Iran national under-20 football team

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.

Iran under-20

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Javanan ("The Youth National Team")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Hossein Abdi
Captain	Amin Hazbavi
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Group Stage (1977, 2001, 2017)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	22 (first in 1969)
Best result	Champions: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Iran v Qatar, 1 March 2023

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	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
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
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	2	1	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	Qualified but cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-		3	3	0	0	9	0
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
2016	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Champions	4	3	1	0	9	1
2022	Champions	4	2	2	0	12	4
Total	2/3	8	5	3	0	21	5

Toulon Tournament

• 2012 AFF U-19 Youth ChampionshipChampions

• 1978 Toulon Tournament 7th place (out of 8)

Panda Cup

• 2017 Panda Cup 3rd place (out of 4)

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
10 November 2019	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	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			Persepolis
12	1GK	Adib Zarei	(2004-01-19) 19 January 2004			Shahin
22	1GK	Mohammad Sadegh Salehi	(2004-03-30) 30 March 2004			Sepahan
2	2DF	Aliakbar Ranjbar	(2004-02-02) 2 February 2004			Paykan
3	2DF	Mersad Seifi	(2003-08-11) 11 August 2003			Nassaji Mazandaran
5	2DF	Amin Hazbavi (captain)	(2003-05-06) 6 May 2003			Foolad
6	2DF	Milad Kor	(2003-10-19) 19 October 2003			tractor
15	2DF	Amin Pilali	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003			kia
18	2DF	Danial Eiri	(2003-10-26) 26 October 2003			Zob Ahan
10	3MF	Farhad Zavoshi	(2003-02-08) 8 February 2003			Havadar
8	3MF	Alireza Enayatzadeh	(2004-04-05) 5 April 2004			Persepolis
14	3MF	Erfan Ghorbani	(2003-12-15) 15 December 2003			kia
16	3MF	Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad	(2003-01-26) 26 January 2003			Sepahan
4	3MF	Mohammadreza Torabi	(2004-07-18) 18 July 2004			Esteghlal
21	3MF	Mohammadreza Bordbar	(2004-08-26) 26 August 2004			Malavan
19	3MF	Alireza Safari	(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003			Saipa
17	3MF	Mojtaba Fakhrian	(2003-05-15) 15 May 2003			Aluminium Arak
23	3MF	Salim Toomaj	(2005-01-09) 9 January 2005			Fenerbahçe
7	4FW	Amir Ebrahimzadeh	(2004-01-31) 31 January 2004			tractor
11	4FW	Amirreza Eslamtalab	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003			kia
9	4FW	Saeid Saharkhizan	(2003-01-26) 26 January 2003			Havadar
20	4FW	Hossein Hajizadeh	(2003-03-09) 9 March 2003			Persepolis

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