Iran national under-23 football team
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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,[1] the Iran under-23 team was given special permission to participate in the Asian Games,[2] 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:
| 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 | |
| 2022 Asian Games | Hossein Hosseini (C/GK) | Amir Arsalan Motahari |
Results and fixtures
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2021
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2022
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2023
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Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
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| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Template:Flagicon Eurico Pinhal |
| Assistant coaches | Template:Flagicon Javad Manafi Template:Flagicon Mohammad Hassan Rajabzadeh Template:Flagicon Meisam Rezapour Template:Flagicon Milton Mendes |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Mohammad Amin Sanayaei |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon Salar Amini |
| analyzer | Template:Flagicon Majid Karimi |
| Team Supervisor | Template:Flagicon Mehran Farghani |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Team doctor | |
| Team manager | Template:Flagicon Habib Kashani |
Manager history
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- Template:Flagicon Hassan Habibi (1991–1994)
- Template:Flagicon Enver Hadžiabdić (1994)
- Template:Flagicon Hans-Jürgen Gede (1994–1995)
- Template:Flagicon Hassan Habibi (1995)
- Template:Flagicon Ebrahim Ghasempour (1997–1999)
- Template:Flagicon Egon Coordes (1999)
- Template:Flagicon Mehdi Monajati (1999–2002)
- Template:Flagicon Branko Ivanković (2002–2003)
- Template:Flagicon Mohammad Mayeli Kohan (2003–2004)
- Template:Flagicon Renê Simões (2005–2006)
- Template:Flagicon Vinko Begović (2006–2007)
- Template:Flagicon Nenad Nikolić (2007–2008)
- Template:Flagicon Gholam Hossein Peyrovani (2009–2010)
- Template:Flagicon Human Afazeli (2010–2011)
- Template:Flagicon Ali Reza Mansourian (2011–2014)
- Template:Flagicon Human Afazeli (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Nelo Vingada (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Mohammad Khakpour (2014–2016)
- Template:Flagicon Amir Hossein Peiravani (2017)
- Template:Flagicon Zlatko Kranjčar (2018–2019)
- Template:Flagicon Farhad Majidi (2019)
- Template:Flagicon Hamid Estili (2019–2021)
- Template:Flagicon Mehdi Mahdavikia (2021–2022)
- Template:Flagicon Reza Enayati (2023)
- Template:Flagicon Eurico Pinhal (2023–)
Players
Current squad
2022 Asian Games squad
The following 22 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.
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2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification squad
The following 24 players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification.
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Previous squads
- AFC U-23 Asian Cup
- 2013 AFC U-23 Championship squad
- 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squad
- 2020 AFC U-23 Championship squad
- 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup squads
- 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
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- Script error: No such module "sort". 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
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- Script error: No such module "sort". Runners-up (1): 2023
- Script error: No such module "sort". Champions (1): 1997.
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- Script error: No such module "sort". 3rd place (1): 2005.
Other
- Semi-finalists in Template:Flagicon 1999 Dunhill Cup
- 1st place in Template:Flagicon 2006 VTV-T&T Cup (Spring Cup)
- 3rd place in Template:Flagicon 2008 Turkmenistan President's Cup
- 1st place in Template:Flagicon 2010 Velayat Cup
- 2nd place in Template:Flagicon 2010 Ho Chi Minh City Cup
- 1st place in Template:Flagicon 2013 International Friendship Youth Tournament
- 1st place in Template:Flagicon Antalya Tournament
Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Summer Olympic Games Record | Qualification Record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Rank | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Link | |
| 1908–1988 | See Iran national team | See Iran national team | |||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1992 | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 6 | Link | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 1996 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | Link | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | Link | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2004 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 9 | Link | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2008 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | Link | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2012 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Link | ||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2016 | Via AFC U-23 Asian Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | — | 0/9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 36 | Link | |
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
| AFC U-23 Asian Cup Record | Qualification Record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Rank | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Link | |
| Template:Flagicon 2014 | Group Stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Squad | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | Link | |
| Template:Flagicon 2016 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | Link | |
| Template:Flagicon 2018 | Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Link | |||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2020 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Squad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | Link | |
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | 12th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Squad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | Link | ||
| Template:Flagicon 2024 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Link | |||||||||
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| Total | 4/6 | 6th | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | — | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 11 | Link | |
Asian Games
| Asian Games Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1951 to 1998 | See Iran national team | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2002 | Champions | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | Squad |
| Template:Flagicon 2006 | Third Place | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Squad |
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | Fourth Place | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | Squad |
| Template:Flagicon 2014 | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Squad |
| Template:Flagicon 2018 | Round of 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Squad |
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | Quarter-finals | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Squad |
| Template:Flagicon 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 7/7 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 26 | — |
WAFF U-23 Championship
| WAFF U-23 Championship record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| Template:Flagicon 2015 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon 2021 | Not a WAFF member | ||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2022 | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2023 | Runners-upTemplate:Efn | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 2/4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
West Asian Games
| West Asian Games record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA |
| Template:Flagicon 1997 | Champions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon 2002 | Runners-up | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon 2005 | Third place | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Total | 3/3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 10 |
Islamic Solidarity Games
| Islamic Solidarity Games record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | PLD | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| Template:Flagicon 2005 | See Iran B national team | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2010 | Cancelled | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2013 | Did not enter | |||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2017 | ||||||||
| Template:Flagicon 2021 | Group StageTemplate:Efn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Template:Flagicon 2025 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 1/4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
See also
- Sport in Iran
- Iran national football team
- Iran national under-20 football team
- Iran national under-17 football team
- Iran national futsal team
- Iran national under-20 futsal team
- Iran national beach soccer team
- Iran women's national football team
References
External links
- Official Website of IR Iran Football Federation at archive.org
- Official Website of IR Iran Football Federation Template:In lang
- https://web.archive.org/web/20101224031211/http://www.football3.ir/
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Head-to-head record
The following table shows Iran's head-to-head record in the AFC U-23 Asian Cup.
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