Iran national under-17 football team

Iran under-17

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Nojavanan ("The New Youngsters")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Hamid Alidoosti
Captain	Mohsen Goodarzi
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2001)
Best result	Round of 16: 2009, 2013
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 1996)
Best result	Champions: 2008

The Iran national under-17 football team, more commonly known as Nojavanan, is controlled by the Iran Football Federation and represents Iran in international under-17 football competitions.

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
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	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	6
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	2
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	4	6
2015	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/16	11	3	3	5	10	14

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship record									Qualifications
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA		PLD	W	D	L	GS	GA
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	0	1	2	3	5
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	4	1	0	3	5	8		-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Round 1	4	0	0	4	1	11		2	2	0	0	4	0
2000	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	3		4	4	0	0	23	1
2002	Suspended	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	13	6		2	2	0	0	8	4
2006	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	3	3		2	2	0	0	10	2
2008	Champions	6	6	0	0	15	3		4	4	0	0	17	0
2010	Round 1	3	1	1	1	6	4		4	3	1	0	9	0
2012	Semifinals	5	4	0	1	16	7		3	3	0	0	11	0
2014	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	5		3	3	0	0	13	0
2016	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	3	0	0	12	1
Total	10/16	38	22	3	13	75	45		27	26	1	0	107	8

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

WAFF U-16 Championship

Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Champions	4	3	1	0	17	1
2007	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	18	8
2009	Champions	4	4	0	0	11	6
2013	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	3/5	12	9	2	1	46	15

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Tournament	Venue	Opponent	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2016
17 January 2016	Development Cup	Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	1–3 (L)
18 January 2016	Development Cup	Minsk, Belarus	Slovakia	2–3 (L)
20 January 2016	Development Cup	Minsk, Belarus	Latvia	5–2 (W)
22 January 2016	Development Cup	Minsk, Belarus	Lithuania	2–2 (D)
23 January 2016	Development Cup	Minsk, Belarus	Georgia	0–1 (L)
1 March 2016	Friendly	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Japan	0–0 (D)
2 March 2016	Friendly	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	1–2 (L)
4 March 2016	Friendly	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Turkmenistan	6–0 (W)

Players

Current squad

Match date: 16 - 20 September 2015
Opposition: Lebanon, India & Bahrain (2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification).
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRN	Meraj Esmaeili
2	DF	IRN	Mohammad Reza Davari
3	DF	IRN	Amir Hossein Esmaeilzadeh
4	MF	IRN	Ali Reza Savari
5	DF	IRN	Aref Mohammadalipour
6	DF	IRN	Taha Shariati
7	MF	IRN	Mohsen Goodarzi (Captain)
8	MF	IRN	Mohammad Sharifi
8	MF	IRN	Amir Khodamoradi
10	MF	IRN	Vahid Namdari
11	FW	IRN	Mohammad Sardari
12	GK	IRN	Mobin Ashayer

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	IRN	Abdolraouf Nadjari
14	FW	IRN	Mohammad Reza Ghobeishavi
15	FW	IRN	Erfan Sadeghi
16	DF	IRN	Mehrdad Zarei
17	MF	IRN	Mohammad Ghaderi
18	MF	IRN	Saeid Ahani
19	MF	IRN	Amir Hosseinpour
20	DF	IRN	Mohammad Rezaei
22	GK	IRN	Ali Gholamzadeh
23	DF	IRN	Saman Ranjbar
24	MF	IRN	Mehrdad Abbasi
25	MF	IRN	Amir Hossein Mohsenifar

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

• 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
• 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup
• 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

See also

• Iran national football team
• Iran national under-23 football team
• Iran national under-20 football team

References