Iran national under-17 football team

Iran U17
Nickname(s) Team Melli Nojavanan
("The U 17 National Team")
Association I.R.I.F.F.
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Ali Doustimehr
Captain Ali Fathian
FIFA code IRN
Home colours
Away colours
World Cup
Appearances 2 (First in 2001)
Best result Round of 16, 2009
AFC U-17 Championship
Appearances 6 (First in 1996)
Best result Champions, 2008
Medal record
Asia Championship
Gold 2008 Uzbekistan Team
Silver 2000 Vietnam Team

The Iran national under-17 football team, more commonly known as Nojavanan, is controlled by I.R.I.F.F. and represents Iran in international under-17 football competitions. They are the current champions of Asia.

Contents

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year Round PLD W D* L GS GA
2001 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 6
2003 Did not qualify - - - - - -
2005 Did not qualify - - - - - -
2009 Round of 16 4 2 2 0 4 2
2011 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 7 2 2 3 6 8
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-16 Championship Record

AFC U-16 Championship Qualifications
Year Round 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 Second place 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 Qualified 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 11 0
Total 33 18 3 12 59 38
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

U-15 West Asian Football Federation Championship Record

Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
2005 Champions 4 3 1 0 17 1
2007 Runner Up 4 2 1 1 18 8
2009 Champions
Total 2 Titles

Current squad

Correct as of October 2010

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Seyed Seyedsajjad
2 DF Amir Nasr Azadani
3 MF Esmaeilian Dehaghani Pedram
5 DF Hosseini Seyedmajid
6 MF Ali Hazami
7 MF Mohammad Yasini
8 DF Bazaj Mohammad Reza
9 FW Reza Karmollachaab
11 FW Ali Rigi
12 DF Mojtabi Moghtadaei
No. Position Player
13 MF Javadimoghaddam Amin
14 FW Ali Noori
16 DF Ghodratollah Taheri Sabet
17 MF SASAN JAFERI VALI
18 FW Mazloum Ghaziani Amirmohammad
20 DF Daei Milad
21 GK Danial Kazem Nia
22 GK Mehdi Sedghian
24 MF Ezatolahi Afagh Saeid
37 FW Erfan Vejdani
Squad for 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup on 9 October 2009
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Iman Sadeghi 9 January 1992 (aged 17) Steel Azin
12 1GK Hadi Rishi 19 February 1992 (aged 17) Sepahan
21 1GK Hossein Hosseini 30 June 1992 (aged 17) Bargh
2 2DF Omid Alishah 1 October 1992 (aged 17) Naft Tehran
3 2DF Bahman Maleki 11 February 1992 (aged 17) Zob Ahan
4 2DF Iman Shirazi 11 March 1992 (aged 17) Zob Ahan
5 2DF Ali Goudarzi 8 March 1992 (aged 17) Zob Ahan
14 2DF Hamid Amali 17 September 1992 (aged 17) Rah Ahan
15 2DF Saeid Lotfi 16 July 1992 (aged 17) Sepahan
17 2DF Hossein Gohari 8 February 1992 (aged 17) Damash
6 3MF Mehrgan Golbarg 21 January 1992 (aged 17) Damash
7 3MF Ali Heidari 21 April 1992 (aged 17) Foolad
8 3MF Akbar Imani 21 March 1992 (aged 17) Sepahan
10 3MF Afshin Esmaeilzadeh 21 April 1992 (aged 17) Damash
13 3MF Mehrdad Yeganeh 22 January 1992 (aged 17) Malavan
18 3MF Saeid Ghadami 3 April 1992 (aged 17) Persepolis
20 3MF Morteza Pouraliganji 19 April 1992 (aged 17) Malavan
9 4FW Kaveh Rezaei 5 April 1992 (aged 17) Foolad
11 4FW Payam Sadeghian (c) 28 February 1992 (aged 17) Malavan
16 4FW Reza Ghiali 9 July 1992 (aged 17) Foolad
19 4FW Milad Gharibi 20 February 1992 (aged 17) Saipa

Past competition rosters

FIFA U-17 World Cup Rosters

Iran squad – 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship
  • 1 Hori
  • 2 Abbasi
  • 3 Alei
  • 4 Rezaei
  • 5 Mirtoroughi
  • 6 Ashorizadeh
  • 7 Aminifar
  • 8 Akbarpour
  • 9 Asadollahi
  • 10 Hamrang
  • 11 Ahmadzadeh
  • 12 Hasanvand
  • 13 Kaebi
  • 14 Arzani
  • 15 Bavifard
  • 16 Sharghi
  • 17 Rasti
  • 18 Mirtabatabaei
  • Coach: Farkoosh
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