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	Sirous Pourmousavi
Captain	Ahmadreza Jalali
FIFA code	IRN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Round 1
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	21 (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	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	5
1979	Did not qualify
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	8
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	3/23	9	2	1	6	8	19

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	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Champions	6	5	1	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	2	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	Semifinals	5	2	2	1	9	7	3	3	0	0	15	0
2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	0	5	1
2020	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	0	0	9	0
Total	21/41	88	53	17	18	183	69	32	25	5	2	105	13

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

CAFA U-19 Championship

CAFA Junior Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2016	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Champions	4	3	1	0	9	1
Total	1/2	4	3	1	0	9	1

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Previous matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2019
6 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Kyrgyzstan	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	3–0 (W)	Barzegar 53', Monazami 78', Salmani 82' (pen.)	Report
8 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Nepal	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	4–0 (W)	Ahmadi 75', Jalali 84', Monazami 86', Barzegar 90'	Report
10 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	United Arab Emirates	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	2–0 (W)	Asadabadi 45', Hashemnezhad 80'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2020

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Sirous Pourmousavi
Assistant coaches	Marco Aurélio Mohammad Reza Khatib
Goalkeeping coach	Farshad Bakhtiarizadeh
Fitness coach	—
Physiotherapist	Mahmoud Bagheri
Analyst	Ali Sharifi
Team doctor	Arsalan Pourderavi
Team manager	Faraz Fatemi

Players

Current squad

Match date: 20 May – 11 June 2017
Opposition: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Caps and goals correct as of: 20 May 2017

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Nima Mirzazad	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 (age 27)	Malavan
12	1GK	Shahab Adeli	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 27)	Naft Tehran
21	1GK	Mahdi Mohammadian	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27)	Niroo Zamini

2	2DF	Ali Shahsavari	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26)	Gol Gohar Sirjan
3	2DF	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 (age 26)	Zob Ahan
4	2DF	Aref Gholami	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 (age 27)	Sepahan
5	2DF	Nima Taheri	(1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 (age 27)	Zob Ahan
8	2DF	Ali Shojaei	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 (age 27)	Saipa
13	2DF	Abolfazl Razzaghpour	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 27)	Nassaji Mazandaran
14	2DF	Sina Khadempour	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 (age 27)	Naft Tehran

6	3MF	Mohammad Soltani Mehr	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 25)	Saipa
7	3MF	Nima Mokhtari	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 26)	Gostaresh
16	3MF	Omid Noorafkan (captain)	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27)	Esteghlal
17	3MF	Hossein Saki	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 (age 27)	Sanat Naft Abadan
19	3MF	Mehdi Ghayedi	(1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 (age 25)	Esteghlal
20	3MF	Aref Aghasi	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 (age 27)	Tractor Sazi

9	4FW	Mehdi Mehdikhani	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27)	Niroo Zamini
11	4FW	Reza Jafari	(1997-01-11) 11 January 1997 (age 27)	Saipa
15	4FW	Amir Roostaei	(1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 (age 27)	Paykan
18	4FW	Mohammad Aghajanpour	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27)	Aluminium Arak

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

References

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