Iran national under-20 football team explained

Iran under-20
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Badge Size:250px
Fifa Trigramme:IRN
Nickname:Team Melli Javanan
("The Youth National Team")
Association:FFIRI
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Coach:Hossein Abdi
Captain:Amin Hazbavi
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Regional Name:FIFA U-20 World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:3
Regional Cup First:1977
Regional Cup Best:Group Stage (1977, 2001, 2017)
2Ndregional Name:AFC U-19 Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:21
2Ndregional Cup First:1969
2Ndregional Cup Best:Champions: 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 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
YearRoundGPWD*LGSGA
1977Group Stage311145
1979did not qualify
2001Group Stage300308
2003did not qualify
2017Group Stage310246
2019did not qualify
2021Cancelled
2023did not qualify
2025to be determined
Total3/249216819

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship recordQualifications
YearRoundPLDWD*LGSGAPLDWDLGSGA
1959did not enter------------
1960did not enter------------
1961did not enter------------
1962did not enter------------
1963did not enter------------
1964did not enter------------
1965did not enter------------
1966did not enter------------
1967did not enter------------
1968did not enter------------
1969Third place6411134------
1970Quarterfinals4301152------
1971Quarterfinals422071------
1972Third place6402112------
1973Champions4400101------
1974Champions6510182------
1975Champions6420161------
1976Champions6510112------
1977Runners-up5401195------
1978Quarterfinals421163------
1980did not qualify------------
1982did not qualify------------
1985did not qualify------------
1986did not qualify------------
1988did not qualify------------
1990did not qualify------------
1992Round 1311122------
1994did not qualify------------
1996Round 1403112321091
1998did not qualify------------
2000Fourth place6420135------
2002did not qualify------310268
2004Round 1311174220081
2006Round 1320157220070
2008Round 13102565410200
2010Round 1310225211051
2012Quarterfinals42111053300120
2014Round 1310233330091
2016Semifinals5221973300150
2018did not qualify------312051
2020Qualified but cancelled------330090
2023Quarterfinals4202653300110
Total21/40925418201897435285211613

CAFA U-19 Championship

CAFA Junior Championship record
YearRoundPldWDLGSGA
2016Withdrew------
2019Champions431091
2022Champions4220124
Total2/38530215

Toulon Tournament

Panda Cup

Results and fixtures

Previous matches

DateVenueOpponentCompetitionResultIranian scorersReport
2019
6 November 2019 PAS Stadium, Tehran2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification3–0 (W)Report
8 November 2019 PAS Stadium, Tehran2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification4–0 (W)Report
10 November 2019 PAS Stadium, Tehran2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification2–0 (W)Report

Forthcoming matches

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach
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.

Previous squads

FIFA U-20 World Cups

See also