# Mahmoud Bayati

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Iranian footballer and manager (1928–2022)

Mahmoud Bayati Personal information Date of birth (1928-03-22)22 March 1928 Place of birth Tehran, Iran Date of death 2 December 2022(2022-12-02) (aged 94) Position Forward Youth career 1946–1949 Taj SC Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1949–1960 Taj International career 1949–1951 Iran Olympics 1950–1959 Iran 7 (0) Managerial career 1966–1967 Taj 1967–1969 Iran 1972–1974 Iran Medal record Men's football Representing Iran (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Winner 1968 Iran * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Mahmoud Bayati** ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): محمود بیاتی; 22 March 1928 – 2 December 2022) was an Iranian football player and coach.

## Early life

Bayati was born on 22 March 1928 in [Tehran](/source/Tehran). He was a member and captain of Tehran Students Team when he was a student. He was also a member of Tehran Youth team.

## Playing career

Bayati signed a contract with [Taj](/source/Esteghlal_F.C.) in 1946 and played for senior squad from 1949. He was one of the best players during this time and was invited to the [Iran national team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) in 1950. He retired from international career in 1959 and a year later, he also retired from club career.[1]

## Coaching career

Six years after retirement from his club career, Bayati was named as [Taj](/source/Esteghlal_F.C.)'s head coach in 1966.[2] After good results with the team, he was appointed head coach of the [Iran national team](/source/Iran_national_football_team) in 1967 and led the team in the [1968 AFC Asian Cup](/source/1968_AFC_Asian_Cup) in which Iran won the title without any loss or draw. He resigned after the tournaments in protest to the then President of [Iran Football Federation](/source/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Football_Federation) and was succeeded by [Zdravko Rajkov](/source/Zdravko_Rajkov). He returned to the national team after four years and was re-appointed head coach in 1972 after the resignation of [Mohammad Ranjbar](/source/Mohammad_Ranjbar). Bayati led the team in the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) with bad results and was unable to be qualified to the [1974 FIFA World Cup](/source/1974_FIFA_World_Cup). He was sacked as national football team head coach in 1974.[3]

## Personal life and death

Bayati died on 2 December 2022, at the age of 94.[4]

## Honours

### Player

**Taj**

- Tehran Provincial League: 1955–56, 1957–58, 1959–60; runner-up: 1950–51, 1956–57

**Iran**

- [Asian Games](/source/Football_at_the_Asian_Games) Silver medal: [1951](/source/Football_at_the_1951_Asian_Games)

### Manager

**Iran**

- [AFC Asian Cup](/source/AFC_Asian_Cup): [1968](/source/1968_AFC_Asian_Cup)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bayati, Mahmoud](http://www.magiran.com/npview.asp?ID=1447208)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Taj head coaches](https://web.archive.org/web/20101011215307/http://www.fcesteghlal.ir/web/guest/15)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["AFC Winning Managers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130208234908/http://sportworld.blogsky.com/1387/09/). Archived from [the original](http://sportworld.blogsky.com/1387/09/) on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["بیاتی سرمربی اسبق تیم ملی فوتبال ایران درگذشت"](https://www.tarafdari.com/node/2220350). Tarafdari. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

v t e AFC Asian Cup winning managers 1956: Kim Sung-gan 1960: Kim Yong-sik 1964: Merimovich 1968: Bayati 1972: Ranjbar 1976: Mohajerani 1980: Parreira 1984: Al-Zayani 1988: Parreira 1992: Ooft 1996: Vingada 2000: Troussier 2004: Zico 2007: Vieira 2011: Zaccheroni 2015: Postecoglou 2019: Sánchez 2023: Márquez

v t e Iran squad – 1968 AFC Asian Cup winners (1st title) GK Asli GK Zelli DF Shahrokhi DF Kashani DF Habibi DF Arab MF Sayedi MF Haghverdian MF Esmaeili MF Ghelichkhani MF Jabbari MF Talebi MF Farzami FW Sharafi FW Kalani FW Eftekhari FW Behzadi Coach: Bayati

v t e Esteghlal F.C. – managers Danaeifard (1946–53) Madadnoui (1953–54) Danaeifard (1954–67) Bayati (1967–68) Danaeifard (1968–70) Rajkov (1970–71) Koozehkananic (1971) Rajkov (1971–76) Danaeifardc (1976) Jekic (1976–78) Pourheidaric (1979) Razavi (1980) Pourheidaric (1981) Azodi (1981) Razavi (1981–82) Sharafi (1982) Azodi (1982) Hejazi (1983) Pourheidari (1983–84) Kordnouri (1984) Askarzadeh (1984) Hejazi (1984) Habibi (1984) Pourheidari (1985–86) Razavi (1986) Pourheidari (1986–88) Ranjbar (1988) Gh. Mazloumi (1988–89) Salahi (1989) Jamalic (1989) Pourheidari (1989–92) Zolfagharnasab (1992–93) A. Jabbaric (1993) Skomorokhov (1993–94) Naalchegar (1994) Bilofsky (1994) Naalchegarc (1994) Abdollahi (1994–95) Malekahmadic (1995) Pourheidari (1995–96) Hejazi (1996–99) Zarinchehc (1999) Skomorokhov (1999–00) Pourheidari (2000–02) Ghalenoeic (2002) Koch (2002–03) Zarinchehc (2003) Pourheidaric (2003) Ghalenoei (2003–06) Marfavi (2006–07) Hejazi (2007) Karimi (2007–08) Ghalenoei (2008–09) Marfavi (2009–10) P. Mazloumi (2010–12) Ghalenoei (2012–15) P. Mazloumi (2015–16) Mansourian (2016–17) McDermottc (2017) Schäfer (2017–19) Majidic (2019) Stramaccioni (2019) Majidi (2020) Namjoo-Motlaghc (2020) Fekri (2020–21) Majidi (2021–22) Sá Pinto (2022–23) Nekounam (2023–24) Bakhtiarizadehc (2024) Mosimane (2024–25) Bakhtiarizadehc (2025) Navazic (2025) Božović (2025) M. Jabbaric (2025) Sá Pinto (2025–) (c) = caretaker manager

v t e Iran national football team – managers Sadaghiani (1941–51) Salimi (1951–52) Sadaghiani (1958) Mészáros (1959) Fekri (1962–66) Szűcs (1966–67) Bayati (1967–69) Rajkov (1969–70) Netto (1970–71) Dehdari (1971–72) Ranjbar (1972) Bayati (1972–74) McLennan (1974) O'Farrell (1974–76) Mohajerani (1976–78) Habibi (1979–80) Ebrahimi (1982) Aboutaleb (1982) Cheraghpour (1982–84) Yavari (1984) Ebrahimi (1984–85) Asgharzadeh (1985–86) Dehdari (1986–89) Vatankhah (1989) Monajati (1989) Parvin (1989–93) Poklepović (1993–94) Mayeli Kohan (1995–97) Vieira (1998) Ivić (1997–98) Talebi (1998) Pourheidari (1998–00) Talebi (2000–01) Braga (2001) Blažević (2001–02) Ivanković (2002–06) Ghalenoei (2006–08) Daei (2008–09) Ghotbi (2009–11) Mansourianc (2011) Queiroz (2011–19) Wilmots (2019) Skočić (2020–22) Queiroz (2022) Ghalenoei (2023–)

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