Articles tagged with "team-melli"
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 21st, 2009
On Sunday Iran will face Jordan for the return leg of their Asian Cup qualifier in Amman. Iran won the first leg and is sitting ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 18th, 2009
Team Melli and FYR Macedonia played a 1-1 draw in Tehran on Wednesday. This was Iran’s last friendly before the crucial November 22 Asian ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 17th, 2009
Team Melli will not have the services of its players based abroad for its crucial Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan.
This is due to AFC’s insistence ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 16th, 2009
The Macedonians are in the Iranian capital. No, this is not Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army we are talking about; these guys ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 16th, 2009
The Macedonians are in the Iranian capital. No, this is not Alexander the Great and his Macedonian army we are talking about; these guys ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 14th, 2009
Iran defeated Jordan in their third Group E match of the Asian Cup qualifiers. The match’s only goal was scored in 72nd minute by ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 10th, 2009
Team Melli defeated Iceland 1-0 in their Tehran friendly today. Only a few hundred fans attended the match, which is very disappointing. However, it shows ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 10th, 2009
Team Melli defeated Iceland 1-0 in their Tehran friendly today. Only a few hundred fans attended the match, which is very disappointing; however, that is ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 9th, 2009
Team Melli’s third workout, in advance of Iceland friendly tomorrow (Tuesday), took place with 25 players. Three players, namely Iman Mobali, Amir Mohebi, and Khosrow ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Nov 3rd, 2009
Coach Afshin Ghotbi invited 30 players to Team Melli camp in preparation for the November 14 Asian Cup Qualifier against Jordan in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
Team ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 27th, 2009
Coach Afshin Ghotbi has left the door open for former Steel of Azin star midfielder Ali Karimi who retired from the international game earlier this ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 23rd, 2009
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Iranian Football Federation Vice President Mehdi Taj thinks that Team Melli needs new blood.
In an interview with ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 23rd, 2009
Iranian Football Federation Vice President Mehdi Taj thinks that Team Melli needs new blood.
In an interview with Reporters Taj told reporters that he thinks new ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 21st, 2009
The latest Iranian Professional League coach to take a potshot at Team Melli Coach Afshin Ghotbi is Saipa FC coach Nader Faryadshiran.
It is not ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 18th, 2009
Team Melli dropped two positions in the latest FIFA rankings landing on 62nd overall and 5th spot in the AFC behind Australia, Japan, Korea ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 14th, 2009
Team Melli will play a friendly with Island in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.
Iranian Football federation Secretary Mehdi Mohammadnabi told reporters that the two federations had ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Oct 8th, 2009
German coach Erich Rotte Muller who served as Ali Daei’s consultant while Daei was in charge of Team Melli had an interesting interview with ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Sep 28th, 2009
The Iranian Football Federation officials including the president Ali Kaffashian and Vice President Mehdi Taj, Team Melli Coach Afshin Ghotbi, and a number of coaches ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Sep 21st, 2009
Team Melli Coach Afshin Ghotbi was in city of Qom over the weekend to watch the match between home team Saba and Pas of ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Sep 4th, 2009
Team Melli boys had their last practice in Tehran on Thursday before flying to Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Friday for their Saturday friendly with the ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 31st, 2009
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 30th, 2009
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Team Melli Coach Afshin Ghotbi spoke to reporters on Sunday ahead of the friendly against Bahrain.
The coach admitted that he does not ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Aug 22nd, 2009
Team Melli Head Coach Afshin Ghotbi and his Dutch assistant attended the Iranian Professional League match between Rah-Ahan and Saipa in Dastgerdi Stadium.
Ghotbi had ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 18th, 2009
For yesterday's World Cup qualifier vs South Korea, six of the 11 Iran players took the field wearing green wristbands, almost certainly a sign of ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 17th, 2009
Well, Saudi Arabia and Korea DPR played a goalless draw in Riyadh. That means Korea DPR go through as the 2nd team from Group ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 17th, 2009
The Iranian team had come to play. They put up an excellent tactical and individual show and came within minutes of victory, but it ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 16th, 2009
Just about 12 hours from now Team Melli will play one of the most important matches of its last 3 years against Korea Republic. ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 15th, 2009
According to reports out of Spain, Villarreal have targeted Iran international midfielder Javad Nekounam who plays for Pamplona based club Osasuna.
Nekounam has settled nicely ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 15th, 2009
Hi fans, just about 48 hours to the kickoff.
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Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Jun 14th, 2009
Considering the events of the last few days in Iran, it is hard for me to think about football. It seems anticlimactic and insensitive. ...
