Nickname(s) | Team Melli Omid (The Hope National Team) | ||
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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 | |||
![]() ![]() (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 3 December 1977)[1] | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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AFC U-23 Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2013) | ||
Best result | Quarter-finals: 2016 | ||
Asian Games | |||
Appearances | 6 (first in 2002) | ||
Best result | ![]() |
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.
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.
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 |
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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 |
Win Draw Loss Fixture
25 October 2021 (2021-10-25) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Iran ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
16:00 UTC+5 | Report | Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri |
28 October 2021 (2021-10-28) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Lebanon ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
16:00 UTC+5 |
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Report | Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 450 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification | Iran ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Dushanbe, Tajikistan |
16:00 UTC+5 |
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Stadium: Pamir Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Kim Woo-sung |
1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | Iran ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
18:00 UTC+5 |
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Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan) |
4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | Turkmenistan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
18:00 UTC+5 |
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Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 539 Referee: Alex King (Australia) |
7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Qarshi, Uzbekistan |
22:00 UTC+5 |
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Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
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Team manager | ![]() |
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
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1 | 1GK | Mohammad Javad Kia | (2001-08-29)29 August 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
12 | 1GK | Payam Parsa | (2002-07-22)22 July 2002 (aged 19) | ![]() | ||
22 | 1GK | Sina Saeidifar | (2001-04-12)12 April 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
3 | 2DF | Milad Kor | (2003-10-09)9 October 2003 (aged 18) | ![]() | ||
4 | 2DF | Saman Fallah | (2001-05-12)12 May 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
5 | 2DF | Mohammad Amin Hazbavi | (2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 19) | ![]() | ||
16 | 2DF | Mohammad Ghorbani | (2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
13 | 2DF | Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi | (2001-01-10)10 January 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
2 | 2DF | Mehdi Hashemnejad | (2001-10-27)27 October 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
14 | 2DF | Amir Hasan Jafari | (1999-08-20)20 August 1999 (aged 22) | ![]() | ||
2 | 2DF | Younes Akbarpour | (2002-10-16)16 October 2002 (aged 19) | ![]() | ||
6 | 3MF | Sina Abdollahi | (2001-04-15)15 April 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
21 | 3MF | Ali Pilaram | (2001-12-02)2 December 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
8 | 3MF | Amir Mohammad Mohkamkar | (2001-12-20)20 December 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
9 | 3MF | Amirali Sadeghi | (2001-02-09)9 February 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
10 | 3MF | Yasin Salmani | (2002-02-27)27 February 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
11 | 3MF | Ali Asghar Sadeghi | (2001-02-01)1 February 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
15 | 3MF | Mohammadhossein Eslami | (2001-04-13)13 April 2001 (aged 21) | ![]() | ||
17 | 3MF | Fardin Rabet | (2001-11-29)29 November 2001 (aged 20) | Unattached | ||
7 | 3MF | Erfan Shahriari | (2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 20) | Unattached | ||
23 | 3MF | Aria Yousefi | (2002-04-22)22 April 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
20 | 4FW | Alireza Khodaei | (2000-03-02)2 March 2000 (aged 22) | ![]() | ||
19 | 3MF | Belal Arazi | (2001-10-30)30 October 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
19 | 4FW | Mohammadhossein Alipour | (2002-03-17)17 March 2002 (aged 20) | ![]() | ||
20 | 4FW | Aria Barzegar | (2002-11-10)10 November 2002 (aged 19) | ![]() | ||
34 | 4FW | Saman Touranian | (2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 20) | ![]() |
†U-23 teams were favoured by AFC and the IOC since 2002 Asian Games.The Senior team competed in the games before 2002.
Summer Olympic Games Record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
![]() | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | ||||||||
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | |||||||||
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6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
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8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 9 | |||||||||
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||
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To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||
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Total | — | 0/7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 90 | 50 |
Asian Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | Squad |
1951 to 1998 | See Iran national team | |||||||
![]() | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | Squad |
![]() | Third Place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Squad |
![]() | Fourth Place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | Squad |
![]() | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
![]() | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad |
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Total | 5/5 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 25 | — |
WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
![]() | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
2021–onwards | Not WAFF member | ||||||
Total | 1/2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
West Asian Games record | |||||||
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Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
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Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
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Third place | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Total | 3/3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
Islamic Solidarity Games record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
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Total | 0/4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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