Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition Persian Date
1 6- 6-93 Tehran Pakistan 5-0 ECO cup 72- 3-16
2 8- 6-93 Tehran Turkmenistan 2-1 ECO cup 72- 3-18
3 13- 6-93 Tehran Tajikistan 1-0 ECO cup 72- 3-23
4 14- 6-93 Tehran Turkmenistan 2-1 ECO cup 72- 3-24
5 23- 6-93 Tehran Oman 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4- 2
6 1 1 25- 6-93 Tehran Taiwan 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4- 4
7 1 27- 6-93 Tehran Syria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4- 6
8 1 2- 7-93 Damascus Oman 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4-11
9 2 3 4- 7-93 Damascus Taiwan 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4-13
10 3 6- 7-93 Damascus Syria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 4-15
11 3 12- 9-93 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 1-3 72- 6-21
12 16-10-93 Doha South Korea 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 72- 7-24
13 1 4 18-10-93 Doha Japan 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 7-26
14 1 5 22-10-93 Doha Iraq 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 72- 7-30
15 2 7 25-10-93 Doha North Korea 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 72- 8- 3
16 7 28-10-93 Doha Saudi Arabia 3-4 World Cup Qualifier 72- 8- 6
17 7 3-10-94 Hiroshima Bahrain 0-0 Asian Games 73- 7-11
18 7 25- 4-96 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 1-1 75- 2- 6
19 7 27- 4-96 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 0-1 75- 2- 8
20 7 27- 5-96 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-2
21 2 9 30- 5-96 Kuwait City Kuwait 2-1
22 9 1- 6-96 Doha Qatar 1-0 75- 3-12
23 4 13 10- 6-96 Tehran Nepal 8-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-21
24 5 18 12- 6-96 Tehran Sri Lanka 7-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-23
25 1 19 14- 6-96 Tehran Oman 2-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-25
26 19 17- 6-96 Muscat Sri Lanka 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-28
27 1 20 19- 6-96 Muscat Nepal 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 3-30
28 1 21 21- 6-96 Muscat Oman 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 75- 4- 1
29 21 25-11-96 Tehran Turkmenistan 0-1 75- 9- 5
30 1 22 5-12-96 Dubai Iraq 1-2 Asian Cup 75- 9-15
31 1 23 8-12-96 Dubai Thailand 3-1 Asian Cup 75- 9-18
32 1 24 11-12-96 Dubai Saudi Arabia 3-0 Asian Cup 75- 9-21
33 4 28 16-12-96 Dubai South Korea 6-2 Asian Cup 75- 9-26
34 28 18-12-96 Abu Dhabi Saudi Arabia 0-0 [1] Asian Cup 75- 9-28
35 1 29 21-12-96 Abu Dhabi Kuwait 1-1 [2] Asian Cup 75-10- 1
36 2 31 2- 6-97 Damascus Maldives 17-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-12
37 1 32 4- 6-97 Damascus Kyrgyzstan 7-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-14
38 1 33 6- 6-97 Damascus Syria 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-16
39 33 9- 6-97 Tehran Kyrgyzstan 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-19
40 2 35 11- 6-97 Tehran Maldives 9-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-21
41 35 13- 6-97 Tehran Syria 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 3-23
42 35 13- 9-97 Dalian China 4-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 6-22
43 35 19- 9-97 Tehran Saudi Arabia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 6-28
44 35 26- 9-97 Kuwait Kuwait 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 7- 4
45 1 36 3-10-97 Tehran Qatar 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 7-11
46 1 37 17-10-97 Tehran China 4-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 7-25
47 37 24-10-97 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8- 2
48 37 31-10-97 Tehran Kuwait 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8- 9
49 37 7-11-97 Doha Qatar 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8-16
50 1 38 16-11-97 Johor Bahru Japan 2-3 World Cup Qualifier 76- 8-25
51 38 22-11-97 Tehran Australia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 76- 9- 1
52 38 29-11-97 Melbourne Australia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 76- 9- 8
53 38 3- 6-98 Rijeka Croatia 0-2 77- 3-13
54 38 14- 6-98 Saint Etienne Yugoslavia 0-1 World Cup 77- 3-24
55 38 21- 6-98 Lyon USA 2-1 World Cup 77- 3-31
56 38 25- 6-98 Montpellier Germany 0-2 World Cup 77- 4- 4
57 38 13-10-98 Kuwait Kuwait 0-3 77- 7-21
58 38 1-12-98 Sisaket Kazakhstan 2-0 Asian Games 77-10- 9
59 2 40 5-12-98 Sisaket Laos 6-1 Asian Games 77-10-14
60 1 41 8-12-98 Bangkok Oman 2-4 Asian Games 77-10-17
61 2 43 10-12-98 Bangkok Tajikistan 5-0 Asian Games 77-10-19
62 1 44 12-12-98 Bangkok China 2-1 Asian Games 77-10-21
63 3 47 14-12-98 Bangkok Uzbekistan 4-0 Asian Games 77-10-23
64 47 16-12-98 Bangkok China 1-0 Asian Games 77-10-25
65 47 19-12-98 Bangkok Kuwait 2-0 Asian Games 77-10-28
66 47 2- 6-99 Edmonton Ecuador 1-1 Canada Cup 78- 3-12
67 1 48 4- 6-99 Edmonton Canada 1-0 Canada Cup 78- 3-14
68 48 6- 6-99 Edmonton Guatemala 2-2 Canada Cup 78- 3-16
69 1 49 8- 9-99 Yokohama Japan 1-1 78- 6-17
70 49 10-10-99 København Denmark 0-0 78- 7-18
71 1 50 9- 1-00 Oakland Mexico 1-2 78-10-19
72 50 16- 1-00 Los Angeles USA 1-1 78-10-26
73 3 53 31- 3-00 Aleppo Maldives 8-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-12
74 1 54 2- 4-00 Aleppo Syria 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-14
75 54 4- 4-00 Aleppo Bahrain 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-16
76 1 55 9- 4-00 Tehran Bahrain 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-21
77 55 11- 4-00 Tehran Syria 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-23
78 1 56 13- 4-00 Tehran Maldives 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 79- 1-25
79 1 57 7- 6-00 Tehran Egypt 1-1 [3] LG Cup 79- 3-18
80 1 58 9- 6-00 Tehran Macedonia 3-1 LG Cup 79- 3-20
81 58 1- 9-00 Wien Austria 1-5 79- 6-11
82 2 60 27- 9-00 Doha Qatar 2-1 79- 7- 6
83 1 61 12-10-00 Beirut Lebanon 4-0 Asian Cup 79- 7-21
84 1 62 15-10-00 Sidon Thailand 1-1 Asian Cup 79- 7-24
85 1 63 18-10-00 Sidon Iraq 1-0 Asian Cup 79- 7-27
86 63 23-10-00 Tripoli South Korea 1-2 Asian Cup 79- 8- 2
87 4 67 24-11-00 Tabriz Guam 19-0 World Cup Qualifier 79- 9- 4
88 1 68 28-11-00 Tabriz Tajikistan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 79- 9- 8
89 1 69 19- 1-01 Tehran China 4-0 Ancient Civil. Cup 79-10-30
90 69 1- 8-01 Doha Qatar 1-2
91 1 70 8- 8-01 Tehran Oman 5-2 LG Cup
92 2 72 10- 8-01 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 4-0 LG Cup
93 72 15- 8-01 Bratislava Slovakia 4-3
94 2 74 24- 8-01 Tehran Saudi Arabia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
95 74 1- 9-01 Bangkok Thailand 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
96 1 75 7- 9-01 Baghdad Iraq 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
97 75 14- 9-01 Tehran Bahrain 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
98 1 76 28- 9-01 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
99 76 5-10-01 Tehran Thailand 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
100 76 12-10-01 Tehran Iraq 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
101 1 77 21-10-01 Manama Bahrain 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
102 1 78 31-10-01 Abu Dhabi UAE 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
103 78 10-11-01 Dublin Ireland 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
104 78 15-11-01 Tehran Ireland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
105 78 1- 3-02 Casablanca Venezuela 1-0 LG Cup
106 78 30- 5-02 Kuwait City Kuwait 3-1
107 1 79 21- 8-02 Kyiv Ukraine 1-0
108 1 80 19- 9-02 Tabriz Paraguay 1-1 [4] LG Cup
109 80 13- 8-03 Tehran Iraq 0-1 LG Cup
110 80 20- 8-03 Minsk Belarus 1-2
111 2 82 5- 9-03 Tehran Jordan 4-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
112 82 12-10-03 Tehran New Zealand 3-0 AFC-OFC Cup
113 82 27-10-03 Pyongyang North Korea 3-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
114 (1) 82 12-11-03 Tehran North Korea 3-0 [5] Asian Cup Qualifier
115 1 83 19-11-03 Beirut Lebanon 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
116 1 84 28-11-03 Tehran Lebanon 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
117 1 85 2-12-03 Kuwait City Kuwait 1-3
118 1 86 18- 2-04 Tehran Qatar 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
119 2 88 31- 3-04 Vientiane Laos 7-0 World Cup Qualifier
120 88 9- 6-04 Tehran Jordan 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
121 3 91 17- 6-04 Tehran Lebanon 4-0 WAFF Tournament
122 1 92 21- 6-04 Tehran Syria 7-1 WAFF Tournament
123 92 23- 6-04 Tehran Iraq 2-1 WAFF Tournament
124 1 93 25- 6-04 Tehran Syria 4-1 WAFF Tournament
125 1 94 20- 7-04 Chongqing Thailand 3-0 Asian Nations Cup
126 94 24- 7-04 Chongqing Oman 2-2 Asian Nations Cup
127 94 28- 7-04 Chongqing Japan 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
128 94 31- 7-04 Jinan South Korea 4-3 Asian Nations Cup
129 94 3- 8-04 Beijing China 1-1 [6] Asian Nations Cup
130 2 96 6- 8-04 Beijing Bahrain 4-2 Asian Nations Cup
131 1 97 8- 9-04 Amman Jordan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
132 4 101 17-11-04 Tehran Laos 7-0 World Cup Qualifier
133 1 102 18-12-04 Tehran Panama 1-0
134 1 103 2- 2-05 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 2-1
135 103 9- 2-05 Manama Bahrain 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
136 103 25- 3-05 Tehran Japan 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
137 103 29- 5-05 Tehran Azerbaijan 2-1
138 103 3- 6-05 Tehran North Korea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
139 103 8- 6-05 Tehran Bahrain 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
140 1 104 17- 8-05 Yokohama Japan 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
141 1 105 24- 8-05 Tehran Libya 4-0
142 1 106 13-11-05 Tehran Togo 2-0 LG Cup
143 1 107 22- 2-06 Tehran Taiwan 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
144 1 108 1- 3-06 Tehran Costa Rica 3-2
145 108 28- 5-06 Osijek Croatia 2-2
146 108 31- 5-06 Tehran Bosnia-Herceg. 5-2
147 108 11- 6-06 Nürnberg Mexico 1-3 World Cup
148 108 21- 6-06 Leipzig Angola 1-1 World Cup
[1] Iran lost 3-4 on penalty kicks
[2] Iran won 4-3 on penalty kicks
[3] Iran lost 7-8 on penalty kicks
[4] Iran won 4-3 on penalty kicks
[5] match abandoned in 61' at 1-0 (North Korea walked off) and awarded 3-0
to Iran; Daei had scored the only goal from a penalty but as the score
at abandonment is irrelevant to the award of the match, his goal is not
included in his record.
[6] Iran lost 3-4 on penalty kicks
NB: the matches against Ecuador Olympic Team (2-1, Los Angeles, in which Daei
scored one goal; this match was official for two decades before the Ecuador
FA reconsidered), Morocco Olympic Team (1-1, penalties 4-3, 17- 9-02 in
Tabriz, LG Cup), Cameroon League XI (1-2, 30- 5-03 in Abuja, LG Cup),
Cameroon League XI (4-1 (in which Daei scored one goal), 15- 8-03 in Tehran,
LG Cup) and Macedonia League XI (1-2, 11-11-05 in Tehran, LG Cup), in
which Daei played, are not (anymore) considered full "A" international
matches and therefore not included here;
the matches vs Kuwait on 27- 5-96 and 30- 5-96, and vs Paraguay on 19- 9-02
were originally not included but both FAs and FIFA confirmed them as official.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
148 88 32 28 361- 137 208 70.27
108 Goals in 148 Matches (0.73 per match)
Types of Goals and Matches
Goals Matches
Friendlies 12 28
World Cup Qualifiers 36 51
World Cup 0 5
Asian Championship 14 16
Asian Championship Q. 23 18
Asian Games 9 9
WAFF Tournament 5 4
Other Tournaments 9 17
Total 108 148
NB: note that Daei actually scored 109 goals in the 148 matches involved but
his goal in the awarded match against North Korea on 12-11-03 is not counted
With thanks to Ashgar Zarei (myneda76@yahoo.com) and Roberto Mamrud (roberto.mamrud@gmail.com)
Prepared and maintained by Milad Niqui for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Milad Niqui
(milad@cs.kun.nl)
Last updated: 30 Jun 2021
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