The nation's best performance at the Olympics was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1976 Montreal Games. Īt the continental level, Iran has won three Asian Cup championships in 1968, 19.
Between December 2014 until May 2018, Iran was the highest-ranked team in Asia, the longest continuous period of time that a team has held that distinction. Iran national football team ( Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال مردان ایران, romanized: Tīm-e Melli-e Fūtbāl-e Mardān-e Īrān), recognised by FIFA as IR Iran, represents Iran in international football and is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.
