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.

Iran under-20

Nickname(s)	Team Melli Javanan ("The Youth National Team")
Association	FFIRI
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Samad Marfavi
Captain	Amin Hazbavi
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-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	Cancelled
2023	To be determined
Total	3/22	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 2 1 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 but cancelled - - - - - - 3 3 0 0 9 0 2023 To be determined - - - - - - - - - - - - Total 20/40 88 52 18 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 Toulon Tournament 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 Samad Marfavi Team manager Faraz Fatemi Players Current squad Match date:2–6 October and 2–30 November 2019 Opposition: 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Amirhossein Nikpour (2002-04-04) 4 April 2002 (age 20) Gol Gohar 12 1GK Alireza Rostamijou (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 21) Unattached 22 1GK Amir Reza Rafiei (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 20) Nassaji 2 2DF Mohammad reza asgari (2002-05-05) 5 May 2002 (age 20) Sepahan 5 2DF Hosein Shahverdi (2002-07-08) 8 July 2002 (age 20) Baaderaan 3 2DF Ahmadreza Jalali (captain) (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 21) Foolad 10 2DF Alireza Asadabadi (2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 20) Shahrkhodro 4 2DF Mohammadreza Moharrami (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 21) Malavan 14 2DF Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 21) Naft MIS 6 3MF Yasin Salmani (2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 20) Sepahan 7 3MF Hossein Nokhodkar (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 20) Gol Gohar 8 3MF Mohammad Hossein Zavari (2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 21) Sanat Naft 15 3MF Mohammadreza Shakibkhou (2002-01-09) 9 January 2002 (age 20) Shahin 20 3MF Mehdi Hashemnejad (2001-10-27) 27 October 2001 (age 20) Malavan 21 3MF Ahmad Reza Jenadeleh (2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 21) Foolad 23 3MF Seyed Reza Mousavian (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 21) Foolad 9 4FW Alireza Monazzemi (2002-12-14) 14 December 2002 (age 19) Zob Ahan 11 4FW Aria Barzegar (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 20) Persepolis 16 4FW Fardin Rabet (2001-10-29) 29 October 2001 (age 20) Esteghlal 17 4FW Ahmad Shariatzadeh (2002-07-01) 1 July 2002 (age 20) Sanat Naft 18 4FW Alireza Khodaei (2001-03-02) 2 March 2001 (age 21) Persepolis 19 3MF Ali Sobhani (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001 (age 21) Foolad 13 4FW Hossein Bijani (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 19) Esteghlal 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