Iran national under-20 football team

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.

Group photograph of the team in October 2019

Iran under-20

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Javanan ("The Youth National Team")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Parviz Mazloumi
Captain	Yasin Salmani
FIFA code	IRN
First colours Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Round 1
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	21 (first in 1969)
Best result	Champions: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

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
2021	To be determined
Total	3/23	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 2 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 2020 Qualified - - - - - - 3 3 0 0 9 0 Total 21/41 88 53 17 18 183 69 32 25 5 2 105 13 *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. 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 Total 1/2 4 3 1 0 9 1 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 Parviz Mazloumi Assistant coaches Goalkeeping coach Fitness coach Physiotherapist Analyst Team doctor Team manager 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 Ghayedi (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