Football competition at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from November 7 to 25, 2010. The opening match was played 5 days prior to the opening ceremony. In this tournament, 24 teams played in the men’s competition, and 7 teams participated in women’s competition.
Age limit for the men teams was under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games, while three overage players are allowed among each squad.

Iran participated in the games following their bronze medal in the last games at Doha. Team Melli was grouped with Turkmenistan , Vietnam and Bahrain.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Turkmenistan	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4
Vietnam	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

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Group matches

November 8

Vietnam 3 – 1 Bahrain

VIE goals Dinh Thanh Trung  34′ , Nguyen Trong Hoang  72′, Nguyen Anh Duc 89′

BRN goal  Isa  90+3′ (pen.)
Guangdong People’s Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

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November 8

Iran 4 – 1 Turkmenistan

IRI goals Hosseini 26′, 61′, Ansarifard 84′ , Daghagheleh Goal 90+4′

TKM goal Hangeldiyev  49′
University City Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

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November 10

Vietnam 2 – 6 Turkmenistan

VIE goals Nguyen Trong Hoang 85′, Nguyen Anh Duc  87′

TKM goals Geldiyev 17′, Boliyan  24′, 73′, Belyh  49′. Amanov 62′, 83′

Guangdong People’s Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

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November 10

Iran 1 – 0 Bahrain

IRI goal Ansarifard  45+1′

University City Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

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November 13

Iran 1 – 0 Vietnam

IRI goal Hosseini 4′
University City Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Mohammed Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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November 13

Bahrain 1 – 1 Turkmenistan

BRN goal Showaiter 49′

TKM goal Mingazov 48′
Guangdong People’s Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Zhao Liang (China)

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1/8 finals

November 15

Iran 3 – 1 Malaysia

IRI goals Ansarifard 53′ , Hosseini 59′, Sharafi Goal 67′

MYS goal  Talaha Goal 86′ (pen.)
Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

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Quarter Finals

November 19

Iran 1 – 0 Oman

IRI goal Aliaskari  41′
Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou
Referee: Choi Myung-Yong (South Korea)

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Semi-finals

November 23 16:00

Iran 1 – 2 Japan

IRI goal Afshin Goal 6′

JPN goals Mizunuma 38′ ,  Nagai  60′

Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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Bronze medal match

November 25

South Korea 4 – 3 Iran

KOR goals Koo Ja-Cheol 48′, Park Chu-Young 77′, Ji Dong-Won 88′, 89′ Report

IRI goals Rezaei 5′, Aliaskari 45+2′, Ansarifard 49′

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)

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Goalscorers

4 Goals HOSSEINI Seyed Jalal           4

3 Goals ANSARIFARD Karim        4

2 Goals  ALIASGARI  HamidReza

1 Goal  DAGHAGHELEH Mehdi  ,  ,SHARAFI Amir ,   AFSHIN Arash   , REZAEI Gholamreza