving to Eintracht Frankfurt in 2003, however, within a few months, […]

 Iran national football team beat Qatar 2-1 in a friendly match in Doha as part of preparation for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on Monday. Mehdi Taremi gave Team Melli the lead in the 17th minute and Hassan Al-Haydos equalized the match from the penalty spot in the 42nd minute. Sardar Azmoun scored the winner […]

 Iran winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh says that they will “fight for their dreams” to end a 43-year trophy drought in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup. Iran national football team last lifted Asian football’s most coveted trophy on home soil in 1976, when they completed the third leg of three consecutive championship wins that mark the country […]