Iran national under-17 football team

Iran under-17

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Nojavanan ("The New Youngsters")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Abbas Chamanyan
Captain	Alireza Bavieh
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2001)
Best result	Fifth place: 2017
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	11 (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	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	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	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	13	5
2019	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/18	16	7	3	6	23	19

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship record									Qualifications
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA		PLD	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Quarter-finals	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	Semi-finals	5	4	0	1	16	7		3	3	0	0	11	0
2014	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	6	5		3	3	0	0	13	0
2016	Runners-up	6	3	3	0	13	4		3	3	0	0	12	1
2018	Round 1	3	1	1	1	5	2		4	4	0	0	15	1
Total	11/18	44	24	6	14	86	48		31	30	1	0	122	9

*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

*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
15 September 2016	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Saudi Arabia	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	3–2 (W)	Asaf 47', Ghaderi 69', Asadabadi 70'	Report
18 September 2016	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	United Arab Emirates	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	1–1 (D)	Asadabadi 49'	Report
21 September 2016	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	India	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	3–0 (W)	Ghaderi 23', Sharifi 81' (pen.), 90+1' (pen.)	Report
25 September 2016	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Vietnam	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	5–0 (W)	Sayyad 30', 72', Ghaderi 47', Asadabadi 62', Khodamoradi 69'	Report
29 September 2016	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	North Korea	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	1–1 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (pen.) (W)	Sharifi 19'	Report
2 October 2016	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Iraq	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–4 (pen.) (L)		Report
7 October 2017	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Guinea	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	3–1 (W)	Sayyad 59', Sharifi, 70' (pen.) Karimi 90'	Report
10 October 2017	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Germany	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	4–0 (W)	Delfi 6', 42', Sayyad 49', Namdari 75'	Report
13 October 2017	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Costa Rica	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	3–0 (W)	Ghobeishavi, 25' (pen.) Shariati, 29' (pen.) Sharifi 89'	Report
17 October 2017	Fatorda Stadium, Margao	Mexico	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	2–1 (W)	Sharifi, 7' (pen.) Sayyad 11'	Report
22 October 2017	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Cochin	Spain	2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup	1-3 (L)	Karimi, 69'	Report

Forthcoming matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	score
21 September 2018	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lampur	Indonesia	2018 AFC U-16 Championship	0:2(L)
24 September 2018	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lampur	India	2018 AFC U-16 Championship	0:0(D)
27 September 2018	Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lampur	Vietnam	2018 AFC U-16 Championship	5:0(W)

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were called up for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ali Gholamzadeh	(2000-02-13) 13 February 2000	Foolad
13	1GK	Mobin Ashayer	(2000-02-09) 9 February 2000	Malavan
12	1GK	mohammadreza rasa	(1999-02-20) 20 February 1999	Saipa
2	2DF	Ali Satavi	(2000-01-03) 3 January 2000	Foolad
3	2DF	Ahmad Jalali	(2001-08-14) 14 August 2001	Foolad
4	2DF	Amir Esmaeilzadeh	(2000-01-25) 25 January 2000	Paykan
5	2DF	Majid Nasiri	(2000-05-14) 14 May 2000	Saipa
6	2DF	Taha Shariati	(2000-03-03) 3 March 2000	Saipa
14	2DF	Ali Davaran	(2000-09-04) 4 September 2000	Sanat Naft
7	3MF	Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000	Moghavemat Tehran
8	3MF	Mohammad Sharifi	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000	Saipa
10	3MF	Mohammad Ghobeishavi	(2000-01-24) 24 January 2000	Sanat Naft
15	3MF	Ali Kooshki	(2000-02-16) 16 February 2000	Sepahan
16	3MF	Vahid Namdari	(2000-06-26) 26 June 2000	Esteghlal Khuzestan
17	3MF	Mohammad Ghaderi	(2000-02-27) 27 February 2000	Shahrdari Bandar Abbas
20	3MF	Sobhan Khaghani	(2000-01-27) 27 January 2000	Siah Jamegan
21	3MF	Amir Khoda Moradi	(2000-09-13) 13 September 2000	Paykan
9	4FW	Allahyar Sayyad	(2001-06-29) 29 June 2001	Saipa
11	4FW	Younes Delfi	(2000-10-02) 2 October 2000	Esteghlal Khuzestan
18	4FW	Saeid Karimi	(2000-01-31) 31 January 2000	Persepolis
19	4FW	Mohammad Sardari	(2000-02-03) 3 February 2000	Esteghlal

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cups

• FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 squad
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2009 squad
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 squad
• FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 squad

See also

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