Iran national under-23 football team explained

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.

History

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.

Wild cards

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:

CompetitionWild card 1Wild card 2Wild card 3
2002 Asian GamesAli Daei (C)Yahya GolmohammadiEbrahim Mirzapour (GK)
2006 Asian GamesHassan Roudbarian (C/GK)Arash BorhaniJalal Hosseini
2010 Asian GamesMehdi Rahmati (C/GK)Gholamreza Rezaei
2022 Asian GamesHossein Hosseini (C/GK)Amir Arsalan Motahari

Results and fixtures

Legend

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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

Manager history

Players

Current squad

2022 Asian Games squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.

2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification squad

The following 24 players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification.

Previous squads

AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Asian Games

Honours

Continental

Gold Medal (1): 2002

Bronze Medal (1): 2006

4th place (1): 2010U-23 teams were favoured by AFC and the IOC since 2002 Asian Games.The Senior team competed in the games before 2002.

Regional

Winners (1): 2015

Runners-up (1): 2023

Champions (1): 1997.

Runners-up (1): 2002.

3rd place (1): 2005.

Other

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games RecordQualification record
YearResultPosition
19081988See Iran national teamSee Iran national team
1992Did not qualify8521196
1996421194
2000411236
20046303229
2008612367
2012411215
20168503219
2020632194
2024320171
2028To be determinedTo be determined
2032
Total0/746219169050

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup recordQualification record
YearResultGPWD*LGSGASquadGPWDLGSGA
2014Group Stage311165Squad5410132
2016Quarter-finals420267Squad4301152
2018Did not qualify210123
2020Group stage311133Squad321061
2022302134Squad330092
2024Colspan=8Did not qualify 320171
2026Colspan=8To be determined
Total4/51344518192015235211

Asian Games

Asian Games record
YearRoundPLDWDLGSGASquad
1951 to 1998See Iran national team
2002Champions6420162Squad
2006Third Place6411106Squad
2010Fourth Place7 5 0214 8Squad
2014Group Stage2 01 1 2 5Squad
2018Round of 164 11234Squad
2022Quarter-finals5 31191Squad
2026To be determined
2030
2034
Total5/53017675426

WAFF U-23 Championship

WAFF U-23 Championship record
YearResultGPWDLGSGA
2015Champions431083
2021Not a WAFF member
2022
2023Runners-up413053
Total2/48440136

West Asian Games

West Asian Games record
YearRoundPLDWDLGSGA
1997Champions431084
2002Runners-up413054
2005Third place4310102
Total3/3127502310

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games record
YearRoundPLDWDLGSGA
2005See Iran B national team
2010Cancelled
2013Did not enter
2017
2021Group Stage300309
2025 Colspan=8To be determined
Total1/4300309

See also

References

  1. Web site: اولین تیم امید تاریخ (عکس) :: ورزش سه. fa. Varzesh3. 13 August 2018.
  2. Web site: FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation . . 27 November 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070102093639/http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0%2C1369%2C126229%2C00.html . 2 January 2007 . dead .
  3. Web site: FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban . the-AFC.com . 27 November 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070623134749/http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media . 23 June 2007 .

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