1951 Silver Medal Asian Games 
1964 Qualification for Olympic Games Tokyo
1968 Champions Asian Nations Cup

1972 Qualification for Olympic Games Munich
1972 Champions Asian Nations Cup

1974 Gold Medal Winners Asian Games
1976 Champions Asian Nations Cup

1978 Qualification for World Cup
1980 Qualification for Olympic Games Moscow
1984 Third Place in Asian Championship
1988 Third Place in Asian Championship
1990 Gold Medal Winners Asian Games
1996 Third Place in Asian Championship
1998 Qualification for World Cup France
1998 Gold Medal Winners Asian Games
2000 Winners WAFF Championship - Amman
2001 Winners LG football Tournament - Tehran
2002 Gold Medal Winners Asian Games - Busan  
2004 Winners WAFF Championship  - Tehran
2004 Third Place in Asian Cup in China  
2005 Qualification for World Cup in Germany  
     
 

 

Asian Cup

YEAR RANK VENUE
1956 Did not participate Hong Kong
1960 Eliminated in the qualifying rounds South Korea
1964 Did not participate Israel
1968 Champions Iran
1972 Champions Thailand
1976 Champions Iran
1980 Third Place Kuwait
1984 Fourth Place Singapore
1988 Third Place Qatar 
1992 Eliminated Japan
1996 Third Place U.A.E
2000 Quarter Final Lebanon
2004 Third Place China
2007 Quarter Final Thai/Malay/Indon/Vietn.

 

Asian Games

Year RANK VENUE
1951 Silver Medal NEW DELHI
1958 Eliminated -group matches TOKYO
1962 Did Not Participate  
1966 Silver Medal BANGKOK
1970 Eliminated -group matches BANGKOK
1974 Gold Medal TEHRAN
1978 Did Not Participate  
1982 Quarter Finals NEW DELHI
1986 Quarter Finals SEOUL
1990  Gold Medal BEIJING
1994 Eliminated -group matches HIROSHIMA
1998 Gold Medal BANGKOK
2002 Gold Medal BUSAN

   * As of Asian Games 2002 , the teams participate with U23 players only.

ASIAN GAMES STATS
Tours Total Games Won Drawn Lost Goals for Goals against Goal Average Goals per game Winning percentage
10 48 30 6 12 88 35 +53 1.83 62.5%

 

Best Win

02-09-74

 vs

PAKISTAN

7

0

 

Worst loss

28-05-58

 vs.

SOUTH KOREA

0

5