Iran national under-20 football team

Iran under-20

Nickname(s)

Team Melli Javanan
("The Youth National Team")

Association

FFIRI

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Jose Caetano Mendes

Captain

Omid Noorafkan

FIFA code

IRN

First colours

Second colours

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Appearances

3 (first in 1977)

Best result

Round 1: 1977, 2001, 2017

AFC U-19 Championship

Appearances

20 (first in 1969)

Best result

Champions: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Iran national under-20 football team (also known as Iran Under-20, Iran U-20 or Iran Youth Team) represents Iran in international football competitions in AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	5
1979	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
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	Round 1	3	0	0	3	0	8
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Round 1	3	1	0	2	4	6
Total	3/20	9	2	1	6	8	19

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record								Qualifications
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA	PLD	W	D	L	GS	GA
1959	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1963	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1965	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1967	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969	Third place	6	4	1	1	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	15	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Third place	6	4	0	2	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Champions	6	5	1	0	18	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	19	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Round 1	3	1	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	4	0	3	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	9	1
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Fourth place	6	4	2	0	13	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	0	2	6	8
2004	Round 1	3	1	1	1	7	4	3	2	0	0	8	1
2006	Round 1	3	2	0	1	5	7	2	2	0	0	7	0
2008	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	6	5	4	1	0	20	0
2010	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	5	2	1	1	0	5	1
2012	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	10	5	3	3	0	0	12	0
2014	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	9	1
2016	Semifinals	5	2	2	1	9	7	3	3	0	0	15	0
Total	20/39	88	53	17	18	183	69	27	21	3	2	91	12

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**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
2016
14 October 2016	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Qatar	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	1–1 (D)	Razzaghpour 58'	Report
17 October 2016	Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa	Japan	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	0–0 (D)		Report
20 October 2016	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town	Yemen	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	1–0 (W)	Razzaghpour 45'	Report
24 October 2016	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town	Uzbekistan	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	2–0 (W)	Jafari 14', 47'	Report
27 October 2016	Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town	Saudi Arabia	2016 AFC U-19 Championship	5–6 (L)	Jafari 45', Aghasi 45+3', Shekari 62', Mehdikhani 75', Karamolachaab 83'	Report
2017
21 May 2017	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo	Costa Rica	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	1–0 (W)	Mehdikhani 81'	Report
24 May 2017	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo	Zambia	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	2–4 (L)	Shekari 7', 49'	Report
27 May 2017	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo	Portugal	2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup	1–2 (L)	Shekari 4'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2017

Players

Current squad

Match date: 20 May – 11 June 2017
Opposition: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Caps and goals correct as of: 20 May 2017

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Nima Mirzazad	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997	Malavan
12	1GK	Shahab Adeli	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997	Naft Tehran
21	1GK	Mahdi Mohammadian	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997	Niroo Zamini

2	2DF	Ali Shahsavari	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997	Gol Gohar Sirjan
3	2DF	Mehran Derakhshan Mehr	(1998-10-08) 8 October 1998	Zob Ahan
4	2DF	Aref Gholami	(1997-04-19) 19 April 1997	Sepahan
5	2DF	Nima Taheri	(1997-03-08) 8 March 1997	Zob Ahan
8	2DF	Ali Shojaei	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997	Saipa
13	2DF	Abolfazl Razzaghpour	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997	Nassaji Mazandaran
14	2DF	Sina Khadempour	(1997-01-09) 9 January 1997	Naft Tehran

6	3MF	Mohammad Soltani Mehr	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999	Saipa
7	3MF	Nima Mokhtari	(1998-05-10) 10 May 1998	Gostaresh
16	3MF	Omid Noorafkan	(1997-04-09) 9 April 1997	Esteghlal
17	3MF	Hossein Saki	(1997-05-10) 10 May 1997	Sanat Naft Abadan
19	3MF	Mehdi Ghaedi	(1998-12-05) 5 December 1998	Esteghlal
20	3MF	Aref Aghasi	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997	Tractor Sazi

9	4FW	Mehdi Mehdikhani	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997	Niroo Zamini
10	4FW	Reza Shekari	(1998-05-31) 31 May 1998	Rostov
11	4FW	Reza Jafari	(1997-01-11) 11 January 1997	Saipa
15	4FW	Amir Roostaei	(1997-08-05) 5 August 1997	Paykan
18	4FW	Mohammad Aghajanpour	(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997	Aluminium Arak

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

References

Iran national football team
General	Football Federation of Iran History Managers
Venues	National stadiums: Azadi Stadium (1972–), Amjadieh Stadium (1942–1972) Trainings: National Football Camp
Statistics	All-time match results All-time record Records All-time goalscorers
Players	Players (by caps) Captains International players Expatriate players
World Cup Finals	1978 1998 2006 2014 2018
AFC Asian Cup Finals	1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019
Other tournaments	The Olympics Asian Games West Asian Championship ECO Cup
Culture	Iraq rivalry Saudi Arabia rivalry South Korea rivalry Iran–Australia play-off Political protests
Senior	Men's results 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Other Iran teams	Women's (Results) Men's B Men's U23 Men's U20 Women's U20 Men's U17 Women's U17 Men's futsal Women's futsal Men's beach soccer

Football in Iran
League competitions	Persian Gulf Pro League Azadegan League League 2 League 3 Provincial Leagues Kowsar league (women's) Futsal Beach soccer
Cup competitions	Hazfi Cup Super Cup
Defunct competitions	Takht Jamshid Cup
National teams	Men's B-team Women's M U-23 M U-20 W U-20 M U-17
Lists and categories	League system Champions Foreign players List of clubs List of venues List of managers Top goalscorers all-time by season Clubs in the AFC Champions League
Iran Football Federation Iran Football League Organization Football Association of Iranian Club

National football teams of Iran
Senior	Men's results 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Women's (Results) Men's B
Youth	Men's U23 Men's U20 Women's U20 Men's U17

National sports teams of Iran
Baseball Basketball M M U19 M U17 W Beach soccer Boxing Cricket M W Field hockey M W Football M M B M U23 M U20 M U17 W W U20 W U17 Futsal M W Goalball M W Handball M W Ice hockey M W Inline hockey M W Kabaddi Rugby union M M 7s W W 7s Squash Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Volleyball M MU23 W Volleyball (sitting) M W Water polo Wrestling FS GR
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games Universiade

National under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)

Former nations: * North Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Yemen

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Iran national under-20 football team

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

AFC U-19 Championship

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

Forthcoming matches

Players

Current squad

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

See also

References