Iran national under-20 football team

Iran under-20
Nickname(s)Team Melli Javanan
("The Youth National Team")
AssociationFFIRI
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachHossein Abdi
CaptainErfan Darvishaali
FIFA codeIRN
First colours
Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1977)
Best resultGroup Stage (1977, 2001, 2017)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances22 (first in 1969)
Best resultChampions: 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 Association football competitions in AFC U-20 Asian Cup 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 M W D L GF GA GD
1977 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1
1979 did not qualify
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8
2003 did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2
2019 did not qualify
2021 Cancelled
2023 did not qualify
2025
Total 3/24 9 2 1 6 8 19 -11

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record Qualifications
Year Round M W D L GF GA GD M W D L GF GA GD
1959 did not enter No qualification
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969 Third place 6 4 1 1 13 4 +9
1970 Quarterfinals 4 3 0 1 15 2 +13
1971 4 2 2 0 7 1 +8
1972 Third place 6 4 0 2 11 2 +9
1973 Champions 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9
1974 6 5 1 18 2 +16
1975 6 4 2 16 1 +15
1976 6 5 1 11 2 +9
1977 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 19 5 +14
1978 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3
1980 did not enter did not enter
1982 Qualified but withdraw -
1985 did not enter did not enter
1986
1988 did not qualify 4 1 2 1 2 4 -2
1990 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1
1992 Round 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 -
1994 did not qualify
1996 Round 1 4 0 3 1 1 2 -1 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8
1998 did not qualify -
2000 Fourth place 6 4 2 0 13 5 +8 Qualified as hosts
2002 did not qualify 3 1 0 2 6 8 -2
2004 Round 1 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 2 2 0 8 1 +7
2006 3 2 0 1 5 7 -2 2 2 7 0 +7
2008 3 1 2 5 6 -1 5 4 1 20 +20
2010 3 1 2 2 5 -3 2 1 1 5 1 +4
2012 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 10 5 +5 3 3 0 12 0 +12
2014 Round 1 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 3 9 1 +8
2016 Semifinals 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15
2018 did not qualify 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4
2020 Qualified but cancelled 3 3 0 9 0 +9
2023 Quarterfinals 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 3 3 11 +11
2025 4 3 1 0 12 2 +10 3 3 17 +17
Total 22/42 96 57 19 20 201 76 +125 44 32 8 4 136 19 +117

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
2022 4 2 2 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 PAS Stadium, Tehran  Kyrgyzstan 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification 3–0 (W) Barzegar 53',
Monazami 78',
Salmani 82' (pen.) 		Report
8 November 2019    Nepal 4–0 (W) Ahmadi 75',
Jalali 84',
Monazami 86',
Barzegar 90' 		Report
10 November 2019  United Arab Emirates 2–0 (W) Asadabadi 45',
Hashemnezhad 80' 		Report

Forthcoming matches

Date Competition Location Opponent
2020

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Hossein Abdi
Team manager Faraz Fatemi

Players

Current squad

The final squad was announced on 15 February 2025.[1]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Arsha Shakouri (2006-10-01)1 October 2006 (aged 18) Havadar
2 2DF Nima Andarz (2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (aged 19) Leganés
3 2DF Hesam Nafari (2006-05-07)7 May 2006 (aged 18) Zob Ahan
4 2DF Alireza Homaeifard (2006-01-14)14 January 2006 (aged 19) Persepolis
5 2DF Erfan Darvishaali (2006-03-22)22 March 2006 (aged 18) Foolad
6 3MF Samir Hoboobati (2006-02-04)4 February 2006 (aged 19) Persepolis
7 4FW Esmaeil Gholizadeh (2006-02-18)18 February 2006 (aged 18) Sepahan
8 3MF Amir Razzaghinia (2006-04-11)11 April 2006 (aged 18) Gol Gohar
9 2DF Yaghoub Barage (2006-01-26)26 January 2006 (aged 19) Persepolis
10 4FW Reza Ghandipour (2006-01-13)13 January 2006 (aged 19) Malavan
11 3MF Mahan Sadeghi (2006-06-23)23 June 2006 (aged 18) Malavan
12 1GK Armin Abbasi (2006-05-20)20 May 2006 (aged 18) Persepolis
13 2DF Ali Hassani (2006-08-13)13 August 2006 (aged 18) Foolad
14 3MF Abbas Kahrizi (2005-01-31)31 January 2005 (aged 20) Paykan
15 3MF Mobin Dehghan (2005-09-11)11 September 2005 (aged 19) Kheybar
16 3MF Abolfazl Zamani (2006-03-01)1 March 2006 (aged 18) Esteghlal
17 3MF Mohammad Dindari (2005-05-26)26 May 2005 (aged 19) Havadar
18 2DF Abolfazl Zoleikhaei (2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 18) Esteghlal
19 4FW Pourya Shahrabadi (2006-06-15)15 June 2006 (aged 18) Gol Gohar
20 3MF Yousef Mazraeh (2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 19) Foolad
21 4FW Abolfazl Moredi (2006-02-07)7 February 2006 (aged 19) Foolad
22 1GK Mohammad Gandomi (2005-08-02)2 August 2005 (aged 19) Persepolis
23 3MF Sina Moazemitabar (2005-12-24)24 December 2005 (aged 19) Sepahan

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

See also

References

  1. ^ "لیست نهایی تیم ملی فوتبال جوانان ایران مشخص شد" [Iran's National Youth Football Team Final List Announced] (in Persian). Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. 15 February 2025.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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