Iran national under-23 football team

Iran national under-23 football team (also known as Iran Under-23, Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team) represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games and Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.

1 History
2 Formation
3 Players
- 3.1 Current squad^[3]
- 3.2 Elegible players
4 Schedule and Result
5 Managers
- 5.1 Current management team
6 Honours
7 Tournament records
8 Notes
9 See also
10 External links

History

The winner of the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games, the team was prepared to defend its championship title at the football tournament of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Despite a suspension by FIFA, preventing Iran to enter any international football competition,^[1] the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games,^[2] where they won the bronze medal.

Formation

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Iran national football team. It is for players aged 23 and less, however 3 senior players can also be selected to play. Also in existence are national teams for Under-20s, Under-17s and Under-15s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, hence it is possible for one to play for the U-23s, senior side and then again for the U-23s, as players such as Andranik Teymourian have done so. It is also possible to play for one country at youth level and for another at the senior level, providing the player is eligible. Ferydoon Zandi is a current Iranian international and former German u-21 player.

Players

Current squad^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
1	1GK	Mohammad Saleh Khalil Azad	April 17, 1990 (1990-04-17) (age 21)	Rah Ahan
12	1GK	Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri	May 18, 1989 (1989-05-18) (age 22)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
5	2DF	Reza Talabeh	February 26, 1991 (1991-02-26) (age 21)	Malavan
3	2DF	Rasoul Kor	June 24, 1989 (1989-06-24) (age 22)	Mes
4	2DF	Siamak Kouroshi	July 8, 1989 (1989-07-08) (age 22)	Naft
5	2DF	Amin Hajmohammadi	January 1, 1992 (1992-01-01) (age 20)	Naft
33	2DF	Mehrdad Jamaati	October 7, 1989 (1989-10-07) (age 22)	Foolad
17	2DF	Amir Sharafi	June 25, 1989 (1989-06-25) (age 22)	Esteghlal Ahvaz
6	3MF	Kamal Kamyabi Nia	January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) (age 23)	Rah Ahan
7	3MF	Ali Marzban	July 7, 1990 (1990-07-07) (age 21)	Sepahan Novin
9	3MF	Ehsan Hajsafi	February 25, 1990 (1990-02-25) (age 22)	Sepahan
11	3MF	Hamidreza Ali Asgari	May 25, 1990 (1990-05-25) (age 21)	Persepolis
12	4FW	Karim Ansarifard	April 3, 1990 (1990-04-03) (age 21)	Saipa
14	3MF	Mehdi Daghagheleh	January 30, 1990 (1990-01-30) (age 22)	Malavan
10	4FW	Mohsen Mosalman	January 27, 1991 (1991-01-27) (age 21)	Malavan
19	4FW	Masoud Ebrahimzadeh	December 16, 1990 (1990-12-16) (age 21)	Tractor Sazi
9	4FW	Arash Afshin	January 20, 1989 (1989-01-20) (age 23)	Foulad
8	4FW	Bakhtiar Rahmani	23 September 1991 (1991-09-23) (age 20)	Foulad
20	4FW	Iman Mousavi	February 5, 1989 (1989-02-05) (age 23)	Naft

Elegible players

Nicola Hatefi, Charleroi
Aram Khalili, FK Bodø/Glimt
Amin Nazari, Malmö FF
Omid Nazari, Ängelholms FF
Shervin Radjabali-Fardi, Alemannia Aachen
Ryan Tafazolli, Salisbury City F.C.

Schedule and Result

Date	Tournament	Venue	Opponent	Result	Iranian Scorer
September 4, 2010	Friendly Match	Warsaw, Poland	Poland U-23	2-0 (W)	Hossein Ebrahimi 57' 63'
September 28, 2010	Ho Chi Minh City Cup	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Singapore U-23	1-1 (D)	Hamidreza Ali Asgari 23'
September 30, 2010	Ho Chi Minh City Cup	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Malaysia U-23	2-0 (W)	Iman Mousavi 42' Arash Afshin 75'
October 2, 2010	Ho Chi Minh City Cup	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam U-23	0-2 (L)
October 9, 2010	Friendly Match	Tehran, Iran	Poland U-23	1-1 (D)	Karim Ansarifard 54'
October 11, 2010	Friendly Match	Tehran, Iran	South Africa U-23	0-2 (L)
November 8, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Turkmenistan U-23	4-1 (W)	Hosseini 26', 62' Ansarifard 85' Daghagheleh 90+4'
November 10, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Bahrain U-23	1-0 (W)	Karim Ansarifard 45+1'
November 12, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Vietnam U-23	1-0 (W)	Hosseini 5'
November 15, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Malaysia U-23	3-1 (W)	Ansarifard 53'Hosseini 60'Sharafi 67'
November 19, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Oman U-23	1-0 (W)	Hamidreza Aliasgari 41'
November 23, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Japan U-23	1-2 (L)	Afshin 6'
November 25, 2010	2010 Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	Korea Republic U-23	3-4 (L)	Rezaei 5', Aliasgari 45', Ansarifard 49'
February 23, 2011	2012 Olympics qualifications	Tehran, Iran	Kyrgzstan U-23	1-0 (W)	Rahmani 40'
March 9, 2011	2012 Olympics qualifications	Bishkek, Kyrgzstan	Kyrgzstan U-23	0-0 (D) Report
June 06, 2011	Friendly Match	Tehran, Iran	Iran	0-1 (L)
June 10, 2011	Friendly Match	Tehran, Iran	Syria U-23	2-1 (W) Report	Ehsan Hajsafi 66', Milad Fakhredini 88'
June 19, 2011	2012 Olympics qualifications	Arbil, Iraq	Iraq U-23	1-0 (W)	Mohsen Mosalman 31'
June 23, 2011	2012 Olympics qualifications	Tehran, Iran	Iraq U-23	0-2 (L)

Managers

Iraj Soleimani (1980-1982)
Mahmoud Yavari (1982-1984)
Iraj Soleimani (1984-1992)
Hassan Habibi (1992–1994)
Enver Hadžiabdić (1994) (Temp)
Hans-Jürgen Gede (1994–1995)
Hassan Habibi (1995)
Ebrahim Ghasempour (1997-1999)
Egon Coordes (1999)
Mehdi Monajati (1999-2002)
Branko Ivanković (2002-2003)
Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003–2004)
Hossein Faraki (2004)
Renê Simões (2005-2006)
Vinko Begović (2006–2007)
Nenad Nikolić (2007-2008)
Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2009-2010)
Homan Afazeli (2010-2011) (Temp)
Ali Reza Mansourian (2011-present)

source

Current management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Alireza Mansourian
Assistant coach	Markar Aghajanyan
Goalkeeping coach	Ahmad Nezami

Honours

Semi-Finalist in 1999 Dunhill Cup
1st place in 2002 Asian Games
1st place in 2006 VTV-T&T Cup (Spring Cup)
3rd place in 2006 Asian Games
3rd place in 2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup
1st place in 2010 Velayat Cup
2nd place in 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Cup
4th place in 2010 Asian Games

Tournament records

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games Finals									Olympic Games Qualifications
Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	2	1	19	6
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	9	4
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	2	3	6
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	0	3	22	9
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	2	3	6	7
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	2	2
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	12	6	10	59	32

Prior to the 1992 Olympic Games campaign, the senior national team played in qualification.

AFC U-22 Championship

Hosts/Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Asian Games record

Prior to 2002 Asian Games, the senior national team participated in the tournament.

Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
Busan 2002	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	2
Doha 2006	Third place	6	4	1	1	10	6
Guangzhou 2010	4th place	7	5	0	2	14	8
Incheon 2014
Total	1 Titles	19	13	3	3	40	16

Asian Games Squads

Wild Card players

Busan 2002
- Ali Daei (33)
- Ebrahim Mirzapour (24)
- Yahya Golmohammadi (31)
Doha 2006
- Hassan Roudbarian (28)
- Arash Borhani (24)
- Jalal Hosseini (24)
Guangzhou 2010
- Mehdi Rahmati (27)
- Gholamreza Rezaei (26)
- Jalal Hosseini (28)
Prior to 2002 Asian Games, the senior national team participated in the tournament.

Notes

^ "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20070102093639/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,126229,00.html. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
^ "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. http://the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=7543. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
^ Mehr

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