Iran_national_under-21_football_team

Iran national under-23 football team

Iran national under-23 football team

National association football team

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.

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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, 2010 And 2022:

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Results and fixtures

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2021

25 October 2021 (2021-10-25) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Iran  4–0    Nepal 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  Iran Dushanbe, Tajikistan
16:00 UTC+5
  • Limouchi 5'
  • Kor 90+4'
 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  Tajikistan Dushanbe, Tajikistan
16:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: Pamir Stadium
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Kim Woo-sung

2022

1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Iran  1–1  Qatar Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+5
Report
Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Turkmenistan  2–1  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
18:00 UTC+5
  • Sapargulýyew 28' (pen.)
  • Çaryýew 80'
 Report
Stadium: Milliy Stadium
Attendance: 539
Referee: Alex King (Australia)
7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan  1–1  Iran Qarshi, Uzbekistan
22:00 UTC+5
  • Jurakuziyev 22'
 Report
  • Yousefi 62'
 Stadium: Markaziy Stadium
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

2023

14 June 2023 (2023-06-14) 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship Iran  3–1  Syria Karbala, Iraq
19:45 UTC+3
Stadium: Karbala Stadium
16 June 2023 (2023-06-16) 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship Palestine  1–1  Iran Karbala, Iraq
19:45 UTC+3
  • Qunbor 62'
Stadium: Karbala Stadium
18 June 2023 (2023-06-18) 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship Semi-finals Iran  0–0 (4–3 pen.)  Jordan Baghdad, Iraq
18:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
Penalties
Y. Salmani soccer ball with check mark
Hazbavi soccer ball with red X
A. Bavieh soccer ball with check mark
M. Ghorbani soccer ball with check mark
Hashemnejad soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Al-Diabat
soccer ball with red X Abualnadi
soccer ball with red X Al-Haj
soccer ball with check markAl-Shanaineh
soccer ball with check mark Abu Taha
20 June 2023 (2023-06-20) 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship Finals Iran  1–1 (4–5 pen.)  Iraq Baghdad, Iraq
20:00 UTC+3 Goudarzi 31' Abdullah 45+3' Stadium: Al-Madina Stadium
Penalties
Y. Salmani soccer ball with check mark
Fallah soccer ball with red X
Irankhah soccer ball with check mark
M. Ghorbani soccer ball with check mark
Hashemnejad soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark K. Mohammed
soccer ball with check mark Tahseen
soccer ball with check mark Abdullah
soccer ball with check mark M. Mohammed
soccer ball with check mark Maknzi
6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Iran  3–0  Hong Kong Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium (Tashkent)
9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Afghanistan  0–4  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17:00 UTC+5
Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium (Tashkent)
12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Uzbekistan  1–0  Iran Tashkent, Uzbekistan
19:00 UTC+5
Stadium: JAR Stadium (Tashkent)
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) 2022 Asian Games Iran  0–0  Saudi Arabia Hangzhou, China
19:30 UTC+8 Stadium: Linping Sports Centre Stadium(Hangzhou)
21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 2022 Asian Games Vietnam  0–4  Iran Hangzhou, China
19:30 UTC+8
Stadium: Linping Sports Centre Stadium(Hangzhou)
Referee: Mohammed Ahmed Al-Shammari (Qatar)
24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 2022 Asian Games Mongolia  0–3  Iran Hangzhou, China
19:30 UTC+8
Stadium: Linping Sports Centre Stadium(Hangzhou)
Attendance: 8,692
Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)
27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) 2022 Asian Games Thailand  0–2  Iran Hangzhou, China
19:30 UTC+8
Stadium: Shencheng
Attendance: 9,410
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)
1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) 2022 Asian Games Iran  0–1  Hong Kong Hangzhou, China
19:30 UTC+8
Stadium: Shencheng
Attendance: 10,198
Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 05 September 2023
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Manager history

Players

Current squad

2022 Asian Games squad

The following 22 players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.

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* Over-aged player

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
Asian Games

Honours

Continental

1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Medal (1): 2002
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2015
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2023
1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1997.
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2002.
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place (1): 2005.

Other

Competitive record

Olympic Games

More information Summer Olympic Games Record, Qualification record ...

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

More information AFC U-23 Asian Cup record, Qualification record ...
*Denotes draws which include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Asian Games

More information Asian Games record, Year ...

WAFF U-23 Championship

More information WAFF U-23 Championship record, Year ...
  1. Not a WAFF member, participated as invitee.

West Asian Games

More information West Asian Games record, Year ...

Islamic Solidarity Games

More information Islamic Solidarity Games record, Year ...
  1. Iran withdrew before the start of the tournament. However, all results were announced as 3–0 in favor of Iran's opponents.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "اولین تیم امید تاریخ (عکس) :: ورزش سه" (in Persian). Varzesh3. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. [2]
    "FIFA suspends Iran Football Federation". FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
  3. [3]
    "FIFA President announces temporary lifting of Iran ban". the-AFC.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
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