Ali Daei - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Iranian player, who obtained 148 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. He also scored 108 international goals for his National Team, entering the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with Two Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
  
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

About this document

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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