Iran national under-23 football team
| Nickname(s) | Team Melli Omid (The Hope National Team) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | FFIRI | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Mehdi Mahdavikia | ||
| Captain | Yasin Salmani | ||
| Home stadium | Azadi Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | IRN | ||
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| First international | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iran 2–1 Kuwait  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3 December 1977)[1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
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| Biggest defeat | |||
Iran 2–6 Japan U23  (Tehran, Iran; 9 February 2001) | |||
| AFC U-22 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
| Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | Result | Iranian scorers | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||||||
| 25 October 2021 |  Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe |
 Nepal |
2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | 4–0 (W) | Lamouchi  46'Nokhodkar 77', 79'Salmani 90+3' |
Report (AFC) |
| 28 October 2021 | Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe |
 Lebanon |
2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | 2–0 (W) | Limouchi 5' Kor 90+5' |
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| 31 October 2021 | Central Republican Stadium, Dushanbe |
Tajikistan |
2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | 3–2 (W) | Salmani 13', 19', 45' |
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Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
- As of 15 September 2021 [4]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 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–present)
Players
Current squad
- The following players were selected to compete in the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship.[5][6]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Habib Far Abbasi | 4 September 1997 (aged 22) | Tractor | ||
| 12 | GK | Meraj Esmaeili | 13 January 2000 (aged 19) | Paykan | ||
| 22 | GK | Mehdi Nourollahi | 6 April 1998 (aged 21) | Saipa | ||
| 2 | DF | Hossein Saki | 10 May 1997 (aged 22) | Sanat Naft | ||
| 3 | DF | Mehran Derakhshan Mehr | 10 August 1998 (aged 21) | Foolad | ||
| 4 | DF | Mojtaba Najjarian | 15 February 1998 (aged 21) | Foolad | ||
| 5 | DF | Shahin Taherkhani | 7 January 1997 (aged 23) | Paykan | ||
| 19 | DF | Matin Karimzadeh | 1 July 1998 (aged 21) | Esteghlal | ||
| 21 | DF | Omid Noorafkan (captain) | 9 April 1997 (aged 22) | Sepahan | ||
| 23 | DF | Aref Aghasi | 2 January 1997 (aged 23) | Foolad | ||
| 6 | MF | Sina Zamehran | 10 March 1997 (aged 22) | Foolad | ||
| 8 | MF | Mehdi Mehdikhani | 26 July 1997 (aged 22) | Persepolis | ||
| 13 | MF | Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh | 30 October 2000 (aged 19) | Saipa | ||
| 15 | MF | Reza Dehghani | 7 January 1998 (aged 22) | Sepahan | ||
| 17 | MF | Jafar Salmani | 12 January 1997 (aged 22) | Portimonense | ||
| 20 | MF | Mohammad Khodabandelou | 7 September 1999 (aged 20) | Paykan | ||
| 7 | FW | Amir Roostaei | 5 August 1997 (aged 22) | Paykan | ||
| 9 | FW | Allahyar Sayyadmanesh | 29 June 2001 (aged 18) |  Zorya Luhansk | ||
| 10 | FW | Reza Shekari | 31 May 1998 (aged 21) | Tractor | ||
| 11 | FW | Mehdi Ghayedi | 5 December 1998 (aged 21) | Esteghlal | ||
| 14 | FW | Reza Jabireh | 7 July 1997 (aged 22) | Paykan | ||
| 16 | FW | Mohammad Mohebi | 20 December 1998 (aged 21) | Sepahan | ||
| 18 | FW | Ali Shojaei | 27 January 1997 (aged 22) | Persepolis | ||
Recent call-ups
- The following players have been called up for a team in the last 12 months.
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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 | Qualified | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
| Total | 4/5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | - | 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 |
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 finalize squad for AFC U23 Championship". Tehran Times. 30 December 2019.
- "فهرست نهایی تیم امید ایران اعلام شد" (in Persian). Varzesh3. 30 December 2019.
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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