Iran have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on six occasions: in 1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018 and 2022. They are yet to have progressed from the group stages.[1] [2]
| Rank | width=200 | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 189 | 121 | 41 | 27 | 453 | 134 | +319 | 404 | ||
| 2 | 16 | 165 | 99 | 40 | 26 | 422 | 125 | +297 | 337 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 155 | 97 | 40 | 18 | 311 | 91 | +220 | 331 | ||
| 4 | 17 | 187 | 93 | 47 | 47 | 309 | 184 | +125 | 326 | ||
| 5 | 12 | 150 | 95 | 36 | 19 | 328 | 91 | +237 | 321 | ||
| 6 | 15 | 159 | 91 | 42 | 26 | 270 | 137 | +133 | 315 | ||
| 7 | 19 | 135 | 89 | 26 | 20 | 329 | 101 | +228 | 293 | ||
| 8 | 19 | 168 | 84 | 40 | 44 | 287 | 191 | +96 | 292 | ||
| 9 | 18 | 178 | 81 | 47 | 50 | 253 | 191 | +62 | 290 | ||
| 10 | 19 | 125 | 87 | 26 | 12 | 291 | 81 | +210 | 287 |
| FIFA World Cup finals record | FIFA World Cup qualification record | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Squad | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||||||||
 1930 | Not a FIFA member | No qualification | |||||||||||||||||||
 1934 | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||||||||
 1938 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 1950 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||||||
 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 1962 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
 1978 | First round | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Squad | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||||||
 1982 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Disqualified | Disqualified | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Group stage | 20th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Squad | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 17 | ||||||
 2002 | Did not qualify | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
 2006 | Group stage | 25th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Squad | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 7 | ||||||
 2010 | Did not qualify | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Squad | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 7 | ||||||
| 2018 | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Squad | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 5 | |||||||
 2022 | 26th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | Squad | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 8 | |||||||
 2026 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||||
   2030 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 2034 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2038 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | First round | 6/26 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 31 | — | 146 | 92 | 35 | 19 | 316 | 89 | ||||||
See main article: 1978 FIFA World Cup Group 4. --------
See main article: 1998 FIFA World Cup Group F. --------
See main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Group D. --------
See main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F. --------
See main article: 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B. --------
See main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup. Simultaneous to the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran, the team declined to sing the national anthem prior to their match with England.[3] Prior to the match, captain Ehsan Hajsafi, said that the team support protestors.
See main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B.
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| World Cup | width=110 | Round | width=160 | Opponent | width=50 | Score | width=50 | Result | Iran scorer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Group 4 | 0–3 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||
| 1–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | |||||||
| 1–4 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||||
| 1998 | Group F | 0–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||
| 2–1 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | |||||||
| 0–2 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||||
| 2006 | Group D | 1–3 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||
| 0–2 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||||
| 1–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | |||||||
| 2014 | Group F | align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | ||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | ||||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | ||||||||
| 2018 | Group B | 1–0 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | |||||
| 0–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||||
| align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb" | D | ||||||||
| 2022 | Group B | 2–6 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L | |||||
| 2–0 | align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb" | W | |||||||
| 0–1 | align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | L |
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ehsan Hajsafi | 9 | 2014 and 2018 and 2022 |
| 2 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 8 | 2014 and 2018 and 2022 |
| 3 | Karim Ansarifard | 6 | 2014 and 2018 and 2022 |
| Mehdi Taremi | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Sardar Azmoun | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Morteza Pouraliganji | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Majid Hosseini | 6 | 2018 and 2022 | |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia | 6 | 1998 and 2006 | |
| Andranik Teymourian | 6 | 2006 and 2014 | |
| 10 | Ali Daei | 5 | 1998 and 2006 |
| Javad Nekounam | 5 | 2006 and 2014 | |
| Masoud Shojaei | 5 | 2006 and 2014 and 2018 |
| Rank | Player | Goals | World Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehdi Taremi | 2 | 2022 |
| 2 | Iraj Danaeifard | 1 | 1978 |
| Hassan Rowshan | 1 | 1978 | |
| Hamid Estili | 1 | 1998 | |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1 | 1998 | |
| Yahya Golmohammadi | 1 | 2006 | |
| Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh | 1 | 2006 | |
| Reza Ghoochannejhad | 1 | 2014 | |
| Karim Ansarifard | 1 | 2018 | |
| Rouzbeh Cheshmi | 1 | 2022 | |
| Ramin Rezaeian | 1 | 2022 |