Iran national under-23 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Team Melli Omid (The Hope National Team) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | FFIRI | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Captain | Yasin Salmani | ||
| Home stadium | Azadi Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | IRN | ||
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| First international | |||
 Iran 2–1 Kuwait  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3 December 1977)[1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Iran 10–0 Afghanistan .svg.png.webp){kind=small} (Busan, South Korea; 28 September 2002) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Iran 2–6 Japan  (Tehran, Iran; 9 February 2001) | |||
| AFC U-23 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-finals: 2016 | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result |  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 and 2010:
| 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 |
Results and fixtures
- Legend
Win Draw Loss Fixture
2021
| 25 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Iran | 4–0 |  Nepal | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| 16:00 UTC+5 | Report | Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri |
| 28 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Lebanon  | 0–2 | Iran | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| 16:00 UTC+5 |
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Report | Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
| 31 October 2021 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Iran | 3–2 |  Tajikistan | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
| 16:00 UTC+5 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Kim Woo-sung |
2022
| 1 June 2022 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | Iran | 1–1 |  Qatar | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 UTC+5 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan) |
| 4 June 2022 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | Turkmenistan  | 2–1 | Iran | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 18:00 UTC+5 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 539 Referee: Alex King (Australia) |
| 7 June 2022 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | Uzbekistan  | 1–1 | Iran | Qarshi, Uzbekistan |
| 22:00 UTC+5 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
- As of 15 September 2021 [4]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | vacant |
| Assistant coaches |  John Lammers Mehran Shadidipour |
| Goalkeeping coach |   Mario Miltner |
| Fitness coach | Timo Rosenberg |
| Physiotherapist | Shahid Oryani |
| Team doctor | Mohammad Hossein Moghaddam |
| Team manager | Mohammad Mohammadi |
Manager history
- Hassan Habibi (1991–1994)
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Enver Hadžiabdić (1994)- Hans-Jürgen Gede (1994–1995)
- Hassan Habibi (1995)
- Ebrahim Ghasempour (1997–1999)
- Egon Coordes (1999)
- Mehdi Monajati (1999–2002)
Branko Ivanković (2002–2003)- Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003–2004)
Renê Simões (2005–2006)- Vinko Begović (2006–2007)
- Nenad Nikolić (2007–2008)
- Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2009–2010)
- Human Afazeli (2010–2011)
- Ali Reza Mansourian (2011–2014)
- Human Afazeli (2014)
Nelo Vingada (2014)- Mohammad Khakpour (2014–2016)
- Amir Hossein Peiravani (2017)
- Zlatko Kranjčar (2018–2019)
- Farhad Majidi (2019)
- Hamid Estili (2019–2021)
- Mehdi Mahdavikia (2021–2022)
Players
Current squad
- The following players were selected to compete in the Football at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.[5]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Mohammad Javad Kia | 29 August 2001 (aged 20) | Aluminium | ||
| 12 | GK | Payam Parsa | 22 July 2002 (aged 19) | Sanat Naft | ||
| 22 | GK | Sina Saeidifar | 12 April 2001 (aged 21) | Esteghlal | ||
| 3 | DF | Milad Kor | 9 October 2003 (aged 18) | Tractor | ||
| 4 | DF | Saman Fallah | 12 May 2001 (aged 21) | Paykan | ||
| 5 | DF | Mohammad Amin Hazbavi | 6 May 2003 (aged 19) | Foolad | ||
| 16 | DF | Mohammad Ghorbani | 21 May 2001 (aged 21) | Nassaji | ||
| 13 | DF | Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi | 10 January 2001 (aged 21) | Persepolis | ||
| 2 | DF | Mehdi Hashemnejad | 27 October 2001 (aged 20) | Tractor | ||
| 14 | DF | Amir Hasan Jafari | 20 August 1999 (aged 22) | Gol Gohar Sirjan | ||
| 2 | DF | Younes Akbarpour | 16 October 2002 (aged 19) | Aluminium | ||
| 6 | MF | Sina Abdollahi | 15 April 2001 (aged 21) | Naft Masjed Soleyman | ||
| 21 | MF | Ali Pilaram | 2 December 2001 (aged 20) | Pars Jonoubi Jam | ||
| 8 | MF | Amir Mohammad Mohkamkar | 20 December 2001 (aged 20) | Sepahan | ||
| 9 | MF | Amirali Sadeghi | 9 February 2001 (aged 21) | Esteghlal | ||
| 10 | MF | Yasin Salmani | 27 February 2002 (aged 20) | Sepahan | ||
| 11 | MF | Ali Asghar Sadeghi | 1 February 2001 (aged 21) | Mes Rafsanjan | ||
| 15 | MF | Mohammadhossein Eslami | 13 April 2001 (aged 21) | Zob Ahan | ||
| 17 | MF | Fardin Rabet | 29 November 2001 (aged 20) | Unattached | ||
| 7 | MF | Erfan Shahriari | 19 May 2002 (aged 20) | Unattached | ||
| 23 | MF | Aria Yousefi | 22 April 2002 (aged 20) | Sepahan | ||
| 20 | FW | Alireza Khodaei | 2 March 2000 (aged 22) | Persepolis | ||
| 19 | MF | Belal Arazi | 30 October 2001 (aged 20) | Pars Jonoubi Jam
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| 19 | FW | Mohammadhossein Alipour | 17 March 2002 (aged 20) | Mes Shahr-e Babak | ||
| 20 | FW | Aria Barzegar | 10 November 2002 (aged 19) | Tractor | ||
| 34 | FW | Saman Touranian | 12 December 2001 (aged 20) | Sanat Mes Kerman | ||
Recent call-ups
- The following players have been called up for a team in the last 12 months.
Previous squads
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Honours
Continental
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.
Regional
- Winners (1): 2015
Other
- Semi-finalists in
1999 Dunhill Cup - 1st place in 2006 VTV-T&T Cup (Spring Cup)
- 3rd place in 2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup
- 1st place in 2010 Velayat Cup
- 2nd place in 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Cup
- 1st place in 2013 International Friendship Youth Tournament
- 1st place in
Antalya Tournament
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympic Games Record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 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 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
to be determined | to be determined | |||||||||||||
| 2028 | |||||||||||||||
| 2032 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 90 | 50 | |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
| 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 | future event | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 4/5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | — | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 10 | |
- *Denotes draws which include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Asian Games
| 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 | to be determined | |||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||
| 2030 | ||||||||
 2034 | ||||||||
| Total | 5/5 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 25 | — |
WAFF U-23 Championship
| WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| 2015 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021–onwards | Not WAFF member | ||||||
| Total | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
West Asian Games
| 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
| 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 | Withdrew(group stage) | |||||||
| Total | 2/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
See also
References
- "اولین تیم امید تاریخ (عکس) :: ورزش سه" (in Persian). Varzesh3. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
- "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
- "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
- ایرنا: آشنایی با دستیاران مهدویکیا در تیم امید
- "Iran coach Mahdavikia names squad for AFC U23 Asian Cup". IRNA. 18 May 2022.
External links
- Official Website of IR Iran Football Federation at archive.org
- Official Website of IR Iran Football Federation (in Persian)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101224031211/http://www.football3.ir/
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