TEHRAN – Iran national football team will meet Russia in a friendly match in October 2025.
Iran will first compete in the 2025 CAFA Nations Cup and then play Russia in October.
Team Melli are currently focused on the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, where the Persians lead Group A with 16 points, out of six matches.
Iranian men’s and women’s football teams have played their Russian counterparts in recent years.
In March 2023, the national men’s football teams of Iran and Russia shared spoils at a friendly match in Tehran.
The national football teams of Iran and Russia played in a friendly match on at Azadi Stadium in Tehran in presence of about 7 thousand spectators.
The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
Both teams scored their goal on a penalty kick.
The two teams had other opportunities to score more goals in both half times, but they had to share the spoils in the end.
Forward Mehdi Taremi equalized the match for Iran in the minute of 47.
This was the first test for the new Iranian head coach of the national Iranian football team or Team Melli Amir Ghalenoei.