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The school’s principal walked into the classrooms and asked the young boys to take a piece of paper and write down whatever they want to tell the champions of the national team. The sound of shouting along with the enthusiasm of the children rose into the air while asking if their messages reach the national team players!

“Hello and greetings to the national team. I wish you win the championship. You can! Although you lost the first match, I promise that we will be the first or the second. We will win. Our hearts are with you,” wrote Arad, who was wearing a wide smile, drawing a heart at the bottom of the sheet.

Mohammad Mehdi also wrote, “Hello. I wish you success. Fight for people’s joy. You will win. To the end of our lives for Iran.”

“National team (called Team Melli in Persian), you are very strong and I will always love you,” Reza wrote with his signature “My Dear Iran”.

Amir Ali’s message was “The American national team is 11 people, while you are 80 million.”

The happy children of Shahid Ali Qaneh Primary School in District 9 of Tehran then gathered in the schoolyard, with their manuscripts and the tricolor flag of the country. They showed the victory sign to the camera and recorded a picture.

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According To Iran News, Karim Bagheri has been named as Iranian assistant of Dragan Skocic in Iran national football team.

According to the Iran Football Federation’s website, the 46-year-old coach will assist Skocic in the 2022 World Cup qualification.

Bagheri will have a part-time job in Team Melli since he is Persepolis’ assistant coach.

Iran is scheduled to host Hong Kong on March 26 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium in the 2022 World Cup qualification.

Iran sits third in Group C five points behind Iraq.

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TEHRAN (Iran News) – The former Sanat Naft coach, Dragan Skocic of Croatia, has been named the new head coach for Iran national football team.

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Carlos queiroz was named as Colombia coach in last year’s February after parting company with Iran national football team.

The Portuguese coach failed to bring an end to Team Melli’s 43-year title drought in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in January.

“One year after leaving Iran I want to express a message of gratitude to all players, staff, fans, and Iran Football Federation. It was a great honor and privilege to serve Iranian Football. I will keep forever in my heart all the memories and wonderful moments shared with Team Melli and Iranian Fans,” Queiroz posted on his Instagram account.

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Ali Daei refused to take charge of Iranian club Zob Ahan on Sunday and media reports suggest that he is a candidate to lead the Iran national football team in the future.

Ex-Team Melli and Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic had reportedly reached an agreement with the Iran football federation to replace Marc Wilmots but it seems the federation has turned to an Iranian option, supposedly Ali Daei, for coaching Team Melli.

Yahya Golmohammadi is also among the candidates to coach Team Melli or Persepolis.

Daei was appointed as Team Melli’s coach in 2008 but during his tenure as the national team coach, the Iranian team managed the weakest World Cup Qualification results in its history with only one win out of five games.

With less than three months remaining until the restart of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Iranian federation has not introduced the new head coach.

Team Melli will host Hong Kong on March 26 in Tehran and meet Cambodia five days later in an away match.

Iran will face Bahrain and Iraq on June 4 and 9 in Tehran.

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Iranian federation and Marc Wilmots have reportedly reached a deadlock after Team Melli’s poor results in the 2022 World Cup qualification.

Then, local media reported that the federation is going to terminate Wilmots’s contract by mutual consent.

After that, Wilmots has reacted to the rumors on his Twitter account, posting a message about his future in the Asian team.

“I have taken note of the rumors published in the Iranian press, which are incorrect. The truth is that Iran football federation has created serious contractual violations for me and my staff. We face an intolerable situation,” Wilomots wrote.

“My lawyers work on the case and I don’t want to comment more on the issue,” the Belgian coach added later.

Under guidance of Wilmots, Iran have suffered back-to-back defeats against Bahrain and Iraq in the 2022 World Cup qualification.

Team Melli also sit in third place in Group C with six points, five points adrift of leaders Iraq.

The Iranian media reports suggest that former Persepolis coach Branko Ivankovic is a possible candidate to succeed Wilmots.

Iran national football team have really a tough time after suffering back-to-back defeats against Bahrain and Iraq in the 2022 World Cup qualification.

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Ivankovic led Persepolis to the Iranian domestic treble last season but left after they failed to pay him his salary.

The 65-year-old coach won the gold medal in the 2002 Asian Games and led Team Melli to third place in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

The Croat coached Iran at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where the Persian failed to qualify for the next stage after losing to Mexico and Portugal. Team Melli drew with Angola.

“At the moment, I have a lot of offers from Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Japan and China but have not accepted them so far. In Al Ahli, I was fired after three matches, something I had never experienced before. I think I worked well because the Saudi Arabian team needed some changes in dressing room but this is football and I accept it,” Ivankovic said.

Asked him why he left Persepolis at the end of the last season, coach Branko Ivankovic said, “I had four fascinating years in Iran and I miss the country. However, I was forced to leave Persepolis because they didn’t pay our salaries for about one year. At that time, Al Ahli gave me a good offer and I accepted it,” he added.

Persepolis have lost three matches in the last 10 matches but Branko Ivankovic says they are favorites to win the title for the fourth time in a row.

“I think Gabriel Calderon needs time in Persepolis because he is a great coach. Persepolis fans love their team and support their players and coaches. In my opinion, Persepolis and Sepahan are vying for the title in the current season,” Ivankovic stated.

Ivankovic believes that Team Melli had a chance of qualifying for the next stage at the 2018 World Cup.

“I think (Carlos) Queiroz preferred to defend in Russia. Iran could play an attacking football against Portugal and Span. After beating Morocco, Team Melli should take risks,” Ivankovic added.

Is there any chance to return to Team Melli if he receives an offer?

“I would prefer to work at a club. I am not going work as a national team head coach,” Ivankovic concluded.

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According To Iran News, Iran national football team head coach Marc Wilmots is reportedly on the verge of parting company with Team Melli.

According to Nieuwsblad, Wilmots would like to terminate his contract and he is waiting for the response of the Iranian federation.

Wilmots has been nominated to take charge of Belgian club Antwerp.

The Belgian was named as Iran coach in mid-May as Carlos Queiroz’s replacement.

Iran has been scheduled to meet Iraq in Basra on November 14 in the 2022 World Cup qualifier.

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Team Melli remained the highest-ranked Asian nation in the latest FIFA rankings.

The other Asian countries as follow Iran are Japan that is the closest chaser, since it has moved three places up to 28th then South Korea is the third Asian team (39th) and Australia sits 44th.

Belgium stays top, followed by France, Brazil, England and Uruguay.

The next FIFA World Ranking is going to publish on November 28, 2019.

Marc Wilmots’s team  who prepares for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, is followed by Japan, South Korea and Australia.

Iran recently defeated Hong Kong 2-0 in FIFA World Cup qualifier and will host Cambodia on October 10.

Belgium sits the first in the ranking then followed by it, France, Brazil, England and Portugal are next.

The latest FIFA World Ranking has been released on October 24 and the news was a four spots drop in world ranking for Iran National Men’s Football.

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