Iran national under-20 football team

Iran under-20

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Javanan ("The Youth National Team")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Omid Noorafkan
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Round 1: 1977, 2001, 2017
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	20 (first in 1969)
Best result	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
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
Total	3/20	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 3 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 3 0 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 Total 20/39 88 53 17 18 183 69 27 21 3 2 91 12 *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Results and fixtures   Win   Draw   Loss Previous matches Date Venue Opponent Competition Result Iranian scorers Report 2017 9 September 2017 Muscat, Oman  Oman Friendly 1–1 (D) 12 September 2017 Muscat, Oman  Oman Friendly 1–1 (D) Forthcoming matches Date Competition Location Opponent 2017 Players Current squad Match date: 20 May – 11 June 2017 Opposition: 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Caps and goals correct as of: 20 May 2017 No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Nima Mirzazad (1997-02-27) 27 February 1997 Malavan 12 1GK Shahab Adeli (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 Naft Tehran 21 1GK Mahdi Mohammadian (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 Niroo Zamini 2 2DF Ali Shahsavari (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 Gol Gohar Sirjan 3 2DF Mehran Derakhshan Mehr (1998-10-08) 8 October 1998 Zob Ahan 4 2DF Aref Gholami (1997-04-19) 19 April 1997 Sepahan 5 2DF Nima Taheri (1997-03-08) 8 March 1997 Zob Ahan 8 2DF Ali Shojaei (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997 Saipa 13 2DF Abolfazl Razzaghpour (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 Nassaji Mazandaran 14 2DF Sina Khadempour (1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 Naft Tehran 6 3MF Mohammad Soltani Mehr (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 Saipa 7 3MF Nima Mokhtari (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 Gostaresh 16 3MF Omid Noorafkan (captain) (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 Esteghlal 17 3MF Hossein Saki (1997-05-10) 10 May 1997 Sanat Naft Abadan 19 3MF Mehdi Ghaedi (1998-12-05) 5 December 1998 Esteghlal 20 3MF Aref Aghasi (1997-01-02) 2 January 1997 Tractor Sazi 9 4FW Mehdi Mehdikhani (1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 Niroo Zamini 11 4FW Reza Jafari (1997-01-11) 11 January 1997 Saipa 15 4FW Amir Roostaei (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 Paykan 18 4FW Mohammad Aghajanpour (1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 Aluminium Arak 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 References