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{{Short description|National association football team}}
{{Infobox national football team
| Name = Iran under-17
| Badge =Flag of Iran.svg 
| FIFA Trigramme = IRN
| Nickname = ''Team Melli Nojavanan''<br>("The New Youth National Team")
| Association = [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|FFIRI]]
| Confederation = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]])
| Coach =  [[Hossein Abdi]]
| Captain = [[Erfan Darvish Aali]]
| Most caps =
| Top scorer = 
| Home stadium =
| 
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| First game      = 
| Largest win     =
| Regional name     = [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]
|  Regional cup apps     = 5
|  Regional cup first    = [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001]]
|  Regional cup best     = Quarters finals: [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017]]
|  2ndRegional name      = [[AFC U-16 Championship]]
|  2ndRegional cup apps  = 12
|  2ndRegional cup first = [[1996 AFC U-17 Championship|1996]]
|  2ndRegional cup best  = Champions: [[2008 AFC U-16 Championship|2008]]
|Badge_size=250px}}

The '''Iran national under-17 football team''', more commonly known as ''Nojavanan'', is controlled by the [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran Football Federation]] and represents [[Iran]] in international under-17 football competitions.

==Tournament records==

===FIFA U-17 World Cup===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=9|[[FIFA U-17 World Cup|FIFA U-17 World Cup record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!PLD
!W
!D*
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985]]|| rowspan="8" colspan=7 |''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1987]]
|-   
|{{flagicon|SCO}} [[1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1989]]
|-  
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1991]]
|-  
|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1993]]
|-   
|{{flagicon|ECU}} [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1995]]
|-
|{{flagicon|EGY}} [[1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1997]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1999]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TTO}} [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001]]||Group stage||3||0||0||3||2||6
|-
|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2003]]|| rowspan="3" colspan=7 |''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|PER}} [[2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2005]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2007]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2009]]||Round of 16||4||2||1||1||4||2
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2011]]|| colspan=7|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2013]]||Round of 16||4||1||2||1||4||6
|-
|{{flagicon|CHI}} [[2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2015]]|| Colspan=7|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2017]]||'''Quarter-finals'''||5||4||0||1||13||5
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2019]]||colspan=7|''did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|PER}} [[2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2021]]||colspan=7|''Cancelled due to '''[[COVID-19 Pandemic]]'''''
|-
|{{flagicon|INA}} [[2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2023]]||colspan=7|''Qualified''
|-style="background:#f0f0f0;font-weight:bold;"
|Total||4/19||16||7||3||6||23||19
|}

===AFC U-16 Championship===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=8|[[AFC U-16 Championship|AFC U-16 Championship record]]
! style="width:1%;" rowspan="43"|
!colspan=6|Qualifications
|-
!Year||Round||M||W||D||L||GF||GA||M||W||D||L||GF||GA
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[1985 AFC U-16 Championship|1985]]||colspan=7|''Withdrew''||colspan=6|''Withdrew''
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[1986 AFC U-16 Championship|1986]]||rowspan="5" colspan=7 |''did not qualify''   ||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1988 AFC U-16 Championship|1988]]||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[1990 AFC U-16 Championship|1990]]||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[1992 AFC U-17 Championship|1992]]||3||0||1||2||3||5
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[1994 AFC U-17 Championship|1994]]||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1996 AFC U-17 Championship|1996]]||Round 1||4||1||0||3||5||8||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|QAT}} [[1998 AFC U-17 Championship|1998]]||Round 1||4||0||0||4||1||11||2||2||0||0||4||0
|- bgcolor=silver
|{{flagicon|VIE}} [[2000 AFC U-17 Championship|2000]]||Runners-up||6||5||0||1||16||3||4||4||0||0||23||1
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2002 AFC U-17 Championship|2002]]||colspan=7|''Suspended''||colspan=6|''Suspended''
|- bgcolor=#9acdff
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2004 AFC U-17 Championship|2004]]||Fourth place||6||4||0||2||13||6||2||2||0||0||8||4
|-
|{{flagicon|SIN}} [[2006 AFC U-17 Championship|2006]]||Quarter-finals||4||1||2||1||3||3||2||2||0||0||10||2
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[2008 AFC U-16 Championship|2008]]||'''Champions'''||6||6||0||0||15||3||4||4||0||0||17||0
|-
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[2010 AFC U-16 Championship|2010]]||Round 1||3||1||1||1||6||4||4||3||1||0||9||0
|- bgcolor=#CC9966
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[2012 AFC U-16 Championship|2012]]||Semi-finals||5||4||0||1||16||7||3||3||0||0||11||0
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2014 AFC U-16 Championship|2014]]||Quarter-finals||4||2||1||1||6||5||3||3||0||0||13||0
|- bgcolor=silver
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2016 AFC U-16 Championship|2016]]||Runners-up||6||3||3||0||13||4||3||3||0||0||12||1
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[2018 AFC U-16 Championship|2018]]||Round 1||3||1||1||1||5||2||4||4||0||0||15||1
|-
|{{flagicon|BHR}} [[2020 AFC U-16 Championship|2020]]||colspan=7|''Qualified but later cancelled due to '''[[COVID-19 Pandemic]]'''''||  |3||3||0||0||19||1
|- bgcolor=#CC9966
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup|2023]]||''Qualified''||4||2||2||0||8||1||3||3||0||0||18||1
|-style="background:#f0f0f0;font-weight:bold;"
|Total||12/18||55||30||10||15||107||57||40||36||2||2||162||16
|}

:''*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].''<br>''**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

===WAFF U-16 Championship===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!colspan=8|[[WAFF Championship|WAFF U-16 Championship record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|- bgcolor=gold
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[2005 WAFF U-15 Championship|2005]]||'''Champions '''||4||3||1||0||17||1
|- bgcolor=Silver
|{{flagicon|SYR}} 2007||Runners-up||4||2||1||1||18||8
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[2009 WAFF U-15 Championship|2009]]||'''Champions '''||4||4||0||0||11||6
|-
|{{flagicon|PLE}} [[2013 WAFF U-16 Championship|2013]]||rowspan=2 Colspan=7|''did not enter''
|-
|{{flagicon|JOR}} [[2015 WAFF U-16 Championship|2015]]
|-
|[[2018 WAFF U-16 Championship|2018]]–Onward
| colspan="8" |Not WAFF member
|-style="background:#f0f0f0;font-weight:bold;"
|Total||3/7||12||9||2||1||46||15
|}

:''*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

===CAFA U-16 Championship===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!colspan=8|[[CAFA Youth Championship|CAFA Youth Championship record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Pld
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|UZB}} 2018|| colspan=7 |''did not enter''
|- bgcolor=#c96
|{{flagicon|TJK}} 2019||'''Third Place'''||5||3||0||2||10||5
|-style="background:#f0f0f0;font-weight:bold;"
|- bgcolor=gold
|{{flagicon|TJK}} [[2022 CAFA U-16 Championship|2022]]||'''Champions'''||4||3||1||0||12||2
|-style="background:#f0f0f0;font-weight:bold;"
|Total||2/3||9||6||1||2||22||7
|}

==Results and fixtures==

===Previous matches===
{{legend2|#CCFFCC|'''W'''<small>in</small>|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFFFCC|'''D'''<small>raw</small>|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFCCCC|'''L'''<small>oss</small>|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; width:90%"
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Competition
!Result
!Iranian scorers
!Report
|-
!colspan=7|2019
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|18 September 2019
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Shahid Hajibabaei Stadium|Hajibabaei Stadium]], [[Hamadan]]
|{{fbu|17|MDV}}
|[[2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification]]
|13–0 (W)
| [[Amir Ebrahimzadeh|Ebrahimzadeh]] {{goal|6||27||46||77||86}},<br>[[Yadegar Rostami|Rostami]] {{goal|11|pen.|48}},<br>[[Iman Danesh|Danesh]] {{goal|26||43}},<br>[[Fardin Bahri|Bahri]] {{goal|30||40}},<br>[[Reza Kooshki|Kooshki]] {{goal|58||72}}
|[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/15644 Report]
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|20 September 2019
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Shahid Hajibabaei Stadium|Hajibabaei Stadium]], [[Hamadan]]
|{{fbu|17|PLE}}
|[[2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification]]
|2–1 (W)
| [[Yadegar Rostami|Rostami]] {{goal|30|pen.}},<br>[[امیر محمد آذرمند|Azarmand]] {{goal|45}}
|[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/15647 Report]
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|22 September 2019
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Shahid Hajibabaei Stadium|Hajibabaei Stadium]], [[Hamadan]]
|{{fbu|17|AFG|2013}}
|[[2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification]]
|4–0 (W)
| [[Reza Kooshki|Kooshki]] {{goal|17||76}},<br>[[Yadegar Rostami|Rostami]] {{goal|45+2|pen.|59}}
|[http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/15648 Report]
|}


{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; width:90%"
|-
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!Competition
!Result
!Iranian scorers
!Report
|-
!colspan=7|2022
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|5 October 2022
|{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Dolen Omurzakov Stadium]], [[Bishkek]]
|{{fbu|17|LAO}}
|[[2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification]]
|3–0 (W)
| [[Kasra Taheri|Taheri]] {{goal|67}},<br>[[Mohammad Askari|Askari]] {{goal|83}},<br>[[Reza Ghandipour|Ghandipour]] {{goal|90+3}}
|[https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-05/iran-u17-vs-laos-u17/2693511/ Report]
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|7 October 2022
|{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Dolen Omurzakov Stadium]], [[Bishkek]]
|{{fbu|17|KGZ}}
|[[2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification]]
|4–0 (W)
| [[Kasra Taheri|Taheri]] {{goal|30}},<br>[[Nima Andarz|Andarz]] {{goal|57}},<br>[[Reza Ghandipour|Ghandipour]] {{goal|77}},<br>[[Alireza Homaeifard|Homaeifard]] {{goal|82}}
|[https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-07/kyrgyz-republic-u17-vs-iran-u17/2693514/ Report]
|-bgcolor=#CCFFCC
|9 October 2022
|{{flagicon|KGZ}} [[Dolen Omurzakov Stadium]], [[Bishkek]]
|{{fbu|17|HKG}}
|[[2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification]]
|11–1 (W)
| [[Reza Ghandipour|Ghandipour]] {{goal|13||16||65||90+2}},<br>[[Esmaeil Gholizadeh|Gholizadeh]] {{goal|29||66||88}},<br>[[Kasra Taheri|Taheri]] {{goal|41||52||68}},<br>[[Mohammad Askari|Askari]] {{goal|81}}
|[https://globalsportsarchive.com/match/soccer/2022-10-09/iran-u17-vs-hong-kong-u17/2693515/ Report]
|}

===Forthcoming matches===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; width:90%"
|-
!Date
!Competition
!Location
!Opponent
|-
!colspan=7|2020
|-
|}

== Coaching staff ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
|Head coach ||{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hossein Abdi]]
|-	
|Assistant coach || {{flagicon|CMR}} [[Andre Bingolo]]
|-
|Goalkeeping coach  || {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Nima Nakisa]]
|-
|Fitness coach  || {{flagicon|TJK}} [[Bahodir Aminov]]
|-
|Physiotherapist ||  {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Hadi Baghban]]
|-
|Analyst ||{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Nenad Alakic]]
|-
|Team doctor || {{flagicon|IRN}} Seyed Mohammad Najafi
|- 
|Team manager || {{flagicon|IRN}} Pirooz Seyfollahpour 
|-
|}

==Players==
===Current squad===
The following 23 players were called up for [[2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup]].

{{nat fs start no caps}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=1 |pos=GK|name=Arsha Shakouri |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|10|1}} |club=[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=12|pos=GK|name=Mohammad Hossein Sharifi |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|6|10}} |club=[[Esteghlal F.C.|Esteghlal]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=22|pos=GK|name=Farzad Rahimi |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|4|19}} |club=[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=2 |pos=DF|name=Nima Andarz |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|1|22}} |club=[[KIA Football Academy]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=3 |pos=DF|name=Hesam Nafari |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|5|7}} |club=[[Zob Ahan Esfahan F.C.|Zob Ahan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=4 |pos=DF|name=Alireza Homaeifard |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|1|14}} |club=[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=5 |pos=DF|name=Erfan Darvishaali |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|3|22}} |club=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=9 |pos=DF|name=Yaghoub Barage |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|1|26}} |club=[[Sanat Mes Kerman F.C.|Mes Kerman]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=20|pos=DF|name=Hamidreza Shamsipour |age= |club=[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=21|pos=DF|name=Abolfazl Moredi |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|2|7}} |club=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=23|pos=DF|name=Abolfazl Zoleykhaei |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|3|9}} |club=Parsian |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=6 |pos=MF|name=Samir Hoboobati |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|2|4}} |club=[[KIA Football Academy]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=7 |pos=MF|name=Esmaeil Gholizadeh |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|2|18}} |club=[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=8 |pos=MF|name=Amirmohammad Razzaghinia |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|4|11}} |club=[[KIA Football Academy]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=11|pos=MF|name=Alireza Sharifi |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|3|20}} |club=[[KIA Football Academy]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=13|pos=MF|name=Mehdi Jenadeleh |age= |club=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=14|pos=MF|name=Zargham Saadavi |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|3|31}} |club=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=15|pos=MF|name=Mohammad Asgari |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|2|7}} |club=[[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=18|pos=MF|name=Mahan Sadeghi |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|6|23}} |club=[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=19|pos=MF|name=Abolfazl Zamani |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|3|1}} |club=[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs break}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=10|pos=FW|name=[[Kasra Taheri]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|8|6}} |club=[[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=16|pos=FW|name=Farjad Fayaz |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|4|9}} |club=[[Malavan F.C.|Malavan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
{{nat fs player no caps|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Reza Ghandipour]] |age={{birth date and age|df=y|2006|1|13}} |club=[[Paykan F.C.|Paykan]] |clubnat=IRN}}
|}

===Previous squads===

====FIFA U-17 World Cups====
*[[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads#.C2.A0Iran|FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 squad]]
*[[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads#.C2.A0Iran|FIFA U-17 World Cup 2009 squad]]
*[[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads#.C2.A0Iran|FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 squad]]
*[[2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads#.C2.A0Iran|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]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Iran national football team}}
{{Football in Iran}}
{{AFC under-17 teams}}
{{National sports teams of Iran}}

[[Category:Iran national football team|Under-17]]
[[Category:Asian national under-17 association football teams]]