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Iran national under-23 football team

National association football team


Summary

National association football team

FieldValue
NameIran under-23
BadgeFlag of Iran.svg
Badge_size250px
FIFA TrigrammeIRN
NicknameTeam Melli Omid (The Hope National Team)
AssociationFFIRI
CoachOmid Ravankhah
CaptainMohammad Javad Hosseinnejad
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Home StadiumAzadi Stadium
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First game2–1
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3 December 1977)
Largest win10–0
(Busan, South Korea; 28 September 2002)
Largest loss2–6 Japan Japan
(Tehran, Iran; 9 February 2001)
Regional nameAFC U-23 Championship
Regional cup apps5
Regional cup first2013
Regional cup bestQuarter-finals (2016)
2ndRegional nameAsian Games
2ndRegional cup apps7
2ndRegional cup first2002
2ndRegional cup best[[File:Gold medal asia.svg16px]] Gold Medal (2002)

(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3 December 1977) (Busan, South Korea; 28 September 2002) (Tehran, Iran; 9 February 2001)

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, the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games, 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, 2010 And 2022:

CompetitionWild card 1Wild card 2Wild card 3
2002 Asian GamesAli Daei (C)Yahya GolmohammadiEbrahim Mirzapour (GK)
2006 Asian GamesHassan Roudbarian (C/GK)Arash BorhaniJalal Hosseini
2010 Asian GamesMehdi Rahmati (C/GK)Gholamreza Rezaei
2022 Asian GamesHossein Hosseini (C/GK)Amir Arsalan Motahari

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2025

  • Jafari
  • Razzaghinia
  • Taheri
  • Safari
  • Taheri
  • Saharkhizan
  • Hosseinnejad
  • Al-Kass
  • Al-Mansoori
  • Razzaghinia
  • Saharkhizan

2026

  • Shahin

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

PositionName
Head coachIRI Omid Ravankhah
Assistant coachesIRN Iman Mobali
IRN Hadi Mahdavikia
Goalkeeping coachIRI Ehsan Vajdi
Fitness coach
analyzer
Team Supervisor
Physiotherapist
Team doctor
Team managerIRN Habib Kashani

Manager history

  • IRI Hassan Habibi (1991–1994)
  • Bosnia Enver Hadžiabdić (1994)
  • GER Hans-Jürgen Gede (1994–1995)
  • IRI Hassan Habibi (1995)
  • IRI Ebrahim Ghasempour (1997–1999)
  • GER Egon Coordes (1999)
  • IRI Mehdi Monajati (1999–2002)
  • CRO Branko Ivanković (2002–2003)
  • IRI Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003–2004)
  • BRA Renê Simões (2005–2006)
  • CRO Vinko Begović (2006–2007)
  • CRO Nenad Nikolić (2007–2008)
  • IRI Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2009–2010)
  • IRI Human Afazeli (2010–2011)
  • IRI Ali Reza Mansourian (2011–2014)
  • IRI Human Afazeli (2014)
  • POR Nelo Vingada (2014)
  • IRN Mohammad Khakpour (2014–2016)
  • IRN Amir Hossein Peiravani (2017)
  • CRO Zlatko Kranjčar (2018–2019)
  • IRN Farhad Majidi (2019)
  • IRN Hamid Estili (2019–2021)
  • IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia (2021–2022)
  • IRN Reza Enayati (2023)
  • IRI Omid Ravankhah (2025–)

Players

Current squad

[[2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup]] squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

Previous squads

;AFC U-23 Asian Cup

; ;Asian Games

  • 2002 Asian Games Squad
  • 2006 Asian Games Squad
  • 2010 Asian Games Squad
  • 2014 Asian Games Squad
  • 2018 Asian Games Squad
  • 2022 Asian Games Squad
  • 2026 Asian Games Squad

Honours

Continental

  • Asian Games† : 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

  • WAFF U-23 Championship : Winners (1): 2015 : Runners-up (1): 2023
  • West Asian Games : Champions (1): 1997. : Runners-up (1): 2002. : 3rd place (1): 2005.

Other

Competitive Record

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic GamesQualificationYearResultRankMWDLGFGAGDSquadMWDLGFGAGDLinkTotal0/932137125336+17Link
1908–1988See Iran national teamSee Iran national team
ESP 1992Did not qualify852
USA 19964211
AUS 20004112
GRE 20046303
CHN 20086123
UK 20124112
BRA 2016Via AFC U-23 Asian Cup
JPN 2020
FRA 2024
USA 2028

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian CupQualificationYearResultRankMWDLGFGAGDSquadMWDLGFGAGDLinkTotalcolspan=25/7164661820-22318236513+52Link
Oman 2014Group Stage9th3
Qatar 2016Quarter-finals6th4
China 2018Did not qualify21
Thailand 2020Group stage9th3
Uzbekistan 202212th30
Qatar 2024Did not qualify32
Saudi Arabia 2026Group stage14th3

Asian Games

Asian Games RecordYearResultRankMWDLGFGAGDSquadTotal7/7-3017675426+28
1951 to 1998See Iran national team
KOR 2002Champions1st
QAT 2006Third Place3rd
CHN 2010Fourth Place4th
KOR 2014Group Stage22nd
IDN 2018Round of 1613th
CHN 2022Quarter-finals6th
JPN 2026To be determined

WAFF U-23 Championship

WAFF U-23 Championship recordYearResultMWDLGFGATotal2/48440136
QAT 2015Champions4
KSA 2021Not a WAFF member
KSA 2022
IRQ 2023Runners-up4

West Asian Games

West Asian Games recordYearResultMWDLGFGATotal3/3127502310
IRN 1997Champions4
KUW 2002Runners-up4
QAT 2005Third place4

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games recordYearResultMWDLGFGATotal1/4300309
KSA 2005See Iran B national team
IRN 2010Cancelled
INA 2013Did not enter
AZE 2017
TUR 2021Group Stage3
KSA 2025To be determined

References

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

OpponentPldWDLGFGAGDWin %Total

References

  1. "اولین تیم امید تاریخ (عکس) :: ورزش سه". Varzesh3.
  2. "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". [[FIFA]].
  3. "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com.
  4. (23 December 2025). "فهرست ۲۳ نفره تیم ملی امید برای اردوی امارات و جام ملت‌های آسیا".
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