Tehran XI

Tehran XI
Full name Tehran XI
Nickname(s) Team Melli
Founded 1926


Tehran XI was a Iranian football club founded in 1926 from Tehran that was seen as the predecessor of the Iran's national football team. The players were chosen from Tehran Club, Toofan Club and Armenian Sports Club.[1]

History

The very first Iran selection football team that traveled to Baku in 1926.

In 1926 Tehran XI (selected players from Tehran Club, Toofan Club and Armenian Sports Club) traveled across the border to Baku, USSR, this was the first away football match for an Iranian team. This Tehran Select team is the predecessor of Iran's national football team.

In 1929 it was time for a return visit, and so a team from Baku was invited to play in Tehran in late November. To impress the visitors, grass had been planted on the state-owned football field. The last of the three games, all of which were won by the visitors, was attended by Abdolhossein Teymourtash, the powerful minister of court. The humiliating defeats, suffered on home ground, caused great consternation,so much so that some young men gave up football altogether. In subsequent years the interest in football waned, and newspapers hardly reported on those matches that did take place. However, all this changed with the return of crown prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from Switzerland in 1936 and the arrival of Thomas R. Gibson in the 1930s to promote the game.

Squad

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
Iran GK Hossein-Ali Khan Sardar
Iran Ahmad-Ali Khan Sardar
Iran Mohammad-Ali Khan Sardar
Iran Hossein Sadaghiani
Iran Karim Zandi
Iran Hasan Meftah
Iran Ali Kani
Iran Mohammad Ali Shokooh
No. Position Player
Iran Amir Aslani
Iran Aziz Eqtedar
Iran Akbar Heydari
Iran Herand Galusetiyan
Iran Naser Enshaa
Iran Reza Qoli Kalantar
Iran Azizollah Afkhami

Results

The results were as follow:

# Date Opponent Result Score Venue Competition
1 Autumn 1926 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Baku XI L 0–2 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR Friendly
2 Autumn 1926 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Azerbaijan Polytechnical Institute D 0–0 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR Friendly
3 Autumn 1926 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Baku Youth XI L 3–4 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR Friendly
4 Autumn 1926 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Taraqi Baku L 1–3 Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, USSR Friendly
5 Nov 1929 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Baku XI L 0–4 Tehran, Iran Friendly
6 Nov 1929 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Baku XI L 1–4 Tehran, Iran Friendly
7 Nov 1929 Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Baku XI L 0–11 Tehran, Iran Friendly

References

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