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	Sirous Pourmousavi
Captain	Ahmadreza Jalali
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Round 1
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.

Group photograph of the team in October 2019

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	5
1979	Did not qualify
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	8
2003	Did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
2019	Did not qualify
2021	To be determined
Total	3/23	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		2	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
2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	1	2	0	5	1
2020	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	20/40	88	53	17	18	183	69		29	22	5	2	96	13

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

CAFA U-19 Championship

CAFA Junior Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2016	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Champions	4	3	1	0	9	1
Total	1/2	4	3	1	0	9	1

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Previous matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2019
6 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Kyrgyzstan	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	3–0 (W)	Barzegar 53', Monazami 78', Salmani 82' (pen.)	Report
8 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Nepal	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	4–0 (W)	Ahmadi 75', Jalali 84', Monazami 86', Barzegar 90'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2019
10 November 2019	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	PAS Stadium, Tehran	United Arab Emirates

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Sirous Pourmousavi
Assistant coaches	Marco Aurélio Mohammad Reza Khatib
Goalkeeping coach	Farshad Bakhtiarizadeh
Fitness coach	—
Physiotherapist	Mahmoud Bagheri
Analyst	Ali Sharifi
Team doctor	Arsalan Pourderavi
Team manager	Faraz Fatemi

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	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 (captain)	(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
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

• FIFA World Youth Championship 1977 squad
• FIFA World Youth Championship 2001 squad
• FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017 squad

See also

• Iran national football team
• Iran national under-23 football team
• Iran national under-17 football team

References