Iran national under-20 football team

Iran under-20

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Javanan ("The Youth National Team")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Amir Hossein Peyrovani
Captain	Reza Karamolachaab
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1977)
Best result	Round 1: 1977, 2001
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1969)
Best result	Champions: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Iran national under-20 football team (also known as Iran Under-20, Iran U-20 or Iran Youth Team) represents Iran in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	5
1979	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	8
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/20	6	1	1	4	4	13

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record									Qualifications
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA		PLD	W	D	L	GS	GA
1959	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	Third place	6	4	1	1	13	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	15	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	7	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Third place	6	4	0	2	9	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Champions	6	4	0	0	18	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	19	5		-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Round 1	3	1	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	4	0	3	1	1	2		3	2	1	0	9	1
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Fourth place	6	4	2	0	13	5		-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	1	0	2	6	8
2004	Round 1	3	1	1	1	7	4		3	2	0	0	8	1
2006	Round 1	3	2	0	1	5	7		2	2	0	0	7	0
2008	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	6		5	4	1	0	20	0
2010	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	5		2	1	1	0	5	1
2012	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	10	5		3	3	0	0	12	0
2014	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	3		3	3	0	0	9	1
2016	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	3	0	0	15	0
Total	20/39	83	50	44	17	172	62		27	21	3	2	91	12

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Previous matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2016
14 October 2016	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Qatar	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	1–1 (D)	Razzaghpour 58'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2016
17 October 2016	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Japan
20 October 2016	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town	Yemen

Players

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Current squad

• Match date: 13–30 October 2016
• Opposition: 2016 AFC U-19 Championship
• Caps and goals correct as of: 13 October 2016

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nima Mirzazad	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997			Malavan
22	1GK	Mohammad Amin Bahrami	(1998-01-31) 31 January 1998			Tractor Sazi
12	1GK	Shahab Adeli	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998			Moghavemat Tehran
2	2DF	Amir Hossein Taheri	(1997-09-20) 20 September 1997			Mes Kerman
3	2DF	Ali Shojaei	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997			Saipa
15	2DF	Aref Aghasi	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997			Foolad
4	2DF	Aref Gholami	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997			Sepahan
17	3MF	Hossein Saki	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997			Sanat Naft
18	3MF	Mohammad Aghajanpour	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997			Aluminium Arak
5	2DF	Nima Taheri	(1997-03-08) 8 March 1997			Zob Ahan
23	2DF	Abolfazl Razzaghpour	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997			Nassaji Mazandaran
11	3MF	Nima Mokhtari	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998			Gostaresh
7	3MF	Reza Shekari	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998			Zob Ahan
8	3MF	Mohammad Gholamreza	(1997-03-29) 29 March 1997
13	3MF	Omid Noorafkan	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997			Esteghlal
20	3MF	Shahin Abbasian	(1997-06-16) 16 June 1997			Foolad
14	3MF	Mojtaba Najjarian	(1998-02-15) 15 February 1998			Foolad
21	2DF	Sina Khadempour	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997			Naft Tehran
16	3MF	Ali Taheran	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997			Tractor Sazi
28	3MF	Mohammad Reza Kaveh	(1997-05-04) 4 May 1997			Padideh
10	4FW	Reza Karamolachaab	(1997-07-12) 12 July 1997			Persepolis
6	3MF	Mohammad Soltani Mehr	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999			Saipa
9	4FW	Mehdi Mehdikhani	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997			Saipa

19 4FW Reza Jafari (1997-07-15) 15 July 1997 Saipa

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

• FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 squad
• FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 squad

See also

• Iran national football team
• Iran national under-23 football team
• Iran national under-17 football team

References