Head to head
Iran v Japan
- Played
- 19
- Iran wins
- 7
- Draws
- 6
- Japan wins
- 6
- Iran goals
- 21
- Japan goals
- 22
Biggest wins
Runs
- Iran unbeaten: 4 (22 Sept 1986 to 1 Oct 1990)
- Japan unbeaten: 3 (16 Nov 1997 to 28 Jul 2004)
- Draws in a row: 2 (4 Dec 1988 to 20 Jan 1989)
Scorers in these meetings
- Ali Daei (Iran)3
- Masashi Nakayama (Japan)2
- Vahid Hashemian (Iran)2
- Yuya Osako (Japan)2
- Akira Kaji (Japan)1
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Iran)1
- Genki Haraguchi (Japan)1
- Hidemasa Morita (Japan)1
- Kazuyoshi Miura (Japan)1
- Khodadad Azizi (Iran)1
- Masashi Oguro (Japan)1
- Masayuki Okano (Japan)1
- Mohammad Mohebi (Iran)1
- Reza Hassanzadeh (Iran)1
- Shoji Jo (Japan)1
- Takashi Fukunishi (Japan)1