Iran national under-23 football team

Iran under-23
Nickname(s) Team Omid ("Team Hope")
Association FFIRI
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach Amir Hossein Peiravani
Captain Milad Sarlak
Home stadium Azadi Stadium
FIFA code IRN
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Iran 2–1  Kuwait
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; December 3, 1977)[1]
Biggest win
 Iran 10–0 Afghanistan U23 Afghanistan
(Busan, South Korea; September 28, 2002)
Biggest defeat
 Iran 2–6 Japan U23 Japan
(Tehran, Iran; February 9, 2001)
AFC U-22 Championship
Appearances 2 (first in 2013)
Best result Quarter-finals: 2016
Asian Games
Appearances 14 (first in 1951)
Best result Champions: 1974, 1990, 1998, 2002

Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team; represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.

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,[2] the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games,[3] where they won the bronze medal.

Tournament records

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualifications
Hosts/year Result GP W D L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA
Spain 1992Did not qualify ------ -8521196
United States 1996Did not qualify------ -421194
Australia 2000Did not qualify------ -411236
Greece 2004Did not qualify------ -6303229
China 2008Did not qualify ------ -612367
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify------ -411215
Brazil 2016Did not qualify------ -8503219
Japan 2020To be determined------ -------
Total0/8 ------ -40187158146

AFC U-23 Championship

AFC U-23 Championship record AFC U-23 qualification
Hosts/Year Result GP W D* L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA
Oman 2013Group stage311165Squad5410132
Qatar 2016Quarter-finals420267Squad4301152
China 2018Did not qualify-------210123
Total2/373131212-11812307
*Denotes draws which include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year Round PLD W D L GS GA
South Korea Busan 2002Champions 6420162
Qatar Doha 2006Third place6411106
China Guangzhou 2010Fourth place7 5 0 214 8
South Korea Incheon 2014Group Stage2 01 1 2 5
Total4/42113444221

Wild card players

WAFF U-23 Championship

Hosts/Year Result GP W D L GS GA
Qatar 2015Champions431083
Total1/1431080

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Previous matches

Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Iranian scorers Report
2017
19 July 2017 Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek  Kyrgyzstan 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 2–1 (W) Shekari  14', Gholizadeh  42' Report
23 July 2017 Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek  Oman 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 0–2 (L) Report

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Location Opponent
2017

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Iran Amir Hossein Peiravani
Assistant coach Iran Koroush Barmak
Iran Gholamreza Baghabadi
Goalkeeping coach Iran Saeid Azizian
Fitness coach Iran Jafar Hoshmand
Analyzer
Doctor Iran Mehdi Abarashi
Technical director
Technical adviser Iran Mojtaba Taghavi
Team manager Iran Habib Kashani
Executive director Iran Mohammad Rasaei
Iran Hossein Okhovat

Players

Current squad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Shahab Adeli (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 Iran Naft Tehran
12 1GK Nima Mirzazad (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 Iran Malavan
22 1GK Mahdi Mohammadian (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 Iran Tractor Sazi
2 2DF Sadegh Moharrami (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 Iran Persepolis
3 2DF Mehran Derakhshan Mehr (1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 Iran Zob Ahan
5 2DF Nima Taheri (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 Iran Zob Ahan
8 2DF Ali Shojaei (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 Iran Saipa
17 2DF Ali Shahsavari (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 Iran Gol Gohar Sirjan
6 3MF Milad Sarlak (1995-03-26) 26 March 1995 Iran Sepahan
7 3MF Nima Mokhtari (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 Iran Gostaresh Foolad
9 3MF Mehdi Mehdikhani (1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 Iran Niroo Zamini
11 3MF Ali Gholizadeh (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 Iran Saipa
13 3MF Sina Moridi (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 Iran Foolad
14 3MF Sina Khadempour (1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 Iran Naft Tehran
15 3MF Motjaba Najarian (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 Iran Foolad
18 3MF Mohammad Soltani Mehr (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 Iran Saipa
23 3MF Abolfazl Razzaghpour (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 Iran Nassaji Mazandaran
10 4FW Reza Shekari (1998-05-31) 31 May 1998 Russia Rostov
16 4FW Reza Karamolachaab (1997-07-12) 12 July 1997 Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan
19 4FW Reza Jafari (1997-01-11) 11 January 1997 Iran Saipa
21 4FW Amir Roostaei (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 Iran Paykan

Previous squads

AFC U-23 Championships

Honours

1st, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal (1): 2002
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Medal (1): 2006
4th place (1): 2010

†U-23 teams were favoured by AFC and the IOC since 2002 Asian Games.The Senior team competed in the games before 2002.

1st, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal (1): 2015

Friendly Tournaments

Managers

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.varzesh3.com/news/1295157/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AE-(%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3)
  2. ↑ "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
  3. ↑ "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved 2006-11-27.
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