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Iran under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Team Melli Javanan
("The Youth National Team")
AssociationFFIRI
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachHossein Abdi
CaptainAmin Hazbavi
FIFA codeIRN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1977)
Best resultGroup Stage (1977, 2001, 2017)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances22 (first in 1969)
Best resultChampions: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976
Iran v Qatar, 1 March 2023

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
Tunisia 1977 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 4 5
Japan 1979 did not qualify
Australia 1981
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987
Saudi Arabia 1989
Portugal 1991
Australia 1993
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 0 8
United Arab Emirates 2003 did not qualify
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015
South Korea 2017 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6
Poland 2019 did not qualify
Indonesia 2021 Cancelled
Argentina 2023 did not qualify
Chile 2025 to be determined
Total 3/24 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
Malaysia 1959 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Malaysia 1960 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand 1961 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand 1962 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Malaysia 1963 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Vietnam 1964 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Japan 1965 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Philippines 1966 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand 1967 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
South Korea 1968 did not enter - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand 1969 Third place 6 4 1 1 13 4 - - - - - -
Philippines 1970 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 15 2 - - - - - -
Japan 1971 Quarterfinals 4 2 2 0 7 1 - - - - - -
Thailand 1972 Third place 6 4 0 2 11 2 - - - - - -
Iran 1973 Champions 4 4 0 0 10 1 - - - - - -
Thailand 1974 Champions 6 5 1 0 18 2 - - - - - -
Kuwait 1975 Champions 6 4 2 0 16 1 - - - - - -
Thailand 1976 Champions 6 5 1 0 11 2 - - - - - -
Iran 1977 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 19 5 - - - - - -
Bangladesh 1978 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 6 3 - - - - - -
Thailand 1980 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand 1982 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates 1985 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 1986 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
Qatar 1988 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
Indonesia 1990 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
United Arab Emirates 1992 Round 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 - - - - - -
Indonesia 1994 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
South Korea 1996 Round 1 4 0 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 9 1
Thailand 1998 did not qualify - - - - - - - - - - - -
Iran 2000 Fourth place 6 4 2 0 13 5 - - - - - -
Qatar 2002 did not qualify - - - - - - 3 1 0 2 6 8
Malaysia 2004 Round 1 3 1 1 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 8 1
India 2006 Round 1 3 2 0 1 5 7 2 2 0 0 7 0
Saudi Arabia 2008 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 6 5 4 1 0 20 0
China 2010 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 1 0 5 1
United Arab Emirates 2012 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 10 5 3 3 0 0 12 0
Myanmar 2014 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 3 0 0 9 1
Bahrain 2016 Semifinals 5 2 2 1 9 7 3 3 0 0 15 0
Indonesia 2018 did not qualify - - - - - - 3 1 2 0 5 1
Uzbekistan 2020 Qualified but cancelled - - - - - - 3 3 0 0 9 0
Uzbekistan 2023 Quarterfinals 4 2 0 2 6 5 3 3 0 0 11 0
Total 21/40 92 54 18 20 189 74 35 28 5 2 116 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
Uzbekistan 2016 Withdrew - - - - - -
Tajikistan 2019 Champions 4 3 1 0 9 1
Tajikistan 2022 Champions 4 2 2 0 12 4
Total 2/3 8 5 3 0 21 5

Toulon Tournament

Panda Cup

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Previous matches

Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Iranian scorers Report
2019
6 November 2019 Iran PAS Stadium, Tehran  Kyrgyzstan 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 3–0 (W) Barzegar 53',
Monazami 78',
Salmani 82' (pen.)
Report
8 November 2019 Iran PAS Stadium, Tehran    Nepal 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 4–0 (W) Ahmadi 75',
Jalali 84',
Monazami 86',
Barzegar 90'
Report
10 November 2019 Iran PAS Stadium, Tehran  United Arab Emirates 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 2–0 (W) Asadabadi 45',
Hashemnezhad 80'
Report

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Location Opponent
2020

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Iran Hossein Abdi
Team manager Faraz Fatemi

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup matches from 1 to 18 March 2023.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mohammad Khalifeh (2004-08-19) 19 August 2004 (age 20) Iran Persepolis
12 1GK Adib Zarei (2004-01-19) 19 January 2004 (age 20) Iran Shahin
22 1GK Mohammad Sadegh Salehi (2004-03-30) 30 March 2004 (age 20) Iran Sepahan

2 2DF Aliakbar Ranjbar (2004-02-02) 2 February 2004 (age 20) Iran Paykan
3 2DF Mersad Seifi (2003-08-11) 11 August 2003 (age 21) Iran Nassaji Mazandaran
5 2DF Amin Hazbavi (captain) (2003-05-06) 6 May 2003 (age 21) Iran Foolad
6 2DF Milad Kor (2003-10-19) 19 October 2003 (age 21) Iran tractor
15 2DF Amin Pilali (2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 21) Iran kia
18 2DF Danial Eiri (2003-10-26) 26 October 2003 (age 21) Iran Zob Ahan

10 3MF Farhad Zavoshi (2003-02-08) 8 February 2003 (age 21) Iran Havadar
8 3MF Alireza Enayatzadeh (2004-04-05) 5 April 2004 (age 20) Iran Persepolis
14 3MF Erfan Ghorbani (2003-12-15) 15 December 2003 (age 21) Iran kia
16 3MF Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) Iran Sepahan
4 3MF Mohammadreza Torabi (2004-07-18) 18 July 2004 (age 20) Iran Esteghlal
21 3MF Mohammadreza Bordbar (2004-08-26) 26 August 2004 (age 20) Iran Malavan
19 3MF Alireza Safari (2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 21) Iran Saipa
17 3MF Mojtaba Fakhrian (2003-05-15) 15 May 2003 (age 21) Iran Aluminium Arak
23 3MF Salim Toomaj (2005-01-09) 9 January 2005 (age 19) Turkey Fenerbahçe

7 4FW Amir Ebrahimzadeh (2004-01-31) 31 January 2004 (age 20) Iran tractor
11 4FW Amirreza Eslamtalab (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 21) Iran kia
9 4FW Saeid Saharkhizan (2003-01-26) 26 January 2003 (age 21) Iran Havadar
20 4FW Hossein Hajizadeh (2003-03-09) 9 March 2003 (age 21) Iran Persepolis

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

See also

References