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	Hossein Abdi
Captain	Erfan Darvishaali
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977 )
Best result	Group Stage (1977, 2001, 2017)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	22 (first in 1969 )
Best result	Champions: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Iran v Qatar, 1 March 2023

Iran national under-20 football team (also known as Iran Under-20, Iran U-20 or Iran Youth Team) represents Iran in international Association football competitions in AFC U-20 Asian Cup 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	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1977	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	4	5	-1
1979	did not qualify
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	8	-8
2003	did not qualify
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2
2019	did not qualify
2021	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
2025
Total	3/24	9	2	1	6	8	19	-11

AFC U-19 Championship

AFC U-19 Championship record										Qualifications
Year	Round	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD		M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1959	did not enter									No qualification
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969	Third place	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9
1970	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	15	2	+13
1971	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	7	1	+8
1972	Third place	6	4	0	2	11	2	+9
1973	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9
1974	Champions	6	5	1	0	18	2	+16
1975	Champions	6	4	2	0	16	1	+15
1976	Champions	6	5	1	0	11	2	+9
1977	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	19	5	+14
1978	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
1980	did not enter									did not enter
1982	Qualified but withdraw									-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	did not enter									did not enter
1986
1988	did not qualify									4	1	2	1	2	4	-2
1990										2	0	1	1	1	2	-1
1992	Round 1	3	1	1	1	2	2	0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	did not qualify									-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Round 1	4	0	3	1	1	2	-1		3	2	1	0	9	1	+8
1998	did not qualify									-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Fourth place	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8		Qualified as hosts
2002	did not qualify									3	1	0	2	6	8	-2
2004	Round 1	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3		2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
2006	Round 1	3	2	0	1	5	7	-2		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
2008	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1		5	4	1	0	20	0	+20
2010	Round 1	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3		2	1	1	0	5	1	+4
2012	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5		3	3	0	0	12	0	+12
2014	Round 1	3	1	0	2	3	3	0		3	3	0	0	9	1	+8
2016	Semifinals	5	2	2	1	9	7	+2		3	3	0	0	15	0	+15
2018	did not qualify									3	1	2	0	5	1	+4
2020	Qualified but cancelled									3	3	0	0	9	0	+9
2023	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1		3	3	0	0	11	0	+11
2025	Quarterfinals	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10		3	3	0	0	17	0	+17
Total	22/42	96	57	19	20	201	76	+125		44	32	8	4	136	19	+117

CAFA U-19 Championship

CAFA Junior Championship record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
2016	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Champions	4	3	1	0	9	1
2022	Champions	4	2	2	0	12	4
Total	2/3	8	5	3	0	21	5

Toulon Tournament

• 2012 AFF U-19 Youth Championship Champions

• 1978 Toulon Tournament 7th place (out of 8)

Panda Cup

• 2017 Panda Cup 3rd place (out of 4)

Results and fixtures

  Win  Draw  Loss

Previous matches

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Iranian scorers	Report
2019
6 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Kyrgyzstan	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	3–0 (W)	Barzegar 53', Monazami 78', Salmani 82' (pen.)	Report
8 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	Nepal	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	4–0 (W)	Ahmadi 75', Jalali 84', Monazami 86', Barzegar 90'	Report
10 November 2019	PAS Stadium, Tehran	United Arab Emirates	2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification	2–0 (W)	Asadabadi 45', Hashemnezhad 80'	Report

Forthcoming matches

Date	Competition	Location	Opponent
2020

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Hossein Abdi
Team manager	Faraz Fatemi

Players

Current squad

The final squad was announced on 15 February 2025. ^[1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Arsha Shakouri	(2006-10-01)1 October 2006 (aged 18)	Havadar
2	2 DF	Nima Andarz	(2006-01-22)22 January 2006 (aged 19)	Leganés
3	2 DF	Hesam Nafari	(2006-05-07)7 May 2006 (aged 18)	Zob Ahan
4	2 DF	Alireza Homaeifard	(2006-01-14)14 January 2006 (aged 19)	Persepolis
5	2 DF	Erfan Darvishaali	(2006-03-22)22 March 2006 (aged 18)	Foolad
6	3 MF	Samir Hoboobati	(2006-02-04)4 February 2006 (aged 19)	Persepolis
7	4 FW	Esmaeil Gholizadeh	(2006-02-18)18 February 2006 (aged 18)	Sepahan
8	3 MF	Amir Razzaghinia	(2006-04-11)11 April 2006 (aged 18)	Gol Gohar
9	2 DF	Yaghoub Barage	(2006-01-26)26 January 2006 (aged 19)	Persepolis
10	4 FW	Reza Ghandipour	(2006-01-13)13 January 2006 (aged 19)	Malavan
11	3 MF	Mahan Sadeghi	(2006-06-23)23 June 2006 (aged 18)	Malavan
12	1 GK	Armin Abbasi	(2006-05-20)20 May 2006 (aged 18)	Persepolis
13	2 DF	Ali Hassani	(2006-08-13)13 August 2006 (aged 18)	Foolad
14	3 MF	Abbas Kahrizi	(2005-01-31)31 January 2005 (aged 20)	Paykan
15	3 MF	Mobin Dehghan	(2005-09-11)11 September 2005 (aged 19)	Kheybar
16	3 MF	Abolfazl Zamani	(2006-03-01)1 March 2006 (aged 18)	Esteghlal
17	3 MF	Mohammad Dindari	(2005-05-26)26 May 2005 (aged 19)	Havadar
18	2 DF	Abolfazl Zoleikhaei	(2006-03-09)9 March 2006 (aged 18)	Esteghlal
19	4 FW	Pourya Shahrabadi	(2006-06-15)15 June 2006 (aged 18)	Gol Gohar
20	3 MF	Yousef Mazraeh	(2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 19)	Foolad
21	4 FW	Abolfazl Moredi	(2006-02-07)7 February 2006 (aged 19)	Foolad
22	1 GK	Mohammad Gandomi	(2005-08-02)2 August 2005 (aged 19)	Persepolis
23	3 MF	Sina Moazemitabar	(2005-12-24)24 December 2005 (aged 19)	Sepahan

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

1. "لیست نهایی تیم ملی فوتبال جوانان ایران مشخص شد" [Iran's National Youth Football Team Final List Announced] (in Persian). Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran. 15 February 2025.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
France	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Ghana	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Italy	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Zambia	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Total	9	2	1	6	8	19	−11	022.22