| Iran under-23 | |
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| Fifa Trigramme: | IRN |
| Nickname: | Team Melli Omid (The Hope National Team) |
| Association: | FFIRI |
| Captain: | Hossein Hosseini |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
| Home Stadium: | Azadi Stadium |
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| First Game: | 2–1 (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3 December 1977)[1] |
| Largest Win: | 10–0 (Busan, South Korea; 28 September 2002) |
| Largest Loss: | 2–6 Japan (Tehran, Iran; 9 February 2001) |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 4 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2013 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Quarter-finals (2016) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | Asian Games |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 6 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2002 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Gold Medal (2002) |
Iran national under-23 football team, also known as Iran U-23 or Iran Olympic Team; represents Iran in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and AFC U-22 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Iran Football Federation.
The winner of the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games, the team was prepared to defend its championship title at the football tournament of the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Despite a suspension by FIFA, preventing Iran to enter any international football competition,[2] the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games,[3] where they won the bronze medal.
Football at the Asian Games has required that under-23 players enter the competitions, but they have allowed three over-age players can be included in the squad. Iran used three players, known as the "Wild cards", in three versions of the games in 2002, 2006, 2010 And 2022:
| Competition | Wild card 1 | Wild card 2 | Wild card 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Asian Games | Ali Daei (C) | Yahya Golmohammadi | Ebrahim Mirzapour (GK) |
| 2006 Asian Games | Hassan Roudbarian (C/GK) | Arash Borhani | Jalal Hosseini |
| 2010 Asian Games | Mehdi Rahmati (C/GK) | Gholamreza Rezaei | |
| 2022 Asian Games | Hossein Hosseini (C/GK) | Amir Arsalan Motahari |
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Eurico Pinhal | |
| Assistant coaches |  Javad Manafi Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh Meisam Rezapour Milton Mendes | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mohammad Amin Sanayaei | |
| Fitness coach | Salar Amini | |
| analyzer | Majid Karimi | |
| Team Supervisor | Mehran Farghani | |
| Physiotherapist | ||
| Team doctor | ||
| Team manager | Habib Kashani |
Renê Simões (2005–2006) Mohammad Khakpour (2014–2016) Amir Hossein Peiravani (2017) Farhad Majidi (2019) Hamid Estili (2019–2021) Mehdi Mahdavikia (2021–2022) Reza Enayati (2023)The following 22 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.
The following 24 players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification.
Gold Medal (1): 2002
Bronze Medal (1): 2006
4th place (1): 2010†U-23 teams were favoured by AFC and the IOC since 2002 Asian Games.The Senior team competed in the games before 2002.
Winners (1): 2015
Runners-up (1): 2023
Champions (1): 1997.
Runners-up (1): 2002.
3rd place (1): 2005.
2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup
2013 International Friendship Youth Tournament
Antalya Tournament| Summer Olympic Games Record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | |||||||||||||
| 1908–1988 | See Iran national team | See Iran national team | |||||||||||||
 1992 | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | ||||||||
 1996 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
 2000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | |||||||||
 2008 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | |||||||||
 2020 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
 2024 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 90 | 50 | |
| AFC U-23 Asian Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Squad | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
 2014 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Squad | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
| 2016 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
 2020 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2024 | Colspan=8 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
 2026 | Colspan=8 | To be determined | |||||||||||||
| Total | 4/5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | — | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 11 | |
| Asian Games record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | Squad | |
| 1951 to 1998 | See Iran national team | ||||||||
 2002 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2006 | Third Place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Squad | |
| 2010 | Fourth Place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | Squad | |
| 2014 | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Squad | |
 2018 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad | |
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Squad | |
| 2026 | To be determined | ||||||||
| 2030 | |||||||||
| 2034 | |||||||||
| Total | 5/5 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 26 | — | |
| WAFF U-23 Championship record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 2015 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2021 | Not a WAFF member | |||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
 2023 | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| Total | 2/4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| West Asian Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 1997 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2002 | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2005 | Third place | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | |
| Total | 3/3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 | |
| Islamic Solidarity Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 2005 | See Iran B national team | |||||||
| 2010 | Cancelled | |||||||
| 2013 | Did not enter | |||||||
 2017 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
 2025 | Colspan=8 | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 1/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |