Futsal in Iran

Futsal in Iran is conducted under the aegis of the Futsal Commission of the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation. Futsal is a popular and growing sport in the country.

Iran has a strong national futsal team, which has won the Asian Futsal Championship for nine times out of the ten times held. Iran's nationwide "Futsal Super League" is considered as the strongest futsal league in Asia and currently Iran's Shensa FSC holds the continent's Futsal Club Championship title.

Iran has some of the best futsal players in the continent and also in the world including Vahid Shamsaee, world's top international futsal scorer with over 320 goals scored so far. With many highly talented young futsal players Iran's futsal has a very promising future on the international scale.

Futsal teams in Iran partly enjoy their success due to the style of soccer played outside, "Gol Koochik", which means small goal. The goal is ca. 100x60cm and the ball is light-weighted. This is the kind of soccer most Iranians enjoy playing, and you can see them playing almost every where around the country. Great dribbling skills are needed and players need to learn to maneuver the ball quickly.

ee also

*Sport in Iran
*Football in Iran

External links

* [http://www.futsal.ir/ Iran Futsal]