Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/football-federation-islamic-republic-of-iran/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:15:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/football-federation-islamic-republic-of-iran/ 32 32 Iran ‌Bid to Host AFC Asian Cup 2027 https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/08/iran-%e2%80%8cbid-to-host-afc-asian-cup-2027/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/08/iran-%e2%80%8cbid-to-host-afc-asian-cup-2027/#respond Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:15:10 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=116578 TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has sent necessary documents to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the process of Iran’s bid to host the 2027 Asian Cup competitions. Iran Football Federation has delivered its bid in 75 pages to AFC to host Asia’s crown jewel, IRNA reported on […]

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]]> TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has sent necessary documents to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the process of Iran’s bid to host the 2027 Asian Cup competitions.

Iran Football Federation has delivered its bid in 75 pages to AFC to host Asia’s crown jewel, IRNA reported on Friday.

Four other AFC Member Associations that have also indicated their intentions to host the 2027 Asian Cup included the All India Football Federation, the Qatar Football Association’s (QFA), Saudi Arabian Football Federation and Uzbekistan Football Association. All of them submitted their expressions of interest by the June 30, 2020 deadline.

The AFC will announce the host for the 19th edition of the AFC Asian Cup in 2021.

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]]> https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/08/iran-%e2%80%8cbid-to-host-afc-asian-cup-2027/feed/ 0 Mehdi Taj nominated for AFC vice president post https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/mehdi-taj-nominated-for-afc-vice-president-post/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2018/12/mehdi-taj-nominated-for-afc-vice-president-post/#respond Sat, 08 Dec 2018 10:55:10 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=44396 Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) president Mehdi Taj has been nominated for the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) vice president post. This was confirmed by the Asian governing body on Saturday, with the elections scheduled for April 6, 2019. “In accordance with Article 32.1 of the AFC statutes (Edition 2018), the member associations were […]

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]]> Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) president Mehdi Taj has been nominated for the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) vice president post.

This was confirmed by the Asian governing body on Saturday, with the elections scheduled for April 6, 2019.

“In accordance with Article 32.1 of the AFC statutes (Edition 2018), the member associations were notified that the election for members of the AFC Executive Committee (term 2019-2023) would be held at the congress in Kuala Lumpur on April 6.

“Member associations were given until midnight (Malaysia time) on Dec 6 to submit their nominations as per the requirement set out in the AFC statutes (Edition 2018) and its electoral code (Edition 2018),” read the statement by AFC.

There are five vice president spots up for grabs with Taj being one of the nominees, representing Central Asia.

For the AFC’s top post, incumbent Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Al Khalifa was nominated again. He will be challenged by two other nominees – Saoud A Aziz Al Mohannadi from Qatar and Emirati Mohamed Khalfan Matar Saeed Alromaithi.

AFC are also expected to select six names to be on the FIFA council and nine AFC executive committee members at the Congress.

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